SHIRK

Shirk’ or associating another in God-head with Allah, has three main parts:

1. Shirk in Allah’s Self
2. Shirk in Allah’s Attributes
3. Shirk in Allah’s Rights

Shirk in Allah’s Self:

This would be if one were to claim that Allah has a son, or has a mother, father, brothers, sisters, family, children; or to claim that someone or something created Allah! This is committing ‘shirk’ in Allah’s Self.

Shirk in Allah’s Attributes:

Allah has declared 99 of His attributes in the Glorious Quran, and Allah Alone knows how many more there are. For example, Allah is the ‘Al Aleem’ (The All Knowing). He Alone is the All Knowing of the seen and the unseen! If one believes anybody else in creation knows everything, or even has the power to know everything, then one would have wrongfully elevated someone to the position of Allah’s Attributes, and that would be a clear manifestation of ‘shirk’.

Similarly, Allah is the ‘As Samee’ (The All Hearing). He Alone is the All Hearing. If one were to believe anybody else in creation hears everything, or even has the power to hear everything, then one would have wrongfully elevated someone to the position of Allah’s Attributes, and that would constitute ‘shirk’.

Similarly, Allah is the ‘Al Qader’ (The One who is Able to do all things). He Alone has the Power to do anything and everything exactly as He Plans and Wills. If one believes that anybody in creation can do whatever they want, even when Allah does not permit him, that would be ‘shirk’! Everything that happens in this world needs the precise permission of Allah Subhanah… only when He Wills and Permits can a thing happen.

Shirk in Allah’s Rights:

The biggest Right of Allah is that being our Creator and our Sustainer, He Alone deserves our invocation and our worship. This is absolutely the biggest Right of Allah Subhanah. If one shares even an iota of this Right which is due to Allah Subhanah with anyone or anything else in creation, it would constitute ‘shirk’! If anyone invokes or calls upon anyone or anything other than Allah Subhanah in the unseen……any person, any idol, any grave, any shrine, anything… and invokes them in the unseen to fulfill their prayers or their desires, that would be a clear manifestation of the heinious crime of ‘Shirk’! Allah Alone deserves that we pray to Him, call upon Him, serve Him, sacrifice for Him, fear Him, obey His laws, follow His appointed Messengers, and obey and follow the commandments of His Revealed Book! If one does any of the above for anybody else other than Allah, then it would be ‘Shirk’.

Each and every Prophet of Allah who were sent on this earth warned mankind to save themselves from this very crime; for if one did any wrong there is a chance Allah Subhanah might forgive them….but if one were to die in the state of ‘shirk’, there is absolutely no chance of forgiveness for this one single most heinous of crimes in the Presence of the Lord Most Majestic Most Supreme in the Hereafter!

Thus it becomes our duty to recognize and be aware of ‘shirk’ and all the manifestations of this horrendous and unforgivable sin. Allow us to just give you an example of what would constitute ‘shirk’:

• Bowing down to anybody or anything other than Allah is shirk.
• Bowing down to any animate or inanimate object like the sun, moon, stars, idols, humans, graves, shrines, tombs, etc. is shirk.
• Believing that the dead people in their graves can hear and answer our invocations is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah can bring about any harm upon someone in the unseen is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah can bring about any good upon someone in the unseen is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah knows absolutely everything is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah sees absolutely everything is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah listens to one’s invocations in the unseen is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah can help another in the unseen is shirk.
• Believing that anybody other than Allah can guide another is shirk.
• Believing that anybody can influence Allah to give one health is shirk.
• Believing that anybody can influence Allah to give one wealth is shirk.
• Believing that anybody can influence Allah to give one children is shirk.
• Believing that anybody has any power with Allah is shirk.
• Believing that anybody has any power with Allah to take one out of the fire of Hell is shirk.
• Believing that anybody has any power with Allah on the Day of Judgement is shirk.
• Believing that anybody has any power to change the decision of Allah is shirk.
• To worship anybody or anything with Allah is shirk.
• To invoke anybody or anything with Allah in the unseen is shirk.
• To raise anybody to the Rank of Allah is shirk.
• To give or share any of Allah’s Exclusive Attributes to anybody else is shirk.

To associate other beings or things with Allah Subhanah is ‘shirk’! To share any of the Exclusive Attributes of Allah Subhanah with anyone in creation is ‘shirk’! To invoke or worship anyone or anything with Allah Subhanah is ‘shirk’!

(extracted)

Where is the Muslim Outrage?

Mike Ghouse:
Just to remind :
See:
6:125- Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best who have strayed from His Path and who receive guidance. 2161 2162


In this wonderful passage are laid down principles of religious preaching, which are good for all time. But where are the teachers with such qualifications? We must invite all to the way of Allah, and expound His Universal Will; we must do it with wisdom and discretion, meeting people on their own ground and convincing them with illustrations from their own knowledge and experience, which may be very n arrow, or very; wide. Our preaching must be, not dogmatic, not self-regarding, not offensive, but gentle, considerate, and such as would attract their attention . Our manner and our arguments should not be acrimonious, but modeled on the most courteous and the most gracious example, so that the hearer may say; to himself, “This man not dealing merely with dialectics; he is not trying to get a rise out of me; he sincerely expounding the faith that is in him, and his motive is the love of man and the love of Allah

Jamaa'ah at-Tableegh

The final fatwa of Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz warning against the Jamaa'ah at-Tableegh
*Please appropriately reference this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question: Your excellency, we hear about the Jamaa'ah at-Tableegh and that which their da'wah entails. So would you advise me to join this Jamaa'ah. I anticipate your guidance and advice, and may Allaah reward you immensely.

Response: Whoever invites to (the path of) Allaah, then he is a muballigh (one who conveys the message (of Islaam)), (as the hadeeth mentions):

((Convey from me, even if it be a (single) Aayah));

However, the Jamaa'ah at-Tableegh (originally) from India have many deviations. They have some aspects of bid`ah and shirk, so it is not permissible to go (out) with them, except for a person who has knowledge and goes (out) with them to disapprove of what they are upon and to teach them (the truth). If, however, he goes (out) to follow and adhere to them, then no.

That is because they have deviations, mistakes and lack of knowledge. However, if there was a Jamaa'ah doing tableegh other than them, from the people of knowledge, then (it is permissible to) go out with them for daw'ah purposes.

If there was a person of knowledge who goes out with them to enlighten and guide them, along with teaching them such that they leave their falsehood and embrace the way of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah, (then that is good).

This fatwa was extracted from the tape: 'Fatwa Samaahatush-Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Baaz concerning the Jamaa'ah at-Tableegh' which was published in Ta'if about two years before the Shaykh's death. The tape refutes the cover-up of the Jamaa'ah at-Tableegh and the old statement of the Shaykh which was published before their reality and manhaj was made clear to him.

फ्रिदय Prayers

FRIDAY PRAYERS

92:9 - And gives the lie to the Best 6165

The evil are distinguished here by 3 signs:

1). Selfish greed and denial of other people’s rights;

2). Arrogance and self-sufficiency,

3). Knowlingly dishonouring TRUTH Out of spite, or seeing ugliness where there is beauty.

Such men’s downward progress gathers momentum as theyl go, and their end can be nothing but Misery. Where will be their boasted wealth and possessions, or their self-confidence ?

3) knowingly dishonouring Truth out of spite, or seeing ugliness where there is beauty, Such men’s downward progress gathers momentum as they go, and end in misery.

98:1 - Those who reject (Truth) among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists were not going to depart (from their ways) until there should come to them Clear Evidence

As at present, most of the muslims really do not seek for the Truth, but only follow their own fancies and desires.

Thus have they deviated from the set rules in performing the Friday Prayers as in 92:9 shown above, and are getting deprived of the MAGNIFICENT REWARDS GUARANTEED BY ALLAH if this prayer is performed correctly. !

They are innovating (bid’ah) knowingly or unknowingly dishonouring the TRUTH (out of spite.)

" There is great confusion in my country in performing the Jum'ah prayers.
Some of them are:-

Saying salawat on the Prophet (sal) prior to Adhan,
Muazzin calling upon the congregation to pray two rakats of prior sunnah of Jum'ah,
They then pray two and some four rakats,
The muazzin holding a pole and saying the mahshar,
The imam on Khutbah for almost one hour,
Supplications by the imam and the congregation with raised hands and shouting ameen ,
After the completion of the 2 rakats of Jum'ah, they pray at the same place without moving, some two and some 4 rakats.etc.,

I tried to speak to Mufti Taqi Usmani to talk on this subject, but he too keeps silent for reasons better known to him. (through emails and web site: Islamhelpline .com !

82:6 - [Yusufali 82:6] O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent?-

शिर्क- horrendous and grave sins

1. Bowing down to anybody or anything other than Allah is shirk.

2. Bowing down to the Syedna is shirk.

3. Bowing down to the graves of his ancestors is shirk.

4. Bowing down to the graves of even the Prophet (saws), Hadrat Ali (saws), Hadrat Fatema (saws), etc. is shirk.

5. Believing that the dead people in their graves can hear and answer our duas is shirk.

6. Believing that anybody other than Allah can do us any harm is shirk.

7. Believing that anybody other than Allah can bring us some good is shirk.

8. Believing that anybody other than Allah knows everything is shirk.

9. Believing that anybody other than Allah sees everything is shirk.

10. Believing that anybody other than Allah listens to our prayers is shirk.

11. Believing that anybody other than Allah can help us is shirk.

12. Believing that anybody other than Allah can guide us is shirk.

13. Believing that anybody can influence Allah to give us health is shirk.

14. Believing that anybody can influence Allah to give us wealth is shirk.

15. Believing that anybody can influence Allah to give us children is shirk.

16. Believing that anybody can influence Allah to help us is shirk.

17. Believing that anybody has any power with Allah is shirk.

18. Believing that anybody has any power with Allah to take us out of the fire of Hell is shirk.

19. Believing that anybody has any power with Allah on the Day of Judgement is shirk.

20. Believing that anybody has any power to change the decision of Allah is shirk.

21. To worship anybody with Allah is shirk.

22. To invoke anybody with Allah is shirk.

23. To raise anybody to the rank of Allah is shirk.

24. To give any of Allah's attributes to anybody else is shirk.

25. To believe that anybody has the power to bring about any miracles on his own is shirk.

26. To go to somebody to take our message or supplication to Allah is shirk.

To associate other beings or things with Allah is 'shirk'! To share any of the noble Attributes of Allah with anyone is 'shirk'! To invoke or worship anyone or anything with Allah is 'shirk'!

Even the JINNS said:-

Divergent Paths:

[Yusufali 72:11] 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths।

Muslim Rebels are Revolting

MUSLIM REBELS ARE REVOLTING

(MUTAKALLIFS)

52:11 - Then woe that Day to those that treat (truth) as Falsehood 5045

1). the rebels against Allah and Allah's Truth, just as it will be a Day of Joy and Thanksgiving to the Righteous, (2) those who openly defied Truth and plunged into wrong-doing, (3) or who trifled with truth, (4) who jested with serious matters, who had not the courage to plunge openly into wrong-doing but who secretly took profit out of it, who wasted their life in doubts and petty quibbles.

But the mercy of Allah was open to all if they had repented and amended their lives. (52.11)

4:117 - (The pagans) leaving Him call but upon female deities: they call but upon Satan the persistent rebel! 627

16:100 - His authority is over those only who take him as patron and who join partners with Allah.

19:69 - Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against (Allah) Most Gracious.

2518 Three interpretations are possible, (1) The general interpretation is that every person must pass through or by or over the Fire. Those who have had Taqwa (see. n. 26 to ii. 2) will be saved by Allah's Mercy, while unrepentant sinners will suffer the torments in ignominy, (2) If we refer the pronoun "you" to those "in obstinate rebellion" in verse 69 above, both leaders and followers in sin, this verse only applies to the wicked, (3) Some refer this verse to the Bridge over Hell, the Bridge Sirat, over which all must pass to their final Destiny. This Bridge is not mentioned in the Qur-an. (19.71)

3:196 - Let not the strutting about of the unbelievers through the land deceive thee:

7:37 - Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects his signs? For such their portion appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees); until when Our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls they say: "where are the things that ye used to invoke besides Allah?" They will reply "they have left us in the lurch" and they will bear witness against themselves that they had rejected Allah. 1018

3769 They will be deprived of the blessing and guidance of Allah. They sought to cause disorder in Allah's world-moral as well as material; but they will themselves be destroyed. Those who become outlaws, rebels against the Law, will themselves be destroyed by the Law. (33.61)

52:32 - Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds? 5066 5067

5066 It may be that the persecutors of Truth are ignorant, and their deficient faculties of understanding mislead them, but it is more often the case that they are perverse rebels against the law of Allah, defending their own selfish interests, and preventing those whom they oppress, from getting justice. (52.32)

38:86 -Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I a pretender. 4238 4239

4239 Mutakallif: a man who pretends to things that are not true, or declares as facts things that do not exist, one who takes upon himself tasks to which he is not equal. True prophets are not people of that kind. (38.86)

2394 THEY ARE Satan's progeny: All his followers are also his progeny. (18.50)

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

They are distorting the Religion:

1. Recital of Salawat before Azan in Mosques contrary to Hadhis

2. Jummah Prayers- not confirming to authentic Hadhis, viz: praying Salatul Jummah after the 1^st Azan, Long Khutbas (instead of short) and wasting time – misleading the congregation on irrelevant subjects; making Prayers short – (instead of long) and devoting more time in collecting donations in tills and buckets as in begging for the mosques, etc.,

3. Janaza – burial delays due to various recitals – halara, dikr, Qumran recitals, etc.,

4. Paying to Homage to Saints –m as partners, patrols, protectors, intercessors, helpers, equals, with Allah;

5. Birthday celebrations of the Prophet (Sal) and recitals of Mowloods and Kaththams,

6. Hijab or Niqab or devoid of them,

7. Haram and Halal – ignored in many respects’

8. Sunnah or Farlu (Obligatory) not adhered to;

9. Iddah for 4 months and 10 days or 40 days!

10. Treat innovations as permissible,

11. Hadith – authentic or weak, not concerned

12. Community – a bunch of spendthrifts in weddings etc., for prestige, not fearing Allah,

13. They join in worship others with Allah – false worship – even though this is indeed the highest wrong-doing etc.

14. Birthday celebrations of Muslim leaders and prominent people invoking blessings from Muslims and non-Muslims and their deities in their Temples!

15. They are forming various sects – all the 73 sects said in the Hadhis are there.!

16. To Bestow Honour – they are covering with Silk/Silver/Woolen and Gold BROCADES, contrary to Hadhis,

17. Crazy for palatial buildings and luxury limousines. Ignore good neighborliness and giving Salam to one another,

18. Arrogance and superiority complex in their dealings with men, etc.,

6:69 - On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous but (their duty) is to remind them that they may (learn to) fear Allah. 892

27:58 - And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 269 Narrated by
Ziyad ibn Hudayr

Umar said to me: Do you know what demolishes Islam? I said: No. Whereupon he said: It is the slip of a scholar and the dispute of the hypocrite by the Book, and the commands of the misguided rulers which demolish it.

Transmitted by Darimi.

Severe strife and Confusion among Muslims ? See Hadhis below:-

Biographies of Companions
Ubayy ibn Kab

One of Ubayy's major fears for the Muslim ummah was that a day would come when there would be severe strife among Muslims. He often became overwhelmed with emotion when he read or heard the verse of the Quran." "Say: He (Allah) has power to send calamities on you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance, each from the other." (Surah al-An'am, 6: 65)

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4251 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There will be civil strife (fitnah) which will render people deaf, dumb and blind regarding what is right. Those who contemplate it will be drawn by it, and giving rein to the tongue during it will be like smiting with the sword.

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 3553 Narrated by
AbuBarzah al-Aslami

Sharik ibn Shihab said, One of those behind him, a black man whose hair was completely cut off and who was wearing two white garments, then said, "You have not divided justly, Muhammad." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) became very angry and said, "I swear by Allah that after my death you will not find a man more just than I am." He added, "At the end of time people looking like this man will come forth, reciting the Qur'an, but it will not pass their throats. They will swerve from Islam as an arrow passes through the game at which is it shot, and their distinguishing mark will be shaving. They will continue to come forth till the last of them comes forth with the antichrist. When you meet them they will be the worst of men and beasts."

5:77 - Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion the bounds (of what is proper) trespassing beyond the truth nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by who misled many and strayed (themselves) from the even way. 785

785 Excess, as opposed to moderation and reason, is the simplest test by which a hypocrite or a selfish man who "trades" on religion, is known from a sincere, pious, and truly religious man. Excess means that truth is sometimes concealed or trampled upon, that the fashions of ancestors or contemporaries are copied or overdone, and Allah's name is dishonoured by blasphemies or the setting up of false gods or fetishes, or that good (or even bad) men are deified and worshipped. The true path is the even path, the path of rectitude.

40:19 - (Allah) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes and all that hearts (of men) conceal. See Notes :4383 4384

3:77 - As for those who sell the faith they owe to Allah and their own plighted word for a small price they shall have no portion in the hereafter: nor will Allah (deign to) speak to them or look at them on the Day of Judgment nor will He cleanse them (of sin); they shall have a grievous penalty. 412 413

5944 The abiding Punishment will be for those who had willfully and persistently rebelled against Allah, "transgressing all bounds", and had given themselves up to the vanities and lusts of this lower life. This Punishment will not touch those who had repented and been forgiven, nor those guilty, through human frailty, of minor sing, whose deeds will be weighed in the balance against their good deeds: ci. 6-9. (79.38)

6200 If man rebels against Allah, and follows after evil, he will be abased to the lowest possible position. For Judgment is sure. Those who use their faculties aright and follow Allah's Law will reach the high and noble destiny intended for them. That reward will not be temporary, but unfailing. (95.5)

6201 . After this: i.e., when it is clearly shown to you that Allah created man true and pure, that He guides him, and that those who rebel and break His law will be punished and brought down in the Hereafter, who can doubt this, or contradict the Prophet when he gives warning? (95.7)

6200 This verse should be read with the next. If man rebels against Allah, and follows after evil, he will be abased to the lowest possible position. For Judgment is sure. Those who use their faculties aright and follow Allah's Law will reach the high and noble destiny intended for them. That reward will not be temporary, but unfailing. (95.5)

6201 Thee: may refer to the holy Prophet, or to man collectively. After this: i.e., when it is clearly shown to you that Allah created man true and pure, that He guides him, and that those who rebel and break His law will be punished and brought down in the Hereafter, who can doubt this, or contradict the Prophet when he gives warning? (95.7)

83:1 - Woe to those that deal in fraud 6011

6011 - with what face can a man ask for Mercy or Love from Allah when he is unwilling to give it to his fellow-men?( or rebel against His Laws) In one aspect this is a statement of the Golden Rule. 'Do as you would be done by'. But it is more completely expressed. You must give in full what is due from you, whether you expect or wish to receive full consideration from the other side or not. (83.1)

96:9 -Seest thou one who forbids. 6210

96:10 -A votary when he (turns) to pray?

96:11 -Seest thou if He is on (the road of) Guidance? 6211

96:12 -Or enjoins Righteousness?

96:13 - Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? 6212

96:14 - Knoweth he not that Allah doth see?

96:15- Let him beware! If he desist not We will drag him by the forelock 6213

96:16 -A lying sinful forelock!

96:17 -Then let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades): 6214

96:18 -We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)! 6215

96:19- Nay heed him not: but bow down in adoration and bring thyself the closer (to Allah)! 6216

6210 The words, may be applied generally to perverse humanity, which seeks not only to rebel against Allah's Law, but also to prevent others from following it. There may however be a reference here to Abu Jahil, an inveterate enemy of Islam, who used in its early days to insult and persecute the holy Prophet and those who followed his teaching. He used, in particular, to use shameful methods to prevent the Prophet from going to the Ka'ba for devotions, and forbid any who came under his influence, from offering prayers or performing devotions. He was arrogant and purse-proud and met his end in the battle of Badr. (96.9)

6211 Man's insolence leads to two results: (1) self-destruction through self- misleading; (2) a false example or false guidance to others. The righteous man must therefore test human example or human guidance by the question, "Is there Allah's guidance behind it?" And visible light would be thrown on it by the question, "Does it lead to righteousness?" A flouting of Allah and Allah's truth answers the first question in the negative, and conduct which turns back from the eternal principles of Right answers the second. (96.11)

6212 The usual trick of the ungodly is to refuse to face Truth. If they are placed in a corner, they deny what is obvious to reasonable men, and turn their backs. (96.13)

6216 The righteous man has no fear. He can disregard all the forces of evil that are brought against him. But he must learn humility: that is his defense. He will bow down in adoration to Allah. He must have the will to bring himself closer to Allah. For Allah is always close to him,-closer to him than his life blood in the jugular vein (I. 16). Man's humility and adoration remove him from being an insolent rebel on the one hand and, on the other, prepare his will to realize his nearness to Allah. (96.19)

6234 The fear of Allah is the fear to offend against His holy law, the fear to do anything which is against His holy Will. Such fear is akin to love; for with it dawns the consciousness of Allah's loving-care for all His creatures. (98.8) (This is TAQWA)

PROPHET MOHAMED’S LAST SERMON

"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I don't know whether, after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you carefully and take these words to those who could not be present here today.

Beware of Satan, for your safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.

O People, listen to me in earnest, worship Allah, says your five daily prayers (Selah), fast during the month of Ramadan, and gives your wealth in Zakat. Perform Hajj if you can afford to. You know that every Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. You are all equal. Nobody has superiority over other except by piety and good action.

O People, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand my words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Qumran and my example, the Sunnah and if you follow these you will never go astray.

103:2 - Verily Man is in loss

103:3- Except such as have Faith and do righteous deeds and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth and of Patience and Constancy.

6265 If he lived only for himself, he would not fulfill his whole duty. Whatever good he has, especially in moral and spiritual life, he must spread among his brethren, so that they may see the Truth and stand by it in patient hope and unshaken constancy amidst all the storm and stress of outer life. For he and they will then have attained Peace within. (103.3)