Likewise, Ibn ʿAbbās said to the Kharijites who had rebelled against ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with him: “I have come to you from the Prophet’s Companions ﷺ—the Emigrants and the Helpers—and from the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law. The Qur’an was revealed in their midst, and they are therefore more knowledgeable about its interpretation than you are, yet not one of them is among you.” (1) Thus, the mark of a newly-invented practice in worship is that you do not see the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, observing it. Satan beautifies such an act and dazzles the worshiper through sentiment and subjective feeling rather than through revelation. One must therefore beware of fabricating a ritual that merely gratifies the soul’s inclination. Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “Any act of devotion the Companions of the Messenger of Allah did not perform—do not perform it. The first generation has left nothing unsaid for those who come later. So fear Allah, O reciters, and follow the path of those who were before you.” (2) Had it been something good, they would have been the first to embrace it. They omitted no good without directing us to it. Indeed, innovations and misguided desires only emerged when people chose a course other than that of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them.