Is it shirk, if during our bad times we call people and pay them to offer ayat-e-karima at our home
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is it
shirk, if during our bad times we call people and pay them to offer
ayat-e-karima at our home and in similar way we do same for khatm-e-Quran, is
is permissible?
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Answer:
Is khatam shirk
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.
One cannot say that to assemble people and pay them to
offer ‘ayat-e-karima’ at one’s home or do the ritual called ‘khatm-e-Quran’ is
‘shirk’….but without an iota of a doubt, such self-invented rituals 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.
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.
Dear and Beloved brother in Islam, it is the solemn belief
of every true believer who sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day, that there
was, is, or never will be anyone in the annuls of creation who worshipped Allah
Subhanah more or better than the Noble Last and Final Messenger of Allah,
Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws)!
Thus if anyone dares to comes up with any act of worship
like celebration, commemoration, or prescribes importance to any prayer, or
fast, or night or day, or invents, innovates, or adds anything in the deen of
Islam which is not endorsed by the Noble Prophet (saws), then it implies one of
three things:
Allah is our witness brother, if anyone in the annuls of
creation ever claims to have any of the above three qualities is nothing more
than a confirmed and manifest liar!; for Allah is our witness, no man in the
annuls of creation loved or worshipped their Lord more than Prophet Mohamed (saws),
no man in the annuls of creation had more knowledge of the Truth than the Noble
Prophet Mohamed (saws), and Allah is our witness, the Last and Final
Revelations of The Lord Most Majestic were revealed on Prophet Mohamed (saws),
and there is none who will or can receive revelations after him (saws)!
If one brings, invents, adds or innovates any act or deed
in religion which has not been specifically endorsed by Allah and His Messenger
(saws), then it has to be a ‘bida’ (innovation in the religion after the deen
was completed on Prophet Mohamed (saws)), and Allah is our witness, every
innovation in the deen of Islam is an error in the Sight of 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!”
Your Question: is it
shirk, if during our bad times we call people and pay them to offer
ayat-e-karima at our home and in similar way we do same for khatm-e-Quran, is
is permissible?
There is absolutely no evidence in the authentic and
established Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) whereby he (saws) gathered
people or he (saws) was called and paid to recite the ‘aayat-e-karima’ for a
special purpose….or whereby the Prophet (saws) gathered people on a special
occasion to do a ‘khatm-e-Quran’……thus when such acts or rituals are not
endorsed by Allah and His Messenger (saws), they must have been invented and
added as part of the deen after his death.
All such self-invented rites and rituals which are not endorsed by Allah
and His Messenger (saws) would be known as ‘bida’ or innovation. The Messenger of Allah (saws) declared every
innovation in the deen as an error and a sin, and the believers who sincerely
fear Allah and the Last Day must abstain from it.
Although every single ‘bida’ or innovation in the deen is
an error and a sin, not every ‘bida’ is ‘shirk’; but if some people who claim
to be muslims start invoking or doing rites of worship like sacrifice, tawaaf,
offerings, etc. at the grave of their pious saints or ‘awliyaa’; or they start
offering food or drinks in the name of their chosen deceased pious saint,
etc….then not only would such acts be a ‘bida’, such acts would also constitute
the most heinous and gravest sin of all: ie. ‘shirk’ or associating other
deities with Allah Subhanah.
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
