Ahl al-Bid'ah

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ahl al-Bida is a pejorative semi political Islamic term.

[edit] Meaning

Ahl means "from" or "people of", and Bid'ah means "innovation of religious beliefs or worship", thus does the term conote "the innovators".

[edit] Use

The term is usually used by Islamic scholars or preacers to generalise in a pejorative way over those holding a view they do not accept. It has been used, but not exclusively, by Salafi's to denote Shi'a and others.