الحمد لله رب العالمين
والعاقبة للمتقين
ولا عدوان إلا على الظالمين
والصلاة والسلام على المبعوث رحمة للعالمين
وعلى آله وصحبه ومن تبعهم أجمعين
Assalāmu alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
Honored brothers and Sisters
You are all welcome to this week’s Session of the Halqah
May Allah make it beneficial and rewarding
Āmīn
We shall inshā Allāh continue by answering the Questions
Māshā Allāh
*Question 1*
_” I am confused about an ish, wat does it really mean to implement the Sharia in Nigeria? A country where Muslims and other faiths are in almost same ratio”_
*ON THE MEANING OF IMPLEMENTING TBE SHARĪ’AH*
*ANSWER*
Alhamdulillāh
The Sharī’ah of Allāh, as Ulamā have explained is multi-faceted and of different dimensions
It involve the Creed that man must have. The Right Aqīdah and Īmān
It also involves the Right ways of rendering Ibādah to Allāh in physical worship which is explained in the Books if Fiqh
It also involves the ways to rightly interact with other than one’s self whether living or non-living things. This is Ādāb
Also involves the Laws that should govern our Lands and how judgements and justice should be handed down
Likewise it involves the ways we should interact with the enemies of the Muslim Lands in Warfare and Times of Peace. This is Jihād and Siyar
Brothers and Sisters, this is how encompassing the Sharī’a of Allāh – Ta’ālā – is
The Muslims are supposed to understand it in its encompassing form
Allāh – ta’ālā – said
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا
_”Today I have perfected for you your Dīn and completed My favours upon you and I have become pleased and chosen for you Islām as Dīn”_
The establishment of Islām in its entirety in what the Sharī’a involves as mentioned above *is obligatory* upon the Muslims and not a matter of choice
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Amīn Ibn Muhammad Al-Mukhtār Ash-Shanqītī – rahimahullāh – said in his Tafsīr _Adwā’u Al-Bayān_
_”Associating partners with Allāh in terms of Rulership and Judgement and associating partners with Him in terms of Ibādah are both one and the same, there is no difference between them both. The one that follows a System of Governance that is different from the System of Allāh, a Set of Laws different from that of Allāh is the same as the one that worships an idol and prostrates to an idol. There is no iota of difference between them both in any ways. They are one and the same, and both of them are Mushriks with regards to Allāh.”_
Adwā’u Al-Bayān 7/162
What is then obligatory upon Muslims is to practice Islām in its totality to as best as they can and to live as Muslims for as best as they can
It is also compulsory upon Muslims to strive as hard as they can to implement all aspects of the Sharī’a to the best of their abilities
Coming to a place like Nigeria, it is wrong to assume that the Sharī’a of Allāh cannot be implemented and practiced
We seek Allah’s refuge from such a saying
Yesterday’s History has told us that Shaykh Uthman Dan Fodio, rahimahullāh and his band of students made Da’awah for thirty years and waged Jihād for three years and established the Sharī’a in this same land of ours
The state they established covered a span of land ranging from South Niger in the North of it to Lokoja in its South; the borders of the Borno Empire in its East to the limits of the Benin Rebuplic in its West
Their Renaissance not only changed lives, its ripple effect was felt in as far as Guinea and Sierra Leone
Our Shaykh Muhammad Al-Hasan Ad-Daduw – rahimahullāh – mentioned that though Shaykh Al-Kūtī At-Timbuktī’s work had its influence on Shaykh Al-Fūdī – rahimahullāh -, the implementation of Shaykh Uthman Fūdī’s Sharī’a arose the Ulamā in Mali and Shanqīt (Mauritania)
And whosoever looks into his works will truly see that
Shaykh Mahmūd Al-Māmī Al-Fūtī – rahimahullāh – said in his famous Nūniyyah
أزيلوا الغرب قبل قيام عيس؛ لعل الله ينعشه سنينا
_’uprooting the west before the coming of Isa, probably his coming is soon in years;_
_Let there rise A Riser upon Justice among you, that you may not differ among yourselves after him”_
That he may repel the Oppression of some of you over others, and you purify yourselves with the Capital Punishments that is established_
The Sons of Abbas did not cease to be honorable people, they were killed in masses and crucified_
Until they knew uprising and revolted, You have not known uprising for Centuries_
_And you said ‘No Jihād without an Imām, to whom we could give Bay’a’, won’t you then Choose one?’_
And you said: ‘There can’t be an Imām without Jihād, that will strengthen him’, shouldn’t you then wage one?_
Whenever an evidence with right reference has come, It suffices to put the Intelligent a straight_
Brothers and Sisters, these words of Shaykh Mahmūd was made years before the coming of Shaykh Uthmān Fūdī – rahimahullāh
Yet the Ulamā would say that Shaykh Uthman Fūdī was the one that implemented what the Shaykh said.
May Allāh be merciful to them all
For us, we say, these words are more important in this era of ours than in their era
Will we get someone with the Tawfīq of Allāh that will rise and lead us in this struggle to implement the Laws of Allāh in our land?
We ask Allāh to grant us such people, āmīn
Bārakallāhu Fīkum
Jazākumullāhu Khayran
*Question 2*
_” Assalamu alaykum everyone. Pls admin, I have a question
there is this belief that clothes and shoes shouldn’t be left outside overnight, so I want to know if its Islamic. This scenario is in a house fenced, and belonging to only one nuclear family. Jazakumullahu khairan”_
*IS ISLĀM AGAINST LEAVING CLOTHES AND SHOES OUTSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT?*
Answer
Wa alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
Beloved one, there is nothing in the Sharī’a that forbids leaving clothes or shoes outside through the night
And it doesn’t matter whether its a fenced house or not, or whether its a nuclear family or not
Rather, what some of the People of Ruqyah mentioned is that it is safer to always keep your belongings in the house whether shoes or clothes due to the presence of Jinns and the men that make Charms of Envy
Not only to do that, but to close the gates and doors of your home with _Bismillah_
In the Hadīth of Jābir – radiyallāhu anhu – that was recorded by Imām Bukhārī – rahimahullāh – the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said
( إِذَا كَانَ جُنْحُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ أَمْسَيْتُمْ فَكُفُّوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْتَشِرُ حِينَئِذٍ ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ سَاعَةٌ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ فَخَلُّوهُمْ ، وَأَغْلِقُوا الْأَبْوَابَ ، وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَفْتَحُ بَابًا مُغْلَقًا ، وَأَوْكُوا قِرَبَكُمْ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ ، وَخَمِّرُوا آنِيَتَكُمْ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرُضُوا عَلَيْهَا شَيْئًا، وَأَطْفِئُوا مَصَابِيحَكُمْ )
_”When the night has approached, or evening has come, restrain your children (from wandering about) because the Shaytān move about at that time. Then when a portion of the night has elapsed, you may allow them, and close the doors and mention the Name of Allāh. This is because the Shaytān does not open a closed door. And close your Water Pots and mention the Name of Allāh. And close your plates and mention the Name of Allāh, even if that is by placing something upon it. And turn off your lights.”_
And in the Musnad of Imām Ahmad
( أَغْلِقُوا الْأَبْوَابَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَأَطْفِئُوا السُّرُجَ وَأَوْكُوا الْأَسْقِيَةَ وَخَمِّرُوا الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّرَابَ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرُضُوا عَلَيْهِ بِعُودٍ )
_”Close the doors at night and turn off the Lamps. Tie the Water Skins and cover food and water even if it is with Wood”_
Imām Ibn AbdilBarr – rahimahullāh – said about these Ahādith
_”In this Hadīth is the commandment to shut the doors of houses at night. And this is a Sunnah that was commanded as a mercy to Mankind from the Shayātīn among Jinn and Man.”_
Therefore, if you leave your shoes and clothes outside the house, it isn’t a sin
Rather, you are encouraged to say Bismillah when you do so
We ask Allāh to protect us and you from the plots and effects of the Shayātīn
Bārakallāhu fīkum
Jazākumullāhu Khayran
We shall stop here for the week
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك، أشهد ان لا اله الا الله نستغفرك ونتوب إليك
Assalāmu alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
