Meaning of Bid’a

Imam Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463 AH) on the meaning of Bid’ah

The Maliki scholar Al Hafiz Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d.463 AH) in his work الاستذكار writes: وَأَمَّا قَوْلُ عُمَرَ نِعْمَتِ الْبِدْعَةُ فِي…