Re: Steeped in ancient mysticism, passion of Pakistani Sufis infuriates Taliban
Brother, it is surprised that I gave you answer and still you could not get it. So, let me give you in few lines … may be that would be easy to understand.
You are talking about … in Nadji hadith, some took Najd as Iraq and not KSA.
Answer:
I gave the answer that these people claim is absurd … and I also quoted hadith they take to claim that Najd is Iraq and not KSA. Anyhow, I am giving answer as clearly as possible that even a layman could understand … unless one intentionally want to stay ignorant about the issue.
From hadith: Prophet (SAW) prayed for Sham and Yemen … and seeing that, people asked Prophet (SAW) to pray for Najd … ‘our Najd’
Prophet (SAW) pointed towards east and said that how can he pray for Najd as horn of Satan would come from there.
Above hadith is clear that Najd could not be Iraq … why?
First reason Najd could not be Iraq or any place other than Najd in KSA: During the time of prophet (SAW), no part of Iraq came under Muslim rule neither there were Muslim living in Iraq. … So, people could not have asked prophet (SAW) to pray for Iraq that was a land under Persian rule (For Muslims … Iraq then was same as India, Pakistan, England, France, USA, or whatever). … Since Muslims asked Prophet (SAW) to pray for Najd … calling the area ‘our Najd’ means that the area was under Muslim rule where Muslims were living … check the map below … dark brown is the area that was under Muslim rule at the time of Prophet (SAW).
Shaam of the time covers all of Jordan and some part of northern Arabia, so praying for Shaam was OK. All of Yemen was under Muslim rule, so praying for Yemen was also fine. Same way Najd … that is plateau in central Arabia was under Muslim rule … and that is why people asked Prophet (SAW) to pray for it.
Dark brown is the area that came under Muslim rule during Prophet (SAW) time … and thus Najd in hadith has to be in this area … as in Hadith, people asked Prophet (SAW) to pray for ‘our Najd’ and no Muslim could have asked Prophet (SAW) to pray for area that was not under Muslim rule and where Muslims were not living (at the time) .. claiming that area as ‘Our Najd’ … especially when prophet (SAW) was praying for Shaam (lower part of Jordan and North-west Arabia) … and Yeman … both Muslim area at the time.
Second reason Najd could not be Iraq or any place other than Najd in KSA: Najd is Arabic word meaning upland. At the time of prophet (SAW), language of Iraq was not Arabic so they could not have such name for a place in Iraq.
Third reason Najd could not be Iraq or any place other than Najd in KSA: Najd means Upland and that is why Najd in Arabia is given that name … since much before Prophet (SAW) … Plateau that is called Najd is 1000 meter above sea level. Most of Iraq is at sea level, so it cannot have name najd even if language in Iraq was Arabic and it had Muslim rule with Muslims living there.
Fourth reason Najd could not be Iraq or any place other than Najd in KSA: Prophet (SAW) being in Madina, pointed towards East. Iraq is not east of Madina rather it is north of Madina (or North-East). … On the other hand, only 2 meaningful cities in the world is exactly East of Madina … falling on same line of latitude that is ~ 24.5 degree north of Equator.
So, all above is clear proof that Najd mentioned in Hadith could not be Iraq but it is Riyadh from where Wahabism started.