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Iluv♥Allah
Yes I'm trying to put it in my own words but I just cant think of better words to rewrite it cause its already written in the best and most understandable way. :confused:
oh God! sometimes i feel so dumb:exhausted
read it once then try to write the version of events from your memory, if you can't remember the version of events read it again. and keep doing this until you are able to write the story from your own memory without having to read it. Then it will come in your own words inshaAllah.
It can be done look
A popular and respected Islamic scholar from the past known as Imam Ibn Katheer delves into explicit details regarding the introducton of Idol worship to mankind. Below is a summary of his findings.
The first man to walk the face of the Earth was prophet Adam pbuh, Adam's children and subsequent generations were upon monothiesm, and
this was the case right up until the time of Prophet Noah pbuh. Between the time that Prophet Adam and Prophet noah lived, it is reported in the saying of Ibn Abbas that there existed 10 generations, and these 10 generations were upon monotheism and certain people reached such heights of piety that they became known as saints. Due to the fact that they dedicated themselves to the worship of Allah, many people respected them and took them as role models.
When these pious men who became known as saints passed away, the people who took them as role models and looked upto them became deeply saddended and struck with grief, it was at this point that the cursed one, Shaytaan exploited their vulnerable state by appearing to them as a man who sought to console the people by drawing pictures of the pious men who had died so that people could hang these pictures up as an act of remembrance, initially shaytaan did not introduce the idea of shirk he simply said that these pious men should not be forgotten and there is no harm in hanging their pictures on the walls of the houses to ensure their memory stays alive.
The people, in their grief accepted shaytaan's proposition and began hanging the saints images up on the walls, they would turn to these pictures for motivation when it came to acts of worship. Years passed like this, the images were not worshipped at this point, however by the time
those people, who listened to shaytaan's idea about simply hanging the pictures up on the wall died, their children had grown up, and shaytaan came again in the form of a man again, however this time he proposed to change the pictures into images, the children agreed to this.