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October 5, 2022 · 1:14 am

The Jihad among the Sufi Tariqa & Sufi Fanaticism

“O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth.” (Qur’an 4:157)

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Though the above particular text was directed towards the Jewish and Christian communities, it applies to the Muslim community as well.  This is the case simply because it has nothing to do with the application of law but a general admonition that applies at all times.

Dear reader, do take note that this article is primarily written from the perspective of a team member relating actual experiences and interactions with various tariqa.

“But as for those who strive hard in Our cause -We shall most certainly guide them onto OUR PATHS that lead unto Us: for, behold, Allah is true with the doers of good.” (Qur’an 29:69)

One tariqa to rule them all, one tariqa to find them, One tariqa to bring them all, and  through the murshid bind them!

We also want to say that, from the outset, Sufism and the teachings of Sufism have been an integral part of Islam from the very beginning. Sufism has been transformative in the lives of many people. Just as Islam has a branch of science for creed, so that we have purified thoughts about our creator and a branch of science for the law, so that we have interactions with fellow human beings that are of a purified nature, it has a branch of science for the purification of the heart.

This can be readily seen from our article here: 

The Ibadi School and Sufism.

However, just as Muslims have clashed over the various narratives in regard to what is the correct creed and what is the correct understanding of the law, so we have clashed over which methodology for the purification of the heart is best.

We are posting this because all too often there is a ‘Public Relations’ game that is being played for people who know little to nothing about Islam.

It is the case of rival siblings trying to get the parent to punish the other.   Beyond the many rivalries and divisions among the Muslims, there probably is none fiercer than the internal conflicts among our brothers from the ‘Ahl Sunnah’.  Especially when it comes to the issues of creed.

Even more fierce than the bloodshed over issues of creed is the fealty given to Sufi Shaykhs and allegiance to their various competing Tariqa’s.

Today the west is being told that the ‘innocent’ Muslims aka ‘Sufis’ are in a struggle with the ‘Wahhabi’ or extreme Muslims.  Thus, the hope is that the western powers, intelligence apparatus, and so forth will listen to these cries of ‘wolf, wolf’ and bring their might down to bare upon their rivals.

Sufism is being touted as the ‘non-violent’, ‘apolitical’ version of Islam. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Truth be told, the various rival Sufi factions do not have the political or financial influence they once did.  Although certain groups are cozy with certain political powers.

Middle East & North Africa

  • Safavid Empire (1501–1736) – Originated from the Ṣafaviyya Sufi order in Ardabil, which transformed into a powerful Shi‘i state in Persia.
  • Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517, Egypt & Syria) – Strong patrons of Sufi institutions, endowed khanqahs (lodges), and integrated Sufis into religious life.
  • Ottoman Empire (1299–1924) – Deeply tied with Sufism: Mevlevis, Bektashis, Halvetis, Naqshbandis flourished under their patronage. The Janissaries were historically linked to the Bektashi order.
  • Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1260) – Saladin and successors promoted early Sufi institutions, building khanqahs in Cairo and Damascus.
  • Almohad Caliphate (12th–13th c.) – While initially reformist, many later rulers patronized North African Sufi saints.
  • Marinid Dynasty (1244–1465, Morocco) – Major sponsors of Sufi zawiyas, especially tied with the Shadhili order.
  • Saadi Dynasty (16th–17th c., Morocco) – Claimed sharifian and mystical legitimacy; closely linked to Moroccan Sufi networks.
  • Alaouite Dynasty (17th c.–present, Morocco) – Continued deep integration with Moroccan Sufi orders.

Persia & Central Asia

  • Timurid Empire (1370–1507) – Supported Naqshbandiyya and Kubrawiyya; Sufi sheikhs often had major political influence.
  • Mughal Empire (1526–1857) – Profoundly influenced by Sufism, especially the Chishtiyya order; Akbar and later emperors associated themselves with Sufi saints.
  • Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526) – Closely linked to Chishti Sufis, who shaped India’s Islamic culture.
  • Karakhanids (9th–13th c.) – Early patrons of Sufis in Central Asia.
  • Khoqand Khanate (18th–19th c., Central Asia) – Heavily influenced by the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya.

Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Bornu Empire (1380–1893, Chad/Nigeria) – Supported Qadiriyya Sufi networks.
  • Sokoto Caliphate (1804–1903, Nigeria) – Founded by Usman dan Fodio, a Qadiriyya scholar and Sufi reformer.
  • Senegambian Muslim States (18th–19th c.) – Founded by leaders of the Tijaniyya and Qadiriyya (e.g., Umar Tall’s empire).
  • Moroccan-ruled West African emirates often spread Sufism through political expansion.

South & Southeast Asia

  • Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527, Deccan) – Strong ties with Chishtis and Qadiris.
  • Deccan Sultanates (15th–17th c.) – Patronized Sufi saints; many rulers sought legitimacy through them.
  • Aceh Sultanate (1496–1903, Indonesia) – Promoted Sufism (especially Shattariyya and Qadiriyya).
  • Malacca Sultanate (1400–1511, Malaysia) – Spread Islam through Sufi-influenced networks.
  • Brunei Sultanate – Deeply intertwined with Sufi Islam.

The Ottoman Empire, for example, was certainly not ‘Wahhabi”

This should be an eye-opener for many.   Timothy Winter (Abdal-Hakim Murad) is certainly no friend of Wahhabism.

and we find the following statement: http://masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/AHM-Ottoman_spirituality.htm

This Sufi vision cherished by simple cavalrymen gave the Turks a military prowess whose achievements in some ways recalled the early conquests of Islam. The first Ottoman sultans were urged to continue the fight for the faith by spiritual guides whose fame and sanctity had brought them into the intimate circle of the ruler, thereby adding to his charisma. The most prominent example was Ak Semseddin (d.1459), the physician, mystic poet and Sufi instructor (“seyh) who encouraged Mehmed II to conquer Constantinople, and who preached the first Friday sermon at the former cathedral of Aya Sofya. [ii] The power of his spiritual impact, as well as the Islamic sophistication of the ruler, are evident in much of Mehmed’s poetry, as in a lyric poem where the sultan uses the classical Sufi metaphors of spiritual drunkenness to affirm his dependence on his preceptor:”

So now we turn our attention to the Sufi, Ibn Tumart.  Ibn Tumart traveled to Baghdad where he met with contemporaries of Imam Al Ghazali as well as his students. This interaction ignited a flame, a passion within Ibn Tumart, who came back to the Maghrib (North Africa) and virtually slaughtered all those who did not accept the Ashari’ theological creed.

Here is an interesting extract:

“It is nothing but bigotry and small-mindedness, if not political. Indeed, in Morocco, when Al-Mahdi b. Toumart returned from his travels seeking knowledge in the East, meeting many great Ash’ari scholars, like Al-Kiya Al-Harrasi. He proceeded to disseminate the school throughout Morocco, when he claimed to disseminate the school throughout Morocco. When he claimed to be the Mahdi, and established the Almohad state, he obliged the population to adhere to the school, and fought against the school of the early Muslims, dismissing the previous Almoravid state as “anthropomorphists”,  when they actually were upon the way of the early Muslims in their beliefs. He called his own dynasty  Muwahhidun (“Monotheist”). He also opposed the Maliki school and the scholars of Morocco and Andalusia who adhered to it. In this way, enmity developed between the two groups; and the inherent cause was political.”  

Source: -The Hadith Scholar, Professor ‘Abdullah Guenon Al-Hasani, President of the Morrocan League of Scholars and Member of the Islamic World League, Mecca’  taken from page 326 (Notions that Must Be Corrected by Shaykh Muhammad b ‘Alawi Al-Maliki Al Hasani)

We would encourage you to read an account of Ibn Tumart’s slaughter of Muslims who opposed his Sufi Sunni Ashari vision of Islam.

The Rivalry between the Sufis factions.

The rivalry between various Sufi /Sunni factions is unreal.

Here are some articles by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad (himself a follower of the Shafi madhab of the Ahl Sunnah, a believer in the Ashari school of creed and follower of the Naqshabandi Sufi Tariqa.

Thus, he fired off some refutations of the followers of a rival Sufi order. The followers of this Sufi order follow the Shafi madhab of the Ahl Sunnah, they believe in the Ashari school of creed and follow the Rif’ai Sufi Tariqa.

You can see the following refutations of them here:

http://www.sunnah.org/fiqh/refuting_the_habashis.htm

As well as this one: http://www.livingislam.org/o/murb_e.html

In the above article, there are also some harsh words for fellow Sunni Muslims. This time, those who follow the Maliki madhab of the Ahl Sunnah, believe in the Ashari school of creed and follow the Darqawi Sufi Tariqa.

Yet you can see the refutations of those who follow the Naqshabandi Sufi Tariqa from the followers of the Darqawi Sufi Tariqah here: http://asadullahali.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/esoteric-deviiation-in-islam.pdf

Most likely the following statement was not very well appreciated by the Naqshabandi Haqqani Sufi Tariqa:

“There is a man associated with Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani who holds a belief of this nature. He wrote: “As with many things that need changing, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: it probably won’t happen until Sayiddina Mahdi, alayhi wa Salam, reveals his presence. Until then, I do not consider my participation in the paper-money system any kind of sin whatsoever.” The question of paper-money is irrelevant here. What is evident is that the coming of the Mahdi could somehow exonerate some, or indeed any, wrongdoing. Later this statement was tacitly endorsed by Dr. Fouad Haddad (who would appear to be the qaddem/representative of Shaykh Nazim) in a new statement: “Waiting on the Mahdi is part of the Sunna,” written immediately after the aforementioned statement was issued. In addition, they seem to support the well known Shi’a story of the ‘occultation’ of the Mahdi. I shall provide more details later. One of his students confided to us that Shaykh Nazim often refers to the coming of the Mahdi in his speeches.”

Source: (pg 103 Esoteric Deviation In Islam by Shaykh Umar Vadillo)

Then another refutation of the Naqshabani Haqqani Tariqa, by fellow followers of the Ahl Sunnah, who follow the Hanafi and Shaf’i schools of jurisprudence and follow the Ashari and Maturdi schools of theology; and follow the Rifa’i Sufi Tariqa.

http://www.aicp.org/index.php/islamic-information/text-pdf/english/42-the-irrefutable-proof-that-nazim-alqubrusi-negates-islam  

The above refutation was done by Shaykh Samir Kadi, who says that he is ‘An Ashari in creed, a Shaf’i in jurisprudence and a Rifa’i in Tariqa.

Sharif Abu-al-‘Abbas Lakhdar Sidi Ahmed El Idrissi Tamacini of the Tijani Sufi Tariqa was involved in a long and protracted conflict with another faction of the Tijani Sufi Tariqa over a prayer entitled “The Pearl of Perfection” should it be said 11 or 12 times.  Tijani Sufi killed Tijani Sufi.

Al-Hajj ‘Umar b Sa’id Tall, himself a leading Tijani Sufi shaykh, waged ruthless wars against members of the Mukhtariyya Qadiriyya Sufi Tariqa.

What is the fruit of all this killing of Muslims by Muslims?

Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib, master of the Darqawi Sufi order, is said to have commented about a Tijani aspirant who visited him.

“A Tijani faqir came to Shaykh Ibn al-Habib once while we sat with him. He informed the Shaykh that in the Tijani tariqa they did not have a Shaykh and that they did not consider one necessary. It was enough to follow the guidance of Sidi Ahmad Tijani. Our Master was silent for a while before he spoke. Then he raised his eyes and looked at the young man. ‘A dead midwife,’ he told him, ‘cannot deliver a live child.’ The faqir turned pale and then buried his head in his hands and wept from the depth of his being.”

Source: (https://bewley.virtualave.net/diwanpre.html)

The Tijani Sufi Tariqa has made some very interesting claims about their Shaykh. You can see that here:

Click to access 12-defending-tijaniyyah.pdf

I would direct the reader to page ’19’ of the text; where their Shaykh is called “Khatam al-Wilayah al-Muhammadiyyah“

You can contrast this with the following:

http://nurmuhammad.com/NaqshbandiSecrets/qutbanniyya.htm

Please see the section with the title:

THE RANK OF SULTAN UL AULIYA

“Everything that you know of is under the spiritual control of the Sultan ul Auliya. He is the one who is in charge of all mankind in this universe. He is also in charge of all the world of Jinn’s and Angels as the Sultan of Mankind is also in charge of all the Jinn and of all Malaika (Angels). This Maqam (station) of Sultan ul Auliya is a Maqam related to the hearts. Not even a thought can be comprehended of the greatness of this Maqam. This Maqam in this time is related to Moulana Sheik Nazim.”

“Moulana has been given the power to be in every heart of every human being in this universe. He also has the immense power of being able to make the Divine Light of Allah Almighty and all the 124,000 Prophets to enter into the hearts and bodies of all humanity in just one moment.“

Also, very interesting is that both the Naqashabandi Sufi and their rivals, the Tijani Sufi, have said that ‘Imam Mahdi‘ will come from their ranks!

So watch as these and other rival Sufi groups rumble over this issue in the future.  May Allah (swt) protect us and safeguard the unity of Muslims!

An experience from one of our team members:

When Imam Abdul Latif Finch was in Singapore some years back, he made the comment that “When I was a Shadhili I was hardly receiving any openings, but the moment I became a Tijani I received so many openings.”

I was having a light moment with a friend of mine and I said to him, “I can guarantee you that somewhere on this planet there is someone saying, “I was a Tijani and I hardly received any openings, but the moment I became a Shadhili I received so many openings.”

Prima Qur’an Conclusion:

When you look at the kind of loyalty and even blind fanaticism and sycophants that surround these Shaykhs and various competing Sufi Tariqah, it could make for some very tragic situations in the future.

Realize this dear brothers and sisters.  Allah (swt) has not given all of his blessings to any single creature.  The proof of this is that even his most noble creation, Muhammed (saw) was not given the blessing to read and to write.

If anyone thinks that this is speaking in an irreverent manner, then the question needs to be put to them.  “Is Allah (swt) in need of Muhammed (saw) or is Muhammed (saw) in need of Allah (swt)?”

Only Allah (swt) the Self Sufficient.

Allah (swt) reminds us concerning those who elevated the station of Christ Jesus son of Mary (alayhi salam) to an extreme.

“The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!” (Qur’an 5:75)

As well as the following statement in the Qur’an:

“Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that – gardens beneath which rivers flow – and could make for you palaces.” (Qur’an 25:10)

Whatever station, whatever claim, ever baraka or blessing that anyone ever makes know that Allah (swt) is capable of doing more than that!

We have not even scratched the surface at the tip of an iceberg in regard to the gravity of this situation.  I haven’t even touched the many rivalries of the Indian subcontinent, nor those of the Middle East and Turkey.   I have no doubt that a multitude of volumes could be written detailing and documenting the rival claims, rivalries, and bloodshed between the various competing Sufi Tariqa

The issue with the various competing Sufi factions is that they show a face of peace and cooperation and tolerance, but underneath the thin veneer is oftentimes some disquieting agenda in which the dominance of their particular tariqa over all others is sadly the goal.

People will claim that the Shaykh can do this and that they witnessed that.  We have seen them all make contradictory and competing claims. Our question to all these Shaykhs is that when they do these miracles and have these visions and dreams, the question is this.  “How much of that is Allah, and how much of it is you?”

“If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not leave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be able to delay (the punishment) for a single hour, just as they would not be able to anticipate it (for a single hour).” (Qur’an 16:61)

“But as for those who strive hard in Our cause -We shall most certainly guide them onto OUR PATHS that lead unto Us: for, behold, Allah is true with the doers of good.” (Qur’an 29:69)

“And each one hath a goal toward which he is turned; so vie with one another in good works. Wheresoever you may be, Allah will bring you all together. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.” (Qur’an 2:148)

May Allah Guide the Ummah.

May Allah Forgive the Ummah.

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October 5, 2022 · 1:11 am

The Bid’ah of Ibn Taymiyya and Two Tawhids

“Today those who disbelieve have lost all hope of damaging your faith. So, do not fear them, and fear Me. Today, I have perfected your religion for you, and have completed My blessing upon you, and chosen Islam as a way of life) for you.” (Qur’an 5:3)

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Anyone who says, “There is no Allah but Allah and Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah.” enters Islam. That person is a monotheist. Simple. The Blessed Messenger (saw) never taught that tawhid consists of two parts, one part being tawhid al-rubuiyya and the other tawhid al-uluhiyya.

“When the Prophet sent Mu’adh to Yemen, he said to him, “You are going to a nation from the people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah. If they learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and one night. And if they pray, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it is to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree to that, then take from them Zakat but avoid the best property of the people.”

Source: (https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7372)

According to those who are truly ignorant in the religion they believe that the Prophet (saw) should have said to Mu’adh, “call the people to tawhid al-uluhiyya of which they are ignorant, as far as tawhid al-rubiyya they knew it already.”

Allah (swt) in his Book never ordered or even mentioned tawhid al-uluhiyya to anyone! Even in Surah al-Ikhlas which is one equivalent to 1/3 of the entire Qur’an!

If Ibn Taymiyya is to be believed then it means Allah (swt) did not deliver to us the knowledge of tawhid al-uluhiyya since everyone and their father knew about tawhid al-rubiyya.

Authubillah min dhalik! May Allah protect us from that!

Since this doctrine is so central according to certain sects, it means the following verse was not completed:

“Today those who disbelieve have lost all hope of damaging your faith. So, do not fear them, and fear Me. Today, I have perfected your religion for you, and have completed My blessing upon you, and chosen Islam as a way of life) for you.” (Qur’an 5:3)

We had to wait for Ibn Taymiyya who introduced this division in tawhid and this bid’ah in the religion!

So in the view of this sect, the average Muslim (possibly you the reader) your knowledge of tawhid is on the same level of that of idolaters! Authubillah min dhalik!

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal never said that tawhid consisted of two parts, one being tawhid al-rubiyya and the other tawhid al-uluhiyya.

Imam Ahmad is nowhere recorded to have said, “Whoever does not know tawhid al-uluhiya, his knowledge of tawhid al-rububiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters also had such knowledge.”

 

 

Tawhid Al-Hakamiyyah!! Why Should Ibn Taymiyya Have All The Fun?

So realizing that anyone could make a category of Tawhid some people from that sect thought that would get a little creative! https://www.abukhadeejah.com/categories-of-tawheed-not-adding-hakimiyyah/

The link says,

“They say that there is a Tawheed of Allah’s Lordship, the Tawheed of Allah’s worship, the Tawheed of Allah’s Names and Attributes and the Tawheed Al-Hākimiyyah ―i.e. The Tawheed of Allah’s rule and judgment. This is founded upon the false assumption that the division of Tawheed is a mere matter of terminology, merely tradition and it is not connected to the textual proofs. So, there is no harm, as far as they are concerned, in increasing upon the three categories. They have made the same mistake as many people make, believing that Tawheed is merely an issue of terminology and that the number of categories does not matter. But, in reality, the affair of the division of Tawheed into three categories can only be seen through these categories, and there is no fourth. There is no reduction or increase because anywhere Allah (the Most High) speaks about Himself in the Qur’an, and He explains and clarifies Tawheed, He does so in one of these three categories, and no more.”

“So, it is said to such a person who divides and adds to Tawheed: “This division is not merely invented terminology, rather, this categorisation refers back to the Book and the Sunnah.”

“When the Salaf categorised Tawheed into three categories, they established it from the Book and the Sunnah.”

Well, well, well. we are told that dividing Tawheed into three categories, “is from the Book and the Sunnah” So we have the right to ask where? Where did the Blessed Messenger (saw) teach that tawhid consists of three parts? Or where did He (saw) teach that tawhid consists of two parts, one part being tawhid al-rubuiyya and the other tawhid al-uluhiyya?

Where does the Book of Allah (swt) teach that tawhid is divided into two or three parts? Didn’t the people who advocate Tawhid al Hakimiyyah find that the Blessed Messenger (saw) already divided the tawhid into two or three? Didn’t they find these clear descriptions in the Qur’an? The answer is: They didn’t. Just like Ibn Taymiyya and those who follow him today can’t find the Blessed Messenger (saw) teaching two or three tawhids either! It is Bid’ah! It’s reprehensible innovation in the religion.

However, in the case of Tawhid al-Hakimiyya we can understand why some people who call themselves Salafi distance themselves from it. It has little to do with evidence and truth and more to do with $$$ We get our answer here:

“They are mistaken in adding a fourth category and in saying that there are more than three categories of Tawheed. They have innovated into the Religion with intentions to raise the people against their Rulers with this slogan of Tawheed Al-Hākimiyyah.”

Why are they mistaken in adding a fourth category? On what consistent basis can they not add a fourth category when you people have added three categories? I am only allowed to quote excerpts and not the full article but take a look at the list of scholars that are said to refute Tawheed Al-Hakimiyyah.

You can also read Shaykh Al Abani’s refutation of it here: http://www.themadkhalis.com/md/articles/tjxlr-shaykh-al-albaani-on-tawhid-al-haakimiyyah-a-political-tool-used-to-make-takfir-of-the-rulers.cfm

The truth of the matter is all those who say that tawhid is divided into tawhid al-uluhiyya, tawhid al-rubiyya and tawhid al-hakimiyya are upon bid’ah (innovation). That’s a consistent position.

However, if I was on a government payroll of course I would be told to preach against tawhid al-hakimiyyah.

Which this idea of theirs that one can never go against the government is absolutely refuted in our article here:

Between Rebellion and Oppression: The Ibadi Perspective. 

May Allah guide the Ummah! May Allah forgive the Ummah!

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October 5, 2022 · 1:11 am

Salafi Shaykh Nasiruddin al-Albani admits: Bukhari has weak hadith and mistakes!

“Do not mix truth with falsehood and do not deliberately hide the truth” (Qur’an 2:42)

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*Note This entry is being updated as of 15, July 2020. Those of the Salafi denomination of Ahl Sunnah can be unfortunately quite slippery and many links have already been taken down!

So those links that I do put up you owe it to yourself and truth seekers to save those links! I even anticipated in my very first paragraph of this entry that they would do this. Whatever they are after it certainly doesn’t’ look like its truth.

I would encourage you to click on the link to verify before the link is mysteriously taken down. Unfortunately, many of those who follow the Salafi denomination of Ahl Sunnah, are quite ignorant in terms of actual historical criticism of hadith

Also many among the Salafi denomination imitate the Shi’i denomination’s belief in “infallible imams” in that they grant the status of infallibility when it comes to the hadith canons of Bukhari and Muslim.

However, Salafi Shaykh Al Abani distanced himself from adopting a Shi’i like attitude towards Bukhari and Muslim that the majority of those from the Salafi denomination of Ahl Sunnah Islam adopted.

It is also possible that Shaykh Al Abani took Imam As Shafi’i (raheemullah) seriously when Shafi’i said, “Only Allah’s Book is perfect and free from error.” *

  • source: (Narrated by al-Khatib in Mudih Awham al Jam’wal-Tafriq 1:6)

Keep in mind that Nasir Al Abani had already died before he could begin to take a part in Bukhari’s canon in a more exquisite fashion.What follows is a small taste of this Shaykh’s thoughts and attitude towards Bukhari’s hadith collection.

http://salaf-us-saalih.com/2013/03/22/was-shaykh-al-albani-the-first-to-classify-some-hadith-in-al-bukhari-as-weak/ (this link has been deleted by the Salafis!)

However, this is a new link (and one that I have captured pictures of & saved the text of).

You may watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v1moESgRb0

However, if they take it down I can send you the video and/or mp3 upon request. insh’Allah

http://mtws.posthaven.com/was-shaykh-al-albani-the-first-to-classify-so

Here is the link to the interview with the late Shaykh Al Abani. NOTE IMPORTANT! The video below had been deleted in the past by the Salafis below is the full captured text from the links that have been deleted. However, I will put up a new video link at the end of the discussion with Shaykh Al Abani. Please do make sure that you save this video before it goes missing as well!

Was Shaykh Al Albani the first to classify some Hadith in Al Bukhari as weak?

[Click Here to Watch Video with English Subtitles]

Questioner:

“O our Shaykh the question is; was the Shaykh preceded by anyone in declaring some Hadith in Sahih Bukhari to be weak and collecting them in a book. And if this has occurred were you preceded by some of the scholars in that? We would appreciate references. May Allah reward you with good.” -Questioner

Shaykh Al Albani:

“Define the demonstrative, “in that”; in what? Because your question contains two things. Have you been preceded in classifying some Hadith in Bukhari as weak and did you collect this in a book? So in your question, “have I been preceded in that”, what do you mean? Have I been preceded in classifying some Hadith in Bukhari as weak or have I been preceded in authoring a book containing these weak Hadith?”-Shaykh Al Albani

Questioner: Both

Shaykh Albani:

(Laughs) “Both? As for if I was preceded in classifying some Hadith found in Bukhari as weak then this is a reality which is obligatory to acknowledge and it is not permissible to deny it; and there are numerous reasons for this.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“First of all; all the Muslims whether they are from the scholars, the students of knowledge, or the ignorant Muslims; they are all in agreement that there is no one who is infallible in this religion except the Messenger of Allah peace and blessings are upon him.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“Moreover, from this, we also understand another undeniable conclusion and that is any book that crosses the mind of a Muslim or any book title that he hears of, even before he reads the manuscript, it is incumbent that he must have firmly established in his mind that this book will surely contain some errors in it. Because the aforementioned belief states that no one will obtain infallibility except for the Messenger of Allah peace and blessing are upon him.”-Shaykh Al Albani”And on this note, it has been narrated that Imam Shafi’i, may Allah be pleased with him said, “Allah has refused to perfect any book except for His own.” –Shaykh Al Albani

“So this is the truth, it is not debatable. So this it the first affair, this is the principle.:-Shaykh Al Albani

“As for the applied science concerning this matter; then we, due to the virtue of Allah upon us and upon the people, but most of the people do not know, but most of the people are not grateful. Allah the Exalted has given me firmness in the study of Hadith…its foundation matters, subsidiary matters, its criticisms, and collections to the extent that I became grounded with a high level in this science due to the virtue of Allah and His mercy. Also, I know the authentic hadiths from the weak, from the fabricated due to my studies of this science. I applied this study to some of the Hadiths that appear in Sahih Al Bukhari. Thus I found that the result of this study that there are some Hadiths that are not considered to be on the grade of Hasan much less the level of Sahih, in Sahih Al Bukhari not to mention Sahih Muslim.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“This is my answer to that which relates to me, myself. As for that which relates to other than me, from that which came in your question; has anyone proceeded me? Then I say: All praises belong to Allah. I have been preceded by many people who are more grounded and more knowledgeable than me concerning this noble science and preceding me by almost one thousand years.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“Imam Daraqutni and others have scrutinized Sahih Al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim concerning dozens of Hadiths. As for me, then I did not reach the extent of criticizing dozens of Hadiths. That is because during this time I am not able to devote myself to criticizing the Hadiths in Al Bukhari then the Hadiths in Muslim, that is because we are in greater need to scrutinize the Hadiths found in the four Sunan not to mention the chains of narration, terminology and the like in order to ascertain the authentic from the weak. As for Al Bukhari and Muslim then they both performed the task of purifying the Hadiths that are collected in their two books, from the hundreds of thousands of Hadiths. And this effort was extremely tremendous. For this reason, it is not from knowledge or wisdom that I focus on criticizing Sahih Al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim and leaves alone the Hadiths found in the four Sunan and other than them, where it is not known if they are authentic or weak.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“But during my knowledge-based research, I passed over some Hadiths in Sahih Al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim or in one of them and it was revealed to me that there are some Hadiths that are weak. But whoever is in doubt about what I judge concerning some Hadiths then return to the explanation of Sahih Al Bukhari and he will find plenty of things criticized by Al Hafidh Ahmad ibn Hajr Al ‘Asqalaani; the one who is rightfully called the leader of the believer’s of Hadith. The one who I believe; and I believe everyone who participates in the science will agree with me, that no woman gave birth to the likes of him after him. This is Imaam Ahmad ibn Hajr Al ‘Asqalaani, he clarifies during his explanation many mistakes in the Hadiths of Al Bukhari. He not only address that which is not found in the Hadiths of Sahih Muslim rather (he also addresses) what appears in some of the reports and some of the chain of narrations.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“The criticism found in the Hadiths of Sahih Al Bukhari is sometimes related to the entire Hadith, meaning it is said; this Hadith is weak. And sometimes the criticism is concerning a portion of the Hadith. The origin of the Hadith is authentic but there is a part of it that is not authentic.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“An example of the first type is the Hadith of ibn Abbass; he said: “The Prophet, prayers and peace are upon him, married Maimunah while in a state of Ihram.” This Hadith is not from the Hadiths which is only found in Sahih Al Bukhari and not Sahih Muslim, rather they both agreed upon the narration of the Hadith in their books. And the reason for this is the report of this Hadith comes from the narrator and he is Abdullah ibn Abbas, and he is morally impeccable. Thus the chain of narration is authentic; no one can criticize its narrator. Whereas there are other Hadith where there is room to criticize the Hadith just from the standpoint of the narrator.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“An example from the men of Al Bukhari, there is a man named: Fulaih bin Sulaiman. Ibn Hajr described him, in his book Al Taqreeeb, as Sadooq (one who is a level below reliable) with a bad memory. Therefore if this person narrates a Hadith in Sahih Al Bukari, as a lone narrator and it is not supported by a Mutabi’ah (Two or more Hadith which are the same, narrated by the same Companion, while the rest of the men in the chain are different) nor it is supported by a Shaahid (Two or more Hadith which are the same narrated by different Companions) then his Hadith remains at the level of weak, that which can be strengthened with a Mutabi’ah or a Shaahid.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“As for the Hadith of Maimunah, that the Messenger of Allah prayers and peace are upon him, married her while he was in a state of Ihram, there is no room to criticize the chain of narration due to the lone narration as in the case of Fulaih bin Sulaiman for example. No, all of the people in the chain of narration are reliable and trustworthy. For that reason you do not find those who criticize this Hadith from the scholars, who preceded us by generations, that they found an angle to criticize this Hadith except concerning the first narrator in the Hadith, ibn Abbass and he is a noble Companion.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“They said this was a surmise from ibn Abbass and that is because he was young; from one standpoint. And from another standpoint, in his narration his contradicted the person in the Hadith, meaning the wife of the Prophet prayers and peace are upon him, who was Maimunah. As it has been authentically narrated from her the Prophet prayers and peace are upon him, married her while neither of them was in a state of Ihram. Therefore this Hadith was the surmise of the first narrator, him being ibn Abbass. Thus this Hadith is weak. And it is as you see; a limited number of words. “He married Maimunah while is a state of Ihram.” Four words (in the original Arabic) “He married Maimunah while is a state of Ihram.” -Shaykh Al Albani

“Similar to this Hadith and perhaps it is longer, there is another example in Sahih Al Bukhari”-Shaykh Al Albani

“The second category: The Hadith could be in its origin authentic, but one of the narrators erred by inserting in the text a sentence that was not from the Hadith of the Prophet, prayers, and peace be upon him.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“An example of that is the well-known Hadith in Sahih Al Bukhari that the Prophet, prayers and peace are upon him said: “Verily my nation will come on the Day of Judgment with bright streaks of light from the traces of wudu.” -Shaykh Al Albani

“Up until this point, the Hadith is authentic, and it has many supporting Hadiths. One of the narrators in Sahih Al Bukhari added: “Thus whoever is able to extend his streaks then let him do so”. Al Hafidh bin Hajr Al Asqalaani, and Ibn Al Qayyim Al Jawziyah, and his Shaykh ibn Al Taymiyyah, and Al Hafidh Al Muntharee, and other scholars have said this addition was inserted and it is not from the speech of the Messenger of Allah, prayers, and peace are upon him; rather it is from the speech of Abu Huraira.”-Shaykh Al Albani

“Thus the answer is complete in reference to the first condition, meaning I criticized some Hadiths and I have been proceeded by many Imaams. As for did I or someone other than me author a book (surrounding this topic) then I did not author a book. As for other than me, then they have authored books, but we are not able to mention a book today in this regard. This is the answer to what you asked.” -Shaykh Al Albani

Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee
http://mtws.posthaven.com/was-shaykh-al-albani-the-first-to-classify-so

NOTE IMPORTANT. This is a link to the video that was deleted above. Please do your self a favour and save this video before it becomes missing to or they take it down!

You may also listen to the mp3 here:

Conclusion:

Salafi Shaykh Nasir Al Abani has said that Bukhari has weak hadith and errors in its text. In many ways the Shakyh made it sound like it was a matter of Iman (of faith) to recognize that before even picking up Bukhari, acquiring Arabic, hadith sciences, and so forth that as a matter of Iman (faith) one can know that Bukhari has mistakes!

Look what he says above: “Another undeniable conclusion and that is, any book that crosses the mind of a Muslim, or any book title that he hears of, even before he reads the manuscript, it is INCUMBENT that he MUST have FIRMLY ESTABLISHED in his mind that this book WILL SURELY contain some errors in it.”

Also, note that the Shaykh made the following statement:

“As for me, then I did not reach the extent of criticizing dozens of Hadiths. That is because during this time I am not able to devote myself to criticizing the Hadiths in Al Bukhari then the Hadiths in Muslim…”

But just in the small amount of time, he did allot to it it was enough for him to find weak hadith and mistakes in Bukhari.

“ So other scholars have said this addition was inserted and it is not from the speech of the Messenger of Allah, prayers, and peace are upon him; rather it is from the speech of Abu Huraira.”

Please also keep in mind that Shaykh Nasiruddin al-Albani is the Imam of Hadith for the Salafiyya. Nothing proves that more than the following interaction between Bin Baaz, Al al-Albani, and Uthaymeen.

May Allah guide the Ummah! May Allah forgive the Ummah! May Allah bless the Ummah!

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October 5, 2022 · 1:11 am

Salafi Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen Controversial Beer Drinking Fatwa:

“By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darkness into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.”(Qur’an 5:16)

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F1 Racing, Tourism, WWE Wrestling… the Middle East had a new Sheriff in town.

Abu Dhabi opens its first ever brewery. Where U.A.E goes Saudi usually follows.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-abu-dhabi-first-brewery

“Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you but that when he recited Satan would make insinuations about the revelations But Allah abrogates whatever insinuations Satan may make, and then He confirms and establishes His Revelations. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” (Qur’an 22:52)

“They will ask you about intoxicants (khamri) and games of chance. Say: “In both, there is great evil as well as some benefit for man; but the evil which they cause is greater than the benefit which they bring.” And they will ask you as to what they should spend Say: “Whatever you can spare.” In this way, Allah makes clear unto you His messages, so that you might reflect.” (Qur’an 2:219)

“Oh, you who have attained to faith! Intoxicants (khamru), and games of chance, and idolatrous practices, and the divining of the future are but a loathsome evil of Satan’s doing:’ shun it, (fa-ij’tanibuhu) then so that you might attain to a happy state!” (Qur’an 5:90)

What does Allah (swt) tell us about Satan?

“Eat what Allah has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.” (Qur’an 6:142)

Would you even sip from a cup from someone who was unto you a clear and open enemy? Think about it.

“By means of intoxicants (khamri) and games of chance, Satan seeks only to sow enmity and hatred among you, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from prayer. Will you not, then, desist?’ “(Qur’an 5:91)

The terms khamri, khamru also find another form here:

“And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their head-covers (bikhumurihinna) over their chests and not expose their adornment.” (Qur’an 24:31)

From the trilateral root khā mīm rā the word khamar means to cloud, obfuscate, conceal or cover.

Allah (swt) tells us about Khamar in verse 5:90 above to shun it (fa-ij-tanibuhu)

Let’s TAKE A LOOK AT THE TERM ‘IJTANIBU’

“And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, saying, “Worship Allah and avoid (wa-ij’tanibu) Taghut.” And among them were those whom Allah guided, and among them were those upon whom error was deservedly]decreed. So proceed through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.” (Qur’an 16:36)

Comment: Now would anyone say that oppression in small quantities is good? Can I oppress my neighbor, fellow believer, fellow human being, wife, husband, parents, children just as long as it’s a little oppression and I don’t full-on oppress?

“That has been commanded, and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allah – it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you. So avoid (fa-ij’tanibu) the uncleanliness of idols and avoid (wa-ij’tanibu) a false statement.” (Qur’an 22:30)

Comment: Now is anyone going to say that it is ok to dabble with the uncleanliness of idols just a bit? Is anyone really going to say that it’s o.k to partake in false statements here and there just don’t make it a habit?

“And mention, when Ibrahim said, “My Lord, make this city secure and keep me and my sons away from (wa-uj-nub’ni) worshiping idols.” (Qur’an 14:35)

Comment: Now is anyone going to say that worshiping idols in small quantities or a bit is fine? It means to be careful when indulging in such things? Of course not!

Just as strong as the term ‘Haram’ the term ‘Ijtanibu’ is to avoid, shun, decline, reject, repudiate.

The other ayat that people will often use to say that alcohol was prohibited gradually or that you can drink as long as you don’t come to pray drunk  is the following verse:”O you who believe, do not approach prayer with a confused mind (Sakara) until you can understand all that you say. Nor in a state of ceremonial impurity, until after washing your entire body. If you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes from offices of nature, or you have been intimate with your woman, and you find no water, then take for yourselves earth, and rub your faces and hands with it, for Allah removes sins and forgives again and again.” (Qur’an 4:43)

*Note* This is taken from: (A.L Bilal Muhammed et al 2018) translation of the Qur’an in English which is the most sensible translation of the entire list here: https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/4/43/default.htm

Honestly, these other translations when it comes to this verse are horrible. Don’t approach the prayer drunk or intoxicated so the unassuming English reader will think this relates to alcohol and it doesn’t!

The word ‘Khamar’ is not where in the Arabic text. The term used in the Arabic text is Sakara, which can mean intoxicating drinks like in the following text.

“And from the fruit of the date-palm and the grape-vine, you derive both intoxicants (sakaran) and wholesome provision. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who use their intellect.”(Quran 16:67)

However, the term Sakara refers to a confused and befuddled mind, be that from alcohol or not. Notice the text continues ‘until you can understand what you say‘.

So the text in 4:43 in no way is a proof text to advocate minimal drinking of alcohol or drinking in between prayers. It does not even address the issue of alcohol as it addresses being in a conscious and aware and sober state when approaching the prayers regardless if the cause is alcohol or not.

Finally for those who say well Allah (swt) is going to allow us to drink wine in heaven so how can Satan’s handiwork get into heaven?

“A cup shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs, White, delicious to the drinkers, Neither will these (drinks) cause any ruinous effect, nor they be deprived of intellectual faculties thereby.” (Qur’an 37:45-47)

Allah (swt) has told us that this drink will be pure not causing fatigue, or deprivation of mental faculties and thus it will not be like the drinks we find on Earth.

Mantiq-Logic. It is amazing that Muslims think that they are able to go from ritual impurity to ritual impurity and yet do not believe that Allah (swt) can make something that is impure into something that is pure.

So now we come to the fatwa of the Shaykh of the Salafiyah, Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen.

So here is the link where the Shaykh said it is O.K. to drink beer with ‘ minuscule’ amounts of alcohol in it. You can find the original fatwa here: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/33763/ruling-on-drinking-beer

Insh’Allah I am reproducing the text here:

Question

What is the ruling on drinking beer, noting that there are two kinds of beer – one with an alcoholic content and one with no alcoholic content? Is that regarded as an intoxicant?.

Answer:

“Praise be to Allah. It is essential to differentiate between the two kinds of beer” -Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

“The first is the intoxicating beer that is sold in some countries. This beer is khamr (an intoxicant) and it is haram to sell it, buy it and drink it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Every intoxicant is khamr and every intoxicant is haram.” Narrated by Muslim, 2003.”-Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

“It is haram to drink a lot or a little of it, even a single drop, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whatever intoxicates in large quantities, a little of it is haram.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1865; classed as sahih by al-Albaani in Sahih al-Tirmidhi.”-Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

“The second type is the beer that is not intoxicating, either because it is completely free of alcohol, or because it contains a minuscule amount of alcohol that does reach the level of causing intoxication no matter how much a person drinks of it. The scholars have ruled that this is permissible.”-Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:

“The beer that is on sale in our marketplaces [in Saudi Arabia] is all halal, because it has been inspected by the officials and is completely free of alcohol. The basic principle concerning all kinds of food, drink and clothing is that they are permissible until and unless proof is established that they are haram. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“It is He Who created for you all that is on the earth.”

(Qur’an 2:29)

So if anyone says, this drink is haram, or this food is haram, or this garment is haram, say to him, Bring your proof. If he brings proof then we should do whatever is indicated by the proof. If he does not bring proof, then his words are to be rejected because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“It is He Who created for you all that is on the earth.”

(Qur’an 2:29)

Everything in this world Allah has created for us. This general meaning is confirmed by the word jamee’an (translated here as “all”). And Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“while He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you.”

(Qura’n 6:119)

“So if something is haram, there should be a clear and detailed indication that it is haram. If there is no such proof then it is not haram. The beer that is to be found in our markets here in the Land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries (Saudi Arabia) is all halal and there is no doubt concerning that in shaAllaah.”-Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

“We do not think that any alcoholic content in a thing makes it haram, rather if something contains a percentage of alcohol which will make a person intoxicated if he drinks it, then it is haram. But if the amount is minuscule and does not have any effect, then it is halal.”-Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

“Some people think that the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), “Whatever intoxicates in large quantities, a little of it is haram”, meaning that if a small percentage of an intoxicant is mixed with a large amount of a substance that is not intoxicating, then it is haram. This is a misunderstanding of the hadith. “Whatever intoxicates in large quantities, a little of it is haram” means that if a lot of something will cause intoxication, and a little of it will not cause intoxication, then a lot or a little are both haram, because you may drink a little that does not cause intoxication, then you may be tempted to drink more and become intoxicated. But if something is mixed with alcohol but the alcohol is a small amount and does not have any effect, then it is halal and does not come under the ruling of this hadith.” -Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen

Al-Baab al-Maftooh, 3/381-382.

COMMENTS

Where to begin?

Let us take a first look at the absolute abuse of the following verse:

“It is He Who created for you all that is on earth.” (Qur’an 2:29)

It is true that Allah (swt) is the creator of everything on this Earth. No one disputes this. However, the assumption that everything on the Earth is permissible is certainly mistaken.

“So consume of the lawful and good food which Allah has provided for you, and thank the bounty of your Lord if it is Him you serve.” (Qur’an 16:67)

Allah (swt) has made plutonium and uranium and yet I do not think the desire of Allah (swt) is for us to make weapons-grade materials and kill each other with them!

The reasoning of Shaykh Uthaymeen and those like him is evidently flawed.

Shaykh Uthaymeen says,

“So if anyone says, this drink is haram, or this food is haram, or this garment is haram, say to him, Bring your proof. If he brings proof, then we should do whatever is indicated by the proof. If he does not bring proof, then his words are to be rejected,……”

Well, we have done exactly that. This whole article was about giving the proofs of why it is forbidden to be shunned, a handiwork of Satan, and any sane person would not receive a drink from one who is an open enemy to them.

Now let us juxtapose three texts together that Shaykh Uthaymeen uses and see if it makes any sense.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Every intoxicant is khamr and every intoxicant is haram.” Narrated by Muslim, 2003.

Shaykh Uthameen says,

Some people think that the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), “Whatever intoxicates in large quantities, a little of it is haram”, meaning that if a small percentage of an intoxicant is mixed with a large amount of a substance that is not intoxicating, then it is haraam. This is a misunderstanding of the hadith.

Yet didn’t Shaykh Uthaymeen just quote a hadith that said every intoxicant is kharm and every intoxicant is haram? Yet here we have Shaykh Uthaymeen saying, a small percentage of an intoxicant is fine??

That is a flat contradiction!

Not only that but Shaykh Uthaymeen says,

“Whatever intoxicates in large quantities, a little of it is haram” means that if a lot of something will cause intoxication, and a little of it will not cause intoxication, then a lot or a little are both haram, because you may drink a little that does not cause intoxication, then you may be tempted to drink more and become intoxicated.”

So here Shaykh Uthaymeen seems to have his wits about him. Here he is acknowledging the problem of saying it only contains a bit of intoxication because the person will end up drinking more and becoming intoxicated. This looks like the light is on upstairs. He has finally come to his senses!

Yet he finishes with saying,

” But if something is mixed with alcohol but the alcohol is a small amount and does not have any effect, then it is halal and does not come under the ruling of this hadith. “

What on Earth is going on! How does that not lead to the problem he mentioned in the paragraph just above the sentence? How does this not lead to someone drinking a small amount of another small amount and another small amount and another small amount?

Who or what determines what this ‘small amount‘ is? Who or determines the effects it will have on various weight classes, men, women, children?

Yet low and behold this so-called ‘non-alcohol‘ and so-called ‘low-level alcohol‘ is gaining ground in Saudi Arabia. Yes, that is correct, Saudi Arabia!

https://www.euromonitor.com/beer-in-saudi-arabia/report

Arab nations ranked by alcohol consumption:

https://stepfeed.com/arab-countries-ranked-by-alcohol-consumption-from-lowest-to-highest-5822

and this article: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-gulf-muslim-alcohol/alcoholic-drinks-market-booming-in-muslim-gulf-idUSLNE72904E20110310

The truth of the matter is that psychologically this need or desire to drink alcohol or even ‘halal beer’ comes from an inferiority complex.  The need to fit in and the desire to be accepted by western businessmen, the socially upward, etc…

Allah (swt) knows best!

We even have a video of Shaykh Saleh al Uthaymeen mentioning the drinking of alcoholic beverages with 1,2, and even 3% alcohol!!


 

Saleh al Uthaymeen was asked about beers. He said all the beers are halal in Saudi Arabia, then he continues to discuss the beers with alcohol content. He says even though if a beer has an alcohol content of about 1,2 or 3% it is still Halal.

Some people have misunderstood the hadith “Whatever intoxicates in larger quantities is also haram in smaller quantities”.

That if a smaller amount is mixed then it is haram as well, this is a wrong understanding.

Rather the correct understanding is if a larger quantity intoxicates and the smaller quantity doesn’t intoxicate then both quantities are haram, Why?

Because if a person takes a smaller quantity then his conscience asks for more and then he consumes a larger quantity thus becomes intoxicated.

However, if the amount of alcohol is smaller, then it is fine to drink it, as it is Halal.

Heineken has 3.2% alcohol content!!!

I have seen with my own eyes in Singapore in a place called Little India that our brothers from Bangladesh have begun picking up drinking.

They can get unruly and get into fights. In Algeria, alcohol consumption has picked up, which has led to domestic abuse and an increase in divorce cases.

Alcohol was the weapon of the colonizer against the Aboriginal people of Australia and against the Native people of North America.

These tailor-made fatwas are there for the benefit of the ruling elite and excuses for those who wish to satisfy their nafs! Can you imagine giving dawah at Hide Park while holding a can of 3% Heineken? Imagine going to a lecture on Islam and you have your beverage of choice, your 3% alcohol just sipping away on it during the conference!

Imagine breaking your fast with Heineken!

The unfortunate thing is, that it is actually Western nations and people that are slowing down their alcohol consumption whereas apparently Muslims and Muslim countries are slowly and steadily increasing their alcohol consumption!

May Allah (swt) protect the Ummah of the Blessed Messenger (saw). May Allah (swt) forgive the Ummah. It is my hope that the Muslim ummah will drop the scholars that call to fitna darkness and haram and follow those scholars that call them to peace, light and the permissible.

The following article has some excellent advice for Shaykh Saleh Al Uthaymeen.

https://www.canstar.com.au/health-insurance/what-does-alcohol-do-to-your-body/

The article says,

Alcohol affects everyone differently based on: 

  • Size, weight, and health
  • Whether the person is used to drinking it
  • Whether other drugs are taken around the same time
  • The amount consumed
  • The strength of the drink

Is there a safe alcohol limit?

Alcohol is a drug and, at the risk of being labeled a wowser, there is no safe level of drug use. The use of any drug, legal or illegal, always carries some risk. Due to the radically different ways that alcohol can affect people, there can be no one-size-fits-all safety rule for everyone. While there will always be some risk to general health and social well-being from consuming alcohol, there are ways to minimize the risks of alcohol-related harm.

So when Shaykh Saleh Al Uthayeem made such a fatwa did he consider.

size, weight, health, prescription drugs, amount consumed?No, he wrote a blank check by playing with what he felt were ambiguities in the sacred law!

Yet, when you look at the Qur’an carefully there are no ambiguities about this!

Dear brothers and sisters, the colonial powers introduced alcohol to the proud and noble Aborigines and Native American people before they worked their evil on them.

I leave you with the words of Allah (swt).

“Oh, you who have attained to faith! Intoxicants (khamru), and games of chance, and idolatrous practices, and the divining of the future are but a loathsome evil of Satan’s doing:’ shun it, (fa-ij’tanibuhu) then so that you might attain to a happy state!” (Qur’an 5:90)

May Allah Guide the Ummah

May Allah Forgive the Ummah.

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October 5, 2022 · 1:03 am

Saudi Dr. Saad Al-Humid Professor of Hadith Sciences in Medina flees from debate with Shaykh Saeed Al-Qanoubi on Creation of Qur’an

“Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is rightly guided.”(Qur’an 16:125)

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Saudi Dr. Saad Al-Humid flees from debate with Shaykh Saeed Al-Qanoubi and his evasion of contact with Shaykh Dr.Khaled Abdali on the issue of the creation of the Qur’an.

Honorable Shaykh Saeed bin Mabrouk Al-Qanoubi is one of the contemporary Omani scholars specializing in the sciences of hadith. He is called by Omanis the Imam of the Sunnah and the Fundamentals, and they consider him their reference in the sciences of the Prophetic Sunnah.

Saad Al-Hamid is a professor of Hadith sciences at the Imam Muhammed bin Saud University in Medina (May Allah honor her). However, he appeared in a T.V episode with a stray Egyptian brother and hurled insult after insult and lied about Al-Ibadiyah.

Honorable Shaykh Saeed Al-Qanoubi stands upon what is the truth and the firm position. But those misguided people are not able to confront him.

We are posting this video to show the Muslims the reality and the truth. May Allah (swt) protect us from being perverts and those who treat lying like a minor thing.

Noble Shaykh Khalid Al Abdali (h)has an excellent 10-part series in Arabic on the Qur’an being created. Huge thanks to Brother Ahmad Abu Azzan for this!

Just as their premier scholar, Ibn Baz, refused to debate our Shaykh, the honorable Ahmed bin Hamad Al-Khalili (h). So his followers follow him in escaping from the people of truth and straightness. You can see that here:

The Qur’an: Created or Uncreated: Shaykh Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili to debate Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz

With Allah (swt) is the victory and the help of Allah (swt) alone is sought.

If you are interested to see more articles on the issue of rather or not the Qur’an is created or uncreated you are invited to read:

The Truth about the Qur’an: Created or Uncreated?

https://primaquran.com/2022/10/04/lets-attack-hamza-yusuf-in-ramadan-the-quran-is-created/

https://primaquran.com/2022/10/04/speech-of-allah-is-the-quran-created/

May Allah Guide the Ummah.

May Allah Forgive the Ummah.

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October 5, 2022 · 1:02 am

Ahl al-Haqq Wa-l istiqama Resource Page

“So remain on the right course as you have been commanded, you and those who have turned back with you to Allah, and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.” (Qur’an 11:112)

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This will be a resource page that will be updated from time to time. It is hope that this gives you various resources to know more about the school of Ahl al-Haqq wa-l istiqama (The People of Truth and Straightness)  Otherwise, this school is commonly known as the ‘Ibadi’ school.  For those Muslims who are curious about the Ibadi school and/or the Not-Yet Muslims who when coming to Islam want to choose the Ibadi school.

It is hoped that this will continue to be a wellspring of beneficial resources for your continued guidance and wellbeing. You will find contained blogs, websites, YouTube channels and pdf files in Arabic, English, Swahili, French, & Russian

English section for resource on the Ibadi School:

General Information on the Ibadi school:

The Following are websites in English with general information on the Ibadi school:

Bint Ibadh Blogspot: (May Allah continue to benefit us by her). A great source with many articles in English.

http://bintibadh.blogspot.com/

I will say that this sister is the FIRST presence of Istiqama daw’ah on the internet. She is due immense credit. May Allah (swt) bless her in this life and the hereafter

A link to our brothers in the United Kingdom. If you are in the U.K why not pay a visit to the brothers here:

https://www.ahlulistiqamah.co.uk/index.php/en/

A great channel by our brother Assad Al Muharami who translates important issues from Arabic into English.

An amazing channel that clarifies doubts and accusations that are hurled at our school. Perhaps the first channel in the English language in the history of the school, to do so!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiYKj6BG1S3B4_N-OHj4ntw

A great channel by our brother the Ibadi theologian who translates important issues from Arabic into English

For those of you always keen to learn more about the Ibadi school and want more resources in the English language I can only give a huge endorsement to this YouTube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@Ibaditheologian

I know the person behind the channel to be passionate about sharing the truth, humble, kind and always ready to rectify his errors or shortcomings before his Lord-as should be the case for all of us. You will find a great deal of very useful information.

The YouTube channel of the Noble Shaykh Al-Muatasim al- Maawali. (May Allah continue to benefit us by him)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAAArancZv-LGQpw005WFAQ

Who are the Ibadites? by Nasser bin Matar Al-Masqari (May Allah bless him)

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Those two PDF files are titled: Ibadhism a moderate sect of Islam & Ibadism in the studies of Ali Yahya Mu’ammar and they are available for download here:

Click on the following link to read my brief entry sharing my thoughts about these next two PDF books.

https://primaquran.com/2024/05/09/ibadhism-a-moderate-sect-of-islam-ibadism-in-the-studies-of-ali-yahya-muammar/

Studies in Ibadism by Dr. Amr K. al-Nami (May Allah continue to benefit us by him)

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Resources on how to perform prayer in the Ibadi school

The Prayer of the Blessed Prophet (saw) as though you saw it with your own eyes. (According to the People of Truth and Steadfastness)

Salaat Simplified – z-card

Premier Basic Ibadi Fiqh book in the English language on the performance of the Prayer.

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This is truly a monumental work and achievement by Shaykh Al-Muatasim Al-Mawali (Religious Studies Supervisor at Sultan Qaboos University). This book, Al-Muatamad (The Reliable Jurisprudence on Prayer) was going for a fee. However, Shaykh Muatasim has given me permission to share the pdf file to this website. Many times people will come and take and not appreciate the efforts that others have done. So I am humbly asking you that if you follow this method in your prayers to ask Allah (swt) to reward Shaykh Muatasim for delivering to us in the English speaking world the method of prayer as instructed by the Blessed Messenger (saw).

Prayer in Sketches and Color Prints by Dr. Ali Bin Hilal Al-Abri.

Another great resource on performing the prayer.

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10 reasons that prohibits raising the Hands and folding them in prayer by Shaykh Naser Bin Sulaiman As-Sabe’i

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(May Allah preserve him and continue to benefit the ummah by means of him).

Information on Ibadi Theology.

“The Overwhelming Truth” By the honorable Shaykh Ahmed Al Khalili (May Allah continue to benefit us by him). 

The Overwhelming Truth

Ghayat Al Murad (A poem on theology) by Shaykh Imam Noor Al Deen Al Salimi (r)

Click to access ghayat-almurad-poem.pdf

Information on Ibadi Hadith methodology.

Towards Understanding Hadith-Ibadi approach (Our Noble Teacher, the respected Shaykh Juma Al Mazrui (hafidhullah)

May Allah (swt) bless him his family and his descendants. May Allah (swt) grant him felicity in this life and in the life to come. He has certainly benefited many. Those who would like to hear more from Shaykh Mazrui you may find many of his talks on YouTube: https://youtu.be/O0rHyn9N_m8

Please download the following pdf in English.

Click to access towards-understanding-hadiths.pdf

The Critique of hadith in Early Ibadi literature by Abdulrahman al-Salimi (May Allah continue to benefit us by him)

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Jami Sahih-the Musnad Al Rabi bin Habib (English from a French translation) by Al Rabi Bin Habib Al-Farahdidi (May Allah have abundant mercy on him)

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Information about Ibadi History, Battles of Siffin & Nahrawan etc.

Al-Khawarij Reality or Legend series: The is a set of books from the honorable Shaykh Juma Muhammad Rashid Al-Mazrui (May Allah continue to benefit us by him).

Al-Khawarij Reality Or Legend 1

Alkhawarij Reality Or Legend 2

AL-KHAWARIJ REALITY OR LEGEND 3

Ibadhism: The Cinderella Story of Islam.  This is an excellent book by the noble  Sheikh Soud H. Al-Ma’awaly (May Allah continue to benefit us by him)

IBADHISM The Cinderella of islam

Ibadism East of Mesopotamia (Early Islamic Iran, Central Asia and India) by Abdulrahman Al-Salimi. (May Allah continue to benefit us by him).

Abdulrahman al-Salimi, is working in early Islamic sources. He is currently editing and studying Ibadi texts of the 8th and 9th centuries, in regard to their authenticity, and contents, in an effort to further the understanding of early Islamic political and theological thought.

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Ibadi Texts from the 2nd 8th Century by Abdulrahman al-Salimi (May Allah continue to benefit us by him)

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Major sins in Islam and their Repentence

Major Sins & Their Repentance. An excellent book by the noble Sheikh Abdullah Amor Al-Marhuby (May Allah continue to benefit us by him)

Major Sins & Sincere Repentance

Basic Ibadi Moral and Ethical Guide for Children: Instructing Children on what is required of the Human Being.

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русский

Блог для растущего сообщества в России и Центральной Азии.

https://ibadhis.blogspot.com/

Телеграмм-группа для растущего сообщества в России и Центральной Азии.

https://t.me/ibadi_ru

kiswahili


Tovuti ya Ibadhi kwa Kiswahili kwa walio Afrika Mashariki

https://ibadhi.com/sw/

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Situs web dalam bahasa Indonesia

https://ahlulhaqqid.github.io

Siapaka Ibadhiyyin Itu?

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Informations en français

 Istiqama Daw’ah en Algeria.  Une Super chaine YouTube avec anglais/arabe/francais.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCECdAXyvcyPc-QLqNGEJeUw

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October 5, 2022 · 1:02 am

Refutation: Those who claim Heaven is not only for Muslims.

“Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them – out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah , then indeed, Allah is swift in account.” (Qur’an 3:19)

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May Allah (swt) reward our brother who has done an excellent service in provided a translation to those seeking the truth in the English language. May Allah (swt) continue to bless and reward our noble Shaykh, and illustrious scholar, Abdullah bin Saeed Al Ma’mari (May Allah benefit us from him.)

“And whoever desires other than Islam as religion – never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.” (Qur’an 3:85)

 “And whoever denies the faith – his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.” (Qur’an 5:5)

 “But for those who deny the Truth, their deeds are like a mirage in the desert, which the thirsty supposes to be water until he comes to it only to find that it was nothing; he found instead that Allah was with Him and He paid his account in full. Allah is swift in settling the account. Or its similitude is that of depths of darkness upon an abysmal sea, covered by a billow, above which is a billow, above which is cloud, creating darkness piled one upon another; when he puts forth his hand, he would scarcely see it. He to whom Allah assigns no light, he will have no light. (Qur’an 29:39-40)

“And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed. (Qur’an 25:23)

“And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate anything with Allah , your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers.” (Qur’an 39:65)

As for the evidences that those rely upon, the followers of Perennialism, the religion of Humanism and the like:

“Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammed] – those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness – will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.” (Qur’an 2:62)

“Indeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muhammed] and those [before Him] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians – those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness – no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.” (Qur’an 5:69)

It is important to understand that Islam has manifested through the previous Prophets/Messengers.

So this is why it is important to understand the word ‘Muslim’ as-a state of being.

So the verses above are in reference to those Christians, Sabeans and Jews who believed and died as Muslims will have no fear nor shall they grieve.

“And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did) Yaqoub. O, my sons! surely Allah has chosen for you (this) faith, therefore die not unless you are Muslims (muslimuna). (Qur’an 2:132)

“O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah with the care which is due to Him, and do not die unless you are Muslims.” (Qur’an 3:102)

“And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allah, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure. “ (Qur’an 5:65)

“Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.” (Qur’an 98:6)

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Blessed Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammed, he who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.

You may wish to see our article here:

Islam is the only path to salvation

Repent! Accept the Truth! May Allah (swt) guide you!

May Allah Guide the Ummah.

May Allah Forgive the Ummah.

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October 5, 2022 · 1:01 am

Some faces that day will be radiant. Looking at their Lord. Will we see Allah?

“(Some) faces, that day, will be radiant. Looking towards their lord.” (Qur’an 75:22-23)

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May Allah (swt) reward brother Assad, the servant of Allah (swt) who did the translation from our noble Shaykh and teacher.

From his book “Bughyat al-Rāqī fī Sharḥ Khulāṣat al-Marāqī” By Shaykh Rashid bin Salim Al-Busafi (h)

The Impossibility of Seeing Allah (SWT): Evidences and Analysis.

1. Qur’anic Evidence: The Permanence of Non-Perception

Surah al-An’am 6:103

{لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ}
“Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted.”

  • Linguistic Analysis:
    • “لَا” (Lā al-Nāfiyah): Implies permanent negation (“visions do not and will never perceive Him”).
    • “الْأَبْصَارُ” (Al-Abṣār): Plural of baṣar (vision), emphasizing all types of sight fail to perceive Him.
    • Divine Contrast: Allah’s complete perception of creation vs. creation’s inability to perceive Him underscores His transcendence.
  • Context: The verse is a declarative praise, not a reproach, confirming Allah’s incomparability.

Surah al-A’raf 7:143: The Case of Prophet Musa (AS)

{قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي}
“[Allah] said, ‘You will never see Me.'”

  • “لَن” (Lan) vs. “لَا” (Lā):
    • “لَن”: Stronger negation, implying eternal impossibility (not just in this world but also the Hereafter).
    • Context: A rebuke to the demand for visual perception, linked to the Israelites’ disbelief (Qur’an 2:55).
  • The Mountain’s Destruction:
    • Allah’s tajallī (manifestation) to the mountain reduced it to dust, proving physical creation cannot endure His manifestation.
    • Logical conclusion: If a mountain cannot withstand Allah’s presence, how could human vision perceive Him?

3. Linguistic and Theological Principles

A. Meaning of “Idrāk” (الإدراك):

  • Literally: “To catch up/comprehend fully” (e.g., “أدركته بيدك” = “You grasped it with your hand”).
  • In the Qur’an: Used for complete perception, not mere sight (e.g., “إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ” [7:38] = “We are overtaken”).

B. The Three Parts of Ayah 6:103:

  1. Negation of Perception (لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ).
  2. Allah’s Full Perception (وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ).
  3. Divine Attributes (وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ).
    • “Al-Laṭīf”: The Subtle (beyond physical perception).
    • “Al-Khabīr”: The All-Aware (knows creation’s limitations).

C. Muqābala (Contrastive Rhetoric):

  • The juxtaposition of “لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ” and “وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ” emphasizes asymmetry: Creation’s incapacity vs. Allah’s omnipotence.

Refutation of “Seeing Allah in the Hereafter”

A. Qur’an 75:22-23: {وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ}

  • “نَاظِرَةٌ” (Nāẓirah): Does not necessarily mean “seeing”:
    • Alternate meanings: “Awaiting” (e.g., Qur’an 3:77: “وَلَا يَنظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ” = “He will not look upon them”).
    • Context: Contrast between radiant faces (awaiting mercy) and gloomy faces (fearing punishment).
    • The correct meaning is confirmed through the context it has been mentioned in, so the Al Nathar (النظر) comes with the meaning of waiting even if it was preceded by (Ila) إلى

“Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their [own] oaths for a small price will have no share in the Hereafter, and Allah will not speak to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them; and they will have a painful punishment.” (Qur’an 3:77)

So is it said that, those who sell out Allah’s covenant and their own oaths for a small price, is it said that Allah doesn’t see them in the Akhira?!

This Ayah came in the context of describing the day of judgment, and the day of gathering to be exact. And that’s by the proof of its context {{On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,() Awaiting the mercy of their lord ()And ˹other˺ faces will be gloomy,() ا ِض َرةٌ ُو ُجوهٌ َيْو َمِئٍذ } {.in anticipation of something devastating ن )22ٰ )ى َّ لَ ِإ َنا ِظ َرةٌ )23ِ )إ َرِّب َها َت ن ُظ َبا ِس َرةٌ )24ُّ )ن َوُو ُجوهٌ َيْو َمِئٍذ َأ َع َل َأ ُيف َها ْ ِ ٌرة َقِفا َب { so if (Nathira) (ناظرة (was of the meaning of seeing then it won’t be except on that day; because he described that by saying (on that day) (ذٍيومئ (and those who differ with us they have not agreed on it happening on the gathering, add to that, the ayah came with the style of comparison between two types of faces, so these are radiant, happy, waiting for the mercy of its lord, while the others are contorted and gloomy expecting what will break their backs from punishment. So, it’s in pity waiting for it to come. Add to that that the description by faces in this ayah means the known organ which the feelings appear on. What is in the soul. What the soul is feeling will be expressed on the face. As the contentment and happiness can be identified through his face, and fearful and frightened can also be identified by his face, and the face organ is not the organ responsible for seeing.

B. Hadith of the “Two Gardens”:

  • Claim: The ridā’ al-kibriyā’ (Cover of Majesty) is the only barrier to seeing Allah.
  • Rebuttal:
    • The “barrier” is an eternal attribute of Allah’s majesty, not a temporary veil.
    • Asserting its removal implies Allah changes His essence, which is impossible.

C. Theological Absurdity:

  • If seeing Allah were possible, it would necessitate:
    1. Spatial limitation (violating His transcendence).
    2. Change in divine attributes (e.g., “pride” being removed).

5. Critique of Pro-Visual Perception Arguments

A. Misinterpretation of “نَاظِرَةٌ”:

  • Error: Assuming it means “seeing” despite contextual evidence to the contrary.
  • Qur’anic Precedent: “وَلَا يَنظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ” (3:77) cannot mean “He does not see them,” as Allah is All-Seeing.

B. Anthropocentric Fallacy:

  • Claiming “seeing Allah is the ultimate reward” reduces worship to physical gratification, contrary to the Qur’an’s emphasis on spiritual nearness (e.g., “قُرْبًا إِلَى اللَّهِ” [3:45]).

C. Quotes from Classical Scholars:

  • Ibn al-Qayyim’s Attribution to al-Shafi’i:“If Muhammed ibn Idris [al-Shafi’i] knew he would not see his Lord in the Hereafter, he would not have worshipped Him.”
    • Rebuttal: This contradicts the Qur’anic principle that worship is due to Allah’s lordship, not contingent on visual perception.

This is not acceptable to us. It is as if one links to Imam al-Shafi’i the belief of the Atheist!

And they hold that seeing Allah is the thing that made Allah the Exalted worthy to be worshiped, and that if he Allah Tabaraka wa Ta’ala was not seen in the Akhira then he was not worthy to be worshiped in this dunya, and to you some of what they said: we find ibn Al Qayyim links to Imam Shafi’e that he said “if Mohammed bin Idrees did not known that he won’t see his lord in the akhira then he wouldn’t have worshiped him” and he said “I oppose ibn Aliyyah in everything even in saying La Illaha Illa Allah, as I say: la Illaha Illa Allah that can be seen in the akhira, and he says: La Illaha Illa Allah that cannot be seen in the Akhira…” and in another narration he said “ If Mohammed ibn Idrees was not certain that he’ll see Allah Azza Wa Jal he wouldn’t have worshiped him”. And this is talk that makes bodies grasp, and minds flabbergasted, as this is the Quran within our hands, we do not find that that the worship of Allah the Exalted was conditioned in any position of it with seeing him swt!! This is the belief of the Atheist!  

You may see for yourself!

Imam ash-Shafi’i Seeing Allah in The Hereafter

Conclusion

  1. Qur’an 6:103 and 7:143 definitively negate the possibility of seeing Allah in any form.
  2. Linguistic, contextual, and theological analysis confirms “نَاظِرَةٌ” refers to awaiting divine reward, not visual perception.
  3. The idea of “seeing Allah” contradicts His transcendence, immutability, and incomparability.

Final Note: Worship is grounded in acknowledging Allah’s perfection, not in physical encounters.  

You may be interested in reading the following:

The Proper Understanding of Musa (as) Request of Seeing Allah.
Those who do good will have the finest reward and more.
Shaykh Juma commentary on Seeing the Lord as you see the moon
On Seeing Allah
Is Distance Necessary to See Allah (swt)? Response to Dr. Hamza Bakri
Salafis debate Ibadis on the issue of seeing Allah in the hereafter.
Seeing Allah: What Every Christian Should Ask Every Salafi. The Form/Shape of Allah?
Madhkali Salafi Faris Al Hammadi The 60 cubit tall Allah?
Irrefutable Proof that the Salafi God is one that can take human form.
Dr. Muhammed Salah teacher of the Salafi Sect Lies about Moses Seeing Allah.
Salafi preacher: We will see Allah’s face in paradise!
Salafi Shaykh Muqbil Al Wadi’i Hadith in Sahih Muslim on Seeing Allah is actually weak!

May Allah (swt) guide you dear reader!

May Allah (swt) guide the Muslim ummah!

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October 5, 2022 · 1:01 am

Allah has two hands and both his hands are right hands? (and he has a left hand)

“There is nothing like Him: He is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.” (Qur’an 42:11)

“Do you say things regarding Allah that you do not know?” (Qur’an 7:28)

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There are those who make it a point of aqidah/imam a creedal position to assert that Allah (swt) has two hands, and both of these hands are right hands and one of these right hands is a left hand.

We must accept this “without asking how“. Then they also turn around and say, “but the meaning is known.“

Interestingly this issue is not about denying/affirming any attribute of Allah (swt). Nor is about the way of the Salaaf. It is a simply a matter of does the Arabic language have idioms and expressions?

Apparently some people in the Muslim community simply do not get this! Kindly read the four articles linked at the end.

Thus, they will go on an inquisition and label as deviants anyone who does not hold to the idea that Allah (swt) has two hands, both of those hands are right hands and one of those right hands is a left hand.

The Salafi Aqidah Check List:

1. Two hands

2. Both his hands are right hands.

3. One of those right hands is a left hand.

4. He has two additional hands (we do not talk about). Which makes four but we affirm two.

That is correct you heard them. Allah (swt) has “two right hands“

I came across a Hadith of Sahih Muslim which states:


“Abdullah b. ‘Umar reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would fold the Heavens on the Day of Judgment and then He would place them on His right hand and say: I am the Lord; where are the haughty and where are the proud (today)? He would fold the’ earth (placing it) on the left hand and say: I am the Lord; where are the haughty and where are the proud (today)?

The God of the Bible has hands (plural).

“The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” (Psalm 95:5)

“So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.” (Ecclesiastes 9:1 )

The God of the Bible has a right hand and Jesus is sitting next to it.

“He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” (Hebrews 1:3)

The God of the Bible has a right hand and Jesus is standing next to it.

“But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.  “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” (Acts 7:55-56)

*NOTE* NO WHERE DOES THE BIBLE SAY GOD HAS A LEFT HAND!

Thus it can be deduced that the God of the Bible has two right hands (if not more right hands).

We explore this more in our article here:

https://primaquran.com/2024/08/20/the-anthropomorphic-god-of-the-bible/

BOTH OF ALLAH’S “HANDS” ARE RIGHT HANDS?

Now you can clearly see from the above text that many Salafi preachers have asserted that Allah (swt) has two hands and that “both his hands are right hands.” They get that from the above hadith!

Source: https://sunnah.com/nasai:5379

Yet, this hadith is Mudraj:

Mudraj – interpolated: an addition by a reporter to the text of the hadith being narrated. It even tells you in the hadith itself! Muhammad (one of the narrators said in his Hadith: “And both of His hands are right hands.”

How does one not see that?!

This cannot be said to be attributed to the Blessed Messenger (saw). This is the statement of the sub-narrator.

These people in their guilty conscious did not want people to think Allah (swt) has a left hand. Which also shows they are involved in dhan (speculation) about Allah (swt). They did not just let the words pass they had to make bold assertions without proof!

Some of the claimants to the Salaaf who hold these positions will expose themselves by blatantly comparing Allah (swt) to the creation by saying something along the following:

“You see akhi All of Allah’s attributes (hands, shin, face ect) can be described as right. Right here means blessed  (تَيَمُّن). As Muslims we know the right is preferred and more virtuous than the left. For example the verse in the Qur’an that says:

“So those on the Right Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Records in their right hands) – how (fortunate) will be those on the Right Hand! (As a respect for them, because they will enter Paradise).” (Qur’an 56:8)

Or for example:

“And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands) – how (unfortunate) will be those on the Left Hand! (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell).”(Qur’an 56:9)

This is Tamthil clear as day. Let us say for the sake of discussion that Allah (swt) does indeed have a left hand as the hadith Sahih Muslim clearly says he does above. Why would any attribute of Allah (swt) not be blessed? That is a bizarre thought.

Then, the person commits a clear act of Tamthil (likening Allah (swt) to the creation) by negating a left hand for Allah (swt)!! They do this by comparing/contrasting the unfortunate news of people receiving their records in their left hands and right hands on the day of judgement. But these are actual hands of people!

This claimant to Salafiyah has committed a clear act of Tamthil.

  1. Is negating what clearly says he has: “a left hand” according to the sahih hadith.
  2. Making claims that an attribute of Allah (swt) would not be blessed?!

ALLAH (SWT) ACTUALLY HAS FOUR HANDS, TWO HANDS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE RIGHT HANDS EXCEPT ONE OF THOSE RIGHT HANDS IS A LEFT HAND!

“And He (is) the One Who sends the winds (of glad news between the two hands of his Mercy, until, when they have carried clouds ”(Qur’an 7:57)

Allah sends winds like herald of glad news, between the two hands of his Mercy.

Now his Mercy has two hands?

So those who believe in literal translations tell us that Allah (swt) has two right hands, and he has an attribute of Mercy and this attribute has two hands. Are they also right hands? Does Allah (swt) now have a total of four hands?

Please see for yourself at Islam Awakened the literal translation that the Salafi do not use.

https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/7/57/

Thank you gentleman for some honest translations. So now not only does Allah (swt) have two hands, and both of his hands are right hands and one of those right hands is a left hand, but his attribute of mercy also has two hands.

One of their scholars likened Allah (swt) to the moon!

Ibn Taymiyya and clear Tamthil: Likening Allah to the Moon!
Ibn Taymiyya applies Ta’wil of Allah’s attributes.

Let us get something out of the way from the very beginning. There is not a single narration from the Blessed Messenger (saw) where when he speaks of Allah’s “hands” where the Blessed Messenger (saw), says, “In a way that befits his majesty” or “unlike his creation.”

That is an open challenge. For the person who can bring that I will shutdown this website!

I challenge any of those people who make such a disclaimer statement after mentioning “hands”, “foot”, “eyes”, “shin” “leg” “foot” or “side” to show this!

The fact that such people have to put a disclaimer after such a statement is an innovation!

“They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be within His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.”(Qur’an 39:67)

“Allah said, “O Iblis, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant then, or were you already among the haughty?” (Qur’an 38:75)

Some of these people have tried to argue that this word translated as “hands” must be understood as “hands” as something special concerning the creation of Adam. However, this is refuted by the following text of the Qur’an:

“Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands have made, grazing livestock, and then they are their owners?”(Qur’an 36:71)

Are we to say that cattle have an advantage or distinction over other animals because they were created by the “hands” of Allah (swt)?

“And the sky we built it with hands.” (Qur’an 51:47)

Look at the following three Saudi English translations of the Qur’an translate the above text!!

“And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are its expander.”(Qur’an 51:47 Sahih International)

“With power did we Construct heaven. Truly, We can extend the vastness of space thereof.” (Qur’an 51:47 Muhsin Khan & Muhammed Al Hilali)

“With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.” (Qur’an 51:47 Yusuf Ali Saudi 1985)

The hands of Allah (swt) tied up?

“And the Jews say, ‘The hand of Allah is tied up.’ Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His Hands are extended, HE spends however He Wills.” (Qur’an 5:64)

It is obvious, to begin with, that this very verse is allegorical. The Jews are not literally saying that Allah’s hand is “tied up”. Rather they are claiming that Allah (swt) is not bestowing upon them what they feel he should bestow. What this verse means is that both the power and generosity of Allah (swt) is on full display.

“He wrote the Tawrāt for you with His Own Hand.”

Source: (Bukhāri, no. 6614, Muslim, no. 80)

Other uses of the word hand in the Qur’an.

“Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, they are actually pledging allegiance to Allah. The hand (yadu) of Allah is over their hands (aydihim). So he who breaks his word only breaks it to the detriment of himself. And he who fulfills that which he has promised Allah – He will give him a great reward.” (Qur’an 48:10)

This is a metaphorical usage of the word hand that is allowed within the context of the Qur’an itself. Will it be said that people who have no hands or people who are amputees could never make such a pledge?

The word that is used for hand (yadu) the singular noun is also used for the plural noun (aydihim) above. The apparent understanding of the text, is that Allah (swt) has a hand and people have hands. Yet the following verse should make the matter more clear.

“Oh Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands (aydikum) of the captives, “If Allah knows any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (Qur’an 8:70)

Are we supposed to imagine that the Blessed Prophet (saw) was a giant with little tiny people in his hands!?!

“Moreover, whatever strikes you of disaster – it is for what your hands have earned, but He pardons much.” (Qur’an 42:30)

Are we to understand from the above verse that as long as we do evil with our tongues, eyes, feet that disaster will not befall us? As far as those who do not have physical hands does this verse still apply to them?

“And remember Our servants Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqoub, men who possessed hands (l-aydi) and vision.” (Qur’an 38:45)

l-aydi is a plural noun literally it would be hands.

Here the word hands literally does mean power. Look how virtually everyone under the sun translates this!

https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/38/45/default.htm

“Or he in whose hand(biyadihi) is the knot of marriage remits.” (Qur’an 2:237)

If you have enjoyed this entry you may also find the following articles/entries of value:

We explore the Anthropomorphic God of the Bible which also is claimed to have all right hands!

The Anthropomorphic God of the Bible.
The Attributes of Allah and the Way of the Salaf.
The use of Majaz in the Qur’an by Shaykh Juma Mazrui
The use of Majaz in the Sunnah by Shaykh Juma Mazrui

https://primaquran.com/2022/10/04/ahmed-deedat-roasting-athari-aqeedah/

May Allah Guide the Ummah!

May Allah Forgive the Ummah!

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October 5, 2022 · 1:01 am

مفتی طارق مسعود عبادی مکتب کے بارے میں بتا رہے ہیں۔

“That Allah may repay the truthful for their truthfulness.” (Qur’an 33:24)

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مہمان: ہم نے آپ کے پیچھے نماز پڑھی اور آپ نے ہمارے پیچھے نماز پڑھی۔
شیخ احمد: "ملت اسلامیہ ایک امت ہے" 
یہ ہمارا نقطہ نظر ہے اور ہم اس کی پیروی کرتے ہیں یہ ہمارے نبی، برگزیدہ، ان پر رحمتیں نازل فرمائے اور جس پر صحابہ کرام اور تابعین نے الحمد للہ رب العالمین کی پیروی کی۔ , #عمان کی برکت کے لیے خدا اپنے محترم شیخ، عالم کی حفاظت فرمائے۔ 
@AhmedHalKhalili

Mufti Tariq Masood gives a talk about the Ibadi school in Oman. Especially interesting is the comment section of other Muslims/Non Muslims who have lived in Oman and have been among the Ahl Haqq Wal Istiqamah.

There is great affinity of the Deobandi for the ‘Ulemah of Ahl Haqq Wal Istiqamah.

Since I have traveled with the tablighi jamaat, and have gone out on khuruj (with has the same etymological root as Kharijite), I guess that makes me and my brothers from the Tabligh, Khariji in that sense! HAHAHA!

Some little light humor is in order from time to time.

Any ways may Allah (swt) bless and guide Mufti Tariq Masood.

Our noble Shaykh, Ahmad bin Hamad al-Khalili, the grand mufti of Oman congratulated the Taliban on their takeover of Afghanistan.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/afghanistan-taliban-oman-grand-mufti-congratulates-clear-victory

May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.

May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah.

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