“Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned and yours that which you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do.” (Qur’an 2:141)
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Once more our school demonstrates to the Ummah a very practical and pragmatic approach.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (ra) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.”
Source: https://sunnah.com/nawawi40:12
We as Muslims should not concern ourselves with who is in heaven or in hell. We should instead concern ourselves about our own station with Allah. As Fathers and Mothers, are we guiding our children? As a spouse am I assisting my spouse to get there? That is our immediate concern.
Nor should we be among those who think they have the keys to heaven and hell able to distribute it to whomever we like!
A very eye opening video on the matter by Dr Shaykh Abdullah al-Mu’ammari. -May Allah continue to benefit us by him.
“And-they say: “How can we say that the people of Fitra can be damned, while the Prophet (saw) parents lived upon such fitra?”
“Thus also, that means we must then affirm the damnation of the Prophets Parents and that they are in hellfire. And that saying such is not permissible etc.; First, this issue originally is not acceptable for one to enter upon it with emotions to be emotional about it”.
“Because in principle there is no harm if the father of a prophet is a disbeliever or the son of a prophet is a disbeliever. Or for that matter if the wife of a Prophet is a disbeliever. And all of these have their examples. As Allah mentioned that the son of Noah was a disbeliever.”
“As Allah mentions about Nuh (as) “And Noah called out to his Lord, Saying: My son is of my family and your promise is true and you are the most just of judges.” (Qur’an 11:45)
“And Allah replied: “Oh Noah, He is not of your family, he has done that which is no right.” (Qur’an 11:46)
“So, this individual was a disbeliever as well. He was a disbeliever in the sense that he was disobedient to Allah. Thus, he was destroyed along with those destroyed.”
“And as Allah says: “And the waves came between them and he was among the drowned.” (Qur’an 11:43)
“And as well the father of Ibrahim (as). He was also a disbeliever. And the verses mentioning such are many.”
“And Ibrahim (as) disassociated himself from his father.”
“And the request of forgiveness of Ibrahim for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Ibrahim that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Ibrahim compassionate and patient.” (Qur’an 9:114)
“As well as the wives of Noah and Lot, the Wives of the two were disbelievers. As mentioned in Surah Al Tahrim. And in other chapters in regard to the wife of Lut (as).”
“Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so they [i.e., those prophets] did not avail them from Allah at all, and it was said, “Enter the Fire with those who enter.” (Qur’an 66:10)
“Therefore there is no problem. Religion is not an inheritance. There is no harm. But as regard the parents of the Prophet (saw) there is no obligation on us to say that they were disbelievers-Allah forbid!”
“Rather we withhold judgement on that (Wuqoof). As we say that the issue of aqeeda(creed) are founded upon certain decisive evidences and are no founded upon speculative evidences.”
“For we can not delve into the unseen/unknown about a person. Whether they are in heaven or in hell. Only this can be said with certain decisive evidence.”
“Thus, in regard to the parents of the Prophet (saw) we withhold judgement on their abodes and their issue is with Allah.”
“And we do not overwhelm ourselves with that-which our knowledge has not reached.”
“Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned and yours that which you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do.” (Qur’an 2:141)
“As for those narrations -they are inconsistent with each other and are ahad. And the scholars, some have faulted them in regards the salvation of his father or the salvation of any of his (saw) Parents.”
“Some of the narrations mention that the Prophet (saw) asked his Lord to resurrect his mother Aminah -Then Allah resurrected her and then she believed and died again.”
“These narrations are just to affirm her salvation. But these statements collide with the clear evidences on resurrection of the dead. This is far from that by a lot!”
“Also we find the narration of Muqabil that in it is that a man asked the Prophet (saw) about his Father who had died upon polytheism and the Prophet (saw) said he is in the hellfire.”
And that man replied: “And your father?” To which the Prophet (saw) said: “If you pass by the grave of a disbeliever give him glad tidings of hellfire.” And in other narrations: “My father and yours are in hell.”
Sources: (https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1573) & (https://sunnah.com/muslim:203)
“Regardless of what was said. In regard to this narration and the in authenticating it. We cannot confirm it. And for that reason as I said before, Some of the scholars have faulted it. In accepting its narration. Some say if it is affirmed it is ahad and speculative. So it is not permissible for one to rely upon it or fault those who have abandoned it.”
“And for that reason it is for us to withhold judgement (wuqoof) on this matter and to leave the matter to Allah (swt) The Exalted. In deciding for specific individuals whether this person is in heaven or that person is in hell-The decision is with Allah!”
“And there are from the scholars those who originally kept silent on such issues and on speaking about Ahlul Fatrah-and says the issue needs more looking into.”
Thus, our school removes from the Ummah one less barrier, one less issue to debate about. Suspend judgement and practice wuquoof!
Tashayyu’ and Ghulāt in Sunni Islam.
Whereas the people who call themselves Ahl Sunnah Wal Jammah go into extremes over this matter. They will throw their own scholars under the bus.
Under the Abbasid empire, a Shi’ification of Sunnism took place. The form of Sunni Islam that most people are familiar with today is a very sanitized Abbasid Sunnism.
As most are ignorant of history they do not know that for about a century, from 945 to 1055, the Abbasid Caliphs in Baghdad were effectively puppets of the Buyid dynasty.
A Shi’a “Protectorate”: The Buyids were a powerful Shi’i dynasty from Iran. They kept the Abbasid Caliph as a figurehead to appease the majority Sunni population. While they held the real political and military power.
It will start with having love for the family of the Prophet (saw). Then it becomes about his parents and uncle and even the unbelieving parents of previous prophets. They even event fantastical narratives and go to extreme lengths.
Gibril Fouad Haddad went to great lengths rampaging through the books to prove that The the word fitra can be easily altered to read kufr in Kufic Arabic calligraphy.
Shaykh Haddad states:
“Mulla Ali al-Qari claimed in Sharh al-Fiqh Al Akbar, Mu’taqad Abu Hanifa, and Shar al-Shifa that Imam Abu Hanifa said, “The parents of the Prophet (saw) died as disbelievers.” and that this was the Maturidi position. He was refuted harshly by his student, the Faqih and Friend of Allah, Imam Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammed ibn Ahmad al Tabari, during the latter’s lessons in the Makkan Sanctuary, Al-Qari died in Makka shortly after those lectures from a bad fall-May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him. Shaykh Ibrahim al-Halabi, the Hanafi faqih, held the same view as Mulla Ali al-Qari as well as does al-Azim Abadi in AAwn al-Mabud.” (pg 51 The Four Imams and Their Schools)
The innuendo is certainly not subtle at all.
“Al-Qari died in Makka shortly after those lectures from a bad fall-May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him.”
The implication is Allah (swt) made the learned scholar, Mulla Ali al-Qari die from a bad fall for simply repeating what he found attributed to Imam Abu Hanifa!
You can read about that here:
Even inventing hadith that make it seem like Ibrahim (as) ransomed his father with a sacrificial animal!
You may read about that here:
Then we have Shaykh Hamza Yusuf going to some far fetched scenarios all to save this doctrine that they have! We have this video archived incase it gets deleted (as other videos of his have).
Abu Talib. He talks about a tradition where Al Abbas heard him say the sahahada on the deathbed but
The Prophet (saw) did not hear it. So Shaykh Hamza quotes this debated report, which as you guessed, is ahad. Yet he turns around and dismisses an ahad report from the Blessed Prophet (saw) saying Abu Talib is punished and receives less punishment in hellfire.
Allah (swt) says: “However, repentance is not accepted from those who knowingly persist in sin until they start dying, and then cry, “Now I repent!” nor those who die as disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.” (Qur’an 4:18)
Then Shaykh Hamza goes on to discuss that aqidah is something that you can establish with solitary narrations.
Then Shaykh Hamza mentions what his teacher Shaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah said to him about it.
He just said Tawakkuf. Meaning his Shaykh does not hold either or. Basically the same with the Ibadi!
Then Shaykh Hamza pivots to a hadith that, by his own admission, is weak. That the Blessed Prophet (saw) was allowed to visit his mother from the dead and they (we believe Shaykh Hamza meant her) believed in the Prophet (saw). Dr Shaykh Abdullah al-Mu’ammari mentioned is a far cry from the truth.
How many converts to Islam are reading this thinking chee be nice if that happened for my parents.
There are people who want anyone related to the Prophet (saw) to be in paradise, be they his uncle or his parents. This comes more from our affiliation with Sufi Tariqa than it does with any intellectual honesty and consistency with ourselves. His parents, his uncle? Allah knows best. We should be more concerned about where we will end up. This is a non-issue in total. Both the Sufi and the Salafi will have us taking positions on things that just simply DO NOT concern us at all.
May Allah forgive the Ummah.
May Allah guide the Ummah.
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