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What are the types of Murji’ah? – Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan
What are the types of Murji’ah?
Question:
What are the types of the Murji’ah? Please also mention their statements with regards to the issues of eemaan.
Answer:
The Murji’ah are of four types:
ONE: Those who say that eemaan is merely knowledge (ma’rifah), even if this is not accompanied by testification (tasdeeq).
This is the statement of the Jahmiyyah.
This is the most evil and the ugliest of statements. It is in fact disbelief (kufr) in Allah Azza wa Jall, because the mushrikoon from the early times, and Pharaoh (Firawn), and Haamaan and Qaaroon and (even) Iblees all acknowledged (the existence) of Allaah, Azza wa Jall, in their hearts. However because they did not state this on their tongues, nor testify to this in their hearts, nor act upon it with their limbs, then this knowledge did not benefit them.
TWO: Those who say that eemaan is testification in the heart only.
This is the statement of the Ashaa’irah (the Ash’arees).
This is also a false statement since the disbelievers (kuffaar) testify in their hearts, they know that the Quraan is True and that the Messenger (sal Allaahu alaiyhi wa sallam) is True, and the Jews and Christians know that.
Those to whom We gave the Scripture (Jews and Christians) recognise him (Muhammad sal Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) as they recognise their sons; but verily, a party of them conceal the truth while they know it – [i.e. the qualities of Muhammad sal Allaahu alaihi wa sallam which are written in the Tawraat and the Injeel]. (Surah Al Baqarah: 146)
And they testify to it in their hearts.
Allaah Ta’aala says regarding the Mushrikoon: We know indeed the grief which their words cause you (O Muhammad sal Allaahu alaihi wa sallam); it is not you that they deny but it is the Ayaat of Allaah that the Dhaalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers) deny. (Surah Al An’aam: 33)
So these people did not state upon their tongues nor did they act with their limbs, yet they did testify in their hearts – so they did not become people of eemaan (mu’minoon).
THREE: The statement of those who are the direct opposite of the Ashaa’irah – and they are the Karaamiyah. Those who say that eemaan is statement on the tongue even if the person does not truly believe in his heart.
Without doubt, this is a false statement since the hypocrites (munaafiqoon) – those who are in the lowest depths of the Fire – say “We bear witness that laa ilaaha ill Allaah and that Muhammad rasool ullaah’ with their tongues and they act (accordingly) with their limbs, but they do not truly believe in that nor do they testify to it in their hearts.
This is just as Allaah Ta’aala says: When the hypocrites come to you (O Muhammad sal Allaahu alaihi wa sallam) they say: ‘We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allaah’. And Allaah knows that you are indeed His Messenger and Allaah bears witness that the hypocrites are liars indeed. They have made their oaths a screen (for their hypocrisy). In this way they hinder (men) from the Path of Allaah. Verily, evil is what they used to do. (Surah Al Munaafiqoon: 1-2)
And He says, Subhaanahu wa ta’aala: They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. (Surah Al Fath: 11)
FOUR: The statement of the murji’ah al fuqahaa, and they are the lightest of the groups in terms of irjaa’ – those who say that eemaan is belief (i’tiqaad) in the heart and statement upon the tongue, but action does not enter into it.
This is the statement of the Murji’ah al-Fuqahaa and this is a statement which is also incorrect since there is no eemaan without action.
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Masaa’il fil Eemaan p18, 19
Translated by Abu Abdir Rahmaan ibn Najam
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Story of a man who succumbed to Temptation (Inspirational Read !)
Story of a man who succumbed to Temptation
Inspirational Read !!
When he regained consciousness, his companions asked him what was wrong with him.
He said: This man – referring to the dead man being dragged along on the ground – used to be one of the best worshipers and one of the most renowned ascetics (in the world) (renouncing all the temporary pleasures of this world because he was so busy and devoted to worship).
One day he left his home, intending to go to the Masjid to pray, but on the way, he saw a beautiful young Christian women, who became an immediate temptation to him.
When he proposed to her, she refused, saying; “I will not marry you until you become an adherent of my religion.”
He went on his way, but as time went on, he yearned for her continued to increase. He then succumbed to her wish and exited from the fold of (Islaam) the religion of pure, unadulterated Monotheism.
After he became a Christian and some time passed, the woman came out to him from behind the curtain and said, “You are a man who is bereft of goodness. You have forsaken your religion, which was important to you for your entire life, simply for the sake of a lust that is of no value. Indeed, I too am forsaking my religion, but not for the same reason. I am doing so in order to achieve a blissful existence that never comes to an end, an eternal existence under the care of the One, the As-Samad (i.e., Allaah; The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creature need, He neither eats nor drinks).” She then recited the entire Chapter of Al-Ikhlaas:
“Say (O Muhammad (saw): “He is Allaah, (the) One. Allaah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.” [Qur'aan:112:1-4]
When the people had heard about what she had said, they approached her and asked, “All along, you had this Chapter memorized?“
“No,” she answered. “By Allaah, I had never known it before. But after this man continued to insist upon having me, I saw a dream; I saw Hellfire, and my place in it was shown to me. I became terrified and panic-stricken. Maalik – the custodian of the Hellfire – said to me: ‘Do not be afraid or sad, for Allaah has ransomed (i.e., saved) you with this man (i.e., he will take the place in Hellfire that you would have taken had not Allaah saved you).’ He then took me by the hand and admitted me into Paradise. Seeing a line written inside of it, I read it; among what was written were these Words:
“Allaah blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And with Him is the Mother of the Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfooz).” {Qur’aan 13:39]}
He then recited the Al-Ikhlas Chapter to me, and I began to repeat it. Then I woke up and had it (the Al-Ikhlas Chapter) memorized.”
Al-Hasan then said, “The woman then embraced Islaam, and the man whose corpse you just saw being dragged away was killed for having apostatized. And I ask Allaah to make us firm and steadfast upon guidance and to grant us safety and success.”¹
[Transcribed from: Glimpses From The Lives Of Righteous People | Pages 53-55 | Compiled by: Majdi Muhammad Ash-Shahawi | Darussalam]
Footnote:
¹Bahrud-Dumu
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The Companions and the Time they Found the Body of the Prophet Daanyaal (Daniel)
The Companions and the Time they Found the Body of the Prophet Daanyaal (Daniel)
Questioner: The story which the ‘Imaams of the Da’wah’ report in some of their books, that some of the Companions found the body of the Prophet Daanyaal and so dug thirteen graves for it [such that they would bury him in one of them] so that the people would be unable to locate it, how far is this narration authentic?
Al-Albaani: Firstly, at the start of your question you mentioned, the ‘Imaams of the Da’wah,’ who are you referring to with that phrase?
Questioner: Shaikh Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab’s grandchildren.
Al-Albaani: But nowadays it usually refers to the Tablighi Jamaa’ah.
Questioner: I didn’t mean that.
Al-Albaani: You didn’t mean that but your wording gave that false impression, that’s why, according to what I understood [when you used that term], I found it strange that you attributed that to them because those people [i.e., Jamaa’atut-Tabligh] do not give important to such noble issues at all.
Questioner: True.
Al-Albaani: [Anyway], what is important is that this narration has an authentic, established basis, having many paths of narration. Right now I do not recall whether the particular details that you mentioned are correct. But what is important is that they really did find [his body] and then dug [the earth] and caused a river to flow over him [i.e., over the grave] such that it was not possible to go to it and glorify it or for it to be worshipped instead of Allaah the Blessed and Most High, this is established.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 304.
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The difference between a mushrik and a kaafir – Shaykh Albanee
source: silsilat ul-hudaa wa nnoor – the series of guidance and light - tape no. 727
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Question #7: “Is every mushrik (one who associates partners with Allaah) a kaafir (disbeliever), but not every kaafir is a mushrik? Or are they the same?”
Shaykh al-Albaani (rahimahullaah) answers:
“This is the current understanding in people’s minds, except few of them. I will explain that with an example: a man bears witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allaah and that Muhammad [sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam] is the Messenger of Allaah, and he prays, fasts and so on, but he rejects an aayah from the Qur’aan. This (man) has disbelieved or not disbelieved? He has disbelieved. Has he associated partners with Allaah? That which is correct is that he has associated partners with Allaah. Every kaafir is a mushrik and every mushrik is a kaafir; there is absolutely no difference between the two words…
Whoever disbelieves has associated partners with Allaah, and whoever associates partners with Allaah has disbelieved; there is no confusion about that. The evidence for this is if we remember the conversation of the believer and the disbeliever in Surat ul-Kahf: {And put forward to them the example of two men: unto one of them We had given two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms; and had put between them green crops (cultivated fields) / Each of those two gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in the least therein, and We caused a river to gush forth in the midst of them / And he had property (or fruit) and he said to his companion, in the course of mutual talk: ‘I am more than you in wealth and stronger in respect of men’} – pay attention now – {And he went into his garden while in a state (of pride and disbelief) unjust to himself. He said: ‘I think not that this will ever perish / And I think not the Hour will ever come-}. According to your wrong understanding, this (man) has disbelieved but not associated partners with Allaah and he (merely) denied the Resurrection. He (then) said: {-and if indeed I am brought back to my Lord, (on the Day of Resurrection), I surely shall find better than this when I return to Him’ / His companion said to him during the talk with him:-} {-’If you see me less than you in wealth, and children, / It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it Husban (torment, bolt) from the sky, then it will be a barren slippery earth / Or the water thereof (of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken (underground) so that you will never be able to seek it’ / So his fruits were encircled (with ruin). And he remained clapping his hands (with sorrow) over what he had spent upon it, while it was all destroyed on its trellises, and he could only say: ‘Would that I had ascribed no partners to my Lord!’}
Therefore, when he denied the Resurrection, he associated partners with Allaah. So, whoever disbelieves in something that has come in the Book (Qur’aan) or the Sunnah, then he is (also) a mushrik during his state of disbelief. This is with respect to the Qur’aanic text, so what is the intellectual aspect? The answer is that (Allaah), the Most High, said: {Have you seen him who takes his own lust (vain desires) as his ilah (god)?} Therefore, whoever disbelieves with some disbelief, he is (also) a mushrik, because he himself made his logic to be a partner with His Lord, the Blessed and Most High. Thus, do not differentiate between kufr (disbelief) and shirk (associating partners with Allaah).”
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Source : asaheeha translations
To Whom are the Deeds of a Child Written?
Question posed to Shaykh Ibn Baaz, rahimahullah:
Q. Are the deeds of a child who has not yet reached the age of puberty such as prayer, Hajj and the reading of the Qur’aan attributed to his parents or are they attributed to him?
A. The good deeds of a child who has not yet reached the age of puberty and their rewards are for him and not for his parents or anyone else. His parents are rewarded for having taught him to perform these deeds, for directing him to do good and for helping him in them. This is indicated by the hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim, narrated by Ibn Abbaas, that a woman lifted a child to the Prophet, salallahu ‘alayhi wa salam, during his farewell Hajj and said: “O Messenger of Allah, is there Hajj for him?” He, salallahu ‘alayhi wa salam, replied: “Yes, and there is reward for you.”The Prophet, salallahu ‘alayhi wa salam, informed us that the Hajj is for the child, and that his mother is rewarded for her Hajj with him. Similarly, there is reward for others besides the child’s parents, for the good they do such as teaching orphans, relatives, servants and others, due to the Prophet’s, salallahu ‘alayhi wa salam, saying: “For the one who guides to good, a reward similar to that of the one who performs it.” Narrated in Saheeh Muslim. This is because it is from the assisting one another in virtue and fearfulness of Allah and that He, Glory be to Him, rewards for this.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz, rahimahullah [Fataawa Islaamiyyah: 4/526]
(Also in Islamic Fataawa Regarding the Muslim Child, page 15)
(Also in Islamic Fataawa Regarding the Muslim Child, page 15)
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Faith has both apparent and hidden aspects – Imam Ibn AI-Qayyim
Source: Al-Fawaaid – A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS – Imam Ibn AI-Qayyim,
Rendered into English by: Bayan Translation Services
Faith has both apparent and hidden aspects. Its apparent aspect is when it is related by the tongue and acted upon by the body. The hidden aspect is the acknowledgment of the heart, and its submission and love. Therefore, the apparent aspect of faith will be of no use for someone who does not have the hidden aspect, though his blood is spared and his wealth and children are preserved by it. And no hidden aspect will be of any use, unless there is no fear that it will be weakened, coerced or in fear of being ruined. Therefore, the failure of apparent deeds without the existence of any real prevention, means the corruption of the hidden aspect and lack of faith. Its deficiency refers to its deficiency of faith and intensity refers to its intensity of faith.
Therefore, faith is the heart and core of Islam, and certainty is the heart and core of faith. Any piece of knowledge or deed that does not make faith and certainty stronger is abnormal, and any faith that does not urge one to perform good deeds is abnormal.
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Removing Harmful Matter from path is from Branches of Eeman
Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salaatu wa salamu ‘ala rasool Allaah
Amma ba’d
Removing Harmful Matter from path is from Branches of Eeman; placing Harmful Matter in path is from Branches of Kufr
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu ‘anhu): The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “Eeman has sixty or seventy-odd branches. The least of them is to remove something harmful from the road, and the most lofty of them is the saying: ‘La illaha il Allaah‘ (none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah). And modesty is a branch of Eeman.” [Agreed Upon]
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) said in his explanation of al Usool uth-Thalaathah :
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Relevant ahadith from the Sahihain that show the great virtue of removing something harmful from the path
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu ‘anhu): Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “While a man was going on a way, he saw a thorny branch and removed it from the way and Allaah became pleased by his action and forgave him for that.” Then, the Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “Five are martyrs: One who dies of plague, one who dies of an abdominal disease, one who dies of drowning, one who is buried alive (and) dies, and one who is killed in Allaah’s cause.” [Sahih Bukhari; In the Book of the Adhaan]
The Prophet (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) further said, “If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhaan and for standing in the first row (in the congregational prayer), and found no other way to get it except by drawing lots, they would do so. And if they knew the reward of offering the Dhuhr prayer early (in its stated time), they would race for it and if they knew the reward for ‘Isha’ and Fajr prayers in congregation, they would attend them even if they were to crawl.” [Sahih Bukhari; In the Book of the Adhaan]
Narrated by ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Amr (radiallaahu ‘anhu): That Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “There are forty virtuous deeds and the best of them is the Maniha of a she-goat, and anyone who does one of these virtuous deeds hoping for Allaah’s reward with firm confidence that he will get it, then Allaah will make him enter Paradise.” Hassan (a sub-narrator) said, “We tried to count those good deeds below the Maniha; we mentioned replying to the sneezer, removing harmful things from the road, etc., but we failed to count even fifteen.” [Sahih Bukhari; In the Book of Gifts]
Narrated by Abu Hurairah: Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “There is a (compulsory) Sadaqah (charity) to be given for every joint of the human body (as a sign of gratitude to Allaah) everyday the sun rises. To judge justly between two persons is regarded as Sadaqah, and to help a man concerning his riding animal by helping him to ride it, or by lifting his luggage on to it, is also regarded as Sadaqah, and (saying) a good word is also Sadaqah, and every step taken on one’s way to offer the compulsory prayer (in the mosque) is also Sadaqah, and to remove a harmful thing from the way is also Sadaqah.” [Sahih Bukhari; In the Book of Jihaad]
Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu ‘anhu) reported Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as saying, “While a person was going along the path, he found a thorny branch upon it. He pushed it to a side and Allaah approved (this action) of his and (as a mark of appreciation) granted him pardon.” [Sahih Muslim; In The Book of Righteousness, Manners and Joining the Ties of Kinship; Chapter: The Merit of Removing of anything Troublesome From The Path]
Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu ‘anhu) reported Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as saying, “A person, while walking along the path, saw the branches of a tree lying there. He said: ‘By Allaah, I shall remove these from this so that these may not do harm to the Muslims,’ and he was admitted to Paradise.“ [Sahih Muslim]
Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu ‘anhu) reported Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as saying that he saw a person enjoying himself in Paradise because of the tree that he cut from the path which was a source of inconvenience to the people. [Sahih Muslim]
Abu Hurairah (radiallaahu ‘anhu) reported Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as saying that there was a tree which caused inconvenience to the Muslims; a person came there and cut that (tree) (and thus entered) Paradise. [Sahih Muslim]
Abu Barza reported: I said: Allaah’s Messenger, teach me something so that I may derive benefit from it. He said, “Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.” [Sahih Muslim]
Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa’ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan.
The Resurrection is for the Body itself
Source : Imam Ibn AI-Qayyim, Kitab al Fawa’id pg. 6-8
This chapter clearly shows that Allah, the Exalted returns the same body that had obeyed or disobeyed Him in life, in order to reward or punish it just like He rewards the soul itself, which believes in Him and punishes the one, which disbelieves in Him.
That does not mean that Allah, the Exalted creates another soul, which will be rewarded or punished, as some people say.
Such people do not understand the nature of the Resurrection, which the Messengers informed mankind about.
They claim that Allah, the Exalted will create another body that is different in all aspects and that Allah will reward or punish it.
They also say that the soul is simply a part of the body, so Allah will create another soul other than this one and a body other than this body.
This belief is contrary to what the Messengers taught, and what the Qur’an, Sunnah, and other Books of Allah, the Exalted say. This is in fact denial of the Resurrection and adopting the belief of the disbelievers.
Such people find it difficult to comprehend that Allah, the Exalted will recreate the very same body and soul that had known life.
They cannot imagine how the body will become bones and dust and Allah will create it again in its original form.
Allah quotes them as saying,
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
which means, “When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then) verily be resurrected? (As-Saffat, 37:16)
And such people also say,
ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ
which means, ” That is a far return.” (Qaf, 50:3)
If what they assert is true and another body other than the one that had known in life is rewarded or punished, this will neither be Resurrection nor returning back, indeed, it would be a new creation altogether.
And the following verse would be rendered meaningless. May Allah forbid!
Allah says,
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَابٌ حَفِيظٌ
which means, “We know that which the earth takes of them (their dead bodies). 11 (Qaf, 50:4)
Allah answered the question that He, the Exalted will separate these pieces which had mixed with the earth and turned it into elements which are difficult to be separated.
So Allah, the Exalted told mankind that He knows what the earth is taking from their flesh, bones, and hair and just as He knows these pieces He is capable of separating, and gathering them after being separated, and creating them again.
He, the Exalted decides the time of Resurrection by His perfect knowledge, power, and wisdom.
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