Written by: Fazal Akbar Kashmiri
In a Hadith Qudsi, it is stated:
"O son of Adam! If you were to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and then meet Me without associating anything with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness nearly as great as that."
[Tirmidhi: 3540, and he said: This is a Hasan (good) and Gharib (strange) Hadith]
Allah Almighty addressed the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by saying that it was revealed to him and all the prophets before him that if (hypothetically) they were to commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), all their deeds would be nullified and they would be bankrupt.
"It has been revealed to you and to those
before you: 'If you associate (with Allah), your deeds will surely become worthless, and you will certainly be among the losers.'"
[Az-Zumar: 65]
It is impossible for a prophet to commit shirk, but Allah Almighty stated this to explain it to the Ummah. In Surah Al-An'am, Allah mentions eighteen prophets by name and includes others in general under their forefathers. After mentioning all these prophets, Allah says that if any of them had committed shirk, all their deeds would have been nullified. Shirk is the greatest sin in the universe, the greatest misguidance, and the greatest injustice. It is an extremely flawed belief.
Today, selfish and materialistic clerics, false guides, fake peers, Sufis, and pseudo-saints have, for their selfish desires and worldly gains, ensnared our unaware and ignorant brothers in their deceitful traps. They have cast a thick veil over Tawhid (monotheism) and Sunnah (the practices of the Prophet) and have endeavored to glorify shirk, disbelief, innovation, and misguidance to such an extent that, in their false arrogance, they have attempted to dim the sun of Tawhid. They have attributed the exclusive attributes of Allah to others. Grave worship, peer worship, spirit worship, blind following, the rituals of mourning, the banners of 'Alam', the riding of the 'Nail', the boat of Khwaja Khidr, the offering plates of Bibi, petitions at graves, fairs, dancing, and singing, vows and offerings to other than Allah, recitations and practices in the name of elders, bad omens, superstitions, prostrations at real and fake graves, circumambulation, coverings, and offerings, considering prophets, saints, peers, and martyrs as all-knowing and their spirits as present everywhere, have become part of Islam. Millions of Muslims have become grave worshippers, and hundreds of thousands have become grave traders. Those who once collected tribute from the kingdoms of Caesar and Khosrau now live off the earnings from shrines and graves.
Thus, it is the duty of every seeker of the hereafter to examine their beliefs against the touchstone of the Quran and Sunnah and adopt the correct Islamic beliefs to save themselves from the fire of Hell. Remove the glasses of prejudice and study the Quran and Hadith with insight. Examine every aspect of shirk deeply. Otherwise, a person may continue to recite the Kalima of Islam while being mired in the swamp of shirk. The ironic situation is that the proponents of Sufi religion, when speaking to their opponents in the language of fatwa (religious edict), bombard them with a machine-gun-like flurry of fatwas, but when they find the same beliefs and ideas in the books of their elders, they zealously defend them and engage in undue advocacy of their veneration. What is the benefit of claiming monotheism with the tongue?
In a Hadith Qudsi, it is stated:
"O son of Adam! If you were to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and then meet Me without associating anything with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness nearly as great as that."
[Tirmidhi: 3540, and he said: This is a Hasan (good) and Gharib (strange) Hadith]
Allah Almighty addressed the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by saying that it was revealed to him and all the prophets before him that if (hypothetically) they were to commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), all their deeds would be nullified and they would be bankrupt.
"It has been revealed to you and to those
before you: 'If you associate (with Allah), your deeds will surely become worthless, and you will certainly be among the losers.'"
[Az-Zumar: 65]
It is impossible for a prophet to commit shirk, but Allah Almighty stated this to explain it to the Ummah. In Surah Al-An'am, Allah mentions eighteen prophets by name and includes others in general under their forefathers. After mentioning all these prophets, Allah says that if any of them had committed shirk, all their deeds would have been nullified. Shirk is the greatest sin in the universe, the greatest misguidance, and the greatest injustice. It is an extremely flawed belief.
Today, selfish and materialistic clerics, false guides, fake peers, Sufis, and pseudo-saints have, for their selfish desires and worldly gains, ensnared our unaware and ignorant brothers in their deceitful traps. They have cast a thick veil over Tawhid (monotheism) and Sunnah (the practices of the Prophet) and have endeavored to glorify shirk, disbelief, innovation, and misguidance to such an extent that, in their false arrogance, they have attempted to dim the sun of Tawhid. They have attributed the exclusive attributes of Allah to others. Grave worship, peer worship, spirit worship, blind following, the rituals of mourning, the banners of 'Alam', the riding of the 'Nail', the boat of Khwaja Khidr, the offering plates of Bibi, petitions at graves, fairs, dancing, and singing, vows and offerings to other than Allah, recitations and practices in the name of elders, bad omens, superstitions, prostrations at real and fake graves, circumambulation, coverings, and offerings, considering prophets, saints, peers, and martyrs as all-knowing and their spirits as present everywhere, have become part of Islam. Millions of Muslims have become grave worshippers, and hundreds of thousands have become grave traders. Those who once collected tribute from the kingdoms of Caesar and Khosrau now live off the earnings from shrines and graves.
Thus, it is the duty of every seeker of the hereafter to examine their beliefs against the touchstone of the Quran and Sunnah and adopt the correct Islamic beliefs to save themselves from the fire of Hell. Remove the glasses of prejudice and study the Quran and Hadith with insight. Examine every aspect of shirk deeply. Otherwise, a person may continue to recite the Kalima of Islam while being mired in the swamp of shirk. The ironic situation is that the proponents of Sufi religion, when speaking to their opponents in the language of fatwa (religious edict), bombard them with a machine-gun-like flurry of fatwas, but when they find the same beliefs and ideas in the books of their elders, they zealously defend them and engage in undue advocacy of their veneration. What is the benefit of claiming monotheism with the tongue?