wa alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
Allaah the Most High - said:
"So call to Islaam and stand firm, and do not follow their whims and desires, but say: I believe in whatever has been revealed by Allaah from the Book, and I have been commanded to do justice between you. Allaah is our Lord and your Lord, for us our deeds and for you your deeds. There is no dispute between us and you. Allaah will assemble us all, and to Him is the final return." [Soorah ash-Shooraa 42:15].
Dear sister, we ask that you can read and see things from the light of the Islamic evidences. That is all we require here, to live according to the Islam as taught and lived by the earliest generation of Muslims.
A Sister Moderator (Um Muhammad al Mahdi), kindly sent you a private message about the topic that was posted,it is as follows:
assalamu alaykum dear sister,
inshaAllah you are in good state of health and imaan.
I'm writing to let you know that your thread about the Prophet sallaAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam birthday has been deleted. The birthday is clearly a bida'h and we don't wish the spreading of wrong informations on TurnToIslam. Let's remember the Sunnah and not the traditions and culture we might have been brought up with in our country.
The Sahaba (ra) had the chance to celebrate ANY birthdays and they didn't do it, we should follow those examples.
Anyway, I thank you for your patience and understanding, more informations are available in this thread inshaAllah:
http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83401
jazakillahu khayran
take care
assalamu alaykum
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We show our love for the Prophet Muhammad (s) by following his Sunnah.
We show our love for the Prophet Muhammad (s) by following his sunnah.
We show our love for the Prophet Muhammad (s) by following his Sunnah. -
It was the way of the Prophet to repeat important things three times, so by me doing that, I have also, inshaAllah, completed the Sunnah. That copying of the Prophet (s) is better than to create something new into the Deen. Following the Quran and the Sunnah, is the only thing we as Muslims should aim to do.
Amr ibn Yahya narrated his father told him, "We used to sit at Abdullah Ibn Masood’s house before Fajr prayer. If he exited we would follow him to the musjid. Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari then came to us and asked us, ‘Did Abu Abur-Rahman (Abdullah Ibn Masood) come out yet?’ We said, ‘No’, so he sat with us till he emerged. We all stood up when he exited.
He (Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari) said, ‘O Abu Adur-Rahman, I just saw something which I did not recognize, and I did not see, all thanks to Allah, but good.’ He (Ibn Masood) said, ‘What is it?’ He (Abu Musa) said, ‘If you live you will see it. I saw in the musjid people sitting in circles waiting for the prayer. In each circle there is a leader, and they have stones in their hands. He (the leader) would say, ‘Say Takbir (Allahu Akbar) 100 times’, so they say Takbir 100 times. He (the leader) would then say, ‘Say Tahil (La Ilaha Illa Allah) 100 times’, so they say Tahil 100 times. He (the leader) would then say, ‘Say Tasbih (Subhana Allah) 100 times’, so they say Tasbih 100 times.
Ibn Masood said, ‘Did you not order them to count their evil deeds, and guarantee them that none of their good deeds will be lost?’ Then he and us left till we reached one of the circles. Then he (Ibn Masood) stood next to the circle and said, ‘What are you doing?’ They said, ‘O Abu Abdur-Rahamn, (these are) stones that we count our Takbir, Tahil, tasbih, and Tah’mid (Alhumdu’lillah).’
Ibn Masood said, ‘Count your evil deeds, for I guarantee that none of your good deeds will be lost. What is the matter with you, O nation of Muhammad? How soon you come to your destruction! The companions (of Muhammad) are still many, these are his clothes still not worn out and his cookware did not break yet. By whom my soul is in His Hands, you are either following a religion better than Muhammad’s or followers of a way of evil.’
They said, ‘By Allah, O Abu Abdur-Rahman, we sought only what is good.’ Ibn Masood said, ‘Many people seek good, but they do not reach it. The Messenger told us some people who read the Qur’an will not have the Qur’an leave their throats (to their hearts). By Allah I do not know if most of you are from them.’ Then he left them. Amr Ibn Salamah said, ‘We saw most of those people fighting against us, in the battle of Nahrawan with the Khawarij.’" (Tirmidhi)
Once a man sneezed in the presence of Ibn Umar and said, "Praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Messenger.’ Ibn Umar chastised the man and said, "The Prophet has only taught us to say Alhumdu’lillah." (Tirmidhi)
This shows that the Sahaba were strict on following Islam exactly like what is in the Qur'an and in the Sunnah. The Deen is complete, Allah said in the Qur'an:
"This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion" (Al-Maidah 5: 3)
We do not need to create any new method of worship into Islam. So, we can not choose to pray 6x instead of 5. We do not say to someone that they can pray extra prayers or fast on certain days that are not stated in Islam, because this is also not from the shari'ah of Islam.
Some things like using modern technology in helping the Imam, or to tell you which way Makkah is are fine, because these are not introducing anything new into Islam. Similarly we can take an airplane, car to travel during the Hajj... or stay in an air-conditioned tent in Mina, whilst doing hajj. These are just things to make life easier.
The Prophet Muhammad (s) Said: “Every Bid'ah (innovation) is misguidance and every Misguidance is in the hellfire”. (Sahih)
There is no place for "Good bid'ah". Some people from the Sufi sects created a concept called "Bid'ah hassanah". They say that they do good such as reading the entire Qur'an at grave of the dead person. They think this will benefit the dead person. - But, this is not from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. - Reading Qur'an is definitely a good thing, but is it allowed to do so in this.. new way? - No. Because, it becomes bid'ah. Similarly, some people they visit the grave of the dead every Eid. So, visiting graves normally is of course allowed, but, unfortunately, because of culture and the wrong teaching from the Ahlul Bid'ah "Imams and Shaykhs"... people think of Eid as a day when they should go and visit the dead. They make this into a habit for Eid, which is also wrong.
There is another bid'ah, an event which has no place in the Qur'an, the Sunnah, not done by the Sahaba or any Muslim in the early times of Islam. - That is the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad (s) birthday. - It is wrong to do, and that is why many Muslims do not celebrate it, including myself and even others here.
I understand that in Turkey, Morocco and other places this practice is widespread. However, many religious Muslims who are not under the shade of their cultural interpretations, acknowledge that these practices have no place in Islam.
The Prophet (s) said: Do Not over praise me as the Christians over-praised the son of Mary. I am His Slave, so say: " Allah's Slave and Messenger" (Bukhari and Muslim).
People call this day "Eid Milad al Nabawi"... And they celebrate it officially in many Muslim countries.. (Except Saudi Arabia, where it is rightly banned). - There are only 2 Eid.. and introducing a 3rd or 4th is just bid'ah .. and those who do it with knowledge, are committing Kufr.
As we can see from the ayaat in Qur'an, the hadith of the Prophet (s) and the saying of his sahaba.. doing bid'ah is evil.. There is no good bid'ah, no matter how much we might try to justify it... Islam is perfect, complete. Remember my first sentences, We show our love for the Prophet Muhammad (s) by following his Sunnah!
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: "Whoever innovates or accomodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allah, His Angels and the whole of mankind." Reported by Bukhaaree (12/41) and Muslim (9/140). These are the words of Rasul Allah (s) , and it shows just how much he hated that people introduce new things into the deen of Islam.
In another hadith:
A desert Arab came to Allah's Apostle and asked him about ablution. He demonstrated (washing each part of his body) thrice, and then said: That is (the method) of the ablution. And he who does more than this has done wrong, transgressed the limit and has oppressed (himself). [Transmitted by Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Abu Dawud transmitted something to the same effect.]
- So, the Prophet Muhammad (s) forbade people doing more than 3x. This is his teaching. We stick to it. We never do more or less, unless it is clearly legislated. If people use their own ideas, desires and flawed "logic" to make their own Islamic way, then they are going away from the way of the pure Islam. This is how the Christians and the Jews were led astray, it is also how many of the various sects are also astray.
The Prophet Muhammad (s) said:"Verily I shall proceed you to the Fountain (Al-Kawthar). Whosoever will pass by me shall drink (from it) and never get thirsty. People whom I know and who will know me will certainly come to me for drink but there will be a barrier between them and me. Then I will say, "Verily they are of me.’ It will be said, ‘You certainly do not know what bid’ah (innovation) they made after you.’ Then I shall say, "Be off those who made bid’ah after me.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)
Abdullah Ibn Masood narrated, "The Messenger of Allah (S) drew a line for us and then said, ‘This is Allah’s Straight Path.’ Then he drew lines to its right and left, then he said, ‘These are paths, upon every one of them there is a devil calling towards it.’ (Ahmad)
Then he (Muhammad (S)) recited (from the Qur’an (what means)):"Verily this is My Straight path, so follow it and follow not (other) paths, they will separate you away from His path. This He has ordained for you that you may become pious." (Al-Anam 6:153)
The Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wa salam) said>>
“The Upright (the Proper Muslims who stand for the Qur'aan and the Sunnah with the understanding of the early Muslims) in every generation will carry the knowledge, rejecting the distortion of the extremists, the false claims of the liars, and the false interpretation of the ignorant.” [Hasan ]
The Salaf would not even listen to one ayah of the Qur'aan from the people of innovation. We should do our utmost to learn our Islam from the right sources.
Ibraaheem ibn Maysarah said: "He who honours an innovator has assisted in the demolition of Islaam."
One great scholar of the Salaf, Abu Moosaa said: “That I live next to a Jew and a Christian, and monkeys and pigs, is more beloved to me than that if I were to live next to a follower of desires (i.e. deviant), who will spread disease to my heart.”
The great Sahabi, Abdullah Ibn Masud (radhiyallahu 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)
So, we must be aware of all the things that are not based on the pure Islamic teachings. We got to stick to the original Islam, and not allow cultural or other teaching to be placed into our heart. Surely, the best Islam is the one that Allah and His Rasul (s) commanded? We are not better than his own companions.. That is why we stick and follow in their footsteps. May Allah help and guide us onto the right way, and keep us and our families away from evil, amin
Wasalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi wa barakatuh