Parents-Imams

“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)

The Parents of Holy Prophet ﷺ are Mu’mins

(Abd al-Razzaq in al-Musannaf) from the chain of Ma’mar, from Ibn Juraij, from Ibn al-Mussaiyab; Ali ibn Abu Talib (ra) said,‘The earth has continuously been occupied with at least seven Muslims or more. If this was not the case, the earth and its inhabitants would have perished.’

Ibn al-Munzir in his exegesis/tafsir from Ibn Juraij in the commentary of the verse ‘O Allah! Make me[Ibrahim] an establisher of Prayer, and from my offspring’; he said, ‘there has remained from the offspring of Ibrahim to our Prophet people on Fitra who have worshipped Allah.

‘And (remember) when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: “Verily, I am innocent of what you worship. Except Him (i.e. I worship none but Allah Alone) Who did create me, and verily, He will guide me. And he made it [i.e. La ilaha ill-Allah] a Word lasting among his offspring (True Monotheism), that they may turn back. (43/26-28)

Ibn Abbas (ra) says ‘The saying of Allah ‘Word lasting among his offspring’ means that La ilaha ill-Allah remains in the offspring of Ibrahim.’

Allama Sharstani writes in al-Milal wa al-Nihal,‘The religion (Din) of Ibrahim remained established, and the monotheism of Allah remained widespread amongst the Arabs. And the first to alter the religion of Ibrahim and initiate the worship of idols was Amr ibn Luhaiiy.’
According to the experts, from the time of Ibrahim (ﷺ) to Kab ibn Luhiy, all his fathers were adherents of the Abrahamic faith, and Kab’s son Marra was also firm on this religion (as his father advised him to remain firm on this path). Between Marra and Abd al-Muttalib, there were four fathers; Kalaab, Qusa, Abd Munaf and Hashim.

With regards to Abd al-Muttalib, the saying of Allama Sharstani in al-Milal wa al-Nihal is sufficient;‘The Nur of the Prophet (ﷺ) appeared in the glances of Abd al-Muttalib. With the blessings of this Nur, he was inspired to perform a solemn promise rather than sacrifice his son. With the blessings of this Nur, he used to order his sons not to indulge in tyranny and rebellion and he used to encourage them to adopt the most noble of manners. And he used to prohibit them from indecent acts. And with the blessings of this Nur, he had the courage to say to Abraha ‘verily for this House [Kaaba] is a Lord.’

Furthermore, when the enemies suddenly began firing arrows to the Muslims in the Battle of Hunain, the Prophet (ﷺ) ascended his animal and charged into the battlefield saying,‘I am the Prophet without doubt; I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib.’If Abd al-Muttalib was not a monotheist, the Prophet (ﷺ) would never have taken pride in taking his name, since taking pride in a lineage of disbelief is prohibited.

Camp Three-The opinion of some scholars is as such (as mentioned in Masalik al-Hunafa)‘Allah Almighty resurrected his parents so that they brought faith in him.

Scholars like Ibn Shaahin, Abu Bakr al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Sohaili, Qurtubi, Muhibb Tabri and Allama Nasir al-Din Ibn al-Munzir.’

‘And there is no doubt that the report that says that the parents of the Prophet (ﷺ) are in the fire are Gharib (rare) in terms of meaning and in terms of the chain [of the Hadith].

This is because Allah Almighty says ‘And We do not torment until We send a Messenger.’ And his father as well as his mother belonged to the period of Fitra, so how can they punished? This is contrary to religious realities; one passed away before Muhammad came into physical existence and the other when he was only a child and a prophet had not been sent. Therefore, the report that says that they are in the fire are rejected, firstly because of the unreliable chain and secondly because of its distance from the reality.’ [Khatam al-Nabiyiin. Imam Muhammad Abu Zuhra. Vol. I, p. 132-4.]
Maliki Imam and the author of Tafsir Ahkam al-Quran,‘Qazi Abu Bakr ibn Arabi was asked about a man who said that the Prophet’s parents were in the fire. He replied, ‘whosoever says such is cursed (Mal’un), since Allah Almighty said, ‘verily those who hurt Allah and His Messenger; Allah curses them in this world and the hereafter.’ And there is no hurt greater that ‘father of such and such is like that.’

Mullah Ali Qari writes: … “The relied upon opinion” is that they were Muslims and the great scholars of Ummah are unanimous upon it. [Mullah Ali Qari, Sharah ush-Shifah Volume 001, Page No. 601]

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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