Answerring Hasnain part 4: The issue of 'bashar' for The Prophet of Allah alayhisalam

[Asif]

786

Saying Bashar to Rasoolullah
 
To put the record straight i write once more that we are Sunnis. We refer to ourselves as Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. I have never been to Bareilly Sharif in my life [sadly] but yet I respond to ‘Barelwi’ so do Sunnis of the subcontinent. Why ? Simple. Imam Ahmed Raza Khan al-Hanafi al-Qadri was born in Bareilly Sharif. The Deobandis/Tableegis were dead against this Imam. So a litmus test to test a true blue Sunni is to watch his response to the name of this Imam. As the followers of Huzuur ash-Shaykh `Abdul-Qadir Jilani are Qadris; so are the followers of this Imam, Barelwees.

Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Qadri himself always without exception referred to himself as a Sunni. So this false perception caused by the Deobandis/Tableegis about Barelwis being someone different is libel.
and Barelwis – as any Sunnis – believe only what the Sunni Scholars have preached, and by the way we use the tag Barelwis only to check the temperature; else always we call ourselves as Sunnis.

One more slander attributed to us Sunnis is that we do not consider Hazrat Rasulallah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as a man. ma-aadhallah. It is a lie…

We consider Rasulallah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam as a man. But a man greater than any other man :

Mohammadun basharun laa kal bashar // yaaquutu Hajarun laa kal Hajar

[Mohammad sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam is a man but unlike any other man // a diamond is a stone but unlike any other stone; I think i have seen the second line in jadhb al quluub thus : bal huwa yaaquutun baynal Hajar]

said Imam Ahmed Raza Khan:

Allah ki sar taa ba qadam shaan haiN yeh // insaa nahiN insaan wo insaan haiN yeh
Qur-aan to eemaan bataataa hai inheN // eemaan to kahtaa hai meri jaan haiN yeh!

He [Rasulallah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) is from head to toe a manifestation of the glory of Allah! // for he is such a man that no other man is like unto him.

the Qur-aan teaches them (all of us) what is eemaan // and eemaan says ‘ that he is my life’ [that is unless you accept love and rever the Rasul, their eeman is dead!)

But we believe that he is greater than any other man. Yes, his true being is nuur or light and it is manifest in the form of ‘Bashar’ or human form.

It is the same as Hazrat Jabrayeel who came to Hazrat Maryam alaa ibnihaa wa alayhas salaam in the form of a man – ‘Basharan sawiyya’.

He was in the form of a man. But everyone knows that he is an angel. Everyone knows that angels are made of Nuur. Everyone knows that he is nuur. But when he came forth he came as a man.

“Fa mablaghul ilmi feehi annahuu basharun // wa annahuu khayru khalqillaahi kullihimee! wa kayfa yudrikud dunyaa Haqeeqatuhuu // qawmun niyaamun tasalluu anhu bil Hulumee!
and the limits of their knowledge is that he [Rasulallah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) is just a man // but the truth is that he is the best among the entire creation.
and how can the world comprehend his reality // these people ? these sleeping ones who are content with their wild dreams..”

"aankh waale teri jawban ka tamaashaa dekhe // deedah e kor ko kyaa aye nazar kyaa dekhe

He [or she) with eyes can appreciate thy beauty and thy splendor // and what can blind say about your beauty ? he cannot see anything at all in the first place."

[of course, this couplet is by Imam Ahmed Raza too ! He is the Hassaan of our time!)

They always find ways where they can limit the praise of Rasul, yet claim his love! Haven’t Deobandis/Tableegis not heard Imam Busayri?

“qad tunkirul aynu Daww ash-shamsi min ramadin // wa yunkirul famu tumal maa-yi min saqami!
A diseased eye finds sunlight harmful and a sick mouth perceives sweet water to be distasteful.”

They relentlessly quote, ‘qul innamaa ana basharun mithlukum’ / say ye, that i am a man like unto thee!

But forget conviniently : ‘ayyukum mithlee’ / who is he amongst you who is like me ?

Shame to those who quote the verses of the qur-aan to prove that Rasulallah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam is like a brother and in the same breath say : ‘We have never said so’ [didn’t they say so to question no.26 to the scholars of Haramayn?]

Shame unto those whose eyes are blind to the aayah : ‘maa kaana muHammadan abaa aHadan min rijaalikum’ // and muHammad sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam is not a father to any man amongst you.

Shame unto those who quote the Hadeeth of Rasulallah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that he said ‘brother’ to Sahaaba, but are blind to the fact that none among the Sahaaba Tabiyeen Tabyi Taabiyeen and all the Saaliheen of the Ummah have said Rasulallah is like a big brother only.  Do they not see that it is the humility of Rasulallah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam?

Would you call your father as a brother and nothing more ?

Did you not read the aayah in the qur-aan which says : ‘don’t call unto the Rasul like you do amongst yourselves’?

“daa maa addaatin naSaara fee nabiyyihimee // waHkum bimaa shi-ytaa madHan feehi waHtakimee
Don’t say what the christians attribute their prophet with [that is he is the son of Allah, maaadhallah subHaanahu wa taaalaa) // excepting that attribute him with whatsoever [good) you wish to and increase in that)”

“wa kullu aayin atar rusulul kiraamu bihaa // fa innamat taSalat min nuurihee bihimee
and all the signs given to the other prophets // were infact attained by them because of the nuur of our Rasul `alayhis salaam)”

“kaz-zahri fee tarafin wal badri fee sharafin // wal baHru fee karamee wad dahru fee himami
And how was he ? he was like a delicate flower in countenance and like a full moon in glory // and as an ocean in generosity and as ‘time’ itself in poise”

May the earth under their very feet crack and they be gobbled up ! They who diminish the ranks of he whom Allah hath elevated :
‘wa rafa`anaa laka dhikrak’ / we hath elevated thy remembrance, o beloved!

And we await the day, where they shall be punished; unless they repent.

wallahul haadi wa muwaffiq.

[Sakinah]

Asalaamu alaikum Asif Bhai,

What is '786'?

[Asif]

Dear Sakinah ji :)

The ulama of islam have a science called abjaad. This is that every letter of the arabic alphabet is assigned a different value for example alif = 1, baa == 2, etc. some letters == 10, etc etc. anyway in the phrase bismillah ar-rahman ar-raheem if you total the numerical values of all the letters in it you get a sum of 786.

In other words, 786 is a shorthand way of writing bismillah ar-rahman ar-raheem.

it is v. useful in letters etc. which will be read and thrown away as it means that the holy phrase wont be disrespected.

wallahu aalam.

hope that helps!

:)

[CHANDA]

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CHANDA

[This message has been edited by CHANDA (edited July 06, 1999).]

[Sakinah]

Asalaamu alaikum Asif Bhai,

Thank you for your response.
Another question if I may...

Did our Rasool (Salallaahu alayheee wasalaam) and/or His (SAW)'s companions(Radi Allahu'anhum) use this form of abbreviation?

[Asif]

Sakinah ji,

I do not think so. but there are many things we take for granted now eg the books of fiqh, classified hadith texts, qur'an in book form, zabar and zer's on the qur'anic words etc etc etc which are necessary to understand the deen of Our Prophet [sal allahu alayhi wa sallam] and his companions;
Huzoor kay zamaane mein to arabic numerals bhi nahin thay to kya aaj kal hum yeh bhi na isitmaal karein? at that time there was none of the islamic sciences either---you see my point? this abjaad system is not a wajib part of the deen but rather a scholastic tool useful in some situations. Obviously it is not the intention to 'replace' the actual words with these during worship!

Allah knows best!

[Sakinah]

Asallaamu alaikum Asif Bhai,

I pray you are well, Ameen.

I am still a little confused as to the basis of this type of abbreviation.
My view is that this appears to be extremism in the Deen and contrary to the authentic Sunnah of our Prophet (Salallaahu alayhee wasallam). And Allah Knows Best.
The reason I say this is because we know (and evidence of this can be provided on request) that our Rasool (salallaahu alayhee wasallam) wrote letters to the Kufaar such as the King of Rome, inviting them to embrace Islaam. These letters included "Bismillah" and Ayahs from the Qur'aan.
What the kuffar did with these letters, Allah alone Knows. Had the 'disrespectful disposal' of these letters been a concern of our Prophet (salallaahu alayhee wasallam) surely He (salallaahu alayhee wasallam) would not have sent these to them?
And Allah Knows best.

Far be it for me to make judgements on the 'Ulema' who practise the science of 'Abjaad' (and this is not my intention here) but are they not acting firstly, contrary to the Sunnah of the Messenger (Salallahu alayhee wasallam) and therefore claiming to know better and secondly, in extreme, by this concern of theirs about what the end of these bits of paper is?
With due respect, is this 'science' not simply a waste of time?

And Allah Knows best.

May Allah guide us all to the truth and forgive us our shortcomings, Ameen.

[This message has been edited by Sakinah (edited July 07, 1999).]