Can my mother recite Ahad Namaah
As salamualikum.
My mother wants to know whether she can recite ‘Ahad Naamah’, a prayer praising our Lord Allah or not. She came to know from some scholars of our country that it is haram. She stopped reading it. But she liked it and wants to recite. I have Google searched to know about it and found the following information regarding this prayer:
Sayyidina Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim said : "Whoever recites this Ahad Naamah one in his lifetime, he will be taken away with Imaan [true faith] in his heart." And Rasulullah Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim says that he guarantees that this person will go to Jannah [Paradise]. Hazrat Jaabir Rathia Allahu anh says that he heard Rasulullah Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim say: " Man has three thousand [3000] types of diseases in his body, One thousand of these diseases doctors have medicine for and they can treat these. two thousand are such that there is no medicine to cure them. Whoever will keep this Ahad Naamah with them Allah [Subhaana Hoo] will save him from the two thousand [2000] diseases. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq Rathia Allahu anh says, " Whoever keeps this Ahad Naamah with him will be safe from snakes and scorpions, and magic will have no effect on him and people who think bad of him will not be able to say anything bad about him. Hazrat Khaatuna Jannat Rathi Allahu ta 'ala anhaa says she heard Sayyidina Rasuli Akram Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim say: "Whoever will use this Ahad Naamah in a time of difficulty his need will be fulfilled". Whoever will write this Ahad Naamah with Misk [musk] and Zafran [saffron] and drinks it, washing it with water, his aql [intelligence] will improve, and whoever memorizes it or some of it and whatever he memorizes he does not forget, that will also help his memory.
Hazrat Amir ul Mu'mineen [the isnaad doesn't say which] Rathia Allahu anhu says that whoever reads this Ahad Naamah and give the thawaab to someone who is deceased, the grave of such a person will be lighted from east to west. If someone puts it in the grave, the deceased person will get the thawaab of Prophets. When Munkar and Nakir [the questioning angels] come to question him their questions will be made easy on such a person. Allah Subhaana Hoo will take the Athaab [chastisement] away from his grave one lakh yards [one hundred thousand] to the right, forty thousand yards to the left, forty thousand yards from his head and forty thousand yards from his feet. The grave will be so wide that the eye will not be able to comprehend.
Allah Subhaana Hoo has given this property to this Ahad Naamah, If it is kept in a grave on Yawm ul Qiyaamah [the Day of Standing] the person will rise from the grave as if it is an angel and he will wear the garments of Jannah [Paradise]. He will have Buraaq for riding and Allah Subhaana Hoo will say to this person: "I have an Ahad [covenant] with you that you will be happy because you read this Ahad Naamah in the world every day. I am going to fulfill this promise today and I am going to put a crown on your head and I am going to give you the garments of Jannah. I am going to give you Buraaq to ride on. There will be no questioning from you and you will be sent to Jannah without any chastisement and I will also forgive any person who you ask me to forgive." And he will be sent to Jannah in this manner. His face will be lit like the full moon on the fourteenth night. The people of Mizaan ul Hashr will say that this person must be a prophet or a Wali or one of the Salihoon. The Angels guarding Jannah will say: " No, this person is not a Prophet, he is just a slave of Allah Subhaana Hoo from the Ummah of Rasulullah Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim. The only reason his face is lit like this and why he is wearing the garments of Jannah is because he used to keep the Ahad Naamah with him and this is the Noor and Barakah of this Ahad Naamah, that he is in this blessed position." The people will say: "We were in the world for such and such a time. It is sad that we did not use Ahad Naamah at that time, and we were sort of away from it."
How can I get the answer of the following question?
I have searched it at many places including your website but can’t get it. Can I get any response from you? Here is the question below. Please let me know whether the information that I got is right or not? Hence I can tell my mother what is right about it.
Looking forward to your kind reply.
Sincerely yours,
Tania Hussain
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Assalamu alaykum Sister Tanya Hussain,
As for thawaab for dead, the Qur'an is very clear, no laden one can bear the burden of another. Those who died have died and you can not transfer your good deeds to them, this is not Islamic principle. Believers may ask for forgiveness of each other and of the dead as well.
Whatsoever we are required to do is while we live and not what others do for us after death. It is their life, we have to utilize our own life. You will not be asked of what the previous people did, you will be asked only what you did in the life of the world.
I have not heard of ahad naama before.
What Allah has revealed to the Prophet is the Qur'an. If you read it, understand its meanings and try to act upon it in life, Insha Allah you will be granted Jannah. This is Allah's promise in the Qur'an.
So to keep it short and proper - The Qur'an is for us, a revealed scripture from Allah.
It's isnaad or chain of narration - Lawhe mahfuuz of Allah - Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) - Prophet Muhammad.
The Best Scripture, Blessed Scripture, Healing and Mercy, The Criterion (of right and wrong), The Light, The Zikr (Reminder).
If you keep to its constant study and try to live it in to actions, Insha Allah, you will have a good dunya and good akhirah.
As far as torment of grave is concerned, I don't know what basis it has, as torment from the Qur'an is after the Judgment is passed on Qiyamah. Allah knows best. I have studied a hadith in Musnad of Ibn Hanbal quoted in Tafsir Ibn Kathir in this regards which has a major flaw in it. I do not like to go in to those debates with everyone.
We live, we die and we are raised up again. This is simple Islamic concept. When we will be raised, we will be given our records of life deeds, Allah will judge rightly between His slaves and decide who will enter Jannah and who will enter Jahannam.
Be prepared for death, be quick in repentance. Your death is a like a sleep, when you wake up from that sleep, it will be Day of Qiyamah. Be ready.
Keep reading the Qur'an, learn how to live it from Sunnah which is sufficient and in accordance with the Qur'an.
Hope this will keep you on the path to Paradise.
Salaam,
Your brother.
I don't know what ahad namah is, but regarding the above comment I just want to clarify there are some things we can do to benefit the deceased, such as make up any of their missed fard fasts, Hajj or Umrah on their behalf, dua for the deceased. The torment of the grave is also from hadith
http://theonlyquran.com/hadith/Sahih-Muslim/?volume=4&chapter=173
Reciting Sura mulk protects from torment of the grave
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/26240/mulk
If you aren't sure about ahad namah, why not just read quran? you can also get a booklet called Fortress of the Muslim (hisn muslim) it has a lot of authentic duas from hadith. You can find it in an Islamic bookstore or perhaps online.
1. Charity on behalf of dead persons (not according to the Qur'an)
Surah 63, Al Munafiquun, The Hypocrites
9. O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers.
10. And spend of that wherewith We have provided you before death cometh unto one of you and he saith: My Lord! If only thou wouldst reprieve me for a little while, then I would give alms and be among the righteous.
11. But Allah reprieveth no soul when its term cometh, and Allah is Aware of what ye do.
If Allah clears WARNS believers to give before death comes, what does the ayat mean?
Have you read the verses? What do they mean?
Allah commands to spend before death what He has given before death comes, else when death comes, no term would be given.
Why you need to believe in hadtih which says chartiy can be given for dead, when Allah says NO.
2. Hajj for the dead (not according to the Qur'an)
Surah 3, Al Imraan,
97. In it are clear signs, the standing place of Ibrahim, and whoever enters it shall be secure, and pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) everyone who is able to undertake the journey to it; and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above any need of the worlds.
Hajj is only incumbent upon those who are "able" to undertake a journey. Dead are dead. Hajj is for the living and those who are able to do it. Is that not clear from the Qur'an?
3. The reality
Regarding oaths, Allah says in Surah 5, Al Maidah,
89. Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the clothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth not (the wherewithal to do so) then a three day fast. This is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks.
If a dead person kept oaths to Allah and was unable to fulfill, the case is between him and Allah and ot upon his children or near ones.
The expiation is a three day fast. Can the dead do a three day fast?
ISLAM IS A RELIGION FOR THE LIVING, WHO HEAR AND OBEY, WHO LEARN AND ACT AND NOT FOR THE DEAD WHO CANNOT DO GOOD DEEDS ONCE LIFE ENDS.
Surah 2, Al Baqarah,
134. Those are a people who have passed away. Theirs is that which they earned, and yours is that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do.
Surah 6, Al An’am
162. Say: Lo! My worship and, my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
163. He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him).
164. Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein ye differed.
Surah 17, Al Israa
15. Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he goeth right, and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load. We never punish until We have sent a messenger.
Surah 35, Faatir
18. And no burdened soul can bear another's burden, and if one heavy laden crieth for (help with) his load, naught of it will be lifted even though he (unto whom he crieth) be of kin. Thou warnest only those who fear their Lord in secret, and have established worship. He who growth, groweth only for himself. Unto Allah is the journeying.
Surah 39, Az Zumar,7. If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).
Surah 53, An Najm,
35. Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth?
36. Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Moses
37. And Abraham who paid his debt:
38. That no laden one shall bear another's load,
39. And that man hath only that for which be maketh effort,
40. And that his effort will be seen,
41. And afterward be will be repaid for it with fullest payment;
Not all hadtih are certain truth. We have been given the Qur'an, which you judge every hadtih that comes across and not accept what is against the what The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught by the Qur'an by delivering the Message of Allah.
The Message of Allah came from Lawhe mahfuuz - Jibreel- Prophet Muhammad ( the mighty chain of narration, nothing weak about it). The Qur'an was delivered by the Prophet, recited by the Prophet, learnt by Sahabas, supervised by the Prophet, until he passed away, it was complete and set in order.
30. And the Messenger (of Allah) saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Qur’an of no account.
31. Even so have We appointed unto every Prophet an opponent from among the guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper.
32. And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur’an not revealed unto him all at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order.
33. And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.
Do not compare Qur'an with the hadith. The Qur'an was complete and perfect as Revealed by Allah and proclaimed by the Prophet. The hadith, got recorded by later scholars, neither authenticated by the Prophet nor the Sahabas, but authenticated by later scholars.
I do not ask anyone to reject a hadith or accept. How can I? Do I have any say in the religion of Allah established by His Messenger (peace be upon him)? No. Most surely, I am nothing but a member of this Ummah.
I am nothing and none to say do this or do that. But most surely, the Prophet got the Qut'an to refute the falsehood with the truth. It is the Furqaan, the Criterion, to judge the right from the wrong.
So let each one of us "study" the Qur'an which most surely the Prophet recited and Allah revealed and guarded and gave us as a guidance to counter falsehood with the Most Certain Truth.
77. That (this) is indeed a noble Qur’an
78. In a Book kept hidden
79. Which none toucheth save the purified,
80. A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
81. Is it this hadiith that ye scorn,
82. And make denial thereof your livelihood? - Surah Waqi'a.
This Qur'an is our livelihood for our aakhirah, if we put it behind our backs, who will save us?
Salaam,
Your brother.
@brothermunib
I am very hurt and offended by your post. I am not a scholar nor am I qualified to interpret Quran and Hadith. However I wrote based on what scholars say. If you disagree with scholars take it up with them .But you have no right to say
"Why you need to believe in hadtih which says chartiy can be given for dead, when Allah says NO."
and imply I prefer to believe something when Allah says NO. How do you know whats in my heart and who are you to say that. And you write "Have you read the verses?" Guess what you aren't the only one in the world who has read Quran. If you don't believe in Hadith or scholarly opinion so be it, but most muslims do take guidance from hadith and you have no right to attack me for doing so, you could have simply (nicely) stated your disagreement without attacking. . I actually didn't want to comment on your first post but felt it was my duty as a muslim to correct what many would consider to be wrong information (such as implying punishment in the grave is not real)
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/763
Assalamu alaykum Z,
I am sorry if you felt anything offensive in my post. As I wrote in my previous, but you forgot to it or forgot to quote it in your reply:
1. I wrote in my first post to the questioner " As far as torment of grave is concerned, I don't know what basis it has, as torment from the Qur'an is after the Judgment is passed on Qiyamah. Allah knows best. I have studied a hadith in Musnad of Ibn Hanbal quoted in Tafsir Ibn Kathir in this regards which has a major flaw in it. I do not like to go in to those debates with everyone.
2. As a Muslim you thought it was your duty to pass on correct information, so as a Muslim I too thought the same and passed on to you the information of the Qur'an by studying it, writing it and not copy pasting from Islamqa.com
I did it for you, for my brethern, not for myself.
3. I want to write to Scholars, especially Islamqa.com, since more than 6 months, but I do not know how to post the questions to them. I have a considerable amount of hadith going against the Qur'an and I would like to give the material I wrote to these scholars to verify and to "correct me if I am wrong".
4. I stand by what I said, which is based upon the Qur'an. My only objective is blind obedience to hadith has led many astray and so people do things which may not be a part of Islam at all. We are given eyes, ears and tounge, all these will be questioned. We cannot just hear and believe what anayone tells us.
5. If there is a hadith which says marry 5 wives, will you accept it? No, you will say the Qur'an says only upto four, how can the Prophet say five. Hence, what I do is match hadith with the Qur'an.
6. I am glad I am not the only ignorant gaining light from the Qur'an, Alhamdulillaah, there are millions of Mulims who try to read and understand the Qur'an. Yes, I am one who questions and I am "frowned" upon by people for not "blindly" accepting anything in the name of Bukhari or Muslim or be it any other Book.
7. Imam Bukhari and Muslim (may Allah have mercy upon them), also criticized hadiths, they also rejected hadiths and out of lacs got to thousands, so if there was no criticism, all hadith were blindly accepted, Sahih Bukhari or Muslim would not have been compiled. Islam demands thorough investigation of truth before being put in to practice.
8. You also forgot to write in your post what I wrote:
I do not ask anyone to reject a hadith or accept. How can I? Do I have any say in the religion of Allah established by His Messenger (peace be upon him)? No. Most surely, I am nothing but a member of this Ummah.
I am nothing and none to say do this or do that. But most surely, the Prophet got the Qut'an to refute the falsehood with the truth. It is the Furqaan, the Criterion, to judge the right from the wrong.
So let each one of us "study" the Qur'an which most surely the Prophet recited and Allah revealed and guarded and gave us as a guidance to counter falsehood with the Most Certain Truth.
I said it with all humbleness and a collective tone, that let us all turn to "study" of the Qur'an, meaning let us read it, understand it and try to distinguish between truth and falsehood based upon it.
Brother, my duty as a Muslim is to proclaim the truth, I welcome any scholar to prove my findings wrong. If you know how to post these questions to scholars, please help me, if you can, you may post yourself.
I am Alhamdulillaah content doing self study now and when time comes insha Allah, I wish to learn Arabic and get in to deeper investigation of what is "imposed" as a certain truth upon every Muslim.
For now my advice to everyone is, do what is necessary, make Qur'an your central point of focus, knowledge and spread it.
The Sunnah is preserved as much in actions as in words. People did not start to pray salaat after Sahih Bukhari was compiled. Islamic practices were going on since the time of the Prophet.
We should be thankful to Allah for giving us knowledgable Imams who tried their best to compile actions of the Prophet into words, so that they may be preserved and it would be of help to the Ummah. Not that it would cause fights between Muslims. We appreciate their hard work and years or pain staking efforts in the compilation of hadith literature.
But we have to know they were humans, they had their limitations and hence their works cannot be taken as revelations of Allah on the sole basis that they involve thousands of men in between the gap of a couple of centuries between them and the Messenger of Allah and there are chances of flaws.
Hence we have to manage to know the Sunnah from it and reject what is not in accordance with the Book of Allah.
Your belief in giving charity for dead is relfected by your quoting the idea, if you did not quote it, how could I know you believe it or not. Your very action of propogating the thought indicates that you believe charity can be given for the dead.
I have not done any sin by telling you what you believe.
I hope you find nothing offensive in all this. I am not here to fight, argue or debate. I am here to give "Islamic advice" which could help people and anything that is against Islam is not Islamic advice, which I try to abstain from.
My apologies once again if you thought I tried to put any charge of falsehood on you. My answers are generally packed with emotions and by saying " how do you believe" I refer to a general public who believe in something.
Salaam,
Your brother.
brother munib please ggo through this link.
Benefitting the deceased by giving charity on his behalf - islamqa.info https://islamqa.info/en/42384