Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 39 of 1251
Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (37) | Attention to the effects between preaching and polytheism
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The concern regarding historical relics, between taking heed and falling into shirk.
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Today, nations pay extraordinary attention to the relics of past civilizations.
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They exalt them, preserve them, and turn them into destinations for tourism and visitation.
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They dedicate museums to them.
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UNESCO, an agency of the United Nations, classifies...
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...many of the relics and regions of past nations as World Heritage sites,
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...which are protected by what is termed international law.
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So, what is the correct stance regarding these relics?
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First, one must know that Allah the Exalted only related to us the accounts of the nations that came before,
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...and left behind the remains of some of them,
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...so that we might take heed,
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...that we might not disobey Allah or deny the messengers,
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...as those nations did.
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Allah the Exalted said:
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And Allah the Exalted said regarding the people of Salih when they plotted to hamstring the she-camel:
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So the consequence of their plot was that We destroyed them and their people, all together.
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“See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.” (27:52)
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“See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.” (27:52)
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And Allah the Exalted said to Pharaoh at the time of his destruction:
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“But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayst be a portent for those after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our portents.” (10:92)
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“But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayst be a portent for those after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our portents.” (10:92)
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As for taking these houses, dwellings, and relics as places for visitation and tourism for entertainment,
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...that is the hallmark of the heedless,
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...and those who do not take lessons from events.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed by the dwellings of the people of Salih during the expedition of Tabuk, accompanied by his Companions.
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He said to them: "Do not enter the dwellings of those who wronged themselves,
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...unless you are weeping, lest what befell them befall you."
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Agreed upon.
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In a narration by al-Bukhari at the end of the hadith:
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Then he covered his head and quickened his pace until he had crossed the valley.
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As for those relics that serve as a pretext for shirk,
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...such as many of the remaining idols, shrines, and venerated graves,
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...and the mausoleums and sites of visitation that are currently all used as a means for shirk against Allah the Exalted,
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...the duty is not to celebrate them,
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...but rather to remove and destroy them to block the path to shirk.
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Let us follow in this the example of the Prophet of Allah, Ibrahim, peace be upon him,
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...whom Allah made an Ummah and commanded us to follow.
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Allah the Exalted said:
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Then He said thereafter:
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Then He said thereafter:
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And Ibrahim, peace be upon him,
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...when he saw his people worshipping idols,
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...he smashed them and reduced them to fragments,
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...meaning small pieces.
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Leveling graves and smashing idols
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...is what the Messenger, peace be upon him, commanded his Companions to do.
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For 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said to Abu al-Hayyaj al-Asadi:
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"Shall I not send you on the same mission that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent me on?
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Do not leave any image without effacing it,
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...and do not leave any raised grave without leveling it."
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Narrated by Muslim, Abu Dawud, Ahmad, and others.
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It is the duty of the callers to Islam
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...to denounce the celebration of idols and relics,
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...and to warn the Muslims of the danger of this.
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Even if some object,
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...and even if the so-called international community makes an uproar in rejection of this,
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...there is no silence or tolerance, not even a little, in matters of shirk.
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Something similar occurred at the beginning of this Gregorian century,
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...when the Taliban movement ruled Afghanistan for the first time.
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They blew up the massive idols carved into the mountains at that time.
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The world rose up against them and did not settle.
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The United Nations condemned it severely.
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But when a delegation of Muslim scholars went there to investigate the matter,
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...and the Taliban movement showed them that these idols
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...were truly being worshipped instead of Allah by the common people,
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...and that they were seeking needs from them,
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...and hanging amulets on the trees near them,
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...at that point, the scholars did not denounce them,
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...and they supported their action.
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We only denounce the celebration of idols
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...because they are a pretext for shirk, as we have previously stated,
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...and for other reasons, such as:
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First, that worship is not limited to bowing, prostrating, and supplication.
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Exalting what ought to be despised is a form of worship.
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And is placing idols in museums anything other than celebrating and exalting them?
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Second:
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Even if we concede that these statues are human heritage,
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...not every heritage is to be respected and exalted.
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Did the disbelievers worship their idols
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...except because they were a heritage left behind by their fathers and forefathers?
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So they exalted them and worshipped them.
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Third:
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Exalting the means of shirk and the relics of perished nations
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...is an encouragement to visit them and engage in tourism there.
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We have been forbidden from entering the places of those who were punished,
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...and we have been commanded, if we are forced to enter them,
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...to pass through them weeping and hastening,
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...for fear that what befell them might befall us,
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...as we have previously stated from the words of the Messenger, peace be upon him.
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Fourth and finally:
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We say to those who insist on exalting this heritage,
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...and claim that it is a civilized act:
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Are you more knowledgeable, or is our Messenger, peace be upon him?
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When he sent 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, to destroy all of that.
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If they persist in this,
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...and label the failure to celebrate these relics
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...as cultural backwardness and rigid thinking,
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...and insist on imitating the West in this,
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...we refer them to what Austria did
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...when it demolished Hitler's house
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...in July 2016.
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They justified this
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...by saying that the far-right had taken it as a shrine that inspired their ideas.
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So, is Austria Wahhabi or terrorist?
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Likewise, the Italians demolished Mussolini's house,
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...as a means to combat right-wing extremism and its manifestations.
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Are Muslims not more entitled to hold fast to the laws of their religion,
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...to destroy the pretexts of shirk, and to comply with the command of their Prophet?
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O Allah, guide the Ummah of Islam,
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...and remove from it the state of alienation it has fallen into,
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...which has reached the point where some take pride in their affiliation with the Jahiliyyah of their ancient ancestors,
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...as some Egyptians do by calling themselves Pharaohs,
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...and they take pride in their civilization,
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...even though Pharaoh was one of the greatest tyrants of the world.
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And just as some Palestinians take pride in being affiliated with the 'Amaliq (Amalekites) or 'Ad,
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...and say, "We are the people of the giants,"
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...referring to those whom the Children of Israel spoke of to Musa, peace be upon him,
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...when they were commanded to enter the Holy Land.
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“They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22)
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“They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22)
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“They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).” (5:22)