Bro @talibilm, I understand you bro.
But I also understand Bro Huzaifah.
The ayahs Huzaifah quoted, should also be understood in context. Not just read up-front. Islam came as a Mercy to Mankind. and the Prophet Muhammad :saws: did not come to curse, but as a Mercy.
he wanted to demonstrate how interpretation of Ayaats require understanding of Deen, and knowledge of context wherein it was revealed. Qur'aan and Sunnah is all we need. But we also need Fiqh, and tafsirs, so that the Muslims who are not scholars can understand. (I know you agree on that,)
Islam is not a Pacifistic Religion, but a religion of Truth and Reality. If someone stormed your house and wanted you killed, you'd defend yourself, be it by force, right?
And this whole Offensive Jihad, should be understood in context.
When you think of Offensive Jihad, you probably think of barbarians who invade countries, say "convert" if no, then slaughter, rince and repeat. Right? That isn't how it goes.
Muslims weren't barbarians, but they werent pacifists either. BUT, they wanted peace. They were not warmongers - they didn't do war just for the sake of it.
Remember when Umar R.a. stopped himself from killing a Mushrik, because he went to Jihad for the SAKE of Allah, not to pleasure himself, or to avenge in his anger? When a Mushrik spat on him R.A. he got angry, and wanted to kill him, but didn't???
In Jihad, we do it for Allah, none else. Not for ourselves.
Tafsir and Fiqh IS important.
Please correct me if I said anything wrong.
And Allah :swt: knows best.
what you talking about? within the last week we have had...
what do you do if someone extends their hands to kill you within your own home?
....not quite a black and white answer..
probably.
..you can you even stand by that viewpoint?
the only answer is...
try it and let us know.
you cant ever really pretend to be a thing.
...you know, ignorance is dangerous..
but made use of.
have fun.
i wouldnt really know these people if it were not for this bloody room.
And Islam does not say to go and kill people out of nowhere, even if they are kafirs. That is prohibited.
I have chatted with ISIS people, and they said that killing innocents was OK, and that killing civilians, be it your neighbours, etc. or to steal from kuffar from America, etc. Is ok.
Obviously it is not. They think since America bombs muslims, that whole America is free pass to being murdered. That all civilians are equally responsible.
They think killing civilians is ok cuz America kills Muslims. 2 wrongs doesn't make a right. And this mindset of "you kill my child, I kill your child" is contrary to Islam, and has its roots back in Jahiliyaah.
They quote the "Eye for Eye" ayaat as justification, with no understanding of it. In translation they are saying "It is ok to kill a the child of a murderer"
It is like "If I kill your child, can you kill my child?" the answer to that, is no. you can kill me. But, being vigilant is not allowed. So even if I did, you can not kill me without court, etc.
I understand you. Killing people out of nowhere, brings no peace. It is contrary to Islam. I can not fight without reason, either.
Astaghfirullah if I said anything wrong. Please correct me if I said anything wrong.
And Allah :swt: knows best.
I'd try to stop him, call police, etc. :/
Like i said in a different comment of mine. The state of the heart is very important. For example, when somebody is cynical, whatever you say to him he will see it as something negative. If you say to somebody who is cynical "how are you?" he will think something like this.."ooh he is asking me how i am, must be to get money from me or profit from me". This is same with hatred, if hatred has filled your heart, you are capable of everything. I have experienced hatred in my life and i took me 13 years to get rid of it and to forgive the person, even though that person is even worse kind of person than 13 years back. However i truly have forgiven that person and it is now what that person is doing between that person and Allah(swt). I know very clearly, how sick hateful feelings i had. To want to torture that person, but not let death come to that person. Rather let that person heal and again torture it. Every nail slowly pulling it out. Make that person beg for death, but do not give them that pleasure of death.
Alhamdulillah it always just stayed as something i "wished/harbored in my heart and mind" and it never took root in reality. Now ALHAMDULILLAH completely removed from my heart and mind.
So you see, if your heart has reached such a stage of PURE hatred, there are no boundaries anymore. A person will go through mountains to fulfill this hatred. For me knowing and truly having felt and understood this feeling, i understand how ISIS mentality is. They want somebody to pay for their misery and try to find ayaat and take them such out of context to fulfill their hatred. Everything is justifiable if the heart longs for it.
However, alhamdulillah knowing what forgiveness is, i also realized that this is NOT some small thing that can be achieved in ones life. Some people will remain with their hatred for the rest of their life committing even shirk because of it. The moment you know what forgiveness is, apologizing and forgiven people despite what they have done to you or you have done to them in the future becomes so easy and always a relieve of the heart.
However even saying this, not many people will understand this comment. As this i THINK is a very unique experience especially in the world of today where "being humble" is seen as a "weakness" and for "fools".
Brother, read the comment of brother talibilm, careful. He has NOT claimed such a thing. His argument is, we must follow Qur'an and Sunnah and if there is no clear ruling or understanding of something we resort to the fiqh of the scholars. Which is indeed how it is. While you it looks like seem to understand that brother talibilm is saying..no fiqh is needed whatsoever, while he is not saying that. Laymen such as me, i often try to understand something first then i resort to what scholars have said about it. Often my own general understanding is close, but after reading what scholars have said about it i even obtain more understanding of it. My BASIC principle is ISLAM = Peace. So if my understanding would say..go kill people out of nowhere without any context or whatsoever, that means it is being contradictory to the BASIC principle of Islam = peace even to the fitrah of the human being is being contradictory.
Exactly!!
Say, a heart, who is filled with hate and anger. he will see the world through "that". he will read the Quran through that.
A Islam hater, who hates Islam, will read the Quraan and not believe in it. A hateful person will read the Quraan and justify his wrongdoing by it.
Allah guides whom He wills, and knows our hearts. So if one seeks misguidance, he will get that.
you remind me SOO much of "Hate Racism".A guy who said the exact same thing you just said.
If someone is full of hatred, no matter what you say to him. he will still be full of hatred.
So it is not the minds there is something wrong with - but the hearts.
Like a person who sees all the signs of Truth (Haqq- Islam) and etc. But the moment some falsehood is shown to him, he adopts it as a way. But when truth is shown to him. he stands confused (can't see) There is an ayat that speaks of this.
However, here is an ayaat:
I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
https://quran.com/7/146
I don't COMPLETELY know if this ayat speaks of this, but I wanted to share it.![]()
To be HONEST, it would not even surprise me if they would indeed have said such a thing. The things they have done and i also have had the opportunity to talk to one of them for sure. Sub'han'Allah......:O. I asked that ISIS-guy, what does Islamic Law say, if i kill your son? He replied, then i can kill your son. (eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth). I said, DUDE..i would have killed an innocent soul, what has my son to do with MY criminal act? he said, no i have studied sharia law, it is like this.
Brother, read the comment of brother talibilm, careful. He has NOT claimed such a thing. His argument is, we must follow Qur'an and Sunnah and if there is no clear ruling or understanding of something we resort to the fiqh of the scholars. Which is indeed how it is. While you it looks like seem to understand that brother talibilm is saying..no fiqh is needed whatsoever, while he is not saying that. Laymen such as me, i often try to understand something first then i resort to what scholars have said about it. Often my own general understanding is close, but after reading what scholars have said about it i even obtain more understanding of it. My BASIC principle is ISLAM = Peace. So if my understanding would say..go kill people out of nowhere without any context or whatsoever, that means it is being contradictory to the BASIC principle of Islam = peace even to the fitrah of the human being is being contradictory.
In reply to brother talibilm:
Okay. So, you follow the Hanafi Madh-hab for the most part, but when you come across a Hadeeth which you feel is in conflict with the Hanafi Madh-hab, you follow that Hadeeth. Correct? Then, my question is:
Do you think that, in any issue of Deen, there is only one Hadeeth? Let me explain that:
The Hanafi Madh-hab says that the Musalli should fold his hands below his navel. Right? Now, you opened an English translation of Saheeh al-Bukhaari, and there, you perhaps came across a Hadeeth which mentions folding the hands on the chest, so now you say: "I'm going to follow the Hadeeth and reject the Hanafi Madh-hab's view on this issue."
Meanwhile, you are unaware that the view of the Hanafi Madh-hab on where to fold the hands is based on a different Hadeeth which says that the hands should be folded below the navel. This is something many people don't understand: "Why follow Imaam Abu Haneefah/Maalik/Shaafi`i/Ahmad when there is a Hadeeth which says X?" Well, that's because there's also another Hadeeth that says A, another that says B, another that says C, another that says Y and another that says Z. So which Hadeeth are you going to follow? The Ahaadeeth in Saheeh al-Bukhaari are not the only Hadeeth. Imaam al-Bukhaari himself mentioned, when compiling that Kitaab, that the Saheeh Ahaadeeth which he left out are MUCH more than those which he put in. Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal memorised one million Ahaadeeth. Saheeh al-Bukhaari contains roughly 7,000. So, it is an erroneous belief in the minds of many people that, the Ahaadeeth in Bukhaari are all the Ahaadeeth which exists. That is not the case.
So, coming back to the point:
Now, for example, you have a Hadeeth which says fold the hands below the navel, another that says above the navel, another that says on the chest, etc. How do you know which one to follow? You are not a Muhaddith, and thus you cannot grade which Hadeeth is stronger than which. In Usool-ul-Fiqh, there is what you could call a "legal maxim", which is: Talaqqi bil-Qabool of the Fuqahaa. To put it in plain English, it means that the grading of a Faqeeh (like Imaams Abu Haneefah, Maalik, ash-Shaafi`ee, Ahmad) overrides the grading of the later Muhadditheen like Imaams al-Bukhaari, Muslim, Abu Daawud, at-Tirmidhee, an-Nasaa'i, ibn Maajah, at-Tabaraani, ibn Hajr al-`Asqalaani, az-Zayla`i, etc.
So, there is a Hadeeth in Bukhaari which says that the hands should be folded on the chest, but Imaam Abu Haneefah (who lived during the time when 17 Sahaabah were still alive) had a Hadeeth which said that the hands should be folded below the navel, and he graded this Hadeeth as being authentic. Why, then, should a person follow the Hadeeth Imaam al-Bukhaari quotes and grades as authentic over the Hadeeth Imaam Abu Haneefah quotes and grades as authentic? Remember the legal maxim: "Talaqqi bil-Qabool". Imaam Abu Haneefah (born 80 A.H.) , being a Faqeeh, overrides Imaam al-Bukhaari (born 194 A.H.).
When Imaam al-Bukhaari narrates a Hadeeth, he might have 6-7 people in that chain before reaching Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم. On the other hand, Imaam Abu Haneefah met some of the Sahaabah, like Hadhrat Anas ibn Maalik رضي الله عنه, for example. So, just look at this logically:
Imaam Abu Haneefah narrates a Hadeeth from Hadhrat Anas رضي الله عنه. So it's: "Abu Haneefah, from Anas ibn Maalik, from Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم."
See how short that chain is? Now compare that to a chain Imaam al-Bukhaari quotes:
"Yahyaa ibn Bukayr narrated to us, saying: al-Layth narrated to us, from `Uqayl, from ibn Shihaab, from `Urwah ibn az-Zubayr, from `Aa'ishah, Umm-ul-Mu'mineen, that she said:"
That's one example of a Sanad of Imaam al-Bukhaari. So, Imaam al-Bukhaari for example has 4-5 people between him and the Sahaabi, whereas in some cases, Imaam Abu Haneefah heard directly from a Sahaabi, who heard from Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم. Can you see the difference? Now whose Hadeeth should be followed, do you think, if both quote a Hadeeth on a certain topic?
Secondly:
The statement of the A'immah that if the Hadeeth is authentic, follow the Hadeeth and throw their Madh-hab against the wall, was directed at their students, who were Mujtahideen themselves. It was not directed at people who cannot even speak Arabic. If a person cannot speak Arabic, then he cannot understand the Qur'aan; instead, he has to rely on some human being's interpretation of an Aayah, which he puts into an "English Translation", and this person then has to read that and try to learn from there.
Read this thread to see what are the requirements of being an `Aalim:
https://www.islamicboard.com/-ilm-knowledge/134342572-taalib-ul-ilm.html
If someone like Einstein were to have said that, if anyone can come across an error in his works, they should correct it, then he is directing that statement towards people who are specialists in the fields he was. He is not directing that statement at a child who has not yet learnt how to count, who has not yet learnt that 1+1=2. If this child were to think that he can correct Einstein based on his being unable to understand something Einstein mentioned, and so he thinks he's found a "mistake", would you take him seriously? Similarly, a person who has not studied the ABCs of `Ilm, who doesn't have the most basic requisite, which is fluency in Arabic, thinking he can "correct" the A'immah of the past - who were giants in the Deen - is exactly the same.
May Allaah Ta`aalaa grant all of us the correct understanding, Aameen.
والسلام
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