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Certainly, it does not follow that the law-maker has been regretting or he has been ignorant of it. Rather, the circumstances have led to these changes in the law, just like a prescription which the physician changes in accordance with the existing conditions of the sick. However, as soon as the patient’s mood changes, the physician issues a new prescription.

Therefore, similar to the case of abrogation in the verses, which in fact is regarded as a kind of /bida’/, and is accepted by all of the Islamic sects, they must also accept /bida’/ in this very stated sense. Thus, /bida’/ signifies our ignorance and not of Allah’s ignorance. Some Examples of “bida’” We thought that when Allah ordered Hadrat ‘Ibrahim (as) to decapitate his son, He wanted Ishmael (as) to be killed and his blood be shed on the earth.

But, it was later revealed that the Divine Will had been to put the father to the test and not to…