On the 31st December, Maulana Yunus Palanpuri, in a short bayaan, while urging Muslims to avoid being out of their homes during this night when the no

Answer

We have listened to the audio-recording of Maulana Yunus Palanpuri, and are satisfied that he had grievously erred with the method of thikr he had advised.

Although his short bayaan contained good naseehat, shaitaan had stepped in with his subtle introduction of bid'ah. The advice pertaining to the ten minute thikr is undoubtedly bid'ah which will become embedded and later regarded as Sunnah, if the public is not warned of the error.

Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Mas'ood (Radhiyallahu anhu) said to the people:

"How will you be when you are engulfed by a fitnah which will make the elders senile and the young will become old. People will regard the fitnah (of bid'ah) to be Sunnah. If anything is left out from the fitnah, they will say that the Sunnah has been abandoned." The people asked: "When will that be?" He responded:

"When your Ulama (Ulama-e -Haqq) have departed; when your qaaris are in abundance; when your Fuqaha are few; when your rulers are in abundance; when your trustworthy ones will be few; when the dunya will be searched with the amal of the Aakhirah, and when knowledge will be acquired for purposes other than the Deen."

This is the age that the fitnah of Bid'ah is being introduced. May Allah Ta'ala save us all from this fitnah.

The Majlis has published a detailed article on this bid'ah which Maulana Palanpuri has unknowingly suggested. The article is on the website.