Abode of Wisdom

Modern Science, Compatible or Incompatible
Naik Zakir.
Islamic Book. — IRF, 2008. — 67 p.Ever since the dawn of human life on this planet, Man has always sought to understand Nature, his own place in the scheme of Creation and the purpose of Life itself. In this quest for Truth, spanning many centuries and diverse civilizations, organized religion has shaped human life and determined to a large extent, the course of history. While some religions have been based on books, claimed by their adherents to be divinely inspired, others have relied solely on human experience.Al-Qur’aan, the main source of the Islamic faith, is a book believed by Muslims, to be of completely Divine origin. Muslims also believe that it contains guidance for all mankind. Since the message of the Qur’aan is believed to be for all times, it should be relevant to every age. Does the Qur’aan pass this test? In this booklet, I intend to give an objective analysis of the Muslim belief regarding the Divine origin of the Qur’aan, in the light of established scientific discoveries.

A Short Story about Prayers

☁️Satan joined a traveler. When it was Fajr, the traveler did not pray. When it became Zohr and Asr, he still neglected his prayers. When it reached Maghrib and Isha, still no prayers were performed by him.

☁️When time came for sleeping, Satan told the traveler that he wouldn't sleep under one tent with him since he had purposely neglected his five daily prayers, and he feared that if a Divine punishment descends he would not be willing to get caught with him.

☁️The traveler said, "you are satan, and I am Gods servant, how can Gods anger and punishment descend on me?"
Satan replied, "I only disobeyed by rejecting to prostrate (once), not even to God but to his servant. Because of that, I was kicked out of Paradise, and am cursed until the day of Resurrection; hence you (servant of God) ignored praying from the dawn until now (night), which had several prostrations to the Creator that you did not perform. Woe upon you, whose situation is (now) worse than mine"!

💠⚡️Pillars that cannot support you in performing good deeds, spreading positivity, and loving God, you should not rely on them to take you to heaven..

🌹The Holy Messenger of God, Peace be upon him and his progeny, stated:

❌Abandoning Fajr prayer: decreases facial luminosity

❌Abandoning Zohr prayer:
wipes away blessings from sustenance

❌Abandoning Asr prayer:
weakens the body's energy

❌Abandoning Maghrib prayer:
takes away the benefit of your child

❌Abandoning Isha prayer:
eliminates the peace of mind while sleeping.



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clearly illustrated how to perform it for us and how many rak’ats each prayer should be. b) Zakat. In the Qur’an, zakat has only been mentioned as an Islamic ruling. It was the Prophet who expressed which things have zakat and what the criteria for zakat becoming wajib for each one is. c) Hajj. The Qur’an says that Hajj is wajib and no more, but the Prophet has explained how it is supposed to be performed.

Therefore, it is wrong to expect to be able to find every detail in the Qur’an. So it is a big mistake not to follow the imams just because of the fact that none of their names have come in the Qur’an. That’s why no one says that noon prayers (which are 4 rak’ats) have to be prayed 2 rak’ats just because the Qur’an hasn’t mentioned how many rak’ats each prayer is.

2- In issues like this, in which there are big chances that others will disagree, it is much better for the Qur’an to express the truth implicitly rather than explicitly, otherwise there is a high possibility that they will end up denying the Qur’an as a whole. It’s very obvious that such a problem isn’t to the benefit of the Muslim ummah. Of course, the Qur’an says: “Surely we have revealed the Reminder (the Qur’an), and We will most surely be its guardian” [11], but one should remember that one of the ways of protecting the Qur’an and not letting others falsify or change it, is for it to speak in a way that others (such as the hypocrites who show that they are Muslims on the outside even though they aren’t within) don’t get sensitive and provoked. In this way, the high respect and value of the Qur’an will be kept, and certain individuals won’t think of changing or falsifying it in a way that will comply with their personal desires and wicked goals or just because they disagree with something. [12]

Shahid Ayatollah Motahhari answers this question in the following way. He says: “The answer to the question that why hasn’t Imam Ali’s khilafah and imamat been mentioned in the Qur’an, is that 1- The Qur’an usually expresses general laws. 2- The Prophet or Allah didn’t want such an issue in which people are sensitive about and prefer their own desires (to what Islam wants), to be presented explicitly, and although it wasn’t, people still went against it and falsely interpreted the Prophet’s sayings to their own benefit. In other words even if the Qur’an had clearly stated that Ali is successor to the Prophet they still would have found a way around it. The Prophet said: (Ali is his Mawla). How much more clear can one get? (Yet they interpreted what he said falsely and according to their will.)Yet there is a big difference between ignoring what the Prophet has said after him passing away regardless of all of its clarity and ignoring what the Qur’an has been completely clear about one day after his demise. That is why I have narrated in my book “Khilafah and Wilayah” that once during Imam Ali’s reign, a Jew wanted to attack and criticize the Muslim ummah for undesirable events that took place in the beginning of Islam. He told Imam Ali (and of course what he said really was a negative point) that you (the Muslim ummah) started quarreling over your prophet even before completely burying him after his death. Imam Ali answered: We argued about what he had instructed, not over the Prophet himself, but you (meaning the Jews) disregarded the most important principle of your religion which is tawhid (oneness of God), and asked your prophet to build an idol for you to worship. So there is a big difference between you and us; we didn’t argue about our prophet, we argued about what the interpretation of his saying was (and what he wanted us to do after his death). These two vary tremendously. (Motahhari goes on to say that) there is a big difference between saying that the people back then had misunderstood what the Prophet had said and saying that the Muslims back then rejected what the Qur’an had clearly stated or had falsified it.[13]

So one can say that the main reason behind not mentioning the names of the imams, or at least Imam Ali’s name, is the protection of the

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✴Why do Shias prostrate on the soil?✴

Part l

🔷🔶Answer: Some people believe that prostrating to the soil (or the torbat of Karbala of the martyr Imam Husain peace be with him) means that you are some how worshipping that, and it means “shirk”.

For the answer, I should say that between these two meanings of (alsojood lellah) and (alsojood alal ardh) are differences, and the problem is that you don’t see differences between them. For sure the meaning of the first is that prostrating is only for Allah, and the second is prostrate on the soil.

And in other words we prostrate on the soil to worship Allah. All the Muslims worldwide prostrate on something, while their prostrating is only for Allah. So till now we understand that prostrating on the soil, plants and… means worshipping Allah and doesn’t mean worshipping that certain thing.

God's last Prophet Mohammad (peace be with him and his progeny) said: “The earth is the place to prostrate on and it is a place to get clean for me.”(1)
 
And also Allah tells us in the Qor'an:” To Allah prostrates whoever there is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and their shadows at sunrise and sunset.” (2)

So prostrating to the soil is not something unusual and it actually shows the humility of mankind.

So now it’s good to point out to one of the hadith of our Imam Sadiq (peace be with him):

”Hesham bin Hakam asked Imam Sadiq: what is the correct thing, we have to prostrate on ?

Imam replied: prostrating is only correct on the soil and what grows on it (except the things we eat and the things we wear)

So I (Hesham) asked why?

He replied: prostrate is humility in front of Allah and so it is not good to prostrate to the things we eat and we wear because the people who worship the world (love the world a lot) are the slaves of food and clothes while the one who prostrates is only worshipping Allah so it is better to put our forehead on the soil and not on what the world worshippers love”.(3)

And prostrating to the soil is better because with the humility and lowliness towards Allah it is a better form.

So now there will be another question, why are Shia bounded to prostrating to soil or to some plants and doesn’t prostrate to anything else?

As the answer we should say that as the base of any worship should be originated from Islamic law, the conditions of its parts as well should be clear by prophet’s Sonnat (tradition) because messenger of God as mentioned in Quran is model and sample for all pious human beings.

Now we will bring some narration and evidences from tradition (Sonnat) of last Prophet Muhammad (peace be with him and his progeny). He always used to prostrate on soil or on some plants like palm’s bast mat exactly in the same manner that Shia believe.

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🔵 Ayatollah Sayyed Sharafoddin Jebel Ameli, the author of the book ‘Al-Murāje’āt’ says:

“A wealthy Lebanese Christian came to me and said: ‘I want to convert to Islam, what is my responsibility’?

I said: ‘perform the two unit morning (Fajr) prayers and three unit evening (Maghreb) prayers’.

He replied: ‘Muslims perform 17 units of prayers’!

I said: ‘Muslims are one bit stronger, and for this the Prophet of Islam, as per history, used to assign two units of the morning prayer and three units of evening prayers; now that you have become Muslim, performing these should suffice for now’.

Slowly, this newly converted Muslim became stronger, and started to perform all five prayers at the masjid.

When Ramadhan approached, he rushed to me and said: ‘must I also fast’?
I said: ‘no, that’s for those who’ve remained Muslim for a while. The Muslims in early Islam were commissioned to fast after a long period following the emergence of the Prophet.

He said: ‘I want to fast’.
I answered: ‘fast to the extent to which you are able to’.

This became the reason that he fasted the whole month of Ramadhan in the second year. Now, he is one of the firmest Muslims of Lebanon, who never abandons his midnight prayers, and has (been privileged with) one of the most significant budgets and (is able to) supply the financial deficiencies of south Lebanon”.
📖Hawzeh Journal, no. 39, p. 48-49


🟡 آیت الله سیّد شرف الدّین جبل عاملى صاحب کتاب «المراجعات» مى گوید:
یکى از مسیحیان ثروتمند لبنان نزدم آمد و گفت: مى خواهم مسلمان شوم، وظیفه ام چیست؟ گفتم: دو رکعت نماز صبح بخوان و سه رکعت نماز مغرب. گفت: مسلمانان هفده رکعت نماز مى خوانند! گفتم: مسلمانى آنها یک مقدار قوى شده است، از این رو پیامبر اسلام براى تازه مسلمانان، بنابر نقل تواریخ، دو رکعت نماز صبح و سه رکعت نماز مغرب را دستور می دادند، اکنون که شما مسلمان شده اید، همین اعمال را انجام بدهید کافى است. کم کم این شخص تازه مسلمان، قوى شد، و به مساجد مى رفت و مانند سایر مسلمانان، نمازهاى پنجگانه را به جا مى آورد.
تا اینکه ماه رمضان فرارسید، ایشان سراسیمه نزد من آمد و گفت: آیا من هم باید روزه بگیرم؟ گفتم: خیر، روزه مربوط به کهنه مسلمان ها است،
مسلمانان صدر اسلام، پس از مدّت طولانى که از بعثت پیامبر گذشت، به روزه گرفتن مأمور شدند.
گفت: مى خواهم روزه بگیرم. گفتم: هر اندازه که آمادگى دارى روزه بگیر. همین روش باعث گردید که در سال دوّم، تمام ماه رمضان را روزه گرفت، و اکنون او از مسلمانان نیرومند لبنان است، نماز شبش ترک نمى شود، و مهمترین بودجه ها و کمبودهاى مالى جنوب لبنان را تأمین مى کند.
(مجله حوزه، شماره ۳۹، ص ۴۸ و ۴۹)


🟢 آيت الله سید شرف الدین عاملی صاحب کتاب “المراجعات” فرماتے ہیں:
ایک دولتمند عیسائی میرے پاس آ کر کہتے ہیں؛ میں مسلمان ہونا چاہتا ہوں، کیا وظیفہ ہے میرا؟
میں نے کہا دو رکعت صبح اور تین رکعت مغرب کی نماز (پڑھ لیں)
وہ بولے: باقی مسلمان تو سترہ رکعت نماز پڑہتے ہیں!
مین نے کہا: وہ پرانے مسلمان ہیں اور مضبوط ہو چکے ہیں۔ پیامبر اکرم تازہ مسلمان ہوئے لوگوں کو، تاریخی نقل کے مطابق؛ صبح کی دو رکعت اور مغرب کی تین رکعت نماز پڑہنے کا دستور دیتے تھے۔ ابھی فی الحال آپ اتنی ہی نمازیں پڑہیں اتنا ہی کافی ہے۔ دھیرے دھیرے یہ نیے مسلمان صاحب قوی ہو گیے پھر مسجد جانا شروع کر دیا اور پانچ وقت کی نماز بھی شروع کر دی۔ پھر رمضان کا مہینہ آ پہنچا اور یہ صاحب پھر میرے پاس آ کر بولے کیا مجھے بھی روزہ رکھنا ہے،
جواب دیا: نہیں۔ یہ عمل پُرانے مسلمانوں کا ہے: آغاز اسلام کے مسلمانوں کے لیے، بعثت رسول کے بہت بعد روزے رکھنے کا دستور آیا تھا۔
وہ بولے میں روزے رکھنا چاہتا ہوں۔
میں نے کہا: جتنے روزے رکھنے کے لیے آمادہ ہو اُتنے رکھ لو۔
یہی روش باعث بنی کہ اگلے سال اُنہوں نے سارے روزے رکھے۔ اِس وقت وہ لبنان کے ایک محکم اور قوی مسلمان ہیں جنکی نماز شب تک نہیں چھوٹتی۔ اور جنوب لبنان میں پیش آنے والی ہر مالی مشکلات کو بھرپائی کرنے کرتے رہتے ہیں۔

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Zakat-e Fitra is obligatory (Wajib) on the individual who is an adult, sane and financially capable.

Zakat-e Fitrah should be set aside on the eve preceding Eid-e Fitr day and be paid on the day itself, which marks the first day of the month of Shawwal. It may also be paid earlier to the poor/needy mominin, or to who will take the responsibility to distribute zakat-e fitrah during eid day to the needy/poor mominin. It is not necessary that the poor/needy to whom fitrah is given should know that this is as zakat-e fitrah.

From the time of sunset on the night preceding Eid day (last night of month of Ramadhan), until next day before Eid prayers (maximum delay in giving fitrah is till Zohr), person should give zakat-e fitrah with the only intention of “Qorbatan Ila-llah”, that is, to comply with the pleasure of Almighty Allah. He should give, for himself as well as on behalf of all those who are his dependents (even if one’s child is born before the sunset), about three kilos per head of wheat or barley or dates or raisins or rice or millet etc.

It is also sufficient if he pays the price of one of these items in cash. It is necessary that wheat or any other thing which a person gives as fitrah is not mixed with another commodity, dust, sand gravels, and if it is mixed, but in its pure form it equals about 3 kilos, and the quantity of the thing mixed with it is negligible or usable, there is no harm in it. If a person gives fitrah from a thing which is inferior or defective, it will not be sufficient.

It is not correct to give fitrah before the month of Ramadhan, and it is better that it should not be given even during the month of Ramadhan. However, if a person gives loan to a poor/needy momin person before Ramadhan, and adjusts the loan as fitrah on the night of preceding Eid day until eid-e fitr prayers, as to be used in the Eid day (when payment of fitrah becomes obligatory), there is no harm in it.

If a person does not give fitrah at the time when its payment becomes obligatory, and does not also set it aside, he should give fitrah later on the basis of precaution.

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Zakat-e Fitra is obligatory (Wajib) on the individual who is an adult, sane and financially capable.

Zakat-e Fitrah should be set aside on the eve preceding Eid-e Fitr day and be paid on the day itself, which marks the first day of the month of Shawwal. It may also be paid earlier to the poor/needy mominin, or to who will take the responsibility to distribute zakat-e fitrah during eid day to the needy/poor mominin. It is not necessary that the poor/needy to whom fitrah is given should know that this is as zakat-e fitrah.

From the time of sunset on the night preceding Eid day (last night of month of Ramadhan), until next day before Eid prayers (maximum delay in giving fitrah is till Zohr), person should give zakat-e fitrah with the only intention of “Qorbatan Ila-llah”, that is, to comply with the pleasure of Almighty Allah. He should give, for himself as well as on behalf of all those who are his dependents (even if one’s child is born before the sunset), about three kilos per head of wheat or barley or dates or raisins or rice or millet etc.

It is also sufficient if he pays the price of one of these items in cash. It is necessary that wheat or any other thing which a person gives as fitrah is not mixed with another commodity, dust, sand gravels, and if it is mixed, but in its pure form it equals about 3 kilos, and the quantity of the thing mixed with it is negligible or usable, there is no harm in it. If a person gives fitrah from a thing which is inferior or defective, it will not be sufficient.

It is not correct to give fitrah before the month of Ramadhan, and it is better that it should not be given even during the month of Ramadhan. However, if a person gives loan to a poor/needy momin person before Ramadhan, and adjusts the loan as fitrah on the night of preceding Eid day until eid-e fitr prayers, as to be used in the Eid day (when payment of fitrah becomes obligatory), there is no harm in it.

If a person does not give fitrah at the time when its payment becomes obligatory, and does not also set it aside, he should give fitrah later on the basis of precaution.

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🔷Worship of the wise vs Worship of the ignorant 🔷

✅Imam ‘Ali (peace be with) said:
“The worship that is NOT based on understanding is like a donkey walking around a mill, in that how much it walks, it still doesn’t go anywhere and remains in its first place.

Two units of prayer performed by the man of understanding is better than seventy rakat of worship by the ignorant.

Hence, when trials and corruption confront the wiseman, He navigates out of it by means of his knowledge (and understanding).

However, when trials confront the ignorant, it misguides and mislead him (and eventually destroys him) as a result of his ignorance (and lack of understanding).

Little action based on much knowledge and wisdom is greater than lots of action based on little to none wisdom and knowledge, which is also accompanied with doubt and uncertainty, and as a result truth and falsehood mix and mistakes occur.

Commentary:
{A trial could be a good happening or bad happening, in both options if a person handles it according to Godly-Values, he passes it successfully. But if he couldn’t handle it according to Godly-values, then the trial will take him down and might destroy his faith, religion, and humanistic-values}

✅امام علی علیه السّلام:
عبادت کننده‌ای که عبادتش از روی فهم و دانایی نباشد، مانند الاغ آسیاب است که فقط به دور خودش می‌چرخد و از جای اولش دور نمی‌شود.

دو رکعت نماز شخص دانا، بهتر از هفتاد رکعت نماز شخص نادان است. زیرا وقتی فتنه و تباهکاری به شخص دانا روی می‌آورد، او به وسیله دانش خود، از آن بیرون می‌رود.

ولی وقتی فتنه به جاهل و نادان رو می‌آورد، او را به دلیل نادانی‌اش گمراه می‌کند.

و كار اندك با علم و حكمت زياد، بهتر است از كار بسيار با علم و حكمت كم و به همراه شك شبهه كه در آن حق با باطل مختلط و اشتباه گردد.

📚بنادر البحار، جلد ۱، صفحه ۱۲۴
(به نقل از جلد اول بحارالانوار)


✅امام علی سلام اللہ علیہ نے فرمایا:
ایسی عبادت جو فہم و دانائی کے بغیر ہو، اس گدھے کی مانند ہے جو کہ ایک چکی کے گرد گھوم رہا ہو، اور اس میں وہ کتنا بهي چلتا ہے لیکن کہیں نہیں پہنچتا اور اپنی پہلی جگہ پر باقی رہتا ہے۔

ایک بافہم شخص کی دو رکعت نماز ایک جاھل کی ستر رکعتی عبادت سے بہتر ہے۔

لہذا جب آزمائش اور فتنہ ایک دانا شخص کے مقابل آتا ہے تو وہ اپنے علم و درست ديني فہم کے ذریعے اس (مصیبت) سے نکل جاتا ہے۔

البتہ، جب آزمائشیں ایک جاھل شخص کے مقابل آتی ہیں، تو وہ اسے اسکی جہالت اور کج فہمی کے نتیجے میں گمراہ اور (صحیح راہ سے) بھٹکا كر تباه كر دیتی ہیں۔

زیادہ علم و حکمت کے ساتھ کم عمل، اس زیادہ عمل سے بہتر ہے جو کہ کم یا نا ہونے کے برابر علم و حکمت پر مبنی ہو، جو کہ شک اور بے یقینی کے بھی ہمراہ ہو، نتیجہ یہ ہوتا ہے کہ سچ اور جھوٹ مخلوط ہوجاتا ہے اور غلطیاں واقع ہوتی ہیں۔

{ایک آزمائش، اچھی اور بری دونوں طرح کی ہو سکتی ہے، دونوں صورتوں میں اگر ایک شخص انکا مقابلہ الہی اقدار کے مطابق کرتا ہے تو وہ کامیابی سے گزر جاتا ہے۔ لیکن اگر وہ انکا مقابلہ الہی اقدار کے مطابق نہیں کرسکا تو وہ آزمائشیں اسے ناکام کر دیں گی اور اس شخص کا ایمان، دین اور انسانی اقدار بھی ختم کر سکتی ہیں۔}

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💠What do you understand from this hadith?

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Questions about Jesus (01)

1. Do Muslims believe that Jesus was a Messenger of God?

YES ! Belief in all of the Prophets and Messengers of God, which according to Islamic sources number 124,000, is a fundamental article of faith in Islam.
Thus, believing in Prophets Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, David, Jacob, Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad (peace and blessings with them) is a prerequisite for anyone wanting to call him or herself a Muslim. A person claiming to be a Muslim who, for instance, denies the Messengership of Jesus, is not considered a Muslim.

In regards to the status of Jesus as a Messenger, the Qor’ān says: “Say, ‘We have faith in God, and that which has been sent down to us, and that which was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus were given, and that which the prophets were given from their Lord; we make no distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.’” (Qor’ān 2:136)

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✳️ The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2021

🔸This publication sets out to ascertain the influence some Muslims have on this community, or on behalf of the community. Influence is: any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim world or Muslims. Note that the impact can be either positive or negative, depending on one's point of view of course. The influence can be of a religious scholar directly addressing Muslims and influencing their beliefs, ideas and behaviour, or it can be of a ruler shaping the socio-economic factors within which people live their lives, or of artists shaping popular culture.
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Zakat-e Fitra is obligatory (Wajib) on the individual who is an adult, sane and financially capable.

Zakat-e Fitrah should be set aside on the eve preceding Eid-e Fitr day and be paid on the day itself, which marks the first day of the month of Shawwal. It may also be paid earlier to the poor/needy mominin, or to who will take the responsibility to distribute zakat-e fitrah during eid day to the needy/poor mominin. It is not necessary that the poor/needy to whom fitrah is given should know that this is as zakat-e fitrah.

From the time of sunset on the night preceding Eid day (last night of month of Ramadhan), until next day before Eid prayers (maximum delay in giving fitrah is till Zohr), person should give zakat-e fitrah with the only intention of “Qorbatan Ila-llah”, that is, to comply with the pleasure of Almighty Allah. He should give, for himself as well as on behalf of all those who are his dependents (even if one’s child is born before the sunset), about three kilos per head of wheat or barley or dates or raisins or rice or millet etc.

It is also sufficient if he pays the price of one of these items in cash. It is necessary that wheat or any other thing which a person gives as fitrah is not mixed with another commodity, dust, sand gravels, and if it is mixed, but in its pure form it equals about 3 kilos, and the quantity of the thing mixed with it is negligible or usable, there is no harm in it. If a person gives fitrah from a thing which is inferior or defective, it will not be sufficient.

It is not correct to give fitrah before the month of Ramadhan, and it is better that it should not be given even during the month of Ramadhan. However, if a person gives loan to a poor/needy momin person before Ramadhan, and adjusts the loan as fitrah on the night of preceding Eid day until eid-e fitr prayers, as to be used in the Eid day (when payment of fitrah becomes obligatory), there is no harm in it.

If a person does not give fitrah at the time when its payment becomes obligatory, and does not also set it aside, he should give fitrah later on the basis of precaution.

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