I have question about FATTHYIA and I went all DARGHA also.
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Dearest Brother, I have question about FATTHYIA and I went all DARGHA also
& when ever I wants to prey I say in my DUWAIN that YA ALLHA WALIYA ULLHA
KI TUFAL SA AUR PYARA NABI KI TUFAL SA MERE DUWAIN QUBOOL FARMAA. We can prey
like this is or its belongs Shrik.
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Question in our home we celeberate GARWI SHAREEF & MUHARRAM every think we
kept all our foods infront of & we give FATHIYA so let me know its SHRIK.
Can u give me some Reference in Quran or HADEES if its SHRIK.
Shukraan
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Answer:
Shrine dua through prophet(saws) fatihah
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad
(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question:
Another Question in our home we celeberate GARWI SHAREEF & MUHARRAM every
think we kept all our foods infront of & we give FATHIYA so let me know its
SHRIK. Can u give me some Reference in Quran or HADEES if its SHRIK.
The literal meaning of the Arabic term ‘al-fatihah’ is the
opening, and is the name assigned to the first Surah of the Glorious Quran.
There is absolutely no evidence in the Quran or the
authentic and established Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) regarding the
prevalent practice of ‘giving fatihah’ or doing any rite or ritual in the name
of ‘fatihah’!!! If any rite or ritual is
not endorsed by the Quran or Sunnah, it obviously cannot be deemed a part or
rite of Islam; thus the rite of giving ‘fatihah’ would constitute a clear and
manifest act of ‘bida’ or innovation in the pure and perfect deen of
Islam.
A bida or innovation is something which
is invented, innovated, and added to the deen of Islam after the deen was
completed on Prophet Mohamed (saws). It especially concerns the rites and
rituals of worship, or any deed which
was not performed or endorsed by the Messenger of Allah (saws), but was added as a part of the deen after his
(saws’s) death. It also concerns any
innovated deed which one does and believes that by doing this innovated deed, he
is eligible to earn more reward from Allah Subhanah.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 1885 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
That the Prophet of Allah (saws) said in a
sermon: “The best speech is that which
is embodied in the Book of Allah, the Al Quran;
and the best guidance is the guidance given by me, Mohamed (saws). The most evil affairs are the
innovations (bida), and every innovation (bida) is an error.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4515 Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib
That the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: “If
anyone introduces an innovation (bida in religion), he will be responsible for it. If anyone introduces an innovation (bida) or
gives shelter to a man who introduces an innovation (bida), he is cursed by
Allah, by His Angels, and by all the people!”
There is absolutely nothing in the authentic and
established Sunnah which endorses the ritual of ‘garwi shareef’; and other than
the fasting of the two days of Ashura in the month of Muharram, there is
absolutely no rite, or ritual, or special prayer or commemoration endorsed by
the Messenger of Allah (saws) for the month of Muharram. If one celebrates ‘garwi shareef’, or performs
any other specific act of worship other than the two fasts of Ashura….without
an iota of a doubt, such self-invented rites would constitute the sin of ‘bida’
or innovation in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.
Your Question: ….I
have question about FATTHYIA and I went all DARGHA also & when ever I wants
to prey I say in my DUWAIN that YA ALLHA WALIYA ULLHA KI TUFAL SA AUR PYARA
NABI KI TUFAL SA MERE DUWAIN QUBOOL FARMAA. We can prey like this is or its
belongs Shrik.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, your question has two
aspects:
- the
permissibility in Shariah of building or visiting ‘dargahs’ or shrines or
tombs of deceased pious slaves of Allah Subhanah.
- the
permissibility in Shariah for making duas and supplications ‘through’ or
‘in the sake of’ a deceased pious slave of Allah Subhanah.
Jabir reported: "The Prophet(saws)
forbade the whitewashing of a grave, sitting on it, or erecting any structure
on it." (Reported by Ahmad, Muslim, Nasa'i, Abu Daw'ud, and Tirmidhi.)
Abu Hurairah reported: "The Prophet
(saws) said: 'May Allah destroy the
Jews, because they used the graves of their prophets as places of worship
(shrines).'' (Bukhari and Muslim)
Aishah reported: "Umm Habibah and Umm
Salamah mentioned to Allah's Messenger (saws) a church in which they saw
drawings while in Abyssinia, whereupon he said: 'Those people used to build a
place of worship (shrine, tomb, etc.) over the grave of a righteous man among
them when he died, and make such
drawings in it. These will be the worst
of people in the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.'' (Bukhari and
Muslim)
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), it is absolutely prohibited in Islam to make a
shrine over the dead, leave alone visiting or invoking those buried in the
shrines!
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 3:
Is it not to Allah
that sincere devotion is due? But those
who take ‘awliyaas’ other than Allah (say): "We only
serve them (the awliyaas) in order that they may bring us nearer to
Allah." Truly Allah will judge between them in that wherein they
differ. But Allah guides not such as are
false and ungrateful.
It has indeed always happened
that when some true and pious servant of Allah Subhanah died, some people declared him after his death as a
‘Wali’ (plural Awliya) from
themselves, and shared some of Allah’s
Rights and Attributes with this departed person! Some made images and worshipped them, some
made idols and invoked them, and some turned their graves into places of
worship and invocations!
Allah Alone is All-Hearing; but
some ignorant people shared this Noble Attribute of Allah with their Awliyaas
and started falsely assuming that those buried in their graves can hear and
respond to their supplications and invocations; this is precisely what is termed
‘shirk’ in the Glorious Quran!
Similarly, Allah Alone is
All-Knowing and All-Seeing; but some
ignorant people shared these Noble Attributes of Allah with their Awliyaas and
started falsely assuming that those buried in their graves sees and knows their
condition and has the power to help them.
They thus started invoking them in their graves and this is precisely
what has been termed as manifest ‘shirk’ in the Glorious Quran!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah Yunus
verse 18:
These people serve beside Allah those which can
neither harm nor benefit them, and say, “These are our ‘shofa’a’ (intercessors)
with Allah!” (O Mohammed), tell them,
“Do you wish to inform Allah of that thing which He knows not in the heavens,
or in the earth?” He is absolutely free
from, and exalted above the shirk that
they commit.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 46 Surah
Ahqaf verses 4-6:
O Prophet, say to them, "Have you ever seen
them with open eyes those whom you invoke instead of Allah? Show me what they
have created in the earth? Or have they any share in the creation and control
of the heavens? Bring me a Book revealed before this, or produce some remnant
of knowledge in support of your beliefs if you are truthful." And who
could be further astray than the one who invokes, instead of Allah, those who
cannot answer him till the Day of Resurrection. Nay, they are even UNAWARE THAT
THEY ARE BEING INVOKED. And when all mankind shall be gathered together (on the
Day of Qiyamah), they (the so called leaders and intercessors) will become
enemies of those who invoked them and they will DISOWN THEIR WORSHIP!!!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah
Kahf verse 102:
What? Do
these people, who have disbelieved, presume that they would make My servants their
‘auliyaas’ besides Me? We have prepared
Hell for the hospitality of such people.
It is indeed unfortunate and absolute and utter ignorance,
that after being specifically warned by the Messenger of Allah (saws); some
people who profess their belief in him and his message start making and using
the dargahs of the deceased pious slaves of Allah Subhanah as places of worship
and invocation!
If one invokes anything or anyone other than Allah
Subhanah, or if one invokes or call upon anything or anyone with Allah
Subhanah… there is absolutely no doubt that such a person will be committing
the heinous and abomination of ‘shirk’!!!
It is the strict command and
sole Right of Allah Subhanah, as the Creator and Sustainer of the World, that
He and He Alone should be invoked for anything one desires and needs; for there
is none in the Universe who can give anything if Allah does not will to give,
and there is none in the Universe who can stop Allah if He wills to show mercy
on His slaves!
If one so much so as even tries
to invoke someone or something other than Allah Subhanah in the unseen, he will
be committing the most heinous of crimes in the sight of Allah Subhanah; that
is, ‘shirk’!!!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 72:
Whoever commits
‘shirk’ (invoking anything with Allah),
Allah shall forbid for him
It is permissible and encouraged in Islam to make dua or
supplications for the deceased, but to invoke the deceased, or to
make a supplication to or through the deceased is a
clear and manifest act of the unforgivable and heinous crime of ‘shirk’ in the
Sight of Allah Subhanah.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah
Israa verse 110:
110 Say: "Call upon Allah or call upon ‘The Rahman’ (The Most
Gracious): by whatever Name ye call upon Him (it is well): for to Him belong
the Most Beautiful Names.
Beloved Brother in Islam, it is absolutely fine,
permissible, acceptable and encouraged to implore and beseech Allah Subhanah
through His Noble Names and Attributes when supplicating to Him; but it is
absolutely impermissible in Islam to use a creation of Allah (even if that
creation happens to be a Prophet, or an Angel, or a Saint, etc.) as an
intermediary when supplicating the Lord Most Gracious.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 186:
And if My
servants ask you, O Prophet, concerning
Me, tell them that I am quite near to them. I hear and answer the prayer
of the suppliant, when he calls on Me.
So let them respond to My call and believe in Me. (Convey this to them), perhaps they may be
guided aright!
Our Lord is indeed the All-Hearing, All-Knowing, and He
indeed hears and responds to those who call upon Him in humility and in
hope. The Messenger of Allah (saws)
himself called upon His Lord directly and without any intermediary day and
night, standing, sitting and lying down; and encouraged the believers to do the
same. Never ever did he encourage or
endorse supplicating Allah Subhanah through an intermediary! In fact, asking or supplicating Allah
Subhanah through dead or absent intermediaries is regarded as a form of ‘shirk’
and ‘disbelief’ in Islam.
Instead of adding ‘weight’ to one’s supplication by using the
name of a dead or absent creation of Allah, the Messenger of Allah (saws)
guided the believers that if indeed they wished to add ‘weight’ to their
supplications to their Lord Most Gracious, they should humbly and in fear,
indicate some amongst their good deeds which they have done purely for the Sake
and Pleasure of Allah Subhanah; for it is one’s own belief and one’s own deeds
which indeed add ‘weight’ to one’s supplications in the Presence of the Lord
Most Merciful.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.671 Narrated by Ibn Umar
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "Once
three persons (from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it
started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got
closed while they were inside. They said to each other, 'O you! Nothing can save you except the truth, so
each of you should ask Allah's help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he
did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining Allah's pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know that
I had a laborer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e. three Sas) of rice, but
he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and with
its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his
wages, I said (to him), 'Go to those cows and drive them away.' He said to me,
'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice,' I said to him, 'Go to those cows
and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice).' So he drove
them. O Allah! If you consider that I did that for fear of You, then please
remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave.
The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that
I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk of my sheep every night.
One night I was delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and
children were crying with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink
unless my parents had drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also
disliked that they should sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for
them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah!
If You consider that I did that for fear of you, then please remove the rock.'
So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it.
The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that
I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me
and I sought to seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one-hundred
Dinars (i.e. gold pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and
she allowed me to sleep with her. But when I sat between her legs, she said,
'Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me but legally. 'I got up and left the
hundred Dinars (for her). O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of
you then please remove the rock. So Allah saved them and they came out (of the
cave)."
Allah’s Messenger (saws) guided the believers on how to
best supplicate their Lord Most Merciful:
- Call
upon the Lord Most Merciful through His Noble Attributes and Praise Him.
- In
absolute humility, fear and hope declare one’s own servitude and utter
helplessness in the Presence of their Majestic Lord.
- If
one wishes, one may, in humility and in fear, indicate one’s own good
deeds one may have done for the Sake and Pleasure of Allah Subhanah Alone.
- Then,
beseech the Lord Most Gracious for whatever one wishes.
- And
then in conclusion to the supplication, recite the ‘durood’ or salutation
to the Noble Prophet and his family.
Ibn Mas'ud reported
that the Prophet (saws), said, "If any servant of Allah afflicted with
distress or grief makes this supplication, his supplication will be
accepted: 'O Allah, I am Your servant,
son of Your servant, son of your maidservant.
My forehead is in Your hand.
Your command conceming me prevails, and Your decision concerning me is
just. I call upon You by every one of
the beautiful names by which You have described Yourself, or which You have
revealed in Your book, or have taught anyone of Your creatures, or which You
have chosen to keep in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Qur'an
the delight of my heart, the light of my breast, and remover of my griefs,
sorrows, and afflictions'." A supplication in these words will be
answered. Allah will remove one's
affliction and replace it with joy and happiness.
Salman reported that the Prophet (saws),
said, "Your Lord, the Blessed and the Exalted One, is Modest and Generous,
and He loathes to turn away His servant empty-handed when he raises his hands
to Him in supplication."
Narrated by Ahmad and Ibn Hibban.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister