Paul and His Thoughts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;display:none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qU41lCd5Ltds0aqmg7zhmXhiiH2VsRur68XJP0GQ2ndNMjD0ACGYJvYWTlcH_Wje0GeebZKwV-z6Wq3sGkiSruhnwXR3-eEqiQt35CDwj1RuZAcvn29Y6S4ice2vPV6_v9GMBGkR8Xo/s800/paul+and+his+thoughts+stands.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qU41lCd5Ltds0aqmg7zhmXhiiH2VsRur68XJP0GQ2ndNMjD0ACGYJvYWTlcH_Wje0GeebZKwV-z6Wq3sGkiSruhnwXR3-eEqiQt35CDwj1RuZAcvn29Y6S4ice2vPV6_v9GMBGkR8Xo/s600/paul+and+his+thoughts+stands.jpg" width="600"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XPco_PkVf3Gg22t20RVmoKXQ5u309Tv2HsxnqZDG_-uXc5ckZuUKPhwePC_QQgl6He8EkZ7qAHfUxAWnZhhOpXPPxIugTQTBdMT0iFWblKqTvKILMBJYRCeI8_pFFZQAu4eHuSW13mY/s0/paul+and+his+thoughts+laid+600x500.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XPco_PkVf3Gg22t20RVmoKXQ5u309Tv2HsxnqZDG_-uXc5ckZuUKPhwePC_QQgl6He8EkZ7qAHfUxAWnZhhOpXPPxIugTQTBdMT0iFWblKqTvKILMBJYRCeI8_pFFZQAu4eHuSW13mY/s0/paul+and+his+thoughts+laid+600x500.jpg"/></a></div><div style="text-align:justify; display:none;">A comprehensive compilation of analitical studies about Paul and his significant role in forming the Christianity from the very beginning until his tragic death, beheaded by Caesar Nero's executioner.</div> <div style="background-color: #4c66a4; color: white; font-family: oswald; font-size: 14px; height: 32px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 1px 1px 1px; text-transform: uppercase; width: 100%;"> <span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(76, 102, 164); color: white; height: 32px; margin: 0px 10px 0px -10px; padding: 5px 15px; width: 100%;">Paul And His Thoughts</span></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/feeds/posts/default/-/St.Paul?published&alt=json-in-script&max-results=999&&callback=labelthumbs"></script><br /> </div> <div style="clear:both"/></div>

Paul and His Thoughts

A comprehensive compilation of analitical studies about Paul and his significant role in forming the Christianity from the very beginning u...

Paul and His Thoughts

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What is Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHswuG4v1eCJVw05JijCxW6roPEt_Ww7KSRA4o9F7ydoln2vuuUnY4gvwBIZv6ymYxkVeRZYMp1N7g1LbQHgk-Y4zX4TvS_2QqbaBJIX33sD8qoy1S83BOua4Z3oSrMzjXooYp-zkzP7E/s0/ulumul+hadits.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHswuG4v1eCJVw05JijCxW6roPEt_Ww7KSRA4o9F7ydoln2vuuUnY4gvwBIZv6ymYxkVeRZYMp1N7g1LbQHgk-Y4zX4TvS_2QqbaBJIX33sD8qoy1S83BOua4Z3oSrMzjXooYp-zkzP7E/s0/ulumul+hadits.jpg"/></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Define Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ilm al hadith means Science of Hadith, which refers to the Knowledge of the scrutiny of hadith literature. Basically every hadith has a chain (isnad) of narrators that are going all the way back to the Prophet ﷺ. Studying biography of each narrator in a chain who transmits the hadith, in addition to comparing it with other chains of that same hadith, if any, including studying linguists of text as well as circumstances involved when particular hadith was narrated and others factors involved in recording are all included in the subject of ilm al hadith. There exists a few common misconceptions that the collection of hadith took place many years, in most cases 200 years, after the Prophet's death or that its initial collection was started by the students of the companions, and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his companions never supported or indulged in this activity. Such misconceptions are false because there is evidence that hadith were being collected during the Prophet's life (discussed in subsequent posts) and in fact the foundation and practice of Ilm Al hadith (Science of Hadith) was initiated by his companions, in a more organized manner especially during the rule of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar">Umar ibn Khattab</a> (r.a), the 2nd successor of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Foundation of Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Umar (r.a) was the first to realize the necessity of the proper sifting of the hadith narrations. Those who narrated any hadith were required to produce some witnesses in support of the tradition. In this way a rich corpus of Hadith was built up. Umar (r.a) classified the traditions in two broad categories. One category of traditions pertained to religious, moral and social affairs pertaining to the community at large. The other traditions revolved round the person of the Holy Prophet ﷺ and pertained to his words and deeds as a human being i.e. the Prophet's Sunnah. Umar (r.a) distinguished between these two categories.[1] All matters falling in the first category were binding and had the status of law. Umar (r.a) evolved the following principles on the basis of which the traditions were to be accepted:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(1) The report should be literally faithful;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(2) Every Hadith narrated should carry with it the name of the narrator and the chain of narrators;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(3) The narrators must be men of proven faith and integrity;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(4) In judging the veracity of a report the occasion and circumstances involved should be taken into consideration;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(5) The report should not be repugnant to the Holy Quran;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(6) The report should be rational.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Subsequent Developments in Ilm Al hadith (Science of Hadith)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the end of 1st century Hijrah (100 AH - 720 CE) majority Companions passed away leaving their compilations behind including the framework and process for hadith evaluation taught to Tabi’een (their students). However this process needed to be a bit more supervised especially to avoid and separate the unauthentic traditions that began circulation in subsequent years. Therefore, during the rule of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_II">Umar bin Abdul Aziz</a> (r.a) (717 - 720 CE), one of the Ummayad Caliphs (also known as 2nd Umar due to his piety), ordered the collection of ahadith on a large scale. He assigned learned scholars and hadith experts of Madinah such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_ibn_Muhammad_ibn_Hazm">Abu Bakr Ibn Hazam </a>(Qadi of Madinah) and famous I<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Shihab_al-Zuhri">bn Shihab al-Zuhri</a>, who were also students of Prophet's companions, Ayesha (r.a) and Anas bin Malik (r.a), expert hadith specialists and teachers. During the mid of 2nd century Hijrah (150 AH), hadith centers came to exist and scholars like Imam Malik (Died 179 AH) and Sufyan Thauri (Died - 168 AH) and several others opened their centers to teach hadith with rules as laid down by their predecessors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In subsequent years rules of hadith collection were expanded and further conditions were added such as ilm al rijal (names of narrators and their biographies) and each hadith that included a chain (isnad) of narrators was classified based on the reliability of the narrators such as their piety, intelligence, if they were of forgetful nature, or if they were known to ever have lied. It was based on the strength of the narrators is how each hadith came to be classified with a status such as Dhaeef (weak), Sahih (authentic), Mutawattur (narrated through several chains), Hassan (good - lesser than Sahih), Ghareeb (strange due to some interruption in chain). Based on each status later compilations were made such as Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, with sahih meaning they are very authentic due to evaluation involved in their chains. One of the authors of Hadith book comments on this unique process: “Every Muhaddith (hadith expert) even today, when describes a hadith, he suffixes it with a specific name of a hadith denoting its level of authenticity (such as ‘Hassan’ or ‘Sahih’), then quotes the book of hadith where its documented (such as Musnad of Ahmad) and then prefixes it with an unbroken chain of narrators spreading over the last 1400 years through whom he received the hadith. No other religion, nation, party or even small group of people can show the parallel of what early Muslims did to ensure the authenticity of hadith and Sunnah.”[2]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In subsequent centuries scholars studied these ahadith, added their comments to explanations given by their teachers and developed upon the wisdom and knowledge, resulting in science of Fiqh (practices/ruling) & Shariah (Islamic law). It is extremely sad to see that today many Muslims doubt the authenticity process of all hadith or some of it, without researching. And worst is that some even compare the uniquely systematic collection of this literature with collection of Christian Gospels that clearly lacked any consistent methodology and process in its compilation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Masud-ul-Hasan, Professor. 1982. "<a href="http://www.alim.org/library/biography/khalifa/content/KUM/16/1" target="_blank">Khalifa bin al-Khattab - Hadith and Fiqh</a>." Alim - The world's most useful Islamic software. Accessed 03 05, 2019.  . (Masud-ul-Hasan 1982)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Kazi, Mazhar. April 1, 2007. Guidance from Hadith & Sunnah. Al-Huda Publications - (Kazi April 1, 2007)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span face="Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif" style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div>

What is Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith)

Define Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith) Ilm al hadith means Science of Hadith, which refers to the Knowledge of the scrutiny of hadith lite...

What is Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith)

Define Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith) Ilm al hadith means Science of Hadith, which refers to the Knowledge of the scrutiny of hadith lite...

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The Quran on Jihad as Struggle vs Jihad as Fighting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;display:none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWcdEGo5Zo5hScnz4XnWMJaGezKIEn1fkDvU_9ap1ya3APn6spfDXsx6tUnE7RFAAHlL8XjxRDUPvTivpwCFteZRF90RCmyyg5XDA_XTZylcXFef_SxjLCvO3siV9FwREeVcoVY-wphg/s0/jihad.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWcdEGo5Zo5hScnz4XnWMJaGezKIEn1fkDvU_9ap1ya3APn6spfDXsx6tUnE7RFAAHlL8XjxRDUPvTivpwCFteZRF90RCmyyg5XDA_XTZylcXFef_SxjLCvO3siV9FwREeVcoVY-wphg/s0/jihad.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBdB1EcZJ83IhyzYuJZ7jkQutCz_gpatmyxzbxhrPPRYDtKx2PSFD3MbMmbNzz3Cj7-S9JcFRma_kqPyE-9k6LIBto083Bf1L7KzYc0QclXAbCeHMSQNdphpMtNzLWFc76uh10IUp9l8/s0/jihad+600x500.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBdB1EcZJ83IhyzYuJZ7jkQutCz_gpatmyxzbxhrPPRYDtKx2PSFD3MbMmbNzz3Cj7-S9JcFRma_kqPyE-9k6LIBto083Bf1L7KzYc0QclXAbCeHMSQNdphpMtNzLWFc76uh10IUp9l8/s0/jihad+600x500.jpg"/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jihad means striving and struggle in the way of Allah ﷻ. Jihad does not mean to kill. Qitaal means to kill. The majority of Verses on Jihad mentioned in the Quran are not associated with Qitaal. The only Surah that mentions Jihad with Qitaal is Surah Taubah (chapter 9) and that also in regards to lawful defensive war and not aggression. Sheikh Irshad Soofi Siddiqui Chishti of South Africa, in his book Madinah to Karbala, mentions the following facts about Jihad and its revelation in the Quran: “There are 35 verses of the Holy Quran which contain the word Jihad ﺟﻬﺎﺩ or its derivatives. Of the 35 verses of the Holy Quran which contain the word Jihad ﺟﻬﺎﺩ or its derivatives, not a single verse contain Jihad ﺟﻬﺎﺩ as suggesting aggressive fighting and killing. Not a single verse combines the word Jihad ﺟﻬﺎﺩ with qitaal (killing) fighting or warfare. This is with regard to the text of the Holy Quran. Putting the 35 verses which deals with Jihad ﺟﻬﺎﺩ into context, 30+ verses have no context or connection with fighting or warfare. There are only few verses which mention the word Jihad with Qitaal. They possess the context of lawful defensive warfare and they all appear in one chapter (Surah). They are in the 9th Surah, at-Tawbah (Repentance) and they refer to a lawful defensive war.”[1]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many Quranic verses that contain the word Jihad were revealed in Makkah during the 1st ten years of Prophet’s preaching, and in Makkah the Prophet and His Companions never engaged in any combats. In fact they bore the persecution patiently. For example the following Verses revealed in Makkah contain the word Jihad and the context in which they were revealed has nothing to do with fighting or Qitaal. In the following Verse Allah ﷻ advises the believers to strive with the Quran (i.e. using knowledge as your weapon) and even refers to such struggle as Jihad Kabeera i.e. Great Struggle: … but strive hard against them, by means of this [Quran], with utmost striving (Jihad Kabeera)."[2] In the following Verse Allah ﷻ mentions that doing good and righteous deeds are a Jihad (struggle) His path: "...But We shall be sure to guide to Our ways those who strive hard (jahadoo) for Our cause: God is with those who do good.."[3[ Similar verses that mention Jihad (struggle), majority of them in the Quran are not in reference to Qitaal or killing, but inspire the believers to struggle in the way of righteousness and keep patience at what they experience when struggling, because suffering brings them spiritually closer to Allah ﷻ and impacts their enemies by making them realize their own errors. However, as a last resort if the enemy is hell bent on eliminating the believers and Islam, then in such extreme scenario there is room to Jihad (struggle) and fight the enemy for the sake of defending one's honor and faith.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Chishti, Irshad Soofi Siddiqui. 2010. Madinah to Karbala Holy Blood on Unholy Hands Volume One. Abd al-Qadir Soofi Publications - (Chishti 2010)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Al Quran 25:52 - Asad Translation</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[3] Al Quran 29:69 - www.Quran.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><table class="wsite-not-footer" id="blogTable" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 1000px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table>

The Quran on Jihad as Struggle vs Jihad as Fighting

Jihad means striving and struggle in the way of Allah ﷻ. Jihad does not mean to kill. Qitaal means to kill. The majority of Verses on Jihad ...

The Quran on Jihad as Struggle vs Jihad as Fighting

Jihad means striving and struggle in the way of Allah ﷻ. Jihad does not mean to kill. Qitaal means to kill. The majority of Verses on Jihad ...

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Hadith Collections in Early Islam

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;display:none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTl7jsuY1_9QLBql5LjiAsmhJACqDjzcVKsOEMwO1KLScqM6lMG_wkytgsLTl-3bsvv7pwSzb506KXRnfs1hjMSOmY8BM4HAS5-maI73xHEP7Z667EwO0fFNxyT9HRafnO6jqj2peW6E/s0/hadits+collection-2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTl7jsuY1_9QLBql5LjiAsmhJACqDjzcVKsOEMwO1KLScqM6lMG_wkytgsLTl-3bsvv7pwSzb506KXRnfs1hjMSOmY8BM4HAS5-maI73xHEP7Z667EwO0fFNxyT9HRafnO6jqj2peW6E/s0/hadits+collection-2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3qoGLw5QxuQuBiCxBTQ6e0wMNMSdXbjrYS4cODv3QOSsefMjdiABcsyBEMTph59LslaDoYukF33w61j1UYEXGDdir99Oi4FlAXefYZeDlJnYDpn6QA_uCpM5sapVT9lSKWCNf_LUBc4/s0/hadits+collection.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3qoGLw5QxuQuBiCxBTQ6e0wMNMSdXbjrYS4cODv3QOSsefMjdiABcsyBEMTph59LslaDoYukF33w61j1UYEXGDdir99Oi4FlAXefYZeDlJnYDpn6QA_uCpM5sapVT9lSKWCNf_LUBc4/s0/hadits+collection.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">​Hadith are the Prophetic words and Sunnah are the Prophet's actions. Alongside memorizing and writing the Quran, many companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ memorized and copied his hadith and sunnah in to writing format, especially those that had very close interactions with him and spent more time with his blessed personality. The companions memorized and collected the Prophetic traditions when accompanying him, and after his passing away learned those that were missed from other more learned companions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>The collection of Abu Bakr (r.a)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Ayesha (r.a), Abu Bakr (r.a) had originally a collection of over five hundred traditions, and he deposited the compilation with her for custody. Ayesha (r.a) relates that one night she noticed that Abu Bakr (r.a) felt very restless. He tossed about in the bed, and could not sleep. Ayesha (r.a) got worried whether he was suffering or was worried. He made no reply, but remained restless throughout the night. The following morning he asked Ayesha (r.a) to bring him the collections that he had deposited with her. She brought the compilation and he set fire to it. On the inquiry of Ayesha (r.a), Abu Bakr (r.a) explained his conduct: "The collection contained many traditions that I had heard from other people. I thought that if I died and left behind traditions accepted by me as sahih (authentic), but really not so, then I would have to answer for that."[1] Thus Abu Bakr (r.a) collected himself and in fact did not condemn in any way this act of collecting traditions but burned them only due to fear of personal accountability before Allah ﷻ, if even one of them resulted in being incorrect. Therefore its not the collection he disliked but his personal accountability due to deep consciousness of Allah ﷻ that he feared.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Hadith collection during Umar's rule</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was during his rule that Umar (r.a) laid the foundation for the practice of ilm al hadith (science of hadith), process used for the hadith preservation by subsequent generations of Islamic scholars. The practice with Umar (r.a) was that if any new problem cropped up, he announced the issue in the public assembly, and inquired if any of them remembered any tradition of the Holy Prophet ﷺ on the subject. Those who narrated any tradition were required to produce some witnesses in support of the tradition. If such statement was duly corroborated and was in accordance with the spirit of the Quran as well as common sense it was adopted and applied to the facts of the case in hand. In this way a rich corpus of Hadith was built up. To read more on the agreed principles for acceptance of a hadith in his era please read: ​<a href="https://gusmendemanswering.blogspot.com/2020/02/what-is-ilm-al-hadith-science-of-hadith.html" target="_blank">What is Ilm Al Hadith (Science of Hadith).</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Hadith collections by prominent sahabas (companions)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">​Its stated the Abu Ayyub Ansari (r.a), the famous Ansari companion, traveled for a month’s journey to Egypt listen to a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ directly from its narrator Uqba ibn Amir (r.a) who said that Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever cover the faults of the believer Allah will cover his faults on Judgment day.” (Bukhari & Muslim). After hearing he did not even change his saddle of the horse and immediately left to come back. Jabir bin Abdullah (r.a) went a month’s journey from Madinah to Syria to secure authenticity of a tradition from Abdullah ibn Amr (r.a) as Abdullah used to himself write hadith. Abdullah (r.a) reports: "I used to write everything i heard from the Messenger (saw) as i wanted to Preserve it. The Quraish forbade me, saying "Do you write down everything that you hear (from him) and The Messenger ﷺ is a human being who sometimes speaks in anger and joy? (that is that he may say something emotionally that may not be worth writing)." So I stopped. Then i mentioned this to Allah's Messenger ﷺ. He pointed with his finger to his mouth and said "Write! By the One in Whose Hand is My Life! Nothing comes out of it (His Mouth) except the Truth!" [2]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Said ibn Al Musayyib (r.a) used to travel days and nights to listen to a single hadith from its original narrator. It is on record that companions like Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a), Abu Huraria (r.a) and other companions collected their own sahifa (scripture) of Prophetic Hadith such as:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>Sahifah (scripture) of Ali ibn Abu Talib (r.a)</li><li>Sahifah of Abdullah ibn Abi Auf (r.a)</li><li>Nuskah of Samurah Jundab (r.a)</li><li>Kitab of Abu Huraira (r.a)</li><li>Sahifah of Jabir Bin Abdullah (r.a) [3]</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was these books from which was derived most of the hadith literature later found in the authentic collections that we famously know today as Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Masud-ul-Hasan, Professor. 1982. <a href="http://www.alim.org/library/biography/khalifa/content/KAB/16/2" target="_blank">"Khalifa Abu Bakr - Mushaf, Hadith, Tasawwuf, Fiqh, and Poetry."</a> Alim - The world's most useful Islamic software. Accessed 03 05, 2019. . (Masud-ul-Hasan 1982)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Sunan Abu Daud of Imam Abu Daud, Hadith #3161</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[3] Kazi, Mazhar. April 1, 2007. Guidance from Hadith & Sunnah. 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Hadith Collections in Early Islam

​Hadith are the Prophetic words and Sunnah are the Prophet's actions. Alongside memorizing and writing the Quran, many companions of Pro...

Hadith Collections in Early Islam

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What is the Importance of Hadith in Islam?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/prophets-life-and-mission-as-a-messenger/prophet-muhammad-best-role-model-for-humanity" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAwq-xeX9iu-YrsVvJUixDGx1rBOm4H4KQXvKT1AMibB5pGtnwU5vu_2tHWp7ht9Gg6U5fyLikWtq_NDil08bPLl3rmCQ3Nfrp_loumLnmCwdFVyQ-6CPzIoON4Yb0TClhDlnuYcAe2U/s0/role+model.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rasool Allah ﷺ said: “From Adam to me, Allah sent a hundred and twenty-four thousand Prophets, of whom three hundred and fifteen were Messengers (i.e. entrusted with a book).” [1] A simple difference between a prophet and a messenger is that the former was chosen for prophethood but not revealed a book while the latter was not only honored with prophethood but also received a divine message which his followers collected in a book format. Apparently the hadith seems to provide no more than a figure of Prophets & Messengers that lived in the past. But if we ponder closely over the wording and ask why more prophets than messengers, we actually learn a profound lesson. It helps us gain an understanding about the very institution of prophethood. If the role of a prophet was simply to deliver the book, as some misguided people tend to argue, there should have been as many books and messengers as the prophets! But the very fact that there have been many prophets without a book firmly establishes the need for real life examples is greater than books. Real life examples are absolutely necessary as they are the prime source of inspiration just as the saying "actions speak louder than words". Its just like I have a book with info & instructions but if I do not have a teacher to teach and practically show me how to implement those teachings then most likely I am bound to make tons of mistakes. In the case of Imaan (faith) which is a matter of hereafter we need to act with utmost care, as there's even more at stake than life or death, its a matter of eternal paradise or eternal hellfire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many Muslims don’t realize that the 1st chapter of the Quran i.e. Surah Fatiha which we recite 17 times a day (in 5 times salaah) has the following words in one of its verses: "Guide us to the straight path. The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your grace. Not the path of those who earned your wrath and niether of those who go astray” [2] Notice that Allah ﷻ did not instruct us to recite "Guide us to the path of book or Quran", no! In fact what He has instructed us to ask to be guided on the path of “Those upon whom you have bestowed Your Grace” obviously meaning that we are asking Allah ﷻ to provide us a model, a practical example. Thus what could be best than emulating the life of the best teacher and man to ever have walked on the face of this earth: "Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example..."[3] The Hadith and Sunnah literature in Islam was not just collected for historical record. What Muslims have collected is unprecedented science of knowledge which no other nation has of their Prophet. Its equivalent cannot be found in other religions. Hence the importance of this literature in the contemporary lives of the Muslims is greater than ever.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To understand how and why Allah ﷻ has declared in the Quran that Prophet Muhammad's example is the best for entire human race, please read this topic - <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/prophets-life-and-mission-as-a-messenger/prophet-muhammad-best-role-model-for-humanity">Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The Best Role Model For All</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Musnad Ahmad Hadith # 21257</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Al Quran 1:6–7</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[3] Al Quran 33:21</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><table class="wsite-not-footer" id="blogTable" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 1000px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table>

What is the Importance of Hadith in Islam?

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What is the Importance of Hadith in Islam?

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Why Quran Often Refers to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as a Messenger?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wRDfa_qgqgWaqufq2piez0-NVW2akKcdG4oZxWjNcUZgITosUfnHxcEBdzyUOazhDXWdoCixdiqPR8TtDlHHr1iScohOfUyJpBPdSJSkC8CeNj1ISBcbYTNMiBRrHbGMYtJ_Ry7pwZ0/s0/sealed+nectar.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wRDfa_qgqgWaqufq2piez0-NVW2akKcdG4oZxWjNcUZgITosUfnHxcEBdzyUOazhDXWdoCixdiqPR8TtDlHHr1iScohOfUyJpBPdSJSkC8CeNj1ISBcbYTNMiBRrHbGMYtJ_Ry7pwZ0/s0/sealed+nectar.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Trirong;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; position: relative;"><span>Originally answered on </span>August 5, 2019 on Quora - <a href="https://www.quora.com/In-the-Quran-Allah-says-Obey-Allah-obey-the-messenger-Why-did-Allah-use-the-term-messenger-and-not-use-the-name-of-Muhammad/answer/Zaid-Shaw" target="_blank">In the Qur'an Allah says 'Obey Allah, obey the messenger'. Why did Allah use the term 'messenger' and not use the name of Muhammad?</a></span></b></p><em style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; position: relative;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;"><div style="font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: justify;"> ​This is because the official designation of ‘Messenger’ as opposed to ‘Muhammad’ carries importance with the listeners so they take his authority seriously especially when it comes to revelation & guidance. Such as when a country’s President addresses the nation and makes an important decision then they are informed through official channels that ‘President has made the decision’ and not ‘xyz has made a decision’ as then the decision is coming from his position of authority and not just his person so they follow what has been decided and realize its importance. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">​Knowing the importance attached to the ‘Messenger’ designation, we may now understand why Allah <span>ﷻ</span> separately mentioned ‘Obey Allah’ and ‘Obey the Messenger’ in the Quran, such as the following set of ayahs (Al Quran 4:59–65). They specifically indicate Prophet’s independent authority and Allah <span>ﷻ</span>, in His divine wisdom, chose to give him this authority because the Prophet <span>ﷺ</span> came not merely to deliver a message but also explain its details using his individual wisdom and practically live accordingly to it so Muslims will always have his example as a reference for religious (and non-religious) matters if and when they require:</div></span></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">​</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(Al Quran 4:59–65) Believers! Obey Allah and</span><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-weight: bold;"> obey the Messenger</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">, and those from among you who are invested with authority; </span><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-weight: bold;">and then if you were to dispute among yourselves about anything refer it to Allah and the Messenger if you indeed believe in Allah and the Last Day</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">; that is better and more commendable in the end….(O Messenger!) Have you not seen those who claim to believe in the Book which has been revealed to you and in the Books revealed before you,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trirong;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">and yet desire to submit their disputes to the judgement of </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">taghut</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(the Satanic authorities who decide independently of the Law of Allah)…(And tell them that) </span><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-weight: bold;">We never sent a Messenger but that he should be obeyed by the leave of Allah</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">…But no, by your Lord, </span><span style="font-family: Trirong;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">they cannot become true believers until they seek your arbitration in all matters on which they disagree among themselves</span><span>, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">and then find not the least resistance in their hearts over what you have decided</span><span>,</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and accept it in willing submission.</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The set of ayahs from 4:59–65 and the highlighted parts indicate that Allah ﷻ approved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ authority to act independently because of his status as well as his importance as a Messenger in deciding matters required for the completion of Islam. Its compilation is found in the Hadith/Sunnah literature which holds authority after Quran.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #525252; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #525252; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span face="Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></span></div><div style="color: #525252; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #525252; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div></span>

Why Quran Often Refers to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as a Messenger?

Originally answered on  August 5, 2019 on Quora -  In the Qur'an Allah says 'Obey Allah, obey the messenger'. Why did Allah use ...

Why Quran Often Refers to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as a Messenger?

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The Correct Manner of Approaching Hadith Literature

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b1wDNGeSKJ1JaOc6A2AOEUQqGEa63DN-qdA3IU8eTHhvLxezM2I2cd4M3vwxRoojuBtu2BOp8JDfR-HKYrQGiFZ_MiO7BG08yZ2CbD7blTGoqXIGqLnwOFU5jJ8TPN2KxyCGWs9ATl8/s0/at+library.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b1wDNGeSKJ1JaOc6A2AOEUQqGEa63DN-qdA3IU8eTHhvLxezM2I2cd4M3vwxRoojuBtu2BOp8JDfR-HKYrQGiFZ_MiO7BG08yZ2CbD7blTGoqXIGqLnwOFU5jJ8TPN2KxyCGWs9ATl8/s0/at+library.jpg"/></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Quintessential; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Quintessential; font-size: medium;"><b>"O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the Prophet’s, do not raise your voice when speaking to him as you do to one another, or your [good] deeds may be cancelled out without you knowing."</b></span> [1]</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the inception of Islam, the Muslims have received knowledge mainly through 2 primary sources and those are Quran and Hadith/Sunnah. This knowledge has been given to us for learning and practicing, however there are certain guidelines that Quran, Prophetic example and the example of the Companions teaches us when dealing and handling such knowledge. In this age of technology where information lies on our fingertips we also come across many ahadith and the apparent wording of their text makes us doubtful and we ask questions like "why does this hadith seemingly contradicts the Quran?" or "why do we feel this hadith is not right?" The hadith that seemingly contradict the Quran or appear incorrect to some minds is not due to the errors that it carries, but due to the lack of understanding that the minds carry. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the salaf (earliest Muslim generation) named Ibn Uyayna (r.a) said something extremely wise about hadith literature: “Hadith are a source of misguidance to those who do not take them from its people (muhadditheen)” Muhadditheen are scholars and experts who study and carry expertise in the ilm al hadith (sciences of prophetic traditions). This means that if individual minds were to study hadith without necessary knowledge and guidance from scholars, they might very well be misguided due to the apparent wording of the text even though its supposed to guide them. Just as if a Quranic verse about a particular subject were to be taken in isolation and all other verses related to that same subject were ignored, we can make grave errors in understanding the subject. Same applies towards understanding hadith that are recorded in several books. If we pick one and try to understand in isolation then there is a great chance of us misunderstanding the lesson being given, as we did not consult other books of tradition that might carry part of that same lesson. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, each prophetic hadith has a background just as each verse of the Quran has a background of its revelation. In most cases the backgrounds need to be kept in mind when understanding any particular hadith. To prevent these sort of mistakes is why Allah ﷻ has advised the Muslims to consult the people of knowledge: "...So ask the people of remembrance (i.e. learned), if you do not know..." - "….If they referred it (i.e the knowledge) to the Messenger and those in authority among them (i.e. the scholars), those seeking its meaning would have found it out from them. If it were not for God’s bounty and mercy towards you, you would almost all have followed Satan."[2]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Al Quran 49:02</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Al Quran 16:43 - Al Quran 4:83</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div>

The Correct Manner of Approaching Hadith Literature

"O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the Prophet’s, do not raise your voice when speaking to him as you do to one another...

The Correct Manner of Approaching Hadith Literature

"O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the Prophet’s, do not raise your voice when speaking to him as you do to one another...

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The Matter of Hadith Rejecters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovvVqac0UxOV7doSvV06_GKdMPgsAopIhBmsWVAFBk4XEdz2dSAM4by-uRrt6cafM5lNZQPXZZA9sczF4n7pR8NgwxVjpvAXPdKDsNCWbel7XvKSAli-nCewgpoD8TClwMsZSIKsFtzc/s0/ingkar+sunnah.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovvVqac0UxOV7doSvV06_GKdMPgsAopIhBmsWVAFBk4XEdz2dSAM4by-uRrt6cafM5lNZQPXZZA9sczF4n7pR8NgwxVjpvAXPdKDsNCWbel7XvKSAli-nCewgpoD8TClwMsZSIKsFtzc/s0/ingkar+sunnah.jpg"/></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: large;">The Prophet ﷺ predicted hadith rejection</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib (r.a) that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Beware! I have been given the Quran and something like it (i.e. Sunnah & Hadith), yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: Keep to the Qur'an; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited.” [1]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prophetic hadith predicts the appearance of such persons among the Muslims who will openly reject the hadith and challenge them while sowing doubts in the hearts of others of their soundness. Such people have come to appear in our times who proudly refer to themselves as "Ahle Quran" i.e. the people of the Quran, a misleading term because they are not identified by affirming the Quran but by the rejection of hadith. If they were truly affirming the Quran then there is no dearth of ayahs in the Quran that explicitly say to "follow the Prophet" or "obey him" or "take whatever he gives’"etc. Therefore the correct term for them would be Munkareen e Hadith i.e. those who reject hadith or Hadith Rejecters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that these Hadith Rejecters are not one type, they are 3 main types. The flagship of misguided groups is that they are prone to further divisions. Khalid Baig, an Islamic writer from South Africa has divided them in to 3 Groups and explains each:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li>The first group holds that the job of the Prophet ﷺ was only to deliver the Quran. We are to follow only the Quran and nothing else, as were the Prophet's companions. Further, Hadith is not needed to understand the Quran, which is sufficient for providing guidance.</li><li>The second group holds that the Companions were required to follow the Prophet ﷺ but we are not as we're not the companions.</li><li>The third group holds that, in theory, we also have to follow Hadith but we did not receive Hadith through authentic sources and therefore we have to reject all Hadith collections.</li></ol></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: large;">First Group</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">How can this group hold the first position yet profess belief in the Quran while it clearly says: "And We have sent down unto You the Message so that you may explain clearly to mankind what was sent down to them, and so that they may give thought."[2] "Allah did confer a great favour on the Believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves, who rehearses unto them the Signs of Allah, purifies them, instructs them in Scripture, and teaches them Wisdom, whereas previously they had been in plain error."[3] Verses like these clearly mentions words like "explain clearly", "instructing them in scripture" which anyone with common sense would agree as to be Prophets words and actions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Second Group</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">How can anyone hold the second group's position, limiting the Prophethood to 23 years, yet profess belief in the Quran, while it says: "We did not send you except as Mercy for entire universe."[4] "And We have not sent you (O Mohammad) except as a giver of good news and a warner to all mankind."[5] These 2 Verses mention that Prophet ﷺ was sent to all generations i.e. for the past, present and future generations, so if he was alive and explaining the early generation to whom he was sent then naturally for the upcoming generations would be his hadith or words as he himself would not be present, simple.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>Third Group</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Third group's position is that since they didn't receive the hadith then how can they follow it? This obviously is contradicting because the people who collected the Quran are the same people who collected hadith, hadith has come to us through the same channel as Quran i.e. Companions of the Prophet. Since Allah ﷻ has promised to protect the Quran (Al Quran 15:09) then if the same Allah orders us to 'Obey the Prophet' in the Quran, don't you think He would preserve sources of Prophetic words? After all who inspired the early Muslims to compile the Prophet’s words and actions in a systematic way through a branch of knowledge that we know today as science of hadith (ilm al hadith). This effort of their’s is unparalleled as compared to achievements of all other non-Muslim nations and their scholars. No doubt they could not have succeeded in it had it not been Allah’s will. It should be common sense for a Muslim believer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>How did Hadith Rejecters appear?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The hadith rejection concept was alien to the Muslims till about 150 years ago when Muslims were colonized. This was the first time that the majority of Muslim world came under domination of such powers that were secular in their approach towards everything, even education. When their way of life came to dominate the Muslim world amid the weakening of the Ottoman Empire then the new Muslim generation influenced by the way of life of the West was inspired to believe that the only way to have success in this world materially is by abandoning the traditional Islamic knowledge of their ancestors as the Western people have done of their’s after Renaissance. Hadith knowledge was seen as an obstacle by some modern Muslim thinkers inspired by secular philosophies. This led towards them promoting this theory that Muslims do not need hadith if they choose to be "developed". The efforts to reinterpret the Islamic texts led towards birth of many confusions among Muslims which are still observable. Hadith rejection is one of such confusions of which the Prophet ﷺ warned us more than 14 centuries ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Sunan Abi Dawud 4604 - www.Sunnah.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Al Quran 16:44</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[3] Al Quran 3:164</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[4] Al Quran 21:107</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[5] Al Quran 34:28</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><table class="wsite-not-footer" id="blogTable" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 1000px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table>

The Matter of Hadith Rejecters

The Prophet ﷺ predicted hadith rejection Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib (r.a) that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Beware! I have been given th...

The Matter of Hadith Rejecters

The Prophet ﷺ predicted hadith rejection Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib (r.a) that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Beware! I have been given th...

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The Systematization of Hadith & Fiqh

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;display:none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy37horeWXZ69wG86dRMbcAU02cgdkv5Cxa4ylCiJNElAiQq-yWeYF0mOtoSuewQtIsqUXbQUanv21M2kJe7ro2lPkHdYvyD4Ta7FxC5Gpg7w1by7UdEFMNTEXLVFDOKcN9_68N4U5OEQ/s0/fiqh+assunnah.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy37horeWXZ69wG86dRMbcAU02cgdkv5Cxa4ylCiJNElAiQq-yWeYF0mOtoSuewQtIsqUXbQUanv21M2kJe7ro2lPkHdYvyD4Ta7FxC5Gpg7w1by7UdEFMNTEXLVFDOKcN9_68N4U5OEQ/s0/fiqh+assunnah.jpg"/></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZM7xT_fB3VZKgMCaxdSfkyIKN3xH13e3ox0HdvJgIl8ZjKSOWJzLSDJkmaJVEHClY7JVku_od9q3cakGM7-EdKxqmUWhAIpJA-32m1e3tt2P_d2e2WXBZyGaFHc66vAAzsBKdV476Aw/s323/fiqh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZM7xT_fB3VZKgMCaxdSfkyIKN3xH13e3ox0HdvJgIl8ZjKSOWJzLSDJkmaJVEHClY7JVku_od9q3cakGM7-EdKxqmUWhAIpJA-32m1e3tt2P_d2e2WXBZyGaFHc66vAAzsBKdV476Aw/s320/fiqh.jpg" /></a>Fiqh means the practices and rulings of Islam deducted by Islamic scholars from Quran and Hadith, the 2 primary sources of guidance. The need for systematization of Islamic knowledge such as Fiqh (practices and rulings) and other sciences such as ilm al hadith (sciences of hadith), Tasawwuf (science of spirituality) and all related subjects came to be developed later due the need of time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the Prophet's life, his example was right in front of the companions and whenever verses of Quran were revealed they were direct witnesses to it. Therefore the companions had direct access and first hand experience of the revelation process and its implementation unlike Muslims of the later centuries. They not only witnessed but also recorded them. Additionally they were a smaller community, concentrated in to one large group within the 2 major cities of Islam i.e. Makkah and Madinah. If any companion erred or forgot about a particular practice or ruling of the Prophet ﷺ, he was immediately corrected by the other who was living within the same community. After the passing away of the Prophet ﷺ, gradually Islam spread throughout the region and it accepted new people in to its fold. When new people entered Islam especially during the Rashidun period i.e. during rule of first 4 successors of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (namely Abu Bakr (r.a), Umar (r.a), Uthman (r.a) and Ali (r.a)) the companions also spread to different regions. There they focused on the preservation of knowledge they had learned from the Prophet ﷺ and focused on teaching to the local people. This is how schools of thought came to be developed in early Islam that were named after each companions such as school of Abdullah ibn Masud (r.a) in Kufa and Abdullah ibn Umar (r.a) in Makkah, Abu Darda (r.a) in Damascus, Muadh bin Jabal (r.a) in Palestine and other companions went other places. Therefore, the people of each town had their own set of teachings they acquired from them and were satisfied.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later on these cities were exposed to the hadith and sunnah information of the Prophet ﷺ which was taught in other cities by other companions which led towards the developing stage of various sciences such as ilm al hadith (sciences of hadith), fiqh (rulings and practices) and better understanding of Shariah (Islamic law). This also caused the need for pious among the knowledgeable to learn more by travelling to those cities which they did and compiled books and knowledge, and taught there, which then led towards development of major schools of thoughts such as 4 (Maliki, Sha'afi, Hanbali, Hanafi) and subsequent systematic compilations of hadith books. Many of these scholars that hailed from each major city of the Islamic world were all students of the teachers who themselves were students of either those learned from the Tabi'een (second generation or students of companions) or lived longer to have claimed learning directly from the companions. Therefore this is a process of traditional knowledge which has been handed down from the time of Prophet ﷺ to later generations through medium of pious and knowledgeable ones in a systematized manner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><table class="wsite-not-footer" id="blogTable" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 1000px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table>

The Systematization of Hadith & Fiqh

Fiqh means the practices and rulings of Islam deducted by Islamic scholars from Quran and Hadith, the 2 primary sources of guidance. The nee...

The Systematization of Hadith & Fiqh

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Quran - The Divine Speech of Allah ﷻ

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOV9RIQMQTcLIVug5-iy4YetOyGSuYvaYgq26l0oDDsyFQ6ihi_fmH3mZZv-4wNVtZp0Vh-MQolRcPhNbEwTieVAVVAHpmd-uDfS2gSUY90voJCDT3rRmCBlkdr1_QG378b17OHjx-zk/s0/noble.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOV9RIQMQTcLIVug5-iy4YetOyGSuYvaYgq26l0oDDsyFQ6ihi_fmH3mZZv-4wNVtZp0Vh-MQolRcPhNbEwTieVAVVAHpmd-uDfS2gSUY90voJCDT3rRmCBlkdr1_QG378b17OHjx-zk/s0/noble.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;">​Why previous revelations could not be preserved </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;">but the Quran has successfully remained unchanged?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a big difference between the previously revealed scriptures by Allah ﷻ such as Gospel, Torah as well as non-Biblical scriptures vs His Divine Speech in the Quran. The former were spiritual divine messages revealed to the Messengers from the unseen world and they translated those (spiritual divine) messages in to their local language and delivered to the people. Their followers collected those teachings in to book formats to recite for themselves and preserved them for subsequent generations. This is the meaning of the following verse: “We have never sent a messenger who did not use his own people’s language to make things clear for them.”[1] Those Prophets & Messengers used their own words to explain Allah’s message.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However with time the previous texts of Bible and similar books got corrupted because the human languages, in which they were copied, could not sustain against corruption for a long time. Not to forget the fact that Bible has also been lost and rewritten (from people’s memory, whatever they could remember) due to the dramatic events that happened in Israeli history. As per linguists no language can sustain corruption for more than 500 years. With time, a nation's culture and language are bound to get corrupted and changed, for e.g. modern English vs Shakespearean English, a huge difference. But Allah’s divine words and speech called Kalaam-e-ilahi can never be changed. The previous books did not contain divine words of Allah ﷻ. Hence the difference between the previous scriptures and the final revelation called Quran is the fact that Quran is not only revealed in the language spoken by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ but that it is also a Divine Speech of Allah ﷻ. Allah ﷻ actually conversated in classical Arabic. Due to this Quran teaches: “This is truly a glorious Quran. (Recorded) in the Preserved Tablet (Law Al Mahfuz).”[2] Law Al Mahfuz i.e. The Preserved Tablet of Allah ﷻ that lies on His Arsh (Throne) and all that is going to happen, from the time when creation came in to being was penned in to it, including the Quran. Since this tablet existed before creation therefore Quran existed before creation. Quran is also the speech of Allah ﷻ and His speech is one of His Attributes like His Knowledge (99 names) which is Pre-eternal. Also Allah ﷻ said: "...There is none who can change His words..."[3] i.e. He will protect His divine speech in which He spoke and delivered the final message, and that is why Quran successfully remains unchanged despite passage of almost 15 centuries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What can be compared in Islam to the previous scriptures is what we call <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith#Types">Hadith e Qudsi </a>(Sacred Traditions). Hadith e Qudsi (sacred traditions) are found in hadith literature and are at par with the wording of Gospel & Torah and the words founds in similar books. Apart from Quran, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ also delivered divine messages from Allah ﷻ which he interpreted in his own words to explain, and his followers copied them like they would copy & memorize the Quran. These messages were called Hadith Qudsi (Sacred Traditions). Hadith Qudsi differ from the Quran in that the former are expressed in Prophet Muhammad's words, whereas the latter are the direct words or divine speech of Allah ﷻ. Hence what the previous Prophets/Messengers delivered from Allah ﷻ were similar to what we call Hadith Qudsi, which were divine messages translated in to the wording of their local language but not divine speech of Allah ﷻ.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Al Quran 14:04</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Al Quran 85:21–22</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[3] Al Quran 18:27</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span face="Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif" style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><style>.post-meta .post-date {display:none} </style>

Quran - The Divine Speech of Allah ﷻ

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Quran - The Divine Speech of Allah ﷻ

​Why previous revelations could not be preserved  but the Quran has successfully remained unchanged? There is a big difference between the p...

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The Temporary Hell

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhsPeWn1KVMj0F2U0OtXZVL0M_z7SqbEjyoccPNjWBmzFIrBnCWp2xDdjEnLVAsQG17HsWXrE6XIQ46dFHZnxk6q3HQ__Aqz6EXIcPwdgbmMDBu43eHhe1ZRmJrSHbRW1h2xzO4izLD4/s0/temporary+hell.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhsPeWn1KVMj0F2U0OtXZVL0M_z7SqbEjyoccPNjWBmzFIrBnCWp2xDdjEnLVAsQG17HsWXrE6XIQ46dFHZnxk6q3HQ__Aqz6EXIcPwdgbmMDBu43eHhe1ZRmJrSHbRW1h2xzO4izLD4/s0/temporary+hell.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Trirong;"></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: x-large;"><b>Can there be a temporary hell?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In order to understand how Hell Fire could be temporary one has to understand the all-encompassing Mercy of Allah ﷻ. Few but very renowned religious authorities in Islam have understood and explained that the concept of hell fire is temporary. They interpreted it as such because Allah ﷻ placed special emphasis towards His attributes of All Pervading Grace (Al Rahman) and All Merciful (Al Raheem) as compared to other attributes in the Quran. As mentioned earlier that one of the prime reasons why Allah ﷻ created the entire universe is due to His grace and mercy as informed to us in a prophetic hadith: “When Allah created the creation, He wrote in the Book, which is with Him over His Throne: 'Verily, My Mercy prevails over My Wrath’”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn1">[1]</a> This teaches us that in Islam the purpose of Allah ﷻ to create entire universe is to have mercy and not punish. Since paradise is an expression of Allah’s mercy, similarly, hell fire is an expression of His anger, and His mercy will eventually prevail over His wrath in the hereafter. Allah ﷻ warns us of His punishment but reminds us that the mercy is even greater: “With my chastisement do I afflict whom I will - but My Grace overspreads everything.”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn2">[2]</a> Based on what is said in Quran and prophetic teachings about Allah’s immense mercy, some renowned Islamic authorities of the past shared the view that hell is temporary in references to similar verses in the Quran: "[But] He will say: “The fire shall be your abode, therein to abide - unless God wills it otherwise.” Verily, your Sustainer is wise, all-knowing." "Now as for those who [by their deeds] will have brought wretchedness upon themselves, [they shall live] in the fire, where they will have [nothing but] moans and sobs [to relieve their pain], therein to abide as long as the heavens and the earth endure - unless your Sustainer wills it otherwise: for, verily, your Sustainer is a sovereign doer of whatever He wills."[3]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The wording “Unless Your Sustainer Wills it otherwise” and that “Your Sustainer is a sovereign doer of whatever He Wills” is an indication for us that as opposed to the perpetual bliss and happiness of paradise, the term in hell might be temporary. There is a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ, <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire/the-mercy-of-allah-prophetic-intercession-salvation">discussed earlier</a>, that mentions about those who will be taken out from the hellfire after being thrown in to it and receiving their due punishment: “[On the Day of Judgment,] those who deserve paradise will enter paradise, and those who deserve the fire, the fire. Thereupon God, the Sublimely Exalted, will say, 'Take out [of the fire] everyone in whose heart there was as much of faith [or, in some versions, "as much of good"] as a grain of mustard seed!' And so they will be taken out of it, already blackened, and will be thrown into the River of Life; and then they will come to life [lit., 'sprout'] as a herb sprouts by the side of a stream: and did you not see how it comes out, yellow and budding?” <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn3">[4]</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the modern leading Islamic scholar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza_Yusuf">Sheikh Hamza Yusuf</a> in his book "Who are the disbelievers" mentions the views of two of the greatest medieval authorities of Islam namely <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Arabi">Sheikh Muhiyuddin Ibn Arabi </a>and<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Taymiyyah"> Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah</a>, who held the view of temporary hell fire: “Both Shaykh Muhiyuddin Ibn Arabi and Ibn Taymiyyah held heterodoxic<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn4">[5]</a> views concerning the Hellfire as a result of their attempts at reconciling divine mercy with the idea of infinite punishment for finite sins. In one transmission considered sound, Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah inclined toward an Annihilationist view, which holds that eventually the fire is extinguished. The heretic Jahm b. Safwan also shared this view, and it is common among some Jewish ethicists. Shaykh Muhiyuddin Ibn Arabi held that eventually the people of the Fire become fire-like and no longer feel pain but actually come to enjoy the Fire.”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn5">[6]</a> However, in this same book, Sheikh Hamza does mention his own point of view to be in accordance the mainstream orthodox opinion in Islam which includes Imam Ghazzali that many would suffer eternally in hellfire and they would be those like satan who knowingly rejected the truth and were deeply engrossed in their arrogance. For this view, he shares the orthodox opinions and supports them with ahadith of the Prophet ﷺ such as: “Shall I not tell you who the denizens of the Fire are?” His companions replied, “Indeed, tell us.” He then said, “Every cruel, harsh, puffed up, miserly, arrogant one.” Also famous hadith, which is the first hadith transmitted to students of hadith, states, “Whoever shows no mercy will have no mercy shown [to him].”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn6">[7]</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nevertheless, after reading views of Hamza Yusuf the following hadith of the Prophet ﷺ came to my mind: “Whoever has a mustard seed's weight of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a mustard seed's weight of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire.”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn7">[8]</a> No doubt, there is indication in the Quran about Hell Fire being temporary and great scholars who shared their opinion regarding it. In the prophetic ahadith there is proof many would be thrown into the fire temporarily, taken out, and sent to paradise but there is also proof of some who will not be shown mercy. In the end however we can share our opinions based on authentic sources in Islam and let final decisions rest with Allah ﷻ: “But all judgment rests with God, the Exalted, the Great!”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/islamic-eschatology-ndash-day-of-judgment-paradise--hell-fire#_ftn8">[8]</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[1] Riyad as-Saliheen Book 1, Hadith 419</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Al Quran 7:156 – Asad Translation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[3] Al Quran 6:28 & Al Quran 11:106-107</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[4] Bukhari, on the authority of Abu Said al-Khudri, in Kitab al-Iman and Kitab Bad al-Khalq; also Muslim, Nasai and Ibn Hanbal - Asad 1980</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[5]Heterodox view i.e. not widely accepted by majority scholars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[6]Who are the Disbelievers? - Yusuf 2008</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[7] Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4116</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[8] Jami at-Tirmidhi 1998</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[9] Al Quran 40:12 – Asad Translation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div>

The Temporary Hell

Can there be a temporary hell? In order to understand how Hell Fire could be temporary one has to understand the all-encompassing Mercy of A...

The Temporary Hell

Can there be a temporary hell? In order to understand how Hell Fire could be temporary one has to understand the all-encompassing Mercy of A...

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The Importance of Mathani Ayaat (Paired Verses) in the Quran

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFC4pT3vLtoUQBGW0zwQmOMF7GjZxHnaMu95BnYbSFlsKn_Wmphzn6gHsltfoOyKucdNYPPpO23AM1yVQHPtpkilbuXVPTlOnlpjquwBfpqHm3Uv9Jt1XAu1Q7MAOYqyBNZ4o1Cv_oGc/s1600/batu+balance.jpg" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="auto" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFC4pT3vLtoUQBGW0zwQmOMF7GjZxHnaMu95BnYbSFlsKn_Wmphzn6gHsltfoOyKucdNYPPpO23AM1yVQHPtpkilbuXVPTlOnlpjquwBfpqHm3Uv9Jt1XAu1Q7MAOYqyBNZ4o1Cv_oGc/s640/batu+balance.jpg" width="100%" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">For a Mu'min (believer) faith cannot be constituted based only on khauf or fear of Allah's punishments. In Islam, faith or iman is like a scale which can only be balanced if hope of Allah's mercy and fear of His punishments weigh equally on both sides. If one of them is heavier than the other it will cause one’s faith to become imbalanced. People have a natural tendency to cling on to Allah's mercy without making efforts to do good or they might fear Him to the point where they’ll have no love and respect for Him. Both are contrary to the purpose of Quran's message for humanity. Hence one finds statements mentioned throughout the Quran that give warning of His punishment while simultaneously giving good news of His mercy and grace in the hereafter for the sake of creating the balance of imaan (faith) in our hearts. Such as Allah ﷻ says: (Al Quran 42:21–22) "The evildoers will have a grievous punishment. you will see them fearful because of what they have done: punishment is bound to fall on them- but those who believe and do good deeds will be in the flowering meadows of the Gardens. They will have whatever they wish from their Lord: this is the great bounty."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One can find in Quran many statements which make reference to promises of His mercy and rewards for the good alongside threats of punishment and hell fire for the evil. Allah ﷻ refers to them in the Quran as mathani which means "paired statements" or "repeating statements": (Al Quran 39:23) "God has sent down the most beautiful of all teachings: a Scripture that is consistent and which repeats its contents in manifold forms (mathani); that causes the skins of those in awe of their Lord to shiver. Then their skins and their hearts soften at the mention of God: such is God’s guidance. He guides with it whoever He will; no one can guide those God leaves to stray." In Al Quran 39:23 Allah ﷻ very clearly informs us that such statements are there to generate fear but at the same time promises of hope for His mercy and His remembrance (zikr) are sources of calmness and provide peace to our hearts. Therefore, when addressing a reader, the Quran does not single out a threat for sinners without having mentioned mercy for the good unless the verse is strictly addressing warning only for the evildoers and disbelievers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However an important thing to mention here is that besides the fact that Allah ﷻ mentions punishment and mercy throughout the Quran, He does hint in a few places that His mercy is greater than His punishment and this is a good news for disbelievers & believers: (Al Quran 7:156) "…..[God] answered: "With My chastisement do I afflict whom I will - but My grace overspreads everything: and so I shall confer it on those who are conscious of Me and spend in charity, and who believe in Our messages."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div></div>

The Importance of Mathani Ayaat (Paired Verses) in the Quran

For a Mu'min (believer) faith cannot be constituted based only on khauf or fear of Allah's punishments. In Islam, faith or iman i...

The Importance of Mathani Ayaat (Paired Verses) in the Quran

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What is Halal (Permissible) & Haram (Forbidden) in Islam?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3oxNF-MUAWAkOA2apTZjNZ1kZgcRcZGbVUoHUxOlyEcMF-LDMXTiEL_ooQC0J0LL9eZQi0TpXxd6HZxpkAd7WjKUHrHqkd2eRMxmtbU9citcBWWCYIBxscl8eTjN4HY6HSNPZZW_vlU/s800/halal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3oxNF-MUAWAkOA2apTZjNZ1kZgcRcZGbVUoHUxOlyEcMF-LDMXTiEL_ooQC0J0LL9eZQi0TpXxd6HZxpkAd7WjKUHrHqkd2eRMxmtbU9citcBWWCYIBxscl8eTjN4HY6HSNPZZW_vlU/s16000/halal.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: large;">​​What is Halal (Permissible) & What is Haram (Forbidden) in Islam?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Allah ﷻ says in the Quran: “Say: Lawful to you are all the good things of life (at-tayyibat)…”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/message-of-the-quran/brief-description-of-halaal-permissible-haraam-forbidden-in-islam#_ftn1">[1]</a>. Muhammad Asad comments on this verse: “The implication is, firstly, that what has been forbidden does not belong to the category of "the good things of life" (at-tayyibat), and, secondly, that all that has not been expressly forbidden is allowed. It is to be noted that the Qur'an forbids only those things or actions which are injurious to man physically, morally or socially.”[2] What has been explicitly forbidden in Islam is clearly mentioned in the Quran and the prophetic hadith, the two major sources of guidance in Islam. Hence, everything is halal (legal) in Islam except what has been explicitly declared haram (illegal). Allah ﷻ further elaborates in the same Surah on the good things of life (at-tayyibat) that provides insight how we should act even in regards to the permissible: “O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not deprive yourselves of the good things of life, which God has made lawful to you, but do not transgress the bounds of what is right: verily, God does not love those who transgress the bounds of what is right. Thus, partake of the lawful, good things which God grants you as sustenance, and be conscious of God, in whom you believe.”<a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/message-of-the-quran/brief-description-of-halaal-permissible-haraam-forbidden-in-islam#_ftn2">[2]</a> Chances are that overindulgence in what is halal can be also detrimental therefore a believer needs to be careful when treading his or her path in this life within the legal boundaries as reminded to us in the wording “do not transgress the bounds of what is right” & “and be conscious of God”. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just as sugar is halal but excess can cause diabetes or spending on oneself and others on necessary things is halal but overspending on unnecessary makes one overindulgent. As the saying goes, “an atom of a prevention is better than tons of cure.” A believer lives best with a preventive attitude in life, which is the key to success in this world and the hereafter. This attitude is best explained in the following conversation of the Prophet’s companion Umar ibn al Khatttab (r.a): Umar (r.a) asked Ubbay ibn Kaab (r.a), “What is the meaning of Taqwa (God consciousness)?” Ubbay ibn Kaab said, “O Amir ul Mumineen (leader of the believers), have you walked on a field that had a lot of thorny plants?” Umar said, “Yes” Ubbay ibn Kaab said, “So what did you do?” Umar replied, “I lifted up my clothes and I was very careful,” Ubbay ibn Kaab said, “That is Taqwa.” This teaches that not only does a believer walk on the path within specified boundaries of halal and make sure they do not cross them but they also remain cautious from being pricked by the thorns of overindulgence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/message-of-the-quran/brief-description-of-halaal-permissible-haraam-forbidden-in-islam#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Al Quran 5:04</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[2] Asad, Muhammad. 1980. Message of the Quran - Surah Al-Ma'idah (The Repast) - The Fifth Surah. Great Britain: Dar Al-Andalus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/message-of-the-quran/brief-description-of-halaal-permissible-haraam-forbidden-in-islam#_ftnref2">[3]</a> Al Quran 5:87-88</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Courtesy of  </b></span><span style="background: 0px 0px white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rizqan_kareem/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zaid Shah</a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #525252; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> |</span></b></span></span><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rizqan Kareem | <a href="https://www.rizqankareem.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #bb1904; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Most Excellent Sustenance</a>]</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Trirong; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></div><table class="wsite-not-footer" id="blogTable" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 1000px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table>

What is Halal (Permissible) & Haram (Forbidden) in Islam?

​​What is Halal (Permissible) & What is Haram (Forbidden) in Islam? Allah ﷻ says in the Quran: “Say: Lawful to you are all the good thin...

What is Halal (Permissible) & Haram (Forbidden) in Islam?

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Islamophobia, Voice of European Network Against Racism

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEl9N_E_GBJLorcQacqjwsEFmrD0qeRIkJDZtN1ayD0RuifRl0uoPV776PnGiwpJSPlAkyRd3DgU1Jk0-UcrphMq_ENPigHgux5f5WsNN4euzPlJKVzxkrEmsQ9QDuw-oz7qM3cVloWbY/s0/islamophobia+in+europe.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEl9N_E_GBJLorcQacqjwsEFmrD0qeRIkJDZtN1ayD0RuifRl0uoPV776PnGiwpJSPlAkyRd3DgU1Jk0-UcrphMq_ENPigHgux5f5WsNN4euzPlJKVzxkrEmsQ9QDuw-oz7qM3cVloWbY/s0/islamophobia+in+europe.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: large;">Introduction</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim suffer from discrimination, stigmatisation and exclusion in all areas of life such as employment, education, vocational training, services and political participation, but also from racist violence and speech, especially on the internet. Islamophobia is a specific form of racism that must be tackled.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most EU countries do not collect data disaggregated by religion in censuses, so it is impossible to know exactly how many Muslims live in Europe. However, research based on proxies has estimated that around 19 million Muslims live in Europe, which represents 6% of the total European population.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Islamophobia is a specific form of racism that refers to acts of violence and discrimination, as well as racist speech, fuelled by historical abuses and negative stereotyping and leading to exclusion and dehumanisation of Muslims, and all those perceived as such. Islamophobia is a form of racism in the sense that it is the result of the social construction of a group as a race and to which specificities and stereotypes are attributed, in this case real or perceived religious belonging being used as a proxy for race. Consequently, even those who choose not to practice Islam but who are perceived as Muslim - because of their ethnicity, migration background or the wearing of other religious symbols - are subjected to discrimination. Islamophobia has nothing to do with criticism of Islam. Islam, as a religion, as an ideology, is subject to criticism as any other religion or ideology.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ENAR’s yearly shadow reports on racism in Europe have provided evidence of discrimination and stigmatisation of Muslims and in particular as the result of hate crime, racial profiling, counter-terrorism policies, discriminatory laws preventing access in some areas of life like education and employment, and populist discourses by politicians and in the media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ survey indicates that on average 1 in 3 Muslim respondents stated that they had experienced discrimination in the past 12 months. Those Muslim respondents who had been discriminated against stated that they had experienced, on average, 8 incidents of discrimination over a 12-month period.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Muslim minorities in Europe are increasingly being portrayed as not belonging to European societies and as threats to the European way of life. The myth of the “Islamisation” of Europe is being fuelled by xenophobic and populist parties across Europe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Islamophobia is a gendered form of racism. Muslim women are disproportionately affected by Islamophobia as a result of multiple grounds of discrimination, especially if they wear religious clothing or symbols. They experience multiple discrimination on the basis of gender, religious, ethnicity, social class, migration background… In some countries, laws impose a general prohibition on religious and cultural symbols and dress, disproportionately impacting women wearing the headscarf. These policies are discriminatory and such a prohibition negates the right to freedom of expression of those women who choose to wear religious and cultural symbols and dress.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Counter-terrorism policies have had a disproportionate impact on minority communities, especially Muslims and migrants. Ethnic profiling and arbitrary deprivation of liberty of innocent Muslims are fuelling a sense of insecurity, injustice and defiance toward authorities, making these security measures counterproductive in the long term. Adding to the security policies, stigmatising and discriminatory language has increased, representing Muslims as the enemy from within that needs to be controlled and policed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">EU laws against racism and discrimination already exist - including the <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0043:en:HTML">Racial Equality Directive</a> and the <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32008F0913:EN:NOT">Framework Decision on Combating Racism and Xenophobia</a>. However, the specific direct and structural discrimination faced by Muslims in fields such as of justice, policing, employment and education and increasing numbers of racist attacks imply that existing legal instruments and policy measures are not enough to ensure equality of outcome. These must be reinforced by a comprehensive effort by policy makers to tackle Islamophobia and promote full equality and inclusion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What are we doing about it?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>We call for national strategies to combat Islamophobia and promote the inclusion of Muslims. The framework will serve as a means to ensure that Member States take policy measures to combat Islamophobia and protect the rights of Muslims in Europe.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trirong; font-size: medium;"><b>The following elements should be put in place by EU Member States:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://www.enar-eu.org/local/cache-vignettes/L8xH11/puce-32883.gif?1605800650" /> Recognition: Politically recognise Islamophobia and the consequences of past abuses and stereotypes on Muslims today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://www.enar-eu.org/local/cache-vignettes/L8xH11/puce-32883.gif?1605800650" /> Equality data collection: Collect comparable sets of data on racism, discrimination and racist crime, disaggregated by ethnicity and religion, in respect to EU data protection safeguards, and in order to support equality, social inclusion and non-discrimination policies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://www.enar-eu.org/local/cache-vignettes/L8xH11/puce-32883.gif?1605800650" /> Participation and empowerment: Involve Muslim communities in the design, implementation and evaluation of policy initiatives. Support for the full participation of Muslims in public life, stimulation of their active citizenship and development of their human resources are therefore essential.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We engage in policy discussions on counter-terrorism and security to ensure that counter-terrorism measures do not have a disproportionate impact on Muslim communities and do not restrict their fundamental rights.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We work to debunk myths and counter stereotypes on Muslim communities and are calling on States to challenge stereotypes through public awareness raising campaigns and support to community-led initiatives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>[<a href="https://www.enar-eu.org/Introduction-1156" target="_blank">Voice of European Network Against Racism</a>]<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

Islamophobia, Voice of European Network Against Racism

Introduction Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim suffer from discrimination, stigmatisation and exclusion in all areas of life such as e...

Islamophobia, Voice of European Network Against Racism

Introduction Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim suffer from discrimination, stigmatisation and exclusion in all areas of life such as e...

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