Aulia -Sajdah Tazim Ibadat
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Aulia respect
According to the Shariah, Sajda is when seven body parts touch the floor (the two I front portions of the feet, the two knees, two palms and the head, i.e. nose and forehead). The Sajda must also be intended when these body parts touch the ground. – General books of Fiqh, Kitaabus-Salach, Discussion on Sajda .
There are two types of Sajdas: the Sajda of Respect (Sajda-e-Tahiyat) and the Sajda of Worship (Sajda-e-Ibaadat).
Sajdah at-Tazeem (Prostration of Respect) to anyone other than Allah Ta’ala
is totally Haraam.
To make Sajdah al-Ibadah (Prostration
of Worship) to anyone other than Allah Ta’ala is undoubtedly Shirk
The Pre-requisites of Sajdah
1.For sajdah there needs to be 7 parts of body touching the ground i.e. both
hands, both feet, both knees, nose and the forehead.
2. Sajdah of Ibadah (worship) to ghayr Ullah if the person is doing it with intention of Ibadah (worship)
“THEN AND ONLY THEN” could the
person be declared as Mushrik otherwise not and the false takfir will for
sure bounce back on the accuser.
Anas bin Malik (ra) narrates from
the Prophet (ﷺ) who said: Three things are the roots of faith (1) To
refrain from (killing) a person who says “La ILaha IL Allah” (2) Not to declare
him unbeliever whatever sin he commits (3) and also not to declare him out of
Islam due to any of his deed…[Sunnan Abu Dawud, Volume No. 2, Hadith #
2170]
Angels prostrated to Adam (a.s)
but Shaytan denied
Qur’an on Family of Yusuf (A.S) Prostrating to him
Animals and trees Prostrating to Prophet (saw)
(1) Had prostration to Pious
people been shirk in Mutlaqqan (all) terms then Allah would have never
ordered angels to prostrate to Adam (a.s) because Allah never orders Shirk (Naudhobillah)
(2) All Angels prostrated and earned a great reward whereas the Iblees
(Shaytan) became proud and failed to understand the “VIRTUE/STATUS” of Adam
(a.s) thus Iblees not only became cursed but rather a “DISBELIEVER”
3.The Quran does not do Nafi of
this( in case of yusuf (as)) therefore it means that it was not considered as
Shirk.
4. From this it could be conclusively derived that Sajdah at-Tazeemi
even if done to Ghayr Ullah cannot be shirk.
5.In Shariah of Muhammad (ﷺ) such Sajdah is declared Haram (not shirk). It will be
shirk only if the intention was of worshiping the person.
6.We need to beware that only Allah knows the intentions.
7. He (saws) never said that
these things were shirk, however he did forbid the Sahaba (R.A) from
prostrating to him which proves prohibitivness of it but “NOT SHIRK”.
8. The Animals prostrated to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he did
not deem it wrong
9. Sahaba asked to prostrate to Prophet(ﷺ) but the Prophet(ﷺ) did not say
that It is shirk rather told not to do so.
He said that If this was allowed then wives should have prostrated to husbands (i.e.
the issue is not so severe provided it is done with intention of Ibadah)
We were travelling with the Prophet (ﷺ) when suddenly a camel came near“and prostrated to the Prophet (ﷺ)” The Prophet (ﷺ) asked: Who is the owner of this camel? At this some youngsters from Ansaar said that it belongs to them. The Prophet asked them: What have you done with it? They replied: We have been putting load (of water) on it since the past 20 years, now when he has become old and gathered excessive mass on itself so we made up our minds to slaughter him and distribute the meat amongst our friends. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked: Would you sell it to me? They replied: Ah! It is yours O dear Prophet (ﷺ). The Prophet said, keep it but take good care of it until natural death reaches it.The Sahaba asked: O Prophet (ﷺ) we are more deserving of prostrating to you than the animals. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied: It is not allowed for anyone, “IF IT WAS ALLOWED I WOULD HAVE ASKED WOMEN TO PROSTRATE TO THEIR HUSBANDS” [Sunnan Darimi, Volume No. 1, Page No. 10, Sahih Ibn Hibban (4/335)
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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