The Rising and the Hereafter

passed from pure fathers onto pure mothers.”­Another­hadîth-isherîf­reads:­“In
every century I was transferred through the most
auspicious people of their time.”­However,­it­is­not­permissible­to
use­the­adjective­‘auspicious’­about­a­disbeliever.­In­fact­the­two
hundred­ and­ nineteenth­ âyat-i-kerîma­ of­ Shu’arâ­ Sûra­ purports:
“He makes you pass through people who prostrate themselves.”
Hence,­all­his­fathers­and­mothers­were­Believers.­It­is­stated­in
the­ Qur’ân­ al-kerîm­ that­ Âzer,­ who­ is­ said­ to­ be­ the­ father­ of
Ibrâhîm­ ‘’alaihis-salâm’,­ was­ a­ disbeliever.­ Yet­ ’Abdullah­ ibni
’Abbâs­and­Imâm­Mujâhid­stated­that­he­was­Ibrâhîm’s­‘’alaihissalâm’­paternal­uncle.­In­Arabia­a­paternal­uncle­is­called­‘father’.
It­is­stated­in­a­hadîth-i-sherîf:­“The lightest torment in Hell will be
the torment that will be inflicted on Abû Tâlib.”­Since,­on­the­one
hand,­Abû­Tâlib’s­torment­is­stated­to­be­the­lightest­and,­on­the
other­ hand,­ Rasûlullah’s­ blessed­ parents­ would­ undergo­ the
lightest­ torment­ were­ they­ in­ Hell,­ the­ hadîth-i-sherîf­ quoted
above­shows­that­both­of­them­were­Believers.
5–­ Most­ scholars­ warn­ us­ against­ saying­ something
inappropriate­ on­ this­ delicate­ subject­ and­ advise­ us­ to­ choose
silence­ or­ only­ to­ say­ that­ Allâhu­ ta’âlâ­ knows­ the­ truth­ of­ the
matter.­Shaikh-ul-islâm­’Allâma­Ahmad­ibni­Kemâl­Pâsha­states
as­ follows­ in­ the­ final­ part­ of­ his­ booklet­ entitled­ Abawayn (or
Ebeveyn):­According­to­the­hadîth-i-sherîf­which­reads:­“Do not
hurt the living people by speaking ill of the dead!”­and­the­sixtysecond­âyat-i-kerîma­of­Tawba­Sûra,­which­purports:­“May
Allah
condemn people who hurt the Messenger of Allah!”,­a­person­who
says­that­Rasûlullah’s­father­is­in­Hell­is­himself­an­accursed­one.
This­is­the­end­of­the­passage­that­we­have­borrowed­from­Mir’âtul-kâinât.
When­our­blessed­Prophet­‘’alaihis-salâm’­was­at­a­graveyard
he­would­state:­“May safety in the world and in the Hereafter be
over those Muslims and Believers who occupy these graves. We,
inshâ-Allah, shall join you [be­with­you]. You left this world before
us. We will follow your example and be there. Yâ Rabbî! Have
maghfirat over us and over these people, and forgive us our sins.”
Our­ Master­ the­ blessed­ Prophet­ ‘sall-Allâhu­ ’alaihi­ wa­ sallam’
commanded­his­blessed­wives­as­well­to­say­these­words­(prayer)
whenever­they­visited­the­cemetery.
Sâlih-i-Muzenî­ ‘rahimahullah’­ relates:­ I­ asked­ some­ scholars
why­ we­ had­ been­ prohibited­ to­ perform­ namâz­ in­ a­ cemetery.
They­ informed­ that­ there­ was­ a­ hadîth-i-sherîf­ against­ it,­ and
quoted­ the­ hadîth-i-sherîf­ that­ reads:­ “Do not perform namâz
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