Blind following of Misguidance - Part 3

 

I was once asked how is it that intelligent people reject Islam/truth. The simple answer is about guidance. Allah guides whom He wills. Certainly, the sincere will be guided, for Allah is not unjust and He is all-aware, All-knowing.

Pride is something where you consider yourself better than another. This is a recipe for failure and humiliation. Over the centuries, Islam has experienced its own share of egomaniacs. Being on the right path is a mercy from Allah.  One of the ways to spot these people, is when they make statements relating to religion, they do so without proofs or by using contrived proofs. A group (eventually split in 2) were declared outside the fold of Islam because of falsities, contradicting Quran and Hadith, regarding Prophet Eesa (Yeshu) pbuh. There are more commonly known and Qadianis and Ahmadis. Now, there is a new claim by a certain individual who claims that Prophet Eesa (pbuh) died on the cross. This is total blasphemy. However, this individual wants to spin it such that he died for a second or millisecond, that he asserts this position while the Quran clearly says that Prophet Eesa pbuh was neither crucified nor killed. This is a major deviation to believe differently for now you are challenging the Quran.

Another error is that Orthodox Christians are believers. This is easily repudiated and there are plenty of examples in Quran. Thus, this statement is contrary to the Quran. So, by now you know the answer to this. In short, none are believers if they do not accept Muhammad ﷺ as a Prophet of Allah.

As for the Shi’a and having prayers with them, then you have aqeedah (belief) issues. This is related to eemaan (faith). Any person claiming to be a person of knowledge, have opened to the doors to deviation and misguidance. Only those with pride will remain stubborn upon this misguidance. The Shia issue is lengthy, and I don’t intend to cover that in more detail here, but I am happy to take that offline. Simple reason is that there is enough good information available and credible scholars to which this subject can be referred.

There are other deviants and some of those practices need to be highlighted (in further posts). The main issue is that of aqeedah. Unless you learn and understand aqeedah from authentic sources (with clear unadulterated proofs), then you will open yourself up to following misguidance. Added to this is that you must be principled. Religion is not something with which you play and be whimsical about. Your sincerity is important. Ego and pride are damaging traits and will lead to failure and humiliation. Humility and submission to His will and guidance is key to success and eventually paradise.

Those who ask, cannot claim ignorance. Those who hide lest they be exposed to the truth, have pride. Humility is from the means of acceptance of truth and gaining affection of the believers.

 

See part 2: http://capemuslimspeak.blogspot.com/2025/01/blind-following-of-misguidance-part-2.html

 

 

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Blind following of Misguidance – Part 2

Blind following of Misguidance – Part 2

 The scholarly and schoolboy approach can never be the same. The one has knowledge while the other is deluded, excited with the drop of knowledge.  For the latter, this becomes the reality. These types of people, even sometimes when they do carry some knowledge, gain followers like the Ahmadis and Qadianis. It is not impossible that these people build a following on lies and misguidance.

 

No matter whether the field is medicine, education or eschatology,etc, it can never trump aqeedah (belief). Belief is the most important aspect to have proper eemaan (faith). I say “proper”, but effectively if eemaan is defective, it may in fact, at times, be classified as disbelief. So, if you don’t apply yourself to understanding or accepting any or much of other fields of study, but only in as much as is needed for your aqeedah, then that will suffice. As for delving into these matters and creating the impression that that is aqeedah, then that is misguidance. Examples of how they place preference on their opinions on eschatology is that they believe that Gog and Magog have escaped and are amongst people already. Reading through the ahadith pertaining to this, the literal understanding is simple. This literal understanding is the view of every credible scholar that Gog and Magog will only appear after the time of Ad-dajjal (antichrist). Now this, the minute detail, is not a point of aqeedah but knowledge that it is real must be accepted because it is authentically reported in the hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Moreso, to create an opinion other than that of the entire scholarship and ummah is pushing the limits, to put it mildly. Of the arguments that these misguided people use to justify the release and presence, as it were, of Gog and Magog in our midst, is that the whole world has been discovered. So how can Gog and Magog still be hidden. This is an aqeedah issue because it is questioning whether Allah has the ability to hide any part  the world from prying eyes. This can be shown when these people have not looked at some archaeological findings in the recent years. These finding effectively show places undiscovered for thousands of years. Then also, in the recent past, the disappearance of flight MH371. Sure, there will be theories on the latter, but what about the archaeological findings. Indeed, a case of these people trying to force justification of their viewpoint when eschatology in Islam cannot clash with Aqeedah, except that you will be in error. The ghaib, the unseen, is the domain of Allah. He did not give us more detail than what has been authentically reported. Thus, any interpretation is subject to mere opinion which can be strutinised and rejected. On the matter of Gog and Magog, then the overwhelming view is that Gog and Magog must still appear.

 

After centuries of scholarship, one man decides that these people were and are all wrong. This brings us to the point of understanding how knowledge has been passed on from generation to generation, but we will leave that for some later date.  You head into dangerous territory when you then also just reinterpreting Quran on this basis. Know that no subject is important enough to endanger your eemaan.

 

hadith posted below

 

See part 1: http://capemuslimspeak.blogspot.com/2025/01/blind-followers-of-misguidance.html

 see part 3: The Cape Muslim Dialogue: Blind following of Misguidance - Part 3

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Hadith

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Gog and Magog people dig every day until, when they can almost see the rays of the sun, the one in charge of them says: "Go back and we will dig it tomorrow." Then Allah puts it back, stronger than it was before. (This will continue) until, when their time has come, and Allah wants to send them against the people, they will dig until they can almost see the rays of the sun, then the one who is in charge of them will say: "Go back, and we will dig it tomorrow if Allah wills.' So they will say: "If Allah wills." Then they will come back to it and it will be as they left it. So they will dig and will come out to the people, and they will drink all the water. The people will fortify themselves against them in their fortresses. They will shoot their arrows towards the sky and they will come back with blood on them, and they will say: "We have defeated the people of earth and dominated the people of heaven." Then Allah will send a worm in the napes of their necks and will kill them thereby.'" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the beasts of the earth will grow fat on their flesh."

Sunan Ibn Majah – graded Sahih