Although we initially felt no need to address the unanimous belief of Bada, the misunderstandings being created by the insightful Nawasib against the Shi’a of Ahlulbayt (as) deemed it important to address the matter once for all.
The word Bada has the following two meanings in general Arabic language:
The first meaning is “Appearance after hiding.”
The second meaning is the “origination of a new idea.”
The Shi’a believes that Allah (swt) is the Creator of this universe and every single living or non-living thing present in the universe is due to the will of Allah (swt). Every incident occurring until the Day of Judgment is within the absolute / eternal knowledge of Allah (swt). If Allah (swt) grants a kingdom to an individual, that is then taken back because he transgressed into major sins and grants it to somebody else, then according to Shia belief Bada’ has been utilized by Allah (swt). This example does not mean that Allah (swt) was initially unaware of what was going to happen in the future, on the contrary He (swt) has absolute knowledge of every single movement that is going to happen. These narrow-minded Nawasib who prefer to adhere to man made dictionaries will abruptly interpret the incident according to the above two meanings of Bada’ by Allah (swt), rather than enhancing their belief towards the unimaginable capabilities of the Creator. Sadly these narrow-minded Nawasib that depict the Islamic belief of Bada as controversial ignorantly object to the notion that there can be a ‘change’ in Allah (swt)’s will.
In this article we shall seek to prove the existence of the belief of Bada directly from:
1. Allah (swt)’s final Divine Book
2. the statements of esteemed scholars of Ahle Sunnah and Shia
3. the authentic Sunni books of hadeeth
We shall also prove that historically it was only the narrow minded Jews who were opposed to the concept of a ‘change’ in God’s will. It should not come as much of a surprise to see their Nawasib brothers have also sharing this stance.
Since supplication is one of those acts that can change one’s destiny, we humbly supplicate that Allah (swt) adopt Bada and replace their dim whetted minds with the ability to ponder so that recognize the blessings that Allah (swt) has showered on Muslims in the shape of Bada (Ameen).