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[quote]I'll try to present my understanding of the issue: In the corpus of Hadith and Athar attributed to the Prophet(sws) and his companions (ra), Bid'ah has been used to denote both the literal as well as the terminological sense of the word. When used as a term, we have such Ahadith as you have quoted in the first part of your post. But it has also been used in its literal sense which implies 'beginning' or 'initiation' of something. Hence the Ahadith which talk of reward for a good precedence.
The use of the term Bid'ah today has become rather loose in that most issues which should not be given any religious semblance have been dragged within the ambit of Bid'ah. 
As for the compilation of the Quran and Taraweeh prayers, there is precedence for these in the Prophet's(sws) life. The addition of a second [i]Adhan[/i] by Uthman(ra) was to achieve the purpose of [i]Adhan[/i] more effectively. Quite similar is our use of loud speakers today to amplify the voice of the [i]Muaddhan[/i], which is not a Bid'ah but a means to achieve the end effectively.

Edited by - Razi Allah on August 31 2003  08:25:00[/quote]

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