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112 <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Sound</strong> <strong>Creed</strong>
The phrase c~nd make {the thanks for] your provision that you deny {the
Provider}?" (Qur'an: Al-Waqi' ah: 82) is interpreted that attributing the fall of
rain <strong>to</strong> the effective force ofa specific star is one ofthe gravest sins and heinous
lies. This is stated in the hadith related by Imam Ahmad, At-Tirmidht and
deemed hasan by Ibn Jartr, Ibn Abu Hatim and Ad-Diya' AI-Maqdisi in his book
Al-Mukhtarah (The Selected Hadtths). This hadith is related on the authority
of ' AU Ibn Abu 1'lUib (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger
(PBUH) said:
"The Qurtmic verse ~nd make {the thanks for your provision•••'
(Qur'an: Al-Waqi' ah: 82) indicates your showing gratefulness. And
the verse ~ ..thatyou deny {the Provider]?' means when you say 'We
have been given rain by such-and-such a star. ' "
Sheikh' Abdur-RahmAn Ibn Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) has
provided:
"The aforementioned interpretation of the Qurtmic verse is the most
accurate representation ofits meaning. It may be traced back <strong>to</strong> 'Ali, Ibn
'Abbas, Qatadah, Ad-Dahak and 'Ald' AI-Khurasany and others. It also
agrees with the interpretation unanimously provided by the majority of
Muslim exegetes."
Abu Malik Al-Ash'art (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) has said:
'f1mong my nation, there are four characteristics belonging <strong>to</strong> the
Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance (the Jahiliyyah) which they do not
abandon: boasting of high rank, slandering other peoples' lineages,
seeking rain by stars, and wailing (for the deceased)."
Shaykhul-Isl8m Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) commented:
"Some of the practices which were prevalent during the Pre-Islamic
Period ofIgnorance may not be unanimously avoided by all people, but
it should be noted that referring the practices mentioned in the hadtth
<strong>to</strong> the period of Jahiliyyah is a sufficient proof that they are detested
and rejected in Islam. It should also be noted that terming this period
as 'The Period ofIgnorance' is enough <strong>to</strong> denounce its practices. ';. •• and
do not display yourselves as {was] the display ofthefoman times of
ignorance: (Qur'an: Al-Ahzab: 33)"