In Pakistan And India we celebrate 12 Rabi Al-Awwal As EID MELAD UL NABI (PBUH)
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Dear
Burhan,
I have
three question to ask:
1st is
that in Pakistan And India we celebrate 12 Rabi Al-Awwal As EID MELAD UL NABI (PBUH) in other side Arab country
specially Saudi Arabia have no concepts of celebrating The MELAD also in MASJID
E NABWI they say that the celebration of MELAD is not granted in our ISLAM...So
why we celebrate Melad in our country if ISLAM not granted us…
2nd is
that is all Prophets and Auoliaa – E – Karaam are still alive which we imagine
that they are still alive mainly in our country Pakistan And India….
3rd is
In Saudi Arabia when someone says YA ALLAH and after he Say YA MUHAMMED they
stop us to not say YA MUHAMMED coz they say Yaa is only used with the present
and ALLAH no doubt is present all over…. Thanks you very much
Shakil
Anwar....
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Milaad and saying yaa mohamed
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: 1st
is that in Pakistan And India we celebrate 12 Rabi Al-Awwal As EID MELAD UL
NABI (PBUH) in other side Arab country specially Saudi Arabia have no concepts
of celebrating The MELAD also in MASJID E NABWI they say that the celebration
of MELAD is not granted in our ISLAM...So why we celebrate Melad in our country
if ISLAM not granted us…
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, one cannot determine the permissibility or legality of an event, or rite, or ritual in Islam by seeing which nations permit or practice it and which nations don’t!!! But the right and only way to determine its legality is to search for its permissibility in the Quran and the authentic and established Sunnah or practice of the Messenger of Allah (saws). If the event, or act, or rite, or ritual is endorsed by Allah and His Messenger (saws), it would be lawful for the believers to perform it; and if it has not been endorsed by Allah and His Messenger (saws), then it has to be an innovation; and every innovation in the pure and perfect deen of Islam is an error and a grave sin in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.
Although every day one lives is a day to be grateful to
the Lord and a day of celebration and commemoration, Allah and His Messenger
(saws) have nominated every Friday of the week, and the two days of Eid (Fitr
and Adha) as days of special celebration and commemoration. The birth-day or death-day of any individual
has absolutely no significance in the deen of Islam, and never ever did the
Messenger of Allah (saws) celebrate his own birthday, nor did he ever celebrate
the birthdays of his loved ones, nor did even his noble companions, who loved
the Prophet (saws) more than anyone else, ever celebrate the birthday of their
Noble Leader and Prophet (saws) during his (saws) life-time or after his (saws)
death!
Therefore if someone starts the ritual of celebrating the
Prophet’s (saws) or any others birthdays, thinking of it as a rite which will
bring about the Pleasure or Good Will of Allah Subhanah, he will be inventing a
thing in the deen of Islam which is not from the deen! And that is exactly what the Messenger of
Allah (saws) termed as bidah or innovation; and every single innovation in the
pure and perfect deen of Islam is an error, a sin, and absolutely detestable to
the Lord Most Majestic.
Aisha narrated that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘If somebody innovates something which is
not present in our religion, then that thing will be rejected.’
Related by Bukhari.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4515 Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib
That the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: “If
anyone introduces an innovation (in religion),
he will be responsible for it.
If anyone introduces an innovation or gives shelter to a man who
introduces an innovation (in religion),
he is cursed by Allah, by His
Angels, and by all the people.”
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, and every innovation is an
error.”
The celebrating or commemorating of the birthday of the
Noble Prophet (saws) is a clear and manifest bida, and the believers should
fear Allah and absolutely abstain from this and all other innovations which
have unfortunately crept into the pure and perfect deen of Islam…if indeed they
fear Allah and the Last Day.
Your Question: 2nd
is that is all Prophets and Auoliaa – E – Karaam are still alive which we
imagine that they are still alive mainly in our country Pakistan And India….
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 154:
And say not of those
who are slain in the way of Allah: "They are dead." Nay they are
living though ye perceive (it) not.
Allah Subhanah revealed the
above quoted aayah of Surah Baqarah immediately after the Battle of Ohud, when the hypocrites started spreading
propaganda amongst the believers and said that the martyrs died in vain, and did not enjoy the life of this
world! Allah Subhanah revealed this
aayah to comfort the believers and to impress upon them the honor those martyrs
received in the realm of His Presence.
Allah Subhanah declares that these martyrs are honored and are alive in
His Presence, but the people of the
world cannot perceive that reality.
Such is the honor Allah bestows on those who are slain in His
Cause. Allah Subhanah demands that
their death in the life of this world should not, and cannot be compared to the people who die
a normal or natural death.
Thus, Allah has declared honor and admiration to
those who are martyred for Allah’s Cause,
and affirmed that the dying of one in the Cause of Allah cannot be
compared to a normal death of this life!
The very word ‘dead’ as understood by human beings is very
discouraging, and kills the spirit of
self-sacrifice, and the urge to fight in
the Way of Allah. Instead of this, the believers are encouraged to believe that
the martyrs are alive in the Presence of Allah Subhanah, but we are not able to perceive that
honorable life of theirs. And this is
a reality which revitalizes and keeps the spirit of courage and ‘jihad’ alive
in the hearts of the true believers.
That is the basic essence and
meaning of the above aayah 154 of Surah Baqarah.
Allah Subhanah reveals in another Surah, a similar verse and describes the honor and bliss the martyrs are enjoying in the Presence of their Merciful Lord, where they are provided with abundant sustenance and bounty. The aayahs are meant to impress upon the people of this life, that those who are slain in the Way of Allah, have bartered their transitory worldly life for an eternal and everlasting life of joy, bliss, Grace and Mercy, and where they have absolutely no fear, and no cause to grieve.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verses 169-171:
169 Think not of those who
are slain in Allah's way as dead.
Nay, they live finding their
sustenance in the presence of their Lord.
170 They rejoice in the
bounty provided by Allah: and with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their
bliss), the (martyrs) glory in the fact
that on them is no fear, nor have they
(cause to) grieve.
171 They glory in the Grace
and the Bounty from Allah, and in the
fact that Allah suffereth not the reward of the faithful to be lost (in the
least).
But some ignorant people who, rather than form their beliefs from the guidance of the Holy Quran, try to make the Quran follow their self-satisfying beliefs! They choose a particular martyr, or martyrs from a particular family of their choice, and then use these Aayahs to justify that these martyrs or ‘auliyaas’ are alive, are very close to Allah Subhanah, and thus can hear and answer their prayers! They thus celebrate the praises of their ‘specifically’ chosen martyrs and ‘auliyaas’, celebrate and perform certain rituals on their birth and death days, make shrines and tombs over their graves, and make their shrines a place of their rituals and worship. They do all these rituals so that their ‘specifically’ chosen martyr and ‘auliyaas’ becomes pleased with their service, and since they have so much ‘influence’ on Allah Subhanah, he will get their prayers answered by Allah Subhanah!
Thus in effect, these ignorant
people involve themselves in the abomination and the most heinous of sins in
the sight of Allah Subhanah: ie. Shirk!
They believe that the ‘specific’ martyr and ‘auliyaa’ they are serving
is All-Knowing and knows the rituals and service they do in his name and on his
grave; they believe that their
‘specific’ martyr and ‘auliyaa’ is All-Seeing and can see their state and their
worship; and they believe that their
‘specific’ martyr and ‘auliyaa’ is All-Hearing and can hear and respond to
their invocations!
These ignorant people have dared
to share the Exclusive Attributes of the All-Knowing, All-Seeing, All-Hearing
Lord with one of Allah’s creation, and
have thus involved themselves in the heinous crime of ‘shirk’! And to top it all, they use the one Aayah of
Surah Baqarah completely out of context to justify their worship of their
chosen martyrs and ‘auliyaas’, and
disregard the rest of the Guidance and Commands of the Holy Quran! The absolute Truth of the matter is that
they want the Quran to conform to their false beliefs; rather than form their beliefs with the clear
Guidance and Teachings of the Glorious Quran!
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.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verse 2-3:
So worship Allah
Alone, making your religion His
exclusively. Beware! Religion is the exclusive Right of Allah. As for those who have taken other ‘auliyas’
(guardians) with Allah (and justify their this conduct by saying): “We serve
them only that they may bring us closer to Allah.” Allah will surely judge between them
concerning all that in which they differ.
Allah does not show guidance to any liar and denier of the Truth.
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 16 Surah
Nahl verse 20-21:
All the other beings, whom the people invoke with Allah, create
nothing! Nay, they are themselves created. They are DEAD, not living, and they do not
at all know themselves when they shall again be raised to life!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 255:
255 Allah! There is no god but He (Alone), The Ever-Living, The Self-Subsisting
Eternal.
One of the Noble and Exclusive Attributes of Allah
Subhanah is that He Alone is the Ever-Living.
It is the inherent nature of all creation, and I repeat, all creation
without exception, that they shall perish one day!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 28 Surah
Qasas verse 88:
88 And call not besides Allah on another god. There is no god but He. Everything
(that exists) will perish, except His Own Face. To Him belongs the Command and to Him will ye
(all) be brought back.
Regardless of whether one in creation is a Prophet of
Allah or anyone else, if one believes that there is someone in creation who is
ever-living, one would have dared to share an Exclusive Attribute that belongs
to Allah Subhanah with one in creation; and that would be a manifest form of
the abomination of ‘shirk’!
Allah is our witness, the Prophets of Allah were human
beings and Allah’s slave-servants who were sent with a
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 30-31:
(O Prophet) YOU SHALL
DIE, and they too shall die! Then on the Day of Resurrection, you all will present your disputes before
your Lord.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 144:
Mohamed is no more
than a Messenger. Other Messengers have
already died before him. If then, he (saws) also dies or is slain, will you turn about on your heels? Remember, he who turns about on his
heels, will do no harm at all to
Allah. Of course, Allah will duly reward those who live as His
grateful servants.
It is reported from
Aisha that Allah's Messenger (saws) died while Abu Bakr was at a place called
As-Sunah (Al-'Aliya). Umar stood up and
said, "By Allah! Allah's Messenger
(saws) is not dead!" Umar (later
on) said, "By Allah! Nothing occurred to my mind except that." He said, "Verily! Allah will resurrect
him (saws) and he will cut the hands and legs of some men." Then Abu Bakr came and uncovered the face of
Allah's Messenger (saws), kissed him and said, "Let my mother and father
be sacrificed for you, (O Allah's Messenger (saws)), you are good in life and
in death. By Allah in Whose Hands my
life is, Allah will never make you
taste death twice." Then he went
out and said, "O oath-taker! Don't be hasty." When Abu Bakr spoke, Umar sat down. Abu Bakr praised and glorified Allah and
said, “No doubt! Whoever
worshipped Muhammad, then Muhammad is
dead, but whoever
worshipped Allah, then Allah is alive
and shall never die." Then he
recited Allah's Statement.:
"(O Muhammad) Verily you will die, and they also will die." (39.30)
He also recited: “Mohamed is no more
than a Messenger. Other Messengers have
already died before him. If then, he (saws) also dies or is slain, will you turn about on your heels? Remember, he who turns about on his
heels, will do no harm at all to
Allah. Of course, Allah will duly reward those who live as His
grateful servants.” (3.144)
In light of the above aayahs from the Quran and the authentic and
established narrations, it is proved
beyond any doubt that the Last Messenger of Allah and the Mercy and Rahmah of
Allah unto mankind, Mohamed ar Rasool
Allah (saws) tasted the element of death as Decreed for all in creation by
Allah Subhanah.
Allah Says in the Glorious Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale Imraan verse 185:
Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day of Judgment shall you be
paid your full recompense.
The Messenger of Allah (saws)
died a natural death and was buried in Hadrat Aisha’s house adjacent to the
Prophet’s (original) mosque in
Any who insists that the Messenger of Allah (saws) is not
dead, but only in a state of ‘sleep’, must be asked to present his evidence
from the Quran and the Sunnah for his theory or belief. If the person is unable to present his
evidence or proof from the Quran and the Sunnah, and Allah is our witness there
is absolutely nothing in the Quran or Sunnah which even remotely substantiates
such a belief, then one should know with conviction that the theory or belief
that the Prophet (saws) is alive in his grave is absolutely unsubstantiated,
baseless and absolutely against the guidance of the Quran and Sunnah.
Your Question: 3rd
is In Saudi Arabia when someone says YA ALLAH and after he Say YA MUHAMMED they stop us to not say YA MUHAMMED
coz they say Yaa is only used with the present and ALLAH no doubt is present
all over….
The Arabic term ‘Ya’ is synonymous to the English term of
address ‘O’, and it would be only grammatically correct and accurate when it is
used when one is in direct correspondence or conversation with someone,
assuming the one being addressed can hear and respond to his call.
Allah Subhanah is indeed the One Who is All-Hearing and
Ever-Living, and thus when one calls upon Him there is absolutely no harm in
stating: ‘Ya Allah…..’. If one uses the
term ‘Ya (so and so)….’ while addressing someone whom one is in direct
conversation, there is absolutely no harm.
But to address someone who is not in direct conversation
with the term ‘Ya (so and so)…..’, like someone who is far away or someone who
is dead would be a grammatically incorrect usage of the term!
To address someone who is far away or one who is dead with
the term ‘Ya (so and so)….’, and assumes that the person has the power to hear
them and respond to their call would be to share an Exclusive Attribute of the
Majestic Lord of being the ‘All-Hearing’ with someone in His creation; and that
would constitute a manifestation of the abomination of ‘shirk’!
The Noble Messenger of Allah (saws) was a human being, and
after living his blessed life on earth for an appointed time, tasted death and
was buried in his blessed city of
It would be gramatically incorrect usage of the Arabic
term ‘Ya….’ to call upon someone who is far away or dead; and if one uses this
term of address ‘Ya (so and so)….’ and believes that the person buried in his
grave can hear or respond to their invocation, then they would be guilty of
sharing an Exclusive Attribute of the Majestic Lord of being the All-Hearing
with one in His creation, and thus guilty of the abomination of ‘shirk’!
The Noble Messenger of Allah (saws) is dead and cannot
hear or respond to our invocations, thus it would be absolutely inappropriate
and incorrect to address him (saws) by using the term of address ‘Ya Mohamed
(saws)’ or ‘Ya Rasool Allah (saws)’!
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 and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
