Shaykh Muhammad
bin Saaleh al-‘Uthaymeen [May Allaah have Mercy on him and grant him the
highest station in Jannah] said:
This form of
permitted lying is from the ways of the Jews, Christians and the Zoroastrians
and others from the people of Kufr.
Some of the
reservations we have of this day:
1) They lie,
and lying in our Shar’eeah is Haraam.
2) It
involves imitating the Kuffaar and imitating the Kuffaar is Haraam. The Prophet
[Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “Whoever imitates a nation
then he is from them.” [Narrated by Aboo Dawood (4031); classified as Saheeh by
al-Albaanee in Saheeh Aboo Dawood (3401)]
Shaykh
al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [May Allaah have Mercy on him] said, “It’s authenticity
is acceptable. The ruling on imitation based on this Hadeeth is that it is
Haraam but if we look at the apparent wording, imitation would mean one has
done an act of Kufr (disbelief) as they are behaving like those who
disbelieve.” [‘Iqtidaa as-Siraat al-Mustaqeem (1/042)]
Added to
these are two are other major reservations:
3) The
Muslims are succumbing to the ways of their enemies, because it is known by
human nature, that the one who follows is impacted by the one whom he is
following. If someone takes another to follow, then he believes that the one he
is following is better than him.
Based on this, following them in their practices (i.e. religious, acts of worship, festivals etc.) causes weakness for this nation and causes the believers to be downgraded in their status, causing inferiority of the Muslims to the Kuffaar.
4) The
fourth reservation is that most often, meaning the lies that spread, lead to people's
wealth being lost. It also leads to another Muslim being frightened. Because of
these lies, sometimes families are also affected. For example, a person may lie
to another person by saying, “You are invited to eat at our house and many
people will gather and we will prepare a huge banquet" but he is lying,
and examples similar to this are all impermissible.
So it is
obligatory upon the Muslim, to fear Allaah, the Glorified and the High, and
that you uphold His Religion, be proud and pleased with it.
I have a guarantee to every Muslim, those who seek honour in the Religion of Allaah, that if they uphold their religion then they will be honoured with the people and their enemies will become inferior to them.
Do not think
- oh Muslim – that following the Kuffaar, their manners and habits, causes one
to be honoured and given superiority! Rather it causes one to be debased!
You are
aware that if someone was to copy you in one of your deeds or actions, then you
will experience these people following you will humble themselves towards you.
To the extent that some of them will even imitate you in (everything that you
do), and this is again something known by human nature.
So everyone
who looks at our enemies, they will soon realise that we are actually stronger
than them. We have more honour than them through our religion. We are not
affected by their plotting against us. We are given guidelines on how to
interact with them according to our Shar’eeah. The One Who Has Legislated (i.e.
Allaah) for us has given us a solution for every time and every place (through
being steadfast upon the religion). After He Sent the Prophet [Peace and
Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] to mankind, the following Aayah was revealed:
“Say (O Muhammad): "O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all
as the Messenger of Allah” [A’raaf 7:158]
It is also
narrated that the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “By
the One Whose Hands is in my soul, there is not a Jew or a Christian, that
doesn’t believe in what I have come with, except he will be from the people of
the fire.” [Narrated by Muslim (153)]
If this is
the affair of the People of the Book, then what about those lesser than them
from the Kuffaar?
Everyone who
hears of the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] and does not
follow him will be in the fire.
So if this
is the reality of the situation, then what is wrong with us - oh Muslims – that
we have made ourselves inferior and follow the way of those who are against us!?
We all know
that what happened in the incident with Hercules, the great ruler of the
Romans, and Abee Sufyaan. Aboo Sufyaan went to Hercules (to complain against
the Prophet) yet he was not able to lie against him [Peace and Blessings of
Allaah be Upon him]. He was careful in not saying anything that is not true
about the Messenger of Allaah [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him].
So if this
how the Kaafir (at that time Aboo Sufyaan was not a Muslim) dealt with the
honour of the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him], then what is
wrong with you – Oh Muslim – that you need to lie?
And all
Strength is from Allaah.
[Noor ‘ala al-Darb (Tape 17, 7:39 mins)]
[1] Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [May
Allaah have Mercy on him]:
‘Alee bin
Abee Taalib (May Allaah be Pleased with him) merely forbade the Muslims from
using the same names (i.e. that it is not permissible to use names like Christmas,
Boxing Day, Mother’s Day, April Fool’s Day etc.) that the Kuffaar do for
their religious festivals (and special occasions), so how about those who participate
on these days as they do?
[Iqtidaa’
as-Siraat al-Mustaqeem (1/516)]
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