Maeda 101-102
101- YOU WHO BELIEVE; DO NOT ASK ABOUT THINGS WHICH IF SHOWN TO YOU, WILL UPSET YOU, AND IF YOU ASK ABOUT IT WHEN THE QURAN IS SENT DOWN, IT WILL BE SHOWN TO YOU, ALLAH PARDONED THIS, FOR ALLAH IS MOST FORGIVING AND MOST FORBEARING.
102- PEOPLE BEFORE YOU ASKED ABOUT IT, AND THEN THEY REJECTED IT.
In these two Ayahs, Allah the Highest is instructing and commanding us not to ask many questions concerning our faith, mainly not the things Allah the Highest did not speak about. This is out of Mercy for us. Like the Children of Israel whom Moses peace upon him commanded to slaughter a cow. They kept asking him details about this cow, until they found that the cow in question is very difficult to find, which when Moses peace upon him commanded them, any cow would have been sufficient. “AND WHEN MOSES SAID TO HIS PEOPLE: “ALLAH COMMANDS YOU TO SLAUGHTER A COW”, THEY SAID: “ARE MAKING A LAUGHING STOKE OF US?” HE SAID: “MAY ALLAH SAVE ME FROM BEING ONE OF THE IGNORANT” * THEY SAID: “CALL UPON YOUR LORD TO LET US KNOW WHAT KIND OF COW IT SHOULD BE?” HE SAID: “HE (ALLAH) SAYS: “IT SHOULD BE NEITHER TOO OLD NOR TOO YOUNG A COW, BUT IN BETWEEN, SO DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN COMMANDED TO DO” * THEY SAID: “CALL UPON YOUR LORD TO LET US KNOW ITS COLOUR”. HE (MOSES) SAID: “HE SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE A YELLOW COW, BRIGHT IN COLOUR, PLEASING TO THOSE WHO SEE IT” * THEY SAID: “CALL UPON YOUR LORD TO LET US KNOW WHAT IT SHOULD BE LIKE, FOR ALL COWS LOOK ALIKE TO US, AND IF ALLAH WILLS, WE WILL BE RIGHTLY GUIDED * HE (MOSES) SAID: ALLAH SAYS THAT IT IS NOT A WORKING COW, WHICH PLOUGHS THE EARTH OR WATERS THE FIELDS, SOUND AND HAS NO MARKINGS. THEY SAID: NOW YOU CAME WITH THE TRUTH. THEY SLAUGHTERED IT, ALTHOUGH THEY ALMOST DID NOT * AND WHEN YOU KILLED A SOUL AND HAD A DISPUTE CONCERNING IT, BUT ALLAH REVEALS WHAT YOU CONCEAL * WE SAID: “STRIKE HIM WITH PART OF IT”. AS SUCH ALLAH REVIVES THE DEAD AND SHOWS YOU HIS AYAHS SO THAT YOU MAY UNDERSTAND. (S:2 A:73)
When the Ayah concerning Hajj was sent down, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him call the Muslims and said: “O people, the Hajj has been prescribed for you, so go on Hajj”. A man asked: “Is it once or every year?”. He said: “But once, but had I said: every year, it would have been a duty”, then he recited “YOU WHO BELIEVE; DO NOT ASK ABOUT THINGS WHICH IF SHOWN TO YOU, WILL UPSET YOU ………”
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him also said to the Muslims: “Leave what I did not speak of, for those before you perished because asked many questions and argued about their prophets”. (Muslim & Bukhari)
Also Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Allah prescribed some duties, do not neglect them, made limits, do not transgress over them, and forbad thing, do not do them, and did not speak about some things, not forgetting them, do not ask about them”. (Bukhari & Muslim)
This does not mean the Muslim should not ask about details of his Religion and Faith, indeed, every Muslim should do his best to learn all about it. But it is the arguing and theorizing about the things that are not mentioned in the Quran and Hadith. This arguing and theorizing will then be unfounded and so will be its outcome.
The changes which took place in the Christian and Jewish religion resulted to large extend from arguing and theorizing concerning their religion. When the Muslims started translating the books of the past civilization to Arabic, which was of great benefit, they translated among other things philosophy books. When some Muslims wanted to apply what the learned from these books on Islam, problems started. One of the problems and trials was called “The creation of the Quran”. Which was about whether the Quran is created, being a creature like us or not.
The Muslims scholars at the time and most of all Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal stood firmly against the argument itself, for it is not for us to say, but the Quran is Allah’s Book, and that is all. The encroachment of philosophy on our Religion, with the associated arguments and theories stopped, and I hope never to restart.
Allah the Highest and His messenger prayer and peace upon him warned us about that.
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