How many people intend good but do not reach it!

Reminder! How many people intend good but do not reach it!

Abu 'Abdur-Rahman 'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood (radiallaahu 'anhu) saw a group of people making dhikr in a mosque in a way other that the way of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam).

They were saying "Allaahu Akbar, Laa ilaaha il-allaah, Subhana Allaah" in a collective gathering so 'Abdullaah bin Mas'ood said to them, "Count your sins… Woe to you o nation of Muhammad! How quick you rush to destruction. These are the Companions of your Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) who are many in number and these are his clothes that have not worn out and his utensils haven't broken. By the One whose Hands is my soul, either you are upon a path better than the guidance of Muhammad (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) or you are opening a door to misguidance."

They said, "By Allaah, O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, we only intended good."

He replied, "And how many people intend good but don't reach it."
[Sunan ad-Daarimi (1/67-69) with an authentic chain].

Naafi' (rahimahullaah) reported that a man sneezed by the side of Ibn 'Umar (radiallaahu 'anhumma) and said, "All praise is due to Allaah and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger!" So Ibn 'Umar said: "And I say All praise is due to Allaah and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, but this is not how the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) taught us; rather he taught us to say 'All praise is due to Allaah in all situations.'"
[Saheeh Sunan Tirmidhi 2738, Haakim 4/265-266, Mizi in Tahdeeb al-Kamal 6/553]

The religion is complete, and nothing should be added to this perfect religion.

Allaah said:
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا
"This day I have perfected your religion and completed My favour upon you and have made Islam pleasing as your religion."
[Maaidah: 3]

The scholar of Tafseer, Shaikh 'Abdur-Rahman Al-Sa'di (rahimahullaah) said regarding this Verse: "the day referred to here is the day of Arafat when Allaah completed His religion, and gave victory to His servant and Messenger... This is why the Book and the Sunnah are sufficient in the rulings of the religion, its fundamentals and branches."

Imam Maalik (rahimahullaah) said, "Whoever innovates in Islam and sees it as good, it is as if he claims that Muhammad (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) has deceived the Message because Allaah says: "This day I have perfected your religion and completed My favour upon you and have made Islam pleasing as your religion." So what was not Islam then is not considered to be Islam today."
[Al-I'tisaam of Shaatbi (1/64)]

The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said:
(( من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردّ))
"Whoever introduces into our affairs that which is not from it, it will be rejected." [Saheeh Al-Bukhaari and Saheeh Muslim]
It is said to the innovators:
تعصي الإله وأنت تظهر حبه هذا لعمرك في القياس بديع
لو كان حبك صادقا لأطعته إن المحـب لمن يحب مطيـع

You disobey Allaah while showing outwardly that you love Him

This no doubt as an analogy is considered something new
If your love for Allaah were true then you would have obeyed Him

The one who loves someone obeys Him

The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: "For whomsoever lives amongst you after me will see many differences. So upon you is to follow my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs after me. Stick to it, and bite onto it with the molar teeth and be warned of the newly invented matters for verily every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance."
Source: Sahīh Sunan Abī Dawood no. 4607.