Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Should we be away from Mufthi Ismail Menk?

                                       

Should we be away from Mufthi Ismail Menk?

Published by Assunnah Trust-Sri Lanka ©

Clarification on Mufthi Ismail Menks beleif
IMPORTANT!
THIS IS TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ISSUE WITH MUFTI ISMAIL MENK
 OR INFLUENCED BY ENMITY, JEALOUSY, HATRED OR ANY OTHER OFFENSIVE MOTIVE. OUR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON THE  MATTERS IN QUESTION. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PRACTICE OF THE ELDERS OF
 THIS UMMA TO CLARIFY THEIR STANCE WHENEVER ANY QUESTIONS OR MISGIVINGS AROSE, (as without disregarding it)  IN THE NAME OF JEALOUSY ETC
 READERS WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE
UTMOST RESPECT FOR MUFTI MENK AND WE HAVE NOT USED ANY
 CALLOUS OR UNTOWARDWARDS  HIM.

 THE REASON FOR MAKING THIS PUBLIC IS BECAUSE WE HAVE FAILED TO RECEIVE
ANY RESPONSE FROM RESPECTED MUFTI MENK, DESPITE SENDING   THESE QUESTIONS A NUMBER OF TIMES,               FOLLOWED BY SOME POLITE REMINDERS & EVEN CONTACTING HIM OVER THE PHONE.
WE ARE SURE THAT THERE IS NOTHING SINISTER OR SLANDEROUS IN THIS POST TO DEEM THIS SET
 OF QUESTIONS UNFIT FOR PUBLIC VIEW. THEREFORE WE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD BE WISE ENOUGH TO NOT TO  BRAND US AS BACKBITERS OR THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO DEVIDE THE UMMAH. RATHER TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE ARE CREATING TO HAVE A HEALTHY DIALOGUE IN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CANNOT SIT & WATCH A MUSLIM GOING ASTRAY.

WE ARE HOPEFUL MUFTI MENK WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE
 ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND NOT ACCUSE US OF, EITHER DIRECTLY OR
 INDIRECTLY,  BEARING JEALOUSY OR ENMITY TOWARDS HIM, AS WE DO NOT FALL
 INTO THAT CATEGORY,  BI HAMDILLAH.



What are His Heart breaking questionable statements?
Number 1
·        Ismail menk says our Beloved Sallahualahi wasallim who has Jealousy, deception, pride, badqualities & hatred in his heart!!!

Please watch from 14:00 onwards

Our response
How can a human being who was sent as a Mercy to the universe…who was free from all defects…who taught others not to be Jealous or have hatred t anyone else..the master of humanity.
The noble companion from the Banu Najjah tribe which was known for their exceptional skills in poetry, Seyeduna Hassan ibn Thabith said
و أحسن منك  لم ترى قط  عيني
واجمل منك لم تلد النساء
خلقت مبرا من كل عيب
كأنك قد خلقت كما تشاء 
Wa ahsanu minka lam tara qattu aini
Wa ajmalu minka lam talidin nissa'u
Khuliqta Mubarra' an min Kulli aibin
Ka-anna-ka qad khuliqta kama tasha'u

And I have never seen anyone more strikingly handsome than you
And no
women ever gave birth to anyone more nobler than you
O Holy Prophet! You have been created free from all defects
It is indeed as if you have been
created just as you wished.
Looking at the lines “O Holy Prophet! You have been created free from all defects” refers to the physical appearance of his beauty & of his “Akhlaq” as his nature of behavior was such excellent that even there was no defect in him, Sallahualahi wasallim
Allah says in the Quran :-
وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم
And indeed, you are upon a noble conduct, an exemplary manner (Al-Qalam 68/4).
Another Hadith quotes as    بعثت لأتمم مكارم الأخلاق “The only reason I have been sent is to perfect good manners."
In yet another hadith he said:

"I command you to be of good akhlaaq,"
The Prophet sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam also said:
أكمل المؤمنين إيماناً أحسنهم خلقاً

"The people (or the Mu'mins) who have perfected their e
eman most perfectly, are those who are best in akhlaaq."

And in another narration:

"The best of the Mu'mineen are the ones who are best in their akhlaaq."

Response to Mufthi Ismail Menk on the matter “cleaning the black spot” from the heart of Sallahualahiwsalliim, as explained by the Lebanese Shaf’i scholar Shaykh Gibril Haddad quoting from the Mujaddid Imaam Thaqiuddin Subuki Rahimahullah as follows

The closest text to this issue is probably the following explanation of the hadith of the removal of the black clot from the heart of the Prophet, ( upon him  be peace). I came across this beautiful passage in Ibn al-Subki’s Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al- Kubra (10:266-267):
“I heard my father – Allah have mercy on him – say, when he was asked about the black clot that was removed  from the heart of the Prophet – Allah bless and greet him – in his childhood, at the time of the splitting of his breast, and the statement of the angel to him, ‘This is Satan’s lot from you (hâdhâ hazhzh al-shaytâni minka)’:
<<This clot Allah created in the hearts of human beings as naturally fit (qâbilatan) for whatever Satan casts into it and it was removed from his heart – Allah bless and greet him – so that no place remained in it fit for anything Satan could cast. This is the meaning of the hadith. There was no lot for Satan in the Prophet whatsoever. What the angel threw out was only a matter present in all human constitutions. That capacity was removed but its presence did not [in the first place] necessitate that anything had been cast into the heart. If you asked, “Why was that capacity created in that noble person when it was possible to create it without it?” I say, Because it is part of the human constituents. So its creation is part of the completion of human creation and is indispensable, while its removal is a Divine command that took place later on.>>

The writer of these lines heard another moving explanation of the “black clot removal” related from the great Imam Ahmad Rida Khan, namely, that the clot consisted in the portion of the disbelievers at whose eternal doom, had it not been removed, the Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) would have felt unbearable mercy on the Day of Judgment because he was created and sent as a mercy for the universes. Even so, the Prophet shall include them in his intercession at the time all creatures stand in wait under the sun for the Judgment to begin! So Blessings and peace on the Prophet, his Family, and his Companions until the end of time and for all eternity.
 





Number 2

·         Mufthi Ismail Menk says,  As per the verse “   عبس  وتولى Abasa Watha Walla…”  referring to SallaLLAhu alaihi wasallim being reprimanded by Allah

Our response
Did Allah reprimand his beloved Messenger Sallallahu alaihi wasallam? When the Aqeedha of Ahlus sunnath wal Jama is based on one if its principals that The Prophets are Ma’sooms, which means they are
·         Free from committing sins
·         Protected from committing sins
·         Innocent in committing sins


Regarding Abasa....


[Abasa 80:1] He frowned and turned away.
[Abasa 80:2] Because the blind man had come in his august presence.
[Abasa 80:3] And what do you know, he may be of the pure!


the belief of the Christian faith is that their Messengers of God do commit sins. It is the belief of the Muslims that our Messengers are Ma’sooms  ie; they are protected from sins
Why do Prophets not commit sins?
It is because they are the chosen & guided ones by Allah & the belief of Ahlus sunath wal Jama is that, Allah will not take a deviant or a sinner to guide people on the true path. If a deviant or a sinner is taken into as a guide, then this will make the followers to follow that particular Prophet & commit mistakes as well because its upon each & every nation to follow the Sunnahs or the actions of their prophet! Because When a  Prophet commits sins… their followers too  would follow the same sunnah  assuming  they will rewards through  them. Now this doesn’t make sense because, How can you follow a deviant action to receive blessings?
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This is why we firmly believe that every messenger was perfect & what was testified for those messengers as errors are classified as a learning or a method of how to understand what should be done when such happens, consider the following examples.
·         No one can accuse that Nabi Adham Alahisalam did a mistake but its understood that when you do a mistake seek Isthigfar for your actions, as it’s the Sunnah of Seyeduna Adham Alahisalam
·         No one can accuse our sallahualahiwasallim who showed sajadha Sahwu’ in Salath out of forgetfulness, because this action was there to show us ( his followers & the sahaba kiram) that when you forget something in Salath, then perform Sajadha Sahwu
Our response on   عبس  وتولى   “Abasa wa thawalla”
Similarly the incident of “Frowning & turning away” was,  as a matter of fact, a lesson  taught by Sallallahu alaihi wasallam that we shouldn’t do as such, and  this can be considered as a point given us to ponder over.
To make it much clear, lets read Surah An-Najm ourselves:

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى
{1}  By the star when it sets!
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى
{2}  Never did your master stray nor did he ever leave the right path.
وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى
{3}  And he does not say anything by his own desire.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى
{4}  It is but a divine revelation, which is revealed to him.
Now if one carefully looks at the verses , he  may understand that, all the actions of Sallallahu alaihi wasallam was indeed revelations ( ie; Wahi)! Such revelations result in the  blessed actions of Sallallahu alaihi wasallam

Therefore,  using few’ quranic’ verses without understanding the inner meanings, one cannot argue or point at Sallallahu alaihi wasallam  that he was  at   faults.  rather it was the revelation upon which Sallallahu alaihi wasallam’s actions result in as per the above Quran verse.

Regarding the fact  “PROPHETS OF ALLAH ARE MA’SOOM (UNABLE TO SIN)
“please refer to our post here

Number 1

·         Ismail Menk says at 20:00 Rasoolallah didnt see allah

Our response taken from ahlus-sunna.com with courtesy of brother Aamir Ibrahim.

Our Response

In Light of Qur'an
وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ  ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ  فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ  فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ  مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَ‌أَىٰ  أَفَتُمَارُ‌ونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَ‌ىٰ

Translation: (7): While he was in the highest part of the horizon.(8): Then he approached and came closer (9): And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer. (10): So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey. (11): The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw. (12): Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw? [Al Qur'an, Chapter 53, Verse 7-12]
In the 12th verse our Lord Almighty is challenging the whole world that “WILL YE THEN DISPUTE WITH HIM CONCERNING WHAT HE SAW”, had it been seeing Gabriel only then that would not have been a great challenge because previous Prophets like Musa Kaleem-Ullah (Peace be upon him) had the privilege to talk “DIRECTLY WITH ALLAH” and Ibrahim (alaih salam) was shown the kingdoms of Heaven which was a far superior thing than seeing Gabriel, hence from Nass of Qur'an it now becomes established that vision of Allah was finally reserved for Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) as hadith of Ibn Abbas (RA) and many others prove it (Which shall come in the hadith section of this article)
Let us see the detailed Tafsir of these verses by Imam Ibn-ul-Jawzi (rah), he explains the 8th and 9th verses in light of Sahih ahadith and Aqwaal

وفي المشار إليه بقوله: «ثُمَّ دنا» ثلاثة أقوال.

أحدها: أنه الله عز وجل. روى البخاري ومسلم في «الصحيحين» من حديث شريك بن أبي نَمِر عن أنس بن مالك قال: دنا الجبّار ربُّ العِزَّة فتدلَّى حتى كان منه قابَ قوسين أو أدنى. وروى أبو سلمة عن ابن عباس: «ثم دنا» قال: دنا ربُّه فتدلَّى، وهذا اختيار مقاتل. قال: دنا الرَّبُّ من محمد ليلةَ أُسْرِي به،، فكان منه قابَ قوسين أو أدنى. وقد كشفتُ هذا الوجه في كتاب «المُغْني» وبيَّنتُ أنه ليس كما يخطُر بالبال من قُرب الأجسام وقطع المسافة، لأن ذلك يختص بالأجسام، والله منزَّه عن ذلك.

والثاني: أنه محمد دنا من ربِّه، قاله ابن عباس، والقرظي.

والثالث: أنه جبريل. ثم في الكلام قولان.

Translation: There are three famous sayings regarding the saying of Allah i.e. Then he approached and came closer
First: That is Allah Azza wajjal as it is narrated by Bukhari and Muslim in “Sahihayn” the hadith from Sharik bin Abi Numayr who heard from Anas bin Malik (ra) who said: The Irresistible, the Lord of Honor and Majesty approached and came closer till He was about two bow lengths or (even) nearer [Sahih Bukhari Hadith # 7518, Sahih Muslim Hadith # 162]
...and It is narrated by Abu Salama from Ibn Abbas (ra) that {He approached} refers to Allah coming near, this is adopted by Maqatil (rah) who said: Allah came near to Muhammad (Peace be upon him) on the night of Isra And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer, however It is written in the book Al Mughni that this coming nearer does not refer to coming closer in sense of bodies nor distance as that is the case with bodily creations and Allah is High of such thing being attributed to him.
The Second: That It was Muhammad (Peace be upon him) who went near Allah, this is said by Ibn Abbas (ra) and Qurzi(ra) too.
The Third: It was Gibril and there is Kalaam in this Qawl.. (Then Ibn Jawzi shows the opinion of Sahaba like Sayyidah Aisha - RA who were of the opinion that Prophet - Peace be upon him did not see Allah, why Sayyidah Aisha - RA believed such and how other Sahaba differed with her shall be explained in detail Insha'Allah)
Reference: Imam Ibn Jawzi in Zad al Maseer fi Ilm at Tafsir, Volume No. 8, Page No. 65-66
 The Shafi’ scholar Shaykh Gibril Haddad explains this verse as

According to Ibn Mas`ud and `A’isha radhiallahu ta’ala anhum it is Jibril. According to Ibn `Abbas, Abu Dharr, Anas, Abu Hurayra, and `Abd al-Rahman ibn `A’ish radhiallahu ta’ala anhum  it is Allah Most High. The latter is the position of the majority of the Salaf, and Allah knows best.
Qur'an states at another place:

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِيۤ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَـٰكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ

مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي فَلَمَّا

تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكّاً وَخَرَّ موسَىٰ صَعِقاً فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِي

Translation: And when Musa (Moses) came at the time and place appointed by Us, and his Lord (Allah) spoke to him; he said: "O my Lord! Show me (Yourself), that I may look upon You." Allah said: "You cannot see Me (Qur'an states: LAN TARANI NOT LAN URA), but look upon the mountain; if it stands still in its place then you shall see Me." So when his Lord appeared to the mountain , He made it collapse to dust, and Musa (Moses) fell down unconscious. Then when he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to You, I turn to You in repentance and I am the first of the believers."[Al Qur'an, Surah 7, Verse no 143]
In the world renowned Tafsir al Jalalyn (written by 2 great scholars Imam Jalal ud-din Suyuti and Imam al-Muhalli) it states:

أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَٰنِى } أي لا تقدر على رؤيتي، والتعبير به دون «لن أُرَى» يفيد إمكان رؤيته تعالى { وَلَٰكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ } الذي هو أقوى منك { فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ } ثبت { مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَٰنِى } أي تثبت لرؤيتي، وإلا فلا طاقة لك { فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ } أي ظهر من نوره قدر نصف أنملة الخنصر كما في حديث صححه الحاكم
Translation: {You shall not see Me},which means you do not have the capability to see me THE USE OF THE WORDING (LAN TARANI) RATHER THAN LAN URA (I.E. I SHALL NOT BE SEEN) IMPLIES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE ALLAH {But gaze at the mountain} which is stronger than you are, {And if it stands still in its place} then you shall see Me’, that is, [then] you shall remain fixed [able] to see Me, otherwise, you will not have the capacity [for it]. {And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain} i.e. When he manifested his light, equivalent to half a nail of little finger as this is mentioned in the sahih hadith of Hakim
Reference: Tafsir al Jalalyn, Page No. 167, Published by Dar Ibn Kathir, Damascus
On the issues of the Hadith of Seyedah Aysha radhiallahuanha & also other evidences on the fact that Rasoolallah S Sallallahu alaihi wasallam did see Allah with his naked eyes would be found here


This is another video lecture by Hafiz Ehsan Qadiri “In Mi'raj nothing was hidden from you YA RASOOLALLAH!!
 The lecture explaines how our rasoolallah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam was given the sight of everything in the past as well as future during  this holy journey and  also the statement of - Aala hazrath Imaam Ahmed Raza khan bareilly
"What
sort of unseen can be hidden to you ya Rasoolallah when Allah himself was not hidden from you"




















Number 4

·         Mufthi Ismail Menk  the Prophet Sallallahu alaIhi wasallAm was  not aware of china & adDs humor to the Hadith!
Our Response

This was taken up seriously at the All Ceylon  Ahlus sunath wal Jama Aqeedha conference in 2013 in Colombo


Our response

Mufti Menk, Wake up & check this hadith!

Volume 9, Book 92, Number 378:Sahih Al Bukhari
Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab:
Abu Huraira said that Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent with 'Jawami-al-Kalim ' (the shortest expression with the widest meaning) and have been made victorious with awe (cast in my enemy's hearts), and while I was sleeping, I saw that the keys of the treasures of the world were placed in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Apostle has gone, and  you people are utilizing those treasures, or digging those treasures out." or said a similar sentence. (Sahih Al Bukhari)

Now Mufti Menk When
·         Sallallahu alaihi wasallam was sent for the entire Universe
·         Who sent Sahabas on Dawah to many parts of the world, including sending Seyeduna Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqas radhiallahu anhu to China!
How the Prophet (s.a.w) who spoke about Israel, fighting of Armageddon, and 1000s of other wisdom did not know China?

What made you think so Mufthi Menk?
How you dare to  say that Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wasallam didn’t know about the China when he was sent as a Rasool to the entire creation while accepting the narrator of the Hadith knew China but not the Prophet Sallahualaihiwasallim who told the Hadith? To make fun of a Hadith?
 Mu’aawiyah ibn Haydah رضي الله عنه said: “I heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say: “Woe to the one who talks to make the people laugh and tells lies, woe to him, woe to him.” [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2315) and Sunan Abu Dawood (4990) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee].
Please note that the Salafi self claimed Muhaddith also accept this Hadith!!

More evidences on China, We would recommend you to read  the analysis of this particular Hadith which is presented by Shaykh Gibril F Haddad as

The Hadith "Seek Knowledge as far as China" has been  graded Hassen mashour as explained by the popular master of science of Hadith Dr. Shaykh Gibril F Haddad

"Seek knowledge even as far as China."

Hadith HASAN MASHHÛR - "fair, famous." Note: Applied to a hadith, the term mashhûr refers to a type of ahad narration that has five to nine narrators at each link of its chain and is therefore nearly mass-narrated. Note that this is not an index of its authenticity as a mashhûr hadith may be either sahîh, hasan, or da`îf. Also, the label of mashhûr is sometimes given to merely famous narrations which are not nearly-mass-narrated.
Read the complete analysis here

Also if China as a place was not known…explain how did Seyeduna Saad bin Abi waqqas radhiallahu anhu  left for  (china), when Sallallahu alaihi wasallam was alive & also followed by other sahabas who are buried at guangzhou?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_China more info on china : http://www.4panda.com/special/muslim/muslim-in-china.htm “The Islam began to spread over China speedily after Islam had been introduced to Tang Emperor Gaozong in 651AD”




Number 5

·         Ismail Menk says after 2.35 About adham alaihis salam didn’t go behind other women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCfhZhWYrOo
Our Response

How come a respectable Mufthi mutters such nonsense against a Noble Messenger, when there was no creation at that time for Nabi Seyeduna Adham Alahisalam to move with???

Regarding the matters on “PROPHETS OF ALLAH ARE MA’SOOM (UNABLE TO SIN)
“ please refer to our post here


2 comments:

  1. Perhaps you need to brush up on your English first before posting stuff like this. You may have misinterpreted Mufti Menk's lectures due to your lacking of vocabulary. Menk is one of those Islam preachers who are soft spoken and always refer his talks based on Qur'an and Sunnah.

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