First Time First in Bid’ah and Sin First Time First in Bid’ah and Sin The first people to practice Shirk was the people of Nuh The first person to kill someone was one of Adam’s children. There is no sound proof found in the Quran or Sunnah that Kane killed Abel. The first people to call to sodomy was Lut’s people The first person to call to demonstrations was Abdullah ibn Saba’. The first person to deny the Qadr in Basra was Ma’bud Al-Juhani The first person to deny Allah’s names was Ja’d ibn Dirham The first person to organize Jamatul Tabligh was Muhammad Ilyas The first to display hasad was Ibliss The first person to call to Hizbeeyah was Firaun The first person to call to Shisim in Islam was Abdullah ibn Saba’ The first to call to Sufism was Abdul Wahid ibn Zayd. The first to call to the way of Ikwanul Muslimeen was Hasan Al-Banna. The first person to call the belief the Quran is created was Ja’d ibn Dirham The first to call the methodology of Jahmeeyah was Jahm ibn Safwan The first to call to the minhaj of the Mu’tazelah was Wasel Ibn Ata The first to liken Allah to His creation was Muqatil ibn Sulayman The first to call to a revolution in Islam was Mukhtar ibn Abee Ubayd. The first person to pray Jumuah in a square , and not the masjid was Yusef Qarawdawee The first person to speak out publicly against the Muslim Ruler was Dhul Khuwaysirah The first person to call to Tawheed Al-Hakimeeyah was Dhul Khuwaysirah. The first to call to Irja was Al-Hussain ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Haneefah. It’s said the first people to shave the beard was the people of Lut, because they wanted to look like the women. The first to say faith isn’t affected by sin was Abu Mu’ath ibn At-Towminee The first to call to changing Usul Al-Fiqh’s principles was Tariq Ramadan The first woman to lead the Jumuah prayer was Dr. Amina Abdul Wadud The first to say Allah couldn’t defeat His creation in an election was Yusef Qaradawi The first to say the black man is God and the white man is the devil was Elijah Muhammad The first to people to name themselves Allah were the 5% nation. The first people to title themselves with Allah’s beautiful names and attributes without Abdul (servant of) in front them were the 5% nation. The first person to perform marriages for homosexual and lesbian Muslims publicly was Daayiee Abdullah Prepared by: Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle Doha, Qatar 1432© Boycotting a person who doesn’t boycott a deviant Boycotting a person who doesn’t boycott a deviant By Imam, Shaykh Muqbil Al-Wad’i (may Allah rest him in Jannah) Question: I have learned that boycotting an innovator is obligatory , when he continues to practice his bid’ah. However, is it correct to boycott the individual who doesn’t boycott the innovator? Furthermore, he doesn’t act according to his knowledge, and he mixes and associates with the innovators and doesn’t shun them? Answer: Before this, boycotting was limited in extent to the era of the Prophet. Then afterwards the affair spread. How is that? For example, you believe that you are calling him to Allah, and perhaps he might return to what’s correct. Additionally, you feel that if you abandon him and boycott him, perhaps he will continue to stick to his misguidance, or even another group will embrace him. All the while you are looking for the well being of Islam and the Muslims. For this reason don’t boycott him for the mere sake of your benefit. The Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa salam) said: ” The rights the Muslim has on another Muslim are five…” among these five rights is ,” …when he meets him, he greets him.” On the other hand, if you believe that your boycotting him would return him to the truth and he would repent, then you can stay away from him. Boycotting and shunning a person, as I previously mentioned was limited in extent to the time of the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa salam). He boycotted three people who stayed behind in a jihad, and he boycotted his wives for a month. Boycotting polishes a person’s character. Allah’s aide is sought. It is incorrect for us to expand and extend in this issue of boycotting, so much so, we drive people away from the Sunnah and goodness. So, what remains now ? We boycott a person who doesn’t shun an innovator. You have taken it to this level in boycotting people? May Allah bless you. You don’t have any proof for us to boycott a person who doesn’t shun an innovator. Even if you were to say for example, the one who doesn’t consider a disbeliever to be a kafir is a disbeliever, then this principle wouldn’t be correct here. Rather the person who doesn’t consider a disbeliever a kafir is an agreed upon principle. For example, he says the Jews and Christians are not disbelievers. This kind of person is considered a disbeliever , because he disbelieved in the Quran. Nonetheless, a person says,” The person who abandons the prayer is a kafir and another says the opposite, then this is an issue that our scholars have differed about. Taken from : Al-Ajwabtus Sadeedah page 169 Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdulla ibn Dwight Lamont Battle Sr. Doha, Qatar 1434 [powr-hit-counter id=b45f8cb4_1470646701237] [powr-mailing-list id=70fae892_1470646709434] The Immediate Danger of a Scholar’s Slip and Error The Immediate Danger of a Scholar’s Slip and Error By Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyah The writers of Sunnah have combined both the corruption and destruction of blind following, along with the scholar’s slip and error. They compiled such works to highlight the wrongness of blind following. It is inevitable that a scholar will err; as he isn’t infallible. Therefore it is not permissible to accept everything single word he says. It is Haraam to lodge a scholar’s statement in the location of surefire speech. For this reason, every single scholar on the face of the Earth has dispraised blind following and making a scholar’s statements definite. The people of knowledge consider such actions Haraam and have criticized its people who practice such. The origin of fitnah among the blind followers is they blindly follow a scholar in every single thing he says. Therefore they follow him in which he’s correct about and makes an error in. These people make no distinction between what’s right or wrong in a scholar’s words. Hence, as usual they make mistakes in the religion. They make Halal what Allah has made Haraam, they make Haraam what Allah has made Halal and they enact laws and regulations which Allah did not prescribe. To be expected, these people will do these actions; as the person they blindly follow isn’t flawless. There is no doubt about it he will make a mistake. Ash-Sha’bee said: ” There are three things which corrupt an era: Misguided imams, disputing about the meanings of the Quran while the Quran is true, and the slip and mistakes of a scholar. “ Tameem Ad-Darami said: “Beware of a scholar’s mistake. Amr asked: what are the mistakes of an Alim? He said: “He makes an error, and then the people take it and act by it. Perhaps, this scholar repents to Allah, while the people continue to follow his error.” Ibn Abdul Bar said: The mistake of a scholar resembles the ships rupture, because when the ship sinks everyone goes under.” Taken from ( ‘Ilamul Muwaqqa-een page 453/ volume 3. printed by Dar ibnul Jawzi 1424) Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle Doha, Qatar 1434© Fasting on Saturday and Sunday Fasting on Saturday and Sunday أمِّ ﺳﻠﻤﺔ رﺿﻲ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﻟﺖ: «ﻛَﺎنَ رَﺳُﻮلُ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﺻَﻠَّﻰ اﻟﻠﻪُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ وَﺳَﻠَّﻢَ ﻳَﺼُﻮمُ ﻳَﻮْمَ َ َ اﻟﺴَّﺒْﺖِ وَﻳَﻮْمَ اﻷ ﺣَﺪِ أ ﻛْﺜَﺮَ َ ﻣِﻤَّﺎ ﻳَﺼُﻮمُ ﻣِﻦَ اﻷ ﻳَّﺎمِ، وَﻳَﻘُﻮلُ: «إ ﻧَّﻬُﻤَﺎ ﻳَﻮْﻣَﺎ ِ َ ﻋِﻴﺪِ اﻟﻤُﺸْﺮِﻛِﻴﻦَ، ﻓَﺄ ﻧَﺎ ُ َ ُ أ ﺣِﺐُّ أ نْ أ ﺧَﺎﻟِﻔَﻬُﻢْ Umm Salaamah (Radi Allahu anha) reported the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alayhi wa salam) used to fast on Saturday and Sunday than on any other days. He said, ” These days are the Eed for the Polytheists and I love to do the opposite of what they do.” Collected by Ahmed(6/323) Hakim (1593) Ibn Hibban (3646) Scholarly remarks for this subject: There is a difference of opinion about the authenticity of this hadeeth, while the majority hold it to be Hasan. Among these scholars who have graded it authentic are; Al-Hakim, Ath-Thahabbi, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Taymiyah ,Al-Arna-ut and Al-Albani. This hadeeth shows the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa salam) used to fast Saturday and Sunday. He did this to contradict the Jews and Christians. Saturday is the off day for the Jews and Sunday is the day off for the Christians. Friday is the Eid for the Muslims. Allah the Most High, led these nations astray from Friday. The jews took Saturday. They say, ” On this day all of creation concluded. Allah says , ” Indeed your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days…(Al-A’raf 54). According to the Jews ,creation began on Sunday and finished on Saturday.