Question
Although many Ulama and Auliya say that it is permissible to fix days for Isaal-e- Thawaab, e.g. 3 days, 7 days, 40 days, 6 months and 1 year khatams, Deobandis say that it is bid'ah. There are many Hadith narrations and statements of senior authorities saying that these khatams are permissible. So why do the Deobandis say that it is bid'ah?
Answer
We are not the followers of the „many Ulama and Auliya‟. We are the Muqallideen of the Sahaabah. We say that all these fixed day khatams are Bid‟ah Sayyiah (Evil Innovation) because that is precisely what these innovated customs of deviates and graveworshippers are. We are not concerned with what the promoters of these bid‟ah customs say and what arguments they proffer to bolster their baseless claims.
Methods of Ibaadat ended with the termination of the Khairul Quroon era. After this glorious Era, all acts presented in the form of „ibaadat‟ are mardood (rejected/accursed). Islam does not tolerate innovations. Innovations had destroyed the Shariats of Nabi Musaa (Alayhis salaam) and of Nabi Isaa (Alayhis salaam).
All arguments proffered to bolster the Bid‟ah acts are drivel, flaccid and flapdoodle. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) labeled such acts Mardood.
While Isaal-e-Thawaab (Reward sent for the deceased) is valid and meritorious, the specific methods and forms with which this Ibaadat is clothed are bid‟ah. The ibaadat of Isaal-e -Thawaab existed during the era of the Sahaabah. But 3rd day, 40th day an bogus days did not exist. The bogus methodology belongs to those who seek to supersede the Sahaabah.
All of these functions innovated by the Qabar Pujaari deviates are Mardood and Mal -oon, hence Haraam.
short Surah applies to only Fardh Salaat, not to Nafl and Sunnat.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 28 No 05
- PDF page
- 5
Verbatim verified against the source PDF
Appears under ISAAL-E-THAWAAB. This heading is the nearest headline at or before the page and is approximate. Do not cite it alone.