“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)

Tawheed and Shirk(Monotheism or Polytheism)15

Iblis is able to talk to humans

Imam Bukhari writes:Narrated ‘Aisha:When it was the day of Uhud, the pagans were defeated. Then Iblis, Allah’s Curse be upon him, cried loudly, “O Allah’s Worshippers, beware of what is behind!” On that, the front files of the (Muslim) forces turned their backs and started fighting with the back files. Hudhaifa looked, and on seeing his father Al-Yaman, he shouted, “O Allah’s Worshippers, my father, my father!” But by Allah, they did not stop till they killed him. Hudhaifa said, “May Allah forgive you.” (The sub-narrator, ‘Urwa, said, “By Allah, Hudhaifa continued asking Allah’s Forgiveness for the killers of his father till he departed to Allah (i.e. died).” 

The polytheists of Makkah obeyed the Idols and Soothsayers (Kaahin)

The polytheists of Makkah obeyed the commands of the soothsayer and idols. In turn, the soothsayers and idols were commanded and mislead by Iblis and they would then command and mislead people. The soothsayers and idols would make commands (6/137) such as killing of their children and make it appear fair to their worshippers. Furthermore, they would make lawful that which Allah Azawajul had forbade and they forbade that which Allah made lawful .

(6/128) when Allah Most Glorious will question the idolaters they will say to Allah We enjoyed one another, meaning we benefited from one another. The only manner in which the idolaters directly benefited from Iblis was by the information they received from the soothsayers via Iblis which helped them in worldly matters. Apart from this one way, the polytheists have never directly benefited from Iblis in any other way.

Astrologers

Some of the polytheists of Makkah worshipped the stars and moon, and in particular one star named Sirius. Just as today where astrologers write horoscopes, this was also carried out during the time of the polytheists of Makkah. The astrologers would have informed the polytheists of their future based on the position of the stars, which caused people to believe that stars (and planets) had an immense amount of importance and therefore began to worship them. Another reason why they worshipped the planets may have been because the sun, moon and stars gave benefit such as producing light and causing plants to grow therefore they are beneficial and are entitled to be worshipped. Allah Azawajul informs us of how the polytheists of Makkah worshipped the stars, sun and moon(41/37,53/49)

THE WHISPERS OF IBLIS

It was Iblis who mislead the people through medium of the Idols and soothsayers. However, he also misled people directly as Allah Most Glorious informs us in the Quran: mankind was one community until Iblis caused hatred amongst them.

(2/213) In the beginning all of mankind had one religion and that was continuous between Prophet Adam (as) to Prophet Noah (as), then after that, the whispers of Iblis caused mankind to rebel. We pray that Allah saves us from Iblis. Amin.

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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