عن عائشةَ رضيَ اللهُ عنها قالت: قالَ رسولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «مَن أحدَثَ في أمْرِنا هذا ما ليس فيه، فهو رَدٌّ»
44 - Steering away from deviation
‘Āʼishah; she said that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said
Whoever introduces into this matter of ours something that does not belong to it will have it rejected.
Summary of Meaning
The Prophet (peace be upon him) tells us in this hadith that acceptable worship is that which conforms to the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Whoever introduces something into Islam which is alien to it will have it rejected. It earns no reward. On the contrary, it incurs a sin.
