Chapter 18
Chapter 18: What Has been Said Concerning the Reason for Mankind's Disbelief and abandonment of their religion-it is Exaggerated Praise of the Righteous
Allah says: "O! you People of the Book! Commit not excesses in your religion or say of Allah anything but the truth" (4:171) "And they said: "Do not abandon your gods: Do not abandon Wadd, nor Yaghooth, or Ya'ooq, or Nasr,"and they have led many astray. And [oh, Allah!] Grant increase to the wrong-doers save error" (71:23-24)
Ibn 'Abbas said: the idols of the people fo Noah were known amoung the Arabs later on. Wadd belonged to (the tribe of) Kalb in Dawmat al-Jandal. Suwaa' belonged to Hudhayl. Taghoot belonged to Muraad, then to Bani Ghutayf in al-Jawf, near Sabaa'. Ya'ooq belonged to Hamadaan. Nasar belonged to Humayr of Aal Dhi'l-Kalaa'. These were names of righteous men from the people fo Noah when they died; the devil inspired their people to set up idols in the places where they had used to sit and to call those idols by their names. They did that but they did not worship them, but after those people died and knowledge had been forgotten, then they started to worship them. (Bukhari, 4636)
The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not extol me as the Christians extolled the son of Mary; I am no more than a slave (of Allah) and so (instead), say: Allah's slave and His Messenger." (Agreed upon)
The Messenger of Allah said: "Beware of exaggerated praise for it was only this which led those before you to destruction" (Ahmad an Nasaa'ee and Ibn Maajah, declared authentic (saheeh) by Ibn Taymeeyah and is found in As Saheehah of Al Albaanee #1283)
The Messenger of Allah said: "Destroyed are those who are extreme" and he repeated it three times" (Muslim)
Chapter 18: What Has been Said Concerning the Reason for Mankind's Disbelief and abandonment of their religion-it is Exaggerated Praise of the Righteous
Allah says: "O! you People of the Book! Commit not excesses in your religion or say of Allah anything but the truth" (4:171) "And they said: "Do not abandon your gods: Do not abandon Wadd, nor Yaghooth, or Ya'ooq, or Nasr,"and they have led many astray. And [oh, Allah!] Grant increase to the wrong-doers save error" (71:23-24)
Ibn 'Abbas said: the idols of the people fo Noah were known amoung the Arabs later on. Wadd belonged to (the tribe of) Kalb in Dawmat al-Jandal. Suwaa' belonged to Hudhayl. Taghoot belonged to Muraad, then to Bani Ghutayf in al-Jawf, near Sabaa'. Ya'ooq belonged to Hamadaan. Nasar belonged to Humayr of Aal Dhi'l-Kalaa'. These were names of righteous men from the people fo Noah when they died; the devil inspired their people to set up idols in the places where they had used to sit and to call those idols by their names. They did that but they did not worship them, but after those people died and knowledge had been forgotten, then they started to worship them. (Bukhari, 4636)
The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not extol me as the Christians extolled the son of Mary; I am no more than a slave (of Allah) and so (instead), say: Allah's slave and His Messenger." (Agreed upon)
The Messenger of Allah said: "Beware of exaggerated praise for it was only this which led those before you to destruction" (Ahmad an Nasaa'ee and Ibn Maajah, declared authentic (saheeh) by Ibn Taymeeyah and is found in As Saheehah of Al Albaanee #1283)
The Messenger of Allah said: "Destroyed are those who are extreme" and he repeated it three times" (Muslim)