A partial translation of this article
Imam
ash-Shaʿrāwī, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked
for his opinion regarding a book that one of the mockers of Islam had written
and that had generated a lot of discussion in the 1990s.
He replied, ‘I haven’t
read it and I will never read it.’ They then said, ‘How, when there has been so
much discussion about it?’ Imam ash-Shaʿrāwī, may
Allah have mercy on him, then recited the words of Allah the Exalted in Sūrat an-Nisāʾ:
{It has been sent down
to you in the Book that when you hear Allah’s signs being rejected and mocked
at by the people, you must not sit with them until they start talking about
other things. If you do, you are just the same as them. Allah will gather all
the hypocrites and disbelievers into Hell.} [4:140]
The disbelievers from
amongst the Quraysh used to recite poems and songs that criticised the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as well as the
noble Companions, but these poems and songs haven’t reached us because the
Muslims didn’t relate them and spread them, nor did they pay them any
attention, and thus they fell into oblivion and were forgotten. Therefore, we
must disregard and ignore anything that insults the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, or Islam, so that we don’t contribute to
its spread.
And implement the
sincere advice of ʿUmar,
may Allah be pleased with him: ‘Put falsehood to death by being quiet about it,
and do not chatter about it lest the malicious come to know of it.’
And may Allah’s
blessings and peace be upon His Messenger.
4 comments:
Wise beyond words!
Salam
How can you be contacted? How may one go about getting copies of your translation of the books from the Ihya? Thank you.
Wa alaykum Assalaam,
Jazakum Allah khayran for the comment. You can contact me via email:
mahdilockshafi@gmail.com
As for translations from the Ihya, this is the main link for Kitab al-Halaal wa al-Haraam:
http://www.ibfim.com/img/kmc/2013-publications/2013-001.pdf
And Kitab al-Kasb:
http://www.ibfim.com/img/kmc/2013-publications/2013-013.pdf
Alhamdulilah, these links have been updated and are working.
Here's another option:
http://www.firdousbooks.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=922
Wassalaam,
Mahdi
Thanks for that, it's badly needed in today's world.
Would it be possible to give the precise source (in a way that is acceptable in a scholarly paper)?
Best wishes for success and blessings
Halima Krausen
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