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Monday, September 23, 2002

Hadith

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "Whoever says something in interpreting the Qur'an based on his own opinion should find his place in the Fire." (Tirmizi)

Interpreting the Qur'an requires expertise in several areas. Scholars have prescribed seven sciences as a prerequisite for interpretation. Unfortunately, today a lot of well meaning people are attempting to interpret without any qualification. They start, say, a Qur'anic study group, and start giving lectures on Qur'an. If the person is a good speaker, he might also get warm reception from an audience that confuses eloquence with scholarship. Soon, they start giving expert opinions about Shariah and Qur’an without having even the minimum qualification for it. Many a time, the audience participates equally excitedly, discussing the Words of Allah Ta’ala and delicate issues of Shariah with the same assumed expertise that is normally reserved for discussion of latest current affairs.
This casual attitude must be contrasted with that of the Companions. They not only new the language of the Qur'an better then anyone else, they were witnesses to its very revelation. Yet, they did not dare interpret it without first learning it, verse by verse, from Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) himself. And even then they exercised extreme caution.

Respected Brother/ Sister in Islam

Assalaamu Alaylum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu

Determining The Sex Of The Un-Born Baby

The absolute knowledge of the foetus, being a male or female, in the womb of the mother is reserved to Allah Ta'aala alone. Man does not have the power to conclusively deter- mine the sex of the unborn baby.
In these times, however, medical doctors are able to 'predict' the sex of the baby-to-be "by means of X-Ray scan machinery" and this too, only after a specific period of pregnancy elapses and the limbs etc. of the foetus are formed. Nevertheless, this knowledge, which many perceive, does neither contradict the Quranic verse, "Only Allah knows all what the wombs contain."Surah Luqmaan, Verse 34) nor does man become participant (an associate) in Ilme-Ghaib (the hidden knowledge) of Allah Ta'ala. Ghaib refers to that type of knowledge, which is self present not derived through apparent means etc., whereas the doctors can only tell by means of X-Ray scan machinery and other apparatus. The ayah of the Quraan refers to that knowledge which is omni- present and neither derived nor acquired and this is exclusive to Allah Ta'ala.

The second interpretation of the Ayah is that only Allah Ta’ala knows various conditions, specifications and circumstances of the womb - whether the foetus it contains is male or female, normal or abnormal, full-term birth or premature, normal birth or caesarean section, and what the exact day and time of birth shall be and most important what the fate of the child will be -pious or villainous and fortunate or unfortunate. All these aspects are known to Allah Ta'ala when the foetus is still in the mother's womb. On the contrary, present-day doctors and scientists are only able to "predict", and this too, after a specific period of pregnancy elapses, the sex of the baby-to- be.

The third aspect of the Ayah is that it reads "Maa fil Arhaam" and not "Man fil Arhaam". The Arabic word "Man" is used for human beings and "Maa" for inhumans, objects etc. This purports that the foetus is a clot of blood and still has not taken human form therefore it is referred to as "Maa". Even at that stage Allah Ta'ala knows whether it is male or female. On the contrary, at that stage no doctor can tell whether the clot of blood shall be male or female.

Nevertheless, anybody acquiring partial knowledge of the womb after a fixed period of pregnancy elapses does not contradict the Quranic verse, "Only Allah knows all what the wombs contain."

Was Salaam
Jamiatul Ulama (KZN)

Friday, September 06, 2002

Chain Letters

Question: The questioner explained that a chain letter is currently circulating among Muslims by e-mail: The letter says that the watchman of the grave of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had a dream in which the Prophet (pbuh) told him to convey a message to the Muslim community; it includes a threat that something terrible will happen to anyone who receives that letter and does not send it to at least 20 Muslims. The questioner finally asked whether that letter should be taken seriously.

Answer: Siddiqi started by informing about the origin of the chain letter. According to him, that letter has been in circulation for the past 30 or 40 years. It probably started somewhere in India or Pakistan and every now and then someone circulates it to confuse the Muslim community. A few years ago someone translated the same letter into Arabic and began distributing it in Makkah and Madinah, but the Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Baz, called the letter a lie against the Noble Prophet (pbuh) and asked Muslims to disregard it.
He next went deep into the response: In fact, this letter makes fun of Islam and Muslims. It tells Muslims that they must distribute 20 copies of it or else they will loose their jobs or families, or even die; it says that someone who distributed 20 copies became very rich and someone else did not believe in the letter and ignored it and thereby suffered a big loss. These promises and threats have nothing to do with Islam in reality. In Islam no one has authority to give any promise or threat or make anything fard 'obligatory' or haram 'forbidden' on the basis of a dream only, whatever that dream may be. The Qur'an and the Sunnah are the final authorities for Muslims. Whatever Allah Ta'ala and His Messenger (pbuh) have made obligatory is obligatory and whatever they have forbidden is forbidden for Muslims. The author of this letter wants Muslims to believe that his letter is more important than the Qur'an and Hadith, which is sheer blasphemy.
Siddiqi concluded his fatwa as follows: Any Muslim brothers or sisters who have this letter are requested to discard it and not to pass it on to any one. It is sinful to distribute falsehood in the name of Allah Ta'ala and His Messenger (pbuh). If Muslims are interested in passing on something to receive the blessings of Allah Ta'ala, they should distribute the copies of the Qur'an, the authentic books of hadith or some other good Islamic literature.
Source: Questions and Answers
By Muzammil H. Siddiqi
URL: http://www.pakistanlink.com/religion.html
Downloaded August 1997.

Monday, September 02, 2002

Bismillah irRahman irRaheem
In the Name of Allaah, The Most Gracious, The Most Kind

The mother of the believers Aisha (RAA) reported that the messenger
of Allah (SAW) said what translated means:

" The most hated to Allah is a person who is fiercely hostile and
quarrelsome. "

Al-Bukhari