Topic: APOSTASY: THE ABHORRENT SIN

[amazing moon]

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
May Allah raise the rank of our Master Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, his Al and Companions and protect his nation form that which he fears for it.

Thereafter: Ayah 19 of Surat Al ^Imran

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means: [Islam is the only Religion Allah accepts from His slaves].

It is the only Religion He ordered His slaves to follow.

The one who performs the greatest right of Allah on the slave by worshipping Allah alone, not taking any partners to Him, and believing in the message of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alyhi wa sallam, will be granted everlasting bounties in Paradise.

He who takes for himself a religion other than Islam and dies on that status will be a loser on the Day of Judgement and his everlasting abode is Hellfire, where the torture neither ceases nor decreases.

Allah will neither forgive the one who dies non-Muslim, nor will He accept any of his good deeds done in this lifetime.

Surat Muhammad, Ayah 34:

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means: [Those who blaspheme and prevent others form embracing the Religion of Allah and die as blasphemers, Allah shall not forgive them.]

Surat an-Nisa’ Ayat 48:

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means: [Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, and He forgives whatever is less than that for whomever He willed.]

Knowing that everlasting enjoyments await the Muslim in Paradise and everlasting torture in Hellfire awaits the one who dies as a non-Muslim should make every Muslim anxious to hold firmly to his Religion.

The person who desires a good ending, will do his utmost to comply with all what is obligatory upon him and avoid what is forbidden, and above all, will endeavor to avoid anything which will invalidate, interrupt, and terminate his Islam, namely apostasy.

Warning the Muslims against what would take them out of Islam and lead them to be among the everlasting inhabitants of Hellfire is of a greater priority than other issues in the Religion with less drastic consequences.

For this reason, the scholars of Islam included chapters on apostasy in their books to elucidate what would cause a person to commit apostasy and the judgements concerning him, in an effort to warn the people from commiting any of it.

The one who does not know evil is more likely to fall into it, and the one who learns the chapter of apostasy will have his eyes open and his heart guarded to avoid committing this grievous sin.

Imam an-Nawawiyy defined apostasy as interrupting one’s Islam by an intention or by a blasphemous act or by a blasphemous saying, whether or not it was said mockingly, out of stubbornness(1),  or out of conviction. To apostatize after having been Muslim is a vulgar sin. It is a heinous crime the committer of which deserves the everlasting torture of Hellfire should he die without repenting of it(2).



(1)  Stubbornness here means that one knows the truth in the Religion, but rejects it and says otherwise.

(2)  The only acceptable repentance of apostasy is for the apostate to return to Islam.

[Hadi]

Blessed sister...

Subhan Allah i started to print this great book too... :-)

[Hadi]

If you allow, i can help you coloring some words

[princess123]

masha'Allaah thankyou both

[amazing moon]

Blessed sister...

Subhan Allah i started to print this great book too... :-)

ameen and you my brother
masha'Allah :-)

If you allow, i can help you coloring some words

yes bro feel free  :-) :-)

masha'Allaah thankyou both

you are most welcome lovely sis  :-) :-) :-)

[amazing moon]

Scholars of the four schools (madhhabs) classified apostasy into three (3) categories: beliefs in the heart, actions committed by certain parts of the body, and sayings with the tongue.

Ar-Ramliyy, from the school of Imam ash-Shafi^iyy, classified apostasy into these three categories and gave examples of each in his book, Explanation of Mihaj, as did Imam an-Nawawiyy in his book, Rawdat at-Talibin.

Qadi ^Iyad and Imam Muhammad ^Illaysh from the Malikiyy school gave examples of these three (3) types of apostasy.

Likewise did Ibn ^Abidin and Badrur-Rashid from the Hanafiyy school and Al-Buhutiyy from the Hanbaliyy school.

Ibn as-Subkiyy said in his book At-Tabaqat: “Imam Al-Ash^ariyy, his students and all Muslims do not disagree upon considering a blasphemer (kafir) he who says a blasphemous word or commits a blasphemous act, he is not a believer in Allah, and he shall remain in Hellfire forever, even if he knew the truth in his heart. This is a case of scholarly consensus (Ijma^), not even two Muslims would disagree on this matter”.

The muhaddith hafidh, faqih and linguist Murtada az-Zabidiyy said: “The scholars from the four schools (madhhabs) authored in exposing the types of apostasy”.

The scholars’ classification of apostasy into these three categories facilitates one’s learning and understanding of the subject, thereby making it easier to avoid falling into it.

Classification as such can be easily understood from different ayahs in the Qur’an. In Surat al-Hujurat, Ayah 15, Allah said:

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which means: [The believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, and do not doubt in that belief].

This ayah reflects the category of apostasy pertaining to beliefs in the heart.

In Surat Fussilat, Ayah 37, Allah said:

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which means: [Do not prostate to the sun or the moon, rather prostate to Allah Who created them].

This ayah reflects the category of apostasy pertaining to actions committed by the different parts of the body.

In Surat at-Tawbah, Ayah 74, Allah said:

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which means: [They swear by Allah that they did not utter (the blasphemy), whereas they have said the words of blasphemy and openly blasphemed after having claimed to be Muslims].

This ayah reflects the category of apostasy pertaining to sayings.

[oro]

 :-)Barekellahu feeki sister  :-)  :-) :-)  :-) ndeed we need to know catagories of appostacy to acare from it

[amazing moon]

ameen wa feek dear bro

we shall continue soon insha'Allah
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[oro]

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[amazing moon]

Each one of these three categories of apostasy is divided into many subdivisions, and the scholars gave many examples of each.

An example of the first category of apostasy- beliefs in the heart- is for one to have doubt about the existence of Allah or doubt about the message of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam.

Also blasphemous is to doubt about the message of any of the messengers or prophets of Allah known to be a messenger or a prophet by the layman and the scholar alike, such as Adam, Ibrahim, ^Isa or Musa.

Doubting about the revelation of the Qur?an to our Master Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam is a blasphemy, as is doubting about matters such as the Day of Judgement, the existence of Paradise and Hell, or other such matters upon which there has been scholarly consensus, such as Reward and Punishment.

Doubting about matters which are not commonly known among the Muslims- layman and scholars alike- like the existence of the Basin (Hawd) from which the believers will drink prior to entering Paradise, is not blasphemy except if one was stubborn about it in that he knew this matter is part of the Religion and still denied it.

Included in the category of apostasy pertaining to beliefs in the heart is to believe that anything other than Allah exists without a beginning.

This was the belief of the Greek philosophers, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), as well as, Ibn Taymiyah(3). Ibn Taymiyah said that the kind of the world exists without a beginning.

Only Allah exists without a beginning and His attributes are eternal and everlasting and do not change.

Everything else is a creation of Allah and has a beginning to its existence.

Qadi ^Iyad, al-Mutawalli, Ibn Hajar al-^Asqalaniyy, and others established the scholarly consensus (Ijma^) on the blasphemy of he who believes the world exists without a beginning.

Renouncing any of the attributes of Allah, commonly known among the Muslims that He is attributed with, such as His knowing about everything, is blasphemy.

Also blasphemy is renouncing that Allah is attributed with Power, Will, Knowledge, Hearing, Sight, or Life.

Renouncing any of these attributes of Allah is blasphemous because the mind alone is sufficient in knowing that Allah must be attributed with these attributes, i.e., these attributes are a condition for the status of Godhood and as such , one is not excused by ignorance.

Ibn al-Jawziyy said: ?There is consensus on the blasphemy of he who negates Allah has Power over everything?.

He who believes that Allah resembles any of His creations in His Self, Attributes, or Doings has blasphemed.

The one who believes that Allah is a body or light, or believes that Allah exists ?above? in the heavens, or that He sits on the ^Arsh (Throne) is a blasphemer.

All these are attributes of the creations and are non-befitting to attribute to the Creator.

Had Allah been attributed with such attributes, He would have similar ones from among His creations, and Allah said in the Qur?an:

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which means: [Nothing is like Him in any way].

If Allah had been a body He would have been susceptible to the things all bodies are susceptible to like change, divisibility, needing to occupy a space, and annihilation, all of which are indications of shortage or weakness and non-befitting to attribute of Allah.

Also it is blasphemy for one to render lawful what is commonly known among the Muslims to be unlawful (such as adultery, fornication, stealing or drinking alcohol) or render unlawful, matters commonly known among the Muslims to be lawful (such as selling and marriage).

Conditional in all of this is that the person is aware of the judgements of these matters in the Religion.

Belying the Prophet, blemishing his attributes, or believing in the possibility of the prophethood of someone after our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam (as Qadiyaniyyah claim) is blasphemy.

(3) Ibn Taymiyah is a man who lived during the 8th Hijriyy century. He claimed that Allah is a body and has limits, that Hellfire vanishes, and that the kind of the universe is not created by Allah, and other blasphemous claims.