Celebrating the night of the Isra’ and Mi’raaj

What is the ruling on Celebrating the night of the Isra’ and Mi’raaj, which is the twenty-seventh night of Rajab?.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no doubt that the Isra’ and Mi’raaj (the Prophet’s Night Journey and Ascent into heaven) are two great signs of Allaah which point to the truthfulness of the His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and the greatness of his status before Allaah. They are also signs of the great power of Allaah, and of His exalted position above His creation. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allaah) [above all that (evil) they associate with Him]
Who took His slave (Muhammad) for a journey by night from Al‑Masjid Al‑Haraam (at Makkah) to Al‑Masjid Al‑Aqsa (in Jerusalem), the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our Ayaat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All‑Hearer, the All‑Seer”
[al-Isra’ 17:1]
There are mutawaatir reports from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that he was taken up into the heavens, and their gates were opened for him, until he passed beyond the seventh heaven, where his Lord spoke to him as He willed, and enjoined the five daily prayers upon him. At first Allaah, may He be exalted, enjoined fifty prayers, but our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) kept going back and asking Him to reduce it, until He made them five, so they are five obligatory prayers but fifty in reward, because each good deed is rewarded tenfold. To Allaah be praise and thanks for all His blessings.
With regard to this night on which the Isra’ and Mi’raaj took place, there is nothing in the saheeh ahaadeeth to indicate that it is in Rajab or in any other month. Everything that has been narrated concerning a specific date for these events cannot be proven to have come from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) according to the scholars of hadeeth. Allaah has wise reasons for causing the people to forget it. Even if the date were proven, it would not be permissible for the Muslims to single it out for particular acts of worship, and it is not permissible for them to celebrate it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) did not celebrate it and they did not single it out in any way. If celebrating it was something that is prescribed in Islam, the Messenger would have told his ummah about that, either in word or in deed. If any such thing had happened, it would have been well known, and his companions would have transmitted the information to us. They narrated from their Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) everything that his ummah needs to know, and they did not neglect any aspect of the religion, rather they were the first ones to do anything good. If celebrating this night had been prescribed in Islam, they would have been the first people to do so. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was the most sincere of people, and he conveyed the message to the people in full, and he fulfilled the trust. If venerating and celebrating this night were part of the religion of Allaah, then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done that and would not have concealed it. Since no such thing happened, it is known that celebrating it and venerating it is not part of Islam at all. Allaah has perfected this ummah’s religion for it and has completed His favour upon them, and He condemns those who introduce things into the religion which Allaah has not ordained. Allaah says in His holy Book, in Soorat al-Maa’idah (interpretation of the meaning):
“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”
[al-Maa’idah 5:3] And Allaah says in Soorat al-Shoora (interpretation of the meaning):
“Or have they partners with Allaah (false gods) who have instituted for them a religion which Allaah has not ordained?”
[al-Shoora 42:21]
In the saheeh ahaadeeth it is proven that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) warned against bid’ah (innovation) and stated clearly that it is misguidance, so as to show the ummah how serious the matter is and put them off it.
For example, it is narrated in al-Saheehayn from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours that is not part of it will have it rejected.” In a report narrated by Muslim it says: “Whoever does any action that is not part of this matter of ours will have it rejected.”
In Saheeh Muslim it is narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to say in his khutbah on Friday: “The best of speech is the Book of Allaah and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The worst of matters are those which are newly-invented, and every innovation is a going astray.” Al-Nasaa’i added with a jayyid isnaad: “and every going astray will be in the Fire.”
In al-Sunan it is narrated that al-‘Irbaad ibn Saariyah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) delivered an eloquent speech to us which melted our hearts and caused our eyes to flow with tears. We said: O Messenger of Allaah, it is as if it is a farewell address, so advise us. He said: “I advise you to fear Allaah, and to listen and obey, even if a slave is appointed over you. Whoever among you lives will see many differences, so I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the way of the rightly-guided caliphs who will come after me, and cling firmly to it. Beware of newly-invented matters, for every newly-invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray. And there are many ahaadeeth with a similar meaning.
Warnings against bid’ah (innovation) have been narrated from the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and from the righteous salaf after them, because this is no more than adding things to the religion and instituting a religion that Allaah has not ordained, and it is an imitation of the enemies of Allaah, the Jews and the Christians, in their additions to their religions and introducing into them things that Allaah had not ordained. It also implies that there is something lacking in Islam, and that it is not complete, and it is well known that this leads to great mischief and evil, and goes against the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”
[al-Maa’idah 5:3]
It also goes against the ahaadeeth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which warn against innovation (bid’ah).
I hope that the evidence we have quoted will be sufficient to convince the seeker of truth that this bid’ah is wrong, i.e., the innovation of celebrating the night of the Isra’ and Mi’raaj, and that it is not part of the religion of Islam at all.
Because Allaah has enjoined being sincere towards the Muslims and explaining what Allaah has prescribed for them in their religion, and because it is haraam to conceal knowledge, I thought that I should point out this innovation, which is so widespread in many regions that people think it is part of the religion, to my Muslim brothers. Allaah is the One Whom we ask to set the affairs of all the Muslims straight, and to bless them with knowledge of Islam, and to help us and them to adhere steadfastly to the truth, and to forsake everything that goes against it, for He is able to do that. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon His slave and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and his family and companions.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him).
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اسراء و معراج كا جشن منانا
رجب كى ستائيسويں رات كو اسراء و معراج كا جشن منانے كا حكم كيا ہے ؟
الحمد للہ:
اسراءاور معراج كى شب اللہ عزوجل كى ان عظيم الشان نشانيوں ميں سے ہے جونبي کريم صلي اللہ عليہ وسلم كى صداقت اوراللہ کے نزديک آپ کے عظيم مقام ومرتبہ پر دلالت کرتي ہے، نيز اس سے اللہ عزوجل كى حيرت کن قدرت اور اس کے اپني تمام مخلوقات پر عالى وبلند ہونے کاثبوت ملتا ہے.
اللہ تعالى نے فرمايا:
{سبحان الذي أسرى بعبده ليلا من المسجد الحرام إلى المسجد الأقصى الذي بارکنا حوله لنريه من آياتنا إنه هوالسميع البصير }الاسراء (1).
پاک ہے وہ اللہ تعالى جواپنے بندے کو رات ہي ميں مسجد حرام سے مسجد اقصى تک لے گيا جس کے آس پاس ہم نے برکت دے رکھي ہے، اس لئے کہ ہم اسے اپني قدرت کے بعض نمونے دکھائيں، يقينا اللہ تعالى ہي خوب سننے والا اور ديکھنے والا ہے.
رسول اللہ صلي اللہ عليہ وسلم سے تواتر کے ساتھ ثابت ہے کہ آپ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم کو آسمان پر لے جاياگيا، آپ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم كى خاطر آسمانوں کے دروازے کھولے گئے يہاں تک کہ ساتويں آسمان سے آگے گزر گئے، وہاں پر آپ کے رب نے اپنے ارادہ کے مطابق آپ سے گفتگو فرمائي اور پانچ وقت كى نمازيں فرض کيں، اللہ عزوجل نے پہلے پچاس وقت كى نمازيں فرض کيں تھيں،پھر ہمارے نبي محمد صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم بار بار اللہ کے پاس جاتے اور تخفيف کا سوال کرتے رہے يہاں تک کہ اللہ تعالى نے اسے باعتبار فرضيت پانچ وقت كى کرديا اوراجر وثواب پچاس نمازوں ہي کا باقي رکھا، کيونکہ ہر نيكى دس گنا بڑھائي جاتي ہے لہذا اللہ تعالى ہي تمام تر نعمتوں پر حمد وشکر کا سزا وار ہے.
يہ رات جس ميں اسرا ومعراج کا واقعہ پيش آيا اس كى تعيين کے بارہ ميں کوئي صحيح حديث وارد نہيں ہے، بلکہ اس كى تعيين ميں جو روايتيں بھي آئي ہيں محدثين کے نزديک نبي صلي اللہ عليہ وسلم سے ثابت نہيں ہيں، اور اس شب کو لوگوں کے ذہنوں سے بھلا دينے ميں اللہ تعالى كى کوئي بڑي حکمت ضرور پوشيدہ ہے، اور اگر اس كى تعيين ثابت بھي ہو جائے تو مسلمانوں کے لئے اس ميں كسى طرح کا جشن منانا يا اسےكسىعبادت کے لئے خاص کرنا جائز نہيں ہے، کيونکہ نبي صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم اور صحابہ کرام نےنہ تو اس ميں كسى طرح کا کوئي جشن منايا اور نہ ہي اسے كسى عبادت کے لئے خاص کيا، اور اگر اس شب ميں جشن منانا اور اجتماع کرنا شرعا ثابت ہوتا تو نبي صلي اللہ عليہ وسلم اپنے قول يا فعل سے اسے امت کے لئے ضرور واضح کرتے، اور اگر عہد نبوي يا عہد صحابہ ميں ايسي کوئي چيز ہوتي تو وہ بلا شبہ معروف ومشہور ہوتي اور صحابہ کرام اسے نقل کرکے ہم تک ضرور پہنچاتے کيونکہ انہوں نے نبي صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم سے نقل کرکے امت کو ہر وہ بات پہنچائي جس كى امت کو ضرورت تھي، اوردين کے كسى بھي معاملہ ميں کوئي کوتاہي نہ كى بلکہ وہ نيكى کے ہرکام ميں بڑھ چڑھ کر حصہ لينے والے تھےچنانچہ اگر اس شب ميں جشن منانے اور محفل معراج منعقد کرنے كى کوئي شرعي حيثيت ہوتي تو وہ سب سے پہلے اس پر عمل کرتے.
نبي صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم امت کے سب سےزيادہ خيرخواہ تھے، آپ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم نے پيغام الہي کو پورے طور پر پہنچا کرامانت كى ادائيگي فرمادي، لہذا اگر اس شب كى تعظيم اور اس ميں جشن منانا دين اسلام سے ہوتا تو آپ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم قطعا اسے نہ چھوڑتے اور نہ ہي اسے چھپاتے، ليکن جب عہد نبوي اور عہد صحابہ ميں يہ سب کچھ نہيں ہوا تو يہ بات واضح ہوگئى کہ شب معراج كى تعظيم اور اس کے اجتماع کا دين اسلام سے کوئي واسطہ نہيں ہے، اللہ تبارک وتعالى نے اس امت کے لئے اپنے دين كى تکميل فرما دي ہے، اور ان پر اپني نعمت کا اتمام کرديا ہے، اور ہراس شخص پرعيب لگايا ہے جو مرضي الہي کے خلاف بدعات ايجاد کرے.
اللہ سبحانہ وتعالى نے اپني کتاب مبين قرآن کريم ميں سورۃ المائدہ کے اندر فرمايا:
{ اليوم أکملت لکم دينکم وأتممت عليکم نعمتي ورضيت لکم الإسلام دينا }المائدۃ ( 5 / 3 ).
آج ميں نےتمہارےلئےدين کوکامل کرديا، اور تم پر اپنا انعام پورا کرديا اور تمہارے لئے اسلام کے دين ہونےپر رضامند ہوگيا.
اور اللہ عزوجل نے سورۃ الشورى ميں فرمايا:
{ أم لهم شرکاء شرعوا لهم من الدين مالم يأذن به الله ولولا کلمة الفصل القضي بينهم وإن الظالمين لهم عذاب أليم }الشورى ( 42 / 21 ).
کيا ان لوگوں نے ايسے ( اللہ کے ) شريک ( مقرر کر رکھے ہيں جنہوں نے ايسے احکام دين مقرر کردئے ہيں جواللہ تعالى کے فرمائے ہوئے نہيں ہيں، اگر فيصلہ کے دن کا وعدہ نہ ہوتا تو ( ابھي ہي ) ان ميں فيصلہ کر ديا جاتا، يقينا ( ان ) ظالموں کے لئے ہي درد ناک عذاب ہے.
رسول اللہ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم سے صحيح احاديث ميں بدعات سے بچنے كى تاکيد اور اس کے گمراہي ہونے كى صراحت ثابت ہے، تاکہ امت کے افراد ان کے بھيانک خطرات سے آگاہ ہو کر ان کے ارتکاب سے پرہيزواجتناب کريں.
چنانچہ صحيح بخاري ومسلم ميں حضرت عائشہ رضي اللہ عنہا سے مروي ہے کہ رسول صلي اللہ عليہ وسلم نےفرمايا:
" من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد "
جس نے ہمارے اس دين ميں کوئي نيا کام نکالا جو ( دراصل ) اس ميں سے نہيں ہے وہ ناقابل قبول ہے.
اور صحيح مسلم كى ايک روايت ميں يہ الفاظ ہيں کہ آپ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم نے فرمايا:
" من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد "
جس نے کوئي ايسا عمل کيا جو ہمارے اسلام ميں نہيں تو وہ ناقابل قبول ہے.
اور صحيح مسلم ميں حضرت جابربن عبداللہ رضي اللہ عنہ سے روايت ہے کہ رسول اللہ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم جمعہ کے دن اپنےخطبہ ميں فرمايا کرتےتھے:
" أما بعد فإن خير الحديث کتاب الله وخير الهدي هدي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وشر الأمور محدثاتها وکل بدعة ضلالة "
حمدوصلاۃ کے بعد: بيشک بہترين بات اللہ كى کتاب اور سب سے بہتر طريقہ محمد صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم کا طريقہ ہے، اور بدترين کام نئي ايجاد کردہ بدعتيں ہيں اورو ہر بدعت گمراہي ہے.
اور سنن ميں حضرت عرباض بن ساريہ رضي اللہ تعالى عنہ سے روايت ہے وہ کہتے ہيں کہ رسول اللہ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم نے ہميں انتہائي جامع نصيحت فرمائي جس سے دلوں ميں لرزہ طاري ہوگيا اور آنکھيں اشکبار ہوگئيں، تو ہم نے کہا اے اللہ کےرسول صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم يہ الوداعي پيغام معلوم ہوتا ہے لہذا آپ ہميں وصيت فرمائيے آپ صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم نے فرمايا:
" أوصيکم بتقوى الله والسمع والطاعة وإن تأمرعليکم عبد فإنه من يعش منکم بعدي فسيرى اختلافا کثيرا فعليکم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعدي تمسکوا بها وعضوا عليها بالنواجذ وإياکم ومحدثات الأمور فإن کل محدثة بدعة وکل بدعة ضلالة "
ميں تمہيں اللہ سے ڈرتے رہنے، حاکم وقت كى بات سننے اور ماننے كى وصيت کرتا ہوں اگرچہ تم پر حبشي غلام ہي حاکم بن جائے، اور ميرے بعد جوشخص زندہ رہےگا وہ بہت سے اختلافات ديکھے گا، اس وقت تم ميري سنت اور ہدايت يافتہ خلفاء راشدين كى سنت کو لازم پکڑو اسے دانتوں سے مضبوط پکڑلو اوردين ميں نئي نئي باتوں سے بچو کيونکہ ہر نئي چيز بدعت ہے اور ہر بدعت گمراہي ہے.
رسول اکرم صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم کے صحابہ اور سلف صالحين بھي بدعتوں سے ڈراتے اور ان سے بچنے كى تاکيد کرتے رہےکيونکہ بدعات دين ميں زيادتي اور مرضي الہي کے خلاف شريعت سازي ہيں بلکہ يہ اللہ کے دشمن يہود ونصاري كى مشابہت ہے، جس طرح انہوں نے اپنے اپنے دين ( يہوديت، عيسائيت ) ميں نئي چيزوں کا اضافہ کرليا اور مرضي الہي کے خلاف بہت سي چيزيں ايجاد کرليں نيز بدعات ايجاد کرنے کا لازمي نتيجہ دين اسلام کونقص اور عدم کمال سے متہم کرنا ہے.
اور يہ تو واضح ہي ہے کہ بدعات کے ايجاد کرنے ميں بہت بڑي خرابي اور شريعت كى انتہائي خلاف ورزي ہے، نيز اللہ عزوجل کے اس فرمان
{ اليوم اکملت لکم دينکم }
آج ميں نے تمہارے لئے تمہارا دين مکمل کرديا ہے، سے ٹکراؤ اور بدعات سے ڈرانے اور نفرت دلانے والي احاديث رسول كى صريح مخالفت بھي ہے.
مجھےاميد ہے کہ اس مسئلہ ميں ہماري طرف سے پيش کردہ دليليں حق کے طلبگار کے لئے بدعت شب معراج کے انکار اور اس سے ڈرانے کے لئے کافي اور تسلي بخش ہوں گي، اور ان سے يہ بھي واضح ہوگيا ہو گا کہ شب معراج کےجشن اور اجتماع کا اسلام سے کوئي تعلق نہيں ہے.
چونکہ اللہ نے مسلمان بھائيوں کے ساتھ خيرخواہي اور ان تک شريعت كى تبليغ واشاعت کو واجب اور علم کے چھپانے کوحرام قرار ديا ہے، توميں نےمناسب سمجھا کہ مسلمان بھائيوں کو اس بدعت سے باخبر کردوں جو بيشتر ملکوں ميں پھيلى ہوئي ہے يہاں تک کہ بعض لوگوں نے اسے دين کا ايک حصہ سمجھ ليا ہے.
اللہ تعالى سے دعا ہے کہ وہ مسلمانوں کے احوال كىاصلاح فرمادے انہيں دين كىسمجھ عطا فرما دے اور ہميں اور ان کو حق پر کاربند اور ثابت قدم رہنے اور خلاف حق امور سے گريز کرنے كىتوفيق عطا فرمائے، وہ اللہ اس کا کارساز اوراس پر قادر ہے.
اور اللہ اپنے بندے اور رسول ہمارے نبي محمد صلى اللہ عليہ وسلم پر اور آپ کے اہل وعيال اور ساتھيوں پر رحمت وسلامتي اور برکت نازل فرمائے.
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Question asked:

I am living in dubai and here huge number of shia are pesent arround us they always say that doing maatum on 9 and 10 muhaaram is right and this is the proof that we love hazrat husain and hazrat yaqoob also said “Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) cried and said a word (Hey Yousuf) he cried that in result of he became blind and thier rest sons who were wrong asked him if you cried like this than you will hurt yourself and no dought you will die one day while crying. THEN Haszar Yaqoob (a.s.) replied I cried and tell all my tregedy to ALMIGHTY ALLAH and I know something from GOD” please tell me the answer as soon as possible that beating chest is right or wrong????

Answer given by http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/101268/Shia

Praise be to Allaah.
What the Shi’ah do on ‘Ashoora’ of beating their chests, slapping their cheeks, striking their shoulders with chains and cutting their heads with swords to let the blood flow are all innovations that have no basis in Islam. These things are evils that were forbidden by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who did not prescribe for his ummah to do any of these things or anything similar to them to mark the death of a leader or the loss of a martyr, no matter what his status. During his lifetime (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) a number of senior Sahaabah were martyred and he mourned their loss, such as Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Zayd ibn Haarithah, Ja’far ibn Abi Taalib and ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Rawaahah, but he did not do any of the things that these people do. If it was good, he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done it before us.
Ya’qoob (peace be upon him) did not strike his chest or scratch his face, or shed blood or take the day of the loss of Yoosuf as a festival or day of mourning. Rather he remembered his missing loved one and felt sad and distressed because of that. This is something no one can be blamed for. What is forbidden is these actions that have been inherited from the Jaahiliyyah, and which Islam forbids.
Al-Bukhaari (1294) and Muslim (103) narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “He is not one of us who strikes his cheeks, rends his garment, or cries with the cry of the Jaahiliyyah.”
These reprehensible actions that the Shi’ah do on the day of ‘Ashoora’ have no basis in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not do them, nor did any of his companions. None of his companions did them when he or anyone else died, although the loss of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was greater than the death of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him).
Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Every Muslim should mourn the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him), for he is one of the leaders of the Muslims, one of the scholars of the Sahaabah, and the son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who was the best of his daughters. He was a devoted worshipper, and a courageous and generous man. But there is nothing good in what the Shi’ah do of expressing distress and grief, most of which may be done in order to show off. His father was better than him and he was killed, but they do not take his death as an anniversary as they do with the death of al-Husayn. His father was killed on a Friday as he was leaving the mosque after Fajr prayer, on the seventeenth of Ramadaan in 40 AH. ‘Uthmaan was better than ‘Ali according to Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah, and he was killed when he was besieged in his house during the days of al-Tashreeq in Dhu’l-Hijjah of 36 AH, with his throat cut from one jugular vein to the other, but the people did not take his death as an anniversary. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab was better than ‘Ali and ‘Uthmaan, and he was killed as he was standing in the mihraab, praying Fajr and reciting Qur’aan, but the people did not take his death as an anniversary. Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq was better than him but the people did not take his death as an anniversary. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the leader of the sons of Adam in this world and the Hereafter, and Allaah took him to Him as the Prophets died before him, but no one took the dates of their deaths as anniversaries on which they do what these ignorant Raafidis do on the day that al-Husayn was killed. … The best that can be said when remembering these and similar calamities is that which ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from his grandfather the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who said: “There is no Muslim who is afflicted by a calamity and when he remembers it, even if it was in the dim and distant past, he says Inna Lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji’oon (verily to Allaah we belong and unto Him is our return), but Allaah will give him a reward like that of the day when it befell him.”
Narrated by Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majaah, end quote from al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah (8/221).
And he said (8/220): The Raafidis went to extremes in the state of Bani Buwayh in the year 400 and thereabouts. The drums were beaten in Baghdad and other cities on the day of ‘Ashoora’, and sand and straw was strewn in the streets and marketplaces, and sackcloth was hung on the shops, and the people expressed grief and wept. Many of them did not drink water that night, in sympathy with al-Husayn, because he was killed when he was thirsty. Then the women went out barefaced, wailing and slapping their faces and chests, walking barefoot in the marketplaces, and other reprehensible innovations… What they intended by these and similar actions is to impugn the state of Banu Umayyah (the Umayyads), because he was killed during their era.
On the day of ‘Ashoora, the Naasibis of Syria do the opposite of what the Raafidis and Shi’ah do. They used to cook grains on the day of ‘Ashoora and do ghusl and perfume themselves, and wear their finest garments, and they took that day as an Eid for which they made all kinds of food, and expressed happiness and joy, intending thereby to annoy the Raafidis and be different from them.
Celebrating that day is an innovation (bid’ah), and making it an anniversary for mourning is also an innovation. Hence Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Because of the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him), shaytaan caused the people to introduce two innovations: the innovation of mourning and wailing on the day of ‘Ashoora’, by slapping the cheeks, weeping, and reciting eulogies. … and the innovation of rejoicing and celebrating. … So some introduced mourning and others introduced celebration, so they regarded the day of ‘Ashoora’ as a day for wearing kohl, doing ghusl, spending on the family and making special foods. … And every innovation is a going astray. None of the four imams of the Muslims or any other (scholars) regarded either of these things as mustahabb. End quote from Minhaaj al-Sunnah (4/554).
It should be noted that these reprehensible actions are encouraged by the enemies of Islam, so that they can achieve their evil aims of distorting the image of Islam and its followers. Concerning this Moosa al-Musawi said in his book al-Shi’ah wa’l-Tas-heeh:
But there can be no doubt that striking heads with swords and cutting the head in mourning for al-Husayn on the tenth day of Muharram reached Iran and Iraq and India during the British occupation of those lands. The British are the ones who exploited the ignorance and naiveté of the Shi’ah and their deep love for Imam al-Husayn, and taught them to strike their heads with swords. Until recently the British embassies in Tehran and Baghdad sponsored the Husayni parades in which this ugly spectacle appears in the streets and alleyways. The aim of the British imperialist policy of developing this ugly spectacle and exploiting it in the worst manner was to give an acceptable justification to the British people and the free press that opposed British colonialism in India and other Muslim countries, and to show the peoples of these countries as savages who needed someone to save them from their ignorance and savagery. Images of the parades that marched in the streets on the day of ‘Ashoora’, in which thousands of people were striking their backs with chains and making them bleed, and striking their heads with daggers and swords, appeared in British and European newspapers, and the politicians justified their colonization of these countries on the basis of a humane duty to colonize the lands of these people whose culture was like that so as to lead these peoples towards civility and progress. It was said that when Yaseen al-Haashimi, the Iraqi Prime Minister at the time of the British occupation of Iraq, visited London to negotiate with the British for an end to the Mandate, the British said to him: We are in Iraq to help the Iraqi people to make progress and attain happiness, and bring them out of savagery. This angered Yaseen al-Haashimi and he angrily walked out of the room where the negotiations were being held, but the British apologized politely and asked him with all respect to watch a documentary about Iraq, which turned out to be a film about the Husayni marches in the streets of al-Najaf, Karbala’ and al-Kaazimiyyah, showing horrific and off-putting images of people striking themselves with daggers and chains. It is as if the British wanted to tell him: Would an educated people with even a little civility do such things to themselves?! End quote.
And Allaah knows best.

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