The Love for Allaah and
His Messenger
Shaykh Saaleh
bin Fawzaan bin Abdullah al-Fawzaan [May Allaah Preserve him]
Question:
Could you clarify on how we can gain the love of Allaah, the Glorified and the
Most High, and the love of the Messenger [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah
be upon him] and the ways we can reap its rewards?
Answer:
Loving Allaah, the Glorified and Exalted, is from the greatest acts of worship
of the heart. It is from the greatest acts of the worship that your heart can
do. Allaah, the Most High, says;
"But
those who believe, love Allah more (than anything else)" [Al-Baqarah 2:165]
And
the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, "You
will not believe until nothing is more beloved to you than Allaah and His
Messenger and that you love another only for the sake of Allaah." [Muslim
(43)]
Therefore,
Loving Allaah is from the foundations of worship and it is not permissible to
ultimately love other than Allaah, the Glorified and Exalted, for the sake of
worshipping, submitting and total surrender. This is a sole right for Allaah,
the Glorified and Exalted. Likewise, the love of the Messenger [May the Peace
and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] is to follow him because of your love of
Allaah, the Glorified and Exalted. Likewise, loving righteous people and the
believers is also because of this. This is the meaning of the term, 'loving for
the sake of Allaah, the Glorified and Exalted'.
Thus all of this follows on from the love of Allaah, the Glorified and
Exalted, and this is an act of worship in the heart. From the things that
strengthen and articulate this for you is to thank Allaah, the Glorified and
Exalted, for the favours upon you and to ponder on the signs of Allaah, the
Most High, as these are causes for us to increase in our love for Allah, the
Glorified and Exalted. If you have good given to you and are given from His
favours, and from the best of this is to have good health, ample provision and
security, then this will affect the love you have for Allaah, the Glorified and
Exalted. End Quote.
'Umar
ibn al-Khattab [May Allaah be Pleased with him] said, "Oh Messenger of
Allaah! After myself, I love you more than anything."
The
Messenger of Allaah [May Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] said,
"By the One Whose Hands is my soul, until you love me more than
yourself."
So
'Umar ibn al-Khattab [May Allaah be Pleased with him] said, "Now, by
Allaah, I love you more than I love myself."
The
Messenger of Allaah [May Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] replied,
"Now, Oh 'Umar!" [Bukhaaree (6257)]
Imaam
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaanee [May Allaah have Mercy on him] said:
Al-Khattaabee said, "A person loving
himself is imprinted in himself as for loving others, then we love others out
of choice or for a reason. So the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of
Allaah be upon him] intended the type of love that we have a choice in.
So I
say: Therefore, at first, 'Umar attested to having the love of oneself, the
imprinted one. However, after the evidence was presented to him by the [May
Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] he loved him more than he loved
himself because the reasoning was made clear; not loving him more than oneself
could leave to destruction in the Dunya and the Akhira. Therefore, he told him
you have a choice and once he chose, he replied by saying, 'Now, Oh 'Umar'
meaning now you have understood and attested to what is obligatory for you to
have."
[Fath
al-Baaree (11/528)]
Loving of
the Shariah
"But those who disbelieve (in
the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), for them is destruction, and (Allah)
will make their deeds vain. That is because they hate that which
Allah has sent down (this Qur'an and Islamic laws, etc.), so He has made their
deeds fruitless." [Muhammad 47: 8-9]
Ibn
Katheer says in his Tafseer about this Ayah:
"Meaning
they don’t want it and they don’t love it."
[Tafseer
Quran al-'Atheem 7/308]
The
Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, "My
relaxation has been made in Salaah."
[Narrated
by Nasaaee (3939) from the hadeeth of Anas ibn Maalik (May Allaah be Pleased
with him). It was classified Saheeh by Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baaree (3/15) and
(11/345) al-Haakim (2/174) and adh-Dhahabee agreed with him]
Shaykh
Saaleh bin Fawzaan bin Abdullah al-Fawzaan [May Allaah Preserve him] said:
It
is obligatory upon the person that he doesn’t obey anything before the
obedience to the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him].
So if the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] commanded
us with something and your parents or anyone else commanded us something that
contradicted the command of the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah
be upon him] then it would be obligatory for you not to disobey the command of
the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him]. This is a sign
that you love the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him],
that you don’t give anyone priority or precedence over him and that you don’t
obey anyone before you obey him, you don’t practice anything that he hasn’t
legislated by innovating in the religion.
[Ai'aanah
al-Mustafeed bi Sharh Kitaab at-Tawheed (2/41-43)]
Love for
your spouse
"And
among His Signs is this, that He created for you wives from among yourselves,
that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and
mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect." [Ar-Room 30: 21]
Imaam
al-Bhagawee said in his Tafseer of this Aayah:
"Between
man and wife there is affection and mercy so that they may love each other and
have mercy with each other. So if there is anything they love, they also love
it for the other without there being a lack of mercy for each other."
[Tafseer
al-Bhagawee 6/266]
"And
live with them honourably." [Nisaa
4:19]
Shaykh Muhammad Rasheed Ridaa [May Allaah have Mercy on him]
said in Tafseer of this Ayah:
"Meaning it is obligatory for you, Oh Believers, to
live with them in the best of manners as you are their companions and you
interact with them, so it's upon you to do this is an honourable manner. Some
of the Salaf said this Ayah is referring to the spouses making themselves
beautiful for the other and others said it meant that we are beautiful with
each other in our actions and statements with each other."
[Adapted from Tafseer al-Manaar 4/374]
A'aishah
[May Allaah be Pleased with her] said, as part of a long hadeeth, "The
Muslims knew the love of the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be
upon him] for A'aishah"
Bukhaaree
(2581) and Muslim (2442)
Fataawaa on
Valentine's Day
Fatwa from
Committee of Permanent Scholars (21203)
Dated 23/11/1420 AH
After studying this issue, the Permanent Committee for Fataawa, in the light of the clear evidences found in the Kitaab and Sunnah and likewise with the consensus of the scholars of the Salaf, we concluded that the festivals in Islaam are limited to two, the 'Eid of Fitr and the 'Eid of Adha. Beyond this, we have no festivals and there are no other festivals which are connected to particular people or a particular group or any newly invented affairs. Therefore, any type of festivals that is innovated is not permissible for the people of Islaam to act upon, celebrate or give any importance to as these are types of exceeding the limits set by Allaah. The one who transgresses these limits set by Allaah will only oppress himself. If we attach ourselves to the innovated festivals of the non-Muslims, then this will be a sin because this will be a way of resembling them and it is a type of joining in with them, all of which Allaah, the Glorified and the Exalted, has prohibited. He has prohibited the believers from imitating them and supporting them in his Noble Book and in the Sunnah of the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] as he said, "Whoever imitates a group of people then he is from them" [Reported by Aboo Dawood (4031) and it was classed Hasan Saheeh by al-Albaanee in Saheeh Aboo Dawood (3401)].
Valentine's Day is an example of the types of festivals we have
mentioned above. This is because it is a festival practiced by the
idol-worshippers from the Christians and it is not permissible for a Muslim,
someone who believes in Allaah and the Last Day, to do the same acts they do or
to approve of it or greet people and congratulate people due to it. Rather, it
is obligatory for us to abandon all practices connected to it and to stay away
from it, replying to the commands of Allaah and His Messenger and to prevent
ourselves from falling into the Anger or Punishment of Allaah.
Likewise, it is also Haraam for a Muslim to give any
significance to this festival, or any other festivals that are Haraam
for us, such as exchanging food or drink or from buying and selling or making
or giving out gifts. The prohibition also includes us sending messages or
making announcements or anything similar to this, on the occasion of this
festival. This is all because cooperating in sin and transgression of the
limits of Allaah is a sin and disobedience to Allaah and His Messenger, as
Allaah, the Glorified and the Exalted, says;
"Help
you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness
and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear
Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment." [Maaidah 5:2]
Therefore is obligatory upon the Muslim to hold fast to the Kitaab
and the Sunnah in all of the aspects in his/her life, especially in the
times of trials and tribulations and the spread of corruption has increased. It
is also obligatory for him/her to be attentive and protect themselves from
falling into the misguidance and gaining the Anger of Allaah themselves or from
being misguided by the sinner, those who don’t seek to please Allaah or have
dignity and they don’t know anything from Islaam. It is also incumbent upon the
Muslim to resort to Allaah, the Most High, in seeking guidance from Him and to
be steadfast upon it as there is no guidance except from Allaah and there is no
one who can make one form except Allaah, the Glorified and the Exalted.
And Allaah is the Source of all Strength and May the Peace and
Blessings of Allaah be upon His Messenger.
Permanent Committee for Research and Religious Rulings
President
Shaykh Abdul-Azeez bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Aal ash-Shaykh
Member
Shaykh Saaleh bin Fawzaan al-Fawzaan
Member
Shaykh Abdullah bin Abdur-Rahmaan al-Ghudayaan
Member
Shaykh Bakr bin Abdullah Aboo Zayd
Fataawaa Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saaleh al-'Uthaymeen
[May
Allaah Mercy on him]
Question: As-Salaamu Alaykum Wa
Rahmatullah wa Barakaatuhu
To Proceed:
Celebrating Valentine's Day has become
widespread in our recent times - especially between students - a festival
from the festival of the Christians. There is also a particular fashion they
use, such as using the colour red for their clothes and shoes and they
exchange red roses.
We hope from your noble self, an
explanation on the ruling of celebrating the likes of this festival and what
advice could you give to the Muslims in the likes of these affairs. May
Allaah protect you and take care of you.
Answer:
Wa 'Alaykum Salaam wa Rahmatullah wa
Baraaktuhu.
Celebrating the likes of Valentine's day
is not permissible, for the following reasons:
Firstly, this festival has no precedence
in our Shariah.
Secondly, it calls to people to having
love and infatuation (in an impermissible manner)
Thirdly, it calls people to have their
hearts being occupied with trivial issues which contradicts the guidance of
the Salaf as-Saalih [May Allaah be Pleased with them all].
Based on this, it is not permissible for
us to assist with this day or any of the symbolisms connected to this
festival, whether it is from the food and drinks they share or to resemble
them in clothing or to follow anything that will resemble or imitate them.
Therefore, it is obligatory upon the Muslim for him to be firm in his
religion and for him/her not to be blind and follow the corrupt.
I ask Allaah, the Most High, to protect
the Muslims from all types of trials and tribulations, that which is apparent
or hidden, and that He Assists us in our tests with His Assistance and
Guidance.
Written by
Muhammad Saaleh al-'Uthaymeen
5/11/1420
|
Fataawaa Shaykh
Abdul-Azeez bin Abdullah ar-Raajihee
[May Allaah Preserve and Take Care of
Him]
Fatwa
Number: 975
Question:
May Allaah grant you with good, what is the ruling with celebrating a day that
they call Valentine's day, as many people from the children of the Muslims do
on this day?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this festival is a prohibited innovation and it is not
permissible for to assist the Mushrikeen with this or to collaborate with any
of their festivals. This Fatwaa was initially given by the Noble Shaykh
Muhammad Saaleh bin 'Uthaymeen and from Shaykh Abdullah bin Jibreen and other
than them. Likewise, some pure women, and all of them are good, have expressed
its prohibition as well. Therefore, it is binding that we spread this ruling of
prohibition to the people and write them in the magazines in order that people
may benefit from it.
Fatwa number: 1636
Question: Some shops have begun to store
products in order for this to be sold on Valentine's Day such as have cards,
red roses and chocolates and the likes. What is the ruling of this?
Answer: All Praise be to Allaah and May the
Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon the Messenger, Our Prophet Muhammad and
his family and his companions and all those who follow them in goodness until
the Last Day.
To begin:
Verily, this act of some of the businessmen
and shop owners is a bad deed as it makes visible the festivals of the
non-Muslims. It shows agreement with them and the symbols of their religion in
front of the Muslims, and those who don’t know or are ignorant will be led to
blindly follow the non-Muslims in this and their festivals.
Giving gifts and chocolates on the days of
their festivals is from the major crimes and selling what is connected to these
festivals and making it apparent to the people is helping in spreading
falsehood and giving assistance to oppression and transgression. Allaah, the
Most High, said:
"Help
you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness
and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear
Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment." [Maaidah 5:2]
Therefore is it obligatory for the shop owners, those who do the likes mentioned, to repent to Allaah from the crimes and transgression and the oppression they have committed connected to the greeting cards they are selling and all the things that help make apparent and spread the festivals of the non-Muslims. From their repentance, they must also warn the people from acts that they did before and explain to them that those deeds that they did was a great wronging, it wasn’t permissible and that it was Haraam. They must increase in doing good deeds because the one who repents and then does good deeds then Allaah will accept his repentance. May Allaah provide all f us with safeguarding from being misguided trials and tribulations and may Allaah make us all firm upon His guidance, His Religion of truth, al-Islaam. Verily He is the Patron over this and He is able to do it.
May the Peace and Blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, upon his family and his Companions
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