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Reflections from some statements of Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi al-Mad’khali [15 of 80]

Written by Abdullah Jallow on . Posted in Aqeedah (Creed & Belief), Contemporary Issues, Da'wah - Calling To Islam, Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Pearls of Wisdom, Purification of The Soul, Sahaabah, Scholars of Islam, Seeking Knowledge, Shirk, Worship - 'Ibaadah'.

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Ibn Abbas and Aa’isha, may Allah be pleased with them, stated: When the last moment of the life of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, approached, he started putting his Khameesah (a woollen blanket) on his face and when he felt hot and short of breath he took it off his face and said, “May Allah curse the Yahud and Nasaaraa because they built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets”. (The Prophet was warning against what those people had done).

They (i.e. companions) understood that the Messenger was issuing a warning message. Aa’isha and Ibn Abbas said, “He (the Prophet) was cautioning against what those people had done.” Therefore, given that the Yahud and Nasaaraa were cursed and incurred Allah’s intense wrath, (as indicated by the statement), “Allah’s severe wrath is upon a people who take the graves of their Prophets as places of worship,” despite their love for the Prophets and their construction of places of worship on their graves; so, what about those who defile (the purity) of the greatest religion (Islam) through acts of shirk, akin to the actions of the Yahud?! Therefore, it follows that Allah’s curse and intense wrath currently applies to them (those who engage in grave worship) when they adopt the graves of others as places of worship. When it is the case that Allah disapproved of the actions of the Yahud, who revered the Prophets and erected places of worship over their graves, how can this act be accepted from those who build places of worship over the graves of those who (hold a status) inferior to that of the Prophets?!

O brothers! This is a deviation from the meaning of [لا إله إلا الله – There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah. Therefore, we appeal to the students of knowledge and the callers to Islam not to betray this Ummah, and not to conceal this clarification and guidance that was revealed by Allah to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him- the explanation of Tawhid, the distinction between Tawhid and Shirk because if we lose this knowledge, all the other sciences will have no value. [An Excerpt from “Marhaban Yaa Taalibal Ilm”. 110-111]