Re: Fasting on the day of Aashoora (10th Muharram)
I am writing this because I feel some Muslims have plenty of misunderstanding and confusion regarding Islam that got created during earlier years of Islam and now engraved in Muslims’ mind. Actually, this misunderstanding and confusion is big tool of Shaitan to make people believe and practice without questioning, what is not from Allah but concocted absurdities and lies that got introduced into religion by Shaitan with the help of people in authority (religious or administrators). This is the way Shaitan has made Christians to believe that Isa (AS) was son of God, and Hindus to believe on numerous Gods.
Since hadith … fasting on 10[SUP]th[/SUP] Muharram … linking it to Jews liberation from Pharaoh under the leadership of Musa (AS) … and various other contradictory hadiths … is present in various books, and some people want to consider any hadith as true due to acceptable Isnad (chain of narrators) without going into content, they consider these hadith reliable, regardless of content of hadith is true or not. Thus, I would like to mention something that all Muslims should know, remember and understand (for their own good):
Quran is words of Allah because whatever is there in Quran is true, and there are no lies, contradictions, or absurdities in Quran. Quran also tells about things our soul (roh) inherently knows, understands, and hence accepts as true. If there were lies, contradictions, and absurdities in Quran then Quran would not have been words of Allah but concocted book. If our soul (Roh) did not knew, understood and recognised what is written in Quran, rather for our Roh, Quran would be saying things that are weird, mysterious, and unknown for our soul (Roh), something that our soul (roh) inherently did not knew, then also humans (Muslims) would not have accepted Quran as words of their creator.
Actually, if there were lies, contradictions, discrepancies, and absurdities in Quran, than believing that Quran is words of Allah would meant, believing that Allah lies, have contradictions in his words, and talk absurdities. That would have been big sin, rather kufr, and anyone with such believes deserve to abide in hell. See what Quran says about Quran being free from all flaws (contradictions, lies, irrationality, absurdities, discrepancies, etc) and also says that if here were flaws then Quran would not have been words of Allah (it would have been words of others). Shows that flaws in saying cannot be from Allah … or Prophets (AS).
*Yusuf Ali (Quran 4:82): ... *Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy (contradictions, irrationality, absurdities, lies, etc).
One should remember that ‘we accept Quran as book of Allah because it has no lies, no contradictions and no absurdities’, and ‘it is not’ that ‘we accept Quran as book of Allah in spite of lies, contradictions and absurdities’.
Same is true about hadith:
Hadith is true because Prophet (SAW) could not have said anything untrue, lie or absurd. Regardless of the Isnad (chains of narrators) and theirs’ acceptability, we cannot accept any hadith to be words of Prophet (SAW) if ‘Matan’ (contents) of that hadith is lie, illogical, irrational, contradictory, or absurdity.
If we would do that, accept hadith regardless of content having lies, contradictions, irrationality, or absurdities, on strength of Isnad (chain of narrator) then by dong that we would be accepting that Prophet (SAW) (nauzobillah) was saying lies, had contradictions in his sayings, was irrational, was illogical, and used to talk absurdities.
Thus, whenever we accept sayings as words of Prophet (SAW) that has flaws than that would be abusing Prophet (SAW) and his integrity, and that could lead us to hell … because Prophet (SAW) could not have said lies, could not have made contradictory statements, could not have said something irrational, could not have made illogical statements, and could not have said things absurd … so, it is our duty to reject what has flaws and only accept as hadith from Prophet (SAW) what is flawless, especially what is accordance with Quran (that itself is flawless).
It is same as anyone who you trusts tells you that your father said something that you know is lie or absurd, then if you have respect for your father and know that your father could not have said such lies and absurdities (he was not liar or idiot), than regardless of whoever is the narrator and however reliable you consider that narrator, you would reject what the narrator is saying about your father, rather you might even start abusing the narrator and may even stop respecting the narrator.
But then, how shameful it is that there are people who may reject lies and absurdities if it gets associated to their biological father, regardless of who tells them, but when it comes to Prophet (SAW), they are willing to accept lies and absurdities and would defend that, just because to them the narrators’ name associated with hadith are reliable, respectable and important. This belief and behaviour is clear disrespect and abuse of Prophet (SAW), and that could have big consequence for the person after death.
[Note: When one considers that a particular hadith is not from Prophet (SAW) but concocted, one is not necessarily demeaning the narrators, as it is also possible that some notorious person may have concocted the saying and used the name of people as narrators to make sure that people accept the concocted sayings.]
come on people. Allow people if they want to follow this practice of fasting based on some traditions. At the end its just nawafili roza, which can be be practiced on any day (except certain days). Why so fuss about it.