Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

he?” The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝He is in the Fire.❞ The Bedouin found it difficult to
bear. Then he said: “Where is your father of Messenger of Allaah?” He ﷺ said: ❝
Whenever you pass by the grave of an idolater, give him the tidings of Hell-fire.❞ The
Bedouin later became Muslim, and he said: “The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ gave me a
difficult task. I never passed the grave of an idolater but I gave him the tidings of Hellfire.”
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36 Al-Baihaqee in “al-Dalaa’il” (1/191-192), and also reported by al-Ṭabaraanee in al-Kabeer (326), as well as by al-
Ḍhiyaa’ al-Maqdasee in “al-Mukhtaarah” (1005) and its chain is “Ṣaḥeeḥ” See al-Ṣaḥeeḥah (18).
[TN: It is also reported in Sunan Ibn Maajah (1573) and graded as “Ṣaḥeeḥ” by Shaikh al-Albaanee.]
[TN: Shaikh al-Albaanee said: In this Ḥadeeth, there is an important benefit which many books of Fiqh had missed
out on (or neglected), i.e. the prescription of giving a Kaafir the tidings of Hell-fire when passing by his grave. And
it is not hidden – from this legislation – that it is to awaken a Believer and to remind him of the gravity of this
crime which this Kaafir had committed. The sin which is the gravest of them all; and which makes the other
worldly sins – even if they were all gathered together – insignificant in comparison to it. It is the sin of Kufr
(disbelief in Allaah) and Shirk (associating partners with Allaah in acts of worships), about which Allaah تعاىل clearly
warned us that He تعاىل severely abhors it when He تعاىل excluded it from forgiveness (for the one who dies upon it),
as He تعاىل said:
‏﴿إِنَُُّاللَّهَُُّلَُُيَغ فِرُُ‏ أَن ‏ُي ش رَكَُُبِهُُِوَيَغ فِرُُمَاُد ونَُُذَىلِكَُُلِمَنُيَشَاءُ﴾‏
{Verily, Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that
(anything else) to whom He pleases} [Surah al-Nisaa’ (4): 48 & 116]
This is why the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝The biggest sin is that you set up a rival unto Allaah while He alone has
created you.❞ [Ṣaḥeeḥain]
The ignorance about this benefit has led some of the Muslims to oppose what the Wise Legislator (Allaah) had
legislated. We know for sure that many Muslims visit the lands of the Kuffaar to fulfil some of their specific needs
(like for education or medical treatment) or general (like tourism etc.), and it does not suffice them till they visit
the graves of some of the “great men” (in history) among the Kuffaar, and place flowers and wreaths on their
graves, and humbly and sorrowfully stand in front of them – which indicates their approval of them and their lack
of abhorrence for them. Whereas, the excellent examples which the Prophets السالم ُ left behind teaches the
opposite, as has been mentioned in this authentic Ḥadeeth, and listen to what Allaah
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said: had عزُ‏ وجل
‏﴿قَد ‏ُُكَانَت ‏ُُلَك م ‏ُُأ س وَةُُحَسَنَةُُفُُِ‏ إِب رَاهِيمُوَالَّذِينَُُمَعَهُُإِذُُقَال واُلِقَو مِهِم ‏ُُإِنَّاُب رَآءُُمِنك م ‏ُُوَِمَِّاُتَع ب د ونَُُمِنُد ونُُِاللَّهُُِكَفَر نَاُبِك م ‏ُُوَبَدَاُبَي نَنَاُوَبَُي نَك مُُال عَدَاوَةُُ‏
وَال بَغ ضَاءُُأَبَد اُحَّتَّىُُت ؤ مِن واُبِاللَّهُُِوَح دَهُ...﴾‏
{Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their
people: “Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah, we have rejected you, and
there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred forever, until you believe in Allaah Alone…”} till the
end of the Aayah [Surah al-Mumtaḥanah (60):4]
This was their (the Prophets’) stance with them (the Kuffaar) while they were still alive. So then how should it be
after they are dead?!
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