Saturday, March 5, 2016

Importance of Disassociating from Shirk and its people

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Introduction:

Many people, both in the east and the west, have been affected by the deviant methodology of al-Ikhwaan al-Muslimoon, namely: “To cooperate in which they agree and to remain silent in which they disagree or differ.”

This deviant methodology is for the sole purpose of achieving political aims, even if it means to do away with the core principles of Islaam:
1. To enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil.
2. To love for the sake of Allaah and to hate for the sake of Allaah.

One such individual who has been heavily affected with this ideology is none other than Yasir Qadhi, who will go any distance and use every opportunity to universally unite the Sunnis with the Raafidhee Shia`s.

The concept of uniting the Ummah is good but the methodology being applied is evil. How can there be true unity when the differences are not only non-superficial, but they run very deep. The differences are in `Aqeedah, Manhaj, Usool etc. The difference is in understanding the whole concept of Islaam.

If one were to unite with the Shi`ah only on the pretext that they believe in Allaah, then one should understand that Mushriks of Makkah too believed in Allaah. But when it was asked from them to abandon their false deities, they refused and thus the Aayaat of Surah al-Kaafiroon were revealed, declaring disassociation and disavowal from the Mushriks and Kuffaar. If merely believing in Allaah was sufficient, then there would have been no discord between the Muslims and the Kuffaar of Makkah and there would have been no wars; they would all have lived in harmony, as in Makkah they were all from Quraish. So likewise, we cannot unite with the Raafidhah till they abandon their false deities, and worship Allaah alone and upon the Sunnah of His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم.

When people are upon falsehood, their unity will only be skin-deep. They would seem united but their hearts will be divided, as Allaah تعالى has mentioned in Surah al-Hashr.

This point and many more have been discussed in detail in the following link:



Baraa’ah from Shirk is an integral part of the Deen:

If one were to read and understand the meaning of Surah al-Kaafiroon, one would learn that Baraa’ah (disassociation and disavowal) - from Shirk and its people - is an inevitable part of Tawheed and Ikhlaas (sincerity) towards Allaah. Rather, it is one of the two pillars of the Kalimah al-Tawheed (لا إله إلا الله) – Disassociation (Negation) and Affirmation.

Example of disassociation from Shirk:

قُل لَّا أَشْهَدُ ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

{Say (O Muhammad): “But in truth He (Allaah) is the only one Ilaah (worthy of being worshiped). And truly I am innocent of what you join in worship with Him.”} [Surah al-An`aam (6): 19]

Example of Disassociation from those who commit Shirk:

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّـهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّـهِ وَحْدَهُ

{Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrahim (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: "Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah, we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever, until you believe in Allaah Alone.”} [Surah al-Mumtahanah (60): 4]

This is the summary of what the scholars of Islaam have said:

Al-Baraa’ah is: Abhorrence, hostility, disassociation and distancing oneself from Shirk and Mushrikeen – in their belief, their action and the places of Shirk.

This is further divided into two parts:

1) Baraa’ah (disassociation) from the action: And it is to distance oneself from the actions and speech which are Shirk or Kufr or leads towards them. This is an essential obligation.

2) Baraa’ah (disassociation) from those who commit these actions: Disassociation from the commit the actions of Shirk and Kufr (like grave worship, saint worship, exceeding in praising individuals – claiming that they have certain powers and that they help Allaah in governing His universe, whom they refer to as Qutubs and Abdaals, or the belief that people or things other than Allaah can bring about a goodness or avert a calamity, or that someone other than Allaah has the knowledge of the unseen etc). From these people are the Atheists, Raafidhah, the Soofees (Chishtees, Naqshbandees, Barelwees and their likes).

The methodology of disassociating oneself from these two categories is based on the following Hadeeth:

Abu Sa`eed Al-Khudree رضي الله عنه reported: the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith.” [Saheeh Muslim (79)]

A) Disassociation with the heart: It is to have hatred towards Shirk and the Mushrikeen - and it is the least one can do. Hating them with one’s heart and despising them for the acts of Shirk and Kufr they commit – the Jews, the Christians, the Hindus, the Raafidhah, the atheists, the grave worshiping Soofees. This is part of loving and hating for the sake of Allaah. It is an obligation upon every Muslim to hate them; one’s Imaan is not complete without fulfilling this. One example has already been mentioned above from the story of Ibraaheem عليه السلام.

Another example is of the heavens and the earth:

وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا * لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا * تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّا * أَن دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدًا

{And they say: “The Most Beneficent (Allaah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children) [as the Jews say: `Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allaah, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son [`Iesa (Christ)], and the pagan Arabs say that He has begotten daughters (angels, etc.)].” Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing. Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allaah).} [Surah Maryam (19): 88-91]

Even if we don’t hate them, they still hate us and our religion, as Allaah تعالى says:

يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّـهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللَّـهُ إِلَّا أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ * هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ

{They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) want to extinguish Allaah's Light (with which Muhammad has been sent) with their mouths, but Allaah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the Kaafiroon (disbelievers) hate (it). It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islaam), to make it superior over all religions even though the Mushrikoon (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allaah) hate (it).} [Surah al-Tawbah (9): 32-33 and see also Surah al-Saff (61): 8-9]

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Maalik رضي الله عنه: I heard the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم say: “He who professed that there is no one worthy of being worshiped except Allaah and made a denial of everything which the people worship beside Allaah, his property and blood became inviolable, and his affair rests with Allaah.” [Saheeh Muslim (34)]

[Note: Hating them does not mean that one can do injustice towards them. Our hatred towards someone should not prevent us from doing justice. Our hatred towards someone should not prevent us from being kind, from doing the right thing, from giving them their rights.]

B) Disassociation using the tongue: Opposing Shirk and its people with the help of the tongue, arguing with them in a way that is best and establishing evidence against them, clarifying their doubts, and clearing their misconceptions.

The evidence for this is the saying of Allaah تعالى:

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ * لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ...

{Say (O Muhammad to these Mushrikoon and Kaafiroon): "O Al-Kaafiroon! “I worship not that which you worship… (till the end of the Surah)} [Surah al-Kaafiroon (109)]

{Say}: meaning with your tongue and as Ibraaheem عليه السلام said to his people:

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ إِنَّنِي بَرَاءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

{And (remember) when Ibraaheem said to his father and his people: “Verily, I am innocent of what you worship…} [Surah al-Zukhruf (43): 26]

This too is an obligation upon the Muslims to the best of their abilities.

C) Disassociation through actions: Disassociating with them using the limbs by distancing away from them, striving against them with the limbs, warding off their harms physically. Example is the saying of Allaah تعالى:

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

{O Prophet! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be harsh against them, their abode is Hell, - and worst indeed is that destination.} [Surah al-Tawbah (9): 73 and Surah al-Tahreem (66): 9]

This is an obligation upon the Muslims only when they have the ability.


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