Re: Niqab : an introduction of later days ?
Peace All
Very good topic of discussion. Niqab is a bid'a husana ... That is the only way it can be seen as good and not be cited in the hadith. This concept will throw many people who reject the concept of bid'a hasana into disrepute.
Unless the SAME level of literal criteria is not provided for the evidence of niqab either you take it off or you admit that it IS a 'good' bid'a. It is only fair, for many practices by Muslims are dismissed by other Muslims on account of their evidence being weak and thus are practicing bid'a, the same can be said about certain things adopted by those who fingerpoint others.
I am in support of niqab, but I am also in support of fairness and reasonable basis of belief. If I see others celebrating the birthday of Muhammad (SAW) as a party I will let them as long as they do not transgress their normal actions, but I will not condemn the celebration outright like some will like to do regarding puritan versions based on certain hadith books.
Reasonableness and mindfulness has been removed from us if we do not understand this, furthermore if we do not even realise that it could even be part of our own actions that innovation is flourishing.
Every 'invention' may be an act astray ... but 'invention' needs to be defined clearly. Do not define it by it's examples, define it by it methods and principles. Truth is not every 'invention' is an act of going astray or else cars, computers, etc literally fall into that too