Am I right to suspect that my wife is under the influence of black magic?
Assalam O alaikum brothers and sisters,
I am in immense distress due to the multiple problems. I got married in 2008 in UK and my wife asked me to leave my mother who lives in Pakistan. I visited them almost every 3 months or so; every thing was more then fine and environment of my house was better then ideal. Then last year I went as usually to visit my parents; every thing seemed great; then, my mother complained that she had a sore throat from last one month which is not getting better. I took her to the doctor who diagnosed her with throat cancer, that was beginning of long dark night in my life, she had 15 hours long operation and when she came back home she was unrecognisable.
During the same time my family members including myself felt different occurrences in the house Sometime it felt that someone is in the room, things were displaced and things like "hot bread"(chapati) in dustbin early in the morning etc. My wonderful wife who supported me in all hard times started behaving differently, she regularly loses her temper and start calling me ugly and so many words even to the extent she asked me for divorce (I must add that during that time her facial features becomes really scary or unattractive as I have not other words to mentioned it).
She ran away from house and ended up in women refuge (via British embassy). I went and brought her home after five days; she did't say sorry; in fact she told me that she felt light when she left the door and in refuge house she felt sorry for me. One very important thing I want to emphasize, when we play "ruqua" CD (off coarse along with daily reciting) in our house, my wife did't able to sit and hear it, she always runs away and ends up in dark bathroom with a shut door (even though she is scared of darkness).
NOW she is back to her parents in UK (We have love marriage and her family is also behaving unreasonably so there is no question for meeting). Any way, we have no contact, except online, where we can see each other activities. She is behaving very awkwardly; like the flirt person (she used to pray tahujud once), her user name and other titles (which the only thing i can see) tell me that she is not the person I knew once but someone completely different or opposite.
Just last week my mother who is ill since one year was in continuous severe pain (her condition is getting worst every passing week while doctors thought it should improve). Someone in our family introduced her to a pious sheikh; who told her that she is under great black magic, and the problem she got is not a medical one and we should have contacted him before operation. Any way, Sheikh recite some ayat on my mother and gave her some water to drink and spray on face for 11 days. Here I would like to add that I am not a person who believes in here-says so initially I thought it could help to boost my mom's morale but quite pleasantly, my mom improved a lot, just in a week time. Her health is improving with every passing day (this happens in just two weeks time and that recovery is far more than a year of medical treatment).
BROTHERS AND SISTER shall I not suspect sehr on my wife too? I saw the things and still remember that helpless days and nights, my all family and dreams are shattered. Still I dont know what to do where to go (Just trusting Allah swt to help me out and try to keep regular prays and zikr and astagfar). PLEASE PLEASE if any one knows any thing which I can perform or recite by MYSELF (please don't give any advice regarding social patch up as I know my situation well, my wife is not in contact and will not be in contact until she felt good). If any one know something which can help in my situation please let me know, I don't want to lose my wife and my beautiful children. I can't pay your favour back but I ask Allah swt to have mercy upon you and your family. (Ameen)
S. Khan.
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As salamu alaykum, brother s. Khan,
Thank you very much for sharing and trusting us, I am sorry you are going through so much struggle, you said the Sheikh that saw your mother is helping her, why don´t you talk to him about your wife and your situation? I am sure he will help you too, insha´Allah.
I am not qualified to help you, I only can advice you to keep your salat on time, to pray at night surah 112, 113, 114, ayat al kursi and ayat al Fatihah, if you wake up during the night recite ayat al Kursi, sleep on your right side, and remember to say Bismillah, before initiating any activity, if you are in any strange situation "Audhu billahi minash shaytanii rajeem", look for refuge on Allah(swt), acknowledge His Power over the good and the bad and surrender to Him(swt). Listen, read and recite the Quran, specially surah Al Baqara.
I know you are going through a tough moment but mantain your trust on Allah(swt) as the strongest Pillar of our Life, humility, trust, compassion, love, mercy, respect, ...all this qualities will help you to be closer to Allah(swt) and to be sensitive to His guidance, insha´Allah.
I am going to share with you a few post we have about sihr:
http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/is-my-wife-suffering-from-sihr-black-magic/
http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/how-do-i-know-if-first-wife-is-doing-magic/
All my Unconditional Respect,
María
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Black magic does not cause throat cancer. Your mother became ill because of natural, medical conditions. As for her recovery since visiting the Sheikh, I would guess that it's psychological. It worked because your mother believed in it. This effect is well known in medicine. The mind has a lot of power over the body.
What's missing in your post is communication. You described how your wife became angry, cursed at you, ran away, etc, but you never explained why. Do you want us to believe that all these things happened for no reason, or only because of magic? Sorry, I don't buy that. I am quite sure that your wife had specific complaints and issues that she was unhappy about, but you have failed to inform us of those issues, so there's not much I can say.
I doubt that any of this has anything to do with magic, which I think is very rare and limited in power.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Assalamu alaykum,
I put in efforts to write a comment, just to find it deleted.
Brother, this is not right.
As a Muslim I have a right to put forward the truth of the matters to people of the Ummah and if there is something wrong, it is they who will reject the idea.
Let them reject my views which I have put forward.
I am directing someone to the Tawhiid of Allah, from darkness of ingorance to the light of Allah and my comments are being deleted only because "they presnt a different view" than what is make belief of most Muslims.
When my post is not any conjecture or guesswork but it is the word of Allah depecting the Tawhiid of Allah. I am disappointed our people have such low level of tolerance to a "different thought and approach" to matters of life from the Qur'an itself.
I am sorry brother, I really wanted to help brothers and sisters, but my right to expression of thoughts is being suppressed and hampered greatly by deleting comments on which I spend lot of time to sit and write down for the sake of our brothers and sisters.
This is not only hurting, but unacceptable way of approach for a Muslim.
I know Salafism is getting heavier on its followers and they are just not able to "digest" the fact that a sahih hadeeth can be wrong.
But yes, the aqeedah of Prophets being alive in graves, prophets praying in graves, of Ahl sunnah wal jamaah is absolutely against the Qur'an and many many more things for which Insha Allah I can produce a book.
But now I believe the time for this greater striving has come and it is to be taken up to the scholars face to face by going mosque to mosque, Insha Allah.
Allah is with the good, Allah is the helper, Allah is the Wise, Allah is Aware of all things.
In Him I put my trust.
Thank you for publishing what I wrote of my posts and may Allah forgive you for hiding and deleting my posts which questioned the falsehood.
I think if my posts are deleted, there is no meaning in sitting for hours and seeing them to be not published but deleted and hidden thereby.
Salaam to brothers and sisters.
Allah is the helper of Muslims and brothers and sisters can get good advice and guidance from Allah by support of fellow Muslims without the need of a brother Munib.
Salaam and thanks and may Allah give victory to His believing slaves.
Your brother,
Munib.
Brother Munib, As-salamu alaykum. I have been very happy to have you here on this website, sharing your thoughts, offering verses from the Quran, and counseling people. However, I strongly disagree with your tendency to dismiss the Sunnah and ahadeeth of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as if they are irrelevant or unimportant. If I allowed such comments to be published, it would be an insult to the Messenger of Allah (pubh) and I would be liable for that. The Prophet (pbuh) said that he left behind for us two things, the Quran and his Sunnah, and that we should hold on to them tightly. I cannot allow any comments which dismiss the authentic Sunnah or declare it to be wrong.
The underlying ideology for our website is Quran and Sunnah. You have a certain differing ideology that you want to push. That creates constant arguments and conflicts with the Editors and other readers, and it's not productive to counseling people.
If any such comments were allowed in the past (something you mentioned in one of your other comments) it may be because we had fewer editors and the website was not as well moderated as it is now.
If that means that you will not post here any longer, than I am sorry to hear it, but I must answer first of all to Allah, who has commanded us to follow the Messenger, obey him, and take him as an example.
If you prefer, instead of deleting your comments I could edit them and publish them, but then you might say that I am changing your words and misrepresenting you.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Assalaamu alaykum Brother Wael,
According your belief black magic can make the Prophet of Islam Muhammad (peace be upon him) sick and forget things.
Why don't you apply the same logic for throat cancer?
If your belief about the Prophet of Islam is sickness by black magic, how can you say that it does not cause throat cancer?
Why contradiction in thoughts? If it can make a Prophet sick (as per your belief) why can't it cause throat cancer to a common woman of this Ummah?
🙂 Superb contradiction 🙂
You have a point, perhaps it can in fact cause throat cancer. I really don't know. However, my general feeling is that people jump too quickly to the conclusion of "black magic" for conditions that more likely have medical and psychological causes. I am not denying that black magic exists, but I think that it's much more rare than people imagine, and that people use it as a crutch to avoid having to deal with their problems in a real way.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Assalamu alaykum brother Wael,
The biggest insult to the Prophet of Islam is to "reject" the verses of the Qur'an, to believe in a part and disbelieve in a part.
I just logged on to see your response and wallaah you speak the truth brother Wael and write with honesty - " Perhaps black magic may cause throat cancer, I really don't know".
Yes brother, so when you don't know, on what basis you tell a person truth? When you yourself are not sure if black magic can cause throat cancer or not, what is your criteria to judge a question and give a truthful advice?
There is a verse for Ahle Kitaab, People of the Book, in Surah Al Imraan which says:
66. Lo! ye are those who argue about that whereof ye have some knowledge: Why then argue ye concerning that whereof ye have no knowledge? Allah knoweth. Ye know not.
Why argue concerning that whereof you have no knowledge?
Allah says in the Qur'an further:
36. (O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart of each of these it will be asked. - Surah Al Israa.
Brother Wael, by no means I try to convey you have no knowledge, Alhamdulillaah you seem to have seen life, experienced it and possess knowledge of Islam better than me and a lot of us, but when it comes to this point about magic, I only quoted your words back to you, not to prove you wrong, but to show you a mirror again, that see my brother, superstitions have no place in the Deen of Islam.
If you want, I can post my reply to brother S.Khan again, which speaks of nothing, but the Tawhiid of Allah, but I doubt you will publish it because it rips apart the "false powers" given to magicians. It seals the entry of a stupid thought in the mind and so I doubt my post would be published.
" I am hardly anything considerable and so are my words, except the Qur'an which I proclaim, which is the Word of Allah, which Allah be the uppermost and which shall Insha Allah fight the heads of disbelief whether it is pleasing to you or displeasing to you. "
Also one lesson from the Qur'an:
213. Mankind were one community, and Allah sent (unto them) Prophets as bearers of good tidings and as warners, and revealed therewith the Scripture with the truth that it might judge between mankind concerning that wherein they differed. And only those unto whom (the Scripture) was given differed concerning it, after clear proofs had come unto them, through hatred one of another. And Allah by His will guided those who believed unto the truth of that concerning which they differed. Allah guideth whom He will unto a straight path
Points to note:
*Prophets were given revelead "scriptures" not some "other narrations".
*The role of the Scripture is to judge between mankind wherein they differ.
*Those who recieved the Scripture differed on account of hatred of one another after "clear proofs" had come to them.
*** And Allah by His will guided thoese who " believed the truth" concerning that which they differed.
The role of the Qur'an is to judge, Allah commands to judge matters by the Qur'an, not by the hadeeth books. But I know some will deny this, so let them live in denial.
***** Allah guideth whom He will to a Straight Path.
As far as rejecting the hadeeth is concerned.
I am ready to accept 1000000 hadeeth, but are they true? Who can take the gurantee of this?
Would Allah reveal the Qur'an and protect it and leave the hadeeth in the hands of Imaams?
Brother Wael, you say the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) left behind Qur'an and Sunnah, but on the Last Sermon on Mount Arafat, he is said to have been witnessed by thousands of people giving sermon.
And we say sahaabas were true, and the taabaeen and tabe taabaeen were the best generations. So why did these best generations come up with a different account:
1) I leave with you Quran and Sunnah, Muwatta, 46/3
2) I leave with you Quran and Ahl al-bayt (meaning the family of the Prophet) , Muslim 44/4, Nu2408; ibn hanbal 4/366; darimi 23/1, nu 3319.
3) I leave for you the Quran alone you shall uphold it. Muslim 15/19, nu 1218; ibn Majah 25/84, Abu dawud 11/56.
Do you think the Prophet wanted to "confuse" people by uttering three statements at one place? (THIS CAN NEVER BE, I SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH AND HIS FORGIVENESS).
Do you think the "best generations" lied or made up these mixture of hadeeth?
These are from the same hadeeth books on which our practices are based today.
Could you explain if the "Sunnah" is "revelation" and "protected" by Allah, what about this event where there were thousands of witness and yet thee different versions?
Who is true? Which hadeeth of the above three was said by the Prophet on Mount Arafat?
Brother,
The Prophet prayed salaat for 20 long years or more in public eye, why do we not have even "One Sunnah" of salaat preserved "exactly" as the Prophet prayed? Why?
Why not one way of " Witr" salaat?
Why not one way of "Eid" salaat?
Why Ahl As Sunnah wal Jamaah scholars say the Prophets are alive in their graves and praying "salaat / namaaz" standing inside?
Allah says in Surah Al Hijr
94. So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.
95. Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,
96. Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know.
97. Well know We that thy bosom is at times oppressed by what they say,
98. But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him).
99. And worship thy Lord till the inevitable cometh unto thee.
If the salaat and namaaz and praying and standing and bowing would continue in the graves, what is the need for Allah to reveal the above verse where He categorically tells the Prophet " to praise His Lord, to be of those who make prostration, to worship Allah until the invetibale "death" comes to him.
If all this hamd and sujood were to continue in graves, what is the need for Allah to reveal this verse? Have you ever read and thought about this brother Wael?
Why do they say the Prophet's bodies are not eaten up by the earth when they are buried?
55. Thereof We created you, and thereunto we return you and thence We bring you forth a second time. - Surah Taa Haa.
Allah says in the Surah Ar Rahmaan " Qullu man alay haafaan " - Everything thereon will pass away (perish).
Brother, Allah says in the Qur'an:
98. That is their reward because they disbelieved Our revelations and said: When we are bones and fragments shall we, forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?
99. Have they not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Able to create the like of them, and hath appointed for them an end whereof there is no doubt? But the wrong doers refuse aught save disbelief.
I ask a question, even if their bodies remain preserved, what is the meaning, use of it? Just to say that Allah puts soul again when any Ummati sends salaam upon the Prophet and he replies back (hadeeth in Abu Dawood) agreed upon by Ahl Al Sunnah wal Jamaah scholars.
If he passed away at 62, would Allah keep his body like that, preserved and raise up as a 62 year old man?
What kind of psychology are we willing to develop against the Qur'an?
When Allah says we created you from dust, there we put you again and from it we shall raise you again, why we find it so hard to accept and believe about the Prophets, because Allah has said " Everything thereon will perish" save the " Face/ Purpose of Allah - Dhul jalaali wal ikraam".
What kind of anti Qur'an ideology are these scholars trying to propogate in the name of the Sunnah?
Why do they say Jesus is alive in heaven? When they belive the Prophet passed away, why not they believe Jesus passed away too?
Will they not believe even after Allah says Jesus passed away like those before him?
In Surah Maryam verse 30 and 31, Isaa (May peace be upon him) says,
He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,
“And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and alms giving so long as I remain alive,”
WajaAAalanee mubarakan aynamakuntu waawsanee bialssalati waalzzakaatima dumtu hayyan
Ahl Sunnah Wal Jamaah say " he was raised up "ALIVE" in heaven.
If he is alivein heaven, then as per above verses he has to fulfill to conditions when alive " salaat and zakaat", even if he prays salat in heaven, whom does he give zakaat to???
Whom can he give zakaat there? Did you ever think about this verse?
Also, when Prophet passed away, it is reported in the same hadeeth books which you believe that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) recited the below verse:
Surah Al Imraan,
144. Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.
By this verse he wanted to convey that the Prophet is a human and passed away like those before him and remember " Allah makes no exception" - He was like others who passed away before him. Allah does not say "except Jesus".
Also, Allah Taa’laa revealed a similar verse to refute the arguments of Christians who worshipped Jesus and Mary:
Surah Al Maidah,
75. The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger; messengers had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how we make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!
Allah uses a similar verse for Prophet Muhammad and for Prophet Isaa, why do we then say one has passed away a usual death and one has been lifted up "alive", when Allah makes no difference between them and their passing away by death?
Why double standards in using the verses of the Qur'an? Why these scholars lie to people and hide the truth from them?
Further they make up stories to make people fear a punishment of grave and setting up a rival punishment to the Punishment of Aakhirah, which Allah has promised again and again in the Qur'an and he has not promised Punishment of grave even once in the Qur'an. Why these scholars want to fool people?
Tell me something, if you are sleeping and someone wakes up from the deep sleep, what will be your reaction " who has awoken me from my sleep?, right?
If people were being tormented in grave and raised up on Qiyamah, first of all they would not be able to sleep in torment, so they would not speak of who woke them up. But in Surah Yaa Siin, Allah reveals what the disbelievers will say:
51. And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord,
52. Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth,
53. It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
If someone is being tormented in grave, he would say, who brought me out from my torment, here, they are sleeping, death is a state of sleep, and when they are raised, they will say : Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep?
If there was torment of grave, they would not speak of sleep.
This verse also proves the ignorace of Qur'an among a large majority and the falsehood of scholars who hide the truth revealed in the book of Allah by trying to mix their made up ideas and guess works in it and saying it is from Allah, when it is not from Allah.
79. Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands anthem say, "This is from Allah," that they may purchase a small gain therewith. Woe unto them for that their hands have written, and woe unto them for that they
earn thereby. - surah Baqarah.
Moreover the scholars of Ahl Sunnah wal Jamaah say, a believer who sinned a lot will go to hell and after some punishment for a period he will be brought in to heaven, Jannah, this is Jewish concept which they wanted to fool people with, this is not from Allah.
80. And they say: The fire (of punishment) will not touch save for a certain number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah truly Allah will not break His covenant or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not? - surah Baqarah.
How much more ignorance of the Qur'an do we need?
Brother Wael, are you not answerable to Allah?
Am I not answerable to Allah?
Do you think if I compromise with you on the Truth can you be my helper instead of Allah? Who will protect me from His Punishment?
14. Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him) . And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters
15. Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day. - Surah al An'am.
16. He from whom (such retribution) is averted on that day (Allah) hath in truth had mercy on him. That will be the signal triumph.
Regarding Brother S.Khan's query of magic, it is against the Tawhiid of Allah and Allah Himself reveals to the Prophet some "stunning" verses on Tawhiid in the Qur'an:
17. If Allah touch thee with affliction, there is none that can relieve therefrom save Him, and if He touch thee with good fortune (there is none that can impair it); for He is Able to do all things.
18. He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is the Wise, the Knower. - Surah Al An'am.
What is the thing of most weight as testimony brother Wael?
19. Say (O Muhammad) : What thing is of most weight in testimony? Say: Allah is witness between you and me. And this Qur'an hath been inspired in me, that I may warn therewith you and whomsoever it may reach. Do ye in truth bear witness that there are gods beside Allah? Say : I bear no such witness. Say: He is only One God. Lo! I am innocent of that which ye associate (with Him).
The Qur'an is inspired in him and not the "lacs" of narrations "attributed to the Prophet.
And his duty is to "warn" with the Qur'an (and not with "other narrations") whomsoever it reaches.
He is innocent of whatsoever is associated with Allah (in the name of Allah).
Subhaan Allah, Muhammad (salallaahu alayhi wasallam) I love him and indeed he spoke the Truth and indeed the liars will be the losers.
If you ask me to pray like the Prophet, am ever ready, as many rakah as he said, yes, do ghusl, wudu as he said, yes, to hajj, umrah as he said, yes, Insha Allah, I am ready to live by his way, but after " the immense falsehood" I come across in the name of the Sunnah, I can only say the hadeeth material is unrealiable and doubtful and one needs to carry out an intsensive task to find out the truth as the lies are easily visible to the eye of a believer by the will of Allah.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah for all mankind, not for a few, he is a Messenger of Allah for me as well, and Insha Allah, I am ready to follow his way, but I am not ready to follow "falsehood" told in his name, I am not ready to follow these lies in the name of "Sunnah".
Brother Wael, you should give my points to any scholar you know, prove me wrong brother, I want myself to be proved wrong if I am wrong and I have no shame in repenting and accepting my mistake and taking back my words if they are wrong.
But prove me wrong brother, I need someone really to prove the above points wrong to me.
I hope you will publish this post as there has been quite some effort I have put in to write it down. And Insha Allah, from those who read it, there will be brothers and sisters, who will go to their Imaam their scholars with these points and will ask them about this.
Also most important : How many hadeeth have been recorded by the Sharia method of witnesses??
Brother Wael, I love you as my brother as well and I have no hate for anyone who believes in Allah and His messengers, but I cannot keep quite to 'falsehood" in the name of Allah and His messenger.
For me this is the biggest insult of Islam and a great act of wrong doing.
22. And who doth greater wrong than he who is reminded of the revelations of his Lord, then turneth from them. Lo! We shall requite the guilty. - Surah Sajdaa.
It would be a "great wrong" if I compromise with the Truth and accept "falsehood" and say yes, we all are correct, we all made our points, no.
I am not here to make my points, I am here to proclaim the Qur'an with a proclaimation, to bring people from darkness to light, from burdens to ease.
If you help me in this cause, Alhamdulillaah and if you continue to delete my posts, your case is with Allah, my duty is only to convey His messages.
Salaam,
Your brother.
P.S: Please get me answers to my questions to prove me wrong, I request you humbly, please do that. Because I myself am feeling bad about pointing fingers on hadeeth but I cannot digest what seems to be falsehood in the name of Rasullaah (peace be upon him) and I either want to be proved wrong, or I either want the scholars to acknowledge that they are misguiding the Ummaah in their knowledge and ignorance.
Ah brother Munib, here we go again. I am disappointed. I thought maybe you would hear what I was saying and that you might stick around to advise people instead of continuing your ideological argumentation and anti-Sunnah rants. But you seem to be stuck, like a record playing the same sound over and over. And there is such a deep arrogance in your assumption that you are the sole guardian of Tawhid, while all the Muslim scholars of history are deluded and misguided, and we Editors here are only misleading people and rejecting Quran. SubhanAllah, such arrogance. Then you are surprised that your comments are deleted.
I know that you are sincere, but I think that you have fallen into a deep trap laid by Shaytan. You are acting as an agent of fitnah without realizing it. One of the most insidious and clever plots of Shaytan is to try to cast doubt on the Sunnah, because if he can strip the loyalty to the Sunnah from people's hearts then he has robbed them of one of the foundation sources of Islam, and he has stolen their interpretation of Quran. Every sect claims to follow the Quran, believe in it and practice it, but what keeps the Jama'ah together is that they follow, believe and practice the Quran as it was followed, believed and practiced by the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). So if Shaytan can destroy adherence to Sunnah, he can destroy the Ummah's unity.
I will not allow such fitnah to be spread on this website. Period.
You seem to be mocking me because I admitted that I don't know something. But you know what, when I was 17 years old I was like you. I was sure that I knew the answers to everything. With age comes more humility, and a knowledge that I don't have all the answers. Maybe you will evolve this way as well, Insha'Allah. When the great scholars were asked a question and they did not know the answer, they were not afraid to say, "I don't know." It's not a mark of ignorance, but of wisdom.
Alright, I will try to write a response to all of your arguments, Insha'Allah, but it will take some time as I have other projects to finish first. You say you spend hours writing a single comment, then you are discouraged when it is deleted. But I don't have hours to sit down writing a comment. I have a job, and a daughter, and various personal projects, including this website. There are many people on this website who need advice, and when I spend hours arguing with you I am not helping them. Nor are you helping them. But I don't want people to be misled by your arguments and to feel that there is some doubt in the Sunnah, so I'll try to find the time.
However, I am putting this new email of yours on moderated status. I feel that all you are doing is wasting our time with arguments, and not really helping people here as you used to. This is your very last warning.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Rather than try to address your challenges from my own limited knowledge, I have forwarded your questions about the Sunnah to Imam Suhaib Webb. Insha'Allah he will have time to respond.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
I am closing down email accounts I used for posting comments and recieving follow up comments.
🙂 Thanks brother Wael. May Allah accept your good efforts and overlook wrong actions, Insha Allah and may He do the same for me and for all Muslims.
Salaam,
Your brother.
I just wanted to add to my previous comments that I love you for the sake of Allah, brother Munib. I think you are so sincere and good hearted. I wish you could stick to advising people in distress and stay away from the ideological arguments, so that we could continue to enjoy your presence on this website.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Brother I love you too for the sake of Allah and my brother in Islam.
I love you from the depths of my heart.
But Islam is based on truth and I will only speak the truth in my posts Insha Allah.
If people reject it, let them comment and reject my views.
Let them reject my posts and not the editors delete my posts before being published.
In time Insha Allah, we would see if people think of me as a truthful person and accept me or think of me as a liar and reject me.
Their responses Insha Allah will be enough for all of us to see.
Salaam,
Your brother.
So I should let people present any kind of misguidance and fitnah on this website, and leave it to the readers to reject it? If someone came here on this website claiming that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is a liar (astaghfirullah), and that all the great scholars of Islam are fools, then I should allow it, then leave it for the readers? That makes no sense. If I did that, I would not be fulfilling my job as an Editor or even a Muslim. The Quran describes the believers as,
"And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity." - 25:72
And,
"And they who turn away from ill speech..." 23:3
So we are commanded to turn away from falsehood, not to tolerate it then "let people decide."
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Sometimes, I get frustrated because my post is not published . But later when I ponder about the content of my deleted post , I realize that it would do more harm than good despite the fact that they contain strong proofs and support . I think the editors in the interest of the larger muslim community edit those writings .
Having said that , there are a lot of advises by editors and from other members which I disagree upon
Assalamualaikum
Brotherrmuniib and Brother Wael... come on guys...let's not let the shaytaan cause rifts...and yes it is very important that we stick to the Quran and the Sunnah.
Incase if I or anyone posts something that is wrong then we have to correct eachother because we are brothers and sisters working for ONE CAUSE...THE PLEASURE AND MERCY OF ALLAH!
in my life the greatest lesson i learnt is to accept and evaluate criticism. If there's 1% of truth to it then accept it and try to change the attitude/behaviour. If there's nothing to take atleast we have to remind ourselves that this is a test of our patience. Well everything is easier said than done. may Allah grant us the best of akhlaaq!
mashaaAllah you guys and the rest of the team are doing a great job...Alhamdolillah I was able to perform 'umrah recently and prayed for you all...hope the duas will be accepted and hope Allah will bless everyone with goodness in this world and the next!
Salaam Brother Slave of Allah,
Masha Allah, what a nice name you have kept 🙂
Ana Abdullaah 🙂
Brother, your attitude is the same what I prefer : If there is 1 % of truth in what someone is saying, we should hear it, try to investigate and believe it if it turns out to be true.
But unfortunately, our narrow mindness and strict adherence to the thoughts put forward by scholars make it difficult for us to even hear a view different than ours.
Insha Allah, Allah will increase love and understanding between us, and Jazaakallah for the du'aas and may Allah accept your umraah and make du'aa for me that Allah sends me and my family for Hajj and Umrah soon as I love Masjid Al Haraam.
Salaam,
Your brother.
Wow, you prayed for us at Umrah? I am sincerely touched by that, ma-sha-Allah. May Allah reward you.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
As salam alekum brother munib,
What is this you are doing brother? There are people like you who believe in the word of Allah and believe in nothing else. You forget what the Apostles (PBUT) of Allah faced when Allah had sent them to convey His word to the unbelievers and wrongdoers? Do you forget what our beloved Prophet SAW had to face when Allah chose to send him (SAW) in a place like arabia? You think it was easy for the Apostles (PBUT) of Allah to complete their tasks? You foret their hardships? You forget their Jehaad? Would you and I have been able to follow the true religion, and preach the religion to the people if the Apostles (PBUT) of Allah had stepped back telling that the men are shunning their words, are calling them names like poets and magicians, are attacking them physically, morally, emotionally?
What if your comments are getting deleted? Keep writing because there are hundereds on this website needy of your advice. Copy-paste the entire post and your comment on that post in a word file and save it for your future reference and to assess your growth. Try to learn a lot and try to find out the reason why you are facing so much opposition here?
And what do you advice the questioners? That one is answerable to Allah alone in the Aaqirah. So? Are you answerable to brother wael or any other editor? No. Let them delete, you write again brother. There are thousands visiting this website and I am sure atleast one visitor reads your comment before it gets deleted.
And what else do you tell the questioners? That everything happens with Allah's will alone. So? May be it was Allah's will that brother wael should delete your comment. May be Allah is testing you.
It took decades for the Prophet SAW to covince the word of Allah to the people of Arabia, to complete his (SAW) mission on which Allah has sent him (SAW). You take your steps back in few months? You also take it as your mission. Untill, Allah forbid, you are finally thrown out of here.
Come back brother. Agression and anger is the work of Shaitan and I am sure Shaitan is dancing and rejoicing on his success.
Let Allah give you strength to fight shaitan and let Allah relieve you of the pain you are feeling right now. Aameen.
As salam aliekum.
Assalamu alaykum Sister Fatima,
You always encourage and one more time, your words bring me back to "continue" these efforts.
But Allah knows for how long, in Him I trust. I do not want to leave helping people, but when I sit for hours and write a post and it does not get published, then would it be fruitful to spend time in a failed process?
So I remembered these verses of Surah Najm in the Qur'an and thought to withdraw:
29. Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our Remembrance and desireth but the life of the world.
30. Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is best aware of him who strayeth, and He is best aware of him who goeth right.
But now your post turns me to these verses of Surah Tauba which bring tears to my eyes.
119. O ye who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah, and be with the truthful.
Even Allah asks all believers to support the truthful. Subhaan Allah.
And He further says:
120. It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those there is none who can repel His bounty. He striketh with it whom He will of his bondmen. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. around them of the wandering Arabs to stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Allah loseth not the wages of the good.
121. Nor spend they any spending, small or great, nor do they cross a valley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them the best of what they used to do.
Subhaan Allah.
Sister Fatima, Jazakaallaah, Insha Allah I keep your words and will try to be of as much help to people on this website until as you said (Allah forbid) I am thrown away from here.
Salaam,
Your brother.
Assalamualaikum wwb
There is No Power nor Might Except with AllahSWT!
Br S.Khan stay strong...AllahSWT says twice So verily, with the hardship, there is relief. Verily, with the hardship, there is relief (94:5-6)
@Brother Wael I guess we should not ignore the signs which apparently points out to the high probabability of his wife suffering from black magic.
when we play "ruqua" CD (off coarse along with daily reciting) in our house, my wife did't able to sit and hear it, she always runs away and ends up in dark bathroom with a shut door (even though she is scared of darkness).
she regularly loses her temper and start calling me ugly and so many words even to the extent she asked me for divorce (I must add that during that time her facial features becomes really scary or unattractive as I have not other words to mentioned it).
http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/fortress_of_the_muslim.pdf
On page 21 you'll find the following dua
أَعـوذُبِكَلِمـاتِ اللّهِ التّـامّـاتِ مِنْ شَـرِّ ما خَلَـق
aAAoothu bikalimatil-lahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq.
‘I seek refuge in Allah’s perfect words from the evil in what He has created." 3 times in the morning and 3 times in the evening
and on page 22 "
بِسـمِ اللهِ الذي لا يَضُـرُّ مَعَ اسمِـهِ شَيءٌ في الأرْضِ وَلا في السّمـاءِ وَهـوَ السّمـيعُ العَلـيم
Bismil-lahil-lathee la yadurru maAAas-mihi shay-on fil-ardi wala fis-sama-i wahuwas-sameeAAul-AAaleem.
‘In the name of Allah with whose name nothing is harmed on earth nor in the heavens and He is The All-Seeing, The All-Knowing.’(three times morning and eve)
Recite or Play surah baqrah.. Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, "Do not turn your houses into graves. Shaitaan is barred from any house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited." [Sahih Muslim]
Dont forget to recite surah ikhlaas,naas and falaq 3 times morning and evening.
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “He who recites the last two Ayat of Surat Al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.”
[Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Please be careful about the sheikhs. Just because your mother is feeling better now is not a clear indication if this sheikh can be trusted. Try to find out if he is a person who follows the authentic teachings of Islam. Because there are many so called "sheikhs" who appear to be good but they do stuff which are wrong and are themselves involved in doing sihr. That doesnt mean we have to be suspicious of all of them. But we need to do our homework of finding out the right stuff.
Allah is the Source of Strength and none can cause harm if He protects us. So turn to Him.
Assalamu alaykum Brother Wael,
Most men will believe in Allah but alongside ascribe partners too. Allah Himself says this:
103. And though thou try much, most men will not believe.104. Thou askest them no fee for it. It is naught else than a reminder unto the peoples.
105. How many a portent is there in the heavens and the earth which they pass by with face averted!
106. And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners (unto Him). - Surah Yusuf.
So it is not necessary that majority follows the Truth only and who can be more true than Allah when He says: And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners.
Sole guardian of Tawhiid?
Nope. I never claimed, Allah guides whom He wills, He sends astray whom He wills.
92. And be not like unto her who unravelleth the thread, after she hath made it strong, to thin filaments, making your oaths a deceit between you because of a nation being more numerous than (another) nation. Allah only trieth you thereby, and He verily will explain to you on the Day of Resurrection that wherein ye differed.
93. Had Allah willed He could have made you (all) one nation, but He sendeth whom He will astray and guideth whom He will, and ye will indeed be asked of what ye used to do. - Surah Nahl.
Again Allah mentions the numbers, so you see what Allah says.
Salaam,
Your brother.
Brother Wael, I agree that people jump too quickly to black magic , especially the asian community however we should also not judge it out as being a possibility due to the above behaviour of some.
What has been missed out and STRONGLY points to the fact that this IS a case of black magic is that when ruqya is played, his wife cannot bear to listen. Brother Wael, that is a major sign of black magic/posession. People get extremely disturbed and dont want to listen to the verses...The fact that his wife is running away and locking herself, that too like the brothe rmentioned in a dark place which she didnt like before...this to me makes it v clear that it is most likely a case of magic yes.
Sudden change of personality like this ALONGSIDE not being able to tolerate listening to ruqayah is very very strong reasons to believe that this is a case of black magic/jinns etc.
S.Khan, what you need to do is find a raaqi and take your wife to him/her. Make sure you find a raaqi that is truely upon the sunnah and not a man who claims to get rid of magic but only practices "white" magic himself. Many such people are only magicians themselves and only offer temporary cure that wins people over - going to them is shirk.
If a man who claims to be able to undo magic etc asks you for anything that belongs to your wife or family, or reads words and sentences which you cannot understand or draws lines and makes artwork or uses materials = anything that is not understandable to you like that , know STRAIGHT AWAY that he is a magician himself and DO NOT deal with him.
A true raaqi is not in need of such things, he cures by the will and words of Allah swt. He is not in need of such jibberish. He uses only quran which he recites and the sunnah of muhammad s.a.w to help people and free them from magic done on them or posessions.
May Allah s.w.t make it easy for you and guide u to do the right thing, Ameen.
w'salaam
Assalamu alaykum Sister Faith,
From the Qur'an Magic is nothing more than deception, causing one to be "dissociated" from reality. A person seeing the Truth and not accepting it. This is magic, a clear deception, as the Qur'an has it.
Nowhere in the Qur'an you will find "black magic" or "white magic".
Magicians only decieve people and those who follow them are decieved too.
Salaam,
Your brother.
Munib, I think you need to re-read Surat Al-Falaq, or maybe you do not understand what you are reading.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Assalamu alaykum brother Wael,
Allah knows how well I understand what I read and Allah knows well how much truth is in my words.
I do not need any authentication of my words from anyone because what I simply speak is "Qur'an" the most authentic word on earth and skies. Alhamdulillaah.
You think "magic" works and Prophet got sick by it, I do not believe it, because I understand the Qur'an differently than you and to me Allah has conveyed the meaning that " No magic can work on Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Messenger of Allah".
You may believe what you what, for me Allah has shown me a clear way out of "doubts of "someone doing something on me" - "or the Prophet was under magic spell and got sick by it then how are we secure".
Alhamdulillaah, Allah has cleared my mind from the "pagan, cultural and unIslamic" thought and I understand "magic" as it is "described" in detail by Allah in the Qur'an.
As far as Surah Falaq is concerned, whatsoever translations/ interpretation you bring, the larger meaning coming out of it is "seeking refuge of Allah from the evil of what He created.
Magicians decieve people, as far as Indian subcontinent goes, I know they charge money to get some work done. they "cast - doubts" in people's heart that "they" - mortals can make someone sick, or cause death, or give success or cause failure in someone's work, which is nothing but a lie, as only Allah is Able to do all things and not they. So this casting of doubts which interferes directly with the "Tawhiid" of Allah, is the biggest evil from which we are asked to seek Allah's refuge in Surah Falaq.
A mortal has absolutely no power to do anything except if Allah wills.
And I say this statement, because a magician may cause physical harm. For example, Surah Falaq after magic speaks about "envy". So a person who is jealous, in his hasad for example does not want his "cousin" etc to go for studies to a foreign land. So he would go to a magician, tell him about the cousin, the magician would ask him for details of the cousin, and he would say okay - pay me xx amount, I will do something by which his process will be affected. So to prove his magical powers, he may contact the Bank where someone has applied for study loans and put hurdles in it by giving bribe or to some other department or would try to stop his process in some other way of his own and may get success too if Allah wills.
Hence, for example, if I say: " No snake can bite me." That would be a wrong statement
The correct statement would be," No snake can bite me, except if Allah wills".
if Allah wills one human may harm another human, this is it. So a magician is similar to it. A magician can cause no harm except if Allah wills.
For a Muslim, will of Allah is of foremost importance, without which nothing can happen. So, if I say: No magician can harm me, it would be a wrong statement.
Correct would be: " No magician can harm me, except if Allah wills."
This is evident from the Qur'an:
Allah says in Surah Al Alaa:
Sanuqri uka falaa tansaa, illaa masha Allah - We shall make thee read, so that thou shalt not forget, except what Allah wills.
So the Prophet did not forget Qur'an, but there is every possibility, that if Allah wills He can cause anything to happen.
As Allah says in Surah Al Israa to the Prophet:
86. And if We willed We could withdraw that which We have revealed unto thee, then wouldst thou find no guardian for thee against Us in respect thereof.
87. (It is naught) save mercy from thy Lord. Lo! His kindness unto thee was ever great.
That is because the Qur'an is consistent and it from the Lord of the Worlds, it is from One who speaks the Truth only:
88. Say: Verily, though mankind and the Jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur’an, they could not produce the like thereof though they were helpers one of another.
89. And verity We have displayed for mankind in this Qur’an all kids or similitudes, but most of mankind refuse aught save disbelief. - Surah Al Israa
And this is why it is called Kitaabun Aziim, falsehood cannot enter it from before it or from behind it.
Hence, I reject the magicians and I reject their magic and I seek refuge in Allah from the evil of their actions by which they cast doubts in heart and make people feel that they are like God and can change people's future, happenings in life, sickness and healing etc.
To believe in them would be foolishness.
We have had long debates on this issue before.
I just thought to write the above to make some point clear to you, as it is clear in my head.
After this you may keep believing the way you do, or you may give a thought to what I said. Choice is yours. I would not impose anything on anyone as it is Allah who is best aware of who is guided and who is indeed astray/
Salaam,
Your brother.
Brother, instead of giving me a long lecture, why don't you just answer my simple question, and if you do not know the answer then say so. The "blowing on knots" referred to in ayah 4 of Surat-al-Falaq was a traditional type of magic practiced in Arabia. You always trumpet your allegiance to Quran, but you seem to choose which verses you want to believe in.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
I believe in every verse of the Qur'an, Alhamdulillaah brother Wael, for your kind information, I am aware of my belief. Belief of a Muslim 🙂
As far as blowing of knots is concerned, I said in my previous post to you already, we are asked to seek refuge from Allah evil, from " those who do evil and their evil is "causing doubts" by these tricks such as blowing of knots and making people believe that "knot blowing" has some power of it's own to sicken Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his followers or other people.
Super rubbish, absolutely has "no base" and believing in these practices to "cause sickness, throat cancer, lack of rizq, and "casting doubts" in the power of Allah and "trying to interfer in an evil way with the Tawhiid of Allah" is what Allah asks us to seek refuge in Surah Al Falaaq.
You know onethe most powerful Surah of Tawhiid is placed right before Surah Falaq? Surah Ikhlaas, I hope you are aware.
So the Message has been deliverd, the path has been shown, now Allah adds two of the most beautiful prayers in form of Surah Falaq and Surah Naas as a protection not to silp away from the Tawhiid nor from the Message of Allah after the Qur'an has been recieved.
Wa min sharrinaffaasaati fil oqad has many "translations and meanings too" and not just " blowing of knots" as taken "literally.
Literal
And from bad/evil/harm (of) the female magicians/sorceresses/dischargers in the knots.
Yusuf Ali
From the mischief of those who practise secret arts;
Pickthal
And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,
Arberry
From the evil of the women who blow on knots,
Shakir
And from the evil of those who blow on knots,
Sarwar
From the evil of those who practice witchcraft
H/K/Saheeh
And from the evil of the blowers in knots
Malik
From the mischief of those who blow on knots (black magic);
Maulana Ali
And from the evil of those who cast (evil suggestions) in firmresolutions,
Free Minds
And from the evil of those who practice sorcery
Qaribullah
From the evil of the blowers on knots;
George Sale
And from the mischief of women blowing on knots;
JM Rodwell
And against the mischief of weird women;
Asad
And from the evil of all human beings bent on occult endeavours,
Khalifa
From the evils of the troublemakers.
Hilali/Khan
And from the evil of the witchcrafts when they blow in the knots,
Shabbir Ahmed
And from the covert activities of people who try to put knots and complicate the simple.
*** And the most important point if you missed it again: We are asked to seek refuge from the evil of those who do these things and not to seek refuge from the evil of "what they do".
This is more or less what I wanted to convey to you in my previous message. Seeking refuge from the practitioners of Magic, because they may try to make simple things crooked, they may try to cause harm to prove their false tricks true.
So you see brother, A tafsiir Ibn Kathir or a Salafi approach to the Qur'an is not the "only way to understand it".
The Qur'an is in clear Arabic, Allah says so, the Qur'an is absolutely easy to understand and remember, Allah says it and the Qur'an is for all, from scholars to lay people.
So you may believe what you think is "correct" interpretation of Surah Falaq.
I will believe it directly as it is. Seeking refuge from "magicians, evil practioners", this is my belief and I seek refuge in Allah from them, as I said in my previous post as well and I believe this verse too and Obey Allah in it too and not choose and pick as you say from your own mouth.
125. And whomsoever it is Allah's will to guide, He expandeth his bosom unto the Surrender, and whomsoever it is His will to send astray, He maketh his bosom close and narrow as if he were engaged in sheer ascent. Thus Allah layeth ignominy upon those who believe not.
126. This is the path of thy Lord, a straight path. We have detailed Our revelations for a people who take heed. - Surah Al Anaam.
Salaam,
Your brother.
@ brother Wael,
And Alhamdulillaah Allah has kepy my mind free from doubts that when I am sick, or get less rizq than before or when something bad happens, I do not think " has someone done something, some magic ?". Nope.
Instead Allah has made my mind firm on Islam. His will.
A healthy Muslim mind is free from "doubts" from "zan" or "conjecture" and thus it is sure of Allah and His universal power and does not need to go from place to place seeking other than Allah for help to get rid of misfortune.
56. Say: Cry unto those whom ye assume beside Him, yet they have no power to rid you of misfortune nor to change. - Surah Al Israa.
Salaam,
Your brother.
As salamu alaykum, brother Munib,
Who are you trying to convince, the others or yourself? Don´t you see that if your ideas were clear about it, you would need just to stand by your words firmly instead of writing for hours and dedicating hours of thoughts to that question?
Please, read what I wrote to you the other day:
http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/is-my-wife-suffering-from-sihr-black-magic, my comment is the last one.
I am going to remind you a comment you made almost at the begining of commenting in this site, it is one of my favourites, masha´Allah, always brings a smile to my Heart anytime you begin with this neverending writings, don´t you see that Wael just need to mention a word and you write with no end. This shows your youth and his wisdom. This was written by you, brother Munib in the following post: http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/marry-now-or-wait/
@ All readers and writers,
Assalamu alaykum,
This website is to give answers to the questioners. Why all this debate on everyone's opinions and their correctness? For what?
Understand the reason you are here, to give advice to the questioners and just end it at that.
If anyone says anything false, against Islam, Insha Allah, I would be the first one to oppose it on this website or anywhere else.
But the sisters and brothers here are giving advice to the questioners for their good. Let them choose any advice they like.
It is really disturbing to read posts where we are having conflicts without any solid reason, when it is just a matter of giving advice as per every writer's knowledge and experience.
Even a small kid can write here and even an old man. We have to learn basic manners, very basic manners of being in a company of people and listening to advice. Remember to follow them or not is upon us. Just at least have the behavior to tolerate a different opinion.
Allah commands us in the Qur'an to learn these manners as Muslims:
46. And obey Allah and His messenger, and dispute not one with another lest ye falter and your strength depart from you; but be steadfast! Lo! Allah is with the steadfast. - Surah Anfaal.
53. Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth discord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe. - Surah Al Israa.
So learn from the Book of Allah something He commands for us, something "fard' upon all os us who call ourselves Muslims.
Allah further reveals the characteristics of those who will be in Hell and one of it is to wade in vain disputes:
41. Concerning the guilty:
42. What hath brought you to this Burning?
43. They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
44. Nor did we feed the wretched.
45. We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
46. And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
47. Till the inevitable came unto us.
So gaurd yourself from Shaytaan O Muslims ! You are the best nation raised up for mankind. Bring in you the qualities of the best nation. Bring in you the qualities of the People of Jannah.
Let us repent to Allah and end this with some of the most beautiful verses of Surah Furqaan. Verses for our unmarried sister who posed her question, verses for brother John, for Sister Maria, for every writer and reader and for me and all who seek Allah's pardon:
71. And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance.
72. And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.
73. And those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.
74. And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our spouses and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).
75. They will be awarded the high place forasmuch as they were steadfast, and they will meet therein with welcome and the word of peace,
76. Abiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!
Verse 74, is the most beautiful du'aa for singles, Masha Allah ! I Love the Qur'an. Alhamdulillaah.
Salaam.
Your brother,
Munib,
* * *
Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to my bondmen, who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding.- Surah 39, Az Zumar, verse 17-18.
All my Unconditional Love and Respect,
María
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Sounds like you are trying to explain away what Allah has said by inventing interpretations that do not exist in the text. This is what happens when people come to the Quran with their ideas already fixed about a point. Instead of hearing what Allah is saying, and trying to understand how it is possible, they force their interpretation of the Quran to conform to their ideas.
You quoted to me from about 20 different translations of the Quran, to prove what? Almost all of them mention withcraft, sorcery, secret arts, black magic, the occult, or translate the ayah literally. You only reinforced my point.
Frankly, magic is not an important issue to me. I think it is a minor issue as far as Islam goes. We are giving it it much more attention than it deserves, especially when so many other people have urgent family problems. But I am not willing to cast away any part of the Quran, or to disbelieve in the authentic ahadeeth. So the real issue for me is that you are trying to use this question of magic to cast doubt on the Sunnah or authentic ahadeeth. That is the broader issue. And that is insidious and cannot be allowed.
You keep saying that if magic existed, it would be a violation of tawhid, because only Allah has power over people. Your logic is not supported. If I strike you with my fist, won't you be hurt and possibly bleed? Does this mean that I have "power" over you? Is it a violation of tawhid? Of course not. It is a part of the system of laws and physics that Allah created. People have the ability to affect each other in many ways. Emotionally, spiritually, and physically. If I secretly put poison in your tea, you might die. A violation of tawhid? No, because this happens within the universal system that Allah has created. The same is true for magic. It follows a set of rules that Allah has created. However, it is not understood by modern science, just as many things are not understood. That does not mean that it does not exist.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
@ Assalamu alaykum Sister Maria M,
If you look at the post you copy pasted to me here and you look at all other responses I made on this website, they are in total congruence and not in contradiction.
The question here is on magic and so are my answers for it.
Brother Wael's less words may show you his wisdom, Alhamdulillaah and my writing and expressing things may show my youth to you, Alhamdulillaah, it is what you see, it is your view, your opinion.
For me Islam is at its place, the word of Allah is firm and the religion is established. My duty is only to make the Message of Allah clear to people.
When a question is asked about magic, I answered from what Allah says about Magic. When I respond to people on their "paganistic and cultural" outlook to magic in the name of religion, I question their blind belief, I ask their base for thinking so and putting themselves in doubts.
I am not trying to prove anything, but remember, the Qur'an is a lecture, the Prophet used to proclaim it again and again, would quiteness of those questioning him show their wisdom and would his long lectures be counted as his youth?
Surely not, the reasons for long lectures are to make a mind pass through a repeated cycle of thoughts which makes a matter clear and leaves no doubt in the mind of questioner.
You see, we have different perspectives, I have mine, you have yours and it is not necessary we all think the same way, what is necessary is we accept the Truth and leave the falsehood, choose the good and leave the bad. And still even in this, there is no compulsion.
I consider it my duty as a Muslim to bring people to the "Guidance of Allah" and remind them of the "Misguidance" in the name of Islam.
I back up the ideas put forward in my answers with the verses from the Qur'an and not on mere conjecture or personal guesswork, then whosoever wills, let him accept what I say, whosoever wills, let him reject it. Allah is best aware of who is guided and who is indeed astray.
I may be writing more, but it is necessary and if need be, I would write for longer hours. For whom is it?
It is for myself, so that I am free of guilt and it is for them, so that haply them may turn to Allah.
164. And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom Allah is about to destroy and punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil). - Surah al An'am.
Salaam,
Your brother.
Correction****The ayaat is from Surah Al A'raaf not Surah Al A'naam.
As salamu alaykum, brother Munib,
You just see what you want to see, you didn´t get my message. Someway I think that you are so focused on the worm that is on the leaf of the tree that you don´t see the leaf, the branch, the tree and less than that the forest. If you go to the main message of all this thread it is just one line.
Brother Munib, I admire Brother Wael wisdom but more than that I admire his patience with you, yes I do care about you as my son and a mother never gives up on her son. I have seen you engaged on this threads once and again, with not a very nice attitude and that disturbs me. You are nice to those that you think know less than you but you are harsh with those that you think may know more than you, you test them to see how far they reach and your character changes completely when you feel dissapointed or out of control of the situation.
After all of this, I have one advice for you, look for the best translation of the life of the Prophet (saw) and read it, once and again, to go deeper in your understanding about the Messenger of Allah(swt), read about him from different people, how people around thought about him, felt him, shared with him, his acts, go deeper, I know you have a lot of knowledge, but do as you do with the Quran, feel the Prophet(saw) as he is just there at your side sharing with you.
I have this title: ‘MUHAMMAD – His Life Based On The Earliest Sources” by Martin Lings. I took it from: http://islamicsunrays.com/category/converting-to-islam/ I haven´t read it yet, but I hope I will, insha´Allah. You tell me if you read it first.
There are beautiful series and articles about the Prophet (saw) in SuhaibWebb.com. Insha´Allah, you may find something for you in there.
From Heart to Heart,
María
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
@ Everyone reading,
Allah says in Surah At Tuur,
11. Then woe that day unto the deniers
12. Who play in talk of grave matters;
13. The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell.
14. (And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
15. Is this magic, or do ye not see?
Again Allah says about magic:
He says is the Fire of Hell magic or do they (deniers) not see?
Meaning and emphasizing again on the idea that "magic" is just "unreal", magic is "denying truth", magic is "deception" and magic is not the "truth" at all.
Wallaah, what is magic other than deception?
Yet some people think of it to be something great and ascribe it great powers and qualities.
Salaam,
Your brother.
@ brother Wael,
I don't think you read my posts. You only repeated what I said much before ealierin reply to your post.
I quote again for your kind reference:
A mortal has absolutely no power to do anything except if Allah wills.
And I say this statement, because a magician may cause physical harm. For example, Surah Falaq after magic speaks about "envy". So a person who is jealous, in his hasad for example does not want his "cousin" etc to go for studies to a foreign land. So he would go to a magician, tell him about the cousin, the magician would ask him for details of the cousin, and he would say okay - pay me xx amount, I will do something by which his process will be affected. So to prove his magical powers, he may contact the Bank where someone has applied for study loans and put hurdles in it by giving bribe or to some other department or would try to stop his process in some other way of his own and may get success too if Allah wills.
Hence, for example, if I say: " No snake can bite me." That would be a wrong statement
The correct statement would be," No snake can bite me, except if Allah wills".
if Allah wills one human may harm another human, this is it. So a magician is similar to it. A magician can cause no harm except if Allah wills.
For a Muslim, will of Allah is of foremost importance, without which nothing can happen. So, if I say: No magician can harm me, it would be a wrong statement.
Correct would be: " No magician can harm me, except if Allah wills."
No violation of tawhiid in this way.
But to have sickness, throat cancer less rizq or income or any misfortune in life and say it is "magic done by someone' is false and ridiculous.
Further, you say I misinterpret the Qur'an, by Allah rather you lack understanding of the Qur'an's explanation on "Magic" because you have gone astray in this matter of magic without any shred of doubt and so have all those who believe that the Prophet was under magic spell.
This is what Allah says and not I.
47. We are best aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched.
48. See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road!
- Surah Al Israa.
8. Or (why is not) a treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the evildoers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.
9. See how they coin similitudes for thee, so that they are all astray and cannot find a road!
- Surah Al Furqaan.
Do not feel bad about going astray, because it is not me who says so, it is Allah who says so : Whosoever says Muhammad (peace be upon him) The Messenger of Allah could come under magic spell, is "astray, astray, astray and cannot find a road", with a surety he is astray.
You prefer "Saheeh hadeeth" over Qur'an, for me, this "saheeh hadeeth" ridicules the Qur'an and just like you cannot keep quite about "doubting of Sunnah", I cannot keep quite about "rejection" of two important verses of the Qur'an by "saheeh hadeeth" and an Anti - Qur'an campaign in the name of Sunnah.
End of debate.
I hope you read posts Insha Allah from next time onwards.
Salaam,
Your brother.
"You prefer "Saheeh hadeeth" over Qur'an, for me, this "saheeh hadeeth" ridicules the Qur'an and just like you cannot keep quite about "doubting of Sunnah", I cannot keep quite about "rejection" of two important verses of the Qur'an by "saheeh hadeeth" and an Anti - Qur'an campaign in the name of Sunnah."
This is all a lie and I take it very seriously. You give good advice to many people, but there comes a point where I have to ask myself if it's worth putting up with such nonsense which tries to undermine the second pillar of Islamic knowledge, which is the teachings of Rasulullah (sws).
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Brother Muniib,
I agree with many things you say, but we as Muslims have to read the Quran & the authentic hadiths. Take the Quran as guidance & laws while the hadith goes into more detail. The Quran may have a couple of verses on a subject while our Prophet goes into much more detail in the hadiths.
Also, the hadith & sunnah shows how our Prophet lead his life, the things he did/did not do. Why should we follow what our prophet has done? Because inshAllah he will be among those who will go to the highest level of Heaven. If we follow everything he does word for word then inshAllah we will be able to get to atleast the lowest level of Paradise.
It is when the hadith contradicts the verses of the Quran we should question the authenticity of the hadith. But the authentic hadiths actually compliment the Quran & does not go against it. We as Muslims should take both the Quran & the sunnah seriously. The reason why Allah has sent our Prophet to us not only because of the Quran but because He wanted us to follow the footsteps of the perfect Muslim (Muhammad s.a.w), so Muhammad himself is also a guide that we should look up to.
Our Prophet was not only sent to recite to Quran but he is also a human being just like you, me, brother Wael, etc. he got married, had kids, was a businessman, etc. We should be able to relate to him, plus he has had dreams & went to both Heaven & Hell to report what was seen there in detail so he was a reporter too. These were written in the Hadiths in more detail.
Also the hadith goes more into detail about how to do wudu, salah, different duas for different reasons, marital advice, etc. The hadiths also have mini stories and examples which have great moral lessons that should be listened to.
The Quran is what all muslims should follow because it is the literal word of God, but also the hadith & sunnah because Allah has given our Prophet knowledge that he could have not known himself. To deny that knowledge that Allah has given him is like denying Allah's word because only Allah gave him those information that no human being can possibly know.
I used to wonder why we had to read to the hadiths but after doing intense research & finally understanding the reason to why Allah has sent our beloved Prophet for us I have come to the conclusion that rejecting what our Prophet has said is like rejecting our Prophet himself because how can you believe in him but not what he says. Thus if you say the shahadah you only believe in one part "La ilaha illalahu.." but not the "muhammad rasululla" part. Please think this through, this is a very major issue. If you do not believe the whole shahadah you can not be a true muslim.
Once again I am sorry if I have been offensive, I just wanted to share some information to help you. I am also sorry that this has gone way out of topic. I am not here to start an argument or a debate but rather to inform you of what I think is important. This does not make me not want to take your previous advice because you do give very good advices.
Strawberryfields,
How do you or I know which hadith is authentic and which one is not?
Munib,
I don't think that you understand: this website is a relationship advice website. But you insist on turning it into a religious debating site. It is clear what the views of our Editing Team are, we are pretty much in union and agreeance with each other with our stance on the Quran and Sunnah. We believe strongly, so when we receive comments that we feel are presenting the Quran and Sunnah wrongly, we cannot leave the comments here unanswered - its does not feel right. We either have to find time to reply to your comments and if we cannot find the time, we have to delete them. This is because this is a 'Relationship Advice' website and we have to dedicate our time to helping people.
What is stopping you from setting up your own website Munib? I have suggested it before. It would be better that you do that, because here we will just continue to delete all of your comments that are deemed unhelpful to the authors of the post. At the moment, I am giving you the courtesy of acknowledging your comments, after this message, I will refrain from wasting my time even on this. Set up your own website and then you can advise according to your own way of thinking there.
SisterZ
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Thank you, I appreciate hearing your stance on this matter. Insha'Allah it is clear now that the Editors are united on this matter.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
Get in touch with your wife and ask her what the deal is, what does she want, ask her straight out if she wants out, it appears she is doing all this crazy stuff in an effort to persuade you to leave her, you would know better.
Take your mother to the doctor please, she sounds very ill and have a thorough checkup so you know what is going on, if the cancer is caught early she may make a 100% recovery, please act on this as soon as possible. Forget about black magic, sehr is serious business and not everyone can do it, it's not like someones reads some nonsense and it just happens. If you still fear it just make dua to Allah to protect you from it, there is no entity more powerful than Him - this should be enough to elevate your fears.
Get your mom to a doctor please.
Islamismydeen,
There is a whole Science behind distinguishing between authentic and fake hadiths and it provides evidence of chains of narrators. You need to find a course on Fiqh of Hadith and study this.
SisterZ
IslamicAnswers.com Editor
S. Khan,
It sounds like your wife might have a serious psychological disorder like Bi-polar disorder or something. She changed so radically and started behaving so bizarrely out of nowhere, that you really ought to get her to a doctor as well. No one changes like that without something psychological going on. Take heart, these things can be remedied and I hope all the best for you both.
i agree with you sir, am also suffering from same problem, i lost my baba now my mther suffering from pains, need prayers from muslims all over world for my mother health regards
zahra, may Allahu Ta'aala grant your mother good health, and relieve her pain and suffering, and forgive her mistakes, and make her one of the people of Jannah.
Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor