Shirk and its different forms, Dought & clear,- * No Angels or Other Creatures Know Everything in the Heavens and Earth

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My daughter asked me: Who is the angel who knows everything in the heavens and the earth, the number of drops of water, the number of grains of sand? Is there any such thing?
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Praise be to Allah
The one who knows everything in the heavens and on earth, and knows the number of drops of water and the number of grains of sand is Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. There is no angel who is close to Him or any Prophet who was sent who has this knowledge. Anyone who says that there is anyone among the angels who knows all of this has fabricated a lie against Allah, to Whom belongs knowledge of the unseen of the heavens and the earth.
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And with Him are the keys of the Ghaib (all that is hidden), none knows them but He. And He knows whatever there is in (or on) the earth and in the sea; not a leaf falls, but he knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything fresh or dry, but is written in a Clear Record” [6:59].
And He, may He be glorified, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (unseen) except Allah, nor can they perceive when they shall be resurrected” [27:65].
Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Here Allah, may He be exalted, is instructing His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) to tell all of mankind that no one knows the unseen except Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and that He alone has that knowledge, with no partner or associate. End quote from Tafseer Ibn Katheer, (6/207).
Al-Bukhaari (4697) narrated from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The keys of the Unknown are five, which no one knows except Allah: no one knows what will happen tomorrow except Allah; no one knows what is in the wombs except Allah; no one knows when it will rain except Allah; no one knows in which land he will die; and no one knows when the Hour will begin except Allah.”
But Allah, may He be exalted, may inform whomever He wills among His creation about whatever He wills of His unseen. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“(He Alone) the All-Knower of the Ghaib (unseen), and He reveals to none His Ghaib (unseen). Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen (He informs him of the unseen as much as He likes), and then He makes a band of watching guards (angels) to march before him and behind him.” [72:26, 27].
The scholars of the Standing Committee said: Knowledge of unseen matters is something that belongs exclusively to Allah, so no one among His creation, human or jinn, knows anything of it except what Allah reveals to whomever He wills among His Angels or His Messengers. End quote from Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa’imah, (1/346).
Yes, there is an angel who is appointed in charge of the rain, and directs it wherever Allah wills; he is Mikaa’eel (peace be upon him), who has helpers who do whatever he instructs them to do. But this only happens by the will of Allah and in accordance with His wisdom and knowledge. They do not know anything or do anything; rather they cannot do anything at all except by Allah’s leave. Moreover, that does not mean that they know the number of drops of water, because their knowledge is restricted to what Allah has taught them, and they say, as Allah tells us:
“Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise”
[2:32].
And Allah knows best.








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Shirk and its different forms, Dought & clear,- * Astrology vs. astronomy

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Are we allowed to read our star signs?
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Praise be to Allaah.
Al-Bukhaari said in hisSaheeh: Qutaadah said: “Allaah created these stars for three purposes: to adorn the heavens, to stone the devils and as signs by which to navigate. Whoever seeks anything else in them is mistaken and does not benefit from them, and he is wasting his time and effort in seeking something of which he has no knowledge.” (Saheeh al-Bukhaari,Baab fi’l-Nujoom, 2/240)
The study of the stars is divided into two kinds:
1- Study of the influence of the stars (astrology)
2- Study of the positions and movements of the stars (astronomy)
Study of the influence of the stars (astrology) is divided into three categories:
1 – The belief that these stars have a real influence in the sense that they create events and evil. This is major shirk (shirk akbar), because whoever claims that there is another creator alongside Allaah is a mushrik in the sense of major shirk, for he is regarding a created thing that is subjugated as a creator which subjugates.
2 – Making this a reason to claim to have knowledge of the unseen, so from the movements and changes in the stars he deduces that such and such will happen because such and such has happened to such and such a star. For example, he may say that one person’s life will be miserable because he was born under this star, and that another person’s life will be happy because he was born under that star. This person is taking knowledge of the stars as a means to claim that he has knowledge of the unseen, and claiming to have knowledge of the unseen is kufr (disbelief) which puts one beyond the pale of Islam, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghayb (Unseen) except Allaah”[al-Naml 27:65]
The grammatical structure used in the original Arabic – starting with the negationlaa(translated here as “none”) followed by the wordilla(“except”) – is one of the most emphatic ways of expressing exclusivity. So if a person claims to know the unseen, he is effectively disbelieving what the Qur’aan says.
3 – If he believes that the stars are the cause of good or bad things happening, this is minor shirk (shirk asghar), i.e., when something happens he attributes it to the stars (and only attributes it to the stars after it has happened). The basic principle is that whoever believes that one thing is the cause of another when Allaah has not made it so, is overstepping the mark and not acknowledging Allaah as He should be acknowledged, because the One Who makes things happen is Allaah alone. For example, if a person seeks healing from a piece of string (tied around his wrist), and says, “I believe that healing is in the hand of Allaah and this string is simply the means,” we would say to him, “You have saved yourself from major shirk but you have fallen into lesser shirk, because Allaah has not made string a clear means of healing. By doing this you have transgressed against His position of Controller and Sustainer, by making something a means to something else when Allaah has not made it so.” The same applies to one who regards the stars as the cause of rainfall when this is not the case. The evidence for that is the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari (801) and Muslim (104) from Zayd ibn Khaalid al-Juhani who said: “The Messenger of Allaah SAWs (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led us in praying Fajr at al-Hudaybiyah, following rainfall during the night. When he had finished praying, he turned to the people and said, ‘Do you know what your Lord has said?’ They said, ‘Allaah and His Messenger know best.’ He said, ‘This morning one of My slaves became a believer in Me and one became a disbeliever. As for the one who said, “We have been given rain by virtue of Allaah and His mercy,” he is a believer in Me and a disbeliever in the stars. But as for the one who said, “We have been given rain by such and such a star,” he is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars.’” So the one who attributes rain to the stars is saying that the stars caused the rain.
Study of the positions and movements of the stars (astronomy) is divided into two categories:
1 – If their movements are used to define things that serve a religious purpose, this is something that is necessary. If that helps in the case of religious obligations, then learning it is obligatory, such as using the stars to determine the direction of the qiblah (direction of Makkah).
2 – If their movements are used to define things that serve a worldly purpose, there is nothing wrong with that. This is of two types:
(a) Using the stars to work out directions, such as knowing that the pole lies to the north, and that the Pole Star, which is close to it, revolves around the North Pole. This is permissible. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And landmarks (signposts, during the day) and by the stars (during the night), they (mankind) guide themselves”
[al-Nahl 16:16]
(b) Using the stars to work out the seasons, through learning the phases of the moon. Some of the salaf regarded this as makrooh while others permitted it. The correct view is that it is permissible and there is nothing makrooh in it, because there is no shirk involved in it, unless one learns it in order to attribute rainfall or cold weather to it, and says that this is what is causing that. That is a kind of shirk. But simply knowing the time of year from it, whether it is spring or autumn or winter, there is nothing wrong with that.
Seeal-Qawl al-Mufeedby Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him), 2/102.
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid








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Shirk and its different forms, Dought & clear,- * An atheist is asking: Why do you hate me?

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-I came across this site some time ago and have been intrigued but also felt a little uncomfortable and what has been written. As a non muslim i am well aware that you hate me, you have stated plenty of times when answering questions posed by others that non believers are to be hated and that you cannot understand why anyone would care about them or love them. In my opinion you view me as a lower form of life that is to be hated, why? what have i ever done to you? i feel insulted that you would blame me for actions i did not make or offences i did not give. i do not speak for others i speak only for myself. why should i convert if i will be surrounded by evil people who hate me.
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Praise be to Allah.
We appreciate your frankness and your courage in sending this question, and we are very happy to answer it. Our hearts and the heart of every Muslim are filled with mercy and compassion towards all of creation, believers and disbelievers, male and female, young and old, white and black. All of them are the children of Adam, and Adam was created from dust. So the humanity that unites us reminds us Muslims that our father Adam (peace be upon him) was expelled from Paradise as a result of his sin, and that results in trials for his progeny so long as this world remains. The one who adheres to the innate, sound human nature of monotheism, to which Adam (peace be upon him) adhered, will be victorious and will be saved, and he will return to his original home which is eternal Paradise with the Lord of the Worlds. But those of the progeny of Adam who are diverted by whims and desires and other distractions will suffer true loss and will be deprived of returning to the eternal Paradise from which our father Adam (peace be upon him) was expelled.
Our Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“O people, Your Lord is One and your father is one. There is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab, or of a non-Arab over an Arab, or of a white man over a black man, or of a black man over a white man, except in terms of taqwa (piety, God-consciousness).”
A saheeh (sound) hadeeth, narrated by Ahmad in hisMusnad, no. 23489.
It is from this point that our relationship with you begins, and it is with this philosophy that the Muslim is required to look at all of creation, that they are prisoners of their own evil inclinations and the Shaytaan (Satan), who are their real enemies, and it is essential to help all of them to escape from these bonds by means of believing in Allah, the One and Only, the Unique, the Eternal, Absolute, Who begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like unto Him. This is the way to freedom, and this is the message of all of His noble Prophets.
This is how our Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was; he shed tears and his heart was broken out of compassion and sorrow for those who did not believe in him and did not join his caravan that would take them back to their original home for which they were created and from which they were expelled, which is Paradise. That great compassion that filled the heart of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) deserved to be recorded by Allah in the Holy Qur’an, where He said (interpretation of the meaning):“Perhaps you would kill yourself (O Muhammad) in grief, over them (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Quran)” [al-Kahf 18:6]i.e., perhaps your grief for them would destroy you.
SeeTafseer al-Qur’an al-‘Azeem, 5/137
We do not hate you personally. How could we hate you when we do not know you and have never met you; we could never despise you for your colour, your race or your family. All of that is forbidden to us, to love or hate people because of their colour, lineage or forebears. Rather our hatred and enmity is directed towards the disbelief and atheism that you carry in your heart and will soon destroy you and lead you to the eternal punishment of Allah, and that will bring upon you misery in this world and in the hereafter. We feel very sorry for you because of this misery and we are striving to save you from it; we wish that we could do that!
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah has taken away your pride of Jaahiliyyah (ignorance) and your boasting about your forefathers. One is only a righteous believer or a doomed evildoer. You are the sons of Adam and Adam was created from dust. Men should stop boasting about their forefathers, who are no more than the coal of Hell, or they will certainly be more insignificant before Allah than the beetle that rolls dung with its nose.”
A saheeh (sound) hadeeth, narrated by Abu Dawood (5116) et al.
We think that you will agree with us that all humans are free to believe in and to love or hate any idea or belief. This is one of the freedoms that are guaranteed by modern constitutions. But no human being has the right to mistreat those who differ from him in belief by wronging them, annoying them or betraying them, or trying to cause them harm, just because of the differences in belief between them.
If you were living among Muslims who truly adhere to Islam, you would be living a good and happy life, and you would have the rights brought by Islamic law over fourteen hundred years ago, which are not surpassed by the rights brought by modern civil societies. At that time the earth was filled with oppression and tyranny that trampled upon human dignity. The first of these rights is the right to follow the beliefs that you choose, as is the view of many of the jurists and scholars. Ibn al-‘Arabi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: All of our scholars said that the jizyah (a form of tax paid by non-Muslims in return which they are granted protection and freedom of worship by the Islamic state) is to be taken from every disbeliever, and this is the correct view. End quote fromAhkaam al-Qur’an, 1/156; there is a similar remark inTafseer al-Qurtubi(8/110). If your belief is Judaism or Christianity or Zoroastrianism, then you have complete freedom according to the consensus of the jurists. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):“There is no compulsion in religion” [al-Baqarah 2:256].
If you lived among Muslims, you would be safe from any harm by any means. The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever kills a mu‘aahad (non-Muslim living under Islamic rule) will never smell the fragrance of Paradise, although its fragrance may be detected from a distance of forty years.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 6914.
If you lived among Muslims, you and all of your property would be safe against any transgression. The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) disavowed anyone who transgresses against non-Muslims.
If you lived among Muslims and you fell sick or were stricken by harm or calamity, they would hasten to visit you and they would support you in the hope of reward from Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. They would always be eager to save you from the Fire even if you were on your deathbed, at which time you would have no power to cause them harm or bring them benefit. In such a situation they would not hope for anything from you except what they would hope for you now when you are healthy, which is that Allah should save you from the Fire.
Have you not heard the report from the Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he had a Jewish servant who served him and he treated him kindly? He (the Jewish boy) fell sick, so the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) came to visit him. He sat by his head and said to him: “Become Muslim.” (The boy) looked at his father, who was there with him, and he said to him: Obey Abu’l-Qaasim [i.e., the Prophet] (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). So he became Muslim, and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) left, saying: “Praise be to Allah Who has saved him from the Fire.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no.1356
If you lived among Muslims, society would allocate to you a monthly stipend to help you with living costs. In the covenant that Khaalid ibn al-Waleed wrote for the people of al-Heerah in Iraq, who were Christians, it says: “I allocate to them: for any old man who is incapable of working or who has been stricken by calamity, or who was independent of means and then became poor and his coreligionists start giving charity to him, the jizyah is waived and a stipend is to be given to him and his dependents from the bayt al-maal (treasury) of the Muslims.”
End quote fromal-Kharaajby Abu Yoosuf, p. 144.
The title that may be given to the mission of our Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in brief is: mercy. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):“And We have sent you (O Muhammad) not but as a mercy for the worlds” [al-Anbiya’ 21:107]. And Allah knows best.
And our Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said of himself: “O people, I am but a mercy that has been bestowed.” Narrated by ad-Daarimi, 15; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
If we were to quote examples of Islamic tolerance throughout the history of the Islamic state, that would fill dozens of pages. If you would like to read and study further, you could read the book by Prof. ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez entitledSamaahat al-Islam(Islamic Tolerance), published by al-Maktabah adh-Dhahabiyyah and Maktabat al-Adeeb.
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Ad’iyah Mahzoorah (forbidden du’aa’s), Dought & clear, - * Is there a du’aa’ which a menstruating woman can recite that brings a reward equivalent to Hajj or ‘Umrah?

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I was wondering if you know that dua'a which women are supposed to read when they're not praying (ie. menstruating) during Ramadan and other times as wel. I believe you're supposed to read it 70 times at the time of each salah and the rewards include something like hajj and umra for every vein of the body. If you could please please provide me with that dua'a as well as the translation, benefits, and hadith or whatever authenticity, i would really really appreciate it. I've been looking and I know I have it but somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
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Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
We do not know of any du’aa’ in the saheeh Sunnah that is like the one mentioned by our sister.
It is not permissible for anyone to attribute to the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) things that he did not say. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever tells lies about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1291; Muslim, 933.
Not every hadeeth that a person hears or reads in a book is saheeh, rather he must verify whether the hadeeth was indeed narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and it should be taken from trustworthy scholars who have sound knowledge of the hadeeth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
It was narrated by Muslim in the introduction to hisSaheeh(5), and by Abu Dawood (4992) that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “It is sufficient lying for a man to speak of everything that he hears.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani inSaheeh Abi Dawood.
Al-Nawawi said:
Because usually he hears both true and false things, and if he were to speak of everything that he hears, he would be lying because he would be telling of something that did not happen. End quote.
Secondly:
It is permissible for a menstruating woman to remember Allaah by reciting whatever du’aa’s and dhikrs she wants; there is no reason why she should not do that. And it is permissible for her to recite Qur’aan, as is the view of Abu Haneefah and the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam (may Allaah have mercy on them both).
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said inMajmoo’ al-Fataawa, 26/190:
There is no basis for saying that she (a menstruating woman) is not allowed to recite Qur’aan. The quotation, “The menstruating woman and the one who is junub should not recite Qur’aan” is a weak hadeeth, according to the consensus of the scholars who have knowledge of hadeeth.
Women used to menstruate at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and if reciting was haraam, as prayer is, this would have been something to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) drew the attention of his ummah, and the Mother of the Believers would have known it, and that would have been something that was transmitted to the people. Since no one narrated any such prohibition from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), it is not permissible to make it haraam when it is known that he did not forbid it. Since he did not forbid it even though there were plenty of menstruating women around at his time, then it is known that it is not haraam. End quote.
But she should recite Qur’aan without touching the Mus-haf, either by reciting what she knows by heart, or reading from the Mus-haf whilst wearing gloves or something similar that will prevent her from touching the Mus-haf directly.
And Allaah knows best.