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 BID'A  (INNOVATION IN ISLAM)  BY MUKHTAR HABIB (Ph.D) My talk will aim to clarify some possible misunderstandings of the concept of innovation (bida) in Islam, in light of the prophetic hadith state,  "Beware of matters newly begun, for every matter newly begun is innovation, every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in hell."    The sources I use are traditional Islamic sources, and my discussion will centre on three points:  1.       The first point is that scholars say that the above hadith does not refer to all new things without restriction, but only to those which nothing in Sacred Law attests to the validity of. The use of the word "every" in the hadith does not indicate an absolute generalization, for there are many examples of similar generalizations in the Qur'an and sunna that are not applicable without restriction, but rather are qualified by restrictions found in other primary textual evidence.  2.      The second point is that

#ENDSARS PROMOTERS ARE INVITED TO NOTE:   1. That they should advocate  for negotiations with government rather than this approach of protest that have potential to resulting into violence.     2. That it is in the books of history that in all dealings with governments and sovereignties worldwide and throughout all history, including wars, everything ends on the negotiating table.    3. That this protest will no doubt begin to lose citizens support due to continued inconvenience and collosal lose to the economy.   4. That the entire #ENDSARS promoters should further  note that the government has demonstrated readiness to address virtually all your demands and it is evident they have also adopted a policy of non interference with the protests across all boards.    5. That what is happening in the country now is not sufficient enough to force givernment but it is enough to make it consider and oblige. We should not for once imagine that the #ENDSARS  have cowed government. It takes much