Mirza Mohammad-Hossein Gharavi Na'ini: Difference between revisions

The distinction between the two terms bid'ah (heretical innovation) and badi' (novel creation) in Na'ini's thought created a path for legitimizing the formulation of law in the National Consultative Assembly. In Na'ini's belief, not everything new and novel can be called bid'ah and forbidden legislation; rather, bid'ah is to present something not established by the Shari'a as something established by the Shari'a and divine. In contrast to bid'ah, Na'ini uses the term badi', according to which any obligation or commitment without being associated with the title of something established by the Shari'a and divine will not fall within the circle of bid'ah and will be specifically excluded from this title.<ref>Na'ini, *Tanbih al-Ummah*, 2003, p. 107.</ref> According to Firahi, Na'ini presented this discussion in opposition to the thought of Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri, because by extending the bid'ah intended by Nouri to all novel and emergent matters in Islamic society, the society would suffer from disruption and hardship in the rational and normal system of life.<ref>Firahi, *Astaneh-ye Tajaddod*, 2015, p. 323.</ref>