In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Beneficent
Peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Prophet and his noble family.
Topic: Salafi and Maturidi Tawhid is crippled!
Sahaba (companions of the Prophet) held a statement which says: Allah and His Messenger knows (best).
Hadith translations held a statement: “Allah and His Messenger knows best”.
Both indicates Prophet Muhammad (a.s) as having co-equal knowledge in the knowledge of Allah.
Maturidi Theological dilemma in the Quran, Mishkat , and Sahih Al Bukhari.
The Post from Clarifying Light:
The holy Prophet ﷺ came out of his house 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. He ﷺ said: “Do you know what these books are?” The Ṣaḥāba said: “No, O Allāh’s Messenger. Please tell us about these books.” The holy Prophet ﷺ pointed at the book in his right hand and said: “This is the Book from Almighty Allāh. It contains the names of the inmates of Paradise and their father’s names and the names of their clans. The total number of the inmates of Paradise is given at the end of this book.”
Then the noble Prophet ﷺ pointed at the other book in his left hand and said: “This is a Book from Allāh, the Creator of the worlds. It contains the names of the inmates of Hell and their father’s names and the names of their tribes. The total number of inmates of the Hell is given at the end of the text. This number will never change, neither addition nor deletion.”
► Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Vol. 1, Pg. 61, Graded Ṣaḥīḥ
► Jāmiʾ at-Tirmidhī, Ḥadīth 2141
This Narration is also available in many Ḥadīth books such as:
► Musnad Aḥmad
► Muʾjam al-Ṭabarānī
Points which can be derived from the Ḥadīth:
1. The Prophet ﷺ was informed by Allāh of the destiny of all the people from the time of Nabī Ādam (ʿalayhis-salām) until Qiyāmah.
2. The Prophet ﷺ knew how many will enter Jannah and how many will enter Jahannam.
3. The Prophet ﷺ knew the names of the people of the past, present and future and recognises their fathers as well.
4. The Prophet ﷺ knew even the clan and the tribe of a person of past, present and future and which they belonged to.
5. Every clan or tribe from the time of Sayyidunā Ādam (ʿalayhis-salām) until Qiyāmah is known to the Prophet ﷺ.
6. The Beloved Prophet ﷺ knew the state of īmān (faith) of every person at his/her last breath.
7. The Beloved Prophet ﷺ knew the final abode of every single person.
8. Thus, the Prophet ﷺ also knew the Muslims who will be punished for sometime before entering their final abode (Jannah).
9. Thus, the Beloved Prophet ﷺ also knew those Muslims who will be receiving his Shafāʿat (intercession) after the punishment.
10. Neither Jannah and its inmates nor Jahannam and its inmates are hidden from the blessed sight and knowledge of the the Beloved Prophet ﷺ bestowed to him by Allāh.
11. This shows us the glimpse of the blessed ʿIlm al-Ghayb (Knowledge of the Unseen) that Allāh bestowed to the Beloved Prophet ﷺ.
OUR REVIEW:
The Quran says, Nabi a.s wasn’t even informed of the names of all the Prophets.
Quran 4:164 There are messengers whose stories We have told you already and others We have not. And to Moses Allah spoke directly.
Quran 40:78 MUHSIN KHAN
And, indeed We have sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW); of some of them We have related to you their story and of some We have not related to you.
In Hadiths
Sahih al-Bukhari 6586
Narrated Ibn Al-Musaiyab:
The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Some men from my companions will come to my Lake-Fount and they will be driven away from it, and I will say, ‘O Lord, my companions!’ It will be said, ‘You have no knowledge of what they innovated after you left: they turned apostate as renegades (reverted from Islam).
Innaka la ilma laka” is plainly used in the hadith. Therefore it is heresy to claim that the Prophet knew everything.
Another Problem for the Maturidi and Salafi creed is the statement in hadith and its wrong translation.
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2643
Narrated Mu’adh bin Jabal:
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do you know what Allah’s right upon His slaves is?” I said: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said: “His right upon them is that they worship Him alone and do not associate any partners with Him.” He said: “And do you know what their right over Allah is if they do that?” I said: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said: “That He will not punish them.”
“Allahu wa rasooluhu a’alam” translated as “Allah and His Messenger knows best” in numerous Hadiths contradict theology of Islam, by making the Messenger equally partner in the knowledge of Allah.
Quran 46:9 Say: I am not the first of the messengers, and I do not know what will be done with me or with you: I do not follow anything but that which is revealed to me, and I am nothing but a plain warner.
So saying, Allah and His Messenger knows best or knows, goes clearly against the principles of the Quran and other Hadiths. For example
Sahih al-Bukhari 1039 Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, “Keys of the unseen knowledge are five which nobody knows but Allah . . . nobody knows what will happen tomorrow; nobody knows what is in the womb; nobody knows what he will gain tomorrow; nobody knows at what place he will die; and nobody knows when it will rain.”
Sunan Ibn Majah 1897 It was narrated that Abu Husain, whose name was Khalid Al-Madani, said:
“We were in Al-Madinah on the Say of ‘Ashura and the girls were beating the Daff and singing. We entered upon Rubai’ bint Mu’awwidh and mentioned that to her. She said: ‘The Messenger of Allah entered upon me on the morning of my wedding, and there were two girls with me who were singing and mentioning the qualities of my forefathers who were killed on the Day of Badr. One of the things they were saying was: “Among us there is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow.” He said: “Do not say this, for no one knows what will happen tomorrow except Allah.”
(sahih)
I hope our salafi kids will enjoy this tawhid syrup with clotted shirk cream. I wonder how come salafis could accept all these hadiths and translations which says: Allah and His Messenger knows best”, and why did sahaba made Prophet equal with Allah in the knowledge and understanding? .
It’s time to close down salafi tawhid centres along with all these six sahih hadith books and miskat. Aa they are proved to be the books of shirk as per the standard salafi narratives.
Let’s return to Judaism , dear salafi kids…proper tawhid is found therein!
For Maturidi , sunni kids, summon your demons from New York, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Cyprus tomorrow to make fatwa against author of Mishkat , author of sahih Bukhari, it’s narrators who narrated those Hadiths, ultimately you may give fatwa against Allah and His Messenger as there are going to be serious issues with beliefs related to this topic. You love making fatwa against every holy ones, like Yahudis, who gave some verdict against (e.g Qurran 5:64) Allah and His Messengers.
Quran 5:64 ˹Some among˺ the Jews said, “Allah is tight-fisted.”
So if you have a problem with Hazret Ibn Arabi (q.s) and other great Sufis (awliya Allah), you are definitely going to have a problem with Allah and His Messenger (a.s), which ultimately prove you are not true believers as Sufis or as Maturidis. And your arguement with salafis and others is just another sectarian nonsense.
Peace and blessings be upon the servants of truth. Aameen
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