Fariq Naik – Is It Permissible to Read Other Religious Scriptures

			Is it permissible to read books of
other religions? I've come across
		

			a hadith when Omar Abdullah one
was reciting the Torah and the
		

			Prophet peace be upon him, was
angry. There is a Hadith of
		

			Beloved Prophet Muhammad peace and
blessings be upon him when an alma
		

			or the Allah when he was reciting
certain manuscripts of a part of
		

			some other religion. And when he
came to our beloved Prophet
		

			Muhammad peace be upon with these
manuscripts of some other
		

			religion, our beloved Prophet
Muhammad may peace and blessings
		

			be upon him he was upset. So why
was our beloved Prophet Muhammad
		

			peace be upon upset because a
person should not use the
		

			scriptures of the other religions
as a source of guidance? Allah
		

			subhanaw taala says in the
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			Allah, Allah, that we worship
number two on Almighty God. This
		

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			doing Dawa. It shows us how to
talk to different types of people,
		

			people of different religions, and
Allah subhanaw taala. And this was
		

			he's telling us to come to common
terms with the people on the book,
		

			and how we will talk about the
commonalities if we do not, quote
		

			from their religious scriptures.
So that's the reason when an
		

			individual is quoting from the
scriptures of the other religions,
		

			it should be for the purpose of
Dawa. We should not use the
		

			scriptures of the other religions
as a source of guidance. The only
		

			source of guidance for us Muslim
that is the Glorious Quran and
		

			authentic teachings of our beloved
Prophet Muhammad, may peace and
		

			blessings be upon him. So we
should not use the scriptures as
		

			the source of guidance. And
Abdullah Prophet Muhammad peace be
		

			upon him said, Ben, leave one
Nuala I propagate even if no one
		

			was, and there is no harm in
quoting from the Scriptures, the
		

			People of the Book, from this
hadith we understand that our
		

			beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him said that there is no
		

			harm when we quote from the
scriptures of the people of the
		

			book. So if a person is a student
of knowledge, and he's involved in
		

			Dawa, and he's talking to people
of different faiths, faiths, for
		

			example, the Christian, the
Hindus, etc. So he needs to quote
		

			the scriptures when he's talking
about the commonalities. And I've
		

			given a talk on concept of God and
major world religions where I've
		

			mentioned regarding Tawheed,
wherein it is mentioned in the
		

			Hindu scriptures in the Christian
scriptures that we need to worship
		

			only one God. It is mentioned in
the Bible, that we need to worship
		

			only one God and we need to
worship Him alone. But for a lay
		

			man who's not well versed with
Islam and comparative religion,
		

			the best for him is that he refers
to the people who are an ex who
		

			are experts in the field of Islam
and comparative religion. For
		

			example, as far as Islam and
Christianity is concerned, Sheikh
		

			Ahmed Deedat, he's an expert. He
took the entire Christian dumb
		

			single handedly, the entire
Christian community, and he
		

			dialogue with them, he debated
with them. So you can refer to the
		

			material of Sheikh atma DDOT as
far as Islam and Christianity is
		

			concerned, rather than an
individual reading the Bible, and
		

			he wasting his time,
		

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			techniques of conveying the
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			related to Islam and comparative
religion. The voices from the
		

			Bible, as far as Tauheed is
concerned, the Waltz's from the
		

			Hindu scriptures as far as oneness
of Allah subhanaw taala is
		

			concerned and when we talk to the
Christian to the Hindus, quoting
		

			from their religious scriptures,
they are impressed and inshallah
		

			it will draw them closer towards
Allah subhanaw taala. All the
		

			Scripture the major world
religions, they talk about Tawheed
		

			that is oneness of Allah subhanaw
taala but we should see to it,
		

			that when we are quoting from the
scripts of the major world
		

			religions, we do not use this as a
source of guidance for us Muslims,
		

			the ultimate it is the Glorious
Quran. But many of the non
		

			Muslims, the Christians, the
Hindus did not believe the Quran
		

			to be the word of God. Therefore
we need to scope from their
		

			religious scriptures, but we
should not use their religious
		

			scriptures as a source of guidance
the only source of guidance for us
		

			Muslims, it is the Glorious Quran
and the authentic teachings of our
		

			beloved Prophet Muhammad. Peace
and blessings be upon him.