From the lives of our pious predecessorsReligious practices common in a society may not necessarily be Islamic. For worship to be valid it must have precedence in the Sunnah. It is reported that Abdullah Bin Al-Hasan used to often sit with Rabi'ah. One day they were revising and studying various practices from the Sunnah when a man in the gathering said, “(But) this is not what is practiced (by the people).” Abdullah said, “So if the ignorant become so numerous that they become the rulers and judges, will they then be a proof over the Sunnah?” Rabi'ah said, “I bear witness that these are the words of the sons of the Prophets.” – Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi, Al-Faqih wal
