That all we do with Moulana is 'Shirk', then if we believe these scholars, who feel that even pig fat is haraam, then aren't we commiting 'shirk' by believing them?
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In reference to
this previuos question, i
had another question, if you say that all we do with Moulana
is 'Shirk', then if we believe these scholars, who feel that even pig fat is haraam, then aren't we commiting
'shirk' by believing them?
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Answer:
Believing Scholars is Shirk
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Only Allah and His Messenger
(saws) have the right that they should be believed and obeyed unconditionally; no other human
being, no matter who he is, will only be believed if his opinion is based
on the guidance and teachings of the Quran and Sunnah!
Thus, if someone believes something is haraam or halaal, simply because some scholar has said it to be
so without any evidence or basis from the Quran and Sunnah; that would
indeed be a form of unconditional obedience to their scholars; and that will make their obedience a
manifestation of the grave sin of ‘shirk’!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 9 Surah Taubah verse 31:They have made
their scholars and their monks as their ‘Rabbs’
besides Allah!
In a narration reported by Hadrat Adi bin Hatim (r.a.), who was a Christian before accepting Islam, that : “I came to the Messenger of Allah (saws) to accept Islam and asked him (saws), “O Messenger of Allah (saws) this verse (above 9:31) accuses us of making our scholars and our monks our Rabbs (or gods) besides Allah! What does it mean?” The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, “Is it not a fact that you accept as haraam whatever they declare as haraam, and halaal whatever they declare as halaal?” I admitted that they indeed did. The Messenger of Allah (saws) then said, “That amounts to making them God!”
In light of the above Aayah of the Quran and the
narration of the Messenger of Allah (saws), it clearly shows that those who set
limits to the haraam and the halaal, without any evidence from the Quran and Sunnah, assume for themselves the rank of
God-head; and those who acknowledge
their right to declare things haraam and halaal make them their Rabbs
instead of The One True Rabb Alone!
The scholars who have given
their opinion on the consumption of pig-fat as impermissible to the believers, have based their
opinion on the basis of the clear guidance and teachings of the Quran and Sunnah.
Compare that to the “Moulana’s” decree who has declared that all fish without
scales are haraam for his followers; or fish that are not caught alive and not
read ‘Bismillah’ on them by passing one’s hand over
them is haraam for their followers!!! This declaration of the ‘Moulana’ is absolutely against the guidance of the
teachings of the Quran and Sunnah, and thus cannot be
accepted! The ‘moulana’
who thinks he has the right to pass decrees against the guidance of the Quran and Sunnah; and the ones who
believe, follow, and obey such decrees are indeed guilty of
the sin of ‘shirk’ as declared in Surah Taubah verse 9 of the Holy Quran:
“They have made their scholars and their monks as their ‘Rabbs’
besides Allah!”
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 14:It is He (Allah) Who has subjected the sea to
your service so that you may get fresh flesh from it to eat and bring out of it
articles of ornaments, which you wear.
Abu Hurairah (r.a.) related that a man asked the Messenger
of Allah (saws), "O Messenger of Allah, we sail on the ocean and we carry
only a little water. If we use it for
ablution, we will have to go thirsty.
May we use sea water for ablution?" Said the Messenger of Allah (saws), "Its (the sea) water is pure, and (even) its dead
(animals) are halaal. (i.e., they can be
eaten without any prescribed slaughtering)."
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan