Salafi_Online Posted May 19, 2005 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah Nomads; Indeed Satan has many ways he enters upon the Muslims. He enters these entrances to entice them and lead them astray. One of them is that if a Muslim is from the people of neglect (of his religion) and sins, he beautifies to him sins and desires so to keep him far away from obedience of Allah and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: ØÙÙَّت الجنَّة بالمكاره، ÙˆØÙÙَّت النار بالشهوات “Paradise has been surrounded by loathsome things and adversity, and Hell-fire is surrounded by desires and lust. [Al-Bukhari 6487 and Muslim 2822] And the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “إيَّاكم والغلوَّ ÙÙŠ الدّÙين؛ Ùإنَّما هلك Ù…ÙŽÙ† كان قبلكم بالغلوّ٠ÙÙŠ الدّÙين†“Beware of extremism in religion, for this is what destroyed the people before you.†And from tricks of Satan towards these extremists, is that he beautifies to them the following of desires and flawed understandings of the religion. He prevents them from referring to the people of knowledge so that they (the people of knowledge) will not guide and make them aware of that which is correct rather he sends them to those who speak from their desires. shaytan does this so that they will continue to be in a state of error and loss yet they will believe they are in a state of guidance(islam). One thing I advise myself, and then you all, is to not grow rapt with personalities or speakers, since this will ultimately lead a person to love someone to the degree that they can not perceiving any of that person’s flaws and misleading rhetoric. Shaytain, deploys numerous tactic to lead others astray. Contemplate over this, Imagine the Munafiqeen(Hypocrites) who study Islam simply to mislead the Muslim from the straight path. They are elegant and soft in speech. Allaah (Subahana Wa Ta’ala) said: “And of mankind there is he whose speech may please you (O Muhammad), in this worldly life, and he calls Allaah to witness as to that which is in his heart, yet he is the most quarrelsome of the opponents.†(Al-Baqarah 2:204) We are in a time where the ignorant ones are giving verdicts in matters they posses no knowledge thereof, Some revert to Islam today, and give fatwa’s tomorrow, Some have been muslim 4life and plot(munafiq) yet people are adopting these ‘ignorant ones’ as scholars. When acquiring knowledge we have to be extremely prudent where and who we take it from since taking knowledge from the untrustworthy, unreliable and unqualified sources has led many a people to confusion and eventual straying from the straight path and slipping of the Ummah. taking knowledge from someone is something that could be a matter of heaven or hell. Ibn Mas’ud (radiyallaahu anhu) said: "There will not come upon you a time, except that it is more evil than the time before it. I do not mean a leader better than another leader, nor a year better than another year. But your 'Ulemah and fuqahaa (i.e. your Scholars) will disappear, and you will not find anyone to succeed them. Then there will come a people who will give verdicts according to their opinion." (Ibn Hajr related it in Fathul-Baaree). And in another wording: "It is not due to abundance of rain, nor due to its scarcity. Rather it is due to the disappearance of the Scholars. Then there will come a people who will give verdicts on matters based upon mere opinion; and thus they will destroy Islaam." (Ibn Hajr related it in Fathul-Baaree) We live in a time where the Juhala, the ignorant speak on behave of Allah with mere opinions, and those who warn others from their wickedness are criticized under the banner of “Maintaining Islamic UNITY†the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: من ÙŠÙرÙد الله به خيراً ÙŠÙقّÙهه ÙÙŠ الدّÙين “Whomever Allah wants good for, he gives him a good understanding of the religion†And this text explicitly points out that the sign of Allah wanting good for the servants is his giving him a sound understanding of the religion. And we understand from the Hadith that whomever Allah does not want good for, he does not achieve a sound understanding of the religion. Rather, he is afflicted with misunderstanding of the religion. And from the flawed understandings of the religion is what happened to the Khawaarij that revolted and fought against Ali (May Allah be pleased with him). And the other extreme of the Post, The Shia who put Ali above All the Prophets save Muhammad(الله عليه وسلم صلى)! Indeed they understood the texts of the Shar’iah in a way that was incorrect and contrary to the understanding of the Sahaabah (May Allah be pleased with them). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Final_Say Posted May 20, 2005 salamz ppl; May Allah reward you for ur kind reminder, one should be always careful about whom he takes his knowledge from, and question the evidence they have used to come to that decision. from ur comment from another thread, giving dawac is never a waste of time, unless by doing it you take someone further away from islam, never give up on people, allah my turn their heart and they may die as better people them me. so inshallah do your best to share your knowledge, it may benefit u on a day when nothing else benefits you, and make duca for people; have hope and do not despair. no one can misguide those that allah guides and non can guide those that are misguided. may allah give us knowledge and guide us in the correct path. amen salamz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
