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Full-version-Shefa-bio-of-Prophet, page : 247
Such people hold firm to the opinion that if the Prophet , did not do something, we should not do it, and if this is so then people from far away countries would not be able to go by boat or airplane on pilgrimage – which is one of the pillars of Islam – because the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, only went on foot or by camel!
An innovation that is condemned is one that replaces the Prophetic way and goes against the principals of Islam. If anyone should tell you that anything the Prophet did not do is to be taken as a bad innovation, when it is known to comply with the principals of Islam, it is through sheer ignorance.)
If one were to change the way of Prophet Muhammad then one would be misguided and be among the innovators and therefore subject to the threat and severance of Allah. Allah warns, "So let those who disobey His command beware, lest they are struck be sedition, or, they are stricken with a painful punishment" (24:63). He also warns, "But whosoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear to him and follows a path other than that of the believers, We shall let him follow what he has turned to and We shall roast him in Hell – and evil arrival" (4:115).
Abu Hurayrah tells us of the time the Prophet visited a graveyard. During the visit he described some of his nation saying, "Some (on the Day of Judgement) will be driven away from my Pool just as a stray camel is driven away. I will call to them saying, 'Come here, come here!' But it will be said, 'After you they made changes.' Whereupon I will say, 'Go away, go away!'"
The Prophet told his Companions, "Anyone who adds something to my commands, which is not part of them, is a deviant."
Anas reports that the Prophet said, "Whosoever avoids my Prophetic Way is not of me."
Abu Rafi' narrates that the Prophet told his Companions, "Do not let any one of you be found reclining on his bed after hearing news of my order that either commands or forbids, so that later on he says, 'I do not know, I follow only what is found in the Book of Allah.'"
Al-Miqdam said, "What the Messenger of Allah makes unlawful is like that which Allah makes unlawful."
Prophet Muhammad told his Companions, "Those who go to extremes in speech will be destroyed."
An innovation that is condemned is one that replaces the Prophetic way and goes against the principals of Islam. If anyone should tell you that anything the Prophet did not do is to be taken as a bad innovation, when it is known to comply with the principals of Islam, it is through sheer ignorance.)
If one were to change the way of Prophet Muhammad then one would be misguided and be among the innovators and therefore subject to the threat and severance of Allah. Allah warns, "So let those who disobey His command beware, lest they are struck be sedition, or, they are stricken with a painful punishment" (24:63). He also warns, "But whosoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear to him and follows a path other than that of the believers, We shall let him follow what he has turned to and We shall roast him in Hell – and evil arrival" (4:115).
Abu Hurayrah tells us of the time the Prophet visited a graveyard. During the visit he described some of his nation saying, "Some (on the Day of Judgement) will be driven away from my Pool just as a stray camel is driven away. I will call to them saying, 'Come here, come here!' But it will be said, 'After you they made changes.' Whereupon I will say, 'Go away, go away!'"
The Prophet told his Companions, "Anyone who adds something to my commands, which is not part of them, is a deviant."
Anas reports that the Prophet said, "Whosoever avoids my Prophetic Way is not of me."
Abu Rafi' narrates that the Prophet told his Companions, "Do not let any one of you be found reclining on his bed after hearing news of my order that either commands or forbids, so that later on he says, 'I do not know, I follow only what is found in the Book of Allah.'"
Al-Miqdam said, "What the Messenger of Allah makes unlawful is like that which Allah makes unlawful."
Prophet Muhammad told his Companions, "Those who go to extremes in speech will be destroyed."