Words of Disbelief
Allah Almighty has countless favors upon human beings, which they cannot enumerate within their grasp. Allah the Exalted says:
(وَإِن تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا)
“And if you try to count Allah’s blessings, you will never be able to count them.”
He gave him two eyes through which he sees and a tongue through which he speaks.
(اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَیْنَیْنِ(8)وَ لِسَانًا وَّ شَفَتَیْنِ)
“Have We not made for him two eyes, and a tongue and two lips?”
The demand of these blessings is that a person becomes a grateful servant of his Lord and does not use them to commit sins, because using these blessings to commit sins is disbelief and shirk. For example, oaths are sworn by the tongue, and swearing by Allah is an act of worship and Allah’s right. So if a person swears by something other than Allah with this tongue, he becomes a polytheist.
Syedna Abdullah bin Umar (RA) heard a person say:
((لَا وَالْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ! إِنِّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ حَلَفَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ .))
No! By the Kaaba! Then he said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:
Whoever swears by anything other than Allah has committed shirk (polytheism).”
Swearing by anything other than Allah is a vain habit and a form of shirk that is widespread among the common people today. Among the ignorant, this tendency is becoming common that when someone swears by Allah, their statement is not believed until they swear by something other than Allah. For example, swearing by one’s children, the Prophet, a saint, or sustenance, etc., and these words are from disbelief.
In these circumstances, it is the duty of Islamic scholars to spread the correct religious spirit and awareness among the people, to teach them the right and correct beliefs, and especially to advise them to avoid these acts of disbelief and polytheism. (Polytheistic and disbelieving oaths) The prohibition of swearing by anything other than Allah is mentioned in several hadiths. Abdullah bin Umar (RA) narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said:
((إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَنْهَاكُمُ اَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ وَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفُ باللهِ اَوْ لِيَصُمُتُ))
“Indeed, Allah has forbidden you from swearing by your forefathers. So whoever wants to swear, let him swear only by Allah or remain silent.”
Therefore, swearing by anything other than Allah is among the “words of disbelief and polytheism,” and one should avoid it. Using the word “if” (ko) while not believing in predestination is also polytheism. It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (RA) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
Strive tirelessly to acquire beneficial things, and seek help only from Allah in all matters. Do not rely on fate and sit idle. Even if the goal is not achieved despite extreme effort, never say that if I had done this, then that would have happened. Rather, say that whatever Allah has decreed and willed has happened. Because “if” (لَوُ) opens the door to satanic actions.
Dear readers! Some words are commonly heard from the public, which are actually words of disbelief. For example:
➊ O Allah Almighty! Give me sustenance, and do not oppress me by putting me in poverty.
Such a person is a disbeliever. See
Because the command of the Almighty Allah is:
(وَ مَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِیْدِ)
“And your Lord does not wrong His servants.”
➋ Uttering careless and blasphemous words at the time of calamity
Whereas Allah Almighty’s command is:
(اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَ الصّٰبِرِیْنَ)
“Indeed, Allah is with the patient.”
➌ Someone died, and another person said:
Allah Almighty should not have done this.
This statement is also blasphemous, because no one can question what Allah Almighty does.
((لَا یُسْــٴَـلُ عَمَّا یَفْعَلُ))
“He is not questioned about His actions.”
➍ Saying “You ﷺ were pure light. When you ﷺ walked in the sunlight or moonlight, your shadow was not visible.”
Maulvi Ahmad Saeed Kazmi writes:
“The blessed body of the Prophet ﷺ was also light.”
Now, to examine these lapses, consider the Quranic verses:
Whereas in the Holy Quran, Allah, the Lord of Glory, has commanded the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to make this clear declaration:
(هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَسُولًا)
“Indeed, I am only a human messenger.”
Those who claim that you ﷺ are the light should show words from the Holy Quran about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (نُورًا رَسُولًا) as proof of their claim.
The reality is that the mistake made by the disbelievers has also been made by them. There too, the thought was that a messenger or prophet should be an angel, and here too the concept of a luminous messenger prevails.
(وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَىٰ)
“And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed [Our message] from among the people of the towns.”
It is clear that only humans lived in those towns, and from among them, Allah Almighty chose whomever He willed to crown with prophethood.
Born from the side of Amina, evident
The prayer of Khalil and the glad tidings of the Messiah
One of those blasphemous statements is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is present everywhere and can be present in multiple places simultaneously with his blessed body. A pious elder said after his passing:
“Take my funeral quickly, the Prophet ﷺ is waiting for the funeral.”
There is absolutely no room for such negligence in Islamic Shariah. Now compare this statement with the words of Allah Almighty in the Quran. The Almighty says:
(ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ أَجْمَعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ)
“This is a story of the unseen which We reveal to you, and you were not with them when they plotted their plan, while they were scheming.”
Should we believe the Quran or these baseless tales spread in books?
فَاعْتَبِرُوْا یٰۤاُولِی الْاَبْصَارِ
والله ولي التوفيق والسداد وصلى الله على نبيه محمد و على آله وصحبه وسلم.
