524. Wake Up, O Ummah

By Asma bint Shameem 

First it was something about reading a Surah 250,000 times. 

Then came something about seeing the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in a dream, telling the people to read such and such X amount of times. 

Then arrived some nonsense about finding the hair of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in your Qur’aan!

I mean, seriously?!

You truly believe that there will be a hair of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in your Qur’aan?!

La Hawla wa la Quwwata illa billaah!

What have we come to?

What have we reduced the Deen of Allaah to?

To some “magic ‘wazeefah’ spell”?!

To some dream?!

To some hair??!!

Wake up O Ummah!

Is this the way to turn to Allaah?

Is this the way we hope for Allaah’s Mercy?

Is this the way to protect against diseases and harm?

By inventing new ways of ibaadah in the Deen?

By doing these kinds of collective "khatams" and "duaas" amd "wazeefas"?!

Do you know that inventing NEW ways of worship is an extremely SERIOUS sin?

It is CONTEMPT of Allaah’s Deen.

It is the ULTIMATE DISRESPECT to the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam.

Because you are REJECTING what Allaah has taught and you’re doing something that Allaah has NOT legislated.

Because by doing ibaadah in a way that was NOT taught by the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam, you’re saying you can worship Allaah BETTER than what he taught.

Astaghfirullaah!

You think you know better than the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam?

Is your knowledge better than his?

Is your guidance better than his?

What has happened to your common sense?

Think my brother, my sister...

THINK!

ASK yourself this...

1.When the plague hit at the time of Omar radhi Allaahu anhu, did the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam come in Omar radhi Allaahu anhu’s dream?

Did he “teach” him some “special dhikr” to be read X number of times?

NO.

He did not.

Is this “pious person” who’s claiming that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam taught him a “special dhikr” in his dream, MORE PIOUS than Omar radhi Allaahu anhu?

If there was ANY ONE *more deserving* to see the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in his dream, and be taught a “special secret wazeefah” then it, most certainly, would have been Omar radhi Allaahu anhu. 

2.And when the plague spread in Shaam, did Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarraah, one of the TEN promised Jannah, find a HAIR of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in his Mus-haf?

He did NOT.

Then does the one who claims that there’s a hair of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in his Mus-haf DARE SAY that he’s BETTER than Abu Ubaidah radhi Allaahu anhu ?

Or is more “FAVORED” than him?

3.And when the plague spread at the time of Omar radhi Allaahu anhu, did the Sahaabah ALL “GET TOGETHER” and pray COLLECTIVELY to “coincide” their duaa and prayers to get rid of the plague?!

Did they read “La ilaaha illa anta subhaanaka inni kuntu min adh-Dhaalimeen” 250,000 times?

Or did they read some dhikr 313 times? 

Or some Surah 1000 times?

Or some Durood X number of times?

to “save” Mu’adh Ibn Jabal radhi Allaahu anhu from the plague?

Did they organize to FAST ALL TOGETHER?

Two of the MOST NOBLE of Sahaabah, Abu Ubaidah and Mu’adh radhi Allaahu anhumaa DIED in this plague, along with MANY others. 

YET, the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam did NOT come in anyone’s dream. 

There was NO HAIR to be found. 

There were NO COLLECTIVE DUAAS. 

No coordinated FASTS. 

No unified PRAYERS of Haajah. 

There was NO reading of Durood Tunajjeena. 

NO ONE went around wearing ta’weedh around their necks. 

Or anything else similar to that. 

Ever wonder why?

That’s because THEY KNEW this was NOT PART of the Sharee’ah. 

They KNEW this was NOT the WAY of the PROPHET Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam. 

They KNEW that the Deen is COMPLETE. 

Allaah said:

“This day, I have *PERFECTED your religion for you, COMPLETED My Favor upon you*, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion.” 

(Surah al-Maa’idah:3)

They KNEW the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam had said:

"There is NOTHING that brings you CLOSER to JANNAH except that I have INFORMED you about it and there is NOTHING that brings you CLOSER to the FIRE of Hell except that I have WARNED you against it."

(at-Tabaraani--Saheeh)

And he Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said:

“EVERY innovation is a MISGUIDANCE and every misguidance leads to the HELLFIRE.” (saheeh Muslim)

The word “Kullu” means EACH and EVERY newly invented thing in the religion is WRONG.

You think Allaah’s Mercy will come if you invent NEW WAYS of worshipping Allaah?

You think Allaah will help us while we  DISOBEY the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam ?

And GO AGAINST his teachings?

NO!

That won’t happen. 

Actually, this is inviting the WRATH of Allaah!

And the CURSE of Allaah!

Allaah says:

“And whoever *OPPOSES* the Messenger, AFTER guidance has become CLEAR to him and *FOLLOWS OTHER than the WAY of the believers* (meaning the Sahaabah)– We will turn him where he wants to turn and ROAST him in HELL! 

And EVIL it is as a destination" 

(Surah an-Nisaa':115)

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:

"Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the CURSE of Allaah, His Angels and the whole of mankind." 

[al-Bukhaari (12/41) and Muslim (9/140)]

My dear Muslim brother and sister!

You want Allaah’s Help and Mercy?

You want these trials and sicknesses to go away?

You want His Rahmah to descend upon you?

Your life back to its hustle bustle?

Your health and well-being restored?

Your fears taken away?

Then COME BACK to Allaah. 

Come back to the PURE, “ORIGINAL” teachings of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam, WITHOUT ADDING NEW WAYS of worship. 

Come back to Tawheed. 

The ONLY and ONLY thing that will bring relief and mercy of Allaah is SINCERE REPENTANCE and TAUBAH from ALL SINS. 

We need to take a hard LOOK at ourselves.  

We need to IDENTIFY our sins. 

Then make FIRM RESOLVE NEVER to return to them again. 

PROMISE Allaah to change for the better. 

IMPROVE our relationship with our Rabb. 

BEG Him for His Mercy. 

BE BROKEN in front of Him. 

And CRY. 

CRY over our sins and shortcomings. 

We need to HOLD ON to the PURE teachings of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam and NOT INNOVATE. 

ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Remember dreams are NOT a source of LEGISLATION for us. 

It’s only the PROPHETS of Allaah  who are exclusively selected for that. 

And that counts as Wahy 

And Wahy has ended. 

Don’t get fooled by the Shaytaan. 

ALWAYS ALWAYS go back to the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam and the Noble Sahaabah and see what THEY did, when you come across ANY act of ibaadah. 

If they did it, we should do it too. 

If they didn't do it, that means it's bid'ah. 

NO MATTER “WHO” says to do it. 

If we stick to this principle, we will NEVER get confused. 

We will NEVER go astray 

What the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam taught is ENOUGH for us. 

We can ONLY worship Allaah the way HE worshipped Allaah. 

If we ADD a NEW way to worship Allaah that’s NOT proven from the Sharee’ah, that’s considered bid’ah. 

And bid’ah is DESTRUCTION, EVEN IF it “seems” good. 

Ibn Umar radhi Allaahu anhu said:

"EVERY innovation is MISGUIDANCE, EVEN  if the people see it as something GOOD."

Sufyan ath-Thawree said: 

“Innovation is MORE PLEASING to IBLEES THAN SIN, since a person makes repentance from sin but does not repent from innovations!”

Enough of bid’ah. 

Enough of misguidance. 

Come back to Allaah.

Come back to the pure teachings of the PROPHET Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam. 

And ar-Rahmaan will relieve you of your problems. 

And have mercy on you. 

And guide you to the best. 

And bless you. 

May Allaah open our hearts and enable us to follow our beloved Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam in the TRUE sense of the word, to the beat of our ability. Ameen. 

And Allaah knows best