UNIS Issue 49

Rajab 1418
November 1997

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Qura’nic Supplications
          

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The folllowing article is an abridged version of the book Facilitation by min-ashShaitanir Rajeem
Allah In Explaining The Evidences of The Conditions of LA ILAHA ILLA
ALLAH by Shaikh ’Obaid bin ’Abdullah bin Sulaiman al-Jabiri * Rabbanaaa ‘aamannaa
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The First Condition : Knowl-

‘aqdaamanaa wan-surnaa
edge (Al-’Ilm) The ways to know that there is ‘alal-qawmil-kaafiriin.
Knowledge of its meaning, nega- no deity worthy of worship except
tion and affirmation. The evidence Allah are:
for the condition of knowledge is
Allah, the Exalted’s saying: First: Most importantly – con-
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Perfect Lord unto Whom all praise, what Thou hast revealed, and
The confirmed tradition (hadith) glory, greatness and bounty are due. we follow the Messenger;
in Sahih Muslim as narrated by Uth- then write us down among
Second: Knowledge that He, the
man (radiAllahu’anhu) who said: those who bear witness."
Exalted alone, creates and disposes.
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: So, subsequently, knowledge that Al-i-Imran 3:53

"He who dies knowing that there He is the only deity worthy of wor-
is no deity worthy of worship except ship. * "Our Lord! Forgive us our
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Allah, shall enter Al-Jannah (Para- Third: Knowledge that He alone sins and anything We may
dise)" is the Bestower of all gifts (boun- have done that transgressed
ties) apparent and concealed, relig- our duty: Establish our feet
As Allah the truthful (The Ex- firmly, and help us against
alted, The Majestic) has no partner ious and worldly. This would
obligate the heart to attach to Him, those that resist Faith."
in His Domain, Creations and Plan- Al-i-Imran 3:147
ing, similarly, He has no partner in love and submit to Him alone with
our worship of Him. This is why no partners.
Allah has sent the prophets and mes- Fourth: What we see and hear of
sengers, and their calls agree upon
this. Continued on next page

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the rewards of those protected true belief (Iman), both apparent and said:
(Awliyah) by Him, who act upon the hidden, are only those who believe
"Allah has forbidden hell for
recognition of His Unity (Oneness). in Allah and his Messenger. They
those who say: (none has the right
They are given victory and bounties believe without doubt or suspicion.
to be worshiped except Allah) for the
in this world, whereas punishment They show this belief by their word
sake of Allah only" (Sahih Al-Buk-
belongs to His enemies – those who of mouth and their deeds and they
hari)
ascribe partners with him. This lead strive in the cause of Allah with their
to the knowledge that Allah, The Ex- wealth and their lives. In the two Sahihs, it is reported
alted, alone is worthy of worship. that Abu Ayyub (radhi Allaahu
Allah made certainty, i.e., not
’anhu) narrated that a man said:
Fifth: Knowledge of the attrib- having any doubts or suspicions, a
utes of idols and (supposed) equals condition of true belief (in Allah and "O Messenger of Allah (saw) in-
that have been worshiped with Allah His Messenger) since the doubter is form me of a deed that will make me
and have been regarded as god. This from the ranks of the hypocrites. enter Al-Junnah." He said: "Wor-
means knowing that they are defi- ship Allah and do not associate any-
It is narrated from Abu Hurairah
cient in all respects, poor in them- thing with Him, perform regular
(radiAllahu, ’anhu) that the Messen-
selves, an d ar e incapable of prayers, practice (Zakah) charity
ger of Allah (sallallahu ’alaihi wa
profiting or harming anyone. and maintain familial relations".
sallam) said:
Sixth: Knowing that all of Al- In the "Masnud", Bahsir bin Al-
"The servant meeting Allah Hav-
lah’s scriptures agree upon this and Khassasiyah said: "I went to the
ing testified that there is no deity
are consistent with each other. prophet (saw) to take the oath of
worthy of worship except Allah and
allegiance. He made it a condition
Seventh: The knowledge that the that I am the Messenger of Allah, not
that I should testify that there is no
chosen ones among mankind – those doubting them, shall enter Al-Jan-
deity worthy of worship except Allah
who are of perfect conduct, minds, nah (paradise)"
and that Muhammad is Allah’s ser-
judgment and knowledge – are the
The Third Condition: Sincer- vant and messenger, and that I per-
messenger, prophets and devout
ity (Al-Ikhlas) form regular prayers, practice
scholars. All have witnessed to Allah
Sincerity which negates shirk. (Zakah) charity, perform Hajj (Pil-
in that.
The evidence of sincerity is the Ex- grimage to Mecca), fast the month
Eight: K now ing the pr oofs alted saying: of Ramadhan and strive in the way
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November 1997
The Noble Prophet (pbuh)
Taken from "Ar-Rahheq Al-Makhtum" (The Sealed Nectar) written by Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri.
Quraish’s Representative negoti-
ates with the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH).
In the sixth year of Prophethood,
there were two significant additions
to the strength of Islam. The first
was the conversion to Islam of
Hamzah bin Abdul-Muttalib, the
Prophet’s uncle. The second event
occurred three days later with the
acceptance of Islam by Umar bin
Al-Khattab. Both these men had
dauntless courage and were feared
and respected in Makkah. Shortly
after the conversion of these two
powerful heroes, the clouds of tyr-
anny and oppression started to clear
away and the polytheists realized
that it was no use meting out torture
to the Muslims. They consequently
began to direct their campaign to a
different course. The authentic re-
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cords of the biography of the
Prophet (PBUH) show that it had
occurred to the Makkan leaders to
credit Muhammad (PBUH) with
ambition. They, therefore, time and
again plied him with temptation.
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Rabi’a, a chief among them, offered
to approach the Prophet (PBUH)
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and contract a bargain with him
whereby they give him whatever
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worldly wealth he asks for, on con-
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dition that he keep silent and no
longer proclaim his new faith. The
people of Quraish endorsed his pro-
posal and requested him to under-
take that task. ’Utbah came closer to
Muhammad (PBUH) and addressed
him in the following words:
We have seen no other man of
Arabia, who has brought so great a
calamity to a nation, as you have
done. You have outraged our gods
and religion and taxed our forefa-
thers and wise men with impiety and
error and created strife amongst us.
Please circulate this Newsletter among friends
You have left no stone unturned to
estrange the relations with us. If you
are doing all this with a view to get-
ting wealth, we will join together to
give you greater riches than any
Quraishite has possessed. If ambi-
tion moves you, we will make you
our chief. If you desire kingship we
will readily offer you that. If you are
under the power of an evil spirit
which seems to haunt and dominate
you so that you cannot shake off its
yoke, then we shall call in skillful
physicians to cure you.
"Have you said all?" asked Mu-
hammad (PBUH) and then hearing
that all had been said, he spoke
forth, and said:
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to support him. When the Messen-
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prostration, he immediately pros-
trated himself. After that, he turned
to ’Utbah saying: "Well Abu Al-
Waleed! You have heard my reply,
you are now free to do whatever you
please." ’Utbah then retired to his
company to apprise them of the
Prophet’s attitude. When his compa-
triots saw him, they swore that he
had returned to them with a counte-
nance unlike the one he had before
meeting the Prophet (PBUH). He
immediately communicated to them
the details of the talk he gave and
the reply he received, and appended
saying: "I have never heard words
similar to those ones he recited.
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a deep sensation of fear over his avail, socially powerful though they
Negotiations nephew. He deliberated on the pre- were. (REF: Ibn Hisham, 1/269;
Continued from page 3 vious series of incidents including Mukhtasar ’Seerat Ar-Rasool,
the barter affair of ’Amarah bin Al- p.106.)
and stunned putting his hand on the Waleed, Abu Jahl’s rock, ’Uqbah’s
Prophet’s mouth beseeching him: "I Abu Talib was right. The poly-
attempt to choke the Prophet
beg you in the Name of Allah and theists had laid a carefully studied
(PBUH) and finally ’Umar’s (before
uterine ties to stop lest the calamity plan to kill the Prophet (PBUH), and
conversion) intention to kill Mu-
should befall the people of Quraish." banded together to put their plan into
hammad (PBUH).
He then hurriedly returned to his effect. He, therefore, assembled his
compatriots and informed them of The wise man understood that all kinsfolk of Bani Hashim and Bani
what he had heard (REF: Tafseer of these unequivocally smacked of a Al-Muttalib, sons of ’Abd Munaf
Ibn Kathir, 6/159-161) serious plot being hatched to disre- and exhorted them to immunize and
gard his status as a custodian of the defend his nephew. All of them,
Abu Talib assembles Bani Prophet (PBUH) and kill the latter whether believers or disbelievers,
Hashim and Bani Al-Muttalib: publicly. In the event of such a thing, responded positively except his
The new and welcome changes Abu Talib deeply believed, neither brother Abu Lahab, who sided with
notwithstanding, Abu Talib still had ’Umar nor Hamzah would be of any the idolaters.
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The Seventh Condition: Ac-  

knowledge, learns it, and his heart

ceptance (Al-Qubool)
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Accpetance that contradicts re- teaching others. Therefore benefit-

jection. The evidence for accep- ting himself and others.
From the Sunnah: what has been
tance f r om the Qur an is the confirmed that Abu Musa (RAA) re- The second kind of soil is that
Exalted’s saying: ported that the Prophet (SAW) said: which does not benefit itself but has
“The similitude of the guidance and an advantage; that of holding the
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First: To make firm the heart of
Prophet (SAW) and console him that
what his people are saying is noth-
ing new nor are they unique species
of liars.
Second: Warning against dis-
obedience of the Prophet (SAW).
Third: The danger of imitating
and that it is one of the greatest thing
that dissuades people from accept-
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edge) which Allah, the Exalted, has
This ayat indicates: and nothing grows in it. It neither
revealed through me and learns,
benefits from the water, nor hold it
then teaches others. The last exam-
so that others benefit from it. Simi-
ple is that of a person who does not
larly, the third kind of people are
care for it and does not take Allah’s
those who have neither hearts that
guidance revealed through me”.
hold knowledge nor intelligence. If
(Sahih Al-Bukhari-The Book of
they hear knowledge, they do not
knowledge)
benefit from it or learn it, to benefit
An-Nawawi (RAA) said: the others. And Allah knows best.
meaning of the hadith and its objec-
This completes the summariza-
tive is to liken the guidance brought
tion of the book. All praises is due
(to us) by him (SAW) with rain and
to Allah with Whose bounty all good
means that the soil is of three kinds
deeds are accomplished and peace
and so are the people.
and blessings be upon our prophet
The Exalted also says:
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