An-Nawawi's Hadith # 05
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Guide to Understanding An-Nawawi's 40 Hadeeth
Hadeeth # 05
On the authority of the Mother of the faithful, Umm `Abdullah `Aaisha
, who said: The Messenger of Allah 
said:
He who innovates something in this matter of ours that is not of it
will have it rejected.
It was related by al-Bukhaari and Muslim. In one version by Muslim it
reads: He who does an act which our matter is not [in agreement] with,
will have it rejected.
Explanation of Hadeeth # 05
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That anything new introduced in the matter of worship, which has not
already been given sanction from the Qur'aan and the Sunnah will not
be accepted by Allah.
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That anything new incorporated into the Deen must be thrown away and
rejected by the Muslims.