Another ridiculous reply we get when we tell people to stop innovating into the religion is: Did the prophet (ﷺ) have phones, cars, internet etc Or an even more hilarious one: Youre an innovation, you werent around at the time of the messenger (ﷺ) There is a very simple principle that we must understand. Everything in the religion is haram until we have an evidence and everything in the dunya is halal until we have an evidence. Let me give examples to clarify. 1) If you want to worship Allah then you must have evidence before you do anything, otherwise it will be rejected. It doesnt work the other way around like some people say: show me an evidence to say I cant celebrate milad etc. In reality this is silly because it would lead to a complete transformation in the religion away from its original state. So someone would come and say: I will pray 7 rakahs for Fajr, show me an evidence that says i cant Or a person will come and say I will make 9 circuits around the kabah in tawaf instead of 7 Or show me an evidence to say i cant do the 40 day khatam Of course, this will lead to the religion being upon the whims and desires of men and every man will do what he wants. Rather, every path to Allah is closed unless it was the path taken by the messenger of Allah and his companions. The messenger (ﷺ) said - Whoever innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e. Islam) that is not part of it, will have it rejected - this is conclusive evidence that anything new in the religion is automatically rejected. No questions asked. No proof = rejected. 2) In the dunya, everything is permissible until proven otherwise by a text. For example, i will drive a car until you give me proof that i cant. Or i will use a mobile until you give me proof that i cant and so on. Everything that isnt deen is permissible until proven otherwise. This includes aeroplanes, internet, mobiles etc. If we just remember this simple principle everything becomes so easy alhamdulillah. If it wasnt religion 1400 years ago then it isnt religion today. Deen = must have proof otherwise haram Dunya = halal until proven otherwise with text Abu Ibraheem
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:11:19 +0000
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