By: Brother Musa Millington
(حفظه
الله)
I ask Allaah (سُبحانه
وتعالى), the Mighty, to bless us all with a beneficial Ramadhan, a Ramadhan
in which we would inculcate the noble characteristic of (taqwa) - piety.
Allaah (سُبحانه
وتعالى) has
said:
يأيها
الذين امنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون
"Oh ye who believe fasting has been
prescribed upon you like those before you so that you may gain piety."
One of the
many definitions of taqwa (piety) is to obey Allaah (سُبحانه
وتعالى) in
what he has legislated and to distance oneself from what he has prohibited
wanting by this the pleasure of Allaah.
From the
matters which have been forbidden in the legislation is innovation (بدعة). The Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said in the
Hadeeth of 'Irbaad Ibn Saariyah:
"و
إياكم و محدثات الأمور فإن كل محدثة بدعة و كل بدعة ضلالة و كل ضلالة في النار"
And
beware of newly invented matters in this religion, for every newly invented
matter is an innovation & every innovation is misguidance & every (person of) misguidance is in the Hellfire.