In the Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Sacrificing -
Udhiyah - Qurbani As Per Quraan
Reviewed
by Irshad Mahmood – Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
None
can change Allah’s words: Al-Kahf (018), Ayat 027 / Al_Ahzab
(033), Ayat 062.
Soaring
Prices Hit Udhiyah Sheep, Saturday, Oct 05 , 2013 ( Thul-Hijjah, 1434)
Updated:10:00 PM GMT, Saudi Arabian government is making special
arrangements.
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/middle-east/464409-soaring-prices-hit-udhiyah-sheep.html
SACRIFICE/UDHIYAH/QURBANI
OF ANIMALS:
Sacrificing/Udhiyah/Qurbani
is linked with performance of HAJJ only and the place of Sacrificing/
Udhiyah/ Qurbani is ONLY
near Kabaa in Makkah. Allah commanded to do Udhiyah/Qurbani by those
performing Hajj for eating and distributing the meat to the poor and
the needy. Further Allah has commanded that those who cannot afford to
make Udhiyah/Qurbani, they should keep fast for 3 days during HAJJ and
further fast for 7 days after they reach their homes thus totalling10
days. Please see details in Al_Quraan_002:196 / 022:026-037. This
indicates how Allah has made the Hajj rituals easy to follow.
As for the Sunnah
Ibrahimi event,
this took place some 6000 years before the Quraan was bestowed by Allah
on our Prophet on completion of our Deen, Islaam, (Ref:
Al_Quraan_005:003). The details are mentioned separately in another
Surah Al-Sifah (Al_Quraan_037:102-108), when Prophet Ibrahim
(Peace-Be-Upon-Him) tried to slaughter his son, Prophet Ismail
(Peace-Be-Upon-Him), at the command of God, then Allah pleased with the
devotion and submission of Prophet Ibrahim (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) put a
lamb/goat instead for slaughter. Hence this Sunnah Ibrahimi can be
given any time subject to requirements (Ref: Al_Quraan_022:034) but
cannot be linked as a Fariz with Eid ul Adha Salaat/Namaz prayed only
by those not performing Hajj.
Those who perform Hajj
don’t
pray Eid-ul-Adha Salaat/Namaz and therefore it has been made a Wajib
Salaat/Namaz without Azan for non-Hajis without any binding of
Udhiyah/Qurbani. Further in Arabia, the non-Hajis don't slaughter
animals unnecessarily and on such a mass scale as in Pakistan but they
do pray Eid Ul Adha Salaat/Namaz. Actually this is a very simple ritual
made hard by our Ulemas because we lack Quraanic knowledge. Please
avoid misguidance and excesses in religious matters and rituals
(Ref: Al_Quraan_004:171/005:77). Read Al_Quraan or its translation to
improve your Deeni knowledge.
Allah
says:
… Qurbani
of calf (being infant) is prohibited and the cow for Qurbani should
neither be too old nor suffer from any disability/defect but should be
young, (Al_Quraan_002:067-071). Hence please desist from
slaughtering the infant calf. Avoid misguidance.
… Only piety (TAQWA) of the Qurbani
giver reaches Allah not the meat, (Al_Quraan_005:027 /
022:037). This means the Qurbani giver should be pious with Halal
income.
NOTE:
Islaam is an easy and clear religion and there is no compulsion or
force in our DEEN as to slaughter animals on mass scale on the occasion
of Eid Ul Adha by those not performing Hajj. Please
avoid committing excesses and over-acting in religious rituals
due to misguidance on the basis of weak Hadiths, tales and stories,
traditions and sayings contrary to Quraan. Instead please help the poor
and needy. Please note that every one of us is answerable directly to
Allah alone for all of our deeds and misdeeds without any
Sifarish/recommendation/Dua of any middle man/Pir/Aalim/Imam etc. as in
other non-Islaamic religions. Allah
prohibited priesthood (Ref: Al_Quraan_057:027) as its results in
religious exploitation.
All our brothers,
sisters and younger
generation who don't know Arabic are cordially requested to read
translation of the Quraan with explanation/Tafseer to understand the
guidance/directives of Allah to avoid being misled, deviated or
misguided. The basic aim of Allah is to guide the erring and deviated
entire humanity not the Arabs alone. Tilawath means following the
Guidance of Allah after reading and understanding the Quraan. Please
note that Islaam is not confined to so called Five Pillars only which
is not at all supported and mentioned as such in the Quraan. The whole
Quraan is the Pillar of Islaam. Please read some important
Quraanic guidelines below:
Quraanic Fatwa:
IMPORTANT GUIDELINES OF ALLAH:
… Allah
says none and not even our Prophet can change/amend or deviate from His
guidance/directives to humanity except following and preaching the
Quraan and guiding the erring humanity and warning the non-believers to
come to Allah’s right path, (Al_Quraan_010:015, 064,
094-095,109 /16:064/ 018:027 / 024:054/ 25:001,056/ 33:002/ 46:009).
Hence avoid all such weak and unauthentic Hadiths which contradicts the
Quraan, tales, stories, sayings, traditions, Arabic history and
excesses and over-research on a complete Deen not in conformity with
the Quraan. Our Prophet never wrote any Hadith to be termed authentic
and non-challengeable but written by various Imams after more than 100
years after the death of our Prophet. As such with the passage of time,
they were subject to misinterpretation and manipulations and that is
why we search for Sahih Hadiths. Hence the best course for acceptance
and satisfaction is to check whether the Hadiths are in conformity with
the Quraan or not.
… Allah sent down the Quraan in
truth and those who create differences will go to HELL
(Al_Quraan_002:176). Allah's message is unchangeable,
(Al_Quraan_033:062). Hence avoid all such weak and unauthentic Hadiths,
tales, stories, sayings and traditions, deviations, misguidance,
misinterpretation etc. which are not in conformity with the Quraanic
Guidance.
… Allah asks us to hold fast to HIS
rope and not to be divided,
(Al_Quraan_003:103). As such there is no concept of sects, sub-sects,
Maslak, Fiqah, unnecessary Ijtehad, deviations etc. which divide the
Muslims. Our Prophet was a true Muslim only and never preached any
sectarian differences etc.
… Allah says that the worst people
are those who do not use their brain to understand but remain deaf and
dumb,
(Al_Quraan_008:022). Hence we should use our brain to understand and
practice Islaam correctly in the light the Quraan to earn the Blessings
of Allah.
… Allah asks us to uphold TRUTH and
follow the Book and AVOID
committing EXXESSES and over acting in religious matters and
rituals/Faraiz and not to follow the misguidance of such
people who have gone astray from His right path,
(Al_Quraan_002:042 / 004:171 / 005:077/007:003/039:023 ). Therefore
please give priority to reading and understanding of Quraan first to
avoid all misguidance, misunderstanding and exploitation along with
various deviations, tales and stories, traditions and other differences
to confuse and deviates Muslims from Allah's Right Path.
… Allah
says that there are many exploiting Aalims/scholars who misguide the
people from the right path of Allah and unjustly earn money,
(Al_Quraan_009:034). We should avoid such Aalims/Imams who give more
importance to weak and unauthentic Hadiths, sayings, stories,
traditions etc. rather than Quraanic Guidance to misguide us and also
adopt Islaam as a profession to earn money and promote their cults and
priesthood and become Demi Gods.
… Allah
says those (Aalims, Imams, Scholars, Moulvis, Maulanas, Muftis ) who
conceal the truth of Quraanic guidance from being projected to humanity
and mix truth with falsehood (like giving more importance to weak and
unauthentic Hadiths, tales, stories, sayings, traditions etc. not in
conformity with Quraan to deviate the Muslims) and make a livelihood by
adopting Islaam as a profession, will go to HELL,
(Al_Quraan_002: 41-42,159, 174-175/6:90/16:95). Therefore all our
Aalims/scholars/Imams and Quraanic teachers must give preference to
projecting and explaining Quraanic guidance/directives on all walk of
our lives along with authentic Hadiths etc. so that we follow the right
path of Allah and are not deviated, misguided or misled and also stop
earning a livelihood on Islaam. They should adopt other means of
livelihood as done by our Prophet. The
preaching and projection of Islaam is a FEESABILILLAH/voluntary work.
… Our Prophet was specifically
directed by Allah not to adopt Islaam as a means of livelihood,
(Al_Quraan:102:104 / 025:057) as it is a Fi Sabil Illah work in the
service of Allah. Accordingly our Prophet worked hard to make a
livelihood. Our Aalims/Imams/scholars/Muftis and Quraanic teachers who
have adopted Islaam as a money earning profession should follow
Allah’s directive and our Prophet’s example in this regard
and work hard to make a living.
Ref:
The Holy Quraan by Abdullah Yusuf Ali;
Tarjuma Quraan by Syed
Abul Ala Maudoodi;
The Quraan by Saheeh
International, Shah Faisal National Library, Ryadh.
Read
Al-Quraan, the Miracle of Miracles and free from contradictions and
errors