Uovu mkubwa
A great evil
Ni uovu mkubwa kutoa maoni yako kuhusu Majina, Sifa na Vitendo vya Allah ~ bila kuwa na ujuzi sahihi kuhusu hayo. Kumtaja Allah ~ kwa jambo lolote lililo kinyume na alivyojieleza mwenyewe, au alivyoelezwa na Mtume ﷺ, pia ni dhambi kubwa. Ni jambo la upotovu mkubwa zaidi kufanya dhidi ya Sifa ya Ukamilifu ya Yule Ambaye ndiye Mmiliki wa Uumbaji na Amri. Ikiwa kitendo kama hicho kinafanywa kwa makusudi kwa kujua, basi ni kitendo cha ukaidi, ambacho ni uovu zaidi hata kuliko shirki mbele ya Allah. Mshirikina anayekubali bado Sifa za Mola wake ni mwovu kidogo kuliko yule anayekataa Sifa za Mola wake za Ukamilifu! Kukataa Sifa za Mola NI ugonjwa usio na tiba. Firauni, kiongozi wa washirikina wa namna hiyo, alikataa kauli ya Musa (Mose) ~, aliposema kwamba Mola wake yuko juu ya mbingu; hivyo akajibu, akisema: (Ee Haamaan! Nijengee mnara ili nipate kufika kwenye njia; njia za mbinguni, nami nimwone Mungu wa Musa. Lakini kwa kweli, nadhani yeye ni muongo.) Shaikh Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash'ari alitumia Aya hii kama ushahidi wa hoja dhidi ya wote wanaokataa Allah Sifa Zake Mwenyewe. Uzushi wa upotovu ni miongoni mwa dhambi kubwa kabisa; nao ni unaopendwa zaidi na Iblisi (Shetani) kuliko dhambi nyingine kubwa. Mmoja wa wanazuoni wa zamani alisema: "Uzushi unapendwa zaidi na Iblisi kuliko kitendo cha kumwasi Allah; kwa sababu mtu anaweza kutubu kutoka kitendo cha kumwasi, lakini ni vigumu sana kutubu kutoka uzushi." Iblisi alisema: "Nimewamaliza Wana wa Adamu kwa madhambi, nao wamenichosha kwa kutafuta msamaha kwa Allah na kushuhudia kwamba hakuna mungu anayestahili kuabudiwa isipokuwa Allah, Peke Yake. Nilipoona hivyo, nilianzisha miongoni mwao makundi (na mielekeo ya uzushi); hivyo wanatenda dhambi wala hawatubu kutoka hizo, kwa sababu wanadhani wanapata wema kwa matendo yao!" Mwenye dhambi hujidhuru yeye mwenyewe tu; ilhali mzushi hujidhuru yeye mwenyewe na pia huwadhuru watu wengine. Fitna ya mzushi (mbid'ah) inagusa msingi wa dini; ilhali fitna ya mwenye dhambi ni katika kupambana na matamanio yake mwenyewe. Mzushi huwatoa watu katika Njia iliyo Sawa, ilhali mwenye dhambi hafanyi hivyo. Mzushi huwazuia watu njia sahihi ya Akhera, ilhali mwenye dhambi hukwamishwa na dhambi zake.
It is a great evil to give one's opinion regarding the Names, Attributes and Actions of Allah ~ without having any proper knowledge about them. To describe Allah ~ with anything contrary to what He ~ has described Himself, or has been described with by the Prophet ~ is also a great sin. It is the most degenerate thing to do to the Attribute of Perfection of the One Who is the Owner of the Creation and the Command. If such an act is issued out of knowledge, then it is an act of obstinacy, which is even more evil than polytheism in the Sight of Allah. A polytheist who still acknowledges the Attributes of the Lord is less evil than the one who denies the Lord His Attributes of Perfection! The denial of the Attributes of the Lord IS the ailment without a cure. Pharaoh, the leader of such polytheists, rejected the statement of Musa (Moses) ~I, when he said that his Lord was above the heavens; so he responded, saying: ( 0 Haman! Build me a tower that I may arrive at the ways; the ways of the heavens, and I may look upon the God of Musa. But verily, I think he is a liar.) 3 Shaikh Abu Al- Hasan Al-Ash'ari used this Verse as argumentative evidence against all those who deny Allah His Own Attributes. Deviating innovation is one of the greatest sins; and is more preferred by Iblis (Satan) than other major sins. One of the past scholars said: "An innovation is more beloved by Iblis than an act of disobedience to Allah; because one can repent from a disobedient act, but can hardly do so from an innovation." lblis said: "I have exhausted the Children of Adam with sins, and they have exhausted me by seeking forgiveness from Allah and testifying that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah, Alone. On seeing this, I established among them sects (and heretic tendencies); so they commit sins and do not repent from them, because they think that they are acquiring good by their deeds!" A sinner harms only himself; whereas an innovator harms himself as well as upon other people. The fitnah (test, trial, tribulation) of an innovator affects the basis of religion; whereas the fitnah of a sinner is in having to cope his own desires. An innovator drives people away from the Right Path, whereas a sinner does not do so. An innovator denies people the right way to the Hereafter, whilst a sinner is slowed down because of his sins.
3 Surat Ghafir, Aya 36-37.
3 Surat Ghafir, Verses 36-37.