*क़ायदह नं0 1* – असनाद (हदीस के रावियों यानि बयान करने वालों को असनाद कहते हैं) के लिहाज़ से हदीस की बहुत सारी किस्में हैं मगर यहां सबको समझाने की ज़रूरत नहीं सिर्फ 3 ही काफी है सहीह,हसन और ज़ईफ
*सहीह* – ये वो हदीस है जिसमे 4 खूबियां होती हैं
1. इसकी असनाद मुत्तसिल होती है यानि किताब के मुअल्लिफ से लेकर हुज़ूर सल्लल्लाहु तआला अलैहि वसल्लम तक कोई रावी छूटा नहीं होता
2. इसके सारे रावी अव्वल दर्जे के मुत्तक़ी व परहेज़गार होते हैं कोई फासिक़ व मसतूरुल हाल नहीं होता
3. इसके तमाम रावी निहायत ही क़वी हाफिज़ा वाले होते हैं और किसी का भी हाफिज़ा बीमारी या बुढ़ापे की वजह से कमज़ोर नहीं होता
4. ये किसी भी मशहूर हदीस के खिलाफ नहीं होती
*हसन* – ये वो हदीस है जिसके रावियों में ऊपर दर्ज की गई सिफत आला दर्जे की ना हो
*ज़ईफ* – ये वो हदीस होती है जिसके रावियों में कोई रावी मुत्तक़ी या क़वियुल हाफिज़ा ना हो यानि जो सिफत हदीस सहीह में मोअतबर थी इसमें कोई एक सिफत ना हो
*क़ायदह नं0 2* – सहीह और हसन अहकामो फज़ायल सब में मोअतबर है मगर हदीस ज़ईफ सिर्फ फज़ायल में मोअतबर है यानि इससे किसी शख्स या किसी अमल की फज़ीलत तो साबित की जा सकती है मगर ये अहकाम में मोअतबर नहीं मतलब ये कि इससे हलाल व हराम का हुक्म साबित नहीं किया जा सकता,मगर ये बात अच्छी तरह ज़हन में रखें कि हदीसे ज़ईफ किसी झूटी या गढ़ी हुई हदीस को नहीं कहते जैसा कि गैर मुक़ल्लिदों ने अवाम को बहका रखा है बल्कि ये हदीस है और मोअतबर है बस हमारे फुक़्हा ने एहतियात की बिना पर इसका दर्जा पहली दोनों से कम रखा है
*क़ायदह नं0 3* – अगर हदीसे ज़ईफ भी किसी और असनाद से हसन बन जाये तो बिला शुबह अब उससे अहकाम भी साबित किये जा सकते हैं और वो मुतलकन मोअतबर होगी
*क़ायदह नं0 4* – एक ही ज़ईफ हदीस कई सनदों से मरवी है अगर चे सबकी सनदों में ज़ईफ रावी पाये जाते हैं मगर फिर भी कई असनाद से मरवी होने की बिना पर अब वो ज़ईफ ना रही बल्कि हसन बन गई इसी तरह उल्मा-ए कामेलीन के अमल से भी हदीसे ज़ईफ हसन बन जाती है जैसा कि इमाम तिर्मिज़ी किसी हदीस के तअल्लुक़ से फरमाते हैं कि “ये हदीस है तो गरीब यानि ज़ईफ मगर अहले इल्म का इस पर अमल रहा है” इसका ये मतलब नहीं है कि ज़ईफ हदीस ना क़ाबिले अमल थी मगर उल्मा ने बेवक़ूफी से इस पर अमल कर लिया नहीं बल्कि इसका मतलब ये है कि हदीस असनाद के लिहाज़ से तो ज़ईफ थी मगर उल्मा के अमल ने इसे हसन बना दिया और बाज़ मर्तबा वलियों के कश्फ से भी ज़ईफ हदीस हसन बन जाती है जैसा कि शैख मुहि उद्दीन इब्ने अरबी रज़ियल्लाहु तआला अन्हु ने एक हदीस सुनी थी जो 70,000 बार कल्मा पढ़कर मुर्दे को बख़्शने से उसकी मग़फिरत हो जाने के तअल्लुक़ से थी,आपने एक जवान को देखा जो रो रहा था और उसका कश्फ मशहूर था तो आपने उससे रोने की वजह पूछी तो कहने लगा कि मेरी मां का इंतेकाल हो गया है और मैं उसे जहन्नम की तरफ जाता हुआ देख रहा हूं तो आपके पास 70000 कल्मा पढ़ा हुआ था आपने बिना उसको बताये दिल ही दिल में उसकी मां को ये बख्श दिया अब वो जवान हंसने लगा फिर आपने वजह पूछी तो कहने लगा कि अब मैं अपनी मां को जन्नत में जाते हुए देख रहा हूं तो आप रज़ियल्लाहु तआला अन्हु फरमाते हैं कि आज 2 बातें साबित हो गई पहली तो इस हदीस की सेहत इसके कश्फ से मालूम हो गई और दूसरी इसका कश्फ भी इस हदीस से सही मालूम हो गया,यही हदीस वहाबियों के इमाम मौलवी कासिम नानोतवी ने अपनी किताब तहज़ीरून्नास सफह 59 पर हज़रत जुनैद बग़दादी रज़ियल्लाहु तआला अन्हु के क़ौल से नकल किया है
*क़ायदह नं0 5* – असनाद के ज़ोअफ़ से हदीस के मतन का ज़ोअफ़ लाज़िम नहीं हो सकता है कि एक ही हदीस कई असनाद से मरवी हो जिसमे एक में तो ज़ोअफ़ पाया जाता है मगर दूसरे से वो हसन और तीसरे से सही हो,जैसा कि खुद इमाम तिर्मिज़ी एक हदीस के तअल्लुक़ से फरमाते हैं कि “ये हदीस हसन भी है सही भी है और ग़रीब भी है
*क़ायदह नं0 6* – बाद का ज़ोअफ़ अगले मुहद्दिस या मुज्तहिद के लिए मुज़िर नहीं क्योंकि हो सकता है कि जो ज़ईफ़ हदीस इमाम बुखारी व इमाम तिर्मिज़ी को मिली उसमे ज़ोअफ़ बाद में आया हो जबकि यही हदीस जब इमामे आज़म को मिली तो ज़ोअफ़ ना रहा हो और ये ज़ोअफ़ हदीस में इमामे आज़म के बाद शामिल हुआ हो जैसा कि खुद साहिबे किताब अपना एक वाकिया दर्ज करते हुए लिखते हैं कि “एक मर्तबा एक वहाबी से मेरी गुफ्तुगू हुई तो मैंने इमाम के पीछे क़िरात मना होने पर ये हदीस पढ़ी कि इमाम की क़िरात मुक़्तदी की क़िरात है तो वहाबी जी बोले कि ये हदीस ज़ईफ़ है इसमें जाबिर जअफी ज़ईफ़ रावी है,तो मैंने उनसे पूछा कि जाबिर जअफी कब पैदा हुआ था तो तड़पकर बोले कि 235 हिजरी में तो मैंने कहा जब मेरे इमाम ने इस हदीस से इस्तेदलाल फरमाया था उस वक़्त जाबिर जअफी अपने बाप की पुश्त में भी ना आया था क्योंकि इमामे आज़म की पैदाईश 80 हिज्री और विसाल 150 हिजरी में है,लिहाज़ा जब इमामे आज़म को ये हदीस मिली तो बिलकुल सही थी और ज़ोअफ़ बाद में पाया गया
*क़ायदह नं0 7* – किसी फ़क़ीह का ये कहना कि फलां हदीस ज़ईफ़ है उस वक़्त तक मोअतबर नहीं जब तक कि ये न बताये कि क्यों ज़ईफ़ है और रावी में क्या ज़ोअफ़ है क्योंकि वजहे ज़ोअफ़ में भी अइम्मा का इख्तिलाफ है कि बअज़ चीज़ें जैसे घोड़े दौड़ाना या जायज़ हंसी मज़ाक को बअज़ लोगों ने रावी का ऐब जाना मगर हंफियों के नज़दीक़ ये ऐब नहीं
*क़ायदह नं0 8* – अगर किसी रावी को किसी मुहद्दिस ने ज़ईफ़ कहा और किसी ने उसे मुत्तक़ी कहा तो उसे मुत्तक़ी ही माना जायेगा और उसकी रिवायत ज़ईफ़ ना होगी
*क़ायदह नं0 9* – किसी हदीस को अगर मुहद्दिस सहीह या हसन ना जाने तब भी उसे ज़ईफ़ ना समझा जायेगा क्योंकि हसन और ज़ईफ़ के बीच में काफी दर्जे हैं
*क़ायदह नं0 10* – सहीह हदीस का दारोमदार बुख़ारी मुस्लिम या सियह सित्तह पर नहीं है,सियह सित्तह को सही कहने का मतलब ये नहीं कि उनकी सारी हदीसें सही है और दूसरी किताबों की बाक़ी हदीसें ज़ईफ़ नहीं बल्कि औरों से ज़्यादा इसमें सही हदीसें हैं,हमारा ईमान हुज़ूर सल्लल्लाहु तआला अलैहि वसल्लम पर है ना कि बुख़ारी या मुस्लिम पर हुज़ूर की हदीस जहां से मिले हमारी सर आंखों पर है फिर चाहे वो बुख़ारी में हो या ना हो,गैर मुक़ल्लिदों की ये भी एक अंधी तक़लीद है कि इमामे आज़म पर तो इनका ईमान नहीं मगर बुखारी पर ऐसा ईमान रखते हैं कि पूछिये मत जबकि इमाम बुखारी की पैदाईश 204 हिजरी में हुई यानि कि इमामे आज़म के विसाल के 54 साल बाद आप पैदा हुए तो ईमान से फैसला कीजिये कि जो पहले दुनिया में आया और जिसका ज़माना हुज़ूर सल्लल्लाहु तआला अलैहि वसल्लम से क़रीब रहा हो जिसने सहाबा से मुलाकात की हो उसे ज़्यादा सही हदीसें मिलेगी या बाद वालों को
*क़ायदह नं0 11* – किसी मुहद्दिस या आलिम का बग़ैर किसी ऐतराज़ के ज़ईफ हदीस को क़ुबूल कर लेना हदीस के क़वी होने के लिए काफी है जैसा कि साहिबे मिश्कात हज़रत अल्लामा इमाम वली उद्दीन मुहम्मद बिन अब्दुल्लाह खतीब तबरेज़ी रज़ियल्लाहु तआला अन्हु फरमाते हैं कि “मैंने जब हदीसों को उन मुहद्देसीन की तरफ मंसूब कर दिया तो गोया हुज़ूर सल्लल्लाहु तआला अलैहि वसल्लम की तरफ ही मंसूब कर दिया” इस क़ायदे से आप समझ गए होंगे कि इमामे आज़म की इस्तेदलाल की हुई हदीसें हरगिज़ ज़ईफ नहीं हो सकती
*क़ायदह नं0 12* – अगर क़ुर्आनो हदीस में तआरूज़ नज़र आये तो हदीस के ऐसे मायने करने चाहिए कि तआरूज़ खत्म हो जाए मसलन क़ुर्आन में है कि “जब क़ुर्आन पढ़ा जाए तो उसे कान लगाकर सुनो और चुप रहो कि तुम पर रहम हो” वहीं हदीस शरीफ में है कि “जो सूरह फातिहा ना पढ़े उसकी नमाज़ नहीं” ये एक दूसरे के खिलाफ मालूम होती है तो इसमें इस तरह ततबीक़ दी जायेगी कि क़ुर्आन का हुक्म मुतलक़ है और हदीस का हुक्म इमाम या तन्हा नमाज़ी के लिए है तो ऐतराज़ उठ गया कि जो तन्हा नमाज़ पढ़ेगा वो सूरह फातिहा पढ़ेगा और जो जमाअत से नमाज़ पढ़ेगा तो इमाम की क़िरात ही मुक़्तदी की क़िरात होगी लिहाज़ा दोनों पर अमल हो गया,और जिसमे ततबीक़ ना हो सके तो ऐसी हदीस को मंसूख समझा जायेगा
*क़ायदह नं0 13* – हदीस का ज़ईफ होना गैर मुक़ल्लिदों के लिए क़यामत है क्योंकि उनके मज़हब का दारो मदार ही इन रवायतों पर है रिवायात ज़ईफ हुई तो उनका मसअला भी फना हो जायेगा मगर हनफियों के लिए ये ज़ोअफ कुछ मुज़िर नहीं क्योंकि हमारी दलायल ये रिवायतें नहीं बल्कि क़ौले इमाम है और इमाम की दलील क़ुर्आनो हदीस क्योंकि जो असनादें बुखारी व मुस्लिम में हैं जब हमारे इमाम को ये हदीसें मिली तो उनकी असनाद ये ना थी
📕 जाअल हक़,हिस्सा 2,सफह 4-9
*ⓩ अगर इन क़वाइद को आपने अपने ज़हन में बिठा लिया तो ज़ईफ ज़ईफ की रट लगाने वालों को बहुत आसानी से चुप करा सकते हैं*
Month: November 2019
Mosquito
Mosquitos have their own parasites.
There are flying parasites that suck the blood from mosquitos.
In 1922, a scientist named F.W. Edwards published a paper describing a remarkable thing: a flying, biting midge collected from the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia that he named Culicoides anophelis. What made the midge was remarkable was the thing it bit: mosquitoes.
Scientific American, Mosquitoes Have Flying, Blood-Sucking Parasites of Their Own, 2014
So those parasites are sucking blood from mosquitos.
Today we know that female mosquitos need blood for their eggs:
Typically, both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant juices, but in many species the mouthparts of the females are adapted for piercing the skin of animal hosts and sucking their blood as ectoparasites. In many species, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a blood meal before it can produce eggs, whereas in many other species, it can produce more eggs after a blood meal. A mosquito has a variety of ways of finding its prey, including chemical, visual, and heat sensors. Both plant materials and blood are useful sources of energy in the form of sugars, and blood also supplies more concentrated nutrients, such as lipids, but the most important function of blood meals is to obtain proteins as materials for egg production.
Wikipedia, Mosquito, 2018
So those parasites are actually sucking blood from female mosquitos.
However 1400 years ago the Quran said that mosquitos had their own parasites:
Quran 2.26 Allah does not shy away from making an example of a mosquito and what is above it. As for those who believe, they know that it is the Truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, “What did Allah intend by this example?” He leads astray many thereby, and He guides many thereby; but He misleads thereby only the evildoers.
“Mosquito and what is above it” this is a parasite on a mosquito. Bauda in Arabic ” بعوضة ” is female mosquito. So the Quran is referring to female mosquito that has parasite.
Fluorescence
Plants emit light invisible to the naked eye.
NASA is studying the emissions of plants from space.
Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have produced groundbreaking global maps of land plant fluorescence, a difficult-to-detect reddish glow that leaves emit as a byproduct of photosynthesis. While researchers have previously mapped how ocean-dwelling phytoplankton fluoresce, the new maps are the first to focus on land vegetation and to cover the entire globe… Chlorophyll fluorescence offers a more direct window into the inner workings of the photosynthetic machinery of plants from space.
NASA, First-of-its-Kind Fluorescence Map Offers a New View of the World’s Land Plants, 2011
Emissions studied by NASA are namely emissions of chlorophyll.
The development of fluorometers allowed chlorophyll fluorescence analysis to become a common method in plant research.
For NASA Chlorophyll is the name of the game.
However 1400 years ago the Quran described olive oil emitting light without fire.
[Quran 24.35] Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The allegory of His light is that of a pillar on which is a lamp. The lamp is within a glass. The glass is like a brilliant planet, fueled by a blessed tree, an olive tree, neither eastern nor western. Its oil would almost illuminate, even if no fire has touched it. Light upon Light. Allah guides to His light whomever He wills. Allah thus cites the parables for the people. Allah is cognizant of everything.
In chapter “The Light” olive oil emits light without fire, this is what is known as fluorescence. “Light upon light” today we know that we can only see a small part of the spectrum. The rest of the spectrum we cannot see but it is all light.
But to learn why the Quran mentioned olive oil in particular we looked into the emissions of pure olive oil called “extra virgin olive oil”. It turned out to be the most fluorescent of all oils.
Fluorescence spectra of some common vegetable oils, including olive oil, olive residue oil, refined olive oil, corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, and cotton oil, were examined in their natural state, with a wavelength of 360 nm used as excitation radiation. All oils studied, except extra virgin olive oil, exhibited a strong fluorescence band at 430-450 nm. Extra virgin olive oil gave a different but interesting fluorescence spectrum, composed of 3 bands: one low intensity doublet at 440 and 455 nm, one strong at 525 nm, and one of medium intensity at 681 nm. The band at 681 nm was identified as the chlorophyll band. The band at 525 nm was at least partly derived from vitamin E. The low intensity doublet at 440 and 455 nm correlated with the absorption intensity at 232 and 270 nm of olive oil.
In extra virgin olive oil, out of the three bands only one is attributed to Chlorophyll. This means that its fluorescence is not limited to Chlorophyll. But its Chlorophyll footprint at 681 nm turned out to be the highest of all oils.
Chart from Scientific Research, Characterization of Vegetable Oils by Fluorescence Spectroscopy, 2011
In case you don’t know how to read charts it says extra virgin olive oil has the highest intensity of all vegetable oils.
Our Prophet(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) Parents are Believers..
Abu Huraira reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) visited the grave of his mother and he wept, and moved others around him to tears, and said: I sought permission from my Lord to beg forgiveness for her but it was not granted to me, and I sought permission to visit her grave and it was granted to motel So visit the graves, for that makes you mindful of death. [Sahih Muslim, #2129]
In Miskhaat, in the Chapter “Ziarat Quboor,” it is stated that the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) sought permission from Almighty Allah to visit the grave of his mother, not to seek her forgiveness. We ask, in all honesty, that if she was a disbeliever, why was he even given permission to visit her grave when it is stated explicitly in the Holy Quran not to even visit the graves of disbelievers? The Holy Quran states:
“Not stand by his grave (O Muhammad). Lo! They disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and they died while they were evil-doers.”
The above verse is proof enough that she was not a disbeliever or else he would not have been given permission to even stand at her grave.
As to the question of forgiveness, he was not permitted to ask for their forgiveness because they were not sinners. A sinner or disbeliever is he upon whom a set of Divine Laws has reached and who intentionally violates it. A set of pure Divine Laws did not reach the parent’s of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), yet they believed in One Allah. How then could they be termed as idolaters?
The Holy Quran states:
“We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.”
The Pure Message or a Messenger never reached both of Rasoolullah’s (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) parents, so how could they be punished? Yes, without doubt, they believed in the Religion of Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam), that is, in One Allah. Yet, as history proves, the Divine Books at that time had been misinterpreted and tampered with by human beings. The criterion of being called a person of faith at that time was strictly to believe in One God, which the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) believed in. It would be unfair to, therefore, call them disbelievers.
As to the injunction:
“Nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers.”
or
“Those who die as disbelievers.”
This verse was revealed for those who die as disbelievers. When both the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) did not die as disbelievers, how can one say that these verses refer to them?
Another point to remember is that if the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) were disbelievers, why were there names “Abdullah” and “Aaminah”? The meaning of “Abdullah” is “Slave of Allah” and “Aaminah” means “One with Faith.” The similitude of those who vile and disrespect them is like those who vile and disrespect the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) by calling him “Muhammad”, which means “Praised One.” If we term them as disbelievers (Ma’azallah), it is the uniqueness of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) to perfect their faith and save them from Hell. Addressing the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), Almighty Allah states in the Holy Quran:
“And soon will thy Lord give you (that wherewith) you shall be well pleased.”
Taking this verse into account, which dutiful and obedient son will be pleased at seeing his parents in Hell?
Ask yourselves the question: Will it please the Almighty Allah to see the parents of Hazrat Isa and Hazrat Moosa (alaihimus salaam) in Paradise and the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in Hell? Without doubt, during their life in this world they believed in One Allah and on the day of the Farewell Pilgrimage they were raised and made to recite the Kalima, thereby joining the folds of the Believers.
Once during a lecture, a Deobandi Molvi accused the people of exaggeration to the question of intercession by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). He said that the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) could not even intercede or mediate on behalf of his own parents. A peasant, who was present in the gathering, stood up and asked the Molvi about the status of a Scholar and of a Hafez (one who memorizes the Quran) on the Day of Judgement. He relied that a Scholar will be able to intercede and mediate for seven generations of his family preceding him, while the Hafez will mediate for three generations. Hearing this reply, the peasant retorted that while an ordinary Scholar will be able to save seven generations from going to Hell, how was it possible for the greatest of Prophets, who was granted Intercession and upon whom the greatest Book was revealed, not to be able to save his own parents? Was this logical? Needless to say, the Molvi was speechless!
It is a proven fact from the Holy Quran and Ahadith that the parents of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) – Sayyiduna Abdullah and Sayyidah Aamina (radi Allahu anhuma) – were always on Iman and left this world with Iman. Just as the cities of Makkah and Madina are the most exalted cities in the world due to being the birth place and place of demise of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), likewise, the genealogy of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is the most exalted and pure chain in the Universe.All his forefathers, from his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu), to Sayyiduna Adam (alaihis salaam), were Mu’min, Muwaahids (believers in the Oneness of Allah), Aabids and Zaahids. None from amongst them were idol-worshippers or Faasiqs (sinners). Actually, the Noor of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) travelled from Sayyiduna Adam (alaihis salaam) to Sayyiduna Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu), in the family chain of those who always sincerely worshipped One Allah.
For those who say, Ma’az-Allah, that the parents of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) were non-believers, they should think and ponder that if the parents of no other Prophet were non-believers, how then would the parents of the greatest of all Prophets be non-believers? In the era in which the Holy Prophet’s (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) parent’s lived all that was required for Iman was to affirm the true belief in the Oneness of Almighty Allah. Neither did they commit Kufr nor was their Iman changed, so they cannot be regarded as sinners or Kaafirs. They remained true Mu’mins in life and when they passed away.
The great Ulama have proven the Iman and Islam of the parents of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in three different ways:-
1. Both of them were on Deen-e-Haneef – following the teachings of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (alaihis salaam).In their time, they had not received direct invitation of previous Prophets to their Deen. They passed away with Iman, believing in One Allah before the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) announced his Prophethood.
2. Due to the Du’a of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), Allah Ta’ala gave life to his parents who were buried in their graves and they brought Iman on him. After Hajjat-ul Widaa, he brought them back to life with the permission of Allah Ta’ala. By seeing him and bringing Iman on him, they became Sahaabi-e-Rasool (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). (Fatawa Razviah; Tafseer-e-Na’eemi)
3, The Holy Quran states: “There had come unto you a Messenger (one) of yourselves.” In another reading the Fah (in Arabic) is pronounced with a Zabbar, which would mean that this most honourable Prophet has come from a most honourable group or society. Naturally, the idolaters cannot be termed as a honourable group, but on the contrary, as the most wicked. The above argument proves that the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and his entire genealogical trace were a most honourable group and believed in One Allah.
A Tradition extracted from Bukhari found in Miskhaat, under the Chapter “Fazaa’il Syedul Mursaleen,” contains the following words of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam): “I have been sent from the best group of the children of Adam, from one group to the next, till I am in that group which I am.” This Hadith substantiates that the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has been carried along the best and most noble group. The revolution of his light (Noor) has always remained within clean and pure wombs. Whose womb can be considered as clean and pure, but that of a true Believer in One Almighty Allah!
In Miskhaat, in the Chapter “Ziarat Quboor,” it is stated that the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) sought permission from Allah Ta’ala to visit the grave of his mother, not to seek her forgiveness. We ask, in all honesty, that if she was a disbeliever, why was he even given permission to visit her grave when it is stated explicitly in the Holy Quran not to even visit the graves of disbelievers? This proves that she was not a disbeliever or else he would not have been given permission to even stand at her grave. As to the question of forgiveness, he was not permitted to ask for their forgiveness because they were not sinners. A sinner or disbeliever is he upon whom a set of Divine Laws has reached and who intentionally violates it. A set of pure Divine Laws did not reach the parent’s of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), yet they believed in One Allah. How then could they be termed as idolaters?
Before the arrival of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) his mother also witnessed strange things during her pregnancy as well as the time of his birth. During her pregnancy, in every month a different Prophet used to appear to her in her dream describing to her of the wonderful and glorious attributes of her expected child, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). Once, the midwife, Bibi Halima (radi Allahu anha), in a state of apprehension, described to Bibi Aaminah (radi Allahu anha) the splitting of her son’s chest. Bibi Aaminah (radi Allahu anha) replied that she should not be afraid as her son was the true and Last Prophet and that the Shaitaan would not be able to harm him in any way. So how is it possible to refer to her as a disbeliever after she had witnessed all the strange happenings and wonderful experiences? It is emphatically impossible
The Holy Quran states: “We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.” The Pure Message or a Messenger never reached both of Rasoolullah’s (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) parents, so how could they be punished? Yes, without doubt, they believed in the Religion of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (alaihis salaam), that is, in One Allah. Yet, as history proves, the Divine Books at that time had been misinterpreted and tampered with by human beings. The criterion of being called a person of faith at that time was strictly to believe in One God, which the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) believed in. It would be unfair to, therefore, call them disbelievers.
Sheikh Muhaddith Dehlwi (radi Allahu anhu) said that the parents of all Prophets were never disbelievers.
At the time of the construction of the Holy Kaaba, Sayyiduna Ibrahim (alaihis salaam) prayed to Allah Ta’ala. The Holy Quran confirms: “And raise up in their midst a Messenger from among them.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) being raised from among the Muslim group is a fulfilment of Sayyiduna Ibrahim’s (alaihis salaam) supplication.
With regards to the question of raising the dead, it is not an impossibility. This fact has been clearly proven by Sayyiduna Isa, Sayyiduna Moosa and Sayyiduna Hazkeel (alaihimus salaam). It has been reported in the Ahadith that close to Qiyamah, even the Kaafir Dajjal will be able to raise the dead. It has been reported that the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) also raised the dead as was in the case of Sayyiduna Jaber’s (radi Allahu anhu) children and the entire group. (Qurtabi, Madaarijun Nabuwat, Shaami)
The concept of accepting faith after death is not an impossibility. The Ahadith have proven that the Ashaab-e-Kaaf will be raised from their graves and will join the forces of Imam Mehdi. They will even perform the Holy Pilgrimage.
Another point to remember is that if the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) were disbelievers, why were there names “Abdullah” and “Aaminah”? The meaning of “Abdullah” is “Slave of Allah” and “Aaminah” means “One with Faith.”
Addressing the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), Almighty Allah states in the Holy Quran: “And soon will thy Lord give you (that wherewith) you shall be well pleased.” Taking this verse into account, which dutiful and obedient son will be pleased at seeing his parents in Hell? Ask yourselves the question: Will it please the Almighty Allah to see the parents of Sayyiduna Isa and Sayyiduna Moosa (alaihimus salaam) in Paradise and the parents of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in Hell? Without doubt, during their life in this world they believed in One Allah and on the day of the Farewell Pilgrimage they were raised and made to recite the Kalima, thereby joining the folds of the Believers.
For those who say, Ma’az-Allah, that the parents of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) were non-believers, they should think and ponder that if the parents of no other Prophet were non-believers, how then would the parents of the greatest of all Prophets be non-Believers?
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 