The hypocrites were spreading wrong actions to the peoples but they did not perceive that they were spreading the wrong actions because their hearts were in darkness and that they were not able to see the truth. Why the actions of the munafiqin were wrong actions? The actions of the munafiqin were wrong actions because the munafiqin like to lie. The hearts of the non-Muslims were in darkness but the hearts of the munafiqin were in greater darkness. Munafiqin regarded themselves as Muslims because they recited the Great Kalimah and they performed the prayers. No one knows what is inside the heart except Allah. Allah knows that the munafiqin were reciting the Great Kalimah not to please Allah but to please people and they lied to the Muslims and the believers. They lied so that the Muslims and the believers will believe that they were Muslims. What is the truth? Allah knows the truth and there is no one who knows the truth except Allah. Allah mentions in the above verse of Quran that the munafiqin were non-Muslims who become the enemies of the Muslims and the believers. Outwardly they look like Muslims but they were not Muslims. Allah does not accept the recitations of the Great Kalimah by hypocrites or the munafiqin. Eventhough the munafiqin may recite the Great Kalimah, perform the prayers and fast in the month of Ramadan but Allah does not accept their recitation of the Great Kalimah, prayers or fasting. Allah regards the munafiqin to be worse than the non-Muslims because they lie to Allah and the believers.

Munafiqin are non-Muslims who are the enemies of the Muslims and the believers and they pretend to be Muslims or the believers. Why they pretend to be Muslims? They pretend to be Muslims in order to gain material wealth and worldly position in a community in which the majority is the Muslims. They pretend to become Muslims because the power is with the Muslims and the believers. When our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions were in Mecca there were no munafiqin among the Muslims. At the time when our Prophet Muhammad saw was in Mecca there were only Muslims and non-Muslims. In Mecca there were no hypocrites or the munafiqin among the Muslims. In Mecca, our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions were tortured and prosecuted by the non-Muslims who had openly chosen to become the enemies of Prophet Muhammad saw and the Muslims. Whoever embraces Islam at that time, will not gain any material wealth but they will be tortured and prosecuted by the non-Muslims who were the enemies of the Muslims. Definitely in such situation, Muslims who were tortured and prosecuted by the non-Muslims did not pretend to become Muslims. During the Meccan period there were no munafiqin or the hypocrites among the Muslims. Munafiqin or the hypocrites only exist in the communities of the Muslims when our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions migrated to Medina. In Medina, our Prophet Muhammad saw was chosen by Allah to become the leader of the Muslims and the non-Muslims in Medina. Allah had given hidayah to the majority of the Arabs in Medina to embrace Islam and they were known as the Ansar. The Ansar had unanimously elected our Prophet Muhammad saw to become their leader.

It will be an advantage to become Muslims in a society in which the majority is Muslims and the power is with the Muslims. Munafiqin are those who pretend to be Muslims but at the same time become the enemies of the Muslims. What is the right thing to do for the non-Muslims who live in Medina but do not want to become Muslims? The right thing for them is to live cordially with the rest of the Muslims in Medina. However, instead of choosing to remain as non-Muslims and to live cordially with the rest of the Muslims in Medina, the munafiqin pretended to be Muslims and at the same time become the enemies of the Muslims. They pretended to be Muslims because they wanted to have material gains and worldly position among the Muslims and they wanted to become the enemies of the Muslims because they wanted to oust Prophet Muhammad saw and the Muslims away from Medina.

Those who pretended to be Muslims in Medina but at the same time were the enemies of the Muslims are known as the hypocrites or the munafiqin. The leader of the munafiqin was Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon. Prior to the coming of our Prophet Muhammad saw to Medina, Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon was one of the leaders of the Arabs in Medina. Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon wanted to become the leader of the Arabs in Medina but his ambition to become the leader of the Arabs in Medina was buried with the coming of our Prophet Muhammad saw to Medina. The people of Ansar instead of choosing him to become the leader they had chosen our Prophet Muhammad saw to become the leader of the Arabs in Medina. This is the reason why Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon was angry with the coming of the Prophet Muhammad saw to Medina and he was continuously trying to oust our Prophet Muhammad saw from the city of Medina.

The munafiqin were pretending to be Muslims and they did not like the presence of our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Muslims in Medina. The munafiqin did not want our Prophet Muhammad saw to be the leader of the Arabs in Medina. In order to cause mischief and trouble among the Muslims in Medina, the munafiqin pretended to be Muslims by reciting the Great Kalimah with the intention that they will be accepted by Prophet Muhammad saw and the Muslims in Medina as Muslims. They claimed to the Muslims in Medina that they believed in Allah and the last Day but in reality they were lying to Allah, to the Prophet Muhammad saw and to the believers. Allah knows what was in the hearts of the munafiqin and Allah revealed to our Prophet Muhammad saw those who were the munafiqin, and what was really in their hearts in the above verse of the Quran. Allah told our Prophet Muhammad saw that they were liars. Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon was the leader of the munafiqin who was constantly trying to oust our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions away from Medina. In order to create enmity between the Ansar and the Muhajjirin and between the Arabs and our Prophet Muhammad saw, Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon was constantly taking advantage in many situation, to create arguments between the Ansar and the Muhajjirin. In many instances, Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon was trying to cause trouble and difficulties to our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Muhajjirin in Medina.

Abdullah bin Ubai bin Saloon and the munafiqin only joined Prophet Muhammad saw in the battles which they believed Prophet Muhammad saw and  the Muslims could win and will bring back plenty of booties to Medina. When the munafiqin felt Prophet Muhammad saw and the Muslims will not win the battles, the munafiqin started to give many excuses to Prophet Muhammad saw in order not to participate in the battles. Prophet Muhammad saw did allow them, to leave the battle and went back to Medina. The munafiqin were actually the non-Muslims who were the enemies of the Muslims and because they wanted material gains and worldly position, they pretended to become Muslims. As mention in the above verse of the Quran, the munafiqin or the hypocrites were liars and they were trying to deceive Allah and the believers but in reality they were deceiving themselves, but they do not know that they were deceiving themselves.

In short, Munafiqin are those who like to lie to Allah, to the believers and to others. When Muslims like to lie, Allah will not accept their recitation of the Great Kalimah. When Allah does not accept the recitation of the Great Kalimah which is recited by a person, that person will become a non-Muslim. A person whose recitation of the Great Kalimah is not accepted by Allah and then at the same time choose to become the enemies of the Muslims will turn into munafiq or the hypocrites. Allah, does not accept the recitation of the Great Kalimah, prayers, fasting and whatever actions of the munafiqin. Allah makes the actions of the munafiqin to become void and useless as ashes and of no benefits to them in this world and the hereafter. As the munafiqin continue to lie to Allah and to the believers and continue to become the enemies of the Muslims, Allah increases the disease of telling lies in the hearts of the munafiqin. As the disease increases in the hearts of the munafiqin, the wrong actions of the munafiqin will continue to increase. As the wrong actions of the munafiqin continue to increase, the wrath of Allah towards them also increases and the punishments which Allah kept for them in the hereafter will also increases. Allah said in the above verse of the Quran that in their hearts there is a disease and Allah increases the disease in their hearts; and they shall have a grievous penalty because they lie.

Muslims who like to tell lies will eventually become non-Muslims and when they start to become the enemies of the Muslims they will become hypocrites or the munafiqin. Munafiqin are worse than the non-Muslims. Allah will place the munafiqin at the bottom of the hellfire. We should not allow ourselves and our children to have the habit of telling lie. We should teach ourselves and our children to always tell the truth at all time. During my thirty years of experience with the Indians, Pakistani and the Bangladeshi, I found many of them are very fond to telling lies to others and in my opinion this bad habits can finally make them to become non-Muslims and turn them to be munafiqin. It is my solemn advice to all the Muslims in this world that they should always tell the truth at all times. It is bitter to tell the truth but Allah loves those who always speak the truth. Some Muslims scholars in Malaysia are in the opinion that to tell lies to the wives are permissible when such acts will mend their marriage relationship. I want to ask the question whether to tell lies to the wives is permissible in Islam, when such acts can mend their marriage relationship? Is there anything in the Quran and Hadis which mentions that such acts are permissible or such acts is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw? Since there is no single verse of the Quran or Hadis which permits the Muslims to tell lie to others or to their wives and thus to tell lies to others is not the order of Allah and also not from the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.

And when it is said to them; Do not spread corruption in the land”, they reply; “We are but improving things”. But it is they who are spreading corruption, but they do not perceive it. In this verse of the Quran, Allah says to the hypocrites or the munafiqins not to spread corruptions in the land, but the munafiqin answered that they are not spreading corruptions but they are improving things. The munafiqin were the peoples who just pretend to become Muslims and they had to continue to tell lies to our Prophet Muhammad saw and to the believers in this regards. As the munafiqin continued to tell more lies to our Prophet Muhammad saw and to the believers, they continued to do more wrong actions. As the munafiqin continued to do more wrong actions on the land it means they continued to spread more corruption on the land but the munafiqin, whose hearts were in darkness more than the non-Muslims, they did not perceive that they were spreading corruption in the land but on the contrary they perceived that they were improving things. A person whose hearts is in darkness will perceive wrong actions to be the correct actions.  The hearts of the munafiqin were devoid of light and because of that they perceived the act of deceiving the Prophet Muhammad saw and the believers as the correct actions. What is supposed to be the wrong actions were perceived by the munafiqin as good actions, which they thought will improve their conditions. A munafiqin did not perceive the actions of telling lies to Prophet Muhammad saw and the believers as actions that will spread corruptions in the land. They were unable to perceive such wrong actions because they were not guided by Allah. Because they were not guided by Allah the munafiqin perceived the acts of telling lies as the acts to improve their conditions.

And when it is said to them; Believe as others believe “, they reply; Are we to believe as the fools believe?” It is they who are the fools; it is they who are the fools if they knew it. And when they meet those who believe, they say; “We believe”, but when they are alone with the devils, they declare; “We are really with you, we are only mocking those who believe. “ In this verse of the Quran Allah mentions to Prophet Muhammad saw and the believers that the hypocrites will never believe in Allah and the last Day. In other words, when the believers invite the munafiqin to believe in Allah and the last Day, the munafiqin will not believe in Allah and the last Day, because the munafiqin regard those who believe in Allah and the last Day as fools. The munafiqin thought that they can deceive the believers because the believers were fools. According to the munafiqin to believe in Allah and the last Day is to become fools and to be with the company of the fools. Allah mention in the above verse of the Quran, that the real fools are not the believers, but the real fools are the munafiqin who do not believe in Allah and the last Day but they, the munafiqin did not perceive themselves as the real fools.

Allah mentions in the above verse of the Quran that the munafiqin will never perceive themselves as fools. Although in reality it was the munafiqin who were the real fools but Allah has made them to think that they were clever. Allah made them to think themselves as clever in order, to make them continue to be in the wrong path. As the munafiqin continued to think they were clever, the munafiqin continued to tell more lies to the believers. As the munafiqin continued to tell more lies to the believers, the munafiqin continued to do more wrong actions. As the munafiqin continued to do more wrong actions the munafiqin continued to be in the wrong path. Allah makes the munafiqin to continue to tell more lies to the believers because the munafiqin think the believers were fools. Actually the person who tell lies to others are the real fools but the munafiqin did not perceive themselves as fools and they continued to tell more lies to the believer. When the munafiqin met the believers, they will say to the believers that they believe in Allah and the last Day. However, when the munafiqin were with the devils (devils mean the non-Muslims who are also the enemies of the Muslims) they will tell the devils that they were only mocking the Muslim. They will assure the devils (devils mean the non-Muslims who are also the enemies of the Muslims) that they were with the devils and that they had not become those who believe in Allah and the last Day, whom the munafiqin regarded as fools. In the above verse of the Quran the hypocrites mention; we are really with you, we are only mocking those who believe.

In my opinion, the Munafiqin are neither with the Muslims nor with the non-Muslims who are the enemies of the Muslims. The munafiqin is a separate group which is not the same as the Muslims and non-Muslims and the munafiqin always think of their own interest.  In my opinion the munafiqin is able to be with any groups either Muslims or non-Muslims as long as they are able to gain material wealth or worldly position. The inner soul of the munafiqin refuses to believe in Allah and the last Day. However in order to gains material wealth or worldly position, the munafiqin are forced to tell lie even to their own inner soul that they believe in Allah and the last Day. When the munafiqin tell something which is contrary to the belief of their own inner soul, the persons are telling lies not only to Allah and the believers but even to their own inner souls or themselves. When any actions are done contrary to the belief of the inner souls, there exists within the person, a conflict between the wrong actions and the belief of the own inner souls. Such conflict between the belief of their own inner soul and the wrong actions which are done by the munafiqin, makes the munafiqin to become the real fools. The real fools are those who lie to themselves and those who do something in which even their own inner soul does not believe in doing. In reality the hypocrites are the real fools in this world and hereafter. Allah makes them to become the real fools because they lie to Allah and to the believers and on top of that Allah makes them not to perceive themselves as the real fools.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
May 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

In this verse of the Quran, Allah is describing the qualities of those who are not believers yet they claim to be believers. Who are these peoples whom Allah has referred to in this verse of Quran? Are they Muslims or non-Muslims? The persons whom Allah is referring in this verse of Quran are those who look like Muslims but actually non-Muslims and they are the enemies of the Muslims. Allah has created men and Allah wants men to believe in Allah and to obey all the orders of Allah. Among mankind there are some who believe in Allah and who obey all the orders of Allah and this group of mankind is known as the believers. Among mankind there is some who does not believe in Allah and who does not obey all the orders of Allah and they are known as the non-believers. However there are some from among the mankind who claim to be those who believe in Allah and the Last Day but they are actually non-Muslims and the enemies of the Muslims. Allah describes them in the above verse of the Quran as liars. Allah mentions in the above verse of the Quran that these liars are trying to deceive Allah and the believers but in fact these liars are deceiving themselves although they may not perceive that they are deceiving themselves. Allah describes them as; and among mankind there are some who declare; “we believe in Allah and the last Day”, yet they are not believers. They seek to deceive Allah and the believers but they deceive none save themselves, though they may not perceive.

A person, who really believes in Allah and the last day, will show that through his actions. What would be the actions of those who really believe in Allah and the last day? Those who really believe in Allah and the last day will obey all the orders of Allah with steadfastness and in the way shown by our Prophet Muhammad saw and with sincerity. In the above verse of the Quran, Allah mentions that there are from among men who declare, they believe in Allah and the last day and yet they are not believers. Allah knows what is inside the hearts of all men. When a person recites the Great Kalimah, in principle the person should become a Muslim. However in the above verse of the Quran, Allah mentions that they are not believers. It means their recitations of the Great Kalimah are not accepted by Allah.  Why their recitations of the Great Kalimah are are not accepted by Allah? Why their claims that they are believers are denied by Allah?

Allah denied their claim that they are believers because in their hearts there is no believe in Allah and the last day. When a person recites the Great Kalimah with the intention to please men, then the recitation of the Great Kalimah is not sincere. When the recitation of the Great Kalimah is not sincere then the person will not be able to obey even the first order of Allah. What is the first order of Allah? The first order of Allah is to invite mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils which has to be done in the way of our Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When Allah is pleased with that person, Allah will place the Great Kalimah into the heart and the person will become the believer. When a person after reciting the Great Kalimah is not able to obey the first order of Allah until Allah is pleased, Allah will not instill the Great Kalimah into the hearts of the person. When the Great Kalimah is not in the heart, the person is known only as Muslims. When a person who is only Muslim but at the same time becomes the enemy of the Muslims, the person will becomes munafiqin. When a person recites the Great Kalimah with the intention to please Allah, then the recitation of the Great Kalimah is sincere. When the recitation of the Great Kalimah is sincere the person will be able to obey the first order of Allah. When the person is able to obey the first order of Allah with sincerity until Allah is pleased, Allah will instill the Great Kalimah into the hearts of the person and the person will become the believers. When the Great Kalimah is inside the hearts of the persons, the persons are known as the believers. The persons who recite the Great Kalimah without sincerity the person will not be able to obey even the first orders of Allah. When the persons who recite the Great Kalimah is not able to do the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils in the way of our Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, Allah will not instill the Great Kalimah inside the person’s heart and the person will become only Muslims.

Allah does not accept the recitation of the Great Kalimah which is done in order to please other than Allah. A person who recited the Great Kalimah with the intention to please other that Allah will not be able to obey even the first order of Allah. When the person who recites the Great Kalimah is not able to obey even the first order of Allah with sincerity until Allah is pleased, Allah will not place the Great Kalimah into that person’s hearts and when the person also become the enemies of Allah and the believers the person will become the munafiqin or the hypocrites. Allah does not accept the recitation of Great Kalimah which is recited by a munafiqin or the hypocrites. The munafiqin recites the Great Kalimah only with the intention to please the Muslims and the believers and not to please Allah. The munafiqin recited the Great Kalimah only to show to the Muslims and the believers that they are also Muslims and believers. The munafiqin recited the Great Kalimah in order to be recognized by the Muslims and the believers that they are also the peoples who believe in Allah and the last day.

What is the truth? The truth is only known to Allah. In the above verse of the Quran, Allah tells the truth that they are some among mankind, who declare; “we believe in Allah and the Last Day”, yet they are not believers. They seek to deceive Allah and the believers but they deceive none save themselves, though they may not perceive. Who are these peoples in the eyes of Allah? In the eyes of Allah they are the peoples who pretend to be believers but yet they are not believers. They are not believers and they are also the enemies of Allah and the enemies of the believers. In the Quran they are referred to as the hypocrites or the munafiqin. Allah does not like men to lie. Lying is one the bad qualities which Allah does not like men to have. Allah loves the truth and wants men to tell the truth and not to tell lie either to Allah or to other men. There is no one who can lie to Allah. Allah knows everything inside the hearts of men. Whether men mention their wishes loudly or not, Allah knows all the wishes which men have inside their hearts.

Allah knows whether in the heart of a person, he believes in Allah and the last day or not. There is no point for a man to try to lie to Allah because Allah knows everything that is in the heart of men. A person who tries to lie to Allah is really a person who is very stupid because he does not know that Allah is all knowing. Those who lie to Allah and to the believers are in fact lying to themselves. Whenever a person does a bad action, the consequence of that bad actions will come back to the doer of the bad actions himself and not to others. Allah mentions in the Quran that there is none who will bears the consequences of the actions of others and each man will have to bear only the consequences of his or her own actions. When a person is lying to Allah and the believer, it means, the person will have to bear the consequences of his or her own bad actions. The more the person lies to Allah and to the believers the more the person are doing bad actions and the more bad actions the persons do the more the persons will be punished in the day of the hereafter. The non-Muslims who are not hypocrites will also be punished in the hellfire. The hypocrites or the munafiqin are the non-Muslims who lies to Allah and the believers that they are believers and because they lie they will be punished in the hereafter more severe than the non-Muslims. In the Day of Judgment, the hypocrites or the munafiqin will be thrown into the most bottom part of the hellfire. In the Day of Judgment the hypocrites or the munafiqin will be tortured more that the non-Muslims. As mention in the above verse; they seek to deceive Allah and the believers but they deceive none save themselves, though they may not perceive.

In their hearts is a disease and Allah has increased this disease; and they shall have a grievous penalty because they lie. And when it is said to them; Do not spread corruption in the land”, they reply; “We are but improving things”. But it is they who are spreading corruption, but they do not perceive it. Allah mentions in the above verse of the Quran, that there is a disease in the hearts of the hypocrites. What is the disease which Allah mentions to be in the hearts of the hypocrites? The disease in the hearts of the hypocrites is the disease of not telling the truth or the disease of always trying to tell lies to others. The main characteristics of the hypocrites , whenever  they talks they lie, whenever they make promises they break the promise, whenever trust is given to them, they will break the thrust. Allah mentions in the above verse of the Quran that the munafiqin lies to Allah and to the believers. The munafiqin are telling to the believers that they are also believers and that they believe in Allah and the last Day. Allah knows what is in their hearts. Allah mentions in the above verse of the Quran that they are not believers and in their hearts they do not have the belief in Allah and the last Day. The main characteristic of the munafiqin is they lie to others. In order to lie to others, the munafiqin are usually very good orators and speakers. The munafiqin uses their ability to speak to lie to others and to the believers. Whenever the munafiqin lies to the believers, Allah will increases the disease of not telling the truth or the disease of always trying to tell lies to others, in the hearts of the munafiqin. As the disease increases in the hearts of the munafiqin the more they will tell lies to others and to the believers. As the munafiqin tell more lies to others and to the believers, the more sins the munafiqin will have to bear. As the munafiqin bear more sins, the hearts of the munafiqin will become darker and as the hearts of the munafiqin become darker, the more the munafiqin will not be able to perceive the truth. And as the hearts of the munafiqin become darker, the more they think they are not doing wrong to others and to themselves.

With darker hearts the munafiqin will only be able to see the benefits in material things and not the benefits in good actions. As the hearts of the munafiqin become darker, they will choose in all circumstances the gains in material wealth and not the gains in the love of Allah. In order to have material gains, the munafiqin will continue to lie to others and when they make promises, they will break the promise and when trust is given to them they will break the trust. Allah warns the believers not to believe in the words spoken by the munafiqin and warns the believers not to trust the promises made by the munafiqin and not to choose the munafiqin to become the leaders or the persons who are in charge of the welfare of the Muslims and the believers. Allah warns the Muslims not to choose the munafiqin to become the leaders of the Muslims because the munafiqin are only good in telling lies and they are not trustworthy. When munafiqin become the leaders they will gives many promises to the Muslims but they will never fulfills their promises.
The non-believers who lie will not become munafiqin or the hypocrites because they do not pretend to be Muslims. When Muslims always lie to others, finally they will become non-Muslims. They become non-Muslims because Allah does not accept the recitation of the Great Kalimah of those Muslims who always lie to others. Non-Muslims are not necessarily hypocrites or munafiqin but all munafiqin or hypocrites are non-Muslims. When the persons have becomes hypocrites or munafiqin, they have become non-Muslims who have become the enemies of the believers and the enemies of Prophet Muhammad saw. Although the munafiqin may recite the Great Kalimah or they may pray and fast but, Allah does not accept their recitation of Great Kalimah, their prayers as well as their fasting and all of their actions. Although the munafiqin are non-Muslims but they perceived themselves as Muslims. The munafiqin perceived themselves as Muslims because they still recite the Great Kalimah, they still observe the prayers and they still fast in the months of Ramadan. Muslims who always tell lie to others will become non-Muslims but they still perceived themselves as Muslims. Muslims who always tell lies to others will finally become non-Muslims and when they become the enemies of the believers or the enemies of the Prophet Muhammad saw or the enemies of Naib of Prophet Muhammad saw, they will become the hypocrites or munafiqin. Hypocrites or the munafiqin are worse than the non-Muslims because they lie to others. In the hereafter, the munafiqin or the hypocrites will be tortured more severe than the non-Muslims in the hellfire. One other quality of the munafiqin is they always deny all the wrong actions which they have committed and they always claims to others, that their actions are only for the improvement of the peoples.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
May 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Allah says in the Quran with the approximate meaning; there is no compulsion in religion. This means Muslims are not allowed to invite either the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah or to invite the Muslims to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and to invite the Muslims to perform the five times daily prayers with force but with love and affection. Allah orders the Muslims to continue to invite with love and affection to the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah and the Muslims to obey the orders of Allah, even though the non-Muslims continue to refuse reciting the Great Kalimah and the Muslims continue to refuse obeying the orders of Allah. Our Prophet Muhammad saw continue to invite his uncle to recite the Great Kalimah with love and affection and he continue to remain friendly with his uncle Abu Talib, even though Abu Talib continue to refuse  reciting the Great Kalimah. Probably, our Prophet Muhammad saw had invited his uncle Abu Talib to recite the Great Kalimah for more than hundred times. Although, Abu Talib continue to refuse to recite the Great Kalimah, but our Prophet Muhammad saw remain friendly and loving towards his uncle, Abu Talib.

Prophet Muhammad saw continue to remain friendly and loving towards his uncle Abu Talib, even to the hour when Abu Talib was about to pass away from this world.  Abu Talib who is the most beloved person of our Prophet Muhammad saw finally died in a condition refusing to recite the Great Kalimah. Contrary to the action of our Prophet Muhammad who remains friendly and loving towards those who refuse to recite the Great Kalimah, there is a Hadis which advice Muslims to severe relationship with the Muslims who continue to practice evils deeds even though being reminded continuously by others to stop the evil practices. In my opinion, this Hadis must be a false Hadis because the meaning of the Hadis does not seems to complement the meaning of the verse of the Quran, which says that there is no compulsion in religion and this Hadis does not complement the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. In my opinion, those Muslims who hate the non-Muslims or who hate Muslims who disobeyed the orders of Allah must have been the Muslims who are practicing this false Hadis. Muslim who practices this false Hadis will hate the non-Muslims and the Muslims who disobeyed the orders of Allah. When Muslims understand that this action is the order of Allah and the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw, they will not like to mingle with non-Muslims or with the Muslims who disobeyed the orders of Allah. I think this is the reason why there are many Muslims who are not friendly with the non-Muslims or friendly with the Muslims who disobeyed the orders of Allah. Muslims who are friendly with the non-Muslims or with the Muslims who disobeyed the orders of Allah are usually the Muslims who are not practicing Islam.

When Muslims do not love the non-Muslims, they do not like to become friend with the non-Muslims. When Muslims do not love the non-Muslims they do not like to invite the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. When Muslims do not love the non-Muslims, they will have hatred towards the non-Muslims. When Muslims have hatred towards the non-Muslims, the Muslims will have war with the non-Muslims. Why the Muslims do not love the non-Muslims? They do not love the non-Muslims because they do not love Allah. Why the Muslims do not love Allah? They do not love Allah because they do not do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils after they have recited the Great Kalimah. Allah does not order the Muslims to hate the Jews, the Christians or to hate any of the followers of any religions, or to hate any races, or to hate Muslims who have disobeyed the order of Allah. A Muslim who hates the Jews, the Americans, any races or Muslims who disobey the order of Allah has disobeyed the order of Allah. Is there any verse in the Quran, which order the Muslims to hate the non-Muslims such as the Jews, the Christians or any races or the Muslims who disobey the orders of Allah? All the Hadis which order the Muslims to hate the Jews , the Christians or the Muslims who have disobeyed the orders of Allah are not complementing the meaning of the Quran and the Sunnah. Hadis, which orders the Muslims to hate others, must be a false Hadis. Allah is the most merciful and the most compassionate and it is not possible for Allah who is the most merciful and the most compassionate to order the Muslims to hate the Jews and the Christians.

In the Quran, Allah introduces Himself as the most merciful and the most compassionate. Allah who is the most merciful and the most compassionate wants the whole mankind to love each other as one whole family. Allah wants the Muslims to love the Jews and Allah wants the Jews to love the Muslims. Prophet Muhammad saw wants the Muslims to consider everyone in this world to be the same whether they are Jews or Arabs. According to the teaching of Islam, a person is not superior to another person because of the person’s race but a person is superior to another person because of the person’s good actions. There is no race in this world, which is more superior to other races. Neither the Arabs nor the Jews are more superior to any other races in this world.  When the Jews believe that they are more superior to the Arabs and other races, the Jews will look down at the Arabs and to the other races and the Jews will not do justice either to the Arabs, or to the other races. In my opinion, the problems that arise between the Jews and the Arabs in the Middle East only due to the wrong believe of both the Jews and the Arabs. Arabs, who are mainly Muslims, hate the Jews because they regard the Jews as non-Muslims and the enemies of Muslims. Arabs believe to hate the Jews who are the enemies of Muslims is a virtue. Many Muslims believe that all the evils acts in this world associated with the Jews. Is it true that all the evil actions in this world are associated with the Jews? In the Quran, Allah does mention about the evil actions of the Jews who lived during the time of Prophet Muhammad saw but it does not imply that all the Jews even who live in this world today are associated with evils. The stories of the Jews who did evil deeds are the Jews at the time of Prophet Muhammad saw and not the Jews who live today in this world. The Jews of today have no relationship with the evils deed done by the Jews at the time of Prophet Muhammad saw. In order to teach the whole mankind about the consequences which may come to those who disobeyed the order of Allah, Allah use the example of the Jews who were doing the evil deeds at the time of Prophet Muhammad saw but that does not mean that all the Jews until doomsday are evils.

When Allah mentioned the stories of the evil actions, which were done by the Jews at the time of our Prophet Muhammad saw, it does not mean that all the Jews until the doomsday are evil peoples. Jew is the same as other races in this world. There are good and bad Jew. There are many other races other than Jew who have also disobeyed the order of Allah but the names of the races are not mentioned in the Quran. What is the reason that makes the Muslims to associate the Jews with evil action? Who teaches the Muslims to associate the Jews with the evil actions? In my opinion, it is the work of the Muslim scholars who instead of teaching the true Islam but teaching racism to the Muslims. In my opinion, Muslims scholars are the one who teach the Muslims to associate the evil actions with the Jews and to hate the Jews. Muslims scholars are the ones who teach the Muslims to hate the Jews. I have never heard personally from the mouth of the Muslims scholars whether in Malaysia or abroad, that Muslims must love the Jews because we belong to one family of Ibrahim and Adam. In my opinion, it is also the work of the Jews scholars teach the Jews, that Jews are superior race than other races in this world.

Muslims are associating the word Jews with evil actions because many Muslims follow their Muslims scholars blindly. Allah has not given the Muslims scholars the understanding of the true meaning of the Quran because the Muslims scholars are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. Many Muslims associate the word Jews to mean evil persons. Many Muslims hate the Jews because they believe the Jews are evil. On the other hand, the Jews do injustice to the Arabs because they believe Jews are superior to Arabs. When the Jews do injustice to the Arabs, the belief which the Arabs have inherited towards the Jews, since thousands of years ago that Jews are evil peoples, is increases. When the belief increases in the heart of the Arab-Muslims, the hatred which they have continue to increase. Therefore, the war between the Jews and the Arabs continue to become more impossible to end. As long as the wrong belief in the heart of both the Jews and the Arab Muslims remain, the war between the Jews and the Muslims Arabs will never end.  Allah has never order the Muslims to hate the Jews, the Christians or any non-Muslims in this world. The Hadis that orders Muslims to hate the Jews are the false Hadis.

What are the causes that made Muslims hate the Jews and the evil doers? In my opinion, there is one very famous Hadis, which is a true Hadis but because of the wrong interpretation made by the Muslims scholars cause Muslims to hate the evil doers and the Jews. The approximate meaning of the Hadis is you must prevent evil with power and in case you are not able to prevent the evil with power, you must prevent the evil with your words and in case you are not able to prevent the evil with your words you must prevent the evil with your heart and this is the weakest iman. This Hadis is in fact is a true Hadis but since thousands of years ago it was wrongly interpreted by the Muslims scholars. According to the interpretation of the Hadis; to prevent evil with your heart means to hate the evil actions which are done by the persons who are committing the evils but not to hate the evil doers. In my opinion, it is not possible to hate evil actions without having to hate the person who is committing the evil actions. How is it possible to prevent evil actions with the heart means to hate the evil actions in the heart? In my opinion, to hate evil actions in the heart, which are done by a person will not prevent the person from committing the evil actions.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
May 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

What is the first order of Allah which was revealed to our Prophet Muhammad saw and his companions in Mecca? The first order of Allah which was revealed to our Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions in Mecca is to recite the Great Kalimah and after reciting the Great Kalimah is to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. The first order of Allah is not to perform the five times daily prayers but to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. Since more than one thousand years ago, our Muslims scholars are teaching the Muslims that the first order of Allah after reciting the Great Kalimah is to perform the five times daily prayers. During the first ten years of the mission, our Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions were doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with sacrifices and steadfastness with no order to perform the five times daily prayers. It was only after they had done the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils for about ten years, Allah gave them the second order which is to perform the five times daily prayers. The order to perform the five times daily prayers is actually the second order of Allah and not the first order of Allah.The order to perform the five times daily prayer was given to the Muslims after the Muslims had done the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in Mecca for about ten years.

In my opinion, the order of solat was given to the early Muslims when they had become believers i.e. after they had done the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. It was only when the Muslims had become believers; Allah gave them the order to perform the five times daily prayers. Why? I believe Allah gave the order to perform the five times daily prayers when the early Muslims had become believers because when they had become believers, they were able to perform their prayers with sincerity, concentration and devotion. When the Muslims were able to perform prayers with sincerity, concentration and devotion, the prayers of the Muslims were able to prevent them from doing evil deeds. Thus, I believe the Muslims will only be able to safeguard their prayers when the Muslims have become believers or have become those who believe in the unseen. It is mentioned in the above verse of the Quran that the persons who are taqwa are the persons who believe in the unseen and who are steadfast in their solat and who spend out of what Allah has given them. In other words the persons who are able to be steadfast in prayers and who are able to spend out of what Allah has given them (i.e. zakat) are the persons who believe in the unseen.

What about the orders of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, to fast in the month of Ramadan and to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca? Are these not the orders of Allah which are also the Five Pillars of Islam? In my opinions, the Five Pillars of Islam are, to recite the Great Kalimah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, to perform the five times daily prayers, fasting in the month of Ramadan, to spend out of what we have given them (zakat) and performance of pilgrimage to Mecca. In the above verse of the Quran, the order to recite the Great Kalimah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil, to fast in the month of Ramadan and to perform  pilgrimage to Mecca were not mentioned as the qualities which are required for a person to become a person of taqwa. Why the orders to recite the Great Kalimah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil, to fast in the month of Ramadan and to perform pilgrimage to Mecca were not mentioned as the qualities which are required for a person to become a person of taqwa? What is the main quality to have in order for a person to become a person of taqwa which is mentioned in the above verse of the Quran? In order for a person to become the person of taqwa, the main quality which is mentioned in the above verse of the Quran is to have belief in the unseen.

Believe in the unseen or iman is the outcome of the first pillar of Islam, which is to recite the Great Kalimah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil. Because the outcome of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil (which is the believe in the unseen) is already mentioned in above verse of the Quran, in my opinion there is no need to mention the order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil, which produce the outcome. The other two orders of Allah which are the order of fasting in the month of Ramadan and the order of performing pilgrimage to Mecca are not included as the qualities required to become a person of taqwa because a person who is taqwa can either be a healthy or unhealthy person. If a person of taqwa is in unhealthy condition, then that person might not be able to fast in the month of Ramadan or to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca.  In Islam a person who is unhealthy is not obligatory either to fast in the month of Ramadan or to perform pilgrimage to Mecca but they are obligatory to perform the order to recite the Great Kalimah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil, to perform the five times daily prayers and to spend out of what we have given them (zakat). In my opinion, this is the reason why these two orders of Allah (i.e. fasting and performing pilgrimage) are not included in the above verse of the Quran to be parts of the qualities of a person who is taqwa while the order to recite the Great Kalimah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil is not mentioned in the above verse of the Quran because the outcome of the first order of Allah, which is to believe in the unseen has been mentioned in that verse.

The most important quality for man to become a person of taqwa is to have the belief in the unseen. In my opinion, the belief in the unseen, is the belief on the Six Pillars of Iman or Rukun Iman which is the outcomes of the Five Pillars of Islam or Rukun Islam. In other words, in order for Muslim to obtain the Six Pillars of Iman, the Muslims must perform the Five Pillars of Islam or Rukun Islam. The First pillar of Islam is to recite the Great Kalimah, I bear witness that there is no God except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah and to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah.  A person who after reciting the Great Kalimah is not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is not fulfilling the right of reciting the Great Kalimah and will not obtain the benefits of reciting the Great Kalimah. What are the benefits of reciting the Great Kalimah? The benefits are the persons will be away from any calamities and the person will not have sadness in his lives.

Since more than one thousand years ago, in all the books of Hadis, it was written that the first  pillar of Islam is only to recite the Great Kalimah, I bear witness that there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. Since more than one thousand years ago it was not mentioned in all the books of Hadis that along with the recitation of the Great Kalimah there is a work which is obligatory for Muslims to do and the work is to invite mankind to good and forbid mankind from evils. When the Muslims are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way done by our Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, Allah will not instill the Great Kalimah into the heart of the Muslims. When Allah does not place the Great Kalimah into the heart of the Muslims, the Muslims will not become a believer or the person who believe in the unseen. When the Muslims do not become believers, the Muslims will not be able to obtain the benefit of reciting the Great Kalimah and will not be able to obey all the orders of Allah including to perform the five times daily prayers. When the Muslims do not become believers, Muslims will not be able to perform the five times daily prayers with sincerity and with concentration and devotion. When the prayers of the Muslims are without sincerity and without concentration and devotion, the prayers of the Muslims will not be able to prevent the Muslims from committing evils.

When Muslims after reciting the Great Kalimah, are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, in the way shown by our Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, Allah will placed the Great Kalimah into the heart of the Muslims. When the Great Kalimah is placed, into the heart of the Muslim, the Muslim becomes a believer. A Muslims who has become a believer is the person who believes in the unseen. When the Muslims have become the believers or the person who believe in the unseen, the Muslims will be able to safeguard the five times daily prayers and to perform the five times daily prayers with concentration and devotion. When the Muslims have become the believers or the person who believe in the unseen, the Muslims will also be able to pay zakat, to fast in the month of Ramadan and to perform pilgrimage to Mecca with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When the Muslims are able to perform the five times daily prayers with sincerity and with concentration and devotion and are able to pay zakat and are able to fast in the month of Ramadan and are able to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased, the belief which the Muslims have towards the unseen or the iman of the Muslims on the Six Pillars of Iman will continue to increase. There is no limit to the level of iman or to the level of believe in the unseen as there is no limit to the Greatness of Allah. As the level of believe in the unseen increases the level of taqwa also increases.

As I had mention in many of my article that the Six Rukun Iman (Six Pillars of Iman) is the outcome of Five Rukun Islam (Five Pillars of Islam).  Rukun Islam or the Five Pillars of Islam is the five great actions or the five great orders of Allah which must be performed by all Muslims. When the Muslims after reciting the Great Kalimah are performing the five great actions or the five great orders of Allah, which are to invite the mankind to good and to forbid mankind from evils, to perform the five times daily prayers, to fast in the month of Ramadan, to pay zakat and to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca, the Muslims will obtain the outcome of practicing the Five Pillars of Islam which is an increase in the level of believe in the Six Rukun Iman or the Six Pillar of Iman which are to believe in Allah, to believe in the angels, to believe in the Prophets, to believe in all the books of Allah, to believe in the day of judgment and to believe that good or evils comes from Allah. Thus, the person will become the person who is described in the above verse as the person who has the belief on the unseen or the believer. A person who believe in the unseen or the believer is also known as the person who fears Allah. Who is the person who fears Allah? The person who fears Allah is the person who fears to disobey the order of Allah because of the love that person has towards Allah. Allah also mentions in the above verse of the Quran that the person who obtain taqwa or who obtain the fears of Allah is also the person who are successful. In the above verse, Allah mentions that a person who is taqwa is the person who is rightly guided by Allah and the person who will be successful.

Many people want to know who the person on the correct path is or who, are the persons who have obtained the correct guidance from Allah. Many people in this world claim that they are on the right path while others on the wrong path. In the above verse of the Quran, Allah clearly defines that the person who is on the correct path or the persons who have obtained the correct guidance from Allah are the person who obtain taqwa. In order to know whether we are in the correct path or in the wrong path we must look at the outcome which we have obtained by following the path. In case by following the path, we have obtained taqwa, it means we are following the correct path. In case by following the path we do not obtain taqwa, it mean we are following the wrong path or the path which is not guided by Allah. It is also mention in this verse of the Quran, that the ones who are rightly guided by Allah are the ones who will become successful in this world and in the hereafter. The persons who are taqwa are the ones who are rightly guided by Allah and who are blessed with the understanding of the Quran and Hadis.

However the ones who do not believe in the unseen, who does not safeguard their solat and who does not pay zakat are not the persons who have taqwa. The persons who are not taqwa are not the ones who are rightly guided by Allah and are not the persons who are blessed with the understanding of the Quran and Hadis. It is the same, for those who are not having taqwa whether they are reminded about Allah and the orders of Allah or not; Allah says in the above verse of the Quran; as for the unbelievers, it is the same for them, whether you forewarn them or you do not forewarn them, they will not have faith in Allah and the orders of Allah. A person who is not taqwa is like the person who does not have light in his heart, who does not have light in his eyes and who does not have light in his ears and they are similar to those who are blind and deaf. A person who is blind and deaf is a person who does not see and a person who does not hear. A person who is unbeliever or the person who does not believe in the unseen is the same as the person who is blind and deaf.

In case we warn a deaf person with sound, the deaf person will not hear the sound and in case we warn a blind person with the words, the blind person will not see the words and in case we warn a person whose heart has been sealed by Allah with words and sound the person will not have any feeling. Although the unbelievers are described by Allah as deaf and blind but that does not mean we have to stop reminding the deaf and the blind about Allah and the orders of Allah. As Muslims we have to continue reminding the deaf and the blind because it is the order of Allah and our intention in reminding them is only to please Allah. As Muslim, we have the belief that we never know when Allah will make the blind and the deaf able to see and to hear. Allah has described in the above verse of the Quran about the unbelievers to be the same as the blind and the deaf and that Allah has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing and over their eyes there is a veil and  a grievous punishment awaits them.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The first verse of Surah Al-Baqarah is the verse ‘Alif, lam, Mim. It is interesting to note that there is no one who knows about the exact meaning of the verse ‘Alif, lam, Mim except Allah. In my opinion the word Alif, lam, Mim must have a very significant meaning or otherwise Allah will not place the letters Alif lam, Mim as the first verse in the Surah of Al-Baqarah which is the first Surah of the Quran after the Surah Al-Fatihah. What is the significant of the verse Alif, lam, Mim? There is no one including our Prophet Muhammad saw who knows the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim. The only one who knows exactly about the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim is Allah. Other than Allah there is no one who knows about the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim. Why our Prophet Muhammad saw did not know the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim? Our Prophet Muhammad saw did not know the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim simply because Allah did not reveal the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim to him. Our Prophet Muhammad saw will only know the meaning of the verse of the Quran when the meaning is revealed to him. With this verse of Alif, lam, Mim it clearly shows that the Quran is not the words of Prophet Muhammad saw but the words of Allah which was revealed to our Prophet Muhammad saw.The work of our Prophet Muhammad saw was only to receive the words of Allah and to deliver the words of Allah to the entire mankind. Some of the unbelievers believe that the Quran is the words of our Prophet Muhammad saw while some of the unbelievers believe the Quran is the words of syaitan and they want to burn the Quran.

Quran is the words of Allah and it is not the words of our Prophet Muhammad saw. Our Prophet Muhammad saw will know the meaning of Alif, lam, Mim only when Allah teaches him the meaning of the verse Alif, lam, Mim. When Allah did not teach him the meaning of Alif, lam, Mim our Prophet Muhammad saw will not know the meaning of Alif, lam, Mim. There is no one who knows about the meaning of Alif, lam, Mim except Allah. Why the Surah Al-Baqarah should begin with the verse Alif, lam, Mim, when no one except Allah knows the meaning of Alif, lam, Mim? In my opinion, Allah makes the Surah Al-Baqarah to begins with the verse Alif, lam, Mim because Allah wants the Muslims to read the Quran with the believe in their heart, that there is no one who knows except Allah. Quran is the words of Allah. Allah will give the understanding of the Quran only to those Muslims who believe in their hearts that there is no one who knows except Allah. Muslims, who reads the Quran without having the belief in their hearts, that there is no one who knows except Allah will not be given by Allah the understanding of the Quran. In my opinion the verse Alif, lam, Mim indicates the meaning of the Great Kalimah; there is no one who knows except Allah and Prophet Muhammad will knows only with the permission of Allah. In my opinion Allah begins the Quran with the verse which shows the implied meaning of the Great Kalimah. Why should Allah begin the Quran with the Great Kalimah? Allah begins the Quran with the Great Kalimah because the Great Kalimah is the foundation of the Quran and it is the foundation of Islam. A person who is not having the Great Kalimah in their heart will not be able to understand the Quran. A person who is not having the Great Kalimah in their heart will not be able to obey all the orders of Allah which are mention in the Quran. Only person who is having the Great Kalimah in their heart will be able to understand the Quran and will be able to obey all the orders of Allah which are mention in the Quran. In order for the Quran to become the means of blessing and a syifaq to a person, the persons must have the Great Kalimah in their heart.

Allah mentions in the above verse of the Quran, that Quran is without doubt is a guide for those who are God-fearing (taqwa). The word without doubt, means with certainty or without having doubt on the truth of the words, that Quran is with certainty a guide for those who are taqwa or God-fearing. Who is saying that ‘the Quran is without doubt a guide for those who have taqwa or God-fearing’? There is no one else other than Allah himself, who is the Creator of the whole mankind and the One who has revealed the Quran to our Prophet Muhammad saw saying that Quran is without doubt a guide for those who have taqwa or God-fearing. In this verse of the Quran, it is explicitly mentioned that the Quran is a guide for those who have taqwa or God-Fearing. It is also the same as saying that the Quran is not a guide for those who do not have taqwa or who are not God-fearing. In other words, only those who are God-fearing or who have taqwa will understand the true meaning of the Quran while those who are not God-fearing or who do not have taqwa will not have the correct understanding of the Quran. In other words Muslims must learn how to have taqwa before they can learn the Quran.

On the contrary, since more than one thousand years ago, it is the common practice of all the Muslims all over the world, to learn the Quran first but never to learn how to have taqwa. Since more than one thousand years ago it is the common practice of all Muslims all over the world to send their children to Madrasah to learn how to read and to memorize the Quran. I have never knew and heard of Muslims sending their children to Madrasah to learn taqwa.  I think there is no one who send their children to Madrasah to learn taqwa. The Muslims are sending their children to Madrasah only to learn how to read and memorize the Quran. Why the Muslims are not sending their children to Madrasah to learn taqwa? Muslims are not sending their children to Madrasah to learn taqwa because they themselves do not know how to teach their children to have taqwa. Why the Muslims do not know how to teach their children to have taqwa? In my opinion, Muslims do not know how to teach their children to have taqwa because since more than one thousand years ago, there is none from among the Muslims in the whole world who is taqwa and knows how to teach Muslims children to have taqwa. This is the reason why, since more than one thousand years ago there is not even a single Madrasah in this world which teaches our Muslims children to have taqwa. All the Madrasah in the whole world are only teaching the Muslims children how to read and memorize the Quran and Hadis.

Hazrat Omar, the companion of prophet Muhammad used to say that we learn iman or taqwa first before we learn the Quran. When the children have completed the study on how to read and memorize the Quran then they become the so called Muslims scholars. Unfortunately these Muslims scholars only know how to read and memorize the Quran and the Islamic books but they neither have taqwa nor they know how to teach the Muslims to obtain taqwa. Since the Muslims scholars themselves are not having taqwa or not God-fearing, they do not have the correct understanding of the Quran even though they know the Arabic language. The Muslims scholars may know the literal meaning of the Quran but they do not know the true meaning of the Quran. Nowadays, the Islamic Madrasah or the Islamic schools in the whole world are not producing Muslims scholars who have taqwa or God-fearing but only producing Muslims scholars who only know how to read Islamic books, memorize the Quran and narrate the Hadis. Because of the fact that the Muslims scholars produced by all the Madrasah and Islamic schools in this world are not having taqwa, Allah does not give the true and correct understanding of the Quran to our Muslims scholars.

In order for our Muslims scholars to have the true understanding of the Quran, they must initially learn how to have taqwa before they can learn about the Quran. When our Muslims Scholars have taqwa then only they will be able to have the true understanding of the Quran. In the above verse of the Quran it is clearly mention that the Quran is a guide only to those who are taqwa and therefore the Quran is not a guide to those who are not taqwa or who are not God-fearing. How to have taqwa or to become God-fearing person? In order to know how to become a person who has taqwa or a person of God-fearing we have to know first the qualities of those who are regarded by Allah as the person of taqwa. Who is the person who has taqwa or who is God-fearing?  Allah explain the qualities of the person who has taqwa are those who believe in the unseen, who are steadfast in prayer, who spend out of what we have given them, who believe in that which has been revealed to you (Muhammad) and in the Scriptures which were revealed before you (Muhammad) and who are firmly believe in the existence of the Hereafter. A person with taqwa or a person who is God-fearing is the persons who have the belief in the unseen. What it means by the belief in the unseen? The belief in the unseen is to have the believe in the Six Pillars of Iman which is to believe in Allah, to believe in all the Prophets, to believe in the angels, to believe in all the books which were revealed by Allah to all the Prophets, to believe in the existence of the hereafter and to believe that both the good and evils comes only from Allah.

A person who has all the above qualities is known as the person who has taqwa or the person who is God-fearing. A person who has taqwa is the person who receives guidance from Allah and the person who has taqwa is the person who will be given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran. Many Muslims and Muslims Scholars know the definition of the person of taqwa but I think there is none among all the Muslims scholars in this world who knows on how to make the Muslims in this world to become the person of taqwa. Why I am saying, that there is none among all the Muslims scholars in this world who knows how to make the Muslims in this world to become the person of taqwa? When in this world there is none who understand the true meaning of the Quran, I presume there is also none among the Muslims scholars who knows how to become the person with taqwa and to teach other Muslims how to become the persons with taqwa. In my opinion, the most important question remain to be answered is the question on how to make ourselves and all the Muslims to become the person with taqwa.

Allah has given the Muslims the Six Pillars of Iman and the Five Pillars of Islam. The qualities of Muslims who have taqwa are mentioned as those who believe in the unseen, who believe in that which has been revealed to you (Quran) and in the scriptures which were revealed before you (all the other books of Allah) and who are firmly believe in the existence of the Hereafter. The belief in Allah, the belief in the angels, the belief in all the Prophets and the belief good and evils come from Allah can all be group under the belief in the unseen. A person who has taqwa must have the correct level of belief in all the Six Pillars of Iman. A person who has obtained the correct level of belief in all the Six Pillars of Iman is known as the believer or as mention in the above verse of the Quran as the person who believe in the unseen. How to obtain the correct level of belief in all the Six Pillars of Iman? How to become a believer or the person who believe in the unseen? In order for a person to become a believer, a person who has recited the Great Kalimah must do the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils in the way shown by our Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention only to please Allah. In the Quran it is mention that whoever does the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils that person will obtain iman. Allah says with the approximate meaning; You are the best umat send to the entire mankind, you invite mankind to good and you prevent mankind from evils and you have iman in Allah. What is the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils? It is the work of inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah and to remind the Muslims about the meaning of the Great Kalimah and to invite the Muslims to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and to perform the five times daily prayers.

The work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils must be done daily by all the Muslims who have recited the Great Kalimah in their own locality with sacrifice and steadfastness in the way shown by our Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention only to please Allah and with the approximate duration of time of about forty-five minutes.  How long it takes for a person to become a believer or the person who believe in the unseen? In order for me to answer this question we need to refer to the average time taken by our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions to become a believer or the person who believe in the unseen. When Allah gave Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions the order to perform the five times daily prayers on the tenth year of the revelation, it shows to us that our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions were able to attain the status of a believer only on the tenth year of the revelation.

The order to perform the five times daily prayers was only given to the Muslims on the tenth year of revelation. What is the order of Allah which was performed by our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions before the order to performs the five times daily prayer was given to the Muslims? The order of Allah which was performed by our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions prior to the order of performing the five times daily prayers is the order to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. Our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions were doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in and around Mecca with sacrifice and steadfastness. When our Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions had done the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in and around Mecca with sacrifice and steadfastness for about ten years, Allah gave the Muslims the order to perform the five times daily prayers. Why Allah gave the Muslims the order to perform the five times daily prayer only on the tenth year of the revelation? Allah gave the Muslims the order to perform the five times daily prayer only on the tenth year of the revelation because the Muslims on the tenth year of the revelation have become the believers or those who believe in the unseen. I believe that the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with steadfastness and sacrifices which our Prophet Muhammad saw and his companion had done in Mecca for about ten years had made them to become believers or to become those who believe in the unseen. In my opinion, a Muslim will takes at least, a minimum of ten years in doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils (with steadfastness and sacrifices) in their own locality before the Muslim can attain the status of a believer or the status of a person who believe in the unseen.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Good or evil come only from Allah. There is no one who is able to give good and evil except Allah. Allah does only good. Allah never does any evil or bad action. Good or bad comes only from Allah. Allah gives good when men are doing good action and Allah gives evil when men are doing evil action. Wars that exist between men are evil and the evil come from Allah. War and peace come from Allah. Allah is the one who gives peace to men and Allah is the one who gives war to men. Allah is the one who gives good and Allah is the one who gives evil to men. What men should do in order to make Allah gives good to them? Men must do good actions then Allah will give good to men. Good actions are the mean upon which Allah will give good to men and evil actions are the mean upon which Allah will give evil to men. Allah is the one who gives good or evil to men.  Allah decides to give good or bad to men according to the actions of men. Men are given the choice either to do good or to do bad actions. When men choose to do bad actions, Allah will give men the permission to do evil actions. When men choose to do good actions, Allah will give men the permission to do good actions.

When men choose to love each other, Allah will give men the permission to love each other. When men choose to hate each other, Allah will give men the permission to hate each other. Allah orders men to love Allah, to love those who are loved by Allah and to love all the creations of Allah. Allah never order men to hate Allah or to hate the persons who are loved by Allah or to hate other creations of Allah. Allah does not order men to hate evils deed and to hate the evil doers. Allah orders us to love even the evil doers. What it means to love the evil doers? It means to prevent the evil doers from committing the evil deeds by inviting the evil doers to do good. When Muslims are doing good deeds, Muslims should not do the good deeds because the Muslims love the good deeds but because it is the order of Allah and only to please Him. Allah orders the Muslims not to do evil deeds. Muslims should avoid from doing the evil deeds, not because the Muslims hate the evil deeds but because it is the order of Allah and to please Allah. Allah orders Muslims to love Allah, to love the persons who are loved by Allah and to love all the creations of Allah. Hatred is not the quality of Allah and it should not become the quality of those who wants to be loved by Allah. When Muslims hate the creations of Allah the Muslims have disobeyed the order of Allah. Allah is the most merciful and the most compassionate. Allah wants men to have the quality of merciful and compassionate. When Muslims are merciful and compassionate toward the creations of Allah, Muslims have obeyed the order of Allah.

We will be able to love all the creations of Allah and to love those who are loved by Allah only when in our heart there is love of Allah. When there is no love of Allah in our hearts, it will not be possible for us to love all the creations of Allah and to love those who are loved by Allah. How men will have love Allah in their hearts when men cannot even see Allah? Although men cannot see Allah but men can see the creations of Allah. Men can also see the good and the bad, which come from the creations of Allah. In order for men to love Allah who is unseen, men need to believe that all the creations, which are visible to men, are created by Allah. In order for men to love Allah who is unseen, men need to believe that good and bad which appear to come from the creations is actually come from Allah. How can such belief of the unseen can come into the hearts and minds of men? In order for such belief to come into the heart and mind of men, the first thing men should do is to recite the Great Kalimah. What is the Great Kalimah? The Great Kalimah is to recite; “I bear witness there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

Once men have recited the Great Kalimah, men should do the work, which will make the Great Kalimah enter into their hearts. What is the work to be done? It is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil. What is the meaning of the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evil? The non-Muslims must be invited to recite the Great Kalimah and the Muslims must be reminded about the Great Kalimah and must be invited to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and to perform the five times daily prayers. When a person is speaking and hearing about the meaning of the Great Kalimah repeatedly and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, Allah will place the Great Kalimah and the love of Allah into the person’s heart. When the Great Kalimah and the love of Allah is inside the heart of a person then that person will be able to love Allah, to love those who are loved by Allah and to love all the creations of Allah.

Allah orders Muslims to deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims and not to convince the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. Allah orders Muslims to invite the non-Muslims to become Muslims and not to convince the non-Muslims to become Muslims. Allah does not order Muslims to convince the non-Muslims to become Muslims or to convince the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. Muslims are ordered by Allah only to convey the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims. Allah orders the Muslims to convey the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims with love and affection. Allah does not order the Muslims to deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims with force. Allah does not order the Muslims to wage war against the non-Muslims who choose not to recite the Great Kalimah or to wage war against the Muslims who choose not to obey the orders of Allah. Prophet Muhammad saw had never wage war against the non-Muslims who do not want to recite the Great Kalimah or against the Muslims who do not want to obey the orders of Allah. Whatever done by the Prophet Muhammad saw is known as Sunnah and the Sunnah is explaining the correct meaning of the Quran. The correct meaning of the Quran can only be correctly interpreted by the actions of Prophet Muhammad saw. Even the actions of the companions of Prophet Muhammad saw cannot be used to interpret the true meaning of the Quran. The actions of Prophet Muhammad saw are the Sunnah, the Sunnah is to explain the wishes of Allah, and the wishes of Allah are the Quran. Our Prophet Muhammad saw has left to the Muslims; the Quran and the Sunnah.

Prophet Muhammad saw has said with the approximate meaning; “Whoever among my umat follows the Quran and the Sunnah, they will not be forever deviated from the correct path, even though the Prophet Muhammad saw is no longer with the Muslims”. The action of Hazrat Abu Bakar r.anhu to wage war against the Muslims who became apostate and who refused to pay alms or zakat after the demise of Prophet Muhammad saw is not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. Similarly, the action of Hazrat Abu Bakar r.anhu and Hazrat Umar r.anhu to compile the Quran in the form of a book is also not the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw. Whatever action of a Muslim, which is not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw, is known as Bid’ah. Bid’ah practices can either be Haram (strictly forbidden) or Makruh (not strictly forbidden). The person who practices Bid’ah, which is Haram, is committing sins but the person who practices Bid’ah, which is Makruh, is not committing sins. There are two types of Makruh. The first type is known as Makruh Tahrimi (not strictly forbidden of the higher level). The second type is known as Makruh Tanzih (not strictly forbidden of the lower level).The actions of Hazrat Abu Bakar to wage war against the Muslims who became apostate and Muslims who refuse to pay zakat after the demise of Prophet Muhammad saw is Makruh Tahrimi and the action of Hazrat Abu Bakar and Hazrat Umar to compile the Quran in the form of a book is Makruh Tanzih.

Allah orders the Muslims to love Allah, to love those who are loved by Allah and to love the whole creations of Allah. Love means to do justice to the non-Muslims and the Muslims. Love means to invite the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah and to remind the Muslims about the Great Kalimah and to invite Muslims to obey the orders of Allah. Islam is a religion of love, but the actions of Muslims do not seem to show that Islam is the religion of love. Non-Muslims will not know about the true teaching of Islam because many of them will never read and learn about Islam. Non-Muslims will only understand about Islam by looking at the actions of the Muslims. In my opinion, it is hard for the non-Muslims to believe that Islam is a religion of love by looking at the actions of the Muslims.  What is the true teaching of Islam?  Islam teaches the Muslims to love all the non-Muslims and not to hate the non-Muslims. Islam teaches Muslims to invite the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah with love and affection.  According to the teaching of Islam a person who never recite the Great Kalimah will never become successful in this world and hereafter and a person who never recites the Great Kalimah will never enter paradise and will never obtain the salvation (syafaat) of the Prophet Muhammad saw. A true Muslim will love the non-Muslims. When Muslims have become the true Muslims, the Muslims will love the non-Muslims in their hearts and when the Muslims love the non-Muslims in their hearts, the Muslims will invite the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. Nowadays the Muslims are not having the love of the non-Muslims in their hearts and because of that; the Muslims are not inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. In my opinion, nowadays the Muslims in the whole world are not inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah in the way done by Prophet Muhammad saw, because the Muslims are not having the love to the non-Muslims in their hearts.

Allah loves men and all of His creations. Allah wants men to love Allah. Allah wants men to obey all the orders of Allah and to become successful in this world and the hereafter. Allah has created men with His own hand. As compare to all the other creations of Allah, Allah loves men the most.  Allah has created men as His best creation. Allah has created men with His own hand and Allah loves whatever He has created. Who does not love things, which they have created? Everyone loves the things, which they have created. Similarly, Allah who is the creator of men loves men and all the other creations, which are created by Allah. Allah has created men for Him and He has created all the other creations to serve men. Allah wants the whole mankind to become successful in this world and the hereafter. In order for men to become successful men must obey all the orders of Allah in the way shown by the Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

In my opinion, a Hadis is a false Hadis when the meaning of the Hadis does not complement the meaning of any verses of the Quran. Hadis is the words of Prophet Muhammad saw which explain about the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Sunnah is the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw which explain about the Quran. When a Hadis does not complement the meaning of the Quran, the Hadis must be a false Hadis. Many Muslims unknowingly follow and practice the false Hadis and when they follow the false Hadis, their Islamic practices are not the true Islamic practices. The practice of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils or the practice of inviting men to Allah is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and also the Sunnah of all the Prophets in the past. Similarly the practice of performing the five times daily prayers and the practice of eating with the hands are also the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. But when the Sunnah is made obligatory then the Sunnah is a Great Sunnah and when the Sunnah is made Sunnat then the Sunnah is a small Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. All the orders of Allah are the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. However there are some of the orders of Allah which are made Fardu or obligatory to be performed by Muslims and there are some of the orders of Allah which are made Sunnat to be performed by all Muslims. Both the orders of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and the order of performing the five times daily prayers are Fardu or obligatory to be performed by all Muslims. The orders of Allah which are Fardu or obligatory is divided into two kinds of Fardu.  The first kind of Fardu is known as Fardu Kifayah. When the order of Allah is made to be Fardu Kifayah, it means the order is obligatory to be performed by men with a Jemaah or congregation. When the order of Allah is said to be Fardu Ain, it means the order is Fardu or obligatory to be performed by every individual Muslims, either males or females. Such practices like wearing the turban and eating foods with the right hand are the Sunnah which is Sunnat which is not Muakkad or only recommended to be practiced by all Muslims.

The practice of having beard is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw but the Sunnah is not obligatory or Fardu to be practiced by Muslim men. The Sunnah of having beard is Sunnat Muakkad which means it is highly recommended and the practice of shaving the beard is Makruh Tahrimi, a practice which should be highly avoided by all Muslim men. There are also practices or the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which is Sunnat, a Sunnat which is not Muakkad or recommended to be practiced by Muslims. The practice of wearing turban or eating with the right hand is the Sunnah which is a non-Muakkad Sunnat or only recommended to be practiced by Muslims. When the Muslims are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils or when the Muslims are not performing the five times daily prayers or when the Muslims are not fasting in the month of Ramadan, it means the Muslims are not practicing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are obligatory or Fardu to be performed by all Muslims. When Muslims are not wearing the turban or when Muslims are not having the beard or when the Muslims are not eating foods with the right hand, it means that the Muslims are not practicing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are Sunnat to be performed by all Muslims. When Muslims are not performing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are obligatory, the Muslims are disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are committing sins.

When Muslims are not performing the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are Sunnat, the Muslims are not disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are not committing any sins. When Muslims are performing the Sunnah which is either Fardu or Sunnat, the Muslims are obeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims will be rewarded by Allah. When the Muslims are not performing the orders of Allah which are obligatory or Fardu, the Muslims are said to be disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are committing an acts of sins. When the Muslims are practicing the actions which are not allowed by Allah the Muslims are also disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are also committing an acts of sins. When the Muslims are practicing an actions which are not ordered by Allah or not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw, the Muslims are performing an actions which are either Haram or strictly forbidden or actions which are not strictly forbidden or not strictly Haram to be performed by Muslims. The actions which are not strictly Haram is also known as Makruh. Actions which are Makruh or actions which are not strictly forbidden are divided into two types. One is known as Makruh Tahrimi or is not strictly forbidden (of the higher level) and the second type of Makruh which is known as Makruh Tanzih or is not strictly forbidden (of the lower level).

When Muslims are not practicing the orders of Allah which are obligatory or Fardu, the Muslims are said to be disobeying the orders of Allah and they are committing sins. When Muslims are practicing something which is forbidden by Allah such as the practice of drinking alcohol and the practice of premarital sex, the Muslims are said to be disobeying the orders of Allah and the Muslims are committing sins. When Muslims are practicing something which is neither ordered by Allah nor the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw the Muslims are practicing something which is either Haram or Makruh. Haram means strictly forbidden and Makruh means not strictly forbidden. The practices of going out in the path of ibadah for 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime are practices which is mainly done by the members of Jemaah Tabligh which neither ordered by Allah nor it is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Although the practices are not ordered by Allah but Muslims are not prevented by Allah to practice such practices. What is the Hukum for such practices in our life? Because the practices of going out in the path of ibadah for 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime is not the order of Allah and not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw but they are not prevented by Allah, a Muslim who follows such practices is doing something which is Makruh Tahrimi or a practice not strictly forbidden but of the higher level. A person who practices Makruh Tahrimi can fall into Haram or strictly forbidden act when such practices cause harmful to the family such as no basic needs or not being adequately provided for family or lying to employer to obtain leave 40 days or 4 months. When a person practice an action which is Haram or forbidden by Allah then he is committing an act of sins.

Actions which are not ordered by Allah or not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw are actions which are either Makruh or Haram. The Makruh can either be Makruh Tahrimi or Makruh Tanzih. Therefore, actions which are ordered by Allah or the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw are either Fardu or Sunnat and the Sunnat can either be Sunnat Muakkad or highly recommended or Sunnat which is not Muakkad or recommended. There are only two orders of Allah which the Muslims are obligatory to perform as an individual and as a Jemaah or with congregation. The two orders which are obligatory to all Muslims men and women whether as an individual (Fardu Ain) or as a Jemaah (Fardu Kifayah) are the orders of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and the order of performing the five times daily prayer. When the order is Fardu Kifayah, it means the order is obligatory to be performed by Muslims men as a Jemaah or with congregation and when the order is Fardu Ain it means the order is obligatory to be performed individually by all Muslims male or female. When an order is obligatory or Fardu to be performed both as an individual and as a Jemaah, it shows that the order is a very important order of Allah. Both the order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and the order of performing the five times daily prayers are both obligatory to be done by Muslims as Fardu Ain and as Fardu Kifayah. When the order is Fardu Kifayah, it means the order is obligatory to be performed daily with Jemaah or congregation at least by some adult men in the locality. When either one or both of the orders are not done with Jemaah or with congregation in any Muslims locality then the whole Muslims living in that locality are committing an act of sins. Nowadays, there are many mosques in different localities in which the performance of the five times daily prayers are done with Jemaah or congregation. However, there are very few mosques in a very few localities in the whole world in which the performance of the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is done with Jemaah or congregation.

The work of inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah is the same work of inviting men to Allah and it is the same work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. Jemaah Tabligh is a movement which supposes to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils but contrary to the name, Jemaah Tabligh does not encourage their followers to do the work of inviting the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah. I would like to ask the question to Jemaah Tabligh whether their movement does the work of Tabligh or a movement which does only ibadah? When the elders of Jemaah Tabligh do not encourage their followers to invite the non-Muslims to recite the Great Kalimah, it means Jemaah Tabligh is not doing the work of Tabligh but only the work of ibadah. What is the meaning of Tabligh? Tabligh means to deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims but in reality Jemaah Tabligh is not doing the work of delivering the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims and therefore Jemaah Tabligh is not doing the work of Tabligh. Why should the Muslims call a Jemaah which does not do the work of Tabligh by the name of Jemaah Tabligh? In my opinion the correct name for Jemaah Tabligh is not Jemaah Tabligh or the movement of iman but should be known by the name of Jemaah Ibadah or Jemaah Tarikat. Tabligh is one of the qualities of Prophet Muhammad saw and Tabligh mean to deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims. Does Jemaah Tabligh delivers the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslim and do the work which is the same as the work of all Prophets? In my opinion, the work of Jemaah Tabligh is not the work of the Prophets and it is not the work of the Prophets because Jemaah Tabligh does not deliver the Great Kalimah to the non-Muslims.

What is the main work of Jemaah Tabligh? The main work of Jemaah Tabligh is only to invite Muslims to go out in the path of ibadah for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in their whole lifetime. According to Jemaah Tabligh whoever spend 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in their lifetime will obtain strong iman and good amal. The Key performance Index(KPI) of the member of Jemaah Tabligh is to obtain more peoples to join them. The more peoples they could recruit to join Jemaah Tabligh, the more rewards, the more iman, and the more amal that person will obtain from Allah. Why do the members of Jemaah Tabligh spend time for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah? Is the practice is an order of Allah or the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw?  I think there is not even one verse in the Quran which orders the Muslims to spend time for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months, once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah. If there is not even one verse of the Quran which orders the Muslims to spend time for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah, thus, it is no doubt such practice is not the order of Allah and not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. When a practice is neither the order of Allah nor the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw, then the practice could either be Makruh or Haram. Because the practice is not forbidden by Allah the Hukum of doing such practices should be Makruh Tahrimi.

When an action is not the order of Allah and also not from the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw, the actions cannot be Fardu or Sunnat to be performed by Muslims. Any action which is not ordered by Allah can either be Haram or Makruh and certainly the actions; can never be Fardu or Sunnat. When the members of Jemaah Tabligh are practicing the act of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah, they are actually practicing something which is neither the orders of Allah nor the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw but an act which is Makruh Tahrimi. It is very unfortunate for the members of Jemaah Tabligh who believe that they are practicing the order of Allah which is Fardu or obligatory but in fact they are practicing something which is Makruh Tahrimi. When a person practice an act of Makruh Tahrimi but such practices have caused harmful to an extent even the needs of their families are not adequately provided then the practices of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime in the path of ibadah become Haram.

What a shame to both the elders and the members of Jemaah Tabligh who believe that they are on the path of Sunnah or the right path but in reality they are in the wrong path. All praise be to Allah who has saved me from following the wrong path of Jemaah Tabligh. I am praying to Allah to show to both the elders and the members of Jemaah Tabligh the correct path. I love all of them because I was with them for nearly thirty years. When I was with Jemaah Tabligh, I also believed that the practice of going out in the path of ibadah for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime was a correct practice. At that time I did not know that the practice of Jemaah Tabligh is Makruh Tahrimi. Now, it is only Allah who has made me to understand that the practice of Jemaah Tabligh is Makruh Tahrimi. If I had known that the practice of going out for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months is Makruh Tahrimi, I will not join the work of Jemaah Tabligh but I remained with Jemaah Tabligh because I was ‘blind’ for nearly thirty years.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

In my opinion, Muslims who are not particular in observing the Sunnah which is obligatory to be practiced by Muslims should not busy practicing the Sunnah which is Sunnat, either the Sunnah is Sunnat Muakkad or not Sunnat Muakkad. Many Muslims in Jemaah Tabligh and Jemaah Al-Arqam are very particular in observing the Sunnah which is only Sunnat but they are not particular in observing the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory. Many Muslims think that the orders of Allah which are Fardu to be performed by Muslims are not Sunnah. As for example, many Muslims think that the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is not the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. What is the Hukum of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils? I think there are many Muslims who do not know the Hukum of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. In the Quran, Allah says with the approximate meaning; Say Muhammad to your umat this is my path, the path of calling peoples to Allah with Basiroh and this is my path or the path of those who follow me. The path mention in the above verse of the Quran does not mean the path or the road which is found in this material world. The path which is mention in the above verse of the Quran is the action which will bring men to Allah. What is the action which will bring men to Allah? The actions which will bring men to Allah are the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw which are also known as Sunnah. The action of calling peoples to Allah is the same as the action of calling men to good and forbidding men from evils and it is the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.

In my opinion, the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory to be practiced by Muslims should be called as the Great Sunnah and the Sunnah which is Sunnat to be practiced by Muslims should be known as the small Sunnah. Many Muslims in Jemaah Tabligh and Jemaah Al-Arqam are very particular in observing the small Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw such as the Sunnah of wearing of turban and jubbah but they are not particular in observing the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. In this verse of the Quran, it is mentioned that the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is to invite men to Allah which is the same as the work of inviting men to good and forbidding men from evils. What is the Hukum of this Sunnah of inviting men to good and forbidding men from evils? The Hukum is Fardu Kifayah and Fardu Ain. All the actions of our Prophet Muhammad saw are called Sunnah. Sunnah is not the same as Sunnat because the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw can either be Fardu or Sunnat. All practices which are not done by our Prophet Muhammad saw are known as Bid’ah. Bid’ah practices are the practices which are not Sunnah. Bid’ah practices can either be Haram or Makruh. The practice of Jemaah Tabligh in going out for 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime are Bid’ah. Allah orders Muslims to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and not the Bid’aah. When the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is revived, then Islam will be revived. How to revive Islam? In order to revive Islam we have to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and we have to start by reviving the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. The Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is also the first order of Allah. The first order of Allah is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils and it is the same as the work to call people to Allah. The work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is also the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah, I bear witness there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. When the Greatest Sunnah is revived then other Sunnah will also be revived. I believe the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad will never be revived by Bid’ah practices. Nor the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad be revived by having power or by having wealth. The only way to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is by reviving the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.

Jemaah Tabligh claim to the world to be the Jemaah which revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. What is the approach taken by Jemaah Tabligh to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw? In order to revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw, Jemaah Tabligh takes the approach of reviving the small Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. According to them, when the small Sunnah is revived, all other Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw will then be revived. In order to revive the small Sunnah, Jemaah Tabligh  invite Muslims to go out in the path of ibadah for 3 days in a month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime, a practice which is Bid’ah. How could we revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw by first reviving the small Sunnah and how could we revive the small Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw via Bid’ah practices? In my opinion the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw will never be revived in this world with the method use by Jemaah Tabligh. I think the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh are not the real ulama who understand about Quran and Hadis and who know how to revive Islam. There are so many misunderstanding about Sunnah in Jemaah Tabligh. One of the misunderstandings in Jemaah Tabligh is to believe that all Sunnah are Great Sunnah. According to them, to practice and to revive Sunnah is obligatory. In my opinion it is absurd to believe all Sunnah are Great Sunnah. Sunnah is the action of our Prophet Muhammad saw. Sunnah is also the orders of Allah. When the order of Allah is great the Sunnah is also great and when the order of Allah is small the Sunnah is also small. A Great Sunnah is the Sunnah which is Fardu or obligatory to be performed by Muslims and a Sunnah which is small is the Sunnah which is Sunnat to be performed by Muslims.

I think it is impossible to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw or to revive Islam by reviving the Small Sunnah. It is illogical to believe something which is small will be able to revive something which is great. It is only logical to believe something great to revive something which is small. In my opinion, the work of Jemaah Tabligh is the work of stupid peoples who wants to revive Islam or the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw by reviving first the small Sunnah. Jemaah Tabligh is trying to revive the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw by inviting Muslims to practice the small Sunnah such as the Sunnah of having beard, wearing turban and jubbah, taking meals with hand and licking the fingers after taking a meal. The fact that they ask their followers to discuss daily about the small Sunnah such as the Sunnah of eating, sleeping and the Sunnah of going to the toilet during their outing for 3 days or 40 days or 4 months only shows that they just serious in reviving the small Sunnah. The fact that they do not ask their followers to discuss daily about the Greatest Sunnah which is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils only shows they are not serious in reviving the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. In my opinion, it is a very great tragedy for Jemaah Tabligh which claim to be the Jemaah that revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw but refuse or not willing to revive the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw.

As for example, the Sunnah of taking food with the hand is only Sunnat that is not even Muakkad but only recommended for Muslims to practice. However, many Muslims especially in Jemaah Tabligh who regards the Sunnah of taking food with hands as the Sunnah which is obligatory or Fardu to be practiced by Muslims. I still remember at one time when I was with Jemaah Tabligh, I was scorned by one of the members of Jemaah Tabligh because I was not using hand but a spoon. According to Jemaah Tabligh, eating with a spoon is not Sunnah and therefore it is not befitting for a person with the status of syurah Malaysia to eat with a spoon and not with his fingers. There are many members of Jemaah Tabligh who insists on eating with their fingers and by sitting down on the floor and not on the chairs simply because they believe it is the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw and to practice these small Sunnah according to many members of Jemaah Tabligh is obligatory. Whenever a member of Jemaah Tabligh does any amal, the aim is only to gain rewards and not to please Allah. Many of the members of Jemaah Tabligh who believe to practice a Sunnah is to revive the Sunnah and whoever revives a Sunnah at the time when the Muslims are away from Islam that person will be rewarded with the rewards of hundred martyrs. How does Jemaah Tabligh motivate their followers to undertake certain action or to do certain amals? Jemaah Tabligh motivates their followers to undertake certain actions or to do certain amals by telling them about the reward they will get in doing such actions or amals. When the members of Jemaah Tabligh know that they will obtain the reward of hundred martyrs by reviving only one Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw, they become very enthusiastic in reviving the Sunnah particularly in reviving the small Sunnah. The mindset of the members of Jemaah Tabligh is only about rewards and paradise. Whenever the members of Jemaah Tabligh do any actions or amals, they will do only to gain reward and paradise and not to gain the pleasure of Allah. The members of Jemaah Tabligh are very particular in reviving the small Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw because they want the reward of hundred martyrs.

In my opinion, Jemaah Tabligh does not have the real understanding of the word Sunnah which is mention in the Hadis with the approximate meaning; whosoever revive the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw in the time when the umat of Prophet Muhammad saw is away from Islam, will be given the reward of hundred martyrs. Is the Sunnah to be revived mention in this Hadis means, to revive all the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw which include reviving all the Small Sunnah or does it means to revive the Greatest Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw? According to Jemaah Tabligh the Sunnah which is mention in the Hadis is to revive any of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw which include reviving even the small Sunnah. In my opinion, to revive the Sunnah, means to revive the Greatest Sunnah. It is only when the Greatest Sunnah is revived then only all the other Sunnah will be revived. What is the Greatest Sunnah?  The Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw is the Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils.

Why the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh did not advise their followers to first revive the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw. Does the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh know what is the Greatest Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw? Does the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh know that the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils is the Greatest Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad saw? When I was with Jemaah Tabligh I had never heard from the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh that the work of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils is the Greatest Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Also I had never heard from them that the meaning of evil in the Quran refer to the action of not willing to recite the Great Kalimah and the meaning of good in the Quran refer to the action of willing to recite the Great Kalimah. I believe the verse of the Quran with the approximate meaning; to invite mankind to good does not mean to invite mankind to go out for 3 days or 40 days or 4 months or to practice the small Sunnah such as the Sunnah of eating and the Sunnah of sleeping but it means to invite mankind to recite the Great Kalimah; I bear witness there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is the Greatest Sunnah but the Sunnah of eating and sleeping are only the small Sunnah and to invite Muslims to go out for 3 days or 40 days or 4 months is actually to invite Muslims to practice Bid’ah. How can Jemaah Tabligh regards the practice of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months as the ‘Greatest Sunnah’? The Greatest Sunnah of Jemaah Tabligh in reality is only a Bid’ah. What a shame on Jemaah Tabligh?

What it means to revive the Sunnah in the Hadis is to revive the Greatest Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saw which is the Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and preventing mankind from evils. The ulama of Jemaah Tabligh are regarded by all of their followers as great ulama who understand about the Quran and Hadis. However in my opinion the ulama of Jemaah Tabligh are not the true ulama of the Muslims. In case they are the true ulama of the Muslims, they should be given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran. A true Muslims scholar or a true alim must be given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran. Why the elders of Jemaah Tabligh do not understand that the practice of going out for 3 days in a month, 40 days in a year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime is a Bid’ah practice? Why the elders of Jemaah Tabligh are not given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran? Why Allah does not give them the understanding of the Quran whereas they are the peoples who have studied the Quran for many years? Why Allah does not give them the understanding of the Quran whereas many of them have memorized the Quran and the Hadis? Allah has not given them the true understanding the Quran and Hadis because of one simple reason. What is the reason? They are not given by Allah the true understanding of the Quran and Hadis because they are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way done by our Prophet Muhammad saw.

Also Allah does not give the understanding to the elders of Jemaah Tabligh about the Hukum of doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is Fardu Kifayah and Fardu Ain. Thus the elders of Jemaah Tabligh does not order their followers to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils because they believe nowadays Muslims are not ready or not capable to do the work. What is understood by the elders of Jemaah Tabligh the work of Dakwah is mainly to invite Muslims to spend 3 days every month, 40 days every year and 4 months once in the whole lifetime and not to invite mankind to Allah. While spending time for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months the elders of Jemaah Tabligh order their followers to be busy practicing the small Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw such as the Sunnah of eating, drinking and sleeping. In my opinion, the elders of Jemaah Tabligh probably believe that the Sunnah of eating with hand is equal to the Sunnah of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. What a pity to Jemaah Tabligh who thinks and believes that they are in the correct path but in fact they are not. Oh Allah, guide the elders and the members of Jemaah Tabligh to the correct path.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
April 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Religion is actually not about solving problems but it is about obeying the orders of Allah with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. When Allah is pleased with any person, Allah promises to give to that person whatever that person wishes. Many men do not want to recite the Great Kalimah and many men who have recited the Great Kalimah do not want to obey all the orders of Allah. However all men want their problems to be solved by Allah. How will Allah solve the problems of men when men refuse to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey the orders of Allah? Non-Muslims should know that Allah will not solve their problems when they do not want to recite the Great Kalimah and the Muslims should know that Allah will not solve their problems when they do not want to obey all the orders of Allah. The Muslims should know that Allah will only listen to their doa or prayers and solved their problems when they obey all the orders of Allah including the most important order of Allah which is the first order of Allah. What is the first order of Allah to the persons who have recited the Great Kalimah? The first order of Allah to that person is to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. What is the greatest evil done by men? The greatest evil done by men is not to recite the Great Kalimah. What is the greatest evil done by those who have recited the Great Kalimah? The greatest evil done by those who have recited the Great Kalimah is not to deliver the Great Kalimah to those who have not recited the Great Kalimah.

However, there are many Muslims who want to solve their problems only by making doa. Because many Muslims know that their doa is not acceptable to Allah they make the practice of asking others whom they believe to be pious to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. Is this practice of requesting the pious persons to make doa in order for their problems to be solved by Allah is recommended in Islam? What is the Hukum of requesting the pious persons to make doa in order for our problems to be solved by Allah? It is makruh for Muslims to ask the pious persons to make doa so that his or her problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, in case you are a pious Muslim, it is not advisable or recommended for you to make doa when you are being asked by someone who has problems to make doa. In case Allah solves the problems, it may lead them to believe that it is because of your doa, their problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, it is advisable for any Muslims who have problems to make doa themselves so that they believe it is Allah who is solving their problems.

Why our doa is not accepted by Allah? Although we are Muslims but our doa is not accepted by Allah because we have disobeyed the orders of Allah particularly we have disobeyed the first order of Allah. In order for our doa to be accepted by Allah we have to obey all the orders of Allah particularly the very first order of Allah which is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased.  When Allah is pleased with us, Allah will accept our doa and Allah will solve all our problems. Allah orders the Muslims to perform prayer and bear patient whenever they have problems. Allah never orders Muslims to go to the pious Muslims in order to ask the pious Muslims to make doa for them. Muslims should make doa themselves and not to ask others to make doa for them. There is no need for Muslims to ask others to make doa for them as they can make doa themselves. All Muslims should be able to make doa themselves and they should not go to others whom they believe to be pious to make doa for them. In Islam it is makruh to request others to make doa for us so that our problems are solved by Allah. All Muslims is capable of becoming the persons whom their doa will be accepted by Allah provided that person is ready to recite the Great Kalimah and ready to obey all the orders of Allah particularly the very first order of Allah which is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased.

Everyone in this world is able to become the lover of Allah provided they choose to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah including the first order of Allah with the intention only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. In order to be able to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah, men require only time. Who has the time to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah including the first order of Allah? Whoever is still alive in this world has the time to choose to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah. Men will loss the time to be able to recite the Great Kalimah and to obey all the orders of Allah the moment men die or leave this world. How to make our doa accepted by Allah? Doa is the weapon of the believer. What it means by the weapon of the believer? The doa of the Muslims will become the weapon of the Muslims, when the doa of Muslims is accepted by Allah and when all the problems of the Muslims are solved by Allah through the doa of the Muslims. Doa is not the weapon of the Muslims who are not believers.

Many Muslims are Muslims who have entered Islam but they do not have iman which qualify them to become believers. There are Muslims who have iman but the level of iman does not qualify them to become believers. Muslims who are not believers cannot make their doa as their weapons because the doa of Muslims who are not believers is not accepted by Allah. In order for Muslims to be able to use their doa as weapons and with the permission of Allah will solve their problems, the Muslims must become believers. In order for the Muslims to become believers the Muslims must do the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah, which is the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils. When Muslims are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased, then Allah will make the iman of the Muslims to become stronger. When the iman of the Muslims increases to the level which Allah is pleased, then the Muslims will become believers. When the Muslims have became believers the Muslims will have sincerity in their doa and when the doa of the Muslims is sincere then only the doa of the Muslims is accepted by Allah and the problems of the Muslims are solved by Allah.

Muslims are said to be sincere in making doa when the Muslims make doa with the intention to please Allah. When Muslims are making doa with the intention Allah will grant whatever being asked in the doa, the Muslims are not making doa with sincerity. Why the Muslims are not sincere in making doa? Muslims are not sincere in making doa because they are not believers. Why the Muslims are not believers? Almost all Muslims in this world are not believers because nearly all the Muslims in this world is not doing  the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way done by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah. In my opinion, nowadays the doa of the Muslims is not accepted by Allah because many of the problems of the Muslims are not solved by Allah even though Muslims in all over the world are making doa to Allah. Although Muslims in all over the world are making doa to Allah so that Allah will solve the problems of the Muslims in Palestine but the problems of the Muslims Palestinians remain unsolved. All Muslims are making doa to Allah so that Allah will help the Muslims in Palestine against the Jews in Israel who are the enemies of the Muslims and the Palestinians but Allah is not helping the Muslims and the Palestinians. Muslims have been making doa to Allah so that Allah is helping the Muslims against their enemies but until today the Muslims of Palestine are tortured and being driven away from their homeland by the Jews of Israel.

Muslims are making doa so that Allah is helping the Palestinians. Muslims are also making doa so that the third holiest Masjid in Islam which is Masjid Aqsa is taken back from the control of the Jews. Muslims are making this doa for so many years but until today is not granted by Allah. In my opinion the doa of all in the Muslims in this world is not accepted by Allah. As I can remember, the imam of my mosque has been making the doa to Allah so that the Palestinians are protected and helped by Allah from the aggression of the Jews but in my opinion, I think the doa of my imam is not granted by Allah. In my opinion it is only recently Allah is helping the Palestinian against their enemies. It is historical when for the first time since many years Palestine is being accepted to become an independent state observer in the United Nation. The acceptance of Palestine to become an independent state observer in the United Nation is an early sign that the world is going to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. At the moment the world has not recognized Palestine as a sovereign state. The recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state by the United Nation is important in order for Palestine to bring Israel to the international court of justice on the charges of aggression against humanity.

Why it is only now Allah is starting to help the Muslims? In my opinion, it is only now that Allah is starting to answer the doa of the Muslims because it is only recently there is a small number of Muslims in this world who have started doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively in the same way as shown by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah. It is only recently Allah is removing the cruel leaders such as Muhammar Ghadafi and Hosni Mubarak from becoming the leaders of the Muslims. We have seen recently phenomena in the Arab worlds known as the Arab Spring. Arab Spring is the awakening of the Muslims Arab from decade years of control by cruel leaders who have rule the Arab Muslims with cruelty and injustice. It is only recently Allah is removing these cruel leaders from becoming the leaders of the Muslims Arab. During all this while Allah is punishing the Muslims particularly the Arab Muslims by appointing cruel leaders to become the leaders of the Muslims. Why the Muslims are being punished by Allah? Allah is punishing the Muslims because during all these while the Muslims are not doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as shown by Prophet Muhammad saw.

When recently about 4 years ago when even a very small number of Muslims in this world have started doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah, then Allah starts to listen to the doa of the Muslims. When even a small number of Muslims in this world is doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw, hence it is the same as if the Prophet Muhammad saw has become alive among the Muslims. It is the promise of Allah in the Quran that Allah will never punished the Muslims as long as the Prophet Muhammad saw is with them and that the Muslims make istigfar and taubah to Allah. It is because of this Allah has remove all the punishments recently from the Muslims and one of the punishment which is being removed from the Muslims is Allah is removing the cruel leaders from becoming the leaders of the Muslims. Prophet Muhammad saw was reported to have said with the approximate meaning, when the Muslims are no longer doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils, a time will come when the Muslims make doa, their doa will not be accepted by Allah, whatever the Muslims are requesting from Allah will not be granted and whenever the Muslims are asking Allah to help them against their enemies and Allah will not help the Muslims.

It is also reported in a Hadis with approximate meaning; when the Muslims are leaving the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils collectively the same way as done by Prophet Muhammad saw, Allah will give to the Muslims cruel leaders to rule them who will have no mercy on their young and who will not honor their elders. Why is the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils is so important to be obeyed by the Muslims or otherwise the doa of the Muslims is not accepted by Allah? Why when the Muslims disobey the order to invite mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils, Allah becomes very angry with the Muslims? When the Muslims are leaving the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils Allah become very angry with the Muslims to the extent, Allah is not ready to listen to the doa of the Muslims, Allah is not willing to grant anything which the Muslims have asked from Allah and Allah is not willing to help the Muslims against their enemies. What will happen to the Muslims when their doa is not accepted by Allah? What will happen to the Muslims when Allah is not willing to help the Muslims against their enemies? What will happen to the Muslims when Allah is not willing to grant whatever the Muslims have asked from Allah?

When Allah is no longer helping the Muslims against their enemies, the Muslims will be butchered and slaughtered by their enemies. This is what is really happening to the Muslims today. What is the ranking of this order to Allah? Why is this order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is very important in Islam? Why is this order so important in the eyes of Allah which makes Allah to become very angry with the Muslims when the Muslims are neglecting this order? The ranking of the order of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is ranking as the number one order of Allah to the Muslims or to anyone who have recited the Great Kalimah. The first order of Allah to a person who has just become Muslim or who has just recited the Great Kalimah is to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils and this work is the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah of I bear witness, there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah.The work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils is ranking as the number one order of Allah to the Muslims. Because it is ranking as the number one order of Allah, it is no wonder that Allah become very angry with the Muslims when the Muslims are neglecting the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils. When even a small group of Muslims have started to do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from the evils collectively as done by Prophet Muhammad saw in this world, Allah become very pleased with all the Muslims and now in my opinion Allah has started to listen to the doa of the Muslims.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

When our problems are not even solved by our own doa, what other ways we should do in order to solve our problems? Many will try to ask others to make doa so that their problems are solved by Allah. When we ask others to make doa for us we must give them something in return. In Malaysia there are many who are hosting a dinner or lunch in their house in order to invite others to make doa for them. In Malaysia the acts of hosting a dinner or lunch in the house in which others are invited to make doa is known as “Kenduri Doa Selamat “. Nowadays many peoples are busy and many are not able to come to the house which hosted the“Kenduri Doa Selamat.” Nowadays, as an alternative, many are doing the “Kenduri Doa Selamat” in the mosques. Immediately, after Isya’ prayer the iman of the mosque will perform the ritual of Doa Selamat which consists of reading several verses of the Quran, performing the zikir of Allah, reading the prayers to Prophet Muhammad saw and many other verses which form the rituals of Doa Selamat before the iman actually making the doa which is the “Doa Selamat”. In Malaysia, all imams are very well verse with the reading of the rituals of Doa Selamat or otherwise the imam will not be able to lead the function of “Kenduri Doa Selamat”. The rituals are performed prior to the doa so that the doa will become more acceptable to Allah and the problems of the persons who have invited the imam to lead the “Doa Selamat” will be solved by Allah. Many Muslims are in the practice of solving their problems by asking others to make doa to Allah so that Allah will solve their problems.

It is a wrong to believe that our problems are solved by doa. Allah orders Muslims to solve their problems by having good solat and by having patience. A Muslim will not have good solat and patience unless the Muslim have good iman. Muslims will not have good iman unless the Muslims do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils which is the work which fulfills the right of reciting the Great Kalimah. Nowadays, in this world there is hardly any Muslim who are doing the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils the way done by the Prophet Muhammad saw and therefore in my opinion there is hardly any Muslim who is a believer and whose doa is accepted by Allah. The act of going to the pious person in order to ask the pious person to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah is not the order of Allah and it is not the established practice of Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions of Prophet Muhammad saw.

There is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When we have problems, Allah orders us to perform solat and to bear patient. Allah does not order us to go to others for doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. When Muslims are solving their problems by going to others for doa, in case the problems are solved by Allah, then Iblis will deviate the Muslims into the believe that it is because of the doa of that person, their problems are solved by Allah. Instead of believing it is Allah who solves their problems, Iblis will try to make the Muslims to believe, it is the doa of that person which makes their problems are solved by Allah. Iblis will make the Muslims to believe that the doa of that person is accepted by Allah. Iblis will also make the Muslims to spread the news to others and to persuade others with problems to go to that person for doa. Other Muslims will also start flocking to the person for doa, when the news spread among the Muslims. When the person dies, Iblis will persuade the Muslims who used to go to the person for doa when the person is still alive, to also go to the graves of that person for doa.

Muslims who used to visit the person for doa when the person is still alive, will continue to visit the person who is now buried in the grave for doa. They still have the belief that the person who is buried in the grave is capable of making doa to Allah and their problems will be solved by Allah through the doa of that person who is buried in the grave. In India, there are many Muslims who are visiting the graves of the pious person in order to ask the pious person to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. In New Delhi, just a walking distance away from the Banglawali mosque, the centre of Jemaah Tabligh, there is the grave of Hazrat Nizammuddin. Many Muslims and non-Muslims from all over India are visiting the grave of Hazrat Nizammuddin in order to ask the pious personality to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah. How the Muslims in India have became so degenerated in the practice of Islam, to the extent they even believe that the dead is capable of helping them to solve their problems? Why the Muslims in India have became so illogical in their actions? What do the so called ulama and scholar of India do about this irreligious practice? I think the Muslims scholars and the Ulama of India, have done nothing to stop the Muslims from practicing this Bid’ah. Are Muslims being allowed to ask the pious Muslims to make doa to Allah so that their problems are solved by Allah? What is the truth? The truth is there is no one who is able to solve our problems except Allah. Doa is one of the order of Allah. Our doa does not solve our problems. The doa of the pious Muslim also does not solve our problems. Doa is only one of the order of Allah. We make doa in order to obey the order of Allah and to please Allah. We make doa so that Allah is happy with us. We do not make doa with the intention so that Allah will solve our problems. We make doa only with the intention to gain the pleasure of Allah.

We should make doa ourselves and because when we make doa we are obeying the order of Allah. When we do not make doa, we have disobeyed the order of Allah. We should not ask others to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. It is makruh to ask others to make doa so that our problems are solved by Allah. Doa is an order of Allah and we have to do the doa ourselves. Allah does not make doa as the mean to solve our problems. Allah has made solat and patience as the mean to solve our problems. When we have problems, Allah orders us to perform solat and to have patience. Good solat and patience are the means to solve our problems. Doa will become acceptable to Allah when we have good solat and patience. Allah makes good actions which mean good solat and patience as the mean to solve our problems and not doa as the mean to solve our problems. When a person has good solat automatically that person will have good actions and patience. What is good solat? A person is said to have a good solat when that person has correct intention in his or her solat and constantly remember Allah in his or her solat. What is patience? A person is said to have patience when that person is able to repel evils action with good actions. Our doa will only become acceptable to Allah when we have good actions which are good solat and patience. With only doa but without good actions or good solat and patience, our problems will not be solved by Allah. When we make doa, our intention should be only to please Allah which means our intention must be sincere. We can only make doa with sincerity when we have become believers.

We will only become believers when we do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. All Muslims are able to make their doa to become acceptable to Allah provided they become believers. All believers have good solat or good actions and patience. Doa of pious person becomes acceptable to Allah because the pious persons have good solat or good actions and patience. Doa alone will not make our problems solved by Allah. Muslims will be able to obtain good actions or good solat and patience when the Muslims do the work of inviting mankind to good and forbidding mankind from evils in the way shown by Prophet Muhammad saw and with the intention to please Allah until Allah is pleased. It is wrong to believe that our doa become more acceptable to Allah or “makbul” when we read Surah Yassin or Surah Fatiha prior of making doa. Many Muslims believe that the reading of Surah Yassin and Surah Fatiha will enhance the acceptance of doa and because of this wrong believe many Muslims are reading Surah Yassin routinely and collectively on every Friday night in order to make their doa to become accepted by Allah. Many Muslims believe with the reading of Surah Yassin, their doa will become accepted to Allah. Some Muslims particularly the Indian Muslims believe, with the blow of wind from the mouth of those who read Surah Yassin to the water in a vessel will make the water in the vessel to become medicinal and can be used to treat many diseases. Such practices are Bid’ah and should be avoided from being practice by Muslims.

Allah does not solve our problems with only doa. Allah does not solve our problems with only the reading of Surah Yassin. Allah does not cure our diseases only with the water which have been blown with the air from the mouth of the person who have read the Surah Yassin. All the Hadis which mention with the reading of Surah Yassin and Surah Fatiha all diseases will be cured and our doa will be accepted by Allah are false Hadis. Because there are many Muslims who believe, that these false Hadis as true Hadis, many Muslims are practicing Bid’ah. In almost every mosque in Malaysia on Friday night, the Muslims are reading Surah Yassin. Why do they read Surah Yassin on Friday night? Why do they read Surah Yassin collectively? Is it the practice of Prophet Muhammad saw to read Surah Yassin collectively with the companions on every Friday night? In Malaysia this Bid’ah practices are common and nearly all the imam of all the mosques and ustaz in Malaysia do not regard this practices as Bid’ah. Almost all the imams and ustazs in all the mosques in Malaysia are practicing this Bid’ah, because they do not regard this practice as Bid’ah. They regard this practice as the order of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. Because they believe this practice is the order of Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw they do not make taubah and istigfar. It is the practice in many mosques in Malaysia to read Surah Yassin collectively on Friday night. All the persons who read the Surah Yassin on Friday night are told to sit in a circle and in the middle of the circles, there will be many bottles of water which they believe will turn medicinal because of the reading of Surah Yassin and the doa which is being read after the reading of the Surah Yassin.

The water in the bottles is known to the Malays as “Yassin Water” and the Malay Muslims use the Yassin water to treat diseases. This practice of the Malay Muslims is a Bid’ah and it should not be practice by Muslims because it has never been done by the Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions. Muslims should know that our doa will not become accepted only with the reading of Surah Yassin or with the reading of any other Surah of the Quran. All the Hadis which mention that doa is accepted and our problems are solved by Allah with the reading of Surah Yassin or any other Surah of the Quran are false Hadis. It is false Hadis because it is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw to solve problems by reading Surah Yassin or any other Surah of the Quran. How should the Muslims solve their problems? The Muslims should solve their problems by following the ways of Prophet Muhammad saw. How do the Prophet Muhammad saw and the companions solve their problem? Whenever the Prophet Muhammad saw and the Companions have any problems, they will solve their problems by performing solat and observing patients. Hadis which mention that our doa is accepted and our problems are solved by Allah with the reading of Surah Yassin are false Hadis. Doa is accepted by Allah when the doa is done with sincerity. Who can make doa with sincerity?

The persons who can make doa with sincerity are those who have good solat and patient. With the reading of Surah Yassin will not make our doa to become sincere. Muslims who are believers can perform doa with sincerity. When the Muslims become believers only then they can make doa with sincerity. When the Muslims are able to make doa with sincerity then only the doa will be accepted by Allah. The practice of using Yassin water to cure diseases is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw and it also does not complement with medical sciences. What is known to the Malay as Yassin water is only water and the water does not turn medicinal with the reading of Surah Yassin or with the blow of the wind from the mouth of the person who read Surah Yassin. There is no such thing in Islam as Yassin water which can cure diseases. There is no such thing as when any pious person blows a wind on any water, the water will turn medicinal and the medicinal water is capable of curing diseases. This is not an Islamic practice and it is a Bid’ah and should be avoided by Muslims.

All good doctors will advise their patients to drink at the minimum of eight cup of plain water daily in order to improve their bowel movement. All plain water is naturally medicinal and it does not require for the pious persons to read Surah Yassin on the water for the water to become medicinal. All plain water is naturally medicinal and the consumption of plenty of plain water daily will help to improve not only bowel movement but also the detoxification of the blood in the body. All plain water is medicinal even without having to read Surah Yassin on the water. All the Hadis that mention that the reading of certain Surah or verses of the Quran will cure diseases are false Hadis. Allah gives diseases when peoples are disobeying the orders of Allah or when peoples are following the wrong lifestyles. Allah cures diseases when the peoples start to obey the orders of Allah or when the peoples start to follow the correct lifestyles. Allah is capable of curing diseases even without any means. However it is the wishes of Allah for men to use the correct means which Allah has created in order for Allah to cure diseases. The correct mean that Allah uses to cure diseases is the correct lifestyles and not by the reading of Surah Yassin or drinking Yassin water.

We should make doa because it is the order of Allah. Our intention of making doa is only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. Our intention of making doa is not for whatever we have asked from Allah is to be granted by Allah, but our intention of making doa is only to please Allah until Allah is pleased. It is neither the pious person nor the doa of the pious person which solve our problems. There is none who can solve our problems except Allah. We make doa because it is the order of Allah and our doa is only able to obtain the love of Allah and not to solve our problems. We make doa because it is the order of Allah and not to able to solve our problems. Whether we have problems or we do not have problems, we should always make doa. When we make doa because it is the order of Allah and to please Allah we have become successful and when we do not make doa, it means we are not obeying the order of Allah and we have become unsuccessful. There is no one who can solve our problems except Allah. When our problems are solved by Allah, we should believe that it is Allah who solves our problems and not our doa or the doa of the pious person which solve our problems. Iblis and syaitan are our enemies. When our problems are solved by Allah, we should believe that it is Allah who solve our problems but the Iblis and syaitan will whisper to the person, whose problems are solved by Allah that it is not Allah who solve his or her problems but the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves which solve their problems.

This make the persons who visited the graves instead of believing it is Allah who solved their problems to believe that the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves which solve their problems. In this way the Iblis and syaitan are able to deviate the persons who visited the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa to be deviated from the correct path. When the news that the doa of the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves are accepted by Allah then many Muslims with weak iman and with problems will also follow the actions of visiting the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa. In India, there are so many Muslims who are visiting the pious persons or the pious person who are in the graves for doa. It is surprising that there are still many Muslims in this world who believe with only doa, all their problems are solved by Allah. In my opinion, it is not only Muslims who believe with doa, all their problems are solved by Allah but many non-Muslims also believe with doa, all their problems are solved by God. According to many non-Muslims, the acts of making doa to God are the same as the acts of worship to God. Many non-Muslims believe the work of God is only to solve their problems. Many non-Muslims believe that the work of God is not to give them orders to be obeyed but the work of God is only to solve their problems.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2013
Dean of Faculty of Optometry
Twintech International University College of Technology
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia