IS RELIGION FROM GOD OR MAN-MADE?
Books and Documents 03 Mar 2009, NewAgeIslam.Com
The War Within Islam: Niyaz Fatehpuri’s Struggle Against The Fundamentalists by JUHI SHAHIN
Excerpts from a newly published book in Pakistan: The War Within Islam: Niyaz Fatehpuri’s Struggle Against The Fundamentalists
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1221
Late. Allama Niyaz Fatehpuri [1884-1966]
Neither does God need worship and submission, nor does He need anyone’s prayers. [Niyaz Fatehpuri, “Sidah Rastah,” Nigar, January 1959, 90.]
How can Mr. Mughal too take such a rational view in the matter of goings on at Sufi shrines and then turn around and take such an irrational view of considering Hadees sacrosanct? While, of course, some Ahadees that elaborate and explain Quranic injunctions, have some value for us, even if their authenticity would still be in doubt, but how can a rational Muslim consider this Yazeedi institution, that was created by Abu Jahal’s family to subvert Islam and turn it into an expansionist, exploitative monarchy in the name of democracy, consider it worth preserving in this day and time. [Sultan Shahin]
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Dear Sultan Sahab,
My reply to the allegation that Abu Jahal's Family created Hadith to subvert Islam is in the shape of Hadith in the end.
If that is so then the following Verses from Quran should immediately be discraded and forthwith:
Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah. [AL-BAQARA (THE COW) Chapter 2 - Verse 238]
Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers. [AN-NISA (WOMEN) Chapter 4 - Verse 103]
Turn ye back in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish regular prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah,- [AL-ROOM (THE ROMANS, THE BYZANTINES) Chapter 30 - Verse 31]
Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded, [AL-BAQARA (THE COW) Chapter 2 - Verse 45]
Recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book and keep up prayer; surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil, and certainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do. [AL-ANKABOOT (THE SPIDER) Chapter 29 - Verse 45]
Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
[AL-ALA (THE MOST HIGH, GLORY TO YOUR LORD IN THE HIGHEST) Chapter 87 Verse 1]
So pray unto thy Lord [AL-KAUTHER (ABUNDANCE, PLENTY) Chapter 108: Verse 2]
As per my humble and poor knowledge:
Times of the Prayers as per Quran:
1 - The Morning Prayer [Fajr]:
O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three times; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise. [AL-NOOR (THE LIGHT) Chapter 24 - Verse 58]
2 - The Noon Prayers [Zuhur]:
Establish regular prayers - at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony. [AL-ISRA (ISRA', THE NIGHT JOURNEY, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL) Chapter 17 - Verse 78]
3 - The Afternoon Prayer [Asr]:
Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah. [AL-BAQARA (THE COW) Chapter 2 - Verse 238]
4 - The Sunset Prayer [Maghrib]:
And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord) [HUD (HUD) Chapter 11 - Verse 114]
5 - The Night Prayer [Isha'a]:
O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three times; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise. [AL-NOOR (THE LIGHT) Chapter 24 - Verse 58]
JUMA PRAYER [Congregation]:
O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew! [AL-JUMUA (THE CONGREGATION, FRIDAY) Chapter 62 - Verse 9]
These Prayers [Namaz - Salat or any other kind of worship] helps when these are free from this:
Let me quote a Quranic verse and Hadith on this Riya [Showoff]
Ah, woe unto worshippers
Who are heedless of their prayer;
Who would be seen (at worship)
Yet refuse small kindnesses!
[AL-MAUN (SMALL KINDNESSES, ALMSGIVING, HAVE YOU SEEN) Chapter 107 - Verses 4, 5, 6, 7]
Say: I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that your Allah is only One Allah. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due unto his Lord. [AL-KAHF (THE CAVE) Chapter 18 - Verse 110]
1 - On the authority of Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) in a marfoo' form, the following Qudsi narration: "I am Independent of all the partners (ascribed to me). Whoever performs a deed while associating partners with Me, I will leave him and his Shirk." [Sahih Muslim]
2 - It is reported that the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said: "Of the things which I fear for my Ummah, the thing which I fear most is minor Shirk. Then he was asked about minor Shirk, and he said: "It is ar-riyaa.
On the authority of Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri (ra ), in a marfoo' form, it is reported: "Shall I not tell you what I fear for you more than Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal?" They replied: "Yes." He (saas ) said: "It is hidden Shirk such as when a person stands in prayer and he improves his prayer when he knows that others are watching." (Narrated by Imam Ahmad)
Allah's Messenger Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) informs us in this Hadith that he worries for his Ummah and fears for them Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal, but that more than this, he fears for them hidden Shirk, which is riyaa`; this is because the danger of Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal is confined to a specific time, while the danger of riyaa` is present at all times and in all places and because riyaa` is hidden and its power of seduction is great and it is difficult to free oneself from its grip. In addition, it leads to showy, ostentatious behaviour, self-glorification, self-promotion, all of which appeal to the weaknesses in man.
3 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (May Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Muslim, Tirmidhi and Nasa'i]
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