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Martin Lings' Biography of the Mess Perennialist Poison In Martin Ling’s Biography of the Prophet www.troid.org PERENNIIALIIST POIISON IN MARTIIN LIINGS’’ BIIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET A Discussion with Martin Lings Aboo Bilaal Mustafaa al-Kanadee Version 1.0 INTRODUCTION: Martin Lings’ biography of the Messenger (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) has gained wide popularity over the recent period, and it continues to be sold and recommended unabated. This is so in spite of what we have come to know of both its author and the book itself. We are thus prompted to issue this booklet containing three letters that were printed in the Saudi Gazette regarding the Seerah. The first letter was written by our esteemed Salafee brother, Aboo Bilaal (rahimahullaah), the second being Lings’ reply to it and the third comes from Aboo Bilaal as a counter-reply. Mr. Lings sent no further response after the counter-reply from our brother Aboo Bilaal. The letters appear as they had been published with minor spelling and printing corrections. It is hoped that a reading of these letters will – if Allaah so wills - help the Muslims protect themselves from being influenced by false ideas and values and enable them to distinguish the misguided and misled amongst us. May Allaah establish our feet firmly in the path of our Messenger Muhammad (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) and protect us from ever compromising truth with error willingly, aameen. ABOO BILAL’S LETTER OF CAUTIO N: Sir, Congratulations on the opening of a religious section in your newspaper, entitled The Message. I trust it will be of great service disseminating valuable information regarding various aspects of the Islaamic faith. However, I must admit that I was dismayed to see that you have begun a serial of excerpts from Martin Lings’ biography of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam ). The reason for this is that the book – although its document of the Prophet’s life as portrayed in the Glorious Qur‘aan and the authentic Sunnah. I would like to draw your attention to a few facts which I trust will clarify my point. Mr. Lings draws heavily on sources which, although ancient, are not fully trustworthy; for example: al-Waaj idee’s Maghaazee, and al -Azrajee’s Akhbaar Makkah. The former is 1 Perennialist Poison In Martin Ling’s Biography of the Prophet www.troid.org replete with forged and weak traditions, and its author, al-Waajidee has been unanimously assessed by critics of hadeeth literature to be rejected as a narrator of traditions. This heavy dependence of Mr. Lings upon spurious sources for his narrative renders his biography unreliable as an exposition of the impeccable life and times of the Prophet of Islaam. There are in fact quite a number of examples in the book which clearly indicate certain gross errors as well as distorted views of the author; however, lack of space permits me to mention only a few, in brief. At the beginning of his treatise (p. 1-2), Lings chooses to quote from the distorted texts of the Bible’s Book of Genesis (ch. 15 v. 5), rather than rely on authentic narrations of the Prophet Muhammad regarding the story of Abraham and how he settled his wife Hagar and son Ishmael at Makkah. The Biblical account put Ishmael’s age at 13, whereas the traditions of al -Bukhaaree indicate that he was a suckling babe at the time of their arrival in Makkah. It could be said, with justification, that the age difference is of minor significance – and this can be readily conceded – however, there is a vital issue at stake here; viz., Mr. Lings’ view of what is to be regarded as dependable source material for his writing. When he was justifiably criticized for his quoting from the Bible instead of Islaamic sources in an article entitled “Unscrupulous writing about the Prophet” in a local newspaper, Mr. Lings later replied, “I myself am more prepared to accept what Divine Revelation tells us than what was handed down in Arabia by word of mouth from generation to generation.” He further labels the authentically established Islamic version of the story as traditions of the Arabs. Thus he considers the interpolated and distorted text of the Bible “Divine Revelation”, whereas the authentic narrations of the Prophet related to us on the authority of al -Bukhaaree are mere “traditions of the Arabs”, and therefore – it is assumed – unreliable. The Prophet has said, “Verily, I have been given the Qur ‘aan and that which is like unto it, along with it,” i.e., the Prophetic Sunnah which we are obliged to accept as another aspect of the final Divine Revelation; if it has been verified to be transmitted to us in a dependable manner. The second example is Mr. Lings’ rendering of the relationship between the Prophet and Zaynab, for this creates the impression of a passionate romantic love affair between them. He paints a picture of Zaynab at her house who – being lightly clad – upon hearing of the Prophet’s arrival at her door, was so eager to greet him that she leapt she leapt to her feet and ran to the door, to invite him to stay until her husband Zayd returned” (p. 213). That is, she was improperly dressed, and the Prophet was overcome with passion, amazed at her beauty. Mr. Lings’ borrowed his “story” from certain forged narrations of al-Waaq idee et al., and these were aptly described by some critics absolutely unacceptable for such a Hollywood film”. Obviously, such material is absolutely unacceptable for such a sacred subject as the life of the Prophet Muhammad, his virtuous wives and righteous Companions. The final example I will mention – and perhaps the most detrimental – which clearly points to gross misconceptions and distortions of the Prophet’s Seerah by Mr. Lings’ is the incident of the Prophet’s entry into Makkah on the Day of Victory. It is well known 2 Perennialist Poison In Martin Ling’s Biography of the Prophet www.troid.org that he was commissioned by the almighty Allaah to purify the Ka’bah of all signs of polytheism, by ridding it of all the idols surrounding it. Furthermore, the Prophet ordered his companions to destroy and efface everything which remained inside the Ka’bah by way of painting or sculpture, and to remove such before he entered inside to pray. This has been authentically related in the compilation o f al-Bukhaaree et al. Lings on the contrar y, relates another “story” (p. 300) gleaned from the forged narratives contained in his so-called “dependable ancient sources” (i.e. al-Waajidee, al- Azrajee et al.). This “story” totally contradicts what has been authentically related regarding this incident and contradicts the essential principle of Tawheed, for Lings’ writes the following: “Apart from the icon of the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus and a painting of an old man said to be Abraham, the walls inside (the Ka’bah) had been covered with pictures of pagan deities. Placing his hand protectively over the icon, the Prophet told ’Uthmaan to see that all other paintings, except that of Abraham, were effaced.” I ask: Can it be believed that the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam ) would protect such icons of Mary, Jesus and Abraham in this manner, and that he would allow these idols to be left intact inside the sacred Ka’bah, the ver y symbo l of pure unadulterated Tawheed ?! The answer should be quite obvious to anyone possessing firm faith and good sense, for if such a story were true- and it certainly isn’t – then it follows that the Prophet affirmed the very symbols of polytheism and by implication, it indicates that he approved of the distorted existing versions of the previously revealed religions of Christianity and Judaism, symbolised by his protection of their two respective icons. And that is precisely the aim of Lings mentioning this forged tale, since it is consistent with the false doctrine and philosophy to which he adheres and which he avidly propounds in his other writings, namely, The Perennial Philosophy. The principal theme of Perennialism is that all religions are in reality one, and mutually supportive and acceptable; it is merely their “outer” manifestations which appear to differ! Refer to Lings’ book, The Eleventh Hour (p. 71, 74, 77, 80). He furthermore believes in reincarnation (p. 26-29) and the pagan theory of pantheistic monism, i.e., the union of man and God (p. 104, 106). Needless to say, such aberrant doctrines and tenets are totally contrary to the pure and unadulterated teachings of Islaam as contained and preserved in the Gracious Qur ‘aan and the authentic Prophetic Sunnah; the sole criteria for distinguishing truth from error and falsehood. Sincerely, Aboo Bilaal Mustafaa al -Kanadee Imaam, Medical City Mosque, King Khaalid Nat. Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 3 Perennialist Poison In Martin Ling’s Biography of the Prophet www.troid.org MARTIN LINGS’ RESPONSE: Sir, Having discussed my life of the Prophet as unreliable, Mr. Kanadee goes on to say that ‘lack of space permits him to mention only a few examples of the gross errors as well as distorted views of the author’. In fact only three are mentioned but we may assume that there are the worst, that is, the grossest and most distorted. Let us examine them. The first is now out of date, because in the latest edition of my book, the Biblical statement that Ishmael was 13 when he came to Makkah has been omitted and replaced by what is generally believed by Muslims, namely that he was a babe in arms.
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