Abu Hanifah Allows for Intoxicating Drinks!

All intoxicants and hard drinks are absolutely forbidden in Islam. The Qur'an has referred to Khamr (intoxicants) as the abomination of Satan (5:90).

The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) has clarified for us that Khamr is not simply wine, but every intoxicating substance is named Khamr:

كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ خَمْرٌ ، وَكُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ ، وَمَنْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ، فَمَاتَ 

وَهُوَ يُدْمِنُهَا لَمْ يَتُبْ لَمْ يَشْرَبْهَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ

Translation: “Every intoxicant is a Khamr, and every intoxicant is forbidden. Whoever drank Khamr in this world, then died without having repented, shall not drink it (a celestial drink) in the Hereafter.” (Sahih Muslim: Kitab ul Ashribah)

Furthermore, the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) stated:

كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ وَمَا أَسْكَرَ كَثِيرُه ، فَقَلِيلُهُ حَرَامٌ

Translation: “Every intoxicant is forbidden, and that which intoxicated in large amounts is forbidden in small amounts also.” (Sunan Ibn Majah; Kitab ul Ashribah)

But now look at the verdict of the so called “Imam al-Azam”, Abu Hanifah, whom the Hanafis believe declared certain types of intoxicating drinks to be lawful:

أَنَّ مَا يُتَّخَذُ مِنْ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالذُّرَةِ حَلَالٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَلَا يُحَدُّ 

شَارِبُهُ عِنْدَهُ وَإِنْ سَكِرَ مِنْهُ  

Translation: (The hard drink) made from wheat, barley, honey, and corn is Halal (allowed) according to Abu Hanifah, and there is no Hadd (penalty) for drinking it according to him even if it intoxicates.

Source: Hidayah, Part 7, Page 293

Hanafi Fiqh: Milk of Donkeys is Pure!

In our previous post, we established that according to the Hanafi jurisprudence, it is permissible to slaughter and sell the meat of donkeys. Now in this entry is a reference from the main Hanafi manual of fiqh called “Hidayah” (which in a previous post was mentioned is regarded as similar to the Qur'an by the Hanafis). According to “Hidayah” the milk of donkeys is pure (which means it is drinkable according to the Hanafis!)

وَكَذَا لَبَنُهُ طَاهِرٌ

Translation: And its (donkey) milk is pure

Source: Hidayah, Part 1, Page 166

Hanafi Fiqh: Allowed to Slaughter and Sell Dog, Donkey Meat and Meat of Carnivorous Predators!

According to the book Fatawa Alamgiri, which is a basic manual of Hanafi fiqh rulings compiled under the authority of the Mughal emperor Aurangzaib, it is allowed to slaughter and sell the meat of dogs and donkeys! (despite the fact their consumption is forbidden in Islam):

إذَا ذَبَحَ كَلْبَهُ وَبَاعَ لَحْمَهُ جَازَ وَكَذَا إذَا ذَبَحَ حِمَارَهُ وَبَاعَ لَحْمَهُ

Translation: It is permissible to slaughter one's dog and sell its meat, and likewise, to slaughter one's donkey and sell its meat.

Furthermore, on the same page, the Hanafi fiqh allows for the slaughtering and selling of the meat of all predatory (wild) beasts (like lions, bears, cheetahs, crocodiles, etc.):

وَيَجُوزُ بَيْعُ لُحُومِ السِّبَاعِ وَالْحُمُرِ الْمَذْبُوحَةِ في الرِّوَايَةِ الصَّحِيحَةِ

Translation: And it is permissible to sell the meat of predatory/carnivorous animals, and slaughtered donkeys according to an authentic narration.

Source: Fatawa Alamgiri, Vol. 3, P. 115

Abu Hanifah's Fatwa: "No Problem Worshipping a Shoe in Obtaining Nearness to Allah"!!!

 

أَنَّ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ قَالَ : لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَبَدَ هَذِهِ النَّعْلَ يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ لَمْ أَرَ بِذَلِكَ بَأْسًا.

It is narrated that Abu Hanifah said: “If a man worshiped this shoe seeking nearness to Allah by it, then I see no problem with that.” And we seek refuge in Allah from such an obvious Shirk and Kufr, as pointed out by Sa'eed (one of the narrators).

  the editor(s) have described the narration as Isnaduhu Sahih (it has an authentic chain

Source: Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 15 p. 509

Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani Explains Vision of Allah in Form of a Youth!

The Sufi Shaikh, and originator of the Qadiriyah Silsilah, Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (Rahmatullah alaih), apparently affirmed the narrations of the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) having a vision of Allah in the form of a youth!

 

ولعل المراد من قول النبي صلى الله عليه واله وسلم :
( رأيت ربي على صورة شاب أمرد ) هو طفل المعاني ويتجلى الرب في هذه الصورة في مرآة الروح بلا واسطة بين المتجلي و المتحلى له وإلا فالحق منزه عن الصورة والمادة وخواص الأجسام

“I saw my Lord in the form of a youth...perhaps the meaning of this saying of the Prophet (Sallallaahu alayhi wa ala aalihi wasallam) is that he saw Him in the form of a child, and that Allah manifested His glory

upon a mirror spirit. Otherwise, Allah is free from the particularities of form, matter, and body...”

Source: Sirr ul Asrar wal Mazhar ul Anwar, p. 87-88

Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal: Soul of Deceased Returns to Its Body in Grave

One of the errors of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal was his belief that the spirit of the deceased returns to its body in the grave:
He said:

أَنَّهُ يَقْبِضُ الأَرْوَاحُ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّ في الأَجْسَادِ في القُبُورِ

(And we believe that) the Angel of Death takes the souls, then returns them to the bodies in the graves.

Source: Tabaqatul Hanabilah, vol. 2, p. 430

Stupid Shiite Belief: Prophet (AS) was Breastfed by Uncle Abu Talib!

Just to give the reader a (sour) taste of the kind of rubbish and fabricated tales that abound in the Shi'ite literature, I have reproduced below a quote from the most authentic Shi'ite book (Usul al-Kafi) where the belief of the Shi'ites is mentioned that the Prophet (alayhis salaam) was breastfed by his paternal uncle Abu Talib!

“Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi from Ali ibn Mu‘alla from his brother, Muhammad from Durust ibn abu Mansur from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "When the Holy Prophet (s.a) was born he remained for days without milk. Abu Talib himself breast fed him and Allah sent milk through his nipples. It continued for several days until abu Talib found Halima al-Sa‘diya and the child was given to her"

Source: Usul al-Kafi: Kitab ul Hujjah (Vol. 1, P. 520)

Ibn Arabi (Sufi Shaikh) Claims People of Noah were Drowned in Sea of Knowledge!

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ۞

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

The heart-warming story of Prophet Noah and the Ark, and the Great Flood which wiped out the disbelievers, is a source of inspiration and comfort for the faithful. It is a foreshadowing of the impending Apocalypse, and as such, is mentioned repeatedly throughout the Suhufan Mutahharah.

Regarding the fate of the people of Noah who rejected this great Messenger and Prophet of Allah, the Qur'an Majid says:

وَ نَصَرۡنٰہُ مِنَ الۡقَوۡمِ الَّذِیۡنَ کَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰیٰتِنَا ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٍ فَاَغۡرَقۡنٰہُمۡ اَجۡمَعِیۡنَ ﴿۷۷

We helped him against a people who rejected our Signs. Verily, they were an evil people, so We drowned them all. (21:77)

However, the so called “Shaikh ul Akbar” of the Sufis – Ibn Arabi – has re-interpreted this story and critically twisted the teachings of the Qur'an Majid on the subject of Noah and the Great Flood. Writing about the people of Noah who rejected him, he says:

فَغَرِقُوا فِي بِحَارِ الْعِلْمِ بِاَللَّهِ

They were drowned in the Sea of Knowledge of Allah

Source: Fusus al Hikam, P. 73

The Name "Muslim" Prior to the Quran (Surah 22:78)

Allah (Azza wa Jall) says in the Suhufan Mutahharah:

هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِي هَـٰذَا لِيَكُونَ الرَّ‌سُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ

He it is Who has named you as Muslims both before and in this (Book), that the Messenger be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind (22:78)

Here Allah has claimed that the name “Muslim” has been given even before the present Revelation (of the Qur'an).

I would like to give all Muslims the good news that I have discovered the text in which the name Muslim has been given before the revelation of the Qur'an.

In the Book of Isaiah, chapter 42, verse 19, it is written:

מִ֤י עִוֵּר֙ כִּ֣י אִם־עַבְדִּ֔י וְחֵרֵ֖שׁ כְּמַלְאָכִ֣י אֶשְׁלָ֑ח מִ֤י עִוֵּר֙ כִּמְשֻׁלָּ֔ם וְעִוֵּ֖ר כְּעֶ֥בֶד יְהוָֽה

Translation: Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace with me, and blind as Jehovah's servant? (Isaiah 42:19, American Standard Version)

The Hebrew word used in this verse is Měshullâm which is the Hebrew equivalent of the Arabic Muslim. I have reproduced quotations from several Bible commentaries which affirm this fact:

The meaning of the Heb. měshullâm (a proper name in 2 Kings 22:3; Ezra 8:16, and often) is uncertain. Many take it as the equivalent of the Arabic “Moslim,” = “the surrendered one” (Cheyne, Comm.). It is no objection to this that it is based on an Aramaic use of the verb (commentary of Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges)

The Hebrew meshullam is interesting, as connected with the modern Moslem and Islam, the man resigned to the will of God. (Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers)

The word used is connected etymologically with the Arabic muslim (our "Moslem") (Pulpit Commentary)

Mulla Ali Qari: Saved Sect is Described as AHMADIYYAH

The great Hanafi jurist and scholar, Mulla Ali Qari al-Hanafi (d. 1014 H) in explaining the Hadith of the 73 sects, with 72 doomed to Hell and 1 sect saved, describes the saved sect with the description of being “Ahmadiyyah”. These seventy-two sects, all of them will be in the Fire. The Saved Sect are the people of Sunnah, illuminated, the Muhammadiyyah, upon the pure path of Ahmadiyyah.

فَتِلْكَ اثْنَتَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ فِرْقَةً كُلُّهُمْ فِي النَّارِ وَالْفِرْقَةُ النَّاجِيَةُ هُمْ أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ
الْبَيْضَاءِ الْمُحَمَّدِيَّةِ وَالطَّرِيقَةُ النَّقِيَّةُ الْأَحْمَدِيَّةُ

Reference: Mirqatul Mafatih Sharh Mishkat ul Masabih, vol. 1, p. 381

Deobandi Claim: Ashraf Thanvi's Grandfather Returned from the Dead!

According to the principles of Islam, the dead cannot return to the world once their souls have been taken away by Allah:

وَحَرٰمٌ عَلٰی قَرۡیَۃٍ اَہۡلَکۡنٰہَاۤ اَنَّہُمۡ لَا یَرۡجِعُوۡنَ ۞

And it is forbidden for a population which has been destroyed that they should ever return (Surah 21, Ayah 95)

Similarly, in a Hadith Qudsi, Allah says:

إِنَّهُ قَدْ سَبَقَ مِنِّي أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

I have already decreed that the dead cannot return to the . world

However, Ashraf Thanvi narrates an event from his family history (allegedly) which clearly contradicts this established belief that the dead do not return to the world:

شہادت کے بعد ایک عجیب واقعہ ہوا۔شب کے وقت اپنے گھر مثل زندہ کے تشریف لاۓ اور اپنے گھر والوں کو مٹھائی لا کر دی اور فرمایا کہ اگر تم کسی سے ظاہر نہ کروگی تو اسی طرح روز آیا کریں گے لیکن ان کے گھر کے لوگوں کو یہ اندیشہ ہوا کہ گھر والے جب بچوں کو مٹھائی کھاتے دیکھیں گے تو معلوم نہیں کیا شبہ کریں اس لیے ظاہر کردیا اور پھر آپ تشریف نہیں لاۓ۔یہ واقعہ خاندان میں مشہور ہے۔

 

Translation: After his (Ashraf Thanvi's grandfather) martyrdom, a strange incident occurred. At night time he came home in a living form and brought sweets for his household. Then he said: “If you do not reveal this to anyone then I will come like this everyday.” However, the family became concerned that people will become suspicious when they see the children eating sweets, so they revealed what happened. After that, he never returned. This incident is famous within the family.

Source: Ashraf us Sawaneh V. 1 P. 40

Shah Waliullah: Meaning of Khaatam an Nabiyyeen "None can be sent by Allah with a new Shariah for Mankind"

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The great Muhaddith and Mujaddid (divine reformer), Shah Waliullah of Delhi, writes in his book Tafhimat al-Ilahiyah:

وختم به النبيون اى لا يوجد بعده من يأمره الله سبحانه بالتشريع على الناس

 

Translation: Through him (Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam) the Prophets were sealed, meaning, there cannot be after him one commissioned by Allah with a Shari’ah for the people.

Source: Tafhimat al-Ilahiyah, V. 2, P.72-73

Hakeem Tirmidhi Refuting the Idea of "Chronological" Finality of Prophethood

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

writes in his book Kitab Khatm ul Awliya regarding the correct interpretation of Khatam an Nabuwwah (Finality of Prophethood):

فإن الذي عَمِيَ عن خبرِ هذا يظنّ أن خاتم النبيين تأويله أنه آخرهم مبعثا. فأي منقبة في هذا؟ وأي علم في هذا؟ هذا تأويل البُلْهِ الجَهَلة

Translation: “What is the virtue in the idea that the meaning of Khaatam an Nabiyyeen (Seal of the Prophets) is that he is the last to be sent chronologically? This is the interpretation of the foolish and the ignorant!”

Source: Kitab Khatm ul Awliya, P. 341

Sufi Saint Abdul Qadir al-Kurdistani: "Being Seal of the Prophets means No One can Abrogate His Shari'ah"

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Sufi “saint” Abdul Qadir al-Kurdistani says:

واذا ثبت أنه خاتم الانبياء ثبت أنه لا تنسخ شريعته

Translation: When it is affired that he (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) is the Khaatam an Nabiyyeen – Seal of the Prophets – what is being affirmed is that none can abrogate his Shari’ah

Source: Taqrib ul Maram, V. 2, P. 233

Sufi "Saint" Abdul Wahhab al-Sha'rani claims Prophethood has not been taken away completely

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Sufi “saint” Abdul Wahhab al-Sha'rani writes in his book Al Yawaqeet wal Jawahir:

اعلم أن النبوة لم ترتفع مطلقاً بعد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وإنما ارتفع نبوة التشريع فقط فقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا نبي بعدي ولا رسول بعدي أي ماثم من يشرع بعدي شريعةخاصة

Translation: “Know that Nabuwwah (Prophecy) has not been raised (taken away) completely after Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam). The Prophethood that has been taken away is Law-bearing Prophethood only. So his saying (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) 'There is no prophet after me and no messenger after me' that is, no one after me who will bring a Shari'ah.

Source: Al Yawaqit wal Jawahir, p. 374

Sufi "Saint" Bayazid Bistami claims to be the Prophet Muhammad (Alaihis Salam)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Sufi “saint” Bayazid Bistami claimed to be the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

According to the book Tadkiratul Awliya, someone asked Bayazid Bistami about the Arsh, he said “I am the Arsh (Throne of Allah)”, similarly, he said “I am the Kursi (Footstool of Allah)”, and he said “I am the Qalam (Pen of Allah)”, and then someone asked about Abraham and Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), upon which Bayazid Bistami said: “I am him as well”

Reference: Tadkiratul Awliya p. 131

Naqshbandi "Mujaddid Alf Thani" Ahmad Sirhindi: Attaining the Kamalat of Prophethood is not Contrary to Khatam an Nabuwwah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The leader of the Naqshbandi sect, so called “Mujaddid Alf Thani” Ahmad Sirhindi writes:

“Following the advent of the Khatmur Rosul, Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), the attainment of prophethood by one of his followers, as a subordinate and in service of the Holy Prophet, will in no way offend or be in conflict with his status as Khaatamur-Rosul. No doubts need be entertained in this regard."

Reference: Maktoobat Imam Rabbani, V. 1, Part 2, P. 463, Maktoob #301

Deobandi Blasphemy: "The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم came in the form of Rashid Ahmad Gongohi"

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In detailing some of the alleged miracles and incidents of the Deobandi Ulama, Hafiz Mumin Khan Usmani writes in his book “Ulama-e-Deoband ke Waqiat o Karamat” that a certain Deobandi saw in his dream that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم came to him in the form and image of Rashid Ahmad Gongohi!

This is obviously a lie, and it is an attempt to degrade the high status and excellence of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم by claiming that he would ever come in the form of a second rate mullah like Rashid Gongohi. Satan cannot imitate the form and image of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم, but he (Satan) can definitely imitate the form of Rashid Gongohi!

Reference: Ulama-e-Deoband ke Waqiat o Karamat, p. 57

Deobandi fatwa: A Husband Can Claim a Son Even if He was in another Country!

According to Beheshti Zewar written by Ashraf Thanwi, if someone's husband was gone to another country for years, and his wife gave birth to a child in the meantime, then if the husband claims that son it will be his!

Reference: Beheshti Zewar p. 227

Deobandi Belief: Prophet (AS) is Alive With Worldly Life (Hayaat Dunyawiyah)

Deobandi creed is below for you to see, where they have stated that the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) is alive in his grave with a worldly life (Hayaat Dunyawiyah)

Source: Al Muhannad alal Mufannad, P. 38, Answer to Question #5