HEY HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY INTENTION????!!!
Brothers and sisters in Islam!
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
I was discussing the matter of ‘INTENTION’ with a brother and I wrote in detail about it, thought of sharing with my other Islamic family members as well
Now let us see in depth the matter of intention:
Sorry to say the matter of intention is not as it seems. We have a common belief among us; we think, anything which is done is basically based on the purification of your intention and for that, people do a lot and when you ask them about it, they say, "how do you know my intention?"
Now brother as far as the matter of intention is concerned it is important to understand 2 important things:
1. The first important thing is, sometimes a person does something with a good intention but the action he does (or the way he chooses) comes out to be the wrong. For example a person arranges a Milaad meeting (or any other innovation)… what is his intention??? Good or bad?? Of course good but the path he chose or the action he did became a sin for him isn’t it? So it is important that even the actions are to be judged not just intention… similarly someone kills a person in an accident, now of course no one intends to do such a thing but even then he has to pay the penalty even in Islam… this also proves that not ONLY intention is the only thing we ought to look forward to, rather there are much more….
However we cannot claim anything but the matter of intention is solely with Allah SWT so only He would judge such things but for Dunya we would apply the ruling on appearance…!
2. One of the well-known rulings of Shariah which must be kept in mind and is denoted as اجراء الاحكام علي الظاهر meaning the ruling is applied on the appearance of the act (not the intention)… there are several evidences from where this rule is derived:
فان تابوا واقاموا الصلاة فخلوا سبيلهم * التوبة 5
If they repent and establish prayer, leave their paths...
Similarly it is narrated by Ibn e Umar R.A:
أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله ، وأن محمداً رسول الله ، ويقيموا الصلاة ، ويؤتوا الزكاة ، فإذا فعلوا ذلك عصموا مني دماءهم وأموالهم إلا بحق الإسلام ، وحسابهم على الله تعالى )) متفق عليه
Prophet of Allah SAW said: Im ordered to fight with people until they testify that there is no (true) lord except Allah and indeed Muhammad SAW is His messenger and they establish prayers and pay Zakah, and if they do that, they have saved from me their blood, wealth except the right of Islam, and the accountability of latter is on Allah SWT.
Similarly it is narrated by Abu Abdullah Tariq:
سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : (( من قال لا إله إلا الله وكفر بما يعبد من دون الله ؛ حرم ماله ودمه ، وحسابه على الله تعالى )) رواه مسلم
(With almost the same meaning)
Similarly Imam Ibn e Taimiyyah (R.A) and many scholars from Salaf have discussed the rule thoroughly…
In the above Ahadith and verses, it is definite, that people are to be judged by the appearance in Dunya regardless of their intention. As Prophet SAW said, the matter of rights of Islam (related to faith, etc) would be on Allah… The matter of intention would be dealt by Allah SWT only not us…!
This is what is meant by the well-known Hadith:
Actions are judged by intentions. (Bukhari & Muslim)
In this the judge would be Allah, not us, Allah will judge actions based on intentions not us…!
Precisely, if a person is doing something, regardless of his intention, we would apply the rule which is followed by the action according to Shariah… For example, a person steals something from a person and he is caught, now he would be sentenced to punishment by the Islamic Law no matter what his intention was, may be it was just a joke or it might be some other good purpose in his intention… So he can argue that my intention was not bad, but it won’t be accepted as this rule is clear اجراء الحكم علي الظاهر. Same is the case with a girl who does not wear Hijaab, she might argue that my intention is never to attract people or boys and she might be right but we won’t consider her modest because we do not know what is in her heart….! Therefore it is not in any case acceptable… furthermore; as in the above Hadith it is clear that if they do the things mentioned, they would be leftover regardless of their intention…!To say that the matter is of intention so we do not have any problem, is unacceptable… because we can’t just base everything on intention. We ought to judge from the appearance…!
As for the summary I would like to quote what Sheikh Saleh Al Usaimeen said:
اعلم أن العبرة في الدنيا بما في الظواهر ؛ اللسان والجوارح ، وأن العبرة في الآخرة بما في السرائر بالقلب .
فالإنسان يوم القيامة يحاسب على ما في قلبه ، وفي الدنيا على ما في لسانه وجوارحه ،
Know that in Dunya things are measured by their appearance; the tongue and body parts, and indeed in Aakhirah, things would be measured by the intentions in heart.
So a person would be accountable on the day of judgment for what he had in his heart and in Dunya on his tongue and body parts.
Moreover Sheikh said:
فالواجب إجراء الناس على ظواهرهم ؛ لأننا لا نعلم الغيب ، ولا نعلم ما في القلوب ، ولا يكلف الله نفساً إلا وسعها، وقد قال النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام: ((إنما أقضي بنحو ما أسمع))
It is compulsory to apply (the ruling) on the appearances, because we do not know Ghaib (unseen) and we do not know what is in hearts and no soul is responsible except for what is in his control and indeed the Prophet of Allah SAW said:
“I judge according to what to what I hear!”
والله اعلم!
ORIGIN OF DANCE IN INDIA
"Dance in India is believed to be originated by Lord Brahma. He used pathya (words) from the Rigveda, abhinaya (gestures) from the Yajurveda, geet (music) from the Samaveda and rasa (emotions) from the Atharvaveda to form the Natyaveda. Three best-known Hindu deities, Shiva, Kali and Krishna, are typically represented dancing. Shiva's cosmic dance, tandava, Kali's dance of creation and destruction and Krishna's dance with the Gopi's, Rasa Lila have been popular in the Hindu mythology.
In the ancient times there were no halls or theaters and hence dancers used to perform in the temples. Dance was performed on regular basis before deity as a form of devotion. Even today the gods and goddesses are invoked through the religious folk dance forms from good old times."
(source: wikipedia)
Asalam o alaykum wr wb, The reason of the above is that today i went to a muhalla called "Ghulam muhammadabad" in my city to see rabbi ul awwal celebrations. And i saw people watching indian songs on their computers and i came to know (didn't see but heard from a friend) that some people were dancing on naats. So this led me to research the origin of dance. I am a firm believer that whatever "cool acts" coming from west and bollywood are actually related to their religion and consist of shirk. In short these acts are actually a manifestation of their religious rituals and they want Muslims to indirectly involve in their religious activities in any way possible. This is what Allah said:
"Never will the Jews be pleased with you, neither the Christians, till you follow their religion." (2:120)
And today i saw the origin of dance and it was confirmed. The hindus consider dance an ibadat. Today we are witnessing they doing dawah of their religion openly on pakistani tv channels. I heard there are many dance competition programs running on pakistani channels. Today we see dance in almost every marriage function, fun gathering etc. This is a very dangerous act especially when people practice this hideous act day and night and spending lots of hours. Many of us young people are involved in watching bollywood songs which consist of filthy dance. How can watching such a thing and practicing such a thing be justified when its origin is related with the hindu so-called god brahma. Such an abominable act will anger Allah Almighty :( may Allah Almighty give us hidayah. aameen
Ruling on celebrating the birthday of the Prophet
Praise be to Allaah the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions.
The commands mentioned in the Qur’aan and Sunnah to follow the laws of Allaah and His Messenger, and the prohibitions on introducing innovations into the religion are quite clear. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really) love Allaah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur’aan and the Sunnah), Allaah will love you and forgive you your sins’”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:31]
“Follow what has been sent down unto you from your Lord (the Qur’aan and Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah), and follow not any Awliyaa’ (protectors and helpers who order you to associate partners in worship with Allaah), besides Him (Allaah). Little do you remember!”
[al-A’raaf 7:3]
“And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His path”
[al-A’naam 6:153]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The most truthful of speech is the Book of Allaah and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad, and the most evil of things are those which are newly-invented.” And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 2697; Muslim, no. 1718). According to a version narrated by Muslim, “Whoever doe anything that is not in accordance with this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), will have it rejected.”
Among the reprehensible innovations that people have invented is the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the month of Rabee’ al-Awwal. They celebrate this occasion in various ways:
Some of them simply make it an occasion to gather and read the story of the Mawlid, then they present speeches and qaseedahs (odes) for this occasion.
Some of them make food and sweets etc., and offer them to the people present.
Some of them hold these celebrations in the mosques, and some of them hold them in their houses.
Some people do not limit themselves to the actions mentioned above; they include in these gatherings haraam and reprehensible things, such as free mixing of men and women, dancing and singing, or committing actions of shirk such as seeking the help of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), calling upon him, seeking his support against their enemies and so on.
Whatever form it takes and whatever the intentions of those who do this are, there is no doubt whatsoever that it is an invented, haraam innovation which was introduced by the Shi’a Faatimids after the three best centuries, in order to corrupt the religion of the Muslims. The first person to do this after them was the king al-Muzaffar Abu Sa’eed Kawkaboori, the king of Irbil, at the end of the sixth century or the beginning of the seventh century AH, as was mentioned by the historians such as Ibn Khalkaan and others. Abu Shaamah said: the first person to do that in Mosul was Shaykh ‘Umar ibn Muhammad al-Malaa, one of the well-known righteous people. Then the ruler of Irbil and others followed his example.
Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer said in al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah (13/137), in his biography of Abu Sa’eed Kazkaboori: “He used to observe the Mawlid in Rabee’ al-Awwal and hold a huge celebration on that occasion… some of those who were present at the feast of al-Muzaffar on some occasions of the Mawlid said that he used to offer in the feast five thousand grilled heads of sheep, ten thousand chickens and one hundred thousand large dishes, and thirty trays of sweets… he would let the Sufis sing from Zuhr until Fajr, and he himself would dance with them.”
Ibn Khalkaan said in Wafiyaat al-A’yaan (3/274): “When it is the first of Safar they decorate those domes with various kinds of fancy adornments, and in every dome there sits a group of singers and a group of puppeteers and players of musical instruments, and they do not leave any one of those domes without setting up a group (of performers) there.
The people give up work during this period, and they do no work except going around and watching the entertainment. When there are two days to go until the Mawlid, they bring out a large number of camels, cows and sheep, more than can be described, and they accompany them with all the drums, songs and musical instruments that they have, until they bring them to the square… On the night of the Mawlid there are performances of nasheed after Maghrib in the citadel.”
This is the origin of this celebration on the occasion of the Prophet’s birthday. More recently idle entertainment, extravagance, and wasting of money and time have become associated with an innovation for which Allaah has not sent down any authority.
What Muslims should do is to revive the Sunnah and put an end to bid’ah (innovation); they should not do any action until they know the ruling of Allaah concerning it.
Ruling on celebrating the Prophet’s birthday
Celebrating the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is forbidden and is to be rejected for a number of reasons:
1 – it is not part of the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or of the khaleefahs who succeeded him. Since this is the case, then it is a forbidden innovation, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I urge you to follow my Sunnah and the way of the rightly-guided khaleefahs after me; adhere to it and cling to it firmly. Beware of newly-invented things, for every newly-invented thing is an innovation (bid’ah) and every innovation is a going-astray.” (Narrated by Ahmad, 4/126; al-Tirmidhi no. 2676).
Celebrating the Mawlid is an innovation introduced by the Shi’a Faatimids after the three best centuries in order to corrupt the religion of the Muslims. If a person does anything in order to draw closer to Allaah which was not done by the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or enjoined by him, and was not done by the khaleefahs who succeeded him, this action implies that he is accusing the Messenger of not explaining the religion to the people, and that he disbelieves in the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning):
“This day, I have perfected your religion for you”
[al-Maa'idah 5:3]
because he is adding something extra and claiming that it is a part of the religion, but the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not bring this.
2 – Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is an imitation of the Christians, because they celebrate the birth of the Messiah (peace be upon him). Imitating them is extremely haraam. The hadeeth tells us that it is forbidden to imitate the kuffaar, and we are commanded to differ from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them” (narrated by Ahmad, 2/50; Abu Dawood, 4/314). And he said, “Be different from the mushrikeen” (narrated by Muslim, 1/222, no. 259) – especially with regard to things that are the symbols or rituals of their religion.
3 – Besides being bid’ah and an imitation of the Christians, both of which are haraam, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is also a means that leads to exaggeration and excess in venerating him, which even goes as far as calling upon him (making du’aa’ to him) and seeking his help, instead of calling upon Allaah, as happens now among many of those who observe the bid’ah of the Mawlid, when they call upon the Messenger instead of Allaah, and ask him for support, and sing qaseedahs (odes) of shirk praising him, like Qaseedat al-Burdah etc. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade going to extremes in praising him, as he said: “Do not extol as the Christians extolled the son of Maryam. For I am just His slave, so say, the slave of Allaah and His Messenger” (narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4/142, no. 3445; al-Fath, 6/551), i.e., do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising the Messiah and venerated him until they worshipped him instead of Allaah. Allaah forbade them to do that when he said (interpretation of the meaning):
“O people of the Scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allaah aught but the truth. The Messiah ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), was (no more than) a Messenger of Allaah and His Word, (“Be!” — and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam (Mary) and a spirit (Rooh) created by Him”
[al-Nisaa’ 4:171]
Our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade us to exaggerate concerning him lest the same thing happen to us as happened to them, so he said: “Beware of exaggeration, for those who came before you were destroyed because of exaggeration” (narrated by al-Nasaa’i, 5/268; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani inSaheeh Sunan al-Nasaa’i, no. 2863).
4 – Observing the innovation of the Prophet’s birthday opens the door to other kinds of bid’ah and being distracted by them from the Sunnah. Hence you find that the innovators are very active when it comes to bid’ah and very lazy when it comes to the Sunnah; they hate it and regard those who follow it as enemies, until their entire religion is innovated anniversaries and Mawlids. They have split into various groups, each of which commemorates the anniversary of its imaam’s birth, such as the births of al-Badawi, Ibn ‘Arabi, al-Dasooqi and al-Shaadhili. No sooner do they end the celebration of one birthday but they start the celebration of another. This results in exaggeration concerning these dead people and others, and in calling upon them instead of Allaah, believing that they can bring benefit and cause harm, until they deviate from the religion of Allaah and go back to the religion of the people of the Jaahiliyyah of whom Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And they worship besides Allaah things that harm them not, nor profit them, and they say: ‘These are our intercessors with Allaah’”
[Yoonus 10:18]
“And those who take Awliyaa’ (protectors, helpers, lords, gods) besides Him (say): ‘We worship them only that they may bring us near to Allaah’”
[al-Zumar 39:3]
Discussing the specious arguments of those who celebrate the Mawlid
Those who think that this bid’ah should be continued produce specious arguments which are flimsier than a spider’s web. These specious arguments may be dealt with as follows:
1 – Their claim that this is veneration of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):
The response to that is that the way to venerate him is to obey him, do as he commanded and avoid that which he forbade, and to love him; he is not to be venerated through innovations, myths and sins. Celebrating his birthday is of this blameworthy type because it is a sin. The people who venerated the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) the most were the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them), as ‘Urwah ibn Mas’ood said to Quraysh: “O people, by Allaah I have visited kings. I went to Caesar, Chosroes and the Negus, but by Allaah I never saw a king whose companions venerated him as much as the companions of Muhammad venerated Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). By Allaah, whenever he spat it never fell on the ground, it fell into into the hand of one his companions, then they wiped their faces and skins with it. If he instructed them to do something, they would hasten to do as he commanded. When he did wudoo’, they would almost fight over his water. When he spoke they would lower their voices in his presence; and they did not stare at him out of respect for him.” (al-Bukhaari, 3/178, no. 2731, 2732; al-Fath, 5/388). Yet despite this level of veneration, they never took the day of his birth as an ‘Eid (festival). If that had been prescribed in Islam they would not have neglected to do that.
2 – Using as evidence the fact that many people in many countries do this.
The response to that is that evidence consists of that which is proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and what is proven from the Prophet is that innovations are forbidden in general, and this is an innovation. What people do, if it goes against the evidence (daleel), does not prove anything, even if many of them do it.
“And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allaah’s path”
[al-An’aam 6:116 – interpretation of the meaning]
Nevertheless, in every age, praise be to Allaah, there have always been those who denounce this bid’ah and state clearly that it is false. Those who persist in following it after the truth had been explained to them have no proof.
Among those who denounced the celebration of this occasion was Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, in Iqtidaa’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem; Imaam al-Shaatibi in al-‘I’tisaam; Ibn al-Haaj in al-Madkhil; Shaykh Taaj al-Deen ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar al-Lakhami who wrote an entire book denouncing it; Shaykh Muhammad Basheer al-Sahsawaani al-Hindi in his book Siyaanah al-Insaan; al-Sayyid Muhammad Rasheed Ridaa wrote a separate essay on this topic; Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem Aal al-Shaykh wrote a separate essay on it; Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz; and others who are still writing and denouncing this bid’ah every year in the pages of newspapers and magazines, at the time when this bid’ah is being done.
3 – They say that by celebrating the Mawlid they are keeping the memory of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) alive.
The answer to that is that the memory of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is constantly kept alive by the Muslim, such as when his name (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is mentioned in the adhaan and iqaamah and in khutbahs, and every time the Muslim recites the Shahaadatayn after doing wudoo’ and in the prayers, and every time he sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in his prayers and when he is mentioned, and every time the Muslim does a waajib (obligatory) or mustahabb (recommended) action that was prescribed by the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). In all of these ways (the Muslim) remembers him and the reward equivalent to the reward of the one who does that action goes back to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Thus the Muslim constantly keeps the memory of the Messenger alive and has a connection with him night and day throughout his life through that which Allaah has prescribed, not only on the day of the Mawlid and things which are bid’ah and go against the Sunnah, for that puts one at a distance from the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and the Messenger will disown him because of that.
The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has no need of this innovated celebration, because Allaah has already bestowed veneration and respect upon him, as He says:
“and raised high your fame”
[al-Sharh 94:4]
For Allaah is not mentioned in the adhaan, iqaamah or khutbah, but the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is mentioned after Him; this is sufficient veneration, love and renewal of his memory, ad sufficient encouragement to follow him.
Allaah did not refer to the birth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the Qur’aan, rather He referred to his Mission, and says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Indeed, Allaah conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad) from among themselves”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:124]
“He it is Who sent among the unlettered ones a Messenger (Muhammad) from among themselves”
[al-Jumu’ah 64:2]
4 – They may say that the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday was introduced by a knowledgeable and just king who intended thereby to draw closer to Allaah.
Our response to that is that bid’ah is not acceptable, no matter who does it. A good intention does not justify a bad deed and even if a person died as a knowledgeable and righteous person, this does not mean that he was infallible.
5 – They say that celebrating the mawlid comes under the heading of bid’ah hasanah (“good innovation”) because it is based on giving thanks to Allaah for the Prophet!
Our response to that is that there is nothing good in innovation. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 2697; al-Fath, 5/355). And he said, “Every innovation is a going astray” (narrated by Ahmad, 4/126; al-Tirmidhi, no. 2676). The ruling on innovations is that they are all misguidance, but this specious argument suggests that not every bid’ah is a going astray, rather there are good innovations.
Al-Haafiz ibn Rajab said in Sharh al-Arba’een: “The words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), ‘every innovation is a going astray’ is a concise but comprehensive comment which includes everything; it is one of the most important principles of religion. It is like his words ‘Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected.’ (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3/167, no. 2697; al-Fath, 5/355). Whoever innovates anything and attributes it to Islam when it has no basis in the religion, this is a going astray and is nothing to do with Islam, whether that has to do with matters of belief (‘aqeedah) or outward and inward words and deeds.”
(Jaami’ al-‘Uloom wa’l-Hakam, p. 233)
These people have no proof that there is any such thing as a “good innovation” apart from the words of ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) concerning Taraaweeh prayers, “What a good innovation this is.” (Saheeh al-Bukhaari, 2/252, no. 2010 mu’allaqan; al-Fath 4/294).
They also said that things were innovated which were not denounced by the salaf, such as compiling the Qur’aan into one volume and writing and compiling the hadeeth.
The response to that is that these matters had a basis in Islam, so they were not newly-invented.
‘Umar said: “What a good bid’ah” meaning innovation in the linguistic sense, not in the shar’i sense. Whatever has a basis in Islam, if it is described as an innovation, is an innovation in the linguistic sense, not in the shar’i sense, because innovation in the shar’i sense means that which has no basis in Islam.
Compiling the Qur’aan into one book has a basis in Islam, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had commanded that the Qur’aan be written down, but it was scattered, so the Sahaabah compiled it in one volume so as so protect and preserve it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led his companions in praying Taraaweeh for a while, then he stopped doing that, lest that become obligatory on them. The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) continued to pray it separately during the life of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and after his death, until ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with them) gathered them behind one imaam as they used to pray behind the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). This was not an innovation introduced into the religion.
Writing down the hadeeth also has a basis in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) ordered that some ahaadeeth should be written down for some of his companions when they asked him for that. In general terms writing it down during his lifetime was not allowed, for fear that the Qur’aan might be mixed with things that were not part of it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) died, this fear was no longer a factor, because the Qur’aan had been completed and arranged in order before he died. The Muslims compiled the Sunnah after that in order to preserve it and keep it from being lost. May Allaah reward them with good on behalf of Islam and the Muslims, because they preserved the Book of their Lord and the Sunnah of their Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) from being lost or being tampered with.
We may also say to them: why was this act of thanksgiving, as they call it, not done by the best generations, the Sahaabah, Taabi’een and followers of the Taabi’een, who loved the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) most and who were most keen to do good and give thanks? Are those who introduced the innovation of the Mawlid more rightly-guided than them? Do they give more thanks to Allaah? Definitely not!
6 – They may say that celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is indicative of their love for him; this is one way of showing that, and showing love of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is prescribed in Islam!
The answer to that is that undoubtedly loving the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is obligatory for every Muslim; he should love him more than he loves himself, his child, his father and all the people – may my father and mother be sacrificed for him – but that does not mean that we should introduce innovations for doing so that have not been prescribed for us. Loving him dictates that we should obey him and follow him, for that is one of the greatest manifestations of love, as it is said:
“If your love is sincere then obey him; for the lover obeys the one whom he loves.”
Loving the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) implies keeping his Sunnah alive, adhering firmly to it, and avoiding words and deeds that go against it. Undoubtedly everything that goes against his Sunnah is a reprehensible innovation (bid’ah) and a manifest act of disobedience. That includes celebrating his birthday and other kinds of bid’ah. A good intention does not mean that it is permissible to introduce innovations into the religion. Islam is based on two things, purity of intention and following [the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)]. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Yes, but whoever submits his face (himself) to Allaah (i.e. follows Allaah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism) and he is a Muhsin (a doer of good) then his reward is with his Lord (Allaah), on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve”
[al-Baqarah 2:112]
Submitting one’s face to Allaah means being sincere towards Allaah, and doing good means following the Messenger and implementing the Sunnah.
7 – Another of their specious arguments is when they say that by celebrating the Mawlid and reading the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) on this occasion, they are encouraging people to follow his example!
We say to them that reading the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and following his example are required of the Muslim all the time, all year long and throughout his life. Singling out a specific day for that with no evidence for doing so is an innovation, and every innovation is a going astray.” (Narrated by Ahmad, 4/164; al-Tirmidhi, 2676). Bid’ah does not bear any fruit but evil and it leads to a person distancing himself from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
In conclusion, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), whatever form it takes, is a reprehensible innovation. The Muslims should put a stop to this and other kinds of bid’ah, and occupy themselves with reviving and adhering to the Sunnah. They should not be deceived by those who promote and defend this bid’ah, for these types of people are more interested in keeping innovations alive than in reviving the Sunnah; they may not even care about the Sunnah at all. Whoever is like this, it is not permissible to imitate him or follow his example, even if the majority of people are like this. Rather we should follow the example of those who follow the path of the Sunnah, among the righteous salaf and their followers, even if they are few. Truth is not measured by the men who speak it, rather men are measured by the truth.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever among you lives (for a long time) will see many differences. I urge you to follow my Sunnah and the way of the rightly-guided khaleefahs who come after me. Hold on to it firmly. Beware of newly-invented matters, for every innovation is a going astray.” (Narrated by Ahmad, 4/126; al-Tirmidhi no. 2676). So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) explained to us in this hadeeth what we should do when there are differences of opinion, just as he explained that everything that goes against his Sunnah, be it words or deeds, is a bid’ah, and every bid’ah is a going astray.
If we see that there is no basis for celebrating the birthday of the Prophet, whether in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or in the way of the rightly-guided khaleefahs, then it is one of the newly-invented matters, one of the bid’ahs which lead people astray. This principle is what is implied by this hadeeth and is what is indicated by the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad), and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority. (And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and His Messenger, if you believe in Allaah and in the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination”
[al-Nisaa’ 4:59]
Referring to Allaah means referring to His Book, and referring to the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) means referring to his Sunnah after he has passed away. The Qur’aan and Sunnah are the reference point in cases of dispute. Where in the Qur’aan or Sunnah does it indicate that it is prescribed in Islam to celebrate the Prophet’s birthday? Whoever does that or thinks that it is good must repent to Allaah from this and from other kinds of bid’ah. This is the attitude of the Muslim who is seeking the truth. But whoever is too stubborn and arrogant after proof has been established, then his reckoning will be with his Lord.
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We ask Allaah to help us adhere to His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger until the Day when we will meet Him. May Allaah grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.
Huqooq al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) bayna al-Ijlaal wa’l-Ikhlaal, p. 139
Shaykh Dr. Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan
Member of the Committee of Senior Scholars, Saudi Arabia.
Asalam o alaykum wr wb brother & sisters. Today i would like to share with you all a very important message which i shared with my university fellows before graduating. And this message was loved by everyone. I was searching something and all of a sudden i found this and it brought back some cool memories. So i want to share. Its a bit long but it was from heart. I know in what condition i wrote it.
Dil se jo baat nikalti hai asar rakhti hai..
Par nahi taqat e parwaz magar rakhti hai..
(Allama Iqbal)
Asalam o Alaikum
As we all know that the end is near and it is time for all of us to start a new phase of life. The purpose of writing this testimonial dedicated to all of batch16 is not to gain cheap fame/attention seeking or to impose any sort of extreme lessons on anyone. But its just a sincere approach to convey from the inner core of my heart what I know.
As we all have spent 4 years in this university and finally our aims and achievements have been fulfilled. And majority of us would think that purpose of our lives has been achieved. But allow me to remind us all what Quran defines the purpose of this life. I will just quote one ayah from the Holy Quran-which is a book I am sure has been on top of our shelves in dust for four years and we never cared to understand what’s in it.
Allah says:
"And they said: "There is no (other life) but our (present) life of this world, and never shall we be resurrected (on the Day of Resurrection)."
If you (O Muhammad S.A.W) could but see when they will be held in front of their Lord! He will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yes, by our Lord! (it is the truth)."
(Surah Anaam Chapter 6 Verse 29-30)
I ask you my dear brothers, sit back for some time, relax your mind, forget everything for some moment, and think..Do we really believe from our hearts that there is going to be another life which is the real life? Don't we consider life of this world as the only life? Ask yourself this question honestly..Is the following ayah of Quran true?
"And this life of the world is only amusement and play! Verily, the home of the Hereafter, that is the life indeed, if they (human beings) but knew!"
(Surah Ankabuut Chapter 29 Verse 64)
My Dear brothers think what we have achieved in our four year life span in GIKI? Look back and set apart the worldly achievements and think what are our achievements that when on the Day of Judgment our Lord Allah Almighty will call us to account and we will stand before him alone and He will ask us: "O my slave. Tell me how you spent your youth?" (Sahih Tirmidhi Hadith)
What answer we have for this question? We did a lot of party with our friends? We said we will soon come to the right path when we get old?
By Allah my dear brothers we will not be able to answer this question.
Just think what are our goals? What are our priorities? Have we kept Allah only to have our prayers fulfilled? That if Allah gives us a very good job after graduation then Allah has fulfilled our rights?
If this education and place has taught us how to lie, how to transform into a political monster, how to leave Friday prayers on the compensation of study, how to be cool among friends by watching all sorts of filth available on LAN, how to be doubtful about religion, how to forget the Akhirah, tell me by Allah what is this education worth? Eating, sleeping, studying, partying...Tell me by Allah what is this life worth? Is this the life of an Alive heart or a dead heart? An animal or a human? A deceived soul or an intelligent one?
Enough is one verse and warning of Allah Almighty for such a lifestyle.
"But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur'ân nor acts on its orders, etc.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection. He will say:"O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, while I had sight (before). (Allâh) will say: "Like this, Our lessons came unto you, but you disregarded them (i.e. you left them, did not think deeply in them), and so this Day, you will be neglected."
(Surah Taha Chapter 20 Verse 124-126)
Now that we are going to start a new life. And we are going to enter into professional life. My sincere request to everyone is please know how to differentiate between a GOAL and NECESSITY. This education, job, making money is just a NECESSITY, so please consider it as a necessity.
Take care of Halal and Haram and take out time to ponder and think daily for some time that what is the reality of this deceptive world and what should we be preparing for.
I sincerely ask apology to everyone in advance if they didn’t like whatever I said in this and if they think I tried to hit anyone or I am anti-education or anti-fun or anti-something.
Please don’t misunderstand the message of this and take only the good from it.
Thank You..
Your Brother in Islam
Mohammad Ali (Batch15)
Nile
IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING ALLAH
I was reading a portion from my course book of aqeedah by Dr Bilal Philips and i want to share some lines from it with you all. Before i write that, i want to tell wat aqeedah is as many people get confused with this term. Basically aqeedah is a set of beliefs which we hold about Allah. It has many branches but the most important is about Allah Almighty. Today most of us are ignorant and away from religion because we do not have a sound aqeedah. Our understanding about Allah Almighty is not at all sound. What we know about Allah is either something told by our parents, or watched in some movies, or read in some poetry or read in some quotes or made up by our minds. This is a pitiable condition. Because we do not even know fully and accurately about the One whom we claim to worship.
The first thing we need to understand in this regard is that, Allah Almighty has Himself described Himself and told about Himself in His Books and through His Messengers. So to understand Him, we should be turning to His revealed Book. Also we should be turning to how Prophet (s.a.w) and his companions described and understood Allah Almighty. Dr. Bilal philips writes a very heart touching and amazing truth to identify the importance of having sound aqeedah about who is Allah. He writes:
"Allah mercifully took it upon Himself to reveal to man some of His attributes, in order that mankind may not confuse the attributes of created things with those of Allah. When Allah's attributes are confused with those of creation, man ends up defying creation and rejecting Allah."
Subhan Allah! This is such a great truth. Imagine. All the problems in our lives are because of not having a sound aqeedah. Most of us do not know who Allah is and how Great He is. We go to others for help and we rely on others. In our culture we have peers and astrologers. Indian movies show the girl and ishq as god and hollywood shows the desires and money as god. And those with weak aqeedah get trapped because they do not know how Great their Lord is. They have never studied about Allah Almighty and end up either denying Allah or getting doubtful about Allah. Such a condition Allah Almighty describes in the Quran:
"And among mankind is he who worships Allah as it were, upon the very edge (i.e. in doubt)." (22:11)
Brothers and sisters we need to know about how great Allah is. Allah said about the jews:
"They made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him. " (39:67)
And today we muslims are doing the same by not turning to the main sources to understand Allah i-e the Quran and Sayings of Rasul Allah (s.a.w). We define Allah according to our own minds and things heard from here and there and end up being dubious about His Greatness and not relying on Him but on His creation and hence deifying (worshipping) His creation.
AGE OF ULTIMATE DECEPTION
Brothers and sisters, i want you all to read whatever i write very carefully.
A huge war has been launched by the forces of Iblees and his viceroy dajjal. I dont care if whatever i write is hard for you to absorb. But i feel it my utmost duty to warn you all.
Save yourself and your family from this flood of dajjali fitna which has been launched. Yesterday i saw geo tv for some minutes and watched some advertisments and i was shocked to see that now they are doing their tableegh openly and without any fear. Not a single minute there is on the TV which is free from this fitna. (and i need not talk about hollywood, bollywood here). This fitna is so much in the air that i remember the advice of Rasul Allah (s.a.w) at this point: "..so when you hear about him (dajjal), flee! By Allah! A person will approach him thinking him to be a Believer, but on seeing his amazing feats he will become his follower." (sahih hadith)
Brothers and sisters today if we take a look at the tv channels, movies, songs etc. It is absolutely evident that their common theme is one. Which is: Immorality and making people follow their defined life style. Foolish people may give 1000 excuses that they are free and enjoying their lives, but in reality they are slaves worst then the dogs, of this dajjali system and being brainwashed to accept dajjal and follow him when he appears. Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) didn't say this for granted:
"Since the birth of Adam (AS) till the advent of Qiyamay, there is no Fitnah much greater than that of DAJJAL." (Sahih Muslim).
I warn everyone again, stop watching TV, throw it away, do not even go near to watching movies and listening to songs. They are designed to make people immoral and athiest . That is it. Wallahi. Nothing else is their agenda and purpose. They show style and fashion and dialogues in such a way that its irresistable not to get convinced and like them. If this is not dajjali fitna then WHAT IS dajjali fitna?? And you think we shud be safe from fahashi and this is it. No this is not it. Take a look at the education system. Designed to involve us so much into material world that we almost forget the real purpose of life and get no time for religion. Fitnas of this age are absolutely irresistable. Just take a look at this internet. What it contains. 1 click away from you know what. I am very upset and i believe the time is very near when the only choice left is to act on the following advice of our prophet (pbuh):
"There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the afflictions."
(Sahih Bukhari. Volume 9, Book 88, Hadith Number 210)
Save yourself and your families! This is the age of ultra ultimate deception. We all talk about imam mehdi and crave to be amongst his army, but it all requires a specific mindset and grooming, which we should do right now by being absolutely away from dajjali instruments. Else it will be absolutely impossible for us to leave this lifestyle (since we will become more and more dependant on dajjal's system) and join the forces of good. I request you all to read the chapter: "Afflictions" (Kitab ul fitn) of Sahih al bukhari and other ahadith books espcially mishkat and then tell me if you not feel what i feel.
Jabir bin Abdullah (r) reported that whenever Allah's Messenger (s.a.w) delivered a sermon, his eyes would turn red. His voice would become loud. And his wrath would enhance as if he was warning the people against an enemy troop.." (Ibn Majah. 1/45. Saheeh Hadees)
The above hadith i quoted because some people will think what kind of emotional fool person this is. But look at the style of rasul Allah (s.a.w). I wish i could warn you all like this!
A TREE IS KNOWN BY THE FRUIT IT PRODUCES
Many of us, at some point of our lives, must have thought that what are we doing and where we are going. At this point it is very useful to take a look at whom we following and from where we getting directions. In this regard there is a very useful rule: "A Tree is known by the fruit it produces."
Today, many of us, especially youth are following the Western and Bollywood ideology of life. And we are doing that blindly. However, we should sometime put a stop to all that and think about this tree and what kind of fruits it producing.
What they show on screen is a 60 to 90 minutes of fancy lifestyle and happy moments. However what goes on behind the screen and what impact, those infront of the screen take, is important. Most people call Maulvis, Mullahs as hypocrites. That maybe true in some cases. However, if we compare on a mass scale, the most hypocrite people on this planet are the actors, singers, anchors, jokers etc etc. The simple definition of hypocrisy is when you preach something on which you yourself dont act. If we look at their lifestyle, they are the most ill mannered, the most bad ikhlaq, the most arrogant and rude, the most short tempered, the most selfish people on earth. Lying, Backbiting, envy & jealousy, double facedness, dirty politics, immorality, playing with other people's emotions, using others like a tissue paper are daily routine acts of these people. You dont believe it, just keep a check at news related to scandals of these super starts. What kind of characters they have will become obvious from that.
Some of them preach peace and happy moments, however they themselves die drinking or committing suicide. For money they can do role of a Muslim, a hindu, an athiest, an immoral person, a righteous person, a depressed person, a happy person, a tyrant, a just person, a homosexual, a prostitute etc. So what actually is their real character and what is their real self? What they preach and how they really are? Are they good enough to be made ideals and followed is the big question!
People, especially young ones curse mullahs a lot and bring examples from lives of mullahs and say "They are hypocrites!" and use this as an excuse for not practicing Islam. However they do not realize that while making comparison, there should be a balance. For example if i compare two things, they should be of somewhat same level. I cannot bring the best piece of one object and the worst of second and compare them. This is foolishness. What most of us do is bring the worst example of people practicing Islam (some maulvis bad acts) and compare them with the best example of politician, actor, singer, poet, journalist etc. This is unfair. This is not even a comparison. If you want to compare, then pick the best personality from Islam i-e Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and then pick your best man, and then i will see what you compare. If you want comparison then lets pick the worst person from the ideals we have (actors, singers, politicians etc) and the worst mullah, and i can bet that still i am going to have the mullah as a better and less harmful person to the society! I repeat again: WORST VS THE WORST. Not Worst vs You or Worst vs Allama Iqbal.
Stop deceiving yourself brothers & sisters. The tree which you are following is producing nothing but rotten apples. A depressing and pathetic life awaits you if you still dont decide whom to really follow. What this tree produces can be seen from the social structure of the west and that is enough as an example. May Allah help us understand. aameen
