What you must believe about your Creator - Kalamullah.Com

associated a partner with Allah. Allah says, “If you obey them, thenyou would indeed be Mushrikoon.” [Soorah al-An'aam (6): 121]meaning, he who follows those who make Halaal (permissible) whatAllah has made Haraam (prohibited) - he has committed Shirk.Allah has informed us that those who followed the monks and rabbisin their making Halaal what Allah had made Haraam and theirmaking Haraam what Allah had made Haraam - that they had takentheir monks as gods besides Allah. Allah says, “They (Jews andChristians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besidesAllah...” [Soorah at-Tawbah (9): 31]When Adee Ibn Hatim heard this verse, he said, “O Messenger ofAllah. We didn't worship them.”The Messenger of Allah said, “Did they not make Haraam whatAllah made Halaal and you all made it Haraam, and they made Halaalwhat Allah made Haraam and you all made it Halaal?”He replied, “Certainly.”The Prophet of Allah said, “That is your worship to them.” [At-Tirmidhee (3/247)]Shaikh Abdur-Rahman Ibn Hasan said, “In this Hadeeth, is a proofthat obedience to monks and rabbis while disobeying Allah isworshiping them. It is Major Shirk which Allah does not forgive, asAllah says at the end of the verse, “while they (Jews and Christians)were commanded to worship none but One Deity. La ilaha illa Huwa(none has the right to be worshiped but He). Praise and glory be toHim, (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (withHim).” [Soorah at-Tawbah (9): 31]- 71 -