Heretical Conspiracy of Denying Masjid al-Aqsa

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدى يا رسول الله وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدى يا نور الله

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

Prayers and peace be upon you, my Master, Apostle of Allah

And upon your Family and Companions, my Master, Light of Allah

I previously wrote an article condemning the heresy of denying the sanctity of Jerusalem (Al-Quds) and especially the denial of Masjid al-Aqsa spoken of in the Holy Quran (Surah 17, Ayah 1) being located in Jerusalem. This is a heresy associated with the Hadith-rejecters so-called “Quranists” like G.A. Parwez, Dr. Rashad Khalifa and more recently Muhammad Shaikh. However, it has come to my knowledge that the Shi’ites also deny the sanctity of Jerusalem and Masjid al-Aqsa located therein. The Rafidi Shi’ite blasphemer, Hassan Allahyari, openly confessed that the real Shi’ite doctrine is that Masjid al-Aqsa is not in Jerusalem but in the Fourth Heaven. He also said that the Shi’ites have no connection to Jerusalem. Rather, the Prophet, peace be upon him, ascended from Bethlehem and not Jerusalem. He denied that the Prophet, peace be upon him, ever went to Jerusalem.

Likewise, the Isma’ili branch of Shi’ism denies the reality of the Isra, or the Prophet’s mystical night journey to Jerusalem. Their fourteenth imam, the fourth “Fatimid” ruler, Abu Tamim Ma’d (called al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah) said:

المسجد الحرام هو النفس والمسجد الأقصى للأنبياء هوالعقل

The Sacred Mosque (al-masjid al-haram) is the Soul (nafs) and the Farthest Mosque (al-masjid al-aqsa) is the Intellect (‘aql). Commenting on this, the Isma’ilis say: “According to the ta’wil (spiritual interpretation) of the Ismaili Imams, the Prophet’s Night Journey was NOT a physical or bodily journey from Mecca to Jerusalem” (Source: Ismaili Gnosis)

Now let us turn to the Qadianis (so-called “Ahmadiyyah”). They have also cast doubt on the true location of Masjid al-Aqsa, as their standard commentary of the Holy Quran says: “Masjid al-Aqsa may signify the Prophet Solomon’s Temple at Jerusalem, the Holy Prophet’s Mosque at Medina or the Promised Messiah’s Mosque at Qadian.” (Five Volume Commentary, v.3, p.1743)

All of these false interpretations, such as that Masjid al-Aqsa is located in the Heavens, that it is Bait al-Ma’mur in Heaven, or that it is actually the Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina, or that it is located in Qadian, strengthen the hand of the diabolical Zionists whose agenda is to detach the Muslims from Jerusalem and the Holy Land, so that they may claim it as belonging exclusively to them. These heretical sects, wittingly or unwittingly, are instruments of the Zionists in spreading doubt about the true location of Masjid al-Aqsa and the sanctity of Jerusalem in Islam. We Sunni Muslims are essentially the only ones of the Ummah who have a connection to Jerusalem and are its rightful heirs. In a way, the Dome of the Rock is a symbol of Sunni Islam and we Sunnis should display its image zealously as a means of distinguishing ourselves from the heretical sects.