Stop asking why!!!!

slave_of_Allah

Junior Member
Assalamu alikum my dear brothers and sisters in Islam.

I pray you are all in the best of health, eemaan, and ihsaan. Ameen. Have you ever thought about how beautiful Islam really is? And how many blessings there are within it. Alhamduillah Allah gave us Islam, but we have become so ungrateful that we forget to thank Allah on a daily basis.

Why do i see Muslims asking why?????? all the time. Why does it say such and such a thing in the Qur'an. Why is it like this? i am sure this is wrong?Etc. Never ask why, because that shows how ungrateful you are to Allah. There is a reason for everything, and Allah knows all the answers, we don't, and we don't need to know. Whatever is in the Qur'an and Sunnah is not to be questioned, but to be followed.

With Allah is all the answers, we are just here to do as He says, after all we are His servants. Trust Allah, and then you won't need to ask why. Allah only gives us what is best, but unfortuntely we are to blind to see that. Allah loves us more than we can bear, but how much do we love Him. We ask Allah why? But do we ever thank Allah for the blessings He has given us, or thank Him for putting us in difficulity - because that to is a blessing.

This is a reminnder to myself first, and then to you all. If there was anything wrong that was said, please forgive me. I pray to Allah that he purifies our hearts for Him only, and helps us to remain true to our deen. Aameen.

Wa'alikum aslaam.
 

sal12

Junior Member
Assalamu alykum,
I understand your point of view but those with low iman will naturally wonder about certain Islamic rulings. Some people may ask questions about certain issues in order to inform non-muslims if they themselves do not know the answer to a question asked. And even those with strong imaan may ask why to certain rules. In my opinion if ANYONE - Muslim, Non-Muslim - asks me a question, I'd have no problem with it. In fact the more questions they ask, the better because what's wrong with wanting a better understanding of your own religion?

Jazakllahu khair
 

Musulmanin

Junior Member
:salam2:

Do you know how many people became muslims after asking why? and why?

A lot of people!

There is logic in Islam and intelligent people do ask "why," but it does not mean that intelligent people don't pursue their interests if they don't find an answer yet.

An intelligent person also understands that even if he/she can't find answer to a question yet,they should not stop looking for one, maybe even their entire lives.

Just because we can not find an answer, it does not mean there is no answer, we should just keep searching and inshAllah we find one.

Allah knows best!
 

slave_of_Allah

Junior Member
Assalamu alikum

Jazka'Allah Khair for all the replies so far. I am very grateful, but i need to clear something up. When i say there is no need to ask why, i mean that when Allah ordains something for us, when He has told us what is right and wrong, it is not our job to ask why, but our to follow what is said in the Qur'an and sunnah. That was the point i was trying to make.

I never said you shouldn't ask questions, in regards to finding out knowledge, its good to ask yourself, why are you here, where you are going etc. But it isn't good to question the rules of Allah, because think about it, Islam is Allah's religion, and only He knows what is best for us, as Muslims, and what Allah has told us to do, we should want to do it, without asking why.

If there is anything wrong that has been said, please tell me, and do forgive me. I hope i have cleared that up, and if not please do let me know.

I ask Allah to guide us all to the truth, and keep ourselves pure for Allah. Aameen. I pray the love for Allah grows in our hearts, and we remain true to His deen. Aameen.

Wa'alikum aslaam.
 

naaad

mu'minah
Assalamu alikum

Jazka'Allah Khair for all the replies so far. I am very grateful, but i need to clear something up. When i say there is no need to ask why, i mean that when Allah ordains something for us, when He has told us what is right and wrong, it is not our job to ask why, but our to follow what is said in the Qur'an and sunnah. That was the point i was trying to make.

I never said you shouldn't ask questions, in regards to finding out knowledge, its good to ask yourself, why are you here, where you are going etc. But it isn't good to question the rules of Allah, because think about it, Islam is Allah's religion, and only He knows what is best for us, as Muslims, and what Allah has told us to do, we should want to do it, without asking why.

If there is anything wrong that has been said, please tell me, and do forgive me. I hope i have cleared that up, and if not please do let me know.

I ask Allah to guide us all to the truth, and keep ourselves pure for Allah. Aameen. I pray the love for Allah grows in our hearts, and we remain true to His deen. Aameen.

Wa'alikum aslaam.

wa alikum a salaam sis,
actually yes some people have got u wrong..i understand what u meant....
we should be thankful to ALLAH in every way and everytime, no matter, your days are going good or not.because at times Allah knows whats good for u and if he shows u dark days, there must be some good in it. here comes the role of the limited capacity a human brain has. ALLAH has given it power to think, reason and understand but man can only understand things he sees, the hidden wisdom is what he fails to understand.

seeking knowledge is very much encouraged by Islam. ALLAH have revealed to us everything that we must know. but there are things which are, none of human beings business, those things he must not interfere in.
human being's knowledge is equal to a drop in the ocean, Allah's knowledge being the entire ocean and more. HE is the All- Knowing.

Nevertheles, ISLAM constitutes of all good things- good for a peacful life on earth....We must all obey the commands of ALLAH, all that HE has taught us through HIS book and the Prophets (Peace and blessings be upon them)....

May ALLAH bless our lives and forgive our sins.......
 

al-Khansaa

وَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ
:salam2:

Aameen to all the ad'iyah.

[Sister?] Slave of Allaah, I understand what you meant.

Yes- asking questions is good, after all a question is half of the answer.

But it is the excessive questioning that we are warned about, which becomes a danger to our faith.


It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah :saw2: said: Men will continue to question one another till this is propounded: Allah created all things but who created Allah? He who found himself confronted with such a situation should say: I affirm my faith in Allah.



It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah :saw2:eek:bserved: The Satan comes to everyone of you and says: Who created this and that? till he questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to that, one should seek refuge in Allah and keep away (from such idle thoughts).
(Sahih Muslim)

wAllaahu a'alam

Wassalaam
 

al-Khansaa

وَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ
If something is true, no amount of questioning, however excessive, will be a danger to it.


I agree. No amount of questioning can change the truth, let alone be a danger to it.

"Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the creator of human intelligence." - anonymous


What one may see as blind faith, another will see as the truth.
 

slave_of_Allah

Junior Member
Assalamu alikum to you all

I pray each one of you is well. Jazka'Allah Khair for the replies. I am very grateful. Alhamduillah some of you understood my point. The reason for why i posted this thread was because i see my dear Muslim brothers and sisters asking why? unecessarily
That was the point i was trying to make. I never said, or think you shouldn't ask questions, because if you don't know something it is better to ask a knowledgeable person about the matter.

I am sorry if i sounded unclear - but i hope i have cleared everything up, if not then your more than welcome to tell me. I wouldn't mind, in fact i would be grateful. If i have upset anyone, or said something wrong, let me know, and please forgive me. I pray Allah continues to guide us, protect us, and showers His mercy upon our souls. Aameen.

I love you all for Allah's sake. Keep praying to Allah - for surely He will answer you. And remember this, you are never walking alone - Allah is with you all the way.

Wa'alikum aslaam.
 

farhopes

No God but Allah
Assalamo alikom

There are two distinct and separate points being discussed here. The original post, as I understood it, is suggesting that asking why may put a believer in the same league as Satan. Satan asked God why he is required to prostrate himself to Adam. He found that to be unacceptable. Satan even came up with what he thought was a good reason not to obey God's command. He said, "I am better than him! You created me out of fire and created him out of mud!" (7:12) Satan was asking why he would have to honor a creature whom he believed was inferior to him. That's the first point which I believe is the intent of the original post: that deciding not to follow a commandment of God by asking why it was given and not getting a satisfactory answer, that decision is a sin. In fact, it is such a cardinal sin that it earned Satan an eternal curse.

That is a completely different issue from asking why in order to understand the wisdom of a commandment or verdict, but following it nonetheless. The word Islam means surrender to the will of God. First, you you read and reflect on the Quran and once you are convinced of its truth, you follow God's commandments without arguing because you believe their authenticity and authority.

Our good ancestors, may God have been pleased with them, asked why all the time. Not to argue with God or find an excuse to neglect a commandment, but to understand the wisdom of the laws as much as possible. That understanding comes in handy later on when new juristic issues come to the fore and need a verdict. This is what is called in the science of foundations of deduction (Usool-ul-Fiqh) Qiyaas (deduction by analogy).

It is quite legitimate to ask why God, for example, mandates fasting in Ramadhaan. After hearing all the rationales offered by the scholars and not liking what he heard, a Muslim is still required to fast. A Muslim who decides not to fast because he is not convinced of the wisdom of fasting is a sinner.

On the flip side, a Muslim who blindly follows his culture thinking that what other people do is part of Islam also risks being a sinner if what he does actually turns out to be against Islamic teachings. For example, many Muslims visit the tombs of pious ancestors (Al-Awliyaa') and pray to them asking for a cure to their illness or a reconciliation of their marriage, etc. Such an action is a serious sin bordering on the ultimate sin of shirk (Associating others in the worship of God). Just because his peers do it all the time does not make it right. Asking why in this case is highly recommended.


Jazak Allah Khairan for your clarification, noble brother.

The forum needs you and all our knowledgeable and wise brothers and sisters to be always here these days as we have a new member asking a lot of why. It seems that if she gets logic answers for all her questions, she will be convinced that Islam is the true religion that should be followed by all humanity.

I do pray that Allah guides her and all those who faithfully seek for the truth.
 

stiks

Amatur-Rahman
There are two distinct and separate points being discussed here. The original post, as I understood it, is suggesting that asking why may put a believer in the same league as Satan. Satan asked God why he is required to prostrate himself to Adam. He found that to be unacceptable. Satan even came up with what he thought was a good reason not to obey God's command. He said, "I am better than him! You created me out of fire and created him out of mud!" (7:12) Satan was asking why he would have to honor a creature whom he believed was inferior to him. That's the first point which I believe is the intent of the original post: that deciding not to follow a commandment of God by asking why it was given and not getting a satisfactory answer, that decision is a sin. In fact, it is such a cardinal sin that it earned Satan an eternal curse.

That is a completely different issue from asking why in order to understand the wisdom of a commandment or verdict, but following it nonetheless. The word Islam means surrender to the will of God. First, you you read and reflect on the Quran and once you are convinced of its truth, you follow God's commandments without arguing because you believe their authenticity and authority.

Our good ancestors, may God have been pleased with them, asked why all the time. Not to argue with God or find an excuse to neglect a commandment, but to understand the wisdom of the laws as much as possible. That understanding comes in handy later on when new juristic issues come to the fore and need a verdict. This is what is called in the science of foundations of deduction (Usool-ul-Fiqh) Qiyaas (deduction by analogy).

It is quite legitimate to ask why God, for example, mandates fasting in Ramadhaan. After hearing all the rationales offered by the scholars and not liking what he heard, a Muslim is still required to fast. A Muslim who decides not to fast because he is not convinced of the wisdom of fasting is a sinner.

On the flip side, a Muslim who blindly follows his culture thinking that what other people do is part of Islam also risks being a sinner if what he does actually turns out to be against Islamic teachings. For example, many Muslims visit the tombs of pious ancestors (Al-Awliyaa') and pray to them asking for a cure to their illness or a reconciliation of their marriage, etc. Such an action is a serious sin bordering on the ultimate sin of shirk (Associating others in the worship of God). Just because his peers do it all the time does not make it right. Asking why in this case is highly recommended.


:salam2:

sounds about right to me. jazakallaukhayran for thr good examples.:ma:
 

hassana elkoussi

Junior Member
Very wise of you. It is very close to my own thinking, except that I worry not that what I do might be against some sort of 'teachings', but rather, whether what I do might be against what either the Most High God or my personal patron diety want. The reason for this is: How do I know that any teachings, whether they be in the bible, or any other book, are actually the word of God, and not made up by a man who told lies? I can't know that. Neither can anyone else.

I'm afraid I disagree with you,sis. Each and everyone of us needs a higher Power to resort to, If you're that sceptical, you'll have no deity but your "self" to resort to and any human self is limited - limited in mind and insight and even prone to faults and sins. To minimize this scepticism , i recommend reading 2 or 3 "Holy Books" and comparing them. Whichever gives you the answers to ALL your questions CANNOT be man made. But as long as you've become an active member of this Islamic forum, plz include the Holy Quran in your comparison just to help you understand how we think . Go for it, we all have to seek the truth.
 

Hard Rock Moslem

I'm your brother
Assalamu alikum to you all

I pray each one of you is well. Jazka'Allah Khair for the replies. I am very grateful. Alhamduillah some of you understood my point. The reason for why i posted this thread was because i see my dear Muslim brothers and sisters asking why? unecessarily
That was the point i was trying to make. I never said, or think you shouldn't ask questions, because if you don't know something it is better to ask a knowledgeable person about the matter.

I am sorry if i sounded unclear - but i hope i have cleared everything up, if not then your more than welcome to tell me. I wouldn't mind, in fact i would be grateful. If i have upset anyone, or said something wrong, let me know, and please forgive me. I pray Allah continues to guide us, protect us, and showers His mercy upon our souls. Aameen.

I love you all for Allah's sake. Keep praying to Allah - for surely He will answer you. And remember this, you are never walking alone - Allah is with you all the way.

Wa'alikum aslaam.

This is good discussion. For new reverts, they have to ask a lot of questions to strengthen their imaan. Likewise for born muslim but previously lost their way. For those muslim claim to be in good shape of imaan, you still need to know a lot of things, no one is perfect in term of knowledge except The Messenger of Allah (may blessing and peace be upon him).

But I understood your point. Asking question for better understanding of certain things should be permissible but questioning (in other word disputing / challenging) especially something which is already part of your imaan is really unnecessary.
 

nyerekareem

abdur-rahman
:salam2:

islam is a religion that encourages us to think. islam is the religion of logic. we have to consider that not everyone born into the islamic faith or people that have embraced islam were born a shaykh or became a scholar overnight. we are encouraged to gain ilm ( knowledge ). insha'allah the questions that we have will be answered and even deepen our iman. yes, people do have questions that fall in the realm of al qadar such as why has so and so died? or why can't i find a wife? these are issues where we have to rely on ALLAH SWT no matter what. but if people have a real serious question about an islamic topic; there's nothing wrong with that.
:wasalam:
 

Prosperous

asthagfirullah
:salam2:
dear slave-of-allah, i clearly understand ur point insha allah.
we are alws allowed and more than welcome to ask questions for seeking knowledge in islam.to know wats good and bad,and why things are done in this way and not that way,if a person wants to know then they must ask as to clear any doubt in heart as islam's heart are only filled with iman.
about the not asking why,its only not to ask why to show arrogance and challange god when he orders us to follow or do a thing,all bcox we cannot understand why he has orderd to do that,does not mean we do not have to do it.all ccox our intelligence is so limited.we must follow his orders without dispute as he is superior to us,our creator,sustainer and knows wats best for us and thats wat we beleive.and we surrender to him.u must follow wat ever u r orderd.thn use the brain allah u gave to undrstand y and wats the advantages and reason behind,as u know everyhtng is for good untill u know the reason.but never ever hessitate cox u do know for sure that is the best way.as for the things our intelligence is limited to undrstand, we do know and beleive that our intelligence is just somthng god gave us and is LIMITED.and beleiving in "ghaib" is one of the pillar of islam faith.
any one with strong iman knows allah is his creator and the creator knows wats best for the thing he created,so the real thing is not just asking"why" but be too arrogant to obey sincerly to ur own creator cox of arrogance.ans ask why u have to do it.and only do whn u knw the reason only.we muslims surrnder to our creator,owner of everythng and we are inferior to him, so ther is no place to ask why in order to refuse it whn we are orderd to do somtng.but rather obey and seek the other why,the reason behind it,as u know from ur heart ther is only a good reason."why===asked in showing disbeleiving and refuse" and "why===after beleiving(u know its true weathr u r nevr abl to understand) and trying to understand the actual reason" are totally different from my point of view.and the case depends on how much iman and trust u have in ur god
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as for sephithol, u told u will not do anythng unless ur god's order is also cleared to u means u have no trust in ur god,cox u doubt he may order u somthng unsensible and not gud for u,but us..we know that impossible.our god(allah) knows wats best for us.hope u undrstand the differenc.
wassalam.
 

Almeftah

Junior Member
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

dear slave of allah, You cant do something in a perfect way unless you know all about it, And almost everything you do out of ignorence will be incomplete.

Thats why we need to ask about almost everything in order to get things right and to be able to warship Allah if not in a perfect way, well we can always try to reach it and for that Allah will reward us for just trying to please him.

But there are things we werent meant to know at all, And no matter what we do we cant know about them.. So it would be wrong to go against the will of Allah and keep digging and digging about things we should know about..

may Allah grant us knowledge and guide us all to what He pleases.
 

Almeftah

Junior Member
Slaves dont question their human masters or ask for explanations, So how can we question Allah and ask for explanations!!?!?!?
 

mezeren

Junior Member
wisdom behind the ‘prostrating before Adam’

I find it very disturbing that in your beliefs, God would ask the angels or the devil to bow down to man. I would find it equally disturbing if he asked man to bow down to the angels. Let me tell you what manner of person I am, I have no wish to bow down to others. Nor do I wish others to bow down to me, or to anyone else. I like to think that I am a far better person than that! Also, I require anything that I would call 'God' to meet much higher standards, than requiring one thinking being to bow down before another.

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:salam2:

In the All-Wise Qur’an are numerous minor events behind which are concealed universal principles, and which are shown as the tips of general laws. For example,
He taught Adam the Names, all of them. 4Qur’an, 2:31.

This is the ‘teaching of the Names,’ which was a miracle of Adam before the angels because of his ability to be God’s vicegerent on earth, and was a minor event. But it forms the tip of a universal principle which is as follows: it was the teaching, due to man’s comprehensive disposition, of countless sciences, and numerous all-embracing branches of knowledge about the universe, and extensive learning about the Creator’s attributes and qualities, which afforded man superiority over not only the angels but also the heavens and earth and mountains in the question of the bearing of the Supreme Trust. And like the Qur’an states that through his comprehensive disposition, man is God’s spiritual vicegerent on earth, so the minor event in the Unseen of the angels prostrating before Adam and Satan not prostrating is the tip of a broad and universal observed principle; these hint at a extensive truth which is as follows:

Through mentioning the angels’ obedience and submission before the person of Adam, and Satan’s pride and refusal, the Qur’an makes understood that most of the physical beings in the universe and their representatives and appointed beings are subjugated to man, and that man’s senses are predisposed and amenable to benefiting from all of them. And pointing out what a fearsome enemy and serious obstacle in the path of man’s progress are evil matter and its representatives and evil inhabitants, which corrupt man’s nature and drive him down wrong paths, the Qur’an of Miraculous Exposition, while speaking of a minor matter with Adam (Peace be upon him), converses in elevated fashion with the whole universe and all mankind.
 

mezeren

Junior Member
It may be arrogance, but without such explanation, I have no way of knowing that I am actually doing the will of God, and not another man, or a hallucination, or the devil. And neither do you, regardless of what you claim.

Also, why, in your opinion, is God so worried about people doing what he says, regardless of how wrong or foolish it might seem, without explanation? One would think that the real God would have a little more confidence in himself than that!

Asking questions is not arrogance and is encouraged in islam.Rather,not accepting and bowing down the truth after hearing solid evidence is arrogance.

Allah does not need our obedience or worships.He is the most mercifull for his creations.This life is a test and Allah wants all of us to pass it and enter paradise.
 

IbnAdam77

Travelling towards my grave.
peace be upon you septithol

We all are created with brains by which we have got the ability to think. This is how human are different from animals. If we try to find truth from evil, we have to use the one I mentioned before. Without using it and talking blindly will not help us to find the truth. From your posts, I found that you want to find truth which you believe is difficult to find. However, my sister in humanity, it is much easier than we think. God has never left us in darkness after creation.

Inorder to find truth from falsehood, we need to compare everything that we think to be truth. When it comes to faith or religion, we need to compare the books of each faith or religion. From that, we will be able to know what makes sense and what does not. Also words of which book gets true when time passes.

Do you believe that a person who lived 1425 odd years ago will know about fingerprint by his own research?

Do you believe a person who lived 1425 odd years ago will know about the reality of darkness in the ocean (deep ones where divers also cannot go) by his own research?

Do you believe a person who lived 1425 odd years ago will know about the reality of Universe and Stars?

Think think think. There are many and many examples like this that you will see if you read the translation of Quran. So I invite you to read the book of Islam and books of other religions too. Then compare and see for youself what makes sense and what does not.

The most important thing is to have an open mind. Study Bible in that state. Study Veda and Bhagwat Gheeta also if you wish. After or before that, study Quran in that state. Closed minds will not benefit from books. Only open minds will.

Forgive me if my words are offensive. Its not my intention.

ur brother in humanity
IbnAdam
 

mezeren

Junior Member
I agree with this, if you are given evidence of a truth, and still refuse after that, to accept the truth, then you are a very foolish and stubborn person. However, I require very high standards of evidence for some things. The mere fact that something may be written in a book, regardless of how highly some people regard the book, is not, in and of itself, evidence for me. Anything can be written in a book. Stephen King (an American author of horror fiction) has written books about such things as monsters that live underground and eat children, and haunted cars that cause monsters to appear. Obviously, such things do not exist simply because they are written in Stephen King's book!

I have told you that I am the sort of person who does not wish to bow down to others, nor let others bow down to me. I am also the sort of person, who would give up my soul, before giving up my mind and conscience. Althought the mind and conscience, and the soul are actually one and the same thing, so that you cannot give up the first without giving up the second. This being the case, to my way of thinking, if you give up your mind and conscience, your soul is first worthless, and then lost!

I suppose it is ultimately true, that if you give up your own mind, conscience, and judgement, to that of a particular god who demanded you give it up, you will most certainly find yourself with that particular god after death. But why would you WANT to be with a god like that, a cruel god who acts like a slave owner and demands you give up your own mind and conscience?

:salam2:

To be held responsible for your actions in islam;you have to be an adult and sane person.An insane person can not be punished for that reason.in islam,you use your mind,brain,intellect etc. to reach the truth.You always ask questions to find the true way,perfect way,the true religion.The aim of the questions is to find the truth.When you find the truth and believe that it is the only correct way without a doubt,and when you are 100 %
sure,what you have to do is to follow it.

Do you stop questioning after that?NO...But the nature of questioning changes after you submit to the truth.Before,it was to find the right path,to find which God to believe which book to follow,after,it was like,ok. i know and believe what,let's say, Quran teaches us is correct but what is the wisdom behind it?

The more you learn about islam as a muslim,the more your faith gets stronger.

For muslims,non muslims and non believers,there are three great introducers which tell about our Creator that are the universe,the Holly Quran and the Noble Prophet of Allah(s.a.s).i recommend you study them.
 
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