By Asma bint Shameem
There’s *no proof* of going in a “Jamaat” from the Qur’aan or authentic practice or teachings of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam, like the people of tableeghi jamaat do.
And that goes for men and women alike.
Some of the nicest people I know are part of the Tableeghi Jama’ah.
Even some of my own relatives are part of it.
But that doesn’t mean that I can condone what they believe in, or approve of their methodology.
Their intentions are good and sincere.
But they lack correct knowledge and therefore cannot and do not distinguish between Saheeh ahaadeeth and weak or fabricated ones.
And they’re involved in bid’ah because of baseless and fabricated stories in their books.
They INSIST on reading a certain book called “Fazaa’il al-Aa’maal” or “Fadhaa’il al-Aa’maal” from which they gain their so-called “knowledge” and do not give it up even though people PROVE to them that it contains actual SHIRK!
Yet they continue to *fanatically* read that book and *adamantly* hold on to it while *refusing* to read anything else, not even saheeh al-Bukhaari or Muslim.
And they get really *offended* when their book is criticized *as if* they’re being told to stay away from the Qur’aan!
You can also do a quick search on the internet and you’ll find evidences of the mistakes in the book “Fazail A’maal” and the statements of the scholars warning against this book and the methodology of the tableeghi jama’at.
Someone asked the scholars of the Standing Committee about the books of Tableeghi Jama’ah and the various “stories” narrated in them.
The scholars of the Standing Committee said:
“What is quoted in these books, such as the example mentioned in the question, comes under the heading of reprehensible innovation and myths that are not based on any sound Islamic principle and have no basis in the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah of His Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam.No one says or believes this except one who is confused and blinded to the truth, and has gone astray from the straight path. The claim that a hair of the Prophet still exists, and brings riches to the one who keeps it, and the claim to have seen the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam in a dream telling people to offer supplication at the grave of this man – all of that is lies and fabrications for which there is no evidence.
It is narrated in a saheeh report that the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam said:
“The Shaytaan cannot appear in my form.” Agreed upon.
So how could the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam instruct people to call upon Allaah at gravesides when he forbade such actions during his lifetime and warned against it in the strongest terms, and he forbade exaggerating about the Prophets and righteous people and seeking to draw close to Allaah (tawassul) by virtue of them after their death?
He Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam did not die until Allaah had perfected His religion by means of him (the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and completed His favor or blessings.
So nothing can be added to or taken away from what He prescribed.
The belief that supplications offered at gravesides will be answered is an innovation for which there is no basis in Islaam, and it may lead a person to major shirk if he calls upon the occupant of the grave instead of Allaah or alongside Him, or if he believes that the occupant of the grave has the power to bring benefit or cause harm, because the only One Who can bring benefit or cause harm is Allaah, may He be glorified.
Similarly, the belief that the ascetic (zaahid) worshipper does not die, rather he moves from one place to another, and that he can meet people’s needs from his grave as he used to meet their needs when he was alive, is also a false belief; it is one of the beliefs of the deviant Sufis.
There is no basis for that; rather what is indicated by the verses and saheeh hadeeths is that every person in this world will die.
Allaah, may He be exalted, says:
“Verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) will die and verily, they (too) will die”
[az-Zumar 39:30]
“And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad SAW), then if you die, would they live forever?”
[al-Anbiya’ 21:34]
“Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned.”
[al-Anbiya’ 21:35].
The saheeh hadeeths also indicate that when a person dies, all his deeds come to an end except three: beneficial knowledge, a righteous son who will pray for him, or ongoing charity (sadaqah jaariyah).
The deceased in his grave has no power to harm or benefit himself, and it is more apt to say that one who is in this state has no power to do that for anyone else.
It is not permissible to seek to have one’s needs met by anyone except Allaah alone with regard to that over which no one has any control except Allaah; seeking such needs from the dead is major shirk.
Anyone who believes anything other than that has disbelieved in the sense of major kufr and has gone beyond the pale of Islaam – Allaah forbid – because of his rejecting the proven evidence to that effect from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam.
He has to repent sincerely from that, resolve not to go back to that evil deed, and to follow the path of the righteous early generations of Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah in order to attain the pleasure of Allaah and His Paradise, and to be safe from His punishment.”
(Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa’imah vol 2, 2/97)
Here are some examples of shirk found in that book.
The version of Fadhail ‘Amaal (Urdu Version) that is used is printed from:Idara Irshaad-e-Diniaat Pvt. Ltd. Nizamuddin, No-13
Delhi, India
In case you do not have the above mentioned version, the copy in your home should differ by only a few pages back or ahead.
Also the Hikayat mentioned after Fadhaa’il Durood in Fadhaa’il ‘A’maal have the same number in all versions.
1. In Fadhail Durood, p.97, Incident no (Hikayat) 35:
The Messenger of Allaah (allegedly) said:
“Whoever wants something from anyone should go to his *grave* and supplicate to Allaah for it.”
2. Again on page 109, Incident number (Hikayat) - 48, Fadhail Durood (The last chapter in Fadhail ‘Amaal, Vol.I):
“Sh. Abu Khair Qattah said that:
I went to Madeenah and stayed there for five days but did not achieve the pleasure and satisfaction.
I went to the graves of the Prophet, Hadhrat Abu Bakr and Hadhrat Umar and said, “O Messenger of Allaah I am your guest tonight.”
Then I left the place and slept behind the minbar.
I saw in my dream that the Prophet of Allaah with Abu Bakr on his right, Umar on his left and Ali was in front of them all.
Hadhrat Ali then shook me and said that the Messenger of Allaah has come to visit me.
I got up and kissed the Prophet between his eyes. The Messenger of Allaah then gave me a piece of bread which I ate half and when I woke up the other half was in my hand.”
3. Fadhail Durood, p.109, Incident no (Hikayat) - 46:
“Hafidh Abu Na’im reports from Sufyan Thawree that:
One day I (Sufyan) was going out when I saw a young man who recited the durood on every step.
I asked him,
“Is this deed of yours has any basis (or is it just his own action)?”
He asked,
“Who are you?”
I replied,
“I am Sufyan.”
He then asked,
The Sufyan of Iraq?”
I replied,
“Yes.”
He then asked,
“What type of knowledge of Allaah do you have?”
I replied,
“He takes the night out of the day and day out of the night and creates the face of the infant in the womb.”
He replied,
“Then you dont know anything.”
I then asked,
“How do you know Allaah, What is this durood of yours?”
He replied,
“I went along with my mother for Haj and my mother died there, her face became black and her stomach swelled to which I realised that she had committed some very serious sin.
I raised my hands to make dua to Allaah when I saw that from the direction of Hijaz a cloud appeared from which emerged a man.
He placed his hand on my mother’s face and it became enlightened and rubbed his hand over her stomach and the swelling disappeared.
I asked him who he was who relieved my mother and I from our difficulties.
He replied, “I am your Prophet Muhammad. I then requested him to advice me.
He instructed me to send durood (salutations) on him on every step.”
4. Muhammad Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam descends from the sky on a cloud with a piece of bread in his hand in order to feed his “pious followers.” (Fadhail Durood, Incident no - 48, p.110)
5. The Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam plucks hair from his beard and gives it to a dying man in order to cure him. (Fadhail Durood, p.110, incident no - 48)
6. This next one is the worst!
It claims that Aa’oodhu Billaah, Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala’s Hand hit this man and Allaah even spoke to him!
Fazaail A’maal – vol 2 , Fazaail hajj , page 88, Urdu version ) :
“Moosa bin Muhammad says that once an Ajmee (a non-Arab) was performing Tawaaf; He was a good and religious man.
During Tawaaf, he heard the sound of the anklets of a beautiful woman . He began to stare at the woman. From the Yemeni Corner a hand emerged and slapped the man as a result of which his eye came out and from the wall of the House of Allaah came a voice saying, “You make Tawaaf of our house and look at our women.
This slap was in return for that look. If you repeat such behaviour again, we will punish you harder.”
7. “I traveled to Madeenah Munawwarah and went to the blessed grave of the Noble Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam
I conferred salutations and heard ‘wa alaykas-salaam’ from within the blessed chamber.”
(Fadhaail-e-Durood”, chapter 8, p. 31 (English), Darul-Uloom, Bury)
As you can see from some of the examples from “Fazail A’maal”, the book is full of shirk and wrong beliefs.
May Allaah guide us and them and enable us to learn the CORRECT Deen, the way it was revealed to the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam Ameen.
And Allaah knows best.
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