The hadeeth mentioned was narrated by al-Bazzaar and Abu
Ya’la from Anas, and says, “All of mankind are the dependents of Allaah, and
the most beloved of them to Allaah are those who are most helpful to their
dependents.” This is a very weak (da’eef jiddan) hadeeth as al-Albaani said
in Da’eef al-Jaami’, hadeeth no. 2946.
Any Muslim who says, “We
believe that we are all the children of Allaah” should be asked to explain
what he means before any judgement is made concerning him.
1 – If what he means by being children is the metaphorical
meaning, which is that people are dependent upon Allaah, and he is using
this word for a purpose allowed in sharee’ah, such as refuting the
Christians who say that the Messiah is the son of God, then there is nothing
wrong with that if he uses it only with Christians in order to show that
their belief is false, but he should not use it with others lest that
generate confusion and misunderstanding. That is because one of the means of
showing the Christians’ beliefs concerning ‘Eesa (peace be upon him) to be
false is to use the same expressions as are mentioned in their holy Book
(the Bible) to prove that others were described as “sons of God” as well as
‘Eesa, which clearly indicates that what is meant by being a son of God in
the texts of the Gospels is not “sonship” in the literal sense, which St.
Paul claimed for Jesus in order to lead them astray from belief in Divine
Oneness (Tawheed). St. Paul based his argument on the confusion that may
arise from the use of the words “father” and “son”. Some of the Bible texts
that may used to refute their argument are as follows:
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus said of those who believed in
him:
“They are like the angels. They are God’s children since they
are children of the resurrection.”
[Luke 20:36]
And in the Book of Isaiah:
“Bring back My sons from afar and my daughters from the ends
of the earth”
[Isaiah 43:6]
And this is what was said describing God as the Father, as it
is narrated in the Gospel of Matthew that the Messiah said to his students:
“If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in
heaven.”
[Matthew 6:1]
In the Gospel of Luke:
“When you pray say, ‘Our Father, Who art in heaven…’”
[Luke 11:2]
In the Gospel of John:
“I am returning to my Father and your Father, my God and your
God.”
[John 20:17]
The Christians do not say that the angels, the Children of
Israel and the Disciples were sons of God in a literal sense, or that God
was their father in a literal sense, rather they interpret that in a
metaphorical sense, i.e., that He is a father to them in the sense of
blessing them, being kind to them, protecting them and taking care of them,
and they are His children in the sense that they worship Him, need Him and
are dependent upon Him.
This demonstrates the falseness of their understanding of
‘Eesa being the son of God, basing their argument on some texts that say
that he is the son of God.
2 – If he means that all people are children of Allaah just
as ‘Eesa is the son of Allaah, in the sense of the Christian belief, then
this is kufr (disbelief) that is worse than the kufr of the Christians.
3 – If he means that we are all children of Allaah or
dependent upon Him, with no difference between Muslims and kaafirs, and he
means that the Jews, Christians and idol-worshippers are not kaafirs, then
this is riddah or apostasy from Islam, because whoever doubts that the Jews
and Christians are kaafirs or approves of their religions is a kaafir,
according to scholarly consensus.
4 – If he means thereby to justify using the word “brother”
for Jews and Christians, because we are all the children of Allaah, this is
false, because there is no brotherhood between the believers and the
disbelievers. The hadeeth (which some may interpret as meaning that all men
are brothers) has been proven to be not saheeh. Even if it was saheeh, it
could not be interpreted in this fashion.
We must beware of using confusing words which may cause a
person to fall into something haraam or make people think badly of him,
especially words which have to do with the Oneness of Allaah (Tawheed) and
His Uniqueness in His names and attributes. For the rights of Allaah take
precedence and must be taken care of, and we must avoid anything that may
violate them, especially when those words are used by the Jews and Allaah
quotes them in the Qur’aan in the context of condemnation.
“And (both) the Jews and the Christians say: ‘We are the
children of Allaah and His loved ones.’ Say: ‘Why then does He punish you
for your sins?’ Nay, you are but human beings of those He has created…”
[al-Maa’idah 5:18 – interpretation of the meaning]
And Allaah knows best.
Following note from Learning Quran online Blog
Learn holy Quran online which it self states in it that only those who are learn quran and pure should touch the holy text: This is indeed a Quran in Arabic in a book well-guarded, which none shall touch but those who are clean (56:77-79). One should make formal ablutions before handling or Quran reading and this the quran tutor should tell in his quran teaching when quran for kids lessons are going on. After intercourse or menstrual bleeding one should not touch the holy Quran or do quran recitation and also not do quran memorization until after bathing non-Muslim should not handle the sacred text, but may listen to Quran online or read quran translation or exegesis. With all these things in mind when one is not reading or reciting holy Quran it should be closed and stored in nice and clean place, it should never be placed on floor or in a bathroom and Muslim should focus on reading quran the tajweed quran and its rules with a proper institute.
End of the note by holy Quran reciter
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