Read these two Ayat and that’s enough for a day because if you just THINK at least ONE issue mention here, that will set you up for your Ebadah for your entire life.

If you have a least knowledge of Arabic language, you know the meaning of ‘Allama’ means ‘He taught’ and ‘kum’ means ‘you (plural)’, therefore the word ‘Allamakum’ means ‘He taught you’.

If you don’t know Arabic language then check the translations of 31 different translator, how they translate the word ‘Allamakum’ (that’s asking the knowledgeable (not anyone who has ‘knowledge’ (as wrongly translated and understood widely) but who has ‘knowledge of Quran’ when you don’t know)

Who is this ‘He’ mentioned in this Ayah? He is a teacher and He is Allah. Subhanahu wa Taa’la. The Ebadah you do taught us by Allah. Allahu Akbar. Pause, think, sit on it and sleep on it. It did not come from angel, not from Rasulullah, sallillahu alaihi wa sallam, nor it came from any other human being. It came from Allah. Allah taught his messenger through his Malaika Gibrael, and then only Rasulullah taught us.

Ebadah is Allah’s right and He taught us how to do it and He said, you did not know this before. So, check yourself before the Dhikr you do, the prayer you do. Where you get it from? Does it go back to Allah’s messenger? Is there any authentic sources to Rasulullah sallillahu alaihi wa sallam or somewhere along the way, some ‘Peer’, some ‘Awlya’ dreamt it?

Though I know the argument about innovating Dhikr, or found in dreams by righteous ones that in time of Rasulullah some Sahaba did few things on their own. But the thing is, Rasulullah sallillahu alaihi wa sallam approved that, after him where you get the approval from? Because don’t ever forget that Ebadah needs approval from Allah.

That’s why time and time again we check and go back to the authenticity of anything that claim came from Rasulullah saliillahu alaihi wa sallam.

Just remember, doing any Ebadah that is not from Allah, is a clear Shirk and Bida’a (I know it is traditionally describe as ‘Bida’s’ because Hadith clearly says it is ‘Bida’a’ but as per Quran it falls under the definition of Shirk because you give authority to someone else, the authority of which belongs to Allah.

And Allah knows best.
Ma Allah guide us.
And I seek refuge with Allah to do an Ebadah that He did not approve.
Ameen.