Is THEM Guilty of Shirk? - Dr. Wesley Muhammad
Is THEM Guilty of Shirk? - Dr. Wesley Muhammad
Is THEM Guilty of Shirk? - Dr. Wesley Muhammad
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"Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, "Allah did not send any prophet but that he warned his nation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
one-eyed liar (Ad-Dajjal). He is one-eyed while your Lord is not one-eyed, The word 'Kafir' (unbeliever) is<br />
written between his two eyes."<br />
Here are some additional hadeeth that seem to support <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Wesley</strong>'s point:<br />
"Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: when this Verse:--'Say (O <strong>Muhammad</strong>!): He has Power to send torments<br />
on you from above,' (6.65) was revealed; The Prophet said, "I take refuge with Your Face." Allah<br />
revealed:-- '..or from underneath your feet.' (6.65) The Prophet then said, "I seek refuge with Your Face!"<br />
Then Allah revealed:--'...or confuse you in party-strife.' (6.65) Oh that, the Prophet said, "This is easier."<br />
"Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When Allah had finished His creation, He wrote over his<br />
Throne: 'My Mercy preceded My Anger.'<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Wesley</strong> makes the point that in sayings like these it is reported that the prophet referred to Allah as<br />
having two Eyes like a man and the Dajjal had One. The additional hadeeth report the prophet as saying<br />
Allah has a Face, Feet, a Throne, He writes and gets emotional (Angry).<br />
He then goes on to say that you cannot find the description <strong>of</strong> Allah in the Hadeeth that is put forth by<br />
Imam Ghazzali and those who teach that Allah is formless and invisible.<br />
"Why didn't the prophet say Allah wasn't a body, not inside the universe, not in a location? It was easy<br />
enough for him to say," questions <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Muhammad</strong>.<br />
On this basis, he asserts that the Allah prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong> taught about had a body and was a man, and<br />
that those who teach otherwise do not believe in the same G-d that prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong> believes in and<br />
therefore are not following the sunnah and are committing shirk themselves by associating a "spook" G-d<br />
with the real, physical Man G-d. "It is the teaching <strong>of</strong> the HEM that is following the sunnah," says <strong>Dr</strong>.<br />
<strong>Muhammad</strong>.<br />
RESPONSE 2<br />
As a follower <strong>of</strong> Imam Waarithud-Deen Mohammed, it is important that I point out that we have been<br />
taught that the Qur'an is the number one source <strong>of</strong> our guidance and is the criteria by which we judge the<br />
validity <strong>of</strong> all knowledge, including the reports (hadeeth) <strong>of</strong> what Prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong> said and the<br />
debates between scholars. I would also note that students <strong>of</strong> Imam Mohammed do not accept hadeeth at<br />
face value, even Sahih hadeeth, without first sifting them through the lens <strong>of</strong> the Qur'an.<br />
With this in mind, just as <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Wesley</strong> asked the question, "Why didn't the prophet say that Allah wasn't a<br />
body, a man, or that he was unlimited or formless," I would ask the rhetorical question, "If Allah wanted<br />
people to think He was a man, would He have not said so in the Qur'an?"<br />
Allah instructed Prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong> to tell the people, "I (prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong>) am a mortal man just<br />
like you." Couldn't He just as easily have instructed the prophet to say, "Tell them I, Allah, am a human<br />
being, just like them, but only the greatest one amongst them all."<br />
Yes, Allah could have said that. But instead, in Sura 41:6 Allah instructs Prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong> to say this<br />
to the people, "Say thou: "I (<strong>Muhammad</strong>) am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by Inspiration, that<br />
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