a group among them has indeed fulfilled that duty, some of their works addressing only subsidiary issues while others combine the two types. I have examined all of those writings and, together with them, read hundreds of other books in hadith, jurisprudence, literature, and more. From this I have compiled a vast store of material on innovations the like of which, to my knowledge, no one before me has assembled. It is the basis of the book referred to earlier, The Dictionary of Innovations, and I ask Allah to enable me to refine, organize, and publish it for the benefit of people. The present chapter is both a proof of that undertaking and a sample of its contents. Allah alone grants success.

Now, as promised, here are the “Friday innovations”:

1 – Regarding it as an act of devotion to refrain from travelling on Friday¹