Allah (SWT) says in
Quran:Al-Baqarah # 188
Do not eat one another‟s property falsefully and do
not
take it to the rulers as a disputed property so that you may knowingly eat up a
part of the property of others sinfully.
The circumstances in which this
verse was revealed is mentioned in Roo-hul-Maaani.
Two companions of Prophet
Mohammad (SAS) had a dispute about a piece of land and they brought their
dispute to Prophet Mohammad (SAS). The claimant did not have any witness to
support his claim. The Messenger of Allah (SAS) asked the other party, “Can you
swear by Allah that it belongs to you.” He consented Prophet Mohammad (SAS)
then recited the following verse by way of reminder before he swore. Al-Imran #
77
Indeed those who
purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenants and their own oaths,
they will have no portion on the day of Judgement. Allah will neither speak to
them nor look towards them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them.
There's will be a painful torment for them.
The present owner of this piece
of land listened to this verse and then refused to swear. He was afraid that
there may be some form of cloud on his title or doubt about his ownership of
this piece of land and he did not want to be a loser on the Day of Judgement.
Hence Prophet Mohammad (SAS) gave this property to the claimant. Note that this
verse was revealed to prevent the acquiring of other‟s property by wrongful
means. Similarly making a false case, false swearing and false witnessing are
all Haram. In the first verse the use of word „Bainakum‟ is very interesting.
Allah is teaching us that when you usurp others wealth it encourages others to
usurp yours as well. For example if one person mixes water in milk, another
sells impure eatables, still another sells mixed dates. Each one is eating
another‟s wealth wrongfully. In fact it amounts to using ones own wealth
wrongfully and nobody is a winner. Secondly it teaches us that it causes pain
to others losing their wealth just like it troubles you losing your wealth.
Hence treat others wealth like your own wealth in safeguarding it.
Um-Salma(RAA) narrates that the
Messenger of Allah (SAS) said: “I am a human being like you. You bring your
disputes to me. May be one of you makes more eloquent and impressive
presentation and thereby I am lead to decide in his favor. Dont forget real
knowledge is with Allah (SWT) alone. If it is not your right don‟t take it.
Since what I am giving you in this case will be a piece of Hell.” (Bukhari
and Muslim)
Hence we conclude that any court
or even the court of the messenger of Allah (SWT) cannot make Hallal a Haraam
and vice-versa.
Similar verses came in other
places in Quran. Allah says in surah Al-Baqarah:# 168
O mankind eat
what is lawful and wholesome in earth and do not follow the foot steps of
satan. Satan is your obvious enemy.
Similarly Allah (SWT) says in
Surah Al Muminun #51
O The
messengers, eat what is wholesome and do good deeds. Indeed Allah (SWT) sees
what you do.
In these two verses the word
Halal and Tayyib is used. Here Halal means what is permissible (without a knot
or without restriction). Tayyib means that is Halal and furthermore you like it
or are tempted to eat it.
We conclude from this that good
deeds cannot take place unless we eat Tayyab. Prophet Mohammad (SAS) explained
this verse by stressing that this order is not for the prophets only but for
all their followers as well. The Messenger of Allah (SAS) said that the supplication
of a person eating Haram is not accepted. He added: “Many people put lot of
effort in worship of Allah and then spread their hands saying O Allah! O Allah!
Please accept our suplication. But if their eating is haram, their drinking is
haram, their clothing is haram, how would then their prayer be accepted?”
(Muslim and
Tirmidhi)
There are several other sayings
of the Messenger of Allah (SAS) which clarify Halal and Haram for us. The
Messenger of Allah said, “Those who eat Halal, follow the tradition of the
Prophet and do not harm others will go to Heaven.” His companions said: “Oh
Prophet (SAS) this is very common in your followers now.” The Messenger of
Allah said “And there will be people in the future who will follow this as
well.” (Tirmidhi)
Abdullah bin Umar (RU) narrates
that the Messenger of Allah said: “If you have the following four
characteristics they are enough for you, even if you did not gain anything else
in this world:
(a) Safeguard covenants (b) Speak
the truth (c) Treat others nicely (d) Eat Halal.
Once Sa‟ad bin Abi Waqas (RU)
requested the Messenger of Allah (SAS) to make a dua for him so that his
supplications are granted by Allah. In other words he becomes يقثااىل اناادػا
The
Messenger of Allah (SAS) said to him: “Oh Sa‟ad, If you eat Halal and Tayyab,
Allah will answer all your prayers. You will become
يعرجاب انادػىاخ The Messenger of
Allah added: “I swear by the Allah
(SWT) in whose hands is my life,
when a person eats a tiny piece of an item which is Haram, none of his deeds
are accepted by Allah (SWT) for forty days. When the flesh of the body is built
from Haram then his body only deserves the Hell-fire.”
Ma‟adh bin Jabal (RU) narrates
that the Messenger of Allah (SAS) said: “When we are gathered on the Day of
Judgment no one will be able to leave his place till he answers the following
five questions:
(1) How did he spend his
lifetime?
(2) How did he spend his prime
youth?
(3) How did he earn his living?
(4) How and where did he spend
it?
(5) How much did he act upon his
acquired knowledge?
(Al Bahiqi)
Abdullah bin Masoud narrates that
the Messenger of Allah (SAS) said: “I swear by God in whose hands is my life, a
person is not a true Muslim until his heart and tongue become Muslim and his
neighbors are safe from any form of harm from him. When a person owns Haram
wealth then gives it to charity, it is not accepted by Allah. If he spends from
it wont be flourish. If he leaves it for survivors he is leaving something
which paves the way for them to Hell-fire. Allah does not erase bad deeds with
more bad deeds. Allah however, washes out bad deeds with good deeds.”
Abdullah bin Omar (RU) narrates
that the Messenger of Allah (SAS) addressed a group of immigrants and said: “I
seek the refuge of Allah and hope that the following five characteristics are
not generated among you:
(1) When there is extensive
shameful behavior or permissiveness or nudity or violation of Islamic dress
codes in a group, then Allah (SWT) inflicts upon them plagues and other
diseases which their forefathers had never heard of.
(2) When people cheat in weighing
(usurp other's rights as was the practice of the people of Prophet Shuaib (AS))
then Allah (SWT) sends famine and a high cost of living. They experience
extreme physical hardship as well as cruelty from their rulers.
(3) If they don't pay Zakat, it
stops raining in their land resulting in economic disaster.
(4) When they break the covenants
of Allah (SWT) and his Messenger (SAS), the foreign enemies are sent who snatch
away their wealth forcefully. (Obviously this is one of the reasons that
Muslims are suffering all over the world now).
(5) If their officials do not
make decisions according to the guidance of Allah (SWT) provided in the Quran
then Allah creates hatred among them and they keep quarreling among themselves.
(Ibnu Majah)
May Allah (SWT) save us from all
of these ills. It is clear that various ceremonial activities and rituals will
not unite the Muslim Ummah. They will be united by only following Halal ways.
It is very interesting to note
that verse # 188 of Al-Baqarah is right after the detailed instructions about
fasting where it is prohibited to use certain Halal things for a limited time
during a fast. Hence, the purpose of fasting is to discipline and gain
experience in restricting oneself in the use of Halal things only . This
training, perseverance and patience is very valuable. It will enable a person
to use this experience in total abstinence of Haram things.
Furthermore, when one breaks
one's fast one should provide only Halal food. If it is Haram, the fast will
not be accepted, by Allah (SWT).
Last but not least, the criteria
for Halal and Haram has to be only one from Allah (SWT). Any other
international conference or agreement will not solve the problem since the intentions
of various parties will be tinted by their own interests. Similarly, agreements
made under pressure for individual or national affairs are not impartial and
hence, not valid. Only Allah's law will be fair to all concerned for all of the
times.
As mentioned earlier Allah (SWT)
Himself decides Halal and Haram. It is not even left to the discretion of
Prophets of any time. Allah‟s system is faultless.
May Allah enable us to adhere to Halal and save us
from gray areas and doubtful situations.
Credit:
Imtiaz Ahmad
M. Sc., M. Phil. (London)
Madinah
Munawwarah
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