Reasons For Misguidance

 بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

SHIRK:

The greatest sin a person can commit against Allaah is shirk. Unfortunately, a lot of people cannot define what shirk is and how to protect against it. Mostly, they think that shirk is limited to idol worship. Whereas, it is more than that; shirk can be committed by physical acts, including grave worship, tying a black thread around one’s arm/leg etc. It can be done by speech, e.g. taking oath by other than Allaah, or by elevating someone above Allaah by one’s speech etc. It can also be done by one’s thought or inner feelings like believing that other than Allaah can benefit or harm you; fearing other than Allaah etc.

No matter whatever way it is, Shirk is the number one cause for the people’s deviation from the truth.

﴿فَأَىُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالاٌّمْنِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ - الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُواْ إِيمَـنَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ أُوْلَـئِكَ لَهُمُ الاٌّمْنُ وَهُمْ مُّهْتَدُونَ﴾

{It is those who believe (in the Oneness of Allaah and worship none but Him Alone) and confuse not their Belief with Zulm (wrong, i.e. by worshipping others besides Allaah), for them (only) there is security and they are the guided.} [Surah Al-An`aam (6):82]

﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـلاً بَعِيداً﴾

{Verily, Allaah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners (in worship) with Him, but He forgives whom He wills, sins other than that, and whoever sets up partners in worship with Allaah, has indeed strayed far away (from the truth).} [Surah Al-Nisaa’ (4):116]

FOLLOWING THE DESIRES:

The moment a person follows his desires, the path of sins open up. A person, who sins but then sincerely repents, is forgiven by Allaah. But, in present day world, the truth is disbelieved, and the falsehood is openly supported. If this is not misguidance then what is? Humiliation is the end of those who follow their desires in disobedience to Allaah:

﴿أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى بَصَرِهِ غِشَـوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِن بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴾

{Have you seen him who takes his own lust (vain desires) as his ilaah (god)? And Allaah knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover on his sight. Who then will guide him after Allaah? Will you not then remember?} [Surah Al-Jaathiyah (45): 23]

﴿وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلاَ مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْراً أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـلاً مُّبِيناً ﴾

{It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allaah and His Messenger [صلى الله عليه وسلم], have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger [صلى الله عليه وسلم], he has indeed strayed into a plain error.} [Al-Ahzaab (33): 36]

﴿فَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ الْهَوَى أَن تَعْدِلُواْ﴾

{So follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you avoid justice;} [Surah Al-Nisa (4):135]

﴿يدَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَى فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدُ بِمَا نَسُواْ يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ ﴾

{O Daawood (David)! Verily, We have placed you as a successor on the earth; so judge you between men in truth (and justice) and follow not your desire – for it will mislead you from the path of Allaah. Verily, those who wander astray from the path of Allaah (shall) have a severe torment, because they forgot the Day of Reckoning.} [Surah Saad (38): 26]

﴿وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى - فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِىَ الْمَأْوَى﴾

{But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts. Verily, Paradise will be his abode.} [Surah Al-Naziaat (79): 40]

﴿وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ﴾

{And who is more astray than one who follows his own lusts, without guidance from Allaah? Verily, Allaah guides not the people who are Zaalimoon (wrong doers, disobedient to Allaah, and polytheists).} [Surah Al-Qasas (28): 50]

NEGLIGENT PARENTS:

No doubt that obedience to the parents is enjoined upon every human being. It is one of the greatest acts after the worship of Allaah. But there are certain limitations to that. As long as the parents are not forcing you to disobey Allaah, you have no other option but to obey them; but if they do, then you should not obey them in that:

﴿وَوَصَّيْنَا الإِنْسَـنَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْناً وَإِن جَـهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلاَ تُطِعْهُمَآ﴾

{And We have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents; but if they strive to make you join with Me (in worship) anything (as a partner) of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not.} [Surah al-`Ankaboot (29):8]

If the parents are going to celebrate Christmas, Halloweens, New Years Eve, birthdays and other pagan festivals, what positive example are they going to be for their children?

Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allaah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “No child is born except on Al-Fitrah (Islaam) and then his parents turn him into a Jew, Christian or Magian – like an animal which produces a perfect young animal; do you see any part of its body amputated?" Then he recited: {The religion of pure Islamic Faith (Hanifa),(i.e. to worship none but Allaah), The pure Allaah's Islamic nature with which He (Allaah) has created mankind. Let There be no change in Allaah's religion (i.e. to join none in Allaah's worship). That is the straight religion; but most of men know not...}” [Surah al-Room (30): 30] [Reported by Bukhari & Muslim]

﴿وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ قَالُواْ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَاؤُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَهْتَدُونَ﴾

{When it is said to them: "Follow what Allaah has sent down." They say: "Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following." (Would they do that!) even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?} [Surah al-Baqarah (2):170]

The best example of this is the story of Abu Taalib, the uncle of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who supported him dearly but did not accept Islaam because of his unwillingness to let go of the religion of his father.

Sa`eed Ibn Musayib said that his father informed him that when Abu Taalib was dying, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم entered upon him and found Abu Jahl and Abdullaah bin Abi Umayyah already present. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to Abu Taalib, “O my uncle! Say Laa ilaaha ilallaah a word (with which) I will plea for you with Allaah (on the Day of Judgement).”  So, Abu Jahl and Abdullaah bin Abi Umayyah said, “O Abu Taalib! Do you wish to abandon the religion of (your father) Abdul Muttalib.” The Prophet repeated his words, and they too kept repeating their words till Abu Talib’s last words were, “Upon the religion of Abdul Muttalib”, and he refused to say Laa ilaaha ilallaah. The Prophet said, “I will invoke Allaah for forgiveness for you, as long as I am not prohibited from doing so.” So, the following verse was revealed, {It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allaah's forgiveness for the Mushrikeen, even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire.} [Surah Al-Tawbah (9): 113 (Ibn Katheer)]

WIFE, CHILDREN & WEALTH:

How many times has it happened that a man has been distracted from obeying Allaah by his wife or his children or his wealth because of his indulging in them excessively?

﴿يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ ﴾

{O you who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allaah. And whosoever does that, then they are the losers.} [Surah al-Munaafiqoon (63):9]

﴿يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَجِكُمْ وَأَوْلـدِكُمْ عَدُوّاً لَّكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ وَإِن تَعْفُواْ وَتَصْفَحُواْ وَتَغْفِرُواْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ - إِنَّمَآ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَـدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَاللَّهُ عِنْدَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴾

{O you who believe! Verily, among your wives and your children there are enemies for you (who may stop you from the obedience of Allaah); therefore beware of them! But if you pardon (them) and overlook, and forgive (their faults), then verily, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.} [Surah al-Taghaabun (64): 14-15]

“They might direct the man to sever his relation or disobey his Lord. The man, who loves his wives and children, might obey them in this case.” Ibn Abi Haatim recorded that Ibn `Abbaas said to a man who asked him about this Aayah, {O you who believe! Verily, among your wives and your children there are enemies for you; therefore beware of them!} "There were men who embraced Islaam in Makkah and wanted to migrate to Allaah’s Messenger . However, their wives and children refused to allow them. Later when they joined Allaah’s Messenger, they found that those who were with him (the Companions) have gained knowledge in the religion, so they were about to punish their wives and children. Allaah the Exalted sent down this Aayah, {But if you pardon (them) and overlook, and forgive, then verily, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.}” [Ibn Katheer - Tirmidhee collected this Hadeeth and said that it is Hasan Saheeh.]

And similarly a righteous woman is put into trials by her disobedient husband.

EVIL FRIENDS:

And how many times it has happened that a good man has been led astray by his friends? The friends – those who share with him cigarettes, drugs and all the other evils; the simplest of man is addicted to the deadliest of habits because of his friends.

The worst company is of those who are disobedient to Allaah, and worse still are those who are upon innovations while thinking that they are doing good:

Narrated Abu Hurayrah رضي لله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes his friend.” [Sunan Abu Dawood (4833) and Tirmidhee (2378), and graded as “Hasan” (good) by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

﴿وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَآءُ بِالْغَمَـمِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ تَنزِيلاً - الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ وَكَانَ يَوْماً عَلَى الْكَـفِرِينَ عَسِيراً - وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّـلِمُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يلَيْتَنِى اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلاً - يوَيْلَتَا لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاَناً خَلِيلاً - لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَـنُ لِلإِنْسَـنِ خَذُولاً ﴾

{And (remember) the Day when the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and the angels will be sent down, with a grand descending. The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty) belonging to the Most Gracious (Allaah), and it will be a hard Day for the disbelievers (those who disbelieve in the Oneness of Allaah – Islaamic Monotheism). And (remember) the Day when the Zaalim (wrong doer, oppressor, polytheist) will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger (Muhammad [صلى الله عليه وسلم]). "Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a Khaleel (an intimate friend)! "He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur'aan) after it had come to me. And Shaitaan (Satan) is to man ever a deserter in the hour of need.} [Surah al-Furqaan (25): 25-29]

ELDERS & PEOPLE:

We should respect our elders, and treat them kindly. But we should only obey them as long as they do not oppose Allaah’s Book or the Prophet’s Sunnah.

﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَنَ الْكَـفِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ سَعِيراً - خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَداً لاَّ يَجِدُونَ وَلِيّاً وَلاَ نَصِيراً - يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يلَيْتَنَآ أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولاَ - وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلاْ - رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً كَبِيراً ﴾

{On the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will say: "Oh, would that we had obeyed Allaah and obeyed the Messenger (Muhammad [صلى الله عليه وسلم])." And they will say: "Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (Right) “Way. "Our Lord! Give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse!} [Surah al-Ahzaab (33): 64-68]

GENERAL MAJORITY:

Majority is nothing but a group of individuals. No matter how many people are there, it is still based on individual desires; unless they have evidence for it from the Book of Allaah سبحانه وتعالى and the Sunnah of His Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. If majority was the factor in deciding what is good or bad, we would all have been kaafirs or mushriks or gays or lesbians, Allaah protect us from this, because this is what the majority of the world individuals are preferring.

Since the majority of the world population is non-Muslim, it simply rules out that we cannot follow them. Then how can we justify the innovations which we find amongst the Muslims, by saying that, “O the majority of them do it!”? If the majority of the Muslims are upon innovation, it will still be an innovation – there is no justification for that. Our simple stance is what the Qur’aan says and what the Sunnah says.

﴿وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ﴾

{And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allaah's path. They follow nothing but conjectures, and they do nothing but lie.} [Surah al-An`aam (6): 116]

﴿وَمَا يُؤْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ مُّشْرِكُونَ﴾

{And most of them believe not in Allaah except that they attribute partners to Him (i.e. they are Mushrikoon, i.e. polytheists.} [Surah Yusuf (12): 106]

IGNORANTS POSING AS SCHOLARS:

The below mentioned Ayaat and Ahaadeeth are sufficient to explain the evils of the ignorant “scholars”.

﴿اتَّخَذُواْ أَحْبَـرَهُمْ وَرُهْبَـنَهُمْ أَرْبَاباً مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ﴾

{They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allaah.} [Surah at-Tawbah (9): 31]

Imam Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Jarir At-Tabari, and Baihaqi recorded a Hadith via several chains of narration, from `Adi bin Hatim, may Allaah be pleased with him, who became Christian during the time of Jahiliyyah. When the call of the Messenger of Allaah reached his area, `Adi ran away to Ash-Sham, and his sister and several of his people were captured. The Messenger of Allaah freed his sister and gave her gifts. So she went to her brother and encouraged him to become Muslim and to go to the Messenger of Allaah. `Adi, who was one of the chiefs of his people (the tribe of Tai') and whose father, Hatim At-Ta'i, was known for his generosity, went to Al-Madinah. When the people announced his arrival, `Adi went to the Messenger of Allaah wearing a gold cross around his neck. The Messenger of Allaah recited this Ayah; {They took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allaah}. `Adi commented, "I said, `They did not worship them.''' The Prophet said, “Yes they did. They (rabbis and monks) prohibited what was allowed (by Allaah) for them (Christians and Jews) and allowed what was prohibited (by Allaah), and they (the people) obeyed them (the scholars). This is how they worshipped them.”

Since the rabbis and monks made halaal what was made haraam by Allaah, and they made haraam of what was made halaal by Allaah, and the people followed them blindly – the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم called it an act of worship. These people have disobeyed the Creator (Allaah) and obeyed the creation (humans).

Narrated `Abdullaah bin `Amr: I heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saying, “Allaah will not deprive you of knowledge after he has given it to you, but it will be taken away through the death of the religious learned men with their knowledge. Then there will remain ignorant people who, when consulted, will give verdicts according to their opinions whereby they will mislead others and go astray.” [Bukhari & Muslim]

Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “There will come to the people years of treachery, when the liar will be regarded as honest, and the honest man will be regarded as a liar; the traitor will be regarded as faithful, and the faithful man will be regarded as a traitor; and the Ruwaibidhah will decide matters.” It was said 'Who are the Ruwaibidhah?' He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Vile and base men who will speak in the affairs of the people.” [Sunan Ibn Maajah (4036). Shaikh al-Albaanee graded it as “Hasan li shawaahidihee” (Good due to other supporting chains) in “al-Saheehah” (1887). Shaikh Muqbil also graded it as “Hasan li ghairihee” in “Saheeh Dalaail al-Nubuwwah” (568)]

The Companion, `Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood laments, “How will it be when the trials overcome you, in which the young grow old and the old grow senile. And the people take the bid`ah as the Sunnah, and when it changes they say: the Sunnah has changed.” It was said: “when will this be O Abu Abdul-Rahmaan?” He replied: “When your speakers are many and your scholars are few, and the wealthy ones are plenty and the trustworthy ones are few, and the dunya is pursued with the actions of the Hereafter.” [ad-Daarimee (186), Shaykh al-Albaanee graded one of the chain as “Saheeh” and the other as “Hasan” in his books “Salaat al-Taraaweeh” and “Qiyaam Ramadhaan” and Saheeh al Targheeb (111)]

JEWS & CHRISTIANS:

﴿وَدَّ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُم مِن بَعْدِ إِيمَـنِكُمْ كُفَّارًا حَسَدًا مِّنْ عِنْدِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِّن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْحَقُّ﴾

{Many of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) wish that if they could turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed, out of envy from their own selves, even after the truth (that Muhammad [صلى الله عليه وسلم] is Allaah's Messenger) has become manifest to them.] [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 109]

﴿وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ﴾

 {A party of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) wish to lead you astray.} [Surah Aali-`Imraan (3): 69]

﴿وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَـبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُواْ قِبْلَتَكَ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذَا لَّمِنَ الظَّـلِمِينَ ﴾

{And even if you were to bring to the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) all the Ayaat (proofs, verses, evidences, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they would not follow your Qiblah (prayer direction), nor are you going to follow their Qiblah (prayer direction). And they will not follow each other's Qiblah (prayer direction). Verily, if you follow their desires after that which you have received of knowledge (from Allaah), then indeed you will be one of the Zaalimoon (polytheists, wrongdoers).} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 145]

Narrated Abu Sa`eed Al Khudree رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them.” We said, "O Allaah's Apostle! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whom else?” [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree]

SHAITAAN:

We have been warned numerous times in the Qur’aan that Shaitaan is our open enemy, and that we have to treat him as our enemy. But unfortunately, we have made him our friend. Allaah protect us from the accursed Shaitaan:

﴿وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَـدِلُ فِى اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيْطَـنٍ مَّرِيدٍ - كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مَن تَوَلاَّهُ فَأَنَّهُ يُضِلُّهُ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَى عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ ﴾

{And among mankind is he who disputes concerning Allaah, without knowledge, and follows every rebellious (disobedient to Allaah) Shaitaan (devil) (devoid of every kind of good). For him (the devil) it is decreed that whosoever follows him, he will mislead him, and will drive him to the torment of the Fire.} [Surah al-Hajj (22): 3-4]

﴿وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَـنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَـلاً بَعِيداً﴾

{But Shaitaan (Satan) wishes to lead them far astray.} [Surah al-Nisaa’ (4): 60]

SINS:

﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ﴾

{Verily, Allaah guides not one who is a Musrif (a polytheist, or a murderer who shed blood without a right, or those who commit great sins, oppressor, transgressor), a liar!} [Surah Ghaafir (40): 28]

﴿وَاللَّهُ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ ﴾

{And Allaah guides not the people, who are Zaalimoon (wrong doers).} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 258]

﴿كَيْفَ يَهْدِى اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُواْ بَعْدَ إِيمَـنِهِمْ وَشَهِدُواْ أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَآءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَـتُ وَاللَّهُ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ﴾

{How shall Allaah guide a people who disbelieved after their Belief and after they bore witness that the Messenger (Muhammad [صلى الله عليه وسلم]) is true and after clear proofs had come to them? And Allaah guides not the people who are Zaalimoon (polytheists and wrong doers).} [Surah Aali-`Imraan (3): 86]


OPPOSING THE SUNNAH:

﴿وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلاَ مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْراً أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـلاً مُّبِيناً ﴾

{It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error.} [Surah al-Ahzaab (33): 36]

﴿فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَـلِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴾

{And let those who oppose the Messenger's commandment, beware, lest some Fitnah should befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them} [Surah al-Noor (24):63]