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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب السنةThe Book of the Sunnah
بَابٌ في الْقَدَرِChapter: Regarding the Divine Decree (Qadr)
Hadith 92
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ مَجُوسَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ بِأَقْدَارِ اللَّهِ ، إِنْ مَرِضُوا فَلَا تَعُودُوهُمْ ، وَإِنْ مَاتُوا فَلَا تَشْهَدُوهُمْ ، وَإِنْ لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَلَا تُسَلِّمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ " .
´It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The Magicians of this Ummah are those who deny the decrees of Allah. If they fall sick, do not visit them; if they die, do not attend their funerals; and if you meet them, do not greet them with Salam.'"
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Brief Explanation
1؎: The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam likened the deniers of predestination (qadar) to the Magians (Majus) because the Magians believe in two creators: one is the creator of good, whose name is Yazdan, and the other is the creator of evil, whose name is Ahriman. The Qadariyyah, on the other hand, strip the Creator (Allah) of the power of creation and affirm the act of creation for every created being, and they say that Allah, glorified and exalted is He, is not the creator of evil; rather, they claim that it is obligatory upon Allah to do what is most beneficial (aslah). For this reason, the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah have said that the Mu'tazilah are worse than the Magians, because the Magians believe in only two creators and deities, whereas the Mu'tazilah believe in many creators, as they consider every person to be the creator of his own actions.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
Our esteemed researcher has declared this narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission; however, Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has, on the basis of corroborating reports, graded the last sentence of this narration (وَإِنْ لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَلَا ...) as hasan (good), without the aforementioned phrase.
See: (Takhrij Ahadith al-Mishkat, Hadith: 107, wa-Dhilal al-Jannah fi Takhrij al-Sunnah, Hadith: 328)
(2)
The deniers of predestination (qadar) believe that Allah Ta'ala is only the Creator of good, and that man is the creator of evil.
In this way, they have, as it were, considered every human being to be a creator.
The Magians (Majus) believe in two gods: one is the creator of good (Yazdan),
and the other is the creator of evil (Ahriman).
Thus, both of these groups (the deniers of predestination and the Magians)
accept someone other than Allah Ta'ala as the creator of evil, whereas the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah is that Allah Ta'ala is the Creator of both good and evil, and the servant is the doer and perpetrator of these actions.
Allah Ta'ala, in His wisdom, has granted the servant the power to do both good and evil, and has given him the choice to select either of the two paths.
Some individuals, deceived by the evil-commanding soul (nafs al-ammarah) and Satan, choose the wrong path and, by displeasing Allah, become deserving of punishment.
Others, by Allah’s tawfiq (divine enablement), walk the straight path, please Allah, and thus become deserving of His rewards.
(1)
Our esteemed researcher has declared this narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission; however, Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has, on the basis of corroborating reports, graded the last sentence of this narration (وَإِنْ لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَلَا ...) as hasan (good), without the aforementioned phrase.
See: (Takhrij Ahadith al-Mishkat, Hadith: 107, wa-Dhilal al-Jannah fi Takhrij al-Sunnah, Hadith: 328)
(2)
The deniers of predestination (qadar) believe that Allah Ta'ala is only the Creator of good, and that man is the creator of evil.
In this way, they have, as it were, considered every human being to be a creator.
The Magians (Majus) believe in two gods: one is the creator of good (Yazdan),
and the other is the creator of evil (Ahriman).
Thus, both of these groups (the deniers of predestination and the Magians)
accept someone other than Allah Ta'ala as the creator of evil, whereas the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah is that Allah Ta'ala is the Creator of both good and evil, and the servant is the doer and perpetrator of these actions.
Allah Ta'ala, in His wisdom, has granted the servant the power to do both good and evil, and has given him the choice to select either of the two paths.
Some individuals, deceived by the evil-commanding soul (nafs al-ammarah) and Satan, choose the wrong path and, by displeasing Allah, become deserving of punishment.
Others, by Allah’s tawfiq (divine enablement), walk the straight path, please Allah, and thus become deserving of His rewards.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 92
