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Allah (s.w.t.) has sent down the Qur'an as a source of the true path for people with respect to all matters pertaining to the world and the timeless existence, and has assigned the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) to explain the Qur’an and implement its provisions. Therefore, the explanations and the implementations of our Prophet constitute the sunnah. Hence, the sunnah is an indispensable and extremely significant source of Islam from the aspect of the Qur’an. Almighty Allah has commanded true believers to refer and adhere to sunnah along with the Qur’an by emphasizing the significance of it in many versicles of the Qur’an. Imam Birgivī, compiled more than fifty studies in almost entire subject of Islamic sciences, mostly in Arabic. He was one of the most famous scholars of the Ottoman Empire during the 14th century. Imam Birgivī states in his works that the way to bring happiness and reach peace in the world and the timeless existence can only be achieved by following the Qur’an and the Sunna. Birgivī, on the one hand, tried to base his entire arguments with respect to religious issues on the Qur’an and the sunnah, on the other hand, placed emphasis on to the words of predecessors of Islam. Because his companions (al-Sahabah), their successors (the Tabi‘ūn) were the ones who knew the sunnah best, therefore adhering to the sunnah could be achieved by following them. Thus, Birgivī's strong devotion to the sunnah increased his struggle against innovations. Yet, the most prominent characteristics of Birgivī was his inability to tolerate mistakes regarding religious matters and tried to correct these mistakes within the framework of “al-amr bi-l-maʿrūf wa-n-nahy ʿani-l-munkar”. Birgivī, whose only desire was to maintain his life within the standards of the Qur’an and the sunnah, determined many wrong practices that became prevalent in the society he lived in contrary to the Qur’an and the sunnah and qualified them as innovations and made every effort to correct these practices. Birgivî reflected his activities of "reviving the sunnah’s and destroying the innovations" in the period in which he lived through said efforts. Birgivī, who considered the things that had appeared as a decrease or increase in the issues of belief and practice after our Prophet Mohammad and Hulefā-i Raşidīn, (the 4 Khalifah) as innovations, did not acknowledge the things brought up later on matters related to customs and traditions which were not contrary to the sharī‘ah (religious law), as innovations, since they were not related to religion. Birgivī also shed light on the confusions regarding the relationship between sunnah and innovation and helped to resolve this confusion through said perception. Birgivī's sensitivity about sunnah, his efforts to defend sunnah in every field, his attitude against innovations and his struggle against innovations have been compared to Ibn Taymiyyah's attitude on this issue and it has been argued that Birgivī was influenced by Ibn Taymiyyah. In fact, although said attitudes of Birgivī were similar to those of Ibn Taymiyyah, they were not the same and the conclusions drawn by both were considerably different. This article is about Imam Birgivī's attitude towards innovations and superstitions. We have tried to explain Birgivī's attitude towards innovations from various aspects through this article which were compiled from the tracts and books risen to prominence both in Turkey and in Islamic countries. This valuable scholar, who influenced his period and after through his wisdom, perception, asceticism and piousness (taqwa), his sensitivity towards religion and advising people, focused mostly on studies regarding the explanation of the true Islam and the clarifying the confusions related to the innovations and superstitions attributed to the religion and attached special importance to the issue of innovations. 

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