Nobody is worshiping them as gods.
You know for a fact that this is an untrue statement, there are multiple examples of this fact and that is the reason why Allah :swt: mentions it, the hadith of adiyy ibn haatim at-tay's question on the topic and the Prophet's answer explains it clearly.
Multiple people wrongly do it in the form of falsely claiming that Christ is Allah, and when they accept corrupt laws made by politicians in defiance of true justice in the sight of Allah :swt: the Most Just.
When Allah :swt: clearly tells us that Musa :as: killed a man with a punch and sought forgiveness for having wronged himself, and that Allah :swt: forgave him, and then when Pharaoh tried to make him feel small because of it, and Musa :as: replied that he had done it when he was of those erring, it is worship of scholars to accept their false claim that Prophets are incapable of commiting sins and repentance to Allah :swt: is required when we realise our mistakes.
When Allah :swt: Himself chose the Prophets, Messengers and their companions to be role models for mankind, we have to follow them and take them as examples for us.
We have to follow them in all that is just in Allah's sight, not by emulating their flaws, and when we read these verses to our children, we should clearly explain that it isn't right to kill people unjustly, and that Musa :as: was human and that he had commited a sin and Allah :swt: had accepted his repentance and taken the responsibility of reimbursement upon Himself.
We should not tell them that because Prophet Ibrahim :as: during his learning process worshipped the sun, the moon, and the stars, and because Prophet Dawud :as: commited errors in judgement, and because Prophet Lut :as: offered his daughters to those evil sodomites out of despair because they were trying to rape his guests, and because Prophet Ayyub :as: initially attributed the sufferings inflicted on him by satan as being from Allah :swt: - that it is ok for them to make the same errors, rather we should be explaining that they were human and that they repented to Allah :swt: and strove to do better and that Allah :swt: elevated their status for that and that people who repent and serve Allah in true sincerity and strive in His cause are favoured by Allah :swt: .
This is the method in which we use their narrations as lessons and not by deceiving ourselves and by teaching our children to deceive themselves - the reason why people left christianity and became atheists is because they got waried by so many contradictions and were told to unquestioningly accept glaring inconsistencies between the truth and what their scholars were telling them - let us not fall into the same hole of the dhabb.
And if anyone offers us a dubious hadith about shaytan stealing pocketfuls of food and Abu hurayrah let him go three times, we should not let it pass as an example but rather question the authenticity of the hadith and go on to explain as we would to our own children that if they are in a position of trust -they should learn to respect and uphold that trust, and that they cannot use the example from the claim that abu hurayrah :ra: let a thief go three times - to fall short of their responsibilities.
And if there are multiple evidences pointing to the possible hypocrisy of any companion - since everyone who saw the Prophet :saws: and took shahadah was considered a sahaabah despite the fact that there were multiple hypocrites around him and also those who operated in groups and behind the scenes, then we should raise that possibility on a side note so that we can get a clearer picture of what might also have been happening, this is the method in which humans picture things together and learn lessons from narrations of events, the mosque of diraar is an example of sahaabah who were hypocrites and this helps us to understand things in context - and protects us from falling prey to emotional folly. To claim that the masjid diraar people shouldn't be mentioned because they were "sahaabah" is folly. The sahaabah were human, and we should be using the texts to understand them and follow their good examples and not to follow their bad examples.
Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, so from their guidance take an example. [
6:90]
Yes, from their guidance take an example, and if their mistakes are narrated by Allah :swt: himself and someone mentions them, try not to get defensive and pretend that it's a lie so that people don't end up getting confused, rather use it as an opportunity to prove that Allah :swt: turns in mercy to those who walk aright despite their past flaws, and that nobody is beyond flaws, and that nobody must to remain flawed with the excuse that "those were prophets and companions and we can't be saints like them".
Keep it real.
You are not understanding the point properly. In terms of matters related to the Deen of Islam, do you need anything other than the Qur'an and Sunnah?
The deen of Islam is the complete way of living one's life in submission to Allah :swt: , doing good, and avoiding evil - so that we can live a goodly life and make a high profit on the scales on the day of judgement and get into paradise, i'm sure there are many people in the past who never had access to the divine books but were haneef through pondering on creation, and did their best to make the best choices in life and to avoid commiting greed and injustice - and that they struggled very hard and wished they had guidance on how to walk the straightest path, and that each soul will be rewarded by Allah according to its endeavours.
With Islaam being a complete way of life, it is useful to delve into history, and to learn to make door handles, and to learn about bacteria, and how to speak different languages, and to understand different languages for the purpose of study, business, and communication - it is not a brand but an attitude of submission and obedience to Allah :swt: and anybody who knows that -knows that the more knowledge that is gained, the easier it is to make the correct choices. Past stock market readings and knowledge of choices and gains and fails only makes a better investor if the present state is evaluated well - and the one who has the most knowledge and makes the best choices makes the highest profits on the scales - in terms of prudence, communication, and dawah, and in terms of eternal rewards.
Not everyone does it, but those who do often learn to sift, to become aware of possible plots and stumblingblocks, to increase in guidance, and to become more skilled in the brain department.
Who needs to study Bible to understand Islam?
A bit like asking - "who needs to understand the historical context of circumstances of revelations and abrogations when the rulings of the Quran are there?" Well, those who feel the need to gain a deeper understanding of what it all means.
Not all people are mute followers - some are curious seekers, some know more, some know less. Not all people simply say that a printer is for printing so just press print, some want to know the history of how they actually developed and work.
when one wonders why Allah :swt: goes back and forth in rulings, makes abrogations, adds a jot here and a jot there, one finds it easy when he/she realises that this has been the sunnah of Allah :swt: in times past, and that the sending of updated guidance in stages is for the benefit of the people in the situation, and for those who learn the guidance after them.
Laqad kaana fee qasasihim ibratan li ul il albaab.
Did not Allah :swt: say,
This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. [
5:3]
Alhamdulillah
If anyone believes that Qur'an needs Bible or any other previous scripture as supplement to complete the message of Islam, then he has actually committed kufr and must repent.
God knows where you got that one from bro
it really depends on how one defines the term "need", some believe they don't need to read the Quran in their own language, others believe they don't need to learn Arabic, some believe they don't need to become scholars of ahadith and fiqh and qiraat to be Muslim, others believe they don't need to be a haafidh of Quran to be Muslim, others believe they don't need to read tirmidhi and bayhaaqi and ad infinitum to be a Muslim, others believe they don't need to know shakespeare to be a good reader, others believe they don't need to be a historian to know what happened yesterday, others believe they don't need to be an architect to know how the wtc7 collapsed, others believe they don't need to be a nutritionist to know how to make a salad, others believe they don't even need to know how to read and write in order to be a good Muslim - but it all depends really on how curious and zealous a person actually is.
Regarding the stories of the Prophets, Allah :swt: says,
There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was the Qur'an a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe. [
12:111]
It is not a mistake by Allah :swt: when He makes such a generalisation, rather an overall statement about the fact that it guides to all truth, i'm certain you're not one of the Quran only and no hadith or fiqh or maths dudes
c'mon you're a computer whiz - you studied the stuff somewhere besides the Quran.
The bits and details found in Bible regarding previous Prophets and Messengers are non-essential details, which is why Allah :swt: did not include them in the Qur'an.
Again - depends on how curious a person is.
We can neither confirm the authenticity of those details, not can we deny them, because the prophet :saws: said,
Do not ask them about anything, lest they tell you something true and you disbelieve it, or they tell you something false and you believe it. [Ahmad]
He is reported to have said that angrily to Umar :ra: who was reading something dubious to him, 'Umar :ra: may even have been contradicting something he had taught them as was his nature - which the Prophet :saws: usually saw as a useful angle,
he :saws: asked them about their fast on Ashura and advised his followers to also fast on the grounds that the Muslims had more right to Musa :as: than those who were now rejecting the messenger amongst them on the grounds that Musa was enough for them, he used to get them to read to him but mistrusted them when they were caught hiding and skipping text by Abdullah ibn salaalm :ra: , he then got zayd :ra: to learn the hebrew language because of their habit of concealing the facts.
Anyways, there's a later statement about israiliyaat which totally abrogates that out of context statement.
It's wise to be more careful of secular userer controlled news - you might believe those wmd, islamic terrorism, and oppression of women lies, and disbelieve it when they tell you that the sky is blue due to the defenses their persistent lies raise - but if you think you can sift and sandbox intelligently - or at least learn to do so - maybe check once in a while - but they usually play with the mind like play-do since they use expensive psychologists from the advertising industry often more highly skilled in the craft of crafty babylonian freemasonry and illusion to frame their themes, content, and wording -than the clowns who edited the bible (although some of that appears very craftily done).
Whatever the Sahabah did before accepting Islam is all forgiven when they accepted Islam.
Whatever anyone did before accepting Islam is all forgiven when they accept Islam in sincerity, and when they make hijrah sincerely for Allah :swt: , and when they get an accepted hajj.
Similarly, whatever they have done before the prohibition of alcohol cannot be considered a sin, because it wasn't even prohibited in the first place. As soon as it was declared as forbidden, they refrained from it and poured all alcohol drums on the ground.
The drinking of alcohol - although detestable even before that (read about strong drink in the previous scripture if you like - does not make other sins lawful. The things it does to a person is a lesson to avoid it and Abu Bakr :ra: is reported to have avoided it on the grounds of protecting his honour.
When Allah :swt: Himself says about them
Allah being pleased with them and they with Him. [
98:8], then there is no doubt left regarding their acceptance in front of Allah.
Allah :swt: is pleased with ALL who sincerely turn to Him and lead good lives after lives of ignorance. And He punishes any whom He pleases for their crimes regardless of if they are sahaabah or not. Rather - sahaabah were more at risk of punishment due to the effect of their actions on the messenger of Allah :swt: this can be derived from the "o consorts of the prophet - if any of you were guilty of ...." statement.
The narrations mention the incidents for teaching purpose, not for denigrating them.
I agree wholly and unreservedly with you on this wise and truthful statement.
They are all forgiven for their mistakes and Allah :swt: is pleased with them :rahm:. We hold them in high esteem. They believed in the Prophet :saws: when everyone else opposed him. They were the best students of the best teacher. Their generation was the best of all generations. They were the most civilized people who ever lived on earth.
Some of them did, and Allah :swt: knows their inner leanings better, they are still subject to intellectual criticism for the sake of learning and not of denigrating - like the good examples of those who obeyed Allah :swt: and His messenger, and the bad example of those who ran down the hill at uhud.
Belittling the Prophets and their companions will not be tolerated here.
I agree with you totally and believe that i have never done so - rather, someone has been reporting my posts using emotional fallacies and misconstruction of my intentions.
If anyone does that, then his Imaan is at stake. Because Allah :swt: says in Hadith Qudsi,
من عادى لي وليا فقد آذنته بالحرب (
Whosoever shows enmity to a wali (friend) of Mine, then I have declared war against him.) [
Bukhari].
If anyone does anything against Allah :swt: and against that which He loves, those whom He loves, and who love Him - it is necessary that they are made aware that they won't be getting off the hook easily and that without sincere repentance - they are most likely doomed in this world - and certainly doomed in eternity.
The most widespread definition of a companion is someone who met Muhammad, believed in him and died as a Muslim. The Sunni scholar Al-Hâfidh Ibn Hajar (d.852H) said: “The most correct of what I have come across is that a Sahâbî (Companion) is one who met the Prophet Muhammad - sallallâhu ’alayhi wa sallam - whilst believing in him, and died as a Muslim. So, that includes the one who remained with him for a long or a short time, and those who narrated from him and those who did not, and those who saw him but did not sit with him and those who could not see him due to blindness".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahabah
