Shadee Elmasry – When Can We Innovate in Islam

Even the Quran itself, which is the word of Allah has layers of

the are different types of verses verses in which the meaning is

crystal clear. And it's often repeated verses in which it could

be understood in two different ways. We call that Vani. Right

speculative, it could mean this, it could mean that, right? That's

where human, its Jihad by pious Muslim scholars comes into play.

And we do hold that those opinions are semi sacred, semi sacred

meaning what? Meaning that it's rooted in the book and the Sunnah.

But it requires the thought of a human being. All right, so we

could say that the word of God and His Prophet is sacred text, the

words of scholars interpreting those words. All right, we could

say it's also

semi sacred, we're not gonna say it's sacred, right, but semi

sacred. So in that respect, there are multiple schools within the

truth. So you have the one tranche no one can disagree with that is

that which has been repeated over and over and over, and is crystal

clear is not up for discussion at all.

And it's not up for discussion, even if it wasn't repeated over

and over. If it's one time it was revealed in the Quran, and it's

crystal clear, and there's no discussion about it. The meaning

cannot be interpreted away, then there's no discussion, and that's

Islam period discussion over, okay. Then there's that other

layer of Hadith, it's a verses and Hadith, sayings of the Prophet

peace be upon him, that could be interpreted the other way. And

then there is on top of that problems that didn't exist in the

early era of Muslims.

And scholars have to give rulings about those problems. They have to

solve those problems. They have to, they don't have a choice, you

they must if you're a scholar of Islam, you must and there's a

fitna in your community, you must, the scholars must come up with a

solution. Okay? And that's where you have now it's a fork in the

road, and these are innovations, but they can be necessary

innovation. What's an example of unnecessary innovation that every

Muslim observes today, multiple mosques in one city?

Okay.

You shouldn't have Joomla except one Joomla in the town, there

should only be one Joomla in every sound, that's the rule of Islam.

Why? Because that's how the Prophet lived in the city of

Medina, there was one Juma prayer.

As a result of that, the Sahaba took that as a as a rule that in

the city, there should be one Juma prayer the city should unify on

one clip every Friday. Well, that's in the case where it's

physically possible. As soon as the city now becomes so massive,

and so huge.

You have to accommodate multiple dramas. That's, that's unnecessary

innovation. Okay. So necessary innovation. How about this? You

cannot have multiple GEMA multiple GEMA prayers in one mosque for

example. You can't have two of those. Hey, there's a thought

Salah at one and then we're going to pray vote again. At two the

second Imam we got two Imams that's not allowed in Islam.

We're not allowed to do that. Why? Because we can only pray as the

Prophet prayed. The Prophet never did that. The Prophet ray comes to

Salah. The Prophet clearly said prayers you see me pray. So the

methodology of learning how to pray is only from the Prophet

peace be upon then comes. Now imagine what about Joomla Joomla

is far more important, right? Joomla is far more important.

Juma prayer is founded on a an adult male who's resident and

praying in the Jamaat is sunnah.

So how know what an hour about the fact that we have multiple jamas

cookbooks in one Masjid multiple clippers in one mustard every

Friday. Why? Because the parking just won't allow for it.

I don't know of a single message out there that is of a sizable in

a sizable community that has one jamaa in North Jersey and Paterson

they have for Joma Solas the parking just won't allow for

otherwise. So that is unnecessary innovation. What is the

recommended innovation and innovation we all observe as

Muslims that has no basis in the action of the prophet or the

companions? And yet everyone does it Tada we're starting the first

night with ls la meme suited to the Bukhara and all the way we

recite at the end.

saltiness.

Why is it recommended so that everyone can hear the Quran exam

of Quran is highly recommended.

To do this, haven't ever did it, the second generation never did

it. Who knows, maybe the fourth generation fifth generation is the

first generation of Muslims to do that.

So, when we talk about innovations, there are obligatory

innovations, necessary innovations, permitted

innovations, discouraged innovations and forbidden

innovations. And that is the philosophy of the great commander

of right for better or wrong great scholar Sultan. Allah is inept

Saddam, the Syrian scholar who was expelled from Syria by the

governor because he forbid wrong, he was forbidding wrong. On some

matters, he expelled him we went to Egypt is not the set up then is

the firt is one of those who classified the innovation in this

manner.

The habila never accepted it.

So we have to be fair and say that there is another

view of this. So they they they don't accept it. And so how do

then do they explain.

They just have different terminology because they also

recognize the necessity of the three things that I mentioned.

Multiple dramas in the city, multiple clippers in one masjid,

and tada we from hats, from fat to Hudson s or a buck rottenness.

They also do this and they recognize that but they just term

and term it differently. They give it different terms. I don't know

what they call it. I'm not an expert, when it comes to humbly

innovations in the hamady school.