Re: The Slightly Uncomfortable Start Today
That is ridiculous. Islam does not prevent us from congratulations on special days or events.
Just because Rasulullah, sallallahu alaihi was sallam, did not say ‘mubarak on your hifz’, shall we say it is bidah to congratulate a Hafiz?
Because the Sahaabah never said 'Eid Mubarak - shall we say it is bidah to say so?
And even if these were somehow bidah, Muslims have a great deal more to worry about than trivialities.
Arabs commit a great deal of bid’aat that is more dangerous because of their mindset of what Arabs do, is automatically Islamic. Shaking hands after the salah and chanting the takbeer out loud during the days of 'eid are things Arabs have turned into actual rituals and ibaadaat. Yet these are small things and there are bigger issues…far bigger.
A bid’ah had a realm of worship about it. Wishing each others congratulations on special days is not being done as a ritual, worship, or necessity.
So seriously chill with your KSA -inspired bid’ah fingerpointing. Arabs cry a lot about bidah but they’re certainly mired badly in it.
The Arab revolt and siding with the Brits to kill Muslims was probably the worst bidah ever - and the entire modern Arab world is based on its ideology.