Kalima
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:
Burhan(r.a.)
In your reply to question
no. 98 dated 14.1.2002, you have stated about Kalima according to your knowledge and information.
During the period
of Sayedna Dawood Bin Kutubshah, the Hadi of Dawoodi Bohra faith, what was the
Kalima ?
Kindly give your reply based on authentic information.
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Answer:
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.
Beloved brother in Islam, Allah
has commanded the believers in the Glorious Quran to
follow the example of the Last Messenger of Allah (saws).
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzab verse 21:There is indeed the
best example for you to follow, in the Messenger of Allah, for every such
person looks forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imran verse 31-32:O Prophet, tell
the people, If you sincerely love Allah, follow me. Then Allah will love you and forgive you
your sins, for He is All Forgiving, All Merciful. Also say to them, Obey Allah and His
Messenger. And if, in spite of this,
they do not accept your invitation, warn them that Allah does not love those,
who refuse to obey Him and His Messenger.
The believers are commanded by
their Creator in His Glorious Quran to follow the
example of the Last Messenger of Allah (saws)
.nowhere in the Quran and Sunnah is it mentioned
that the believers have to follow the example of the period of Syedna Dawood bin Kutubshah, or any other individual.
The kalima
that was taught to the believers and declared five times daily in the adhaan at the time of the Prophet (saws), and the Ameer ul Mumineen
was the same: I bear witness there is
no god, except Allah Alone; and I bear witness that Mohamed (saws) is the Messenger
of Allah.
It has been
reported by Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib
(r.a.) 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.
It has been
reported by Jabir ibn
Abdullah (r.a.) in another authentic narration 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 hadi
(guidance) is the hadi (guidance) given by me,
Mohamed (saws). The most evil affairs
are the innovations, and every innovation is an error.
The Hadi
of the believers are Allah and His Messenger (saws), and the kalima they taught the believers has been one and the same
since the time of the Last Messenger of Allah (saws)
.thus no matter what
changes were brought into the kalima by some people
1000 years after the death of the Prophet (saws), we have to obey only Allah and His
Messenger (saws) and leave aside all the other innovations, if indeed we believe in Allah and the Last
Day.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allahs 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,
