Alhuda, The Quran Club

SOURCES:

Audio in Urdu: Dr. Farhat Hashmi – Al-Usul al-Thalathah

Explanation of Usool Ath Thalatha by Shaykh Uthaymeen

1ST CHAPTER OF BOOK:

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION TO FIRST OBLIGATORY MATTER TO LEARN

PART 2- INTRODUCTION TO NEXT THREE OBLIGATORY MATTERS TO LEARN

2ND CHAPTER OF BOOK:

The Second Matter (Part -1), Part -2 – Negation of Shirk

The Third Matter – Alliance and the Disociation

THIRD CHAPTER OF BOOK:

FOURTH CHAPTER OF BOOK:

First Principle ( Proof) – Part 2

Proof for Allah’s Lordship and His Sole Right to all Worship – Part 4

Types of Worship

CHAPTER 4: 1ST PRINCIPLE – TYPES OF WORSHIP (AD’DUA)

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 Admin4 Comments

Here the author, rahimahullaah, begins to quote evidences for the types of worship which he mentioned in his saying: “And the types of worship which Allaah commanded, such as Islaam, eemaan and ihsaan, and from that is supplication (du’aa)…” So he began by mentioning the evidences for supplication/invocation (du’aa), and the proofs for Islaam, eemaan and ihsaan in detail will follow, if Allah wills.

In the hadeeth there occurs:

الدُعَاءُ مُخُّ الْعِبَادَة

“Invocation/Du’aa is the core of worship”[1]

Mukh (مخ) literally means brain in Arabic. Du’aa is the brain of worship.

Your brain is your core so when you use it in a context like this, it means not the literal brain of course, but the core of something. Here it means if there is no Du’aa in your Ibaadah, then the core of your Ibaadah is missing.

It must be noted that du’aa is of two types:

(i) Supplication, when a request is made (du ‘aa-u mas’alah) and, (ii) invocation through worship (du’aa-u Ibaadah).

Du ‘aa-u mas’alah:

So supplication is to request one’s needs, and is worship when the servant requests that from his Lord. This is because it involves showing one’s poverty before Allah, the Most High, and ones need to turn to Him, and ones certain faith that He is the one having full power, the Most Generous, the one who gives bounteously and is Most Merciful. Seeking ones needs from someone else from the creation is permissible if the one to whom the request is made is able to hear and understand it, and has the power to respond to it, like the saying: ‘O so and so give me food.’ But whoever asks a dead person or someone who is absent for that, then he is a mushrik, since the deceased or the absent cannot possibly do that. So in such a case his supplicating to them shows that he believes that they have some control over the creation, and he is therefore a mushrik.

Du’aa-u Ibaadah:

As for invocation through worship, then it is that the person does an act of worship seeking reward and fearing punishment, and this is not correct unless directed to Allaah alone. To direct this to anyone else besides Allaah is major shirk which takes a person out of the Religion and he falls under the threat in the Saying of Allah, the Most High,

وقال ربكم ادعوني استجب لكم ان الذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنم داخرين

“Your Lord says: O people, invoke Me and supplicate to Me making your worship sincerely for Me alone, and I will answer you, and pardon you and have mercy upon you. Indeed those who disdain to worship Me alone will enter Hell-Fire in disgrace.”

اور تمہارے پروردگار نے کہا ہے کہ تم مجھ سے دعا کرو میں تمہاری (دعا) قبول کروں گا۔ جو لوگ میری عبادت سے ازراہ تکبر کتراتے ہیں۔ عنقریب جہنم میں ذلیل ہو کر داخل ہوں گے

[Soorah Ghaafir (40):60]

So the noble Aayah proves that invocation/supplication (du’aa) is worship, and if that were not the case it would not be said “those who disdain to worship Me alone….” So whoever called upon anyone besides Allah, the Mighty & Majestic, requesting something which none but Allah has power over, then he is a mushrik (one who worships others besides Allah), an unbeliever (kaafir), whether the one he calls upon is living or dead.

[1] Translator’s note: The hadeeth is reported with this wording by at-Tirmidhee and declared weak (da’eef) by Shaykh Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee in al-Mishkaat (no. 2331) due to the weakness of one of its narrators, Ibn Lahee’ah. Imaam Ahmad and the four Sunan report an authentic hadeeth with the wording: “Invocation is Worship.” (Declared authentic {saheeh) by Shaykh al-Albaanee in Saheehul’Jaami’ (no. 3407)).

SOURCES:

Audio in Urdu: Dr. Farhat Hashmi – Al-Usul al-Thalathah

Explanation of Usool Ath Thalatha by Shaykh Uthaymeen

1ST CHAPTER OF BOOK:

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION TO FIRST OBLIGATORY MATTER TO LEARN

PART 2- INTRODUCTION TO NEXT THREE OBLIGATORY MATTERS TO LEARN

2ND CHAPTER OF BOOK:

The Second Matter (Part -1), Part -2 – Negation of Shirk

The Third Matter – Alliance and the Disociation

THIRD CHAPTER OF BOOK:

FOURTH CHAPTER OF BOOK:

First Principle ( Proof) – Part 2

Proof for Allah’s Lordship and His Sole Right to all Worship – Part 4

Types of Worship Proofs of Types of Worship

Ad’Dua
Fear (Khauf) , Hope (Ar’Rija)

CHAPTER 4: 1ST PRINCIPLE – TYPES OF WORSHIP (Proofs)

February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 Admin2 Comments

Ibn Katheer, rahimahullaah, said: “The creator of these things is the One Who deserves to be worshipped.” All the types of worship which Allah commanded – like Islaam (submission and obedience to Allah), eemaan (true Belief comprising belief of the heart, speech of the tongue and action of the limbs), and ihsaan (perfection of worship), and from that is invocation/supplication (du’aa), reverential fear (khawf), hope and longing (rajaa), trust and reliance (tawakkul), fervent desire (raghbah), dread (rahbah), reverence and humility (khushoo’), awe (khashyah), turning repentantly (inaabah), appealing for aid and assistance (isti’aanah), seeking refuge (isti’aadhah), seeking deliverance and rescue (istighaathah), sacrificing (dhabfi), vows (nadhr) and the rest of the types of worship commanded by Allah, all of them are to be done exclusively for Allah, the Most High.

Having made clear that it is obligatory upon us to worship Allah, alone, giving no share of worship to anyone besides Allah, the author, rahimahullaah goes on to explain some of the different types of worship. His saying And from it is ad’Dua ; he began with it because it is the greatest of the types of worship.

The proof for this is the Saying of Him, the Most High:

وان المساجد لله فلا تدعوا مع الله احدا

“And the places of Prayer are for Allah alone, so do not invoke anyone along with Allah”

اور یہ کہ مسجدیں (خاص) خدا کی ہیں تو خدا کے ساتھ کسی اور کی عبادت نہ کرو

[Soorah al-Jinn (72): 18]

Al-masaajid is the word that is used for the places where prostration is made and those places where prayer is performed. And the word Masaajid is also used for the seven parts of the body those are used for the prostration as it is mentioned in following hadith narrated by Ibn ‘Abbas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) was ordered (by Allah) to prostrate on seven parts and not to tuck up the clothes or hair (while praying). Those parts are: the forehead (along with the tip of nose), both hands, both knees, and (toes of) both feet.

( Sahih al-Bukhari 809 – Kitab Ul Adhan ; To Prostate on Seven Bones)

Anyone who directs any part of that to anything besides Allaah, then he is a mushrik (associationist), an unbeliever (kaafir), and the proof is the Saying of Him, the Most High,

ومن يدع مع الله الها اخر لا برهان له به فانما حسابه عند ربه انه لا يفلح الكافرون

“And whoever worships along with Allaah any other object of worship has no proof for that; his reckoning will be with his Lord. Indeed the unbelievers will never prosper”

اور جو شخص خدا کے ساتھ اور معبود کو پکارتا ہے جس کی اس کے پاس کچھ بھی سند نہیں تو اس کا حساب خدا ہی کے ہاں ہوگا۔ کچھ شک نہیں کہ کافر فلاح نہیں پائیں گے

[Soorah al-Mu’minoon (23):117]

The first Aayah is a proof, since Allaah, the Most High, informs that the masaajid, which are either the places in which prostration (sujood) is made (i.e. the places of Prayer), or the limbs which prostrate, are for Allah alone. Then He stated as a consequence of that is: so do not worship and prostrate to anything else along with Him.

The second Aayah is a proof since Allah, the one free of all imperfections and the Most High, explains that whoever supplicates and invokes something else besides Allah is an unbeliever (kaafir), because He says: “Indeed the unbelievers will never prosper.” Furthermore His Saying “(They have) no proof for that“ indicates that it is not possible for there to be any proof supporting worship of other gods. So this is a description to make the matter clear and manifest, and it is not a qualifying description meant to exclude that which is supported by proof. This is the case since it is not possible for there to be any proof allowing worship of anything along with Allah.

(Islaam, eemaan and ihsaan are already explained in previous post. We will continue types of worship with respect to Dua and its categories and Proofs in next post insha’Allah.)

SOURCES:

Audio in Urdu: Dr. Farhat Hashmi – Al-Usul al-Thalathah

Explanation of Usool Ath Thalatha by Shaykh Uthaymeen

1ST CHAPTER OF BOOK:

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION TO FIRST OBLIGATORY MATTER TO LEARN

PART 2- INTRODUCTION TO NEXT THREE OBLIGATORY MATTERS TO LEARN

2ND CHAPTER OF BOOK:

The Second Matter (Part -1), Part -2 – Negation of Shirk

The Third Matter – Alliance and the Disociation

THIRD CHAPTER OF BOOK:

FOURTH CHAPTER OF BOOK:

First Principle ( Proof) – Part 2

Proof for Allah’s Lordship and His Sole Right to all Worship – Part 4

Types of Worship

Types of Worship and its Proofs

CHAPTER 4: 1ST PRINCIPLE – TYPES OF WORSHIP

January 31, 2016April 22, 2016 Admin3 Comments

Having made clear that it is obligatory upon us to worship Allah, alone, giving no share of worship to anyone besides Allah, the author, rahimahullaah goes on to explain some of the different types of worship. So he said: “And all the types of worship… like Islaam, eemaan and ihsaan.”

These three: Islaam, eemaan and ihsaan are the Religion (Deen) as occurs in the narration reported by Muslim from the hadeeth of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, radiyallaahu ‘anhu, who said:

“Whilst we were sitting with Allah’s Messenger one day, a man came having very white clothes and very black hair. No trace of having travelled could be seen upon him, and none of us knew him. So he sat down before the Prophet and joined his knees with his knees, and placed his palms upon his thighs and said: “O Muhammad, tell me about Islaam.” So Allah’s Messenger said: “Islaam is that you testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; that you establish the Prayer; pay the zakaat; fast Ramadaan; and make pilgrimage (hajj) to the House if you are able to do so.” He said: “You have spoken correctly.” He (i.e. ‘Umar) said: ‘So we were amazed at how he asked, and then told him that he had spoken correctly. ‘He said: “Then tell me about eemaan,” He ﷺ said: “It is that you have true faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and that you have true faith in pre-decree (alqadr), its good and its evil.“ He said: “You have spoken correctly.” He said: “Then tell me about ihsaan.” He ﷺ said: “It is that you worship Allah as if you were seeing Him, and even though you do not see Him, yet He certainly sees you.” He said: “Then tell me about the Hour.” He ﷺ said: “The one who is questioned about it knows no better than the one who is asking.” He said: “Then tell me about the signs.” He ﷺ said: “That the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see the barefooted, naked, and destitute, shepherds competing in building tall buildings.”

Then he went off. Then he (i.e. the Prophet) remained for a long while, then he said: “O ‘Umar, do you know who the questioner was?“ I said: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He ﷺ said: “He was Jibreel, he came to you to teach you your Religion (Deen).””

Islaam:

It means submission and obedience to Allah. Islam with its five pillars, the two testifications of faith, the establishment of Salah, giving the Zakat, fasting Ramadan and making Hajj to sacred house of Allah – these are all acts of worship which are related to wealth (maaliyah) and body (ba’daniyah).

ارکانِ خمسہ کی تعمیل کا نام اِسلام ہے۔ جسمیں شہادتین، نماز، زکٰوة، روزہ، حج شامل ہیں۔

Eemaan:

It is the true Belief comprising belief of the heart, speech of the tongue and action of the limbs. It has six pillars includes, emaan Bil’ah (Tawheed), emaan in His angels, in His holy Books, in His Messengers, and in the Last day and emaan in Al-Qadr (the pre-decree), the good of it and bad of it, this is worship of Heart.

ایمان میں چھ ارکان شامل ہیں۔ ایمان باللہ، فرشتون پر ایمان، آسمانی کتب، رُسل، اچھی اور بُری تقدیر اور موت اور حشر کے دِن پر ایمان لانا ضروری ہے۔

Al-Ihsaan:

It means the Perfection of worship, which is a single pillar. And it is that worship Allah that you are seeing Him, and even though you do not see him, then He certainly sees you. This is the highest type of the worship.

اِحسان سے مراد ایسے عبادت کرنا کہ جیسے تم اللہ کو دیکھ رہے ہو یا اِس بات کا یقین کہ وہ تمھیں دیکھ رہا ہے۔

So the Prophet ﷺ declared all of these things to be the Religion, and that is because they comprehend all of the Religion.

دین = اِسلام + ایمان + اِحسان

SOURCES:

Audio in Urdu: Dr. Farhat Hashmi – Al-Usul al-Thalathah

Explanation of Usool Ath Thalatha by Shaykh Uthaymeen

1ST CHAPTER OF BOOK:

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION TO FIRST OBLIGATORY MATTER TO LEARN

PART 2- INTRODUCTION TO NEXT THREE OBLIGATORY MATTERS TO LEARN

2ND CHAPTER OF BOOK:

The Second Matter (Part -1), Part -2 – Negation of Shirk

The Third Matter – Alliance and the Disociation

THIRD CHAPTER OF BOOK:

FOURTH CHAPTER OF BOOK:

First Principle ( Proof) – Part 2