As Salaam o Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatuh!
A`uzu billahis Samee`il`Aleem,
minash shaytanir rajeem!
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem!
Wa Salaatu wa Salaam
`alaa Rasulullah-
Salallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam
Shaytaan beautifies falsehood and he makes sins appear attractive by calling
forbidden things with beautiful names
And whosoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent (i.e.
this Qur'aan and worship of Allah), We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qareen
(an intimate companion) to him. And verily, they (Shayateen) hinder them from
the Path (of Allah), but they think that they are guided aright!' [(43):
36-37]
This verse determines the task of Qareen;
a) Hindering from the path of Allah,
b) and confusing the person into believing that he is upon the truth.
Hindrance from the path of Allah cannot be done except by beautifying
falsehood and making it look good in one's eyes. Not letting one realize that
the Sharee'ah of Allah is being opposed. Man spends his whole life with this
waswasa until he recognizes the truth but it is too late!! On that day, he
will complain and, 'he says (to his Qareen), 'Would that between me and you
were the distance of the two easts (or the east and west)' a worst (type of)
companion (indeed)!' [Soorah az-Zukhruf (43): 36-37]
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim said in this context, 'One of his (Shaytan) plots is that he
always bewitches people's mind until they are deceived. No one is saved from
his sorcery except those whom Allah Wills. He makes attractive to the mind
that which will harm it, until a person thinks of something as most
beneficial, and he (Shaytan) discourages him from that which is the most
beneficial, until he thinks that it will harm him. La ilaaha illAllah, how may
people have been tempted by this sorcery!' [Quoted from, Aalam al-Jinn
was-Shayateen by Umar S. Al-Ashqar]
Shaytan made the idea of eating from the forbidden tree appear attractive to
Adam by giving it a beautiful and attractive name. He kept claiming to Adam
that the forbidden tree was 'the tree of eternal life,' and that eating from
it would make him live forever in Paradise, or would make him one of the
angels, Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should become angels
or become of the immortals. [(7):20] until Adam obeyed Shaytan, and was
subsequently expelled from Paradise.
Shaytan may beautify a sinful action between a man and woman
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said, 'Men are not
tempted by anything more than women.' [Agreed upon] For this reason, women
are commanded to cover their bodies and men are commanded to lower their
gaze. He (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) forbade being alone with a
non-mahram woman and said that no man is ever alone with a non-mahram
woman but Shaytan is the third one. This is because Shaytan may beautify a
sinful action for them and thus, we must try to subdue Shaytan and drive
away his deception and act in accordance with the guidelines of Allah's
Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam), who said, 'The woman comes in the form
of a Shaytan and goes in the form of the Shaytan. So if one of you sees a
woman that pleases him, he should go to his family and that will get rid
of what is in him.' [Saheeh Muslim]
The Qur'aan relates a number of examples of how Shaytan beautifies falsehood
and Kufr for his enemies and they go along what he intends for them, like Saba
and her kingdom. The hoopee bird informed Suleiman (alaihis-salaam) about
their condition, 'I found her and her people worshiping the sun instead of
Allah, and Shaytan has made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and has barred
them from (Allah's) Way, so they have no guidance,' [Soorah an-Naml (27): 24]
This trick of Shaytan is very dangerous, because if falsehood is made to
appear attractive to a person, how would he strive towards achieving the good
and repelling the evil?
Allah says in the Qur'aan about Thamud, the people of Salih (alaihis-salaam),
'And We have assigned them (Shayateen) intimate companions (in this world),
who have made fair-seeming to them, what was before them (from the Hereafter
that there is no resurrection, Paradise or Hell) and what was behind them (he
beautified for them that the world was very old, and there was no Creator
except nature).' [(41): 25] [See, Tafseer al-Kabeer of Rajhi 27/103]
And this beautification of the world leads to turning away from the Deen and
mocking at the believers, 'Beautified is the life of this world for those who
disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe.' [(2): 212] SubhanAllah, is
this not what we witness today from the Darwinists.
The people of Thamud were, in fact, the most famous people for their
intelligence, and Shaytan approached them through this door and enticed them,
so they became stubborn and argued and were destroyed, 'And Ad and Thamud
(people)! And indeed (their destruction) is clearly apparent to you from their
(ruined) dwellings. Shaytan made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and turned
them away from the (Right) Path, though they were intelligent.' [(29): 38]
How many intelligent people have been fooled by Shaytan today, and from their
false thoughts are communism, secularism and feminism!! This is because
Shaytan has beautified the falsehood for them.
This has been the way of Shaytan with every nation as Allah says, 'By Allah,
We indeed sent (Messengers) to the nations before you (O Muhammad), but
Shaytan made their deeds fair-seeming to them. So he (Shaytan) is their Wali
(helper) today (i.e. in this world), and theirs will be a painful torment.' [
(16): 63]
Imam Ibn Katheer writes in the Tafseer of this verse, 'He sent Messengers to
the nations of the past, and they were rejected. You, O Muhammad, have an
example in your brothers among the Messengers, so do not be distressed by your
people's rejection. As for the idolater's rejection of the Messengers, the
reason for this is that the Shaytan made their deeds attractive to them.' So
he (Shaytan) is their Wali (helper) today,' meaning they will be suffering
punishment while Shaytan is their only helper, and he cannot save them, so
they have no one to answer their calls for help, and theirs is a painful
punishment.' [Tafseer Ibn Katheer] [(16): 63]
With this trick, Shaytan befools mankind into deceiving their own selves and
making the prohibitions of Allah lawful for themselves. An interesting story is
mentioned in the Qur'aan about the people of Sabbath among the Jews, whom
Allah forbade to fish on Saturday (Sabbath) as a trial for them. 'And ask them
(O Muhammad) about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed in the
matter of the Sabbath: when their fish came to them openly on the Sabbath day,
and did not come to them on the day they had no Sabbath. Thus We made a trial
of them for they used to rebel.' [Soorah al-A'raf (7): 163]
So, 'They began using deceitful means to avoid honoring the Sabbath by placing
nets, ropes and artificial pools of water for the purpose of fishing before
the Sabbath (i.e., on Friday). When the fish came in abundance on Saturday as
usual, they were caught in the ropes and nets for the rest of Saturday. During
the night, the Jews collected the fish after the Sabbath ended. When they did
that, Allah changed them from humans into monkeys, the animals having the form
closest to humans. Their evil deeds and deceit appeared lawful on the surface,
but they were in reality wicked. This is why their punishment was compatible
with their crime.
Imam Abu Abdullah bin Battah reported that Abu Hurayrah
(radhi allahu anhu) said that the Messenger of Allah said, 'Do not commit
what the Jews committed, breaching what Allah has forbidden, by resorting to
the lowest types of deceit.' [See, Tafseer Ibn Katheer]
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said,'A group of my Ummah
will make intoxicants lawful, giving it a name from themselves.' In another
narration it says, they will name it by other than its proper name.' [See,
Ibn Majah (3385) & Musnad Ahmad (4/237, 5/318)
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim writes, 'From him (Shaytan), his followers learned the
method of calling haraam things by names which people find attractive. So they
called wine - the mother of joy, and they called intoxicants - morsels of
delight, and they called Riba (usury) business dealing
' (end quote from Wabil
as-Sayyib)
Similarly, today singing, dancing, acting, making statues are all called,
'art!' But with such devious behavior man can only fool himself and none can
deceive Allah, the All-Wise.
Shaytan corrupts people's heart and souls
through singing and music
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim (rahimahullah) writes in Igaathat al-Lahfaan
(1/242), 'Among the plots and traps of the enemy of Allah, with which he
seeks to trap those who posses little knowledge, reasoning and religious
commitment and trap the ignorant is the listening to whistling and
clapping of hands and singing accompanied by forbidden musical instruments,
which closes people's hearts to the Qur'aan and makes them devoted to
immorality and sin. This is the 'qur'an' of the Shaytan, an impenetrable
barrier which blocks them from the Most Merciful. This is the means that
leads to sodomy and fornication, by means of which the Shaytan ensnares the
hearts of those who follow falsehood and makes it appear attractive to them
by way of deceit and trickery. He inspires them by means of specious
arguments to regard it as something good, so they accept this idea and for
the sake of argument to regard it as something good, so
they accept this idea and for the sake of singing they forsake the
Qur'aan
Taken from As-Sunnah Newsletter - http://www.qsep.com
As-Sunnah Vol. 2 Issue No. 11
Quranic Dua
English Transliteration
"Rabbi a'uzubika min hamazatish Shaytaane
Wa a'uzubika Rabbi anyehzuroon"
(Quran surah 23:Ayah 97-98)
English Translation
And pray: 'My Lord! I seek your refuge from the suggestions of the evil
ones; I even seek Your refuge, my Lord, lest they should approach me.'
(23:97-98)
(Aameen)
Wassalamu Alaykum Wr Wb,
Your sister and well wisher in Islam,
Umme Safoora
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