Lesson # 1119 from
Holy Qur-’aan
Compelling
the transgressors to correct themselves
Surah ‘TAWBAH or BARAAA-‘AH (REPENTANCE) –
Chapter – 9)
Stage – 2, Verse – 84 of 129, Section – 11 of
16 (Part – 10)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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84. And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them
who dieth, nor stand by his grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His
Messenger, and they died while they were evildoers.
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84. Wa
laa tusalli ‘alaaa
‘aha-dim-minhum-maata ‘abadanw-wa laa
taqum ‘alaa qabrih. ‘Inna-hum
kafaruu Billaahi wa
Rasuu-liHii wa maatuu
wa hum faasi-quun.
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Lesson
It is
commanded that you should keep only
necessary friendly intercourse with the mischievous, wicked and hypocrites, so
that they may know clearly that, according to the community’s view, their
behavior is extremely objectionable, and they should correct their acts by
feeling their errors. If someone of them dies, then O Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam)! You should never cause to say funereal prayer for
him and nor should you stand by his grave, because doing so, some inclination
towards them becomes manifest.
The Muslims, as a
community, should practice some unkindness with them. Therefore their religious
leader should not cause to say funeral prayer for any such person, about whom
he knows that he did not care for the Law conformable to Shara’. His relatives can bury him after causing to say his funeral
prayer at their own.
Main reason of it is
that those people used to deny Allah Almighty and His Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) openly and fearlessly, and in the condition of
disobedience, they died. They could not repent. The community should have no
connection with such people.
It has passed earlier
that Abdullah bin Obayy had died before
revelation of this verse and the Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) caused to say his funeral prayer; keeping common
human sympathy in view, as well as bestowed His (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) shirt also for his shroud, and at the time of
his burial, prayed for him too.
But when this verse was
revealed then neither He (SallAllaahu alayHi
wa AaliHii Wasallam) participated in the
funeral ceremony of any hypocrite and nor in his shrouding. The names of the
hypocrites were told by the Messenger (SallAllaahu alayHi wa AaliHii Wasallam) to Huzayfah
(May Allah be pleased with him). So Umar
(May Allah be pleased with him) used to observe participation of Huzayfah (May Allah be pleased with him)
in the funeral ceremony of any person that if he {Huzayfah (May Allah be pleased with him)} is present there then He {Umar (May Allah be pleased with him)}
used to participate, otherwise no.
Nowadays this matter has
become complicated that how the vagabonds and immoral people should be
straightened. For this purpose, making laws and ordinary instructions for being
careful from such people is useless. Its treatment is that; which can be
understood from this verse. That is to say; public which abide by the law,
should break off all social connections from them, so that being helpless
through boycott, they may be compelled to correct themselves or be ruined by
fighting. There is no other treatment more useful than shutting out social and commercial
intercourse. Now-a-day, friendly intercourse is kept up equally with the
vicious people, so their strength has been increasing.
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