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Bismi Allah

(In the Name of Allah)

Part–3(ii) of 11

By Abul Kasem (e-mail address: nirribilli@gmail.com) June 7, 2006 [color=RED][i][A note of caution: The contents of this essay might offend some readers.][/i][/color]

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Allah’s Likes and Dislikes-(ii)

Allah is extremely self-conscious; He praises Himself, just like a child loves to praise itself

It is quite easy to comprehend why Allah is so much self-conscious and hungry to be praised by humans. As told before, Muhammad, during his childhood, had very little experience with those powerful human emotions—love, care, attention, affection and praise. Those human feelings are absolutely vital for the development of a happy and healthy psychological make up of a child. Since, as an orphan, Muhammad had missed those essential ingredients, it is not surprising that Allah also missed them. Allah Himself, without much qualm, admits that He is deeply in need of those vital psychological emotions. Here is what Allah says about His ardour to grab attention and be praised. None loves to be praised more than Allah does, and for this reason He praises Himself… (Sahih Bukhari, 6.60.158,[url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/060.sbt.html]161[/url]). [quote] [i]Sahih Bukhari Volume 6, Book 60, Number 158: [/i] Narrated Abu Wail: 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) said, "None has more sense of ghaira than Allah Therefore - He prohibits shameful sins (illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly. And none loves to be praised more than Allah does, and for this reason He praises Himself." I asked Abu Wali, "Did you hear it from Abdullah?" He said, "Yes," I said, "Did Abdullah ascribe it to Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Yes." [/quote] None is more self-respecting than Allah… (Sahih Muslim, 37.6651). [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim, Book 037, Number 6651: [/i] Abu Salama reported from Abu Huraira that he narrated that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: There is none more self-respecting than Allah, the Exalted and Glorious There is no mention of the narration of Asma'. [/quote] Nothing is loved by Allah more than the praise of His Own self and it is because of this that He has praised Himself… (Sahih Muslim, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/037.smt.html]37.6647[/url], [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/037.smt.html]6648[/url]). Allah listens to him who praises Him… (Sahih Muslim, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/004.smt.html]4.0800[/url],[url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/004.smt.html]0802[/url]). Allah loves flattery… (Sahih Muslim, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/037.smt.html]4.6648[/url]). ‘Abdul Hamid Siddiqi, the eminent hadith scholar and the translator of Sahih Muslim denies that Allah loves flattery. Commenting on the above hadith, he writes: [quote] This does not mean that Allah, like ordinary human beings, loves flattery. What this implies is that Allah has defined Himself clearly and has strikingly brought into prominence His true personality and attributes and all His qualities and characteristics. As Allah is the Sole Creator, Master and Sovereign of the Universe and man has a very close and intimate contact with Him, more close and intimate even than his own soul, His clear perception is, therefore, the most important prerequisite of his life. Unless a man recognize (Sic) Him well, he cannot recognize himself. So, when Allah is praised it is a clear proof of the fact that man has been able to recognize his Lord, his own self and the universe around him (Siddiqi, 2004, p. 4.1736, foot note 2958). [/quote] It is difficult to understand the above comment by Professor ‘Abdul Hamid Siddiqi. To be fair, I just quoted the comment by a reputable Islamic scholar. On Allah’s acute self-awareness, here is another comment from the Saudi Arabia’s top Imams, viz. Shaikh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Uthaimin…et.al: A reader asked Shaikh ibn Baz the following question: [quote] Question 12: We find some of the verses of the Quran printed in the newspapers or writings, as well as, “In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”, at the beginning of some papers or letters. What do we do with such verses after we are finished reading the newspaper or letter? Should we tear it up or burn it or what should be done? Response: It is a must, after one is done with the papers or pages that contain Allah’s name, to safeguard the papers, by burning them or burying them in clean soil. This is to protect the Quranic verses and Allah’s names from being degraded. It is not allowed to throw them into the garbage heaps or into the streets or to use them as different kinds of sheets, such as tablecloth. Otherwise, one is degrading the names and verses and not safe keeping them. (ibn al-Musnad, 1996, pp.42–43) [/quote]

Allah loves blind believers; He feels pleased and comfortable with them

Allah’s love for the blind believers knows no bound. Previously, we saw how much Allah hates those people who challenge Him intellectually and question about Him. Demanding unflinching devotion, allegiance and faithfulness, Allah promises His admiration and the garden of Paradise for such absolute blind followers of Islam. Let us read a few verses from the Qur’an which demonstrate Allah’s passionate love for His blind, ardent believers. Allah will admire those who put blind faith in Him; believing in Him without any question and argument…50:31–33 [quote] [i]050.031[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant. [i]050.032[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] (A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you,- for every one who turned (to Allah) in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law), [i]050.033[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] "Who feared (Allah) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him): [/quote] To be rewarded with fabulous richness of Paradise a believer must fear Allah, even though He is unseen. The believer must, without any hesitancy or doubt, obey Allah and His dearest companion Muhammad. There is a great reward for those who fear the unseen Allah...67:12 [quote] [i]067.012[/i] [b]YUSUFALI: [/b]As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgiveness and a great Reward. [/quote] The blind believers are the true followers when they say 'we hear and we obey'…24:51 [quote] [i]024.051[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it is such as these that will attain felicity. [/quote] A hadith in Sunaan Ibn Majah says that a true believer (Muslim) is like a camel; he follows blindly. Let us read this hadith. [quote] [i]Sunaan Ibn Majah, Vol. i, Hadith Number 43:[/i] ‘Abd ar-Rahman b. ‘Amr as-salami said that he heard ‘Irbad b. Sariya as saying, “Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) delivered a sermon to us whereby the eyes welled forth the tears and the hearts were softened. We said, “Allah’s Messenger, this is sermon of a person bidding farewell! So what would you enjoin upon us?” He said, “I am leaving you on brightness: its night is (as bright) as its day. None would deviate from it except the one who is doomed to perish. Whoso survives would certainly find much differences (sic). Then it would be incumbent upon you to adhere to my sunna and the sunna of the righteous and pious caliphs, with which you are familiar. Hold fast it (sic) with teeth and the obedience (of the ruler) is obligatory for you even if he is an Abyssinian slave. Verily, the (true) believer is like a camel having a (pricking) bridle in its nose. To whichever direction, (sic) it is driven, it surrenders itself in submission. [/quote]

Allah does not like questions about Him

Having failed to prove decisively his claim that Allah had appointed him as His agent on earth, Muhammad resorted to fear tactics. He cast fear in the minds of the illiterate and uninformed Bedouin Arabs. When those handful of Arab Pagans, who had enough information and knowledge on religious matters, cornered Muhammad with embarrassing questions, Muhammad was exasperated but was unable to provide any plausible answers to their questions. He remained taciturn, vacuous,and recondite. His only response was to curse those who questioned him and doubted his claims.The upshot was that in desperation, he talked about the greatest fear in all human—the fear of death and warned those questioners that Allah will not forgive those who ask questions about the Qur’an and about Allah. He curtly replied their questions with Qur’anic verses, insisting they were from Allah. Here are a few such verses. Do not ask questions on matters of Qur’an revelations...5:101 [quote] [i]005.101[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will forgive those: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing. [/quote] Asking questions about Qur’an may cause one to lose faith...5:102 [quote] [i]005.102[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account lost their faith. [/quote] Do not question Allah for His acts but He will question everyone...21:23 [quote] [i]002.023[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant,then produce a Sura like there unto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true. [/quote] It is utter impudence for men to question about how their petrified bones will become alive on the resurrection day…36:78 [quote] [i]036.078[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says,"Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?" [/quote] None should question about Allah’s retribution; you should be crying instead of laughing and bow down to Him…53:59-62 [quote] [i]053.059[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] Do ye then wonder at this recital? [i]053.060[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] And will ye laugh and not weep,- [i]053.061[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] Wasting your time in vanities? [i]053.062[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] But fall ye down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)! [/quote] It is a great insolent to question the resurrection day when you are alive…75:5-6 [quote] [i]075.005[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him. [i]075.006[/i] [b]YUSUFALI:[/b] He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?" [/quote] And here is a hadith from Sahih Bukhari which tells us that if you question about the ancestry ofAllah, you are a Satan. Whoever questions who created Allah is Satan… (Sahih Bukhari, 4.54.496). [quote] [i]Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 496:[/i] Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Satan comes to one of you and says, 'Who created so-and-so? 'till he says, 'Who has created your Lord?' So, when he inspires such a question, one should seek refuge with Allah and give up such thoughts." [/quote] Sahih Muslim also confirms that a doubter of Allah and Muhammad is a Satan. It is Satan who asks such questions as who created the heaven, who created the earth; answer such questions with, “It is Allah.”… (Sahih Muslim, 1.0242, 0243). [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim,Book 001, Number 0242: [/i] It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Men will continue to question one another till this is propounded: Allah created all things but who created Allah? He who found himself confronted with such a situation should say: I affirm my faith in Allah. Book 001, Number 0243: This hadith has been transmitted by Mahmud b. Ghailan by another chain of transmitters (and the words are): The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The Satan will come to everyone of you and say: Who created the heaven, who created the earth? (And the man) replies: It is Allah, Then the remaining part of the hadith was narrated as mentioned above and the words 'His Prophets" were added to it. [/quote]

Allah does not like a woman who refuses to have sex with her husband

Here are a number of ahadith which tell us Allah’s great obsession with women and sex. Allah wanted all Arab Bedouins who converted to Islam to have sex aplenty. Allah was fearful that if those uncouth, Bedouin jihadists did not have unrestricted sex with women, especially with those women captives of war, these nascent fighters of Allah will lose motivation to continue. Here is a sample hadith from Sahih Muslim. Allah gets displeased with the woman who does not immediately respond when her husband demands sex from her… (Sahih Muslim, 8.3367, [url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/008.smt.html]3368[/url]). [quote] [i]Sahih Muslim,Book 008, Number 3367:[/i] Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, when a man calls his wife to his bed, and she does not respond, the One Who is in the heaven is displeased with her until he (her husband) is pleased with her. [/quote] In fact, Allah says that a woman must sexually satisfy her husband even when on top of a camel… (Ibn Majah, 3.1853). Let us read this hadith. [quote] [i]Ibn Majah, Vol. iii, Hadith Number 1853:[/i] ‘Abdullah b. Abi’ Auta (Allah be pleased with him) is reported to have said that when Mu’adh (Allah be pleased with him) came from Syria, he prostrated before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He (the Holy Prophet) said, “O Mu’adh, what is it?” He replied, “I went to Syria and found them (the Syrians) prostrating before their archbishops and their emperors. I liked it in my heart that we should do so for you.” Upon this, Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) remarked, “Don’t do so. If I were to command anyone to prostrate before anyone besides Allah, I would have commanded the wife to prostrate before her spouse. By him in Whose Hand lies my life, a woman can not carry out the right of her to surrender herself (to him for sexual intercourse) she should not refuse him even if she is on a camel’s saddle. [/quote] According to Zawaid, Ibn Hibban transmitted it in his Sahih. Sandi said, “It is as if he means that it is hadith having good isnad. The reason why a woman’s primary Islamic duty is to satisfy her husband’s sexual desire is also explained in a few ahadith. Let us read them. A woman is a sexual property, the righteous woman is the best property…(Ibn Majah, 3.1855). [quote] [i]Sunaan Ibn Majah, Vol. iii, Hadith Number 1855:[/i] ‘Abdullah b. ‘Amr (Allah be pleased with him) is reported to have said that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily, the world is a property and nothing of the property of the world is better than a righteous woman. [/quote] Muhammad Tufail Ansari, the translator of Ibn Majah, in a note, explains this hadith in this manner: [quote] The word mata has many connotations. It implies enjoyment, pleasure, object of delight, possession, merchandise, household effects, articles (sic) of everyday use. All these connotations are applicable here (Ansari, 2003, p. 3.117, foot note 1). [/quote] Marriage makes vagina lawful to a man… (Ibn Majah, 3.1954). [quote] [i]Sunaan Ibn Majah, Vol. iii, Hadith Number 1954:[/i] ‘Uqba b. ‘Amir (Allah be pleased with him) is reported to have said on the authority of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), “The most worthy condition that must be fulfilled is that which makes vagina lawful for you.” [/quote] A husband is the owner of his wives' chastity.. (Ibn Majah, 3.2388). [quote] [i]Sunaan Ibn Majah, Vol. iii, Hadith Number2388:[/i] ‘Amr b. Shu’aib (Allah be pleased with him) reported his father to have said on his grandfather’s authority that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said in a sermon he delivered, “It is not lawful for a woman (to make a donation) from her property but with the consent of her husband when he becomes the owner of her chastity (i.e. when he marries her). [/quote]

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To be continued in Part-3(iii)…