Abu Taymiyyah – part5 The four principals Qawaaid al ArbaaThe last and 4th principal
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As Sufyanathoori said 'if a tafsir comes from
wujahed then that is sufficient for you. He
mentioned that there were trees
that they used to worship.
As for Manat
there's some statements of the
Arab that
it was the daughter
of Uzza
and it was the sister of Lat.
The daughter of Uzza and the sister of
Lat
And they used to have this you know,
these 3 were like the elites
when it came to the statues that they
had.
And the hadith
Also, it shows you that worshiping stones and
things like that and what it could lead
to
and the similarity the prophet brought.
And I read out
a beautiful statement of
We left with the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
to
and we were
new to Al Islam.
Sorry
we were people that just you know had
left Kufr.
And the Mushriks they had a tree
that they used to sit around
and they used to hang there they used
to be devoted to it. Yeah. Tikaf like,
you know, when a person sits around
and and devours himself to a certain
place or a certain, you know, thing.
And they used to hang their
their wettels on these trees.
And these trees were called that and watin
And we went past another siddhar,
another tree.
Make us
a tree that they have
like the one that they have.
Make us a tree
similar to the just like they have that
one as well.
And the prophet
replied back in amazement SubhanAllah
and he came in some narrations Allahu Akbar.
And he said to them you have now
said something similar to
me just like the people of Musa
said to
Musa
Make us
a God just like they have a God
as all. So 2 things inshallah I want
to point out
and this is just like the
that
which ends any argument when it comes to
seeking
seeking blessings from
whether it is graves,
whether it is trees,
whether it is any of these things that
people today
they're great and exalt.
The first thing
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam similarized
seeking blessings from a tree.
Pay attention here, this is very very important.
The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he likened
and similarized.
Seeking blessings from a tree
to what?
The statement of the people of Musa to
Musa
make us a god just like they have
a god as well.
And that's very very important that a person
understands.
He liken them seeking blessings from a tree,
the same way the people of Musa said
to Musa
to make us a god just like they
have a god as all.
And that which the people of Musa said
to him is that bida'a, is that fisk,
is that kufr? What is it?
This is a very major
thing that one can ever fall into that
will take him out of the fold of
Islam. Disbelief
and a shirk.
And the second thing that I want to
point out is the statement of
If this is now, Ibn Khaim says,
if this is now just
hanging your weapons on a tree
and sitting around it,
spending time around it.
The same way
as taking a good besides Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
These people that were
sitting around that and what, they never used
to worship it or make Dua to it.
So, Ibn Alkaim is saying
They weren't worshiping it, were they making Dua
to it? No, all they did was they
hung their asliha their weapons
on the street
and they never used to ask anything.
They used to try and seek blessings in
order to go into war
for victory.
So by them hanging the Asliha on this
tree, they are gaining more blessings and there's
more of a chance that they're gonna win
and etcetera.
So, Ibn al Khaim Moiz is pointing out
these people that were sitting around they weren't
worshiping it, they weren't asking
these trees anything
and at the same time Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala he quoted what?
Sorry, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Similarized
it with that which
the people of Musa said to Musa Alaihi
Salam, make us a god, a deity just
like they have a god as well.
Then
he says
So he then says that how about
people sitting around, devoting
themselves
around these graves
and calling on to it
and also making Duaa these places.
What do we call this now?
Zakaria, are you with me?
Can you explain to me what I just
said?
Now before that, can you give me the
exact point that Ibn al Khaim
is mentioning here?
I didn't get that point. Okay. I'll repeat
again.
That and what? So that Sheikh Rahim Allah
Ta'ala.
The
book they've
He's trying to point out here,
these people
that went past that and what?
What were they doing?
Simon, what were they doing? They
were seeking blessing from their weapon?
Towards the tree and not get blessing. Jamil.
They used to hang their weapons on this
tree in order to get what? Blessing. Barakah.
And what did the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam liken this to?
What the people of Musa said to Musa
'make us a Lord
Make us a God just like they have
God as well.
Is that clear?
Make us a god just like they have
a god as all. So, Ibn Al Khaim
is saying
these people they weren't even making dua to
these trees
nor were they asking anything. All they did
was hang their weapons on this tree in
order to seek blessings.
So how about now?
One coming and sitting around graves, stones
and calling onto it.
If that
scenario
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam likened it
to what the people of Musa said to
him, then how about now? People coming to
graves
and not just sitting around and seeking blessings,
but they make dua to it.
Isn't that even worse?
Is that clear?
The 4th and final principle.
That the Mushriks, those who committed shirk in
our time,
they are more
worse
in their shirk than the people before.
Then he mentions why?
Because the Mushriks in the past
they used to associate partners of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala
when they didn't have any issues in the
times of ease they would commit shirk
and they would become sincere when it came
times of hardship.
As for the Mushiks in all time, the
shirk is something that remains
in the times of Araka, in the times
of ease and the time of Shiddah, the
time of hardship.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in the Quran
Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala is talking about the
Mushriq's. Once they go into the ships, they
start calling on to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
with sincerity.
And once now,
they hit the land, they hit safety,
they start committing shirk again.
And many times Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala he
mentions this
Allah mentions this.
Also Allah Subhanahu wa
Ta'ala says
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala he says
once you're
touched
with a
while you're on the sea
All your gods
and your deities that you worship
become false
except Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And once you hit safety and you hit
the land, the you know the, what you
call it, shore?
You turn away from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And
the insan,
the person, the human is someone that is
excessive in kufar. You know how we took
earlier if anything is on the scale of
fa'al
also if it's on the scale fa'ul
Here Allah said kafoor
is also someone that is excessive in kafoor.
Ibn Kathir
he mentioned regarding the aija that I just
mentioned
Everything
that you used to worship besides Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala will leave your hearts
Once you what? You are touched with the
harm when you are on the seas. Just
like
'Aklima ibn Abi Jahl' was a son of
who? Abu Jahl.
You know when the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
he
conquered Mecca,
There were some people that started running away.
Many people they entered into Islam
When you see the people they will start
entering into the religion of Islam in numbers.
Him and his group they began to run
away
because they thought Khlas the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam is going to but the reality
was that the prophet
he said
He said to them
that the same thing that Yusuf
said to his brothers
when they came to him
and they realized they were mistaken
he said to them there's no blame on
you today inshaAllah Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will
forgive you.
So the Prophet said the exact same thing
that's how soft
and gentle the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
was with these people. He could have easily
slaughtered them after they've caused so much oppression.
When he conquered Makkah
he came
in and he said to the people there
is no blame upon you today insha Allah
you enter into Al Islam Allah will forgive
you.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the Most
Merciful.
And then he came and he broke the
'asna' that were around the Kaaba.
So he ran away for the haba harib
and Farakiba Fil Bahri.
So what happened after that was he entered
up on the sea
trying to run away.
He boarded a ship and he wanted to
enter into Habasha.
Habasha like Eric Trey Ethiopia.
Fajat hoomrihun
Asif saw a very strong dangerous wind came
upon them
So the people that were there they said
to each other
Nothing will come to your benefit today
except
that you call on to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala alone.
So Ikrima said to himself the son of
Abu Jahl
If nothing is going to benefit me now
while
I'm on the sea
then nothing can come to my benefit
when I'm upon the land
except Yani Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Oh Allah, I make a promise.
Oh Allah, if you were to now save
me
from the situation that I'm in now, I'm
going to go
to prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and I'm
going to place my hands
between his hands.
So, the point is
the Qa'ida that we're trying to prove here
that Ekrimah who was the son of Hu
Abu Jahl
the lying kadab,
which is both the same meaning lying means
kadab anyway.
The Mushriks in the time of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
once they hit
the bar sorry once they hit the sea
they would make dua to Allah Subhanahu wa
ta'ala just like Ekri Meib Nabi Jahal. But
once they hit the land again and they
became safe they would go back to their
shirk. As for the people today and the
example I gave you before, Nam, you have
people around the Kaaba even in times
you know,
of ease they would call on to Awadhan
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
and there was a video going around
and some guy was recording it,
and I think a bomb hit Syria,
some place,
where a lot of the Shia was. And
you could hear them shouting what? You Ali,
you Ali, you Ali save us.
This is the time of Shiddah,
The time you are going through hardship. The
least you could do is what?
Call on to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and
come to the realization
that what you're doing is totally wrong. Shirk
Akbar.
Even in them times they are calling on
to
other than Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
That brings us now to the end of
the book.
We ask
Allah to benefit from what we heard.
I ask Allah
to
forgive my teachers and reward them, my parents,
and everyone that helped me to study this
book,
and ask Allah
to make this a Bujur and Jariyah.
We hear a lot about sadaqah and Jariyah,
continuous
charity.
Pujul and Jariyah is something that the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said.
Whoever now calls the guidance, for him is
the reward of everyone that follows him up
upon that guidance that he taught them, and
he won't take anything away from their reward.
So every person that learns and teaches and
things like that is something that even carries
on
when a person is in his grave. And
ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala if I did
make a mistake to forgive me, my kanimin
khatain for minyaminash shaitaan.
And if anyone has heard any mistake or
anyone that's watching it,
found a mistake, then please post post it
to us.
I'm gonna try and rectify inshallah
because no one here is free from mistake.
We are always going to make mistakes.
Bani Adam, the son of Adam, is