Those who regard Falsehood as True
By: Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد
بسم
الله الرحمن
الرحيم
الحمدلله
رب العالمين
والصلوة
والسلام على اشرف
الانبياء
وسيدالمرسلين
نبينا محمد صل
ا لله عليه
وعلى آله
واصحابه
وازواجه
اجمعين – امابعد
All the praises and thanks be
to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the
most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of
Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.
In this treatise we will inSha
Allaah discuss two topics as they in fact, represents the conditions of
majority of Muslim masses’ around the world and/or in a nutshell majority of
Muslims has unfortunately fallen into all these practices i.e.,
There
are many Muslims who regard falsehood as true and conduct themselves
accordingly. Such people are deprived of repentance, for, one who
knows a sin, may repent at some time, but one who does not know a sin, might
never repent.
Surah Al-Hajj 3-4
وَمِنَ
النَّاسِ
مَنْ
يُجَادِلُ
فِي اللَّهِ
بِغَيْرِ
عِلْمٍ
وَيَتَّبِعُ
كُلَّ شَيْطَانٍ
مَرِيدٍ (3)
كُتِبَ
عَلَيْهِ
أَنَّهُ مَنْ
تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُ
يُضِلُّهُ
وَيَهْدِيهِ
إِلَى عَذَابِ
السَّعِيرِ (4)
And
among mankind is he who disputes concerning Allâh,
without knowledge, and follows every rebellious (disobedient to Allâh) Shaitân (devil) (devoid of every kind of good).
For him (the devil) it is decreed that whosoever follows
him, he will mislead him, and will drive him to the torment of the Fire. (Tafsir At-Tabarî)
Such people neglect the
commands of Allaah and the Prophet Muhammad صلى
الله عليه
وسلم
but obey the fellow men and/or jinns. All the observers of bidah will turn away
from the truth and abide by the falsehood. They follow those who do not
have correct knowledge and who lead them to Hell. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Surah Al-Hajj 8
وَمِنَ
النَّاسِ
مَنْ
يُجَادِلُ
فِي اللَّهِ
بِغَيْرِ
عِلْمٍ وَلَا
هُدًى وَلَا
كِتَابٍ
مُنِيرٍ
And among men is he who disputes about Allâh,
without knowledge or guidance, or a Book giving light (from Allâh),
The
former Ayaat (22:3-4) refers to the ignorant
followers and this one to those who misled them, their fake saints,
mentors, priests etc. They reject truth out of arrogance. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
It
is like a patient of hydrophobia who detests water, and dies of thirst. The
followers of falsehood are overcome by passion. [Mazahir-ul-Haq]
The observers of bidah turn away from the truth and adhere to
falsehood. They obey their chiefs but disobey Allaah and His Messenger صلى
الله عليه
وسلم.
The chiefs have no knowledge and will lead them to punishment in the Fire. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Surah Al-'Ankabut
12-13
وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
لِلَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
اتَّبِعُوا
سَبِيلَنَا
وَلْنَحْمِلْ
خَطَايَاكُمْ
وَمَا هُمْ
بِحَامِلِينَ
مِنْ
خَطَايَاهُمْ
مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِنَّهُمْ
لَكَاذِبُونَ
(12) وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ
أَثْقَالَهُمْ
وَأَثْقَالًا
مَعَ
أَثْقَالِهِمْ وَلَيُسْأَلُنَّ
يَوْمَ
الْقِيَامَةِ
عَمَّا
كَانُوا
يَفْتَرُونَ
(13)
And those who disbelieve say to those who believe:
"Follow our way and we will verily bear your sins." Never will they
bear anything of their sins. Surely, they are
liars.
And
verily, they shall bear their own loads, and other
loads besides their own; and verily, they shall be questioned on the Day of
Resurrection about that which they used to fabricate.
The disbelievers
used to suggest to the Muslims that if there were a sin in following them, they
would bear their sin. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Surah Fatir 18
وَلَا
تَزِرُ
وَازِرَةٌ
وِزْرَ
أُخْرَى وَإِنْ
تَدْعُ
مُثْقَلَةٌ
إِلَى
حِمْلِهَا لَا
يُحْمَلْ
مِنْهُ
شَيْءٌ
وَلَوْ كَانَ
ذَا قُرْبَى إِنَّمَا
تُنْذِرُ
الَّذِينَ
يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ
بِالْغَيْبِ
وَأَقَامُوا
الصَّلَاةَ
وَمَنْ
تَزَكَّى فَإِنَّمَا
يَتَزَكَّى
لِنَفْسِهِ
وَإِلَى اللَّهِ
الْمَصِيرُ
And no bearer of burdens shall bear another’s burden; and if one
heavily laden calls another to (bear) his load, nothing of it will be lifted
even though he be near of kin. You (O Muhammad صلى
الله عليه
وسلم)
can warn only those who fear their Lord unseen and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât). And he who purifies himself (from all kinds of sins), then
he purifies only for the benefit of his ownself. And
to Allâh is the (final) Return (of all).
If anyone looks out for another to carry his load,
no one would respond though he be a near relative-
even a father, mother or son. [Tafseer
Ibn Katheer]
Surah An-Nahl 25
لِيَحْمِلُوا
أَوْزَارَهُمْ
كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ
الْقِيَامَةِ
وَمِنْ
أَوْزَارِ
الَّذِينَ
يُضِلُّونَهُمْ
بِغَيْرِ
عِلْمٍ أَلَا
سَاءَ مَا
يَزِرُونَ
They may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. Evil indeed is that which they shall bear!
Allaah has granted them latitude that they may carry some burden
of those whom they mislead. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Hadeeth حديث: Sayyidna Jarir Ibn
Abdullahرضى الله
عنه
reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
‘If anyone initiates a new good habit which was followed then he has his own
reward too, and the reward of those who follow him on this way without their
reward being reducedin any way. And if anyone introduces
a new bad habit, which is followed then he has the sin of his deed as well as
the sin[s] of those who follow it without their sin being reduced. [Tirmizi, Mishkat, Mazahir-ul-Haq]
Surah As-Saff 8
يُرِيدُونَ
لِيُطْفِئُوا
نُورَ
اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ
وَاللَّهُ
مُتِمُّ
نُورِهِ
وَلَوْ
كَرِهَ
الْكَافِرُونَ
They
intend to put out the Light of Allâh (i.e. the
Religion of Islâm, this Qur’ân, and the Prophet
Muhammad صلى
الله عليه
وسلم)
with their mouths. But Allâh will bring His Light to
perfection even though the disbelievers hate (it).
The disbelievers
wish to reject the truth with falsehood. They are like one who tries to blow
out sun’s light. Just as it is not possible to extinguish sun’s light, so to it
is not possible to reject Allaah’s religion with the
wishing of the disbelievers. Allaah will perfect His religion even if they do
not like it. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Surah Al-Ahzab 66
يَوْمَ
تُقَلَّبُ
وُجُوهُهُمْ
فِي النَّارِ
يَقُولُونَ
يَا
لَيْتَنَا
أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ
وَأَطَعْنَا
الرَّسُولَ
On
the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will say:
"Oh, would that we had obeyed Allâh and obeyed
the Messenger (Muhammad صلى
الله عليه
وسلم)
At the edge of
the Hell when the flashes of Fire will incinerate flesh on their faces, they
will repent and lament. If only they had obeyed Allaah and His Messenger صلى
الله عليه
وسلم, let us see who was it that
they listened to:
Surah Al-Ahzab 67-68
وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَ (67) رَبَّنَا آتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَبِيرًا (68)
And they will say: "Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (Right) Way.
"Our Lord!
Give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse!"
Whether Allaah doubles their punishment or curses them, the
ones who followed have missed their opportunity and it is no use of their
repenting. So, before that happens, let them repent now and reform.
Surah
وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ
بِهَذَا
الْقُرْآنِ
وَلَا
بِالَّذِي
بَيْنَ
يَدَيْهِ
وَلَوْ تَرَى
إِذِ
الظَّالِمُونَ
مَوْقُوفُونَ
عِنْدَ
رَبِّهِمْ
يَرْجِعُ
بَعْضُهُمْ
إِلَى بَعْضٍ
الْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ
الَّذِينَ
اسْتُضْعِفُوا
لِلَّذِينَ
اسْتَكْبَرُوا
لَوْلَا
أَنْتُمْ
لَكُنَّا
مُؤْمِنِينَ
(31)
قَالَ
الَّذِينَ
اسْتَكْبَرُوا
لِلَّذِينَ
اسْتُضْعِفُوا
أَنَحْنُ
صَدَدْنَاكُمْ
عَنِ
الْهُدَى
بَعْدَ إِذْ
جَاءَكُمْ
بَلْ
كُنْتُمْ
مُجْرِمِينَ
(32)
وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ
اسْتُضْعِفُوا
لِلَّذِينَ
اسْتَكْبَرُوا
بَلْ مَكْرُ
اللَّيْلِ
وَالنَّهَارِ
إِذْ
تَأْمُرُونَنَا
أَنْ نَكْفُرَ
بِاللَّهِ
وَنَجْعَلَ
لَهُ
أَنْدَادًا
وَأَسَرُّوا
النَّدَامَةَ
لَمَّا
رَأَوُا
الْعَذَابَ
وَجَعَلْنَا
الْأَغْلَالَ
فِي
أَعْنَاقِ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
هَلْ
يُجْزَوْنَ
إِلَّا مَا
كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
(33)
And those who disbelieve say: "We believe not in this Qur’ân nor in that which was before it." But if you
could see when the Zâliműn (polytheists and wrong-doers) will be made to stand before
their Lord, how they will cast the (blaming) word one to another! Those who
were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant: "Had it not been for
you, we should certainly have been believers!" And those who were arrogant will say to those who were
deemed weak: "Did we keep you back from guidance after it had come to you?
Nay, but you were Mujriműn (polytheists, sinners, disbelievers, criminals)." Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were
arrogant: "Nay, but it was your plotting by night and day: when you
ordered us to disbelieve in Allâh and set up rivals
to Him!" And each of them (parties) will conceal their own regrets (for
disobeying Allâh during this worldly life), when they
behold the torment. And We shall put iron collars
round the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited aught except what
they used to do?
The
followers and followed will argue at the
edge of the Hell, the former accusing the latter of misleading them and the
latter asking them why they chose to follow them when they were also invited by
the true guiding ones and why they ran away from Allaah’s
guidance and opted to follow their base desires. The followers would respond
that they pestered them day and night to not forsake their ancestors’ religion.
The charges and counter-charges will continue and both sides would repent.
Their hands would be tied to their necks and each would be dealt with according
to his deeds. The Prophet صلى
الله عليه
وسلم
said: ‚when they would be driven to Hell, just one flesh from Hell-Fire would
reduce their flesh to cinders at their feet. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
Surah Gafir 47-48
وَإِذْ
يَتَحَاجُّونَ
فِي النَّارِ
فَيَقُولُ
الضُّعَفَاءُ
لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا
إِنَّا
كُنَّا
لَكُمْ تَبَعًا
فَهَلْ
أَنْتُمْ
مُغْنُونَ
عَنَّا نَصِيبًا
مِنَ
النَّارِ (47)
قَالَ
الَّذِينَ
اسْتَكْبَرُوا
إِنَّا كُلٌّ
فِيهَا إِنَّ
اللَّهَ قَدْ
حَكَمَ
بَيْنَ
الْعِبَادِ
And,
when they will dispute in the Fire, the weak will say to those who were
arrogant: "Verily, we followed you: can you then take from us some portion
of the Fire?"
Those who were arrogant will say: "We are all
(together) in this (Fire)! Verily, Allâh has judged
between (His) slaves!"
A man who commits a sin might
repent someday. A Muslim who does not offer Salah or who drinks wine
may repent one day; because he knows that he is doing something wrong. But the
innovator (person of Bidah) will not repent as
long as he considers bidah an act of
worship, nearness to Allaah. He does not regard himself a sinner and he never
will, unless Allaah wills!
When such people are told the true
teachings and/or commands of Allaah and His Messenger صلى
الله عليه
وسلم they rejects them
because the words contradicts their conduct of bidah.
Every
Muslim must examine the Glorious Qur’aan, Sunnah, (including Ahadeeth احاديث) and/or the lives of the Companions رضى الله
عنهم.
If he finds evidence there he must pursue otherwise give up what he does.
Monday, September 13, 2004