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Islam for Muslims / Re: Ignorance Of Sarafa Gbadebo by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:47am On Sep 20
NobleStag007:


What he the olodo doctor said was there..

Why what he said was wrong was stated and refuted

Show us the evidence of what the Dr. said?

Or are you telling lies?

Bring the Daleel here?
Islam for Muslims / Re: When was the Prophet of Islam Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:45am On Sep 20
Antlislaam:


Are you this dense? Is like asking is Jesus Christ a Christian

Don't allow this slavery captivity of allah you found yourself take away your sense of reasoning

Jesus was a Muslim! Moses was a Muslim! All Prophets practiced Islam!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Moving Away From Shirk! by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:45am On Sep 20
RightChanneI:


Why not embraced going to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria?


Same way Muslims doctors are running to USA, UK, CANADA, etc but you'll never see them going to Afghanistan, Iraq, etc

People have freewill to follow what works for them!

We also have people going to Afghanistan! Do you know Godwin Ekpo a local footballer with Wiki Tourist? He was born in Nigeria but is now playing for Benin Republic. He moved to Sudan, Benin, Iran and then Afghanistan (not certain of the order)!

I don't think he's even a Muslim.
Islam for Muslims / The Issue Of Freewill & Allaah’s Statement “you Do Not Will Unless Allah Wills” by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:33am On Sep 20
The Issue of Freewill & Allaah’s statement “You do not will unless Allah wills” – Shaykh Uthaymeen

Bismillaah

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take the straight path (Surah al-Takwir Verse 28)

“For whoever wills” is connected to what came before it, “It is only a reminder to the worlds, for whoever among you wills to take the straight path“. As for those who choose not to take the straight path, they neither accept the reminder, nor do they gain any benefit from it. Allah says about those who do accept the reminder:

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَذِكْر َ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
In that is surely a reminder for whoever has a heart or listens while he is heedful. [Sūrah Qāf, 50:37]

For anyone who does not want to take this straight path, there is no way to benefit such a person with this Qur’an.

The Issue of Freewill:
Here is a question: Do people actually have freewill to do as they choose? Yes, people have the freedom to choose as they will. Allah (عزّ وجل) has allowed each person the freedom of choice and freewill; if he wants, he does something, if not he does not do it.

If this were not the case—if people had no freewill—then anyone to whom the messengers were sent would have an excuse against Allah to plead (because they disbelieved): “We had no choice in the matter.”

So yes, people certainly have the freedom to act on their choices. Each individual knows that if he decides, for example, to visit Mecca, Medina, or some other place, it is by his choice. Anytime a person makes a choice, it is by his own decision. He neither feels others force his choice on him or force him to prefer one thing over another.

Similarly, if an individual chooses to obey Allah, it is by his own choice. And should someone choose to commit a sin, it is also by his own choice. So people do have freewill yet we know with total certainty that people will never “will,” or actually make something happen (including his own actions), unless Allah has willed it to happen before it happens. For this reason, after “For whoever wills among you to take the straight path” Allah then clarifies: “And you do not will unless Allah wills“.

We do not will for anything to happen unless Allah has already allowed it to happen. So when anything happens, we know Allah has obviously allowed it to take place. If Allah had not allowed it to happen, we could not have willed it to occur ourselves as Allah (تعالى) says:

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن بَعْدِهِم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَلَكِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ آمَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ ۖ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلُوا
If Allah had willed, those (generations) succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, so some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other. [Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:253]

So after we have done anything, we know we chose to do it based on our will and choice, but we also know that this occurred by the will of Allah (عزّ وجل), If he had not willed it, we would not have accomplished it.

Now we come to another question: Based on the points above, we then have an excuse to commit sins because whatever happens, Allah allows it and has willed it. We say no, we have no justification for sinning because we have no way of knowing whether Allah has willed something or not until after we have done the deed – after we have chosen to do it. We cannot say, “Allah has willed this for me,” until the sin has already taken place. So once the sin does take place, once it is committed, why was it committed? Because of our freewill and our choice to do it. Therefore, sinners have no justification or excuse before Allah. He nullifies this claim by saying:

سَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا أَشْرَكْنَا وَلا آبَاؤُنَا وَلا حَرَّمْنَا مِن شَيْءٍ ۖ كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ حَتَّى ذَاقُوا بَأْسَنَا
Those who associated others (in worship) with Allah will say, “If Allah had willed, we would not have associated partners with him, nor would our fathers, and we would not have forbidden anything (against his will).” Likewise, those before them denied until they tasted our punishment. [Sūrah al-An’ām, 6:148]

If they had any justification for making their Shirk (worshipping others with Allah), then they would not have been punished by Allah; they would have been spared the punishment. But they had no right or excuse to worship others, so they were punished. As another example, consider that if someone were informed about a land, safe and peaceful, with sufficient provision and affluence for everyone, everywhere and with successful commerce and a strong economy not found in another land. At the same time, the person is also told of a land where people constantly fear for their lives, live in chaos, having no reliable economy, no law and order, no guaranteed safety for anyone. To which land would he choose to travel? Of course, he travels to the first land and he does not imagine someone, somewhere has forced him to make his decision. He chose the first land based on his own determination and freewill.

We have before us now a similar choice: a path to good and a path leading to evil. Allah has already clearly simplified the two for us: this is the path to Paradise, this one to Hell.

In addition, he explained some of what is waiting for us in Paradise of blessings and enjoyment and some punishments that await us in the fire. Which path do we take? Clearly, we would choose the path to Paradise just like we would choose to move to the peaceful land over the land in turmoil. Had we chosen the path to the fire, we alone would have justifiably been to blame. We would have made the worst, most foolish choice just as if we had decided to move to the land of fear and instability. Everyone would understandably hold us responsible for our own choice.

Therefore, in Allah’s statement “For whoever wills among you“, he confirms that each individual has the choice and will to decide his actions; he has freewill. Still, we know that even before we do or will anything, once it has happened, we know full well that Allah willed it to happen. Otherwise, it would not have occurred.

Many times, people become determined to do something, yet at the last minute they find themselves unable to do it for whatever reason. This is because Allah did not will such an action to take place. For example, we may decide to go to the mosque to attend a lecture, yet on our way there, we may then remember we have some other obligations which prevent us from attending.

As a final example, it is said that a common Bedouin, knowing little about the details of religion, was asked, “How do you know you have a Lord?” he answered, “By unfulfilled determination and changes in plans.” In other words, a person may be fully determined to do something, completely resolved and able to do it. Yet, something totally contradictory to his intentions occurs. Who changed his resolve? He does not think someone made him prefer something over his original decision. Instead, Allah simply did not will it to happen.

Similarly, a person may plan to do something and sets out to accomplish his plans, but he then finds within himself some reason not to carry out his plans. It may be something physically preventing him or simply a change of mind; he decides to do something else instead. All of this is from Allah (عزّ وجل).

Source : Explaining Sūrah al-Takwīr – Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn. Translated by Abu az-Zubayr Harrison
https://abdurrahman.org/2019/01/15/the-issue-of-freewill-allah-statement-you-do-not-will-unless-allah-wills/

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Islam for Muslims / Meaning Of ‘ibaadah (worship) – Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:13am On Sep 20
Question 2: Is there a meaning for ‘Ibaadah (worship) such that it is possible for us to know of? Does it have a general and a specific meaning?

The Answer: Yes. Its general meaning is as I have indicated earlier, namely the submission to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, with love and awe by doing that which He commands and avoiding that which He has forbidden, and in the manner set forth by His legislations. This is the general meaning.

The specific meaning, i.e. its meaning in detail, then, as Shaykh-ul-Islaam ibn Taymeeyah said,
“It is a comprehensive name covering whatever Allaah loves and is pleased with, both sayings and actions, the apparent and the hidden, such as fearing (Khawf), having awe (Khashyah), having true trust and reliance (Tawakkul), Prayers (Salaat), Zakaat (obligatory charity), Fasting (Siyaam) and the like, from the ordinances of Islaam.”

Then if you mean that the general and specific meaning [of ‘Ibaadah] is what has been mentioned by some scholars, namely that ‘Ibaadah is either Kawniyyah or Shar’iyyah, meaning that man could be in a Kawniyyah and Shar’iyyah state of submission to Allaah, then the Kawniyyah worship is a general one, comprising the believer and unbeliever and the righteous as well as the wicked, due to the saying of Allaah, the Most High:

There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes to Ar-Rahmaan as a slave. [Qur’aan, soorat Maryam (19): 93].

Therefore all that is in the heavens and the earth is, in the universal sense (Kawnee), submitting to Allaah, The One free from all imperfection. None can stand to oppose Allaah or work against Him in whatever He wants as to His Universal Will.

As to the specific worship, al-‘Ibaadah ash-Shari’yyah, which is the submission to Allaah, the Most High’s, Shar'(legislation), then this is specific to the believers in Allaah, the One free of all imperfection, who carry out His Command. Then some of this is more specific and some is less. The more specific worship is like that of the Messengers ‘alyayhimussalaatu was salaam as signified in the Saying of Allaah, The Most High:

Blessed be He Who sent down the criterion (of right and wrong, i.e. this Qur’aan) to His slave (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم). [Qur’aan, sooart al-Furqaan (25): 1].

Also in His Saying:
And if you (Arab pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down (i.e. Qur’aan) to Our slave (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), then produce a Soorah of the like thereof and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides Allaah, if you are truthful. [Qur’aan, soorat al-Baqarah (2): 23],

Also in His Saying:
And remember Our slaves, Ibraaheem, Ishaaq, and Ya’qoob, [all] owners of strength [in worshipping Us] and [also] of religious understanding, [Qur’aan, soorat Saad (38): 45]

And the likes of these ayaat describe the Messengers, ‘alayhimus-salaat was-salaam, with al-‘Uboodiyyah.

Question 3: Would those specifically choosing al-‘Ibaadah al-Kawniyyah and excluding al-‘Ibaadah ash-Shar’iyya, be rewarded?

The Answer: Those will not be rewarded for it, because they are submitting to Allaah willingly or unwillingly. And so man may get sick, turn poor, and lose(s) his beloved ones having no desire whatsoever for this. In fact, he dislikes it. But this is submission to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, in the universal (Kawnee) sense.

Posted from eBook – Understanding Worship – Fiqh ul-‘Ibadah – QA Format – Ibn Uthaymeen – Dr Saleh as Saleh
https://abdurrahman.org/2015/05/05/meaning-of-ibaadah-worship-shaykh-ibn-uthaymeen/

Islam for Muslims / Re: Celebration Of Birthdays Is Unfounded In Islam by Rashduct4luv(m): 4:39pm On Sep 17
NeoWanZaeed:


Plenty roddu don dey their head na.

Na your scholars dem be na

I won't be surprised if Jamiu adegunwa is a scholar to you xef

They are the business of you and your Ustadh!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Ignorance Of Sarafa Gbadebo by Rashduct4luv(m): 4:36pm On Sep 17
NeoWanZaeed:


We're expecting your dalil and explanations to refute us

Where's the full clip of what Dr. Sharaf said?

Where's the daleel your Ustadh stated against him?

You just throw abuse here and there without any restraint!
Islam for Muslims / Re: The Torture Endured By The Companions Because Of Their Adherence To Tawheed by Rashduct4luv(m): 4:13pm On Sep 17
BeigJawnson:
What are the names of messengers sent to Cameroon, Togo, Niger, Libya and so on according to the Quranic verse below👇👇👇

Ask Google!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Ignorance Of Sarafa Gbadebo by Rashduct4luv(m): 4:06pm On Sep 17
NeoWanZaeed:
*WE JUDGE IN ISLAM WITH WHAT'S APPARENT: A CASE STUDY OF DR SHAROF GBADEBO RAJI'S IGNORANCE*

*Excerpt from Sheikh Al-Muhadith Muhammad Ali Jabata of Nigeria's lecture (May Allah preserve him upon goodness)*


They asked Sharof (A Mumayihoon scholar in Ogbomoso, Oyo state) that can muslims pray upon a dead person whom charm was found hanging on his neck. Sharof replied that, had it been the person is not dead, we would have asked him if he believed the charm on his neck is the one protecting him or not (general exclamation and laughter). What type of useless response is this? How would you ask someone such?


What we are going to ask Sharof is that, are those hanging charms on their neck using it to beautify their body? He should be asking people around if they are using charms for protection or not after the Prophet has said in the Hadith of Abdullahi Ibn Masood that incantation is disbelieve.


For instance, the incantation they does in Yoruba land, is it the Prophet that taught them or did the Prophet understood Yoruba language? The Prophet called incantation and putting of charms on the neck or waist an act of disbelief (Sheikh read out the full Hadith).

The Prophet called something disbelief and you (Sharof) said we should be searching or investigating people's heart. We can't be doing that. People should stay away from these scholars and these types of verdict.


Source: Minutes 73 - 75 of Sheikh's weekly lecture at Hajj Camp, Ilorin, Kwara state (07/07/2024).

Translated and transcribed by Oladele Muhammad (Presido)

I think you and your Ustadh are ignorance promax!
Islam for Muslims / Re: When was the Prophet of Islam Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 4:05pm On Sep 17
Antlislaam:


But you are aware that Muhammad's father was an idolater?

Yes, his parents were disbelievers!

What about Jesus's father was he a Christian?
Islam for Muslims / Re: When was the Prophet of Islam Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 4:03pm On Sep 17
Ekrenji:

That is a lame excuse. How come there are many things in the Quran that has to do with personal affairs Muhammad especially things that had to do with his quarrels with his wives, his privileges to enjoy worldly things like women, and war booties?

The Qur'an contains a fraction of what you said as it was revealed at a particular settings. And this is no lame excuse! The New testament talks about the birth of Jesus and a couple of months after. Then some verses around when he was 12. Then from 30-33 when he died! This is not what the Qur'an presents!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Father Of Two Slumps & Dies While Reciting Koran In Birmingham by Rashduct4luv(m): 3:57pm On Sep 17
Ekrenji:

Did Muhammad read the Quran you read today or the one burnt by Uthman?

Yes, he did the Qur'an we read today!

The Qur'an was revealed in seven styles!

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Islam for Muslims / Re: Father Of Two Slumps & Dies While Reciting Koran In Birmingham by Rashduct4luv(m): 3:56pm On Sep 17
chuose:
Why won't he die when the book is all about killing ?

I mean look at the top cleric of Iran, he is obsessed with killing Israel.

Let's be frank the arab god is not the God Abraham,Isaac and Jacob.


Exo 3:6 KJV Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

Had the arab god been the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob, it would love Israel.

I am not from Iran so what's my business with the top cleric of Iran?

Can you explain what happened in Numbers 31:17-18 and 1 Samuel 15:3 to me? Tell me where Jesus was back then?

Jesus came that we might have life.

John 5:40 KJV And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Unlike the religion of peace that either kills you or what's u to kill others.


Same Jesus that can't save himself from dying will now save anyone!
You guys are simply funny here!

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Islam for Muslims / Re: Moving Away From Shirk! by Rashduct4luv(m): 3:51pm On Sep 17
RightChanneI:


But you're running away from your Islamic countries practicing this, is that not an hypocrite running to USA, CANADA, UK, etc whereas you have IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, etc where you can practice your sharia!

Who is running away?

People embrace whatever works for them!

Christian doctors too were running to Saudi.
Religion / Re: When Was The Prophet Of Islaam - Salallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam - Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 3:50pm On Sep 17
BlackfireX:




You are joking or naive grin

Do you have proof?

Show it!
Religion / Re: When Was The Prophet Of Islaam - Salallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam - Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 3:49pm On Sep 17
SIRTee15:

It's important to corroborate religious claims with non religious evidence otherwise it's nothing but blind faith.
If we are not even sure Muhammed exist, how do we know the Quran is true.
The book simply copied from other books. All the story of Jesus in the Quran are from apocryphal gospel books.
What's my business with non-religious evidence? Did you ever see Jesus? Have you seen Paul wrote all those books acclaimed to him? Religion is mostly faith! The first pillar of Islam is Iman which is faith! It is abstract and formed in the heart!

And i dislike it when you guys generalize destructively as there are many narrations of Jesus in the Qur'an that are not in the Bible.
For example, Jesus called himself slave of Allah. In another verse, Allah questions Jesus on resurrection day if he told people to worship him and his mum as god! And in another verse, Allah says Jesus is not more than a man who eats!

If Allah is truly one as Muslims claim, Can I worship the shin of Allah?
Yes, Allah is truly one!

As regards the shin, you won't see it if you die as you are now!
Islam for Muslims / The Torture Endured By The Companions Because Of Their Adherence To Tawheed by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:29am On Sep 13
The Torture Endured by the Companions Because of their Adherence to Tawheed – Shaykh Rabee ibn Hadee

The Companions of Allaah’s Messenger (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) suffered the worst forms of torture because of their adherence to the correct ‘aqeedah, and their making all worship purely and sincerely for Allaah alone, and their rejection of shirk and kufr.

From ’Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood, radiyallaahu ‘anhu, who said, “The first people to openly proclaim their Islaam were seven: Allaah’s Messenger (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) , Aboo Bakr, ’Ammaar and his mother Sumayyah, Suhayb, Bilaal and al-Miqdaad. So as for Allaah’s Messenger (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) , Allaah gave him protection through his uncle Aboo Taalib. As for Aboo Bakr, Allaah gave him protection through his people. But as for the rest of them, the Mushriks would take hold of them and dress them in iron armour and place them to scorch and roast in the sun. There was not one of them except that they responded to them except Bilaal, for his soul became as nothing to him for Allaah’s sake, and his people had no respect for him. So they gave him to the children who used to drag him around the streets of Makkah and he would say repeatedly, ‘(He who has the right to worship is) One, One.’”[1]

In the Seerah of Ibn Hishaam [2] there occurs: ’Umayyah ibn Khalf used to take him (Bilaal) out in the midday heat of the sun, and throw him down upon his back, on the ground of the flat valley bed of Makkah, and he would order for a large rock to be placed on his chest. Then he would say, “By Allaah, you will stay like this until you die, unless you disbelieve in Muhammad (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم) and you worship al-Laat and al-’Uzzaa.” So he would say, whilst he was in that condition, “(He who alone has the right to worship is) One, One.”

Sumayyah was tortured until death because of the ‘aqeedah of tawheed not becasue she was a political leader. So from Mujaahid who said, “The first martyr in Islaam was Sumayyah the mother of ’Ammaar. Aboo Jahl thrust a spear into her abdomen.”[3]

Ibn Sa’d said, “She accepted Islaam early on in Makkah and she was one of those who was tortured to force them to abandon their religion. But she bore and endured it until Aboo Jahl came to her and thrust a spear into her abdomen and she died.”[4]

Footnotes:
[1] Reported by al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak (3/284) and he declared it saheeh and adh-Dhahabee mentioned it in Siyar A’laamin-Nubalaa (1/348) and he said, “It has a saheeh chain of narration…”

[2] Seerah of Ibn Hishaam (1/318).

[3] At-Tabaqaat of Ibn Sa’d (8/264/265). He said, “Ismaa’eel ibn ’Umar, Abul-Mundhir related to us that Sufyaan ath-Thawree narrated to us from Mansoor from Mujaahid who said…” This is a saheeh chain of narration to Mujaahid.

[4] Tabaqaat Ibn Sa’d (8/264).

[Excerpted from the book : “The Methodology of the Prophets in Calling to Allaah – that is the way of wisdom and intelligence” – by Shaykh Rabee hafidhahullaah, translated by Dawud Burbank rahimahullah]

https://abdurrahman.org/2017/11/14/the-torture-endured-by-the-companions-because-of-their-adherence-to-tawheed/

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Islam for Muslims / Nooh (عليه السلام) And His Call To Tawheed For 950 Years – Shaykh Rabee’ by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:20am On Sep 13
Nooh (عليه السلام)

Nooh was the second father of all mankind, and the first of the Messengers (Rusul) to the people of the Earth. This great Prophet lived a very long life: he called his people for nine hundred and fifty years to the tawheed of Allaah and to making all worship purely for Him. He did not become weary of this, nor lose interest. He called them night and day, in private and in the open. Allaah, the Most High, says,

“Indeed We sent Nooh as a Messenger to his people ordering him to warn his people before a painful punishment should come to them. He said, ‘O my People, I am a plain and clear warner to you, that you should worship Allaah alone, avoid disobedience to Him and obey me. If you do so He will forgive you your sins and grant you respite until an appointed term. Indeed when the term decreed by Allaah comes it cannot be delayed, and if you knew you would submit to and obey your Lord.’ Nooh said, ‘O my Lord, I have called my people day and night to worship You alone and warned them of Your punishment but my calling them to the truth only results in them turning away from it.[1] Whenever I call them to worship You alone and to obey You, and to disassociate themselves from the worship of everything but You, so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves up with their garments, so as not to hear. Then they persist in their disbelief and arrogantly and obstinately refuse to follow and submit to the truth. Then I called them loudly and openly, and I called them individually and privately. I said to them, ‘Ask your Lord to forgive your sins and repent to your Lord from your unbelief and association of others in worship with Him, and make your worship sincerely and purely for Him, then He will forgive you, indeed He greatly forgives those who turn to Him in repentance and seek His forgiveness. He will then send you rain in abundance, and grant you increase in wealth and children, and provide you with gardens and rivers. What is wrong with you that you do not have awe and fear of Allaah, when it is He that created you in successive stages? Do you not see how Allaah has created the seven heavens one above the other, and has placed the moon therein as a light and has made the sun a lamp? Allaah it is who created you and brought you from the earth, and He it is who will return you to it, and then resurrect you from it. Allaah – it is Who spread out the earth for you, so that you may travel about upon wide roads.’’ Nooh said, ‘O my Lord, they have rejected my call and opposed it, and have instead followed the call of those whose wealth and children only increase them in error and take them further away from their Lord. Furthermore the leaders have plotted a mighty plot, and they have said, “Do not abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwaa, nor Yaghooth, nor Ya’ooq, nor Nasr.” Indeed many have gone astray due to the idols. O Allaah, grant no increase to the transgressors except in error.[2] Due to their sins they were drowned in the Flood and entered into the Fire, and they could find no one to save them from Allaah’s punishment.”[3]

So what did the da’wah of this noble Messenger comprise of, and Allaah has told us the summary of his noble da’wah which continued for nine hundred and fifty years?! Indeed it was an earnest and painstaking call to the tawheed of Allaah and to make all worship purely for Him. It was a tireless effort and he used every possible means available to him to convince them of his call. He called them privately and individually, and he called them openly. He encouraged them and warned them, informing them of the promise of good for the obedient, and evil for the disobedient. He gave them practical and intellectual proofs, from themselves and their lives, and what they saw before them with regards to the heavens and the earth, and the clear signs and lessons contained in them. All of this failed to benefit them and did not cause them to accept. Rather they persisted in their disbelief and error, and they rejected all this obstinately and arrogantly. They persisted in their adherence to the idols and false and futile objects of worship. So the result of this persistence and obstinancy was destruction and annihilation in this world, and everlasting torment in the Hell-fire in the Hereafter.

At this point we may ask: why did this great Prophet continue for such an extremely long period of time, expending huge efforts, untiringly and without languidness, calling to the starting point of tawheed?! Why did Allaah praise him so highly, and cause him to be remembered, and make him one of those Messengers who were the firmest of all in their determination (oolul-‘adhm)? Does the call to tawheed deserve all this esteem? Is this methodology an establishment of this procedure for this noble Prophet in opposition to logic, wisdom and intellect? Or is it pure and certain wisdom, and what is demanded by correct logic and sound and perceptive intellect? Why did Allaah approve of following this methodology in da’wah for 950 years, and commend him, and cause his name and his story to endure, and impose it as a duty upon the greatest of the Messengers and the one having the greatest intellect of all the people, that he should take him as an example to follow in his da’wah and his perseverance?

The just answer, established upon intellect and wisdom, and upon understanding the status and position of Prophet hood, and having the greatest trust in it and giving it its due respect, is that the call to tawheed and striving to wipe out shirk and to purify the earth from it, does indeed deserve all of this. It is indeed wisdom itself and is demanded by natural inclination and intellect. It is furthermore, a binding obligation upon every caller to Allaah that they understand this methodology, this great and divinely inspired da’wah and great goal, and that they devote all their effort and energy to its attainment and its being propagated throughout all of Allaah’s earth. Furthermore that they work together, cooperate and unite, and sincerely attest to each others’ truthfulness. Just as the Messengers, the callers to tawheed, were: the earlier ones telling of the coming of the later ones and the later ones attesting to the truthfulness of the previous ones and promoting their call, and following the same way. It is also binding upon us to believe that if there was any other methodology better and more correct than this methodology, that Allaah would have chosen that for His Messengers and would have favoured them with it. So is it fitting for any Believer to turn away from it and choose a different methodology for himself, and to arrogantly seek to attack this divinely laid down methodology and its callers?!

Footnotes:
[1] At-Tabaree reports from Qataadah, “It has reached us that a man would take his son to Nooh and say to his son, ‘Beware of this man, don’t let him lead you astray, for I remember when I was your age, my father brought me to him and warned me against him just as I am warning you.’”

[2] This supplication of Nooh against them came after he was informed by Allaah that they were not going to be Believers, as explained by al-Baghawee.

[3] Soorah Nooh (71):1-24.

[Excerpted from the book : “The Methodology of the Prophets in Calling to Allaah – that is the way of wisdom and intelligence” – by Shaykh Rabee hafidhahullaah, translated by Dawud Burbank rahimahullah]

Download the full PDF Book:
https://abdurrahman.org/dawah/methodology-of-the-prophets-in-calling-to-allaah/

https://abdurrahman.org/2017/10/25/nooh-and-his-call-to-tawed-for-950-years/

Sports / Re: Waldrum Resigns As Super Falcons Head Coach by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:09am On Sep 13
Health is more than wealth!
Religion / Re: When Was The Prophet Of Islaam - Salallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam - Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:06am On Sep 13
BlackfireX:
His birth day ...unknown
His face ...... unknown.
Where he will go when he died ..... unknown

Yeah!

Jesus's birthday too unknown!

His face too unknown!

But they both will be in paradise!
Islam for Muslims / Re: When was the Prophet of Islam Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:05am On Sep 13
Antlislaam:


But quran narrates the birth of your Isa Jesus, so what will you say about that?

It did narrate the birth and whatever is useful from his life!

The Qur'an didn't narrate the biography of Jesus!

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Islam for Muslims / Re: Moving Away From Shirk! by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:03am On Sep 13
RightChanneI:


Which form of government did allah accepted?

The Islamic Shariah is what is from the Sunnah!!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Moving Away From Shirk! by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:02am On Sep 13
Kukutenla:

See the pledge you recite as a citizen of Nigeria below:
I pledge to Nigeria my country
To be faithful, loyal and honest
To serve Nigeria with all my heart
To defend her honor and glory
So help me God

Where's Sharia in the pledge

Who remember all this one?
Islam for Muslims / Re: Father Of Two Slumps & Dies While Reciting Koran In Birmingham by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:01am On Sep 13
EnEnPeecee:
The intoxicating evil manual has claimed yet another life. Islamabad

So reading a book killed him?

I wonder what will kill you?

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Islam for Muslims / Re: Father Of Two Slumps & Dies While Reciting Koran In Birmingham by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:01am On Sep 13
Praxis758:
Bible is the only book recognized by the creator. It contains His wills for mankind, so, any other book is either demonic or human fabrication .

Show us in the Bible where Jesus or any of the disciples read the Bible you read today?

Show us where this lie exist in your Bible?

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Health / Re: "My Cousin Who Was Fit & Healthy Now Slowly Dying" - Dr From Long Island USA by Rashduct4luv(m): 10:02am On Sep 11
Don't worry!

Only Palestinians and Muslims are terrorists!

People who died from Covid 19 are more than all those killed in terrorism for the last ten years or more!

And this people are still creating more bioweapons!

Mpox!
Religion / Re: When Was The Prophet Of Islaam - Salallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam - Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:58am On Sep 11
TenQ:

In other words, there exist no single collaborative evidence outside Islam that Mohammed existed even though he was a successful political and military leader.
Make sure you read it to the end! You can get the books or search the references if available online.

Lamartine
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls... the forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was twofold, the unit of God and the immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with words."
"Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?"

Histoire de la Turquie, Paris 1854, Vol II, pp. 276-77

George Bernard Shaw
"If a man like Muhamed were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness."

Edward Gibbon and Simon Ocklay
"It is not the propagation but the permanency of his religion that deserves our wonder, the same pure and perfect impression which he engraved at Mecca and Medina is preserved, after the revolutions of twelve centuries by the Indian, the African and the Turkish proselytes of the Koran...The Mahometans have uniformly withstood the temptation of reducing the object of their faith and devotion to a level with the senses and imagination of man. 'I believe in One God and Mahomet the Apostle of God', is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol; the honors of the prophet have never transgressed the measure of human virtue, and his living precepts have restrained the gratitude of his disciples within the bounds of reason and religion."

History of the Saracen Empire, London, 1870, p. 54

Encyclopedia Britannica
" a mass of detail in the early sources shows that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were likewise honest and upright men." (Vol. 12)

Prof. C. Snouck Hurgronje
"The league of nations founded by the prophet of Islam put the principle of international unity and human brotherhood on such universal foundations as to show candle to other nations." He continues: "The fact is that no nation of the world can show a parallel to what Islam has done towards the realization of the idea of the League of Nations ."

Mahatma Gandhi
"I wanted to know the best one who holds today's undisputed way over the hearts of millions of mankind....I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These -and not the sword- carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the 2nd volume (of the Prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of the great life."

Sarogini Naidu
The famous poetess of India says about Islam: "It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: 'God Alone is Great'! I have been struck over and over again by this indivisible unity of Islam that makes man instinctively a brother."

Ideals of Islam, video Speeches and Writings, Madras, 1918, p.169

Bosworth Smith
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports."

Mohammed and Mohammadanism, London 1874, p. 92

James A. Michener
"Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about A.D. 570 into an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy, the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty he was already a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow. When he reached twenty-five his employer, recognizing his merit, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived, remained a devoted husband."
"Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of God's word, sensing his own inadequacy. But the angel commanded 'Read'. So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large segment of the earth: "There is one God."
"In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of God's personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced, 'An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human-being.'
"At Muhammad's own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: 'If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives forever.'"

Taoheed limits the attributes of Allah to the attributes of Iblis as Allah is not Omnipresent nor Omnipotent nor Omniscient exactly as Iblis.
Taoheed is not only about names and Attributes! It is more than that!

There's Taoheed of Lordship! Only Allah creates, provides divinely, etc.
There's Taoheed of Worship! Only Allah deserves being worshipped, being prayed to, etc.


Let me prove it to you
1. Omnipresence:
Omnipresence means Being equally present everywhere in both physical and spiritual space and time.
a. If Allah is on his throne above the seven heavens upon the waters, then Allah is not at the same time below the seven heavens. Thus Allah is not Omnipresent .
b. If Allah cannot enter his creation without ceasing to be Allah, then Allah is not present within any of his creation and thus Allah is not Omnipresent.
This is error filled! Allah has absolute knowledge of all things! So He is present everywhere by His knowledge. Since He is present by his knowledge why does He still need to be physically present in his creation? This is like saying the creator of a computer OS need be in the OS to control it or know what is happening in there! Allah is greater than all his creations combined together! His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth!

2. Omnipotence:
Omnipotence means having infinite powers to BE and DO whatever thing that doesn't negate his Almighty Power.
a. Allah cannot have a child because he doesn't have a girlfriend (consort) unlike Mary who can have a Son without the need for a man or copulation.
b. Does Allah have the power to be Omnipresent? No! Is it possible for Allah to be somewhere and everywhere at the same time? No! Thus Allah is not Omnipotent
Allah has no need for sons to inherit him. He has no need for sons, wives, etc. Allah is the All-Mighty! The God who begets no one and is not begotten! This is the real power! Being able to save your creations without the need to kill anyone!

3. Omniscience:
Omniscience means having perfect knowledge of the Past, Present and Future of Everything.
a. Does Allah know how a Baby is formed? No! Allah thinks a baby is formed from the sperm which turns into congealed blood.
b. Does Allah know the Destiny of the young boy killed by Al-Khidr? No! Allah did not know that the boy would not grow up into Adulthood.
c. Can Allah answer questions like
-who stole the red underwear Mohammed was accused of stealing ?
- what is a spirit?
- what is the number of sleeping people in the cave?



So, can you see how Taoheed limits Allah to a being who is neither Omnipotent nor Omniscient nor Omnipresent?

Actually i don't know how all these relates to Taoheed (Oneness) of Allah!
Islam for Muslims / Re: Celebration Of Birthdays Is Unfounded In Islam by Rashduct4luv(m): 9:41am On Sep 11
NeoWanZaeed:


Sarafa, ejigbo and alaro and others are doing it..

Are they with you here?

Go and meet them!
Islam for Muslims / What To Do If You Love Allah? by Rashduct4luv(m): 8:54am On Sep 11
Allah informed the prophet to tell mankind:

Say (O Muhammad SAW to mankind): "If you (really) love Allah then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Quran and the Sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." ('Aali-Imran Qur'an 3:31)

How will you follow the Prophet without following his Sunnah?
Islam for Muslims / Re: Moving Away From Shirk! by Rashduct4luv(m): 8:45am On Sep 11
Kukutenla:
By virtue of point 11, all Muslims in Nigeria including the Op are going to hell for accepting democracy

Muslims don't accept democracy as the best form of government. Our Islamic law is superior to all laws!
Islam for Muslims / Re: When was the Prophet of Islam Born? by Rashduct4luv(m): 8:43am On Sep 11
Antlislaam:
Quran didn't narrates the birth of Muhammad

Yes, it is not Muhammad's biography like the Bible!

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Islam for Muslims / Re: Celebration Of Birthdays Is Unfounded In Islam by Rashduct4luv(m): 8:42am On Sep 11
NeoWanZaeed:
Kettle calling pot black.


What about walimah aqiqah?
What about public Nikkah?
What about Aflah?


You are condemning moulid and you are doing same unfounded ceremonies in Islam

Who is doing it?

Opuro osi!

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