LESSON FOR MUSLIM PART III

TAUHEED (ISLAMICMONOTHEISM)

Tauheed (IslamicMonotheism) has three aspects:

1. Oneness of the Lordship of Allah- “Tauheed ar-Rububiyya”.

To believe that, there is only one Lord for all the universe, its

Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer andGiver of Security

etc., and that isAllah.

2. Oneness of the worship of Allah - “Tauheed al-Uluhiyya”. To

believe that none has the right to be worshipped {e.g. by

praying, invoking, asking for help (from the unseen),

swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, giving charity, Fasting,

andPilgrimage etc.,} but Allah.

3. Oneness of the Names and the Qualities of Allah,

“TauheeduI-Asma-was-sifaat”. To believe that:

i. We must not name or qualify Allah except withwhat

He or HisMessenger (Peace be upon him) has

named or qualified Him.

ii. None deserve to be named or qualified with the

definitive Names or Attributes of Allah; e.g. Al-Karim

(Most Generous).

iii. We must confirm all of Allah’s Attributes which Allah

has stated in His Book (the Quran) or mentioned

through His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be

upon him), without changing them or ignoring them

completely or twisting the meanings or giving

resemblance to any of the created things. {e.g. Allah

is present over His Throne, as mentioned in the

Quran Ch.20:V5:

The Most Beneficent (Allah) “Istawa” (rose over) the

(Mighty) Throne, over the seventh Heaven; and He only

comes down over the first (nearest) Heaven to us on the

Day of ‘Arafat’ (i.e. the 9th of Dhul Hijjah), and also 

during the last third part of the night as mentioned by

the Prophet (Peace be upon him), but He is with us by

His Knowledge only, not by His Personal-Self (Bi-

Dhaatihi).

There is nothing like unto Himand He is All-Hearer, the

All-Seer. (Ch.42:V.11) This Holy verse confirms the 

quality of hearing and the quality of the sight of Allah

without any resemblance to others.

Likewise He (AzzaWa Jalla) also said, “ To onewhom I

have created with Both My Hands”. (Ch.38:V75)

And He also Said, “The Hand of Allah is over their

hands”. (Ch.48: V10)

This confirms two Hands for Allah, but there is no

resemblance to them. This is the faith of all true

believers, and was the faith of all the Prophets of Allah,

fromNoah, AbrahamMoses and Jesus till the last of the

ProphetsMuhammad (Peace be upon him).Itisnotlike

as some people think that Allah is present here, there

and everywhere. This is not true. Allah tells us that He is

above the heavens, over HisThrone.

These three aspects of Tauheed are included in themeaning of

“LA ILAAHA ILLAALLAH ” (None has the right to beworshipped

but Allah).

It is essential to follow Allah’s Messenger, Muhammad (Peace

be upon him): “Wujub-Al- Ittiba” and it is part of Tauheed al

Uluhiyya.

This is included in the meaning, “I testify that Muhammad

(Peace be upon him) is Allah’s Messenger, and this means,

“None has the right to be followed after Allah’sBook (theQuran),

but Allah’s Messenger (Peace be upon him).SeeQuran

Ch.59:V.7 and Ch.3:V.31.

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LESSON FOR MUSLIM PART II

THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM

According to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH),

Islam is based on the following five pillars:

1. To testify that there is no true God but Allah and that

Muhammad (Peace be upon him) isHis last Messenger and

the seal (last) of prophets.

2. To perform prayers (5 times a day)

3. To pay zakat (Charity-poor due once a year).

4. To fast during the month of Ramadhan.

5. To performhajj (Pilgrimage -Once in a lifetime, if one

capable).

THE FUNDAMENTAL ARTICLES OF IMAN (FAITH)

Tobelieve in:

1. Allah

2. His Angels

3. His revealed Books

4. His Messengers

5. The Day of Resurrection

6. Al-Qadr; Whatever Allah has ordained must come to

pass (In other words, fate and destiny).

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"LESSON FOR MUSLIM"

THE MEANING OF

 “LA ILAAHA ILLAALLAH , MUHAMMAD RASOOLULLAH (SAW) AND CONDITIONS OF “LA ILAAHA ILLAALLAH .”

(THE MEANING OF THE TESTIMONY OF FAITH)

The testimony (LA ILAAHA ILLAALLAH ) comprises two

concepts: Denial and Affirmation.

FIRST:-

The testimony of faith denies the attribute of divinity to anyone

and anything other than Allah - the Exalted. All those other than

Allah, such as the angels, theProphets, and the rest ofMankind,

let alone the idols and the political regimes in the world, are not

gods and thus don’t deserve to beworshipped. Therefore, denial

in this respect is not denial of the existence of the alleged gods,

rather the denial of divinitywhich is attributed to them.

SECOND:-

The testimony of faith affirms and restricts divinity toAllah alone.

That is, the slave must believe that Allah is the only true God,

and accordingly dedicate no act of worship to any, other than

Allah.

THE MEANING OF MUHAMMAD RASOOLULLAH (SAW)

A confession with your tongue but a heartfelt belief, “O Allah! I

testify that Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is Your

Messenger.” That means that none has the right to be followed

after Allah, but the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) as

he is the Last of HisMessengers. 

AsAllah said in the glorious Qur'an:

“Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is not the father on any man

amongst you but he is theMessenger of Allah and the last (end)

of the Prophets and Allah is Ever All Aware of everything.”

(V.33:40)

“And whatsoever the Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon

him) gives you, take it and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain

from it.” (V.59:7)

AndAllahsaid:“Say (OMuhammad) (tomankind) ‘if you (really)

love Allah, then follow me’.” (V.3:31)

As for the others than Muhammad (Peace be upon him) their

statements are to be taken or rejected as towhether these are in

accordancewithAllah’sBook (i.e. theQuran) or with theSunnah

(legal ways, orders, acts of worship, statements etc.,) of the

Prophet (Peace be upon him), or not.

CONDITIONSOF “LA ILAAHA ILLA ALLAH”

1. Knowledge, which consists of recognizingAllah as the only

true God to Whom worship must be dedicated, and

denouncing all gods worshipped beside Allah as false, and

that they can neither extend benefit nor cause harm.

2. Certainty that the belief in Allahmust be unblemished with

any doubt.

3. Acceptance: That is, to accept all the conditions of the

declaration.

4. Submission: That is, to fulfill its conditions submissively

and willingly being content with Allah as the Rabb (only

Lord) and Muhammad (Peace be upon him) as His last

Prophet andMessenger.

5. Truthfulness: That is, to fulfill its requirements truthfully.

6. Sincerity: That is, to be sincere in worshipping Allah,

dedicating all acts of worship toHimalone.

7. The love of Allah - the Exalted, and the love of His

Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him), and the love

of Allah’s devotees and the people of His obedience, which

means love of all Muslims.

Finally it should be borne in mind that Allah must be

obeyed, by following His commands and refraining from His

prohibitions. Obedience to Allah must be associated with loving

Him, fearingHis punishment, and hoping for His reward, seeking

His forgiveness and adhering to the teachings of His Prophet

Muhammad (PBUH) - the last of Allah’s Messengers. The

Shari’ah (the laws and religious rites) of Muhammad (PBUH) 

abrogates all other preceding laws and religious rites and this

comprises the best of every precedingShari’ah.

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{Ruling on celebrating the birthday of the Prophet}

{Ruling on celebrating the Prophet’s birthday}

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. 

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 in Saheeh 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]

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