بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
قَالَ إِنِّي عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ـ رضى الله عنها
إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْهُ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِيهَا ذِكْرُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ حَتَّى إِذَا ثَابَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ نَزَلَ الْحَلاَلُ وَالْحَرَامُ، وَلَوْ نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ لاَ تَشْرَبُوا الْخَمْرَ. لَقَالُوا لاَ نَدَعُ الْخَمْرَ أَبَدًا. وَلَوْ نَزَلَ. لاَ تَزْنُوا. لَقَالُوا لاَ نَدَعُ الزِّنَا أَبَدًا.
Narrated Yusuf bin Mahk:
Aisha(RA), the mother of the Believers said:
(Be informed) that the first thing that was revealed thereof was a Sura from Al-Mufassal, and in it was mentioned Paradise and the Fire. When the people embraced Islam, the Verses regarding legal and illegal things were revealed. If the first thing to be revealed was: 'Do not drink alcoholic drinks.' people would have said, 'We will never leave alcoholic drinks,' and if there had been revealed, 'Do not commit illegal sexual intercourse, 'they would have said, 'We will never give up illegal sexual intercourse.'
Sahih al-Bukhari 4993
Why is learning and protecting Aqeedah ( Creed) very important ?
2 April 2014 at 19:49
When Ibn Taymiyah saw the Muslims in Baghdad becoming victims of wrong belief and realised that bad rituals were inserted in the customs of Muslims, he sat after Asar and by Magrib he wrote a book AL AQEEDATUL WASITIYA , one of the finest book on aqeedah. It was not the huge army of the Mongols of his time, that caused him to go to jail but the innovators drew plans and caused the learned Shaikh to go to jail. He did not mind.
When Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab saw that biddah was being upgraded into shirk in the land of Arabia he not only wrote a book on aqeedah KITABUT TAUHID but took help of the military to fight spiritual corruption. He succeeded. The enemity goes on till today . The people who stress for correct Aqeedah are abused as Wahabis. Shaikh Salem al Amry (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC7B8655C3C8ABC44) given around 100 episodes on Peace Tv explaining the book of Mohammed Ibn Wahab. Watch it on You tube. DR Zubair Idris has given a series of audio talks on aqeedah www.farhathashmi.com.
Shah Ismail was also a warrior and the author of the famous book that took innovating sufis aggresively,Taqwiyatul Imaan ( The strengthening of the Faith ) . This book teaches aqeedah.
Many prominent salaf scholars had to go to jail and suffered at the hands of the authorities . Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal and Imam Malik are the prominent examples of authoritarian atrocities due to their stand. When Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal was arrested and being taken to the khalifa ( who too was victim of deviated belief ) an unlettered shepherd stopped his caravan and looked up at the Imamm with a hope in his eyes and said : Yaa Shaikh ! We trust you. You are an Imam of truthful teachings. Dont give up to the hardhships and pressure of the authority. We look up to you as our Teacher. The biography of Imam Hanbal says that the Imam felt motivated by the shepherd's request.
Scholars of all age have warned and cautioned the ummah of the threats to aqeedah. They have sacrificed their status, family, life and wealth to protect the ummah from getting the Imaan corrupted. The previous scholars have died but their works continue to be honourably circulated among the students of deen in thousands of Madaras and Islamic institutions and gatherings.
These threats come in various forms. It can be in the form of a Relgious ritual when people listen an awesome orator or read a religous book and get carried away by the narrations of fabricated hadith and fantasy tales of miracles. The Qur'an says in Surah Baqarah : Wa minnanasi mayyu'jiboka qauluhu... and among the men is one who mesmerises you with his speech. So be careful whom you hear and what you read regarding deen.
It can invade in the form of movements that initially appears very rosy and Islamic whereas the hidden agendas of the originators remains un noticed by the masses. The best example can be of " The Islamic revolution of Iran ". Dr Bilal Philips has written a very good book on it " The Mirage in Iran ".
Many social customs and entertainment too insert innovation in the creed. It can initiate in a wedding or burial where over enthusiatic particpants outbrust their emotions via culture borrowed from other " Isms". It can come in the form of Harry Potters where Black magic is glossifed and glamourised. It can be in getting over whelmed by fantasy characters like Superman, Bat man and Alladin's magic lamp.
Threats to Aqeedah has loomed at the Ummah during every hijri year. It gives you a wrong understanding of the concept of Allah. While you may still worship Allah yet your understanding of Allah gets mixed up like how it happened to the previous people. The best way is to stick to already senior scholars who speak on Aqeedah and Manhaj instead of trying the new crop of sparkling orators.
The Qur'an rigthly informs in Surah al An'am, ch 6, verse 82 : Those who have believed and have not corrupted their faith with zulm are the ones who are secured and the ones who are on guidance. The Sahaba inquired from the Prophet (pbuh ) regarding the term Zulm in this ayat and quoting a verse from Surah Luqman he expalined that it is " shirk" . So corrupting of Iman can lead to shirk too hence it is dangerous to take it lightly.
Here is a nice Aqeedah book for kids http://www.hamaraybachchay.com/aqeedah-e-book/
Author Nisaar Nadiadwala can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/notes/nisaar-y-nadiadwala/why-is-learning-and-protecting-aqeedah-creed-very-important-/677658498958938
قَالَ إِنِّي عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ـ رضى الله عنها
إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْهُ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِيهَا ذِكْرُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ حَتَّى إِذَا ثَابَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ نَزَلَ الْحَلاَلُ وَالْحَرَامُ، وَلَوْ نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ لاَ تَشْرَبُوا الْخَمْرَ. لَقَالُوا لاَ نَدَعُ الْخَمْرَ أَبَدًا. وَلَوْ نَزَلَ. لاَ تَزْنُوا. لَقَالُوا لاَ نَدَعُ الزِّنَا أَبَدًا.
Narrated Yusuf bin Mahk:
Aisha(RA), the mother of the Believers said:
(Be informed) that the first thing that was revealed thereof was a Sura from Al-Mufassal, and in it was mentioned Paradise and the Fire. When the people embraced Islam, the Verses regarding legal and illegal things were revealed. If the first thing to be revealed was: 'Do not drink alcoholic drinks.' people would have said, 'We will never leave alcoholic drinks,' and if there had been revealed, 'Do not commit illegal sexual intercourse, 'they would have said, 'We will never give up illegal sexual intercourse.'
Sahih al-Bukhari 4993
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ، - وَكَانَ ثِقَةً - عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَنَحْنُ فِتْيَانٌ حَزَاوِرَةٌ فَتَعَلَّمْنَا الإِيمَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَازْدَدْنَا بِهِ إِيمَانًا " .
It was narrated that Jundub bin 'Abdullah said:
"We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and we were strong youths, so we learned faith before we learned Qur'an. Then we learned Qur'an and our faith increased thereby."
Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith:64 Grade: Sahih
Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith:64 Grade: Sahih
Why is learning and protecting Aqeedah ( Creed) very important ?
2 April 2014 at 19:49
When Ibn Taymiyah saw the Muslims in Baghdad becoming victims of wrong belief and realised that bad rituals were inserted in the customs of Muslims, he sat after Asar and by Magrib he wrote a book AL AQEEDATUL WASITIYA , one of the finest book on aqeedah. It was not the huge army of the Mongols of his time, that caused him to go to jail but the innovators drew plans and caused the learned Shaikh to go to jail. He did not mind.
When Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab saw that biddah was being upgraded into shirk in the land of Arabia he not only wrote a book on aqeedah KITABUT TAUHID but took help of the military to fight spiritual corruption. He succeeded. The enemity goes on till today . The people who stress for correct Aqeedah are abused as Wahabis. Shaikh Salem al Amry (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC7B8655C3C8ABC44) given around 100 episodes on Peace Tv explaining the book of Mohammed Ibn Wahab. Watch it on You tube. DR Zubair Idris has given a series of audio talks on aqeedah www.farhathashmi.com.
Shah Ismail was also a warrior and the author of the famous book that took innovating sufis aggresively,Taqwiyatul Imaan ( The strengthening of the Faith ) . This book teaches aqeedah.
Many prominent salaf scholars had to go to jail and suffered at the hands of the authorities . Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal and Imam Malik are the prominent examples of authoritarian atrocities due to their stand. When Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal was arrested and being taken to the khalifa ( who too was victim of deviated belief ) an unlettered shepherd stopped his caravan and looked up at the Imamm with a hope in his eyes and said : Yaa Shaikh ! We trust you. You are an Imam of truthful teachings. Dont give up to the hardhships and pressure of the authority. We look up to you as our Teacher. The biography of Imam Hanbal says that the Imam felt motivated by the shepherd's request.
Scholars of all age have warned and cautioned the ummah of the threats to aqeedah. They have sacrificed their status, family, life and wealth to protect the ummah from getting the Imaan corrupted. The previous scholars have died but their works continue to be honourably circulated among the students of deen in thousands of Madaras and Islamic institutions and gatherings.
These threats come in various forms. It can be in the form of a Relgious ritual when people listen an awesome orator or read a religous book and get carried away by the narrations of fabricated hadith and fantasy tales of miracles. The Qur'an says in Surah Baqarah : Wa minnanasi mayyu'jiboka qauluhu... and among the men is one who mesmerises you with his speech. So be careful whom you hear and what you read regarding deen.
It can invade in the form of movements that initially appears very rosy and Islamic whereas the hidden agendas of the originators remains un noticed by the masses. The best example can be of " The Islamic revolution of Iran ". Dr Bilal Philips has written a very good book on it " The Mirage in Iran ".
Many social customs and entertainment too insert innovation in the creed. It can initiate in a wedding or burial where over enthusiatic particpants outbrust their emotions via culture borrowed from other " Isms". It can come in the form of Harry Potters where Black magic is glossifed and glamourised. It can be in getting over whelmed by fantasy characters like Superman, Bat man and Alladin's magic lamp.
Threats to Aqeedah has loomed at the Ummah during every hijri year. It gives you a wrong understanding of the concept of Allah. While you may still worship Allah yet your understanding of Allah gets mixed up like how it happened to the previous people. The best way is to stick to already senior scholars who speak on Aqeedah and Manhaj instead of trying the new crop of sparkling orators.
The Qur'an rigthly informs in Surah al An'am, ch 6, verse 82 : Those who have believed and have not corrupted their faith with zulm are the ones who are secured and the ones who are on guidance. The Sahaba inquired from the Prophet (pbuh ) regarding the term Zulm in this ayat and quoting a verse from Surah Luqman he expalined that it is " shirk" . So corrupting of Iman can lead to shirk too hence it is dangerous to take it lightly.
Here is a nice Aqeedah book for kids http://www.hamaraybachchay.com/aqeedah-e-book/
Author Nisaar Nadiadwala can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/notes/nisaar-y-nadiadwala/why-is-learning-and-protecting-aqeedah-creed-very-important-/677658498958938
It was narrated that Jundub bin 'Abdullah said:
"We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and we were strong youths, so we learned
faith before we learned Qur'an. Then we learned Qur'an and our faith
increased thereby."
Sahih (Darussalam) http://sunnah.com/urn/1250610
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