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bid‘a  Term Image (bid‘a) Script Image
(Language:  Arabic)
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Short Description: Innovation. A heavily debated term in contemporary Islam; many strident puritans claim that all innovation is forbidden (ḥarām) in Islam.
Long Description: Innovation. A heavily debated term in contemporary Islam; many strident puritans claim that all innovation is forbidden (ḥarām) in Islam. Innovation actually falls under the five axiological headings of the sharī’a: the obligatory (wājib), the recommended (mandūb), the permissible (mubāh), the offensive (makrūh), and the forbidden (ḥarām).
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Source(s): Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard
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Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms