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15 Sep 2025 23:12

*The Greatest of Manners*

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14 Sep 2025 11:39

THE PROHIBITION OF SEEKING BLESSINGS FROM A TREE, STONE OR SIMILAR OBJECTS

It is reported on the authority ofAbu Waqid Al-Laithi (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) that he said: "We were travelling with the Prophet (ﷺ) to Hunain, when we had only recently abandoned disbeliefand the polytheists had a lotus-tree at which they used to worship and upon which they used to hang their weapons. They called it: Zātu Anwāt, So we said to ALLĀH’s Messenger (ﷺ): "Mate for us a Zātu Anwāt like theirs," at which the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said:

"ALLĀHU Akbar! Verily, that which you have said- by HIM in whose Hand is my soul- is the same as was said by the Children of Israel to Mūsa:

"Make for us a god such as the gods which they (the polytheist Egyptians) have."

Then he (ﷺ) said: "Verily, you are an ignorant people who will follow the way of those who were before you,"

📚 At-Tirmidhi #2180

Abu Waaqid Al-Laithi (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) informs us in this Hadith that he accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey to the Battle of Hunain, and that they (the Companions) knew that the polytheists had a lotus-tree from which they used to seek blessings and at which they would remain to worship; and because ofthe fact that they were new to Islam, and because they did not fully realize its goals (i.e. to call people to worship ALLĀH, the Exalted, Alone), they asked the Prophet (ﷺ) to designate a tree like for them that they might also seek blessings from it and worship in its vicinity like the pagans. At this, the Prophet (ﷺ) exclaimed, in vexation: "ALLĀHU Akbar!" then he explained to them that such ignorance was the same as that displayed by the people of Mūsa (peace be upon him) who asked him to make for them an idol like those of the pagan Egyptians which they might worship and this was after ALLĀH had saved them from Fir’awn and his people. Then he informed them that this Ummah will do as the Jews and Christians do in everything, including Shirk.

Benefits Derived From This Hadith:

1️⃣. The virtue of making clear that which would refute the charge of backbiting, by saying: "...when we had recently abandoned disbelief..."

2️⃣. The difficulty man experiences in removing ingrained habits.

3️⃣. That devotion (i’tikāf) to a particular place is an act of worship.

4️⃣. That the ignorant person is excused by virtue of his ignorance so long as he ceases his mistake once knowledge comes to him.

5️⃣. The prohibition of imitating the ignorant people such as the polytheists and others.

6️⃣. The permissibility of saying: "ALLĀHU Akbar!" when one is surprised.

7️⃣. The obligation to close off all possible routes leading to Shirk.

8️⃣. That Shirk will occur in this Ummah.

9️⃣. The permissibility ofinvoking ALLĀH’s Name, when delivering a legal verdict.

1️⃣0️⃣. The permissibility of swearing without the intention of making an oath for good reason.

1️⃣1️⃣. That this Ummah will do all that the Jews and Christians do.

1️⃣2️⃣. That all the evil deeds done by the Jews and Christians should serve as a warning to us.

📚 Kitābu at-Tawhīd Explained || Pages 63-64

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