Concept of star in Islam.
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Assalamuwalaikum,
Could you please explain the concept of star in Islam? Is it true that reciting
surah`s such as surah Al-Baqrah and praying for someone makes their star
strong??
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Answer:
Concept of star in
Islam
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.
A ‘star’ is no more than a creation of the Lord Creator,
just like the other creations of the Lord Creator like the sun, the moon, the
planets, the trees, the animals, etc.
A ‘star’ or anything in creation, by itself, does not have
the power in the least to bring about any good or evil upon anyone in the
absolute least….for all Power and all Strength is in the Sole Domain of the One
and Only Lord Creator Who Created, Allah Subhanah wa Taala.
Allah Says in His Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 2:
2 What Allah out of His Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can
withhold: what He doth withhold there is none can grant apart from Him: and He
is the Exalted in Power Full of Wisdom.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 160:
If Allah helps you none can overcome you: if He
forsakes you who is there after that that can help you? In Allah then let believers put their trust.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 9 Surah Taubah verse 51:
Say: "Nothing
will happen to us except what Allah has Decreed for us: He is our Protector"; and on Allah let the believers put their
trust.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 17:
17 If Allah touch thee with affliction none can remove it but He; if He
touch thee with happiness He hath power over all things.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 3:
And put your trust in Allah Alone; and enough is
Allah as a Disposer of affairs.
If one believes that a ‘star’ or absolutely anything in
creation by itself has the power or the ability to bring about any good or
remove any evil from anyone in the least…..such a belief would constitute the
absolute abomination and unforgivable crime of ‘shirk’ in the Sight of Allah
Subhanah!
Sahih Muslim Hadith 133 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “Don't you know what your Lord said? Your Lord observed: ‘I (Allah)
have never endowed My bondsmen with a favor, but a section amongst them disbelieved
it, and said: stars, it was due to
the stars!’”
Nothing, and we reiterate, absolutely nothing happens in
this Universe…..not even a leaf falls off a plant, nor does the tiniest
particle of sand or dust moves from its place without the Precise Will and
Permission of The Lord Most Majestic, Most Supreme! And we absolutely assure you in the Blessed
Name of the Lord sister, no ‘star’, no ‘planet’, no sun, no moon, no nothing
except the Lord Most Majestic, Allah Subhanah, has the Power or Strength to
bring about any good or remove any evil from oneself in the absolute least!!!
Your
Question: ….Is it true that reciting surah`s such as surah Al-Baqrah and
praying for someone makes their star strong??
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 185:
Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent
down: this Book is a Perfect Guidance for mankind and consists of clear
Teachings which show the
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah
Bani Israel verses 9-10:
Indeed,
the Quran shows that way which is perfectly straight. To those who believe in it and do good
deeds, it gives the good news that there
is a great reward for them; and to
those who do not believe in the Hereafter,
it gives the warning that a painful torment has been made ready for
them.
In His Infinite Mercy, the Lord Most Merciful Revealed His
Glorious Quran unto mankind as a Book of perfect guidance, and to show mankind
the Right and Straight Path. To those
who believe and do righteous good deeds in accordance with the Guidance, their
Lord has Promised them an unending reward in the Hereafter; but those who deny
their Lord and the Hereafter, this Book gives a clear warning of a severe and
lasting chastisement in the Presence of their Lord.
We absolutely assure you in the Blessed Name of the Lord
sister, the reciting of any Surah/s of the Glorious Quran does not make any
‘star’ strong, nor do the stars or anything else in creation by themselves have
the ability to bring any good or remove any evil from anyone in the absolute
least! All Power and All Strength is
vested in The Blessed Hands of the Lord Most Majestic Alone Who Created!
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