Bid'ah

Q: I heard after nikah hugging is to be avoided. You are also aware every one hugs after nikah as well as after eid.  Could you please let me know what is the sunnah way to wish one another?

Q: Is it a Bidah to shake hands and make salaam to one another after the Salah?

Q: Can you please refer any hadith stating that there is no such concept in Islam to hold Quran Khawani before getting married, I need to show it to my in-laws as they want to hold a Quran Khawani before the wedding ceremony, as they say it is better to start it with the name of Allah. I personally do not believe in these things, as I know they have no standing in Sunnah.

Q: In a video clip, Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri, soon after burying one of his workers, asks a person to offer adhan (Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Laa Ilaaha illAllahu Allahu Akbar) alongside his grave and then is shown trying to spoon-feed the answers to the three questions that are asked in the grave. Is that act permissible in Shariah?

Q: Recently I was told by a family member that I am committing biddat by attending a zikr programme at a friends house. Once a week 4 ladies including myself  gather at her house to make zikr.  Before we start we read 11 times durood sharief, and the following tasbeeh \"Bismillahir rahmanir raheem\" 12000 times. After every 1000 1 person will read 2 rakaat salatul hajaat. While she reads the salah the others are engaged in silent dua individually. After she completes the salah we start reading the zikr silently till another 1000 is complete, and again a 2nd person will read the salatul hajaat while the others are engaged in dua. This way we all have a turn 2 read the salah. At the end of the zikr 1 person reads surah Faatiha, ayatul kursi, the 3 quls and a short dua is read. During the entire zikr no one is allowed to talk or engage in any worldly conversation. We concentrate and focus on what and how we read, and have firm belief Allah Ta'ala will accept our duas and effort. We make duas for the entire ummah, the marhooms, the sick, poor, rich, family members, friends, etc. Mufti saab please inform me as to how this falls under biddat. Looking forward to your views and opinion insha allah.

May Allah Ta'ala reward you abundantly in all your efforts striving for deen.

Q: I was advised that taking a mannat in the first 10 days of Muharram is wrong. Is this true? If so, why?

Q: I need some help with a definition and classification of bid'ah please, as per the scholars of Islam.

Q: What is the exact, complete, all-inclusive definition of bidat, please explain with current examples.

Q: Could you please let me know before marriage, from the grooms side people go to the brides side and put flowers to brides hair, it is permissible in Islam? I strictly told to my parents it is not permissible in Islam, my parents also accepted. Could you please advise me whether what I did was correct.

س: هل يجوز لي إعطاء الهدايا لصديقي يوم المعراج بأن يقول له :"هذه الهدايا لك بسبب يوم المعراج." بغير اعتقاد أن الهدايا في هذا اليوم - سنة في الدين؟