Re: Re: **JP** Letter to Editor - Gay Lesbian Ceremony

Esteemed  All,  Assalaam o alaikum.

I  respect  your  feelings,  emotions  and  knowledge,  as well  as,   your  attachment  with  ISLAM,  hence,  I  humbly  invite  your  attention  to  the  following  verses  of  Holy  Quraan,  to  divulge  that  Neither  Allah  allows  us  to  impose  our  wishes  or  teachings  on  others,  nor,  we  are  permitted  to  be  coercive / apply  compulsion  in   Religion,  nor,  factions,  sects,  division  or  sections (firqas) are  "Halaal'  rather  we  are  forbidden  to  create  such  divisions  in  Islam.  Simultaneously,  we  are  also  required  to take  account  of  our  own  conduct / deeds,  instead  of    requiring  others  to  be  good   :-       

 

Verse No.44  of  Sura#2  "Al-Baqara"  :- "WHAT!   DO  YOU  ENJOIN  (DIRECT / PRESCRIBE / REQUIRE)  ON  PEOPLE  TO  BE  GOOD   AND  NEGLECT  YOURSELF,  WHILE  YOU  READ (STUDY)  THE  SCRIPTURE (BOOK) ?  WILL  YOU  NOT  UNDERSTAND ? ".

کیا لوگوں کو تم نیکی کا حکم کرتے ہو اور اپنے آپ کو بھول جاتے ہو حالانکہ تم کتاب پڑھتے ہو پھر کیوں نہیں سمجھتے

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COMPULSION / COERCION / DURESS

IN  RELIGION  --- PROHIBITED.

 

Verse No.256  of  Sura#2  "Al-Baqara"  :- "THERE  IS  NO  COMPULSION  IN  RELIGION,  VERILY,  THE  RIGHT-PATH  HAS  BECOME  CLEARLY  DISTINCT  FROM ERROR.  WHOWEVER  DISBLIEVES  IN  TAGHUT (SHAITAN)  AND  BELIEVES  IN  ALLAH  HE  INDEED  HAS  GRASPED  THE  MOST TRUSTWORTHY  HANDHOLD  WHICH  WILL  NEVER  BREAK.  AND  ALLAH  IS   ALL-HEARER,  ALL-KNOWER".

دین کے معاملے میں زبردستی نہیں ہے ,   بے شک ہدایت یقیناً گمراہی سے ممتاز ہو چکی ہے,  پھر جو شخص شیطان کو نہ مانے اور الله پر ایمان لائے تو اس نے مضبوط حلقہ پکڑ لیاجو ٹوٹنے والا نہیں اور الله سننے والا جاننے والا ہے

 

Verse No.99 of  Sura#10  "Younus"  :-  "IF  IT HAD BEEN THY LORD'S WILL,  SURELY ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN THE EARTH WOULD HAVE BELIEVED,   WOULD  YOU  THEN COMPEL  MANKIND,  AGAINST THEIR WILL, TO BELIEVE ".

اور اگر تیرا رب چاہتا  تو جتنے لوگ زمین میں ہیں  سب کے سب ایمان لے آتے, پھر کیا تو لوگوں پر زبردستی کرے گا کہ وہ ایمان لے آئيں !

Verse No.100 of  Sura#10  "Younus"  :- "NO SOUL CAN BELIEVE, EXCEPT BY THE WILL OF ALLAH, AND HE  (ALLAH) WILL PLACE DOUBT (OR OBSCURITY) ON THOSE WHO WILL NOT UNDERSTAND"..

اورکسی کے بھی بس میں نہیں  کہ الله کے حکم کے سوا ایمان لے آئے   اور الله انکے لیے کفر کا فیصلہ کرتا ہے جو نہیں سوچتے,

 

Verse No.101 of  Sura#10  "Younus"   :- "SAY: "BEHOLD ALL THAT IS IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH"; BUT NEITHER SIGNS NOR WARNERS PROFIT THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT".

کہہ دو  دیکھو کہ آسمانوں اور زمین میں کیا کچھ ہے اور بے ایمان قوم کو معجزے اور ڈرانے والے کچھ فائدہ نہیں دیتے.

 

Verse No.21 of  Sura#88  "Al-Ghashiya" :-  " REMIND  THEM,  YOU  ARE  BUT  ONE  WHO  REMINDS ".

پس آپ نصیحت کیجئے بے شک آپ تو نصیحت کرنے والے ہیں

 

Verse No.22 of  Sura#88  "Al-Ghashiya" :-  " YOU  ARE  NOT  A  WARDER (DICTATOR)  OVER  THEM ".

آپ ان پر کوئی داروغہ نہیں ہیں-

 

Verse No.23 to  26 of  Sura#88  "Al-Ghashiya" :-

" BUT  WHOEVER  TURNS  BACK  AND  DISBELEIVES, ALLAH  WILL  PUNISH  HIM  WITH  MIGHTY  PUNISHMENT,  SURELY  TO  US  WILL  BE  THEIR  RETURN,  THEN  SURELY  IT  WILL  BE  FOR  US  TO  TAKE  THEIR  ACCOUNT ".

مگر جس نے منہ موڑا اورانکار کیا, سو اسے الله بہت بڑا عذاب دے گا,

بےشک ہماری طرف ہی ان کو لوٹ کر آنا ہے, پھر ہمارےہی ذمہ ان کا حساب لینا ہے.

 

Verse No.45 of  Sura#50  "QAF" :-  " WE  KNOW  BEST  WHAT  THEY  SAY,  AND  YOU (O  MUHAMMAD S.A.W.)  ARE  NOT  ONE  TO  COMPEL  THEM,  THEREFORE  WARN  HIM  BY  QURAAN  WHO  FEAR  MY  THREAT ".

   ہم جانتے ہیں جو کچھ وہ کہتے ہیں اور آپ ان  پر کچھ زبردستی کرنے والے نہیں پھر آپ قرآن سے اس کو نصیحت کیجیئے جو میرے عذاب سے ڈرتا ہو

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FIRQA / FACTION / DIVISION / EXCEED BEYOND

RELIGION / SECTS ----- PROHIBITED

 

Verse No.100 of  Sura#3  "AAL-E-IMRAAN" :-

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تُطِيعُوا فَرِيقًا  "O  YOU WHO  BELIEVE!  IF  YOU  LISTEN  TO  A  FACTION (SECT) AMONG  THE  PEOPLE  OF  THE  BOOK,  THEY  WOULD (INDEED)  RENDER  YOU  APOSTATES  AFTER  YOU  HAVE  BELIEVED!".

اے ایمان والو  اگر تم  اہل ِ کتاب کے  کسی  فرقے (جماعت)  کا بھی  کہا  مانو گے  تو  وہ تمہیں  ایمان  لانے  کے  بعد  کافر  کر  دیں  گے.

 

Verse No.102 of  Sura#3  "AAL-E-IMRAAN" :-  "O  YOU WHO  BELIEVE!  FEAR  ALLAH  AS  HE  SHOULD  BE  FEARED,  AND  DIE  NOT  EXCEPT  IN  A  STATE  OF  MUSLIM ".

اے  ایمان  والو  الله  سے ڈرتے رہو  جیسا  اس سے ڈرنا چاہیئے  اور  نہ  مرو  مگر  ایسے  حال  میں  کہ  تم  مسملمان  ہو.

 

 

 

Verse No.103 of  Sura#3  "AAL-E-IMRAAN" :-

وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا  "AND  HOLD  FAST,  ALL TOGETHER,  BY  THE  ROPE ( CABLE / CODE) OF  ALLAH, AND  BE  NOT  DIVIDED  INTO  SECTS (FACTIONS) AMONG  YOURSELVES;  AND  REMEMBER  WITH GRATITUDE  ALLAH'S  FAVOUR  ON  YOU;  FOR  YOU WERE  ENEMIES  AND  HE  JOINED  YOUR  HEARTS  IN LOVE,  SO  THAT  BY  HIS  GRACE,  YOU  BECAME BRETHREN;  AND YOU  WERE  ON  THE  BRINK  OF  THE PIT  OF  FIRE,  AND  HE  SAVED  YOU  FROM  IT.  THUS   ALLAH MAKES  HIS  SIGNS  CLEAR  TO  YOU:  THAT YOU  MAY  BE  GUIDED ".

اور سب مل کر الله کی رسی مضبوط پکڑو اور فرقے ( پھوٹ)  نہ ڈالو اور الله کا احسان اپنے اوپر یاد کرو جب کہ تم آپس میں دشمن تھے پھر تمہارے دلوں میں الفت ڈال دی پھر تم اس کے فضل سے بھائی بھائی ہو گئے اور تم آگ کے گڑھے کے کنارے پر تھے پھر تم کو اس سے نجات دی اس طرح تم پر الله اپنی نشانیاں بیان کرتا ہے تاکہ تم ہدایت پاؤ.

Verse No.19 of  Sura#3  "AAL-E-IMRAAN" :-

"  إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ ۗ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ THE RELIGION BEFORE ALLAH IS ISLAM (SUBMISSION TO HIS WILL): NOR DID THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK DISSENT (CONFLICT / DIVISION) THEREFROM EXCEPT THROUGH ENVY OF EACH OTHER, AFTER KNOWLEDGE HAD COME TO THEM. BUT IF ANY DENY THE SIGNS OF ALLAH, ALLAH IS SWIFT IN CALLING TO ACCOUNT ".

بےشک دین الله کے ہاں اسلام ہی ہے اور جنہیں کتاب دی گئی تھی انہوں نے صحیح علم ہونے کے بعد آپس کی ضد کے باعث فرقے ( اختلاف) کیا اور جو شخص الله کے حکموں کا انکار کرے تو الله جلد ہی حساب لینے والا ہے

 

Verse No.85 of  Sura#3  "AAL-E-IMRAAN" :- "IF ANYONE DESIRES A RELIGION OTHER THAN ISLAM, IT SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM HIM; AND IN THE HEREAFTER HE SHALL BE ONE OF THE LOSERS ".

اور جو کوئی اسلام کے سوا اور کوئی دین چاہے تو وہ اس سے ہر گز قبول نہیں کیا جائے گا اور وہ آخرت میں نقصان اٹھانے والوں میں سے ہوگا

 

 Verse No.159 of  Sura#6  "AL-ANAAM" :-

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ  " SURELY  THOSE  WHO  DIVIDED  THEIR  RELIGION  AND  BECAME  SECTS,  YOU  HAVE  NO  CONCERN  WITH  THEM,  THEIR  AFFAIR  IS  ONLY  WITH  ALLAH,    WHO  THEN  WILL  TELL  THEM  WHAT  THEY  USED  TO  DO ".

جنہوں نے اپنے دین کو ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کر دیا اور کئی فرقے بن گئے تیرا ان سے کوئی تعلق نہیں اس کا کام الله ہی کے حوالے ہے پھر وہی انہیں بتلائے گا جو کچھ وہ کرتے تھے.

 

Verse No.3 of  Sura#5  "AL-MAEDA" :-

الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا ۚ

"Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah. that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful ".

تم پر مردار اور لہو اور سور کا گوشت حرام کیا گیا ہے اور وہ جانور جس پر الله کے سوا کسی اور کا نام پکارا جائے جو گلا گھوٹ کر یا چوٹ سے یا بلندی سے گر کر یا سینگ مارنے سے مر گیا ہو اور وہ جسے کسی درندے نے پھاڑ ڈالا ہو مگر جسے تم نے ذبح کر لیا ہو اور وہ جو کسی تھان پر ذبح کیا جائے اور یہ کہ جوئے کے تیروں سے تقسیم کرو یہ سب گناہ ہیں آج تمہارے دین سے کافر نا امید ہو گئے سو ان سے نہ ڈرو اور مجھ سے ڈرو  -  آج میں تمہارے لیے تمہارا دین پورا کر چکا اور میں نے تم پر اپنا احسان پورا کر دیا اور میں نے تمہارے واسطے اسلام ہی کو دین پسند کیا ہے,  پھر جو کوئی بھوک سے بیتاب ہو جائے لیکن گناہ پر مائل نہ ہو تو الله معاف کرنے والا مہربان ہے

 

Verse No.77 of  Sura#5  "AL-MAEDA" :- " SAY: "O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK! EXCEED NOT IN YOUR RELIGION THE BOUNDS (OF WHAT IS PROPER), TRESPASSING BEYOND THE TRUTH, NOR FOLLOW THE VAIN DESIRES OF PEOPLE WHO WENT WRONG IN TIMES GONE BY,- WHO MISLED MANY, AND STRAYED (THEMSELVES) FROM THE EVEN WAY".  

کہہ اے اہلِ کتاب تم اپنے دین میں ناحق زیادتی مت کرو اور ان لوگو ں کی خواہشات کی پیروی نہ کرو جو اس سے پہلے گمراہ ہو چکے اور انہوں نے بہتوں کو گمراہ کیا اور سیدھی راہ سے دور ہو گئے.

 

Verse No. 78 of  Sura#22  "AL-HAJJ" :- "AND STRIVE IN HIS CAUSE AS YE OUGHT TO STRIVE, (WITH SINCERITY AND UNDER DISCIPLINE). HE HAS CHOSEN YOU, AND HAS IMPOSED NO DIFFICULTIES ON YOU IN RELIGION; IT IS THE CULT OF YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM. IT IS HE WHO HAS NAMED YOU MUSLIMS (WITHOUT ANY  SECT), BOTH BEFORE AND IN THIS (REVELATION); THAT THE MESSENGER MAY BE A WITNESS FOR YOU, AND YE BE WITNESSES FOR MANKIND! SO ESTABLISH REGULAR PRAYER, GIVE REGULAR CHARITY, AND HOLD FAST TO ALLAH. HE IS YOUR PROTECTOR - THE BEST TO PROTECT AND THE BEST TO HELP!".

اور الله کی راہ میں کوشش کرو جیسا کوشش کرنے کا حق ہے اس نے تمہیں پسند کیا ہے اور دین میں تم پر کسی طرح کی سختی نہیں کی تمہارے باپ ابراھیم کا دین ہے اسی نے تمہارا نام پہلے سےمسلمان رکھا تھا اوراس قرآن میں بھی تاکہ رسول تم پر گواہ بنے اور تم لوگو ں پر گواہ بنو پس نماز قائم کرو اور زکوٰة دو اور الله کو مضبوط ہو کر پکڑو وہی تمہارا مولیٰ ہے پھر کیا ہی اچھامولیٰ اور کیا ہی اچھا مددگار ہے.

 

 

Verse No. 32  of  Sura#30  "AL-ROOM" :-

مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا  "THOSE  WHO  SPLIT  UP  THEIR  RELIGION,  AND  BECOME  (MERE) SECTS, -  EACH  SECT  IS  REJOICING  IN  THAT  WHICH  IS  WITH  ITSELF!".  

جنہوں نے اپنے دین کو ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کر دیا اور کئی فرقے ہو گئے,  سب  فرقے اسی سے خوش ہیں جو ان کے پا س ہے.

 

Verse No. 13  of  Sura#42  "Ash-Shura" :-

أَنْ أَقِيمُوا الدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهِ  " THE  SAME  RELIGION  HAS  HE ESTABLISHED  FOR  YOU  AS  THAT WHICH  HE ENJOINED  ON  NOAH - THE WHICH WE HAVE  SENT  BY INSPIRATION TO YOU - AND  THAT  WHICH WE ENJOINED ON  ABRAHAM,  MOSES, AND  JESUS: NAMELY,  THAT YOU SHOULD REMAIN STEADFAST IN RELIGION, AND MAKE NO DIVISIONS (SECTS) THEREIN: TO THOSE WHO WORSHIP OTHER THINGS THAN ALLAH, HARD IS THE (WAY) TO WHICH THOU CALLEST THEM. ALLAH CHOOSES TO HIMSELF THOSE WHOM HE PLEASES, AND  GUIDES  TO  HIMSELF  THOSE  WHO TURN (TO HIM)".

تمہارے لیے وہی دین مقرر کیا جس کا نوح کو حکم دیا تھا اور اسی راستہ کی ہم نے آپ کی طرف وحی کی ہے اور اسی کا ہم نے ابراھیم اور موسیٰ اور عیسیٰ کو حکم دیا تھا کہ اسی دین پر قائم رہو اور اس میں فرقے  (پھوٹ) نہ ڈالنا جس چیز کی طرف آپ مشرکوں کو بلاتے ہیں وہ ان پر گراں گزرتی ہے الله جسے چاہے اپنی طرف کھینچ لیتا ہے اور جو اس کی طرف رجوع کرتا ہے اسے راہ دکھاتا ہے.

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I  am  grateful  to  Col. Riaz Jafri ,  Zubair Mukhtar  and  other  friends  that  they  provided  me  the opportunity  to  share  above  mentioned  commandments, verses  and  teaching  of  Islam  on  the  issues  raised  in  connection  with  the  subject  matter. 

We  as  Muslim  need  not  compete / ape / reciprocate the  activities  of  others – if  the  same  are  not  in  accordance  with  the  teachings  of  ISLAM.  If  at  all ,  some  one  feels  any  activity  contrary  to  our  Constitution  or  Law of Land,  he  would  be  more  appropriate  to  file  a  Constitutional Petition  (Matter of Public Interest) before  any  High Court of Pakistan.

However,  if  my  friends  still  feel  that  our  Religion (Islam)  permits Firqas, Sects,  Divisions and  animosity amongst Muslims,  or,  if  they  are  convinced  that   Islam  permits  us 

Compulsion,  duress  or  coercion  to  impose  the  tenets  of  Islam  on  disbelievers,  -  I  (being a knowledge-seeker) shall  be  enlightened  and  guided,  if  such  verses  from  Holy Quraan  are  high-lighted  by my  friends,  as  a  matter  of  SAWAAB.

Wassalaam.

Your well-wisher:   Agha Syed Atta-u-Allah Shah.

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On 4 July 2011 18:38, Zubair Mukhtar <zubairmukhtar@mtmho.com> wrote:

Dear All,

 

The below comments are not an intense to save our beloved system till Judgment Day. Islam is an system, its provides us facilities and rights but the rights trying to show in the below mail considering us to be against

our system which prohibited all these kind of acts. So please, let us know that we not have to be against our religion/system ISLAM.

 

NOTE:  Agha Syed Atta-u-Allah Shah Sb, please correct your concepts and keep their within your beloved ones.

 

 

Zubair Mukhtar

 

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Subject: [?? Probable Spam] Re: **JP** Letter to Editor - Gay Lesbian Ceremony

 

Dear  Riaz  Jafri sahib,  Assalaam o alaikum.

Let us  live  and  let  others live  also.  States are  peices  of  land.  Islam  is  not  for  states,  but,  for  Human-beings. Let  us  not  hate  or  segregate any  group  of  persons  because  (you feel) we  have  comparatively  acquired  better  knowledge  of  Islam. 

Instead  we  should  join those less-informed  and  convey / guide them politely and  humbly towards  the  teachings  of  Islam.  Neither  America  nor  Pakistan  are  hostile  to  each  other.  In fact  America  has  accomodated  more  Pakistanis  in  America.  Let us not  propagate  hatred  for  any Nation  or Country,  because,  Islam  does  not  teach  us  to  be  aggressive  or  intolerant  but  let  us  be  tolerant, peaceful, useful  and  wellwisher  for  every  human-being.

Let  us  first  try  to eliminate  "Sectarianism,  linguisticism,  Provincialism, Intolerance,  Bhatta-khori,  Target-killing,  Suicidal-attacks,  Karo-kari,  Dishonesty,  Hypocricy,  Fraud,  etc  in  Muslims / Pakistanis.   

 To  call  any  country  an  Islamic-state  is  not  a  service  to  Islam,  because,  "Somalia" is  also  an  Islamic-state,  but,  piracy / ransom is  their  national  source  of  income. 

Let  us  not  be  proud at  all  -  because  Iblis (Shaitaan)  was the 'first proud'  and  all  prouds  are  "KAAFREEN".

Wassalaam. Your:- Agha Syed Atta-u-Allah Shah, 

Chairman, Raah-e-Raast Trust.  (0321-2168008, 0345-3334959)

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On 3 July 2011 23:20, Riaz Jafri <jafri@rifiela.com> wrote:

 

Dear Join Pakistan

 

LETTER TO EDITOR

July 3^rd, 2011

 

Gay Lesbian Ceremony

 

USembassy Islamabad reportedly held a "Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Pride Celebration" ceremony on June 26^th 2011 to show Washington's support and solidarity towards the GLBTs of Pakistan. Could there be anything more stupid than this for the USA to do in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where such homosexuality is not only looked down upon with utmost scorn and contempt but also considered an awful sin?  How many GLBTs would be in Pakistan?  Not even Zero Zero One per cent.  And for that miniscule number the USA took the risk of antagonising 99.99 percent people of Pakistan! Could the embassy not foresee the negative impact of  such a function on the US-Pak relations which are already not very congenial? One simply fails to understand if the event was held out of sheer ignorance or by design – in any case both being highly unwise, undiplomatic and unwarranted.    

 

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
30 Westridge 1
Rawalpindi 46000
Pakistan
Tel: (051) 5158033
E.mail: jafri@rifiela.com

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**JP** [4th Sha'ban al-Mu'azzam] Imam al-Azam Abu Hanifa Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu

The Greatest Imam (al-Imam al-Aa'zam)
Abu Hanifa Nau'man Ibn Thabit Radi Allahu Anhu
 

Imam al-A'zam Abu Hanifa's (Alaihir raHma) full name was Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān. He was born in Kufa in Iraq in 80 A.H. He belonged to the pious period of the Taabi'ins (Successors of the Sahabas).

DIVINE MISSION

It is stated in a Hadith Shareef which Imam al-Harizmi reported from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhumA) that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Among my Ummah, there will come a man called Abu Hanifa. On the Day of Resurrection, he will be the light of my Ummah." Another Hadith Shareef states: "In every century, a number of my Ummah will attain to high grades. Abu Hanifa will be the highest of his time." These two Ahadith are recorded in "Durr al-Mukhtar."

EARLY LIFE

While still in his youth, he met great Sahaba like Sayyiduna Anas bin Maalik, Sayyiduna Sahl bin Saad and Sayyiduna Abul Tufail Amir bin Wathilah (radi Allahu Anhumul Ajma'een). Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) was first brought up as a trader, but soon started taking deep interest in Islamic learning.

EDUCATION

He attended the lectures of Sayyiduna Hammad Basri (radi Allah anhu) in Fiqh and then began to study the Hadith. He learnt under great scholars in Kufa. In Basrah he studied under two great Taabi'ie scholars who had learnt Hadith under the Sahaba. In Makkatul Mukarammah and Madinatul Munawwarah, he learnt under Sayyiduna Ata bin Abi Rabah and Sayyiduna Ikramah (radi Allahu Anhuma). In fact, Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) had numerous teachers. Some historians say that he learnt Hadith from about 4000 scholars. Some of his famous teachers were:

Sayyiduna Imam Baaqir
Sayyiduna Imam Jafer Saadiq
Sayyiduna Ali
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah
Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar
Sayyiduna Aqabah bin Umar
Sayyiduna Safwaan
Sayyiduna Jabir
Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah and etc. (Radi Allahu Anhum Ajma'een).

AS A TEACHER

When his teacher, Sayyiduna Hammad Basri (Alaihir raHma) passed away, Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) was 40 years old and he began teaching. He became very famous and travelled many places. Students from all over the Muslim world came to him to listen to his lectures, interviews and debates. Imam Maalik (Alaihir raHma) also learnt under him. When he was 56 years old, Caliph Mansur came to power after the Ummayad dynasty was overthrown by the Abbasids in 132 A.H. Since Imam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) opposed the Caliph's ruthless killing of the Ahle Bait, he was arrested. The Caliph offered the Imam the post of a Qaadi (Judge), but he refused. The Caliph Mansur had him beaten with a stick 30 strokes. His feet bled. Caliph Mansur repented and offered Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) 30000 pieces of silver. The great Imam refused once more. He was imprisoned again and thrashed 10 more strokes every day.

PASSES AWAY

Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) passed away while in Salaah. He had been poisoned by the orders of Caliph Mansur. His Janaza Salaah was performed six times and each time 50 000 people took part. People continued to come and pray for him for 20 days after he was buried. He was 70 years old. In 459 A.H. a Mazaar (Tomb) was built for him by the Seljuki ruler Alp Arsalan. He lies buried in a Tomb situated near Baghdad in Iraq.

STUDENTS

Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) left behind about 980 students. The most famous among them being:

a. Sayyiduna Qadi Abu Yusuf (Alaihir raHma)
b. Sayyiduna Imam Muhammed (Alaihir raHma)
c. Sayyiduna Imam Zufur (Alaihir raHma)

PERSONALITY

Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) earned his living by trading. Every Friday, he distributed 20 gold coins to the poor for his parents soul. For 40 years Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) performed the Fajr Salaah with the Wudu that he made for the Esha Salaah (ie. he did not sleep after the night prayer). He performed Hajj 55 times. He used to recite the entire Holy Quran once every day and once every night. Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) had so much of Taqwa (Piety) that for 30 years he fasted every day (except for the 5 forbidden days). He often read the Holy Quran in one rakaah or two. He did not accept any presents from anyone. He wore clothes like those of the poor. Imam A'zam Abu Hanifa (Alaihir raHma) once said: "I laughed once in my life and I regret it." He talked little and thought much. It is said that at the place where his soul was taken, he read the Holy Quran 7000 times.

GREATNESS OF IMAM ABU HANIFA

Yahya ibn Sa`id al-Qattan said:

"We have not heard better than Abu Hanifa's opinion and we have followed most of his positions."

 Yahya ibn Ma`in, he said of Abu Hanifa that

"He is not only thiqa (trustworthy) but thiqa thiqa. Al- Dhahabi even calls Ibn Ma`in a fanatic Hanafi."

Al-Fadl ibn Dukayn, one of the major authorities of Ahl al-Hadith. He said:

"Muslims should make du`a to Allah on behalf of Abu Hanifa in their prayers, because the Sunan and the fiqh were preserved for them through him."

Waki` ibn al-Jarrah, he replied to some of them:

"You barred us from Abu Hanifa, are you going to bar us from Zufar??" (Zufar took over the teaching of Hanafi Fiqh in Kufa and Basra after the Imam.)

Abu Mu`awiya al-Darir, he said:

"Love of Abu Hanifa is part of the Sunnah".

Ibn Dawud al-Khuraybi:

"Among the people there are plenty of enviers and ignorant ones concerning Abu Hanifa."

Bishr al-Hafi, he said:

"None criticizes Abu Hanifa except an envier or an ignoramus".

 Ibn al-Mubarak. When al-Awza`i criticized Abu Hanifa, Ibn al-Mubarak copied a compilation of Abu Hanifa's fiqh under the name al-Nu`man. Al- Awza`i read it without interruption except for Salat al-Fard. Then he said:

"This Nu`man is a grand master (hadha nabilun min al-ashyakh). Go to him and take as much as you can from him!" Ibn al-Mubarak said: "This is the Abu Hanifa you had forbidden me to see." (Tarikh al-Baghdad)

Ibn al-Mubarak considered one's hatred of Abu Hanifa a mark of Divine wrath.

He also said:

"If Allah had not rescued me with Abu Hanifa and Sufyan [al-Thawri] I would have been like the rest of the common people." Al-Dhahabi relates it as: "I would have been an innovator."

Ibn `A'isha mentioned a fatwa of Abu Hanifa then said:

"Truly, if you had seen him you would have wanted him ! Truly, his similitude and yours is as in the saying:

Curse them much or not, I care little to blame you;
But fill - if you can! - the space they left vacant."

 

GOLDEN WORDS OF WISDOM:

• Knowledge without deeds is like a body without a soul. As long as knowledge does not embrace the existence of action it will not be enough not agreeable nor sincere.
• Difficulties are the result of sin. The sinful therefore does not have the right to lament when difficulties befall him.
• To reduce the connection of the World means that a person takes that which is essential from the World and leaves that which is non essential.
• That person who seeks knowledge to attain the World finds that knowledge has no place in his heart.
• That person whose knowledge does not prevent him from committing sin and transgressions then who is that person who has suffered or incurred a greater loss than him.
• For the attainment of knowledge satisfaction is useful and satisfaction is not gained by increasing information but by decreasing it.

Mawlid an-Nabawi Sharif Celebrations at the Mosque of Imam al-Aa'dham Abu Hanifa
Nau'man Ibn Thabit Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu in Aa'dhamiya, Baghdad Sharif, Iraq