Mirza Yawar Baig – Iman bil Ghayb #03 Be careful
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Muhammad brothers and sisters we come to the
I think probably the final one of these
which
is to be careful
with how we talk about
these matters of Duaib
because all of these matters of Duaib by
definition
are the word of Allah
either expressed directly in the Quran
or expressed
through
Rasool Allah SWALLAM
in his Sunnah
Both of them are the word of Allah.
Just to give you an example,
take Isra wal Mi'raj
in the Quran,
it is one line which is
which relates to the journey from,
Makkah to Jerusalem and onwards.
And Allah
said we took our slave very clearly.
The details of it, all the details of
which we hear in,
lectures and whatnot about,
the and
and the opening of the chest of
his heart being washed and
all the rest of it, including all the
hadith related to
the journey itself, the 7 heavens, what they
saw there, and all that. All of these
are in the sunnah
of those are not in the Quran. Now
when we say our iman
Bilhayb is the condition of iman, condition of
faith, then please understand
that if somebody says that Rasool Allah did
not undertake this journey or he says that
this is does not make sense,
or they say, well, you know, this was
only,
it was it was allegorical
statement. It's not a literal statement.
He didn't go in person.
He
saw all of this in a dream.
He, you know, the the things that he
saw and so forth, these are,
well, I I don't believe in them. Now
anyone who's saying any of that, if that
person is a Muslim ceases to be a
Muslim for the simple reason that by saying
that this person is denying
the Quran
either directly
or in its meaning.
Similarly,
anyone
who speaks against or denies
any ayat of the Quran,
even if it is 1. For example,
or denies or goes against or speaks against
any ayat of the Quran.
No matter what it is,
is
for example the ayats relating to
the innocence of say the
and the fact that she had been slandered
against and that Allah
revealed
10 11th.
So to no
exonerating her from any blame
and giving,
prescribing punishment for those people who,
who tried,
their,
you know, who who tried to slander her
and so on.
All of this,
if somebody says that,
I don't believe that she was innocent, then
this person has left Islam.
Similarly
any matter which Allah has made haram,
if someone says
this is not haram it is halal,
this person has left Islam.
And vice versa, if some Allah has made
something halal and someone says this is not
halal, then this person has left Islam.
Allah
made interest
all forms of interest, interest based banking,
haram. If somebody denies that and says, no.
No. No. This is okay.
Either because
now times have changed or because we are
in a different country,
and so forth, then this person has left
Islam because they are
denying the hormat the
what Allah has made Haram they are saying
it is not Haram. Please understand this very
clearly
that even though the person who is saying
this may not be indulging in that himself
or herself. For example, a person may not
have any interest based dealings in their life.
They are not doing it, but they're saying
that it is not necessary.
It is that that interest based dealings
are permissible.
There is no problem with that. You can
do it because times have changed. Now ask
are you doing it? No. I don't do
it. I don't need it. I don't need
a loan. I'm not borrowing.
But if someone is doing that, nothing wrong.
This person has left Islam.
What Allah made for? For example, Allah made
salah for. Allah made zakat for. Allah made
Hajj for, Allah made fasting in Ramadan for.
If somebody says it is not necessary,
to pray, it is not necessary to pay
zakat. It is not necessary
to fast in Ramadan. It is not compulsory.
It is not compulsory to do Hajj
when you can when you are able to
do that, if you can afford it. If
anyone just says these things, even though they
may be paying Zakat, they may be doing
all of this. If they just say that
it is not required,
this person has left Islam. Please understand I'm
not doing fatwas here. I'm just telling you
with the principles of our being.
Anyone who denies an ayat of the Quran
has left Islam.
And that is the reason why it is
so so so clear and so important
to make sure
that not only do we stay with the
right people,
and that we
listen to the right things
because
when we,
even though you may not be doing something,
if you
say that it's okay,
then you have left Islam. Just to give
you another example, we will have said. Allah
subhanahu wa
that
intoxicants which is alhamal means
literally means
alcohol,
but
the said, this extends to any form of
intoxicant.
And then which is gambling,
and this extends to any form of gambling.
Then,
this is, you know, casting arrows for fortune
telling and all of that kind of stuff.
Allah said these are the filthiest acts from
the acts of shaitan.
So they're not merely haram, they're worse than
that.
Stay away from first, then you could stay
away from them. Lie down the floor if
you want to be successful.
Perhaps you'll be successful. Now,
if somebody
is an alcoholic and this person is drinking
alcohol and you ask him you say why
are you drinking? It is haram. And the
person says you know I am I'm this
is my weakness I am trying my best
to keep the habit I'm not able to
succeed I'm really very sorry I
I ask Allah to forgive me and so
on. But the person is actually drinking alcohol.
Believe me, that person is a sinner. That
person is committing a major sin, but the
person can look forward to forgiveness of Allah's
that if the person has not left Islam.
On the other hand, if there's another person
who said, you know, alcohol is alcohol, but,
you know, marijuana is okay.
Fentanyl is okay. Whatever. Right? Which is other
intoxicants.
If they say these are okay,
doesn't apply. The person may not be using
them themselves, but because the person is saying
that something which Allah has made haram is
okay,
this person has exited Islam. This person has
become a mortal person who left Islam. So
please be very very careful in
what you say and how you say it
because if you say the same thing,
if if you say something with believing that,
obviously, we're not saying somebody just says, you
know, lose mouth. We're saying somebody is saying
that with belief. For example, one of the
common things that we hear from time to
time, and hopefully, may Allah forgive these people.
You know, people will get,
overwhelmed in the west because we have, like,
you know, god knows how many brands of
Christianity. We have, even Judaism, which is
not as open as that, but still you
have
modern Jews, you have reformed Jews,
then of course this is not everyone is
ultra orthodox.
So people say well you know Islam also
needs reform.
Islam needs reform. Now think about it. Allah
said about Islam
Allah
said, today I have
perfected your faith. I have completed my blessing
on you, my name on you and I
have chosen Islam for you as your religion.
So Allah is saying what Allah is saying
that Islam is complete, Islam is perfect,
Islam does not need improvement, Islam does not
need change, Islam does not need upgrading,
Islam does not need anything. Islam
is complete and perfect
as it is, as it was when this
Ayat was revealed
to Rasool Allah Subhassalam. Now
therefore,
Islam does not need upgrading. Islam does not
need
improvement. Islam does not need any alteration
for any reason by anybody. But if somebody
says that Islam really we should evolve, Islam
should evolve, Islam
law should be changed.
For example, if somebody says these, Hudud punishments,
the the criminal law of Islam is brutal.
It is,
it is, very unfair.
If people say that, you know, inheritance that
is given to women, which is half of
what is given to men is unfair, it
is not just, it is unjust
and so forth.
Such statements, if they are stated with that
belief,
then these statements
take you out of Islam.
You become a non Muslim. Please understand this.
This is as serious as that when you
die you will die without Islam, and we
know what happens to that.
Please understand also that if you if you
say these things, it's not as if you're
going to grow horns and a and a
tail. Nobody will know except you and Allah,
and may Allah protect us from that. When
we face Allah, we will face him as
people who did not believe, as people who
left Islam. And that's the reason why it's
very important also to keep be careful about
the company we keep because and I want
to end with this. Rasool Allah stated very
clearly. Allah
said,
Do not sit with them
until they change the topic.
And if you do that you will also
be like them. Allah said,
Allah said
as has he has
has already revealed to you in the book
that when you hear Allah's revelations, Allah's ayat
being denied
or ridiculed
then do not sit in that company
unless
they engage in a different topic, unless they
change the topic
or else you will be like them.
Surely Allah will gather
the hypocrites and disbelievers
together in *.
So please understand, if you are in a
gathering and people start saying things like this,
that this is fair, not fair, that is
not fair, This is not right. That is
not right. Islam should evolve. We should become
rational,
meaning that Islamic belief as it is irrational.
That's the implication of using the term. As
I told you, words and meanings and these
meanings are loaded with socio political,
derivation and sociopolitical,
shadows. So
what must you do? Get up and walk.
Take use your legs. Allah gave you 2
legs. Use your legs. Go away. Don't sit
with those people. Don't sit with so don't
sit in those,
groups because if you continue to sit in
that group and they are
speaking like that and you are listening, then
you will be counted with them.
By their statements, they have left Islam. By
you are sitting there silently,
you also would be counted with them. I
don't wish that on you. I don't wish
that on myself. So if you are in
a position, stand up and deny that,
refute them. If you are not in that
position, get up and walk away. There are
no other there's no third alternative. Right? And
it doesn't matter whether those people are related
to you or not. It makes no difference.
Makes no difference. Please understand. I want to
end with this hadith of Muhammad al Salam,
which is a Sahih Hadith. He said that
the decline
and the demise and the destruction of Bani
Israel
started
when there
somebody among them would do something haram, would
say something haram, would indulge in something haram.
But the people of knowledge,
maybe the rabbis, maybe somebody else with knowledge
would
point it out to them. They would criticize
them. They would say, look, you are doing
something wrong. Right? So all good until now.
But those people doing wrong would not stop,
And now the problem starts.
And when they did not stop and they
continue to do the wrong thing,
these people of knowledge
which is the rabbis, which is the the
the other people. These people of knowledge
continue
to maintain their relationship with those people doing
wrong
because they said they are from our community,
they are from our brotherhood,
they are from our family and tribe and
so on and so forth. Different reasons
and they continued their association
with the people who were in effect denying
Allah and Rasool in their case, Musa
and Allah and Aviso Salam said that is
the beginning of their decline,
in the sight of Allah.
Don't let,
worldly
images deceive you into believing
that they are successful. They are not.
Success and failure depends on the position with
Allah.
We ask Allah to help us to be
successful which means only one thing which is
obedient to Allah in the way of Muhammad