SHIRK IN FEAR [II] Hadith Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri radhiallahu ‘anhu: قال رسور الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ اَحْدُكُمْ هِيْبَةُ النَّاسِ أَِنْ يَقُولَ فِي حَقٍّ إذَا رآهُ أَوْ شَهِدَهُ أَوْ سََمِعَهُ Let not the fear of people stop you from speaking or testifying to that which you know of truth. It is in the Silsilah Sahihah, this Hadith deters one from not speaking the truth and makes it Haraam. And that is basically why we call a certain category of people the cowards of the Ummah, because even if it means loss of wages or fear of being hit or cursed or losing followers, that is not the type of fear that you can remain silent in. This Hadith is talking about those who refuse to speak the truth, imagine how it is for those who are on the side of evil. If this is for those who do not speak the truth, then imagine those who testify and side with the evil. This is an area where many go wrong in it, they read a quote or two of Ibn Taymiyyah or Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhaab for example on fear, as happens so much, and then they declare half the Ummah Mushrikeen Kuffaar. This type of fear that I just mentioned is Haraam, but it is not Shirk unless it gets to the level we spoke about in number one. •Number three is al-Khawf Min Allahi Ta’aala (الخوف من الله تعلى) the next one is fear of Allah subhaanahu wa ta’aala. Fear of Allah that contains with it love, honour, humility, reverence. That is the fear that is a Waajib and it is a Waajib only to Allah subhaanahu wa ta’aala. Fear from the torment of Allah, you fear from the torment of Allah. ..ْ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِي وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ Ibrahiim8 وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ ar-Rahman:46 This fear, whoever establishes this fear and establishes it good, this is among the peak of Imaan and it is great unless it makes one despair and give up hope, then it has gone wrong. •The fourth type of fear is al-Khawf al-Jibillee(الخوف الجبلى), the natural type of fear. This is Mubaah, if there is an actual reason for it, natural fear, then it is Mubaah. For example, an enemy right in front of you and the sword is out, a lion right in front of you, you are in the middle of drowning, a house collapsing on you, it is shaking and collapsing. This is the fear فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ alQasas:21 He went out of the town fearing. Even though it is not considered Shirk, there is another aspect to it. The stronger one’s Imaan is, the less he will have of this type of fear. You have some of the Salaf who made Sujood and a lion over their heads and the lion breathing over them, they did not get scared. And if you see Musa, he was afraid at one time, Allah quotes him as afraid but towards the end of his Messagehood when Bani Isra’eel were hesitant: He was at the utmost of Imaan. In shaa Allah our next topic will be: SHIRK IN HOPE
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:16:37 +0000
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