Mufthi Ismail Menks justification on Prophet having jealousy,
hatred, envy in his heart
Date: Thu, 23
Aug 2012 21:04:13 +0200
Subject: Cleansing
the Blessed Heart
Dear Mufti
Menk
On Radio
Al Ansaar you said the Prophet pbuhs heart was washed with Zamzam &
cleansed at childhood of qualities such as jealousy, hatred, deception, pride,
anger etc.
Surely
this is a blasphemous statement.
Please
clarify yourself.
Wassalaam
Assalaamu
alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakaatuh
Beloved
Brother
Shukran for your mail.
Rasulullah peace be upon him is pure of all evil qualities.
Rasulullah
peace be upon him is the best of creation.
Rasulullah peace be upon him did not have qualities of
jealousy, hatred, deception, pride, anger for the wrong reasons etc.
There is no debate on this issue.
The issue at hand is the washing of the heart of Rasulullah
peace be upon him during his childhood whilst he was still at an age where none
of the said qualities would affect ordinary children yet. We term ordinary
children ma'soom or innocent child.
At that age the angel Jibreel Alayhis salaam came and cut
open the chest of Rasulullah peace be upon him and took out his heart.
He then washed the heart with Zamzam and removed a black
clot from it.
He then cast this clot and said, "This is the portion
of the devil from you."
This Hadeeth appears in more than 170 different Hadeeth
books including Bukhari & Muslim.
The scholars of Hadeeth explain that at this stage all the
qualities that shaytaan later develops in ordinary human beings were removed
and so they never developed at all in Rasulullah peace be upon him.
The shaytaan that each one of us has, who usually deviates
us, accepted Islam and surrendered.
The incident of the washing of the blessed heart is well
known with the wording exactly as I said.
Hence he was cleansed before any of those qualities could
ever affect him by the removal of the "share of the devil" that he
said the angels removed from him.
Some people believe that this cleansing was done well
before he was created or born. The authentic evidence of such is not available.
The conclusion of both parties is the same, "Nabi Muhammad peace be upon
him did not have any bad qualities."
The difference is when this happened and the meaning of the
term used by Nabi Muhammad peace be upon him "this is the portion of the
devil from you."
Almost all scholars of Hadeeth agree that "share of
the devil" or "portion of the devil" refers to whatever shaytaan
later develops through whispering or any other way was all totally wiped out
before Shaytaan could ever get to doing anything negative. So Nabi Muhammad
peace be upon him was totally protected by Allah Almighty's Power.
I do not believe that there is any reason to insult those
who hold a view based on authentic abundant Ahaadeeth when the conclusion is
one & the same.
May the Almighty Allah grant us the intercession of Nabi
Muhammad peace be upon him on Qiyaamah.
I respect
those who differ with evidence and must state that what I have said is the view
of the majority of those who have recorded Seerah or Hadeeth.
Aameen
Wassalaamu
alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakaatuh
Ismail
Musa Menk
Harare, Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
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