The Ruling of the
Dome Built upon the Grave
of the
Messenger of Allaah
- sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam
By the
Shaykh, Muhadith
of the land of Yemen
Muqbil bin Hadi
al-Waadi'ee
Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya
Part 3
The Sharia's stance towards extremism
From what has preceded, it becomes clear that Allaah has raised the
status of His Prophet above what humans can comprehend, and if they try to
increase anything of his status then this would be extremism, out side of the Deen.
With this you should know that those who celebrate the Prophet's
birthday, or build domes on the Prophet's grave, or beautify his Masjid
in the name of glorifying him, then all of this is extremism.
Allaah and His Messenger have prohibited extremism, Allaah Ta'ala
mentions, showing the misguidance of the Christians due to extremism:
<<
Surely, they have disbelieved who say: "Allaah is the
Messiah, son of Maryam." But the Messiah said: "O Children of Israel!
Worship Allaah, my Lord and your Lord." Verily, whosoever sets up partners
in worship with Allaah, then Allaah has forbidden Paradise for him, and the
Fire will be his abode. And as for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and
wrongdoers) there are no helpers.
Surely, the disbelievers are those who
said: "Allaah is the third of the three (in a Trinity)." But there is
no ilâh (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilâh (Allaah). And
if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the
disbelievers among them.
Will they not repent to Allaah and ask His Forgiveness? For Allaah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Messiah, son of Maryam, was no more
than a Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before
him. His mother was a righteous person. They both used to eat
food. Look how We make the Ayaat clear to them, yet look how they
are deluded away (from the truth). Say: "How do you worship besides Allaah
something which has no power either to harm or to benefit you? But it is Allaah
Who is the All-Hearer, All-Knower." Say: "O people of the Book! Exceed not
the limits in your religion (by believing in something) other than the truth,
and do not follow the vain desires of people who went astray in times gone by,
and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the Right Path. >>[1]
<< O people of the book! Do
not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allaah anything but the
truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Maryam, was (no more than) a Messenger of
Allaah and His Word, which He bestowed on Maryam and a spirit created by Him;
so believe in Allaah and His Messengers. Say not: "Three
(trinity)!" Cease! (it is) better for you. For Allaah is (the only)
One Ilâh (God), Glory be to Him above having a son. To Him belong
all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allaah is All-Sufficient
as a Disposer of affairs. >>[2]
<<And
the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allaah, and the Christians say:
Messiah is the son of Allaah. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate
the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allaah's Curse be on them, how they are
deluded away from the truth! They took their rabbis and their
monks to be their lords besides Allaah, and (they also took as their Lord)
Messiah, son of Maryam, while they were commanded to worship none but One Ilâh
(Allaah). None has the right to be worshipped except Him. Praise and glory be to Him, (far above is He)
from having the partners they associate (with Him).">>[3]
<<It is not (possible) for
any human being to whom Allaah has given the Book and Al-Hikma and Prophet hood to say to the people:
"Be my worshippers rather than Allaah's." On the contrary (he would
say): "Be you Rabbaniyun (learned men of religion who practice what
they know and also preach to others), because you are teaching the Book, and
you are studying it." Nor would he order you to take angels
and Prophets for lords (gods). Would he order you to disbelieve after you have
submitted to Allaah's Will? >>[4]
<< And they worship besides
Allaah things that hurt them not, nor profit them, and they say: "These
are our intercessors with Allaah." Say: "Do you inform Allaah of that
which He knows not in the heavens and on the earth?" Glorified and Exalted
be He above all that which they associate as partners with Him! >>[5]
<< And
they say: "The Most Beneficent has begotten a son." Indeed
you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing. Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the
earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, that
they ascribe a son to the Most Beneficent. But it is not suitable for (the Majesty of)
the Most Beneficent that He should beget a son. There is none in the heavens and the earth
but comes unto the Most Beneficent as a slave. >>[6]
There are very many Ayaat in the Noble Qur'aan which prohibit
extremism, and condemn the people who go to extremes. As for the Ahadeeth then we will limit it to
the following Ahadeeth:
1- On the authority of Umar – radiAllaahu
anhu – who said: I heard the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – saying: " Do not over praise me, like the
Christians over praised the son of Maryam. Indeed I am a slave of Allaah and
His Messenger."
Narrated by Bukharee
(5/300) and Ahmad (1/23, 24, 47, 55)
2 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas – radiAllaahu
anhu – who said: The Messenger of
Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa
sallam –said early in the morning on
the day of 'Aqabah while he was on his she-camel: ' Find me some stones."
So I looked for seven stones for the Prophet, the stones where like stones for
throwing, and he began to shake them in his hand, then he said: "Throw
stones like these." After that he said: ' O you people beware of
extremism, in the Deen, since extremism is what destroyed those before
you."
Narrated by an-Nisaaee
(5/218), Ibn Majah and this is his wording (2/1008), Ahmad (1/215), Ibn Hibban
as it is mentioned in 'Muwwarid athaman' (249) and Hakim (1/466), and he said
this hadeeth is authentic according to the conditions of Bukharee and Muslim,
but they did not narrate it and Dhahabi affirmed the hadeeth.
If this is the situation regarding stones, what about other than that,
from those who seek assistance from the Messenger of Allaah and other religious
people. They also perform worship of the
Messenger of Allaah of that which is not permissible except for Allaah.
3 - On the authority of Muttaruf who said: that my father said: I went
with the delegation of Bani ‘Aamir to the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – and we said to him: ‘You are our Sayyid (master).’
He said: ‘The Master is Allaah.’
We said: ‘You’re the best of us in excellence and the greatest of us in
excellence.
So he said: ‘Say what you have to say, or some of what you have to say,
and don’t let Shaytaan drag you along.’
Narrated by Abu
Dawood, Abu al-Teeb said in ‘Awnal Mabood’ (4/402): the chain of the hadeeth of
Abdullaah bin Shahkheer is authentic.’ It is also narrated by Ahmad. I say it
is in ‘al-Musnad’(4/25).
4 - On the authority of Anas bin Maalik – radiAllaahu
anhu – that a man said: O Muhammad,
the best of us, the son of the best of us, our master and the son of our master.
The Messenger of Allaah said: ‘Say what you have to say, do not let the
Shaytaan pull you along, (or Shayyateen- plural, or he said one of these
two). I am Muhammad the son of
Abdullaah, I am Muhammad the slave of Allaah and His Messenger.
I hate that you raise me above the status, which Allaah -Azza wa Jal-
has placed me in.’
Narrated by Ahmad (3/249).
The narrators of this hadeeth are the narrators in the Saheeh of al-Bukharee.
There are many, many Ahaadeeth, however what we have mentioned from the
Ayaat and Ahaadeeth is convincing enough for the one who wants the truth and the
one who is obedient to the truth.
As for the one who follows his desire, and follows what his father and
grandfathers were upon, or follows what the majority are upon, even if you
brought all the Ayaat they would not comply with them. Rather they receive these Ayaat with obstinacy
and pride, just like the situation of the blind followers.
I do not doubt that beautifying the Messenger’s grave and building a
dome over it is major extremism. This is exactly what the Messenger - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – prohibited.
Indeed many of the common folk have been tested with this
beautification. There is none worthy of
worship except Allaah - and how crowded it is around the grave of the Messenger
- sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam –with the people raising their voices. And how many
of the people rub the windows, the pillars, the pulpit and the doors.
They do all of this due to the beautification in the Prophet’s Masjid,
which opposes the guidance of the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam –, where he said: ‘I have not been commanded to extravagantly build the
masajid.’
The hadeeth has been
narrated by Abu Dawood and authenticated by Ibn Hibban, this is what al-Hafidh
mentioned in ‘Blughal Muraam.’
Ibn Abbas said: You will beautify the masajid just like the Banu
Israeel used to beautify theirs.
This is what has been facilitated from the introduction, and now we
begin researching into; who entered his noble grave into his masjid? When was
the dome built? Then we will mention, from what has been made easy for us, of
the Ahaadeeth which show the prohibition on taking graveyards as places of
worship, and praying to graves, and praying on top of them. This is now the
time to enter into the topic of research.
Allaah is the One who gives the capability and the One to guide to the
straight path. Allaah is sufficient for
us and He is the Best Disposer of affairs.
The introduction has been completed and all praise belongs to Allaah.
All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and
blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and
all those who follow his guidance.
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