Personalities, - Blessed Genealogy of Sayedna Ghous Al Aazam

Prophetic Supervision, Alavi star, Batooli Boon ... Hussain's light in
Hasan's Moon
Sayyiduna'sh-Shaykh Muhyyi'd-din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, al-Hasani,
al-Husaini Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho (may Allah be well pleased with
him!) Born 470 A.H., Passed away 561 A.H. [1077 - 1166 C.E.]
Raza! Imagine how unique is that garden of compassion;
Where in the bud is Zahra, and Flowers are Hussain and Hasan
His "Nisbah" or Blessed Genealogy:
From Exalted Father:
The Supreme Helper, the Lordly Cardinal Pole, the everlasting edifice,
the radiantly shining lamp, the Sultan of the Saints and the Masters
of Direct Knowledge, the proof of the chosen and those who have
reached their spiritual destination, Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala's Gray
Falcon, our patron, our master and our exemplary guide to Allah
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala , the noble highborn patrician, the chieftain,
- Shaykh Muhyi 'd-Din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani al-Husaini
[may Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala sanctify his splendid innermost being,
and may He illuminate his noble mausoleum],
- son of Imam Sayyid Abu Swalih Musa Jangi Dost Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid 'Abdullah Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Yahya az-Zahid Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Muhammad Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Da'ud Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Musa Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Abdullah Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Musa al-Jawn Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid Abdullah al-Mahd Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Sayyid al-Hasan al-Muthanna Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam al-Humam Sayyid al-Hasan as-Sibt Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of our chief and our patron, the Commander of the Believers,
Abul-Husain 'Ali ibn Abi Talib [may Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala be well
pleased with them all].
From Exalted Mother:
On his mother's side of the family, the line of descent of our revered
master and patron, Shaykh Muhyi'd-Din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani [may
Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala the Exalted be well pleased with him], is as
follows:
- He is Sayyid Shaykh Muhyi 'd-Din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani [may Allah
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala sanctify his luminous innermost being],
- son of Sayyidah Umm al-Khayr Amat al-Jabbar Fatima Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anha,
- daughter of Sayyid 'Abdullah as-Sawma'i az-Zahid Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Abu 'Abdi'llah Jamal ad-Din Muhammad Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Mahmud Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Abul-'Ata' 'Abdullah Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Kamal ad-Din 'Esa Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Imam Abu 'Abdi'llah 'Ala' ad-Din Muhammad al-Jawad
Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Imam 'Ali ar-Rida Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Sayyid Imam Musa al-Kazim Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam Zain al-'Abidin 'Ali Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho,
- son of Imam al-Humam al-Husain, the Martyr of Karbala,
- son of Imam al-Humam, the Commander of the Believers, our master
'Ali ibn Abi Talib Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho [may Allah SubHanuhu wa
Ta'ala be well pleased with him, and with them all].
Your illustrious antecessors are Hussain and Hasan;
Both traditions in your personality have become one
Prophetic Rain, Alavi Crop, Batooli Bower ... Hussain's Fragrance in
Hasan's Flower

Personalities, - Golden Words of Wisdom Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilanihttp://aydnajimudeen2.blogspot.com

*.Though I be in the west and my disciple in the East, if a world goes
to attack him, I know. I will save him.
*.Look towards that person who looks towards you. Love that person
that loves you, listen to that person that listens to you and give
your hands in his hands that are prepared to grasp it.
*.A mans position in life is such that though he is mortal he is
reborn with pleasure in the winds of afflictions. It is that very same
life whose consequence is not death. It is that very same comfort
which has no extreme anguish.
*.That person who has enmity against a well to do companion, he
totally rejects the wisdom and foresight of the sustainers.
*.Many wealthy people because of greed are poor and needy, in reality
the brave person is he who wrestles and defeats the devil of greed and
thereafter becomes independent and without want of need from this
material World.
*.The person who backbites and speaks ill of us are actually our
success because they pay homage to us by writing their good deeds into
our deed books.
*.Look carefully at the previous graves lying in ruin. How the sands
of beautiful people are turning bad.
*.If you do not find the sweetness of doing a good deed then be aware
that you have not done that deed.
*.Disrespect earns the displeasure of the creator and the creation.
*.To please the enemies of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala is beyond
comprehension and wisdom.
*.O! Gifts do not imprison me so that I become unmindful to the benefactor.
*.O! Doers of good deeds giving birth to sincerity in your deeds can
never be a wasted effort.
*.Among the creation, silence is not bravery but rather impatience.
*.The person who cannot educate his own soul, then how is he going to
educate others.
*.The love of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and the Prophet SallAllaho
Alaihi wa Sallam is intertwined in poverty and starvation.
*.The love of the World generally blinded the eyes, those eyes which
should have been used to identify the specialties of the Almighty
Creator.
*.The person who becomes aware of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala then he
becomes hospitable towards the creation.
*.Preach only in accordance to religion otherwise remaining dumb is better.
*.To adopt anonymity and unwholesomeness relative to it is peaceful.
*.As long as there remains on this earth one person in your heart whom
you fear or have high expectations of, then until then your Faith is
not complete.
*.Until you still possess arrogance and anger you cannot classify
yourself amongst the learned.
*.That sustenance whose extent is expansive but no thanks is given for
it and that means of livelihood which is difficult but no patience is
shown for it become a source of revolt and mischief.
*.Always hold the best opinions about others and think ill of yourself.
*.O! 'Alim do not soil your knowledge by sitting in the company of
Worldly people.
*.Your speech will tell what is in your heart.
*.An oppressor destroys the World of the oppressed, and his own in the
hereafter.
*.To start something good is your job and to see it completed is the
work of your creator.
*.A wise person first question his heart thereafter speaks with his mouth.
*.To remain alone is protection and safety and to every sin there is a
period of execution.
*.Except for the needs of your children and family do not leave the
house unnecessarily.
*.Endeavor not to start a conversation and your speaking becomes
necessary only to answer a question.
*.Keep your mouth closed from answering unnecessary questions so that
you can remain safe from unnecessary talk.
*.That person who is never distressed, has no virtue.
*.Material people chase the World while the World chases the friends
of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala .
*.This World is a World of exertion for a Mo'min while the hereafter
is a World of relaxation.
*.Suspicion closes all the benefits to be accrued.
*.An understanding person finds no joy in anything, for it has
accountability, for being lawful or a punishment for it being
unlawful.
*.To make the soul receive the truth is its existence while making it
receive failures, errors, falsehood and wrongdoings is its
annihilation.
*.Those who belong to Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala carry out his commands
and even their hearts are reinforced by it. You carry on committing
sin then to you have no fear. This is obvious evidence of betrayal.
Beware; safeguard yourself for you may be caught out unawares when
your allotted time is up.
*.A disrespectful becomes the object of displeasure and wrath of both
the creator and the creation.
*.Iman (Faith) is the root while deeds and actions are its branches.
Therefore stay away from associating with your Iman and sin with your
actions.
*.First there is ignorance, thereafter knowledge, then follows
practice upon your knowledge, thereafter sincerity upon that action
and finally comes understanding and wisdom in the heart.
*.If you do not have patience then poverty and sicknesses become a
misfortune and if you adopt patience then it becomes nobility and
graciousness.
*.To gain the happiness of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala is impossible if
you cannot make a poor person happy. The treatment for afflictions
upon oneself is to gain the happiness and pleasure of the poor.
*.Whosoever asks of the creation is blind to the doors of the creator.
*.You are busy in fulfilling the desires and wishes of the soul (nafs)
while the nafs is busy in destroying you.
*.That person is close to Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala who is kind and
affectionate towards the creation.
*.Rejection (kufr) of the divine blessings and providence is contrary
to achieving closeness to the truth.
*.Hundreds of thousands of people just like you have been fattened and
then swallowed by this World.
*.Do not be fooled by your youthful appearance for very soon it would
be taken away from you.
*.Poverty saves one from sin and wealth is a trap for sins regard
poverty as your protector.
*.To make a poor person happy makes one the inheritor of and
undisclosed amount of reward.
*.What are you going to do by taking the bounties? Take the merciful
and compassionate one. Every pious person is from the progeny and
following of Muhammad SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam.
*.He whose fate is ultimately death then what is the need for happiness.
*.People do not regard you with respect because you are proud and vain
but rather they look up to you when you are polite and hospitable.
*.Keep your hearts open only for Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and to busy
yourself in earning a means of livelihood for your family is also
following the commands.
*.To remember death is the best treatment for all ailments.
*.Worship and prayers breaks unwanted habits and should not be but a habit only.
*.The person who wishes to tame his soul should bridle it with silence
and good etiquettes.
*.Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala asks a loan of his servants and the
messengers of this are the beggars.
*.For the whole period I spent in the companionship of my sheikh
(spiritual guide) I have never seen the whiteness of his teeth.
*.Whenever it is possible reform each morsel for the foundations of
good deeds lies in it.
*.The creation are like children in relation to the saints of Allah
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala .
*.It is a lie if one says by sitting in the company of those women
with whom relationships are lawful and young boys; one has absolutely
no inclination towards them. Islamic principles (Shari'ah) is neither
definitely not in agreement nor does a sound mind allow for such
conformities and this is total rejection of Shariat for Shari'ah has
never given anyone exemption from this.
*.When the angels do not enter a house in which there are images
pictures then how do you expect Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala to enter
your heart which is full of thousands of statues and idols. Anything
else besides Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala presence in the heart is images
and idols.
*.A visit to the pious person communicates the condition of the person.
*.The key to the closeness to the truth is in private consultations
and journeys.
*.Do not become subservient to the gifts in such a manner that you
forget the bestowal of the gifts.
*.The provisions and luggage undoubtedly is modesty, such that,
because of it, the doors of sovereignty and reality seem closed.
*.It is not becoming of a mo'min to sleep until he has kept his will
and testimony ready.
*.The obedience of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala is by asking and not by desiring.
*.You are busy in building mansions and palaces for others to stay in
while; its accountability rests entirely on you.
*.O! Children of Adam Alaihis Salaam be modest towards Allah SubHanuhu
wa Ta'ala as you would be modest towards your religious neighbor.
*.When a person commits a sin, he closes the doors, draws the veils
and hides from the creation and goes against the commands of the
creator in private, and then the creator says, O! Son of Adam Alaihis
Salaam you have regarded me the least amongst those that can see you
because you found it necessary to hide yourself from the creation yet
you have not shown modesty and shame even equivalent to that of the
creation towards me.
*.It is not beneficial to be a master at speech when you are immature at heart.
*.Be obedient with a direction; don't become obedient to the masses.
*.Do not become a polytheist by regarding your wealth as absolute and
total power of assistance.
*.O! You who make fun of others very soon you will know the answer to
your own fate.
*.O! Munafiqa (Hypocrites) very soon you will see the punishment of
Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala descending upon you in this World and the
hereafter. The times are pregnant and very soon you will see what it
gives birth to.
*.Your actions are proof of your belief and your exterior appearance
is a sign of your interior condition.
*.To turn your face towards the creation is to turn your back towards
Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala .
*.Empty desires are the jungle of stupidity and folly and only the
foolish hustle and bustle aimlessly within it.
*.Make silence your habit, anonymity you clothing, escape from the
creation your aim and if it is possible then dig the hole and sit down
in it. This habit should stay with you until such time that you Iman
(Faith) has reached an age of maturity and is unquestionable.
*.Those that wish the approval of the creation should show patience of
the oppression of the created.
*.Do not turn away from the creator because of some misfortune,
because he may be testing you with it.
*.Moderation is half of one's sustenance (livelihood) and good manners
is half of religion (Deen).
*.O Doers of good deeds! Adopt sincerity otherwise it is wasted effort.
*.If you are afraid of your destination then whichever way or wherever
you look at, you will find that you are surrounded by ferocious
beasts.
*.Good deeds are done in privacy and not in public except that which
is Fard (compulsory) which is performed in exposure.
*.Everything that you rely on, every person you afraid of or you keep
that trust in, becomes your God.
*.1. Special testimony 2. Making the commands of Allah SubHanuhu wa
Ta'ala compulsory upon yourself 3. Not to fear or trust anyone 4. To
make all your needs aware only to Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and put
your Faith in him, To ask of him alone and never put your trust in
anyone except Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala .
*.A seeker is not truthful until he places the needs of sustenance of
his companions over and above the sustenance of his soul and desires.
*.Remain honourable among the people, for by revealing your poverty
you will fall in status in their eyes.
*.Meet the wealthy and rich with dignity ad prevalence and the poor
with humility and humbleness.
*.Your keeping the company of careless and negligent people is a sigh
of your carelessness and negligence.
*.To love of the creations is in its well wishing.
*.To give is better than to receive.
*.That person who is generous with the creation then he is close to
Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala .
*.A residence that is fit to be called a house, clothes that cover the
body, a stomach full of sustenance and a wife is not regarded as
Worldly but to face towards the Worldly while showing your back to
your creator is Worldly.
*.Even if you have said Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala aloud, then even
then you would be interrogated whether it was said in sincerity or in
show.
*.When the remembrance of Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala finds a place in
the heart then for servant to remember Allah SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala
continuously becomes continuous and everlasting even though the lips
are closed.
*.Carry out the rights that the ruler has upon you and do not question
that which is obligatory upon you.
*.There is greater dignity in the remembrance of Allah SubHanuhu wa
Ta'ala than in death; at the time of cutting someone short by razing
them to the ground and thereafter realising it was fruitless to sow
the seeds of hate.
*.Hide your troubles and you will receive closeness to Allah SubHanuhu
wa Ta'ala .
*.A mo'min leaves his family in the care of the creator while a
munaafiq leaves his family in the care of his dirham and dinaars
(wealth).
*.There are 3 types of creation 1. Angels 2. The Devil 3. Man. The
Angels are entirely good and the devil is entirely bad. Man is a
mixture of good and bad. Whoever is overcome with good he can be
likened to an Angel and whoever is overcome with evil he can be
likened to the devil.
*.Do not laugh with those that are laughing but cry with those that are crying.
*.If your thoughts are with the creator then you are subservient to
the creator. If your thoughts are with the creation then you are
subservient to the creation.
*.Give priority to the hereafter over the World and you will benefit
in both, but priority is given to the World over the hereafter then
you would suffer losses in both.
*.Do not spend even one night in the hate and malice of anybody.
*.The sign of your sincerity is that you praise the creation and you
do not turn your attention towards derogatory remarks nor do you show
greed and avarice towards their wealth but you give your lord his
right and your deeds are for your benefactor and not for the gifts,
for the king and not for the kingdom and for the truth and not for
falsehood.
*.As long as the doors of good health are open to you then regard it
as a blessing for very soon it will be closed upon you. So as long as
you have the strength and power to do good deeds regard it as a
blessing.
*.It is wrong to claim respect towards your creator as long as you
have no respect whatsoever for his creation.
*.When an 'Alim is not an ascetic then, he is a punishment upon those
that follow him.
*.A Mu'min, as he grows older Faith becomes stronger.
*.To search for good fortune is an unnecessary trouble and to search
for that which is not your destiny is to anger Allah SubHanuhu wa
Ta'ala and disgraceful.
*.You do not concern yourself in making the creator angry by pleasing
the creation. In exchange for Worldly mansions and building you
destroy your hereafter. Very soon you will be caught. He will
definitely catch you whose imprisonment is very, very fearful.
*.What, you do not become ashamed ordering him to change your fate?
Are your more commanding, more just and merciful than him? You and the
entire creation are his servants. It becomes compulsory upon you to
adopt, peace, solitude and silence.
*.Saying without deeds and deeds without sincerity are not worthy of acceptance.
*.A person once came to the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam and
said that he loves him (SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam) very much. The
Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam said to him "lay down a cloth or
spread a cloth for Poverty." Another person said that he loves Allah
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala , The Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam said
"spread a cloth for misfortune, for the love of Allah SubHanuhu wa
Ta'ala and the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam is intertwined with
poverty and misfortunes."
*.You are busy accumulating that which you would not be able to eat.
You desire for that which you cannot attain. Construct those buildings
in which you will not stay. All this makes you blind to the status of
your creator.
*.Be happy in the changes and choices that the creator made for you.
If you stay in this manner with him then he will definitely change
your fears and horrors.
*.Adopt patience for this World is an assembly of troubles and calamities.
*.When somebody approaches carrying tales or gossiping or informing
you about what another has said to him about you then admonish him and
tell him that he is worst than that person that was gossiping about
you for that person spoke behind your back while he is telling it
straight to your face. That person has not made you listen yet he made
you listen to it.
*.What an unfortunate person is he who had not been given the habit of
being merciful in his heart for all living things?
*.Your biggest enemies are those that are your biggest supporters.
*.The sum total of all the essence of good is to seek knowledge,
practice upon it and teaching it to somebody.

Fiqh, - Fornication and Adultery:Major Sins in Islam

Chastity is defined as "controlling oneself from forbidden desires due
to the love of Allaah The Almighty in response to His command, as well
as for seeking His reward in return."
Islam has always been keen to establish chastity in the Muslim
community and has thus legislated many laws that reduce the strong
impact of these desires and control them; it has also encouraged
remaining on the straight path and warned against transgressing the
defined boundaries by following these base desires.
Islam has preserved people's honor and protected lineages from being
mixed. Therefore, fornication and adultery are forbidden and
classified as major and destructive sins. Islam has even forbidden
everything that could lead to these sins, such as immoral exchange of
looks between the two sexes, depraved words, seductive moves, a man
and a woman being in seclusion in a room, and anything else which
could lead to this awful sin. Allaah The Almighty Says )what
means(:}"And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a great sin,
and an evil way )that leads one to Hell unless Allaah forgives
him(."{]Quran, 17: 32[
Islam does not have laws which contradict one another as is the case
with man-made legislation which has set penal laws for adultery and
fornication but has facilitated every means that lead to it. Moreover,
there are some societies that see no harm in allowing fornication and
adultery and have set no penal laws for those who commit them. Other
societies differentiate between committing this act in the marital
home and outside of it; they only consider committing it the marital
home as a crime and not if it is committed away from it! Islam, on the
other hand, comprehensively forbids fornication and adultery and
everything that leads to it.
Allaah The Almighty commanded His Messengerto take a pledge from women
who entered Islam to refrain from fornication and adultery. Allaah The
Almighty Says )what means(:}"O Prophet! When believing women come to
you to give you the Bai`ah )pledge(, that they will not associate
anything in worship with Allaah, that they will not steal, that they
will not commit illegal sexual intercourse, that they will not kill
their children… then accept their pledge."{]Quran, 60: 12[
Allaah The Almighty made the punishment for these sins vary from
lashing to stoning to death, along with the humiliation which results
from informing the community of the perpetrators of this sin. Allaah
The Almighty Says )what means(:}"The fornicatress and the fornicator,
flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in
their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allaah, if you believe in
Allaah and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness
their punishment. ]This is for unmarried persons, but if married, the
punishment is to stone them to death[."{]Quran, 24: 2[
The Prophetset the penalty for adultery and fornication as follows:"If
the parties )committing fornication( are unmarried, they should
receive a hundred lashes and be put into exile for a year. If they
commit adultery after they are married, they should receive a hundred
lashes and then be stoned to death."]Muslim[
Since Islam has comprehensively forbidden fornication and adultery, it
has also blocked all ways that lead to it. It does not have laws which
contradict one another as is the case with man-made legislation which
has set penal laws for adultery and fornication but has facilitated
every means that lead to it. Moreover, there are some societies that
see no harm in allowing fornication and adultery and have set no penal
laws for those who commit them. Other societies differentiate between
committing this act in the marital home and outside of it; they only
consider committing it the marital home as a crime and not if it is
committed away from it! Islam, on the other hand, comprehensively
forbids fornication and adultery and everything that leads to it.
The evil consequences of fornication and adultery
Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyimsaid,
"Fornication and adultery combine all evils; weakness in commitment to
the religion, lack of piety, corruption of manhood and the decrease of
praiseworthy jealousy. You will never find an adulterer or fornicator
who is pious, fulfils his promises, is truthful in his speech,
maintains friendship or has jealousy over his wife; he will be
characterised by lies, deception, betrayal, accepting prohibitions and
not being mindful of Allaah." All these characteristics are
consequences of fornication and adultery.
There are also other consequences such as:
• Incurring the wrath of Allaah The Almighty.
• Corruption of one's wife and children.
• Poverty and gloominess of the face, which will be apparent to people.
• Darkness of the heart.
• Becoming insignificant in the eyes of people and in the sight of
Allaah The Almighty.
• Loss of the characteristics of chastity and righteousness and
becoming known as a sinful, betraying adulterer or fornicator.
• Not being classified as a believer in general.
• Being decried as an evil person.

Fiqh, - The ruling of theft in Islam

Theft is Haraam )forbidden( according to the Quran, Sunnah ]sayings of
Prophet Muhammad[ and Ijmaa' )scholarly consensus(. Allaah, the Most
Exalted, has condemned this action and decreed an appropriate
punishment for it. The Hadd ]i.e. the legal punishment prescribed by
the Sharee'ah )Islamic law([ for a thief is to cut off the thief's
hand. Allaah Almighty Says in the Noble Quran )what means(:
"]As for[ the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in
recompense for what they earned ]i.e. committed[ as a deterrent
]punishment[ from Allaah. And Allaah is Exalted in Might and
Wise."]Quran 5:38[
The Prophetsaid:
"The hand )of the thief( should be cut off for )the theft of( a
quarter of a Dinar or more."]Al-Bukhaari[
The Prophetcursed the thief because he is a corrupt element in
society, and if he is left unpunished, his corruption will spread and
infect the body of the Ummah )Muslim community(. Hesaid:
"May Allaah curse the thief who steals an egg and has his hand cut
off, or steals a rope and has his hand cut off."]Al-Bukhaari[
What indicates that this ruling is definitive is the fact that a
Makhzoomi noblewoman )from the tribe of Makhzoom( stole at the time of
the Prophetand Usaamah Ibn Zaydwanted to intercede for her. The
Prophetbecame angry and said:
"Do you intercede concerning one of the Hadd set by Allaah? Those who
came before you were destroyed because if a rich man among them stole,
they would let him off, but if a lowly person stole, they would carry
out the punishment on him. By Allaah, if Faatimah Bint )daughter of(
Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand."]Al-Bukhaari[
This is the ruling of Allaah concerning theft; that the hand should be
cut off from the wrist joint.
Al-Nawawisaid in his commentary on Saheeh Muslim )Hadeeth collection(:
Al-Shaafa'i, Abu Haneefah, Maalik and the majority )of scholars(said:
"The hand should be cut off from the wrist, where the hand meets the
forearm." Al-Qurtubisaid: "All the scholars said: The hand should be
cut off from the wrist, not as some of the innovators do when they cut
off the fingers and leave the thumb."
Because cutting off the hand is a serious matter, it should not be
done for just any case of theft. A combination of conditions must be
fulfilled before the hand of a thief is cut off. These conditions are
as follows:
1- The thing should have been taken by stealth; if it was not taken by
stealth, then the hand should not be cut off, such as when property
has been seized by force in front of other people, because in this
case the owner of the property could have asked for help to stop the
thief.
2- The stolen property should be something of worth, because that
which is of no worth has no sanctity, such as musical instruments,
wine and pigs.
2- The value of the stolen property should be above a certain limit,
which is three Islamic Dirhams or a quarter of an Islamic Dinar, or
their equivalent in other currencies.
3- The stolen property should have been taken from a place where it
had been put away, i.e., a place where people usually put their
property, such as a cupboard, for example.
4- The theft itself has to be proven, either by the testimony of two
qualified witnesses or by the confession of the thief twice.
5- The person from whom the property was stolen has to ask for it
back; if he does not, then )the thief's( hand does not have to be cut
off.
If these conditions are fulfilled, then the hand must be cut off. If
this ruling was applied in the societies which are content with
man-made laws and which have cast aside the Sharee'ah of Allaah and
replaced it with human laws, this would be the most beneficial
treatment for this phenomenon. But the matter is as Allaah Says )what
means(:
"Then is it the judgement of ]the time of[ ignorance they desire? But
who is better than Allaah in judgement for a people who are certain
]in faith[."]Quran 5:50[