Importance of Khak e Shifa
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Could you please let me know the relevance of Khak-e-Shifaa
which is used by the Bohra's for practically everything. Also there is
this Bohra belief of hanging photographs of horses in the house for good luck.
Can you explain the logic of these items and the importance in Islam.
Salaams
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Answer:
Importance of Khak e Shifa
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.
Q-1:Could
you please let me know the relevance of Khak-e-Shifaa which is used by the
Bohra's for practically everything.
Khak-e-shifaa,
which literally means ‘the dust of healing’ is the dust or sand some people
gather from the mausoleum of Hadrat Hussain ibn Ali (r.a.) in
There is
absolutely no such thing as a ‘khak-e-shifaa’ or ‘dust of healing’ in the
tenets of Islam! Never did the Messenger
of Allah (saws), his noble companions,
or his ‘ahle-bayt’ ever follow this practice of eating the dust of any place,
nor did they recommend the believers to do so.
Q-2:
Also there is this Bohra belief of hanging photographs of horses in the house
for good luck.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah Yunus verse 107:If
Allah do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but He: if He do
design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His favor: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His
servants He pleaseth. And He is the Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
It is the
belief of the believers that all good that happens to someone, it is because
of, and from Allah Subhanah. To believe
that some thing can bring good luck is a manifestation of the abomination of
‘shirk’, or associating something with Allah Subhanah.
No horse,
or no photograph of some horse, or anything in this universe has the power to
bring about any good; it is Allah Subhanah Who Alone has the Power to bring
about good on anyone amongst His slaves He Pleases.
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,
Wister