Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

eavesdropper before conveying the news to the one below him; or it may not
overtake him till he has conveyed it to the one below him, who in his turn,
conveys it to the one below him, and so on till they convey the news to the
earth. (Or probably Sufyan said, "Till the news reaches the earth.") Then the
news is inspired to a sorcerer who would add a hundred lies to it. His
prophecy will prove true (as far as the heavenly news is concerned). The
people will say. 'Didn't he tell us that on such-and-such a day, such-andsuch
a thing will happen? We have found that is true because of the true
news heard from heaven." 28
Imam Bukhari writes:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Iblis is able to talk to humans
When it was the day of Uhud, the pagans were defeated. Then Iblis, Allah's
Curse be upon him, cried loudly, "O Allah's Worshippers, beware of what is
behind!" On that, the front files of the (Muslim) forces turned their backs
and started fighting with the back files. Hudhaifa looked, and on seeing his
father Al-Yaman, he shouted, "O Allah's Worshippers, my father, my father!"
But by Allah, they did not stop till they killed him. Hudhaifa said, "May
Allah forgive you." (The sub -narrator, 'Urwa, said, "By Allah, Hudhaifa
continued asking Allah's Forgiveness for the killers of his father till he
departed to Allah (i.e. died)." 29
The polytheists of Makkah obeyed the
Idols and Soothsayers (Kaahin)
006.137 Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of
their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin
them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise),
they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.
042.021 Or have they partners (of Allah) who have made lawful for them in
religion that which Allah allowed not ? And but for a decisive word (gone
28 Volume 6, Book 60, Number 223
29 Volume 5, Book 59, Number 394
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