Can Uswa Become Bidah (biddat)
The Quran (2:158) says: وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ اللّهَ شَاكِرٌعَلِيمٌ ( he who does a virtue of his own will God will accept it and is fully aware of it ). Similarly, in 2:45 , it has been said that in case of difficulty, help should be sought from the prayer and from perseverance : ﻿ وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاة﻿ِ . Thus in the light of these verses, besides the obligatory prayer, Muslims also offer the optional prayer. The optional ( nafl ) prayers which the Prophet (sws) has offered or has urged people to offer can be found in Hadith Corpus.