FATWAH OF MAULANA SHEIKH IBRAHIM NIASS REGARDING THE USE OF RADIO
BROADCAST FOR QURANIC RECITATION & DA'WAH UPON A QUESTION BY THE PROMINENT
SCHOLARS OF KANO IN THE 60's {3}
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Salam Alaikum Juma'a Mubarak. We hereby continue with the third excerpt
of whole new book in our Baye Book Translation Project that we started last
week. It is entitled:
"الحجة البالغة في كون إذاعة القراءن سائغة"
"THE PROFOUND PROOF that indicates that QURANIC RECITATION on the
RADIO is PERMISSIBLE [Islamically]"
Written by:Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass
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we observe in the midst of Muslims today, it has failed to hold firm the banner
of Islam, and the source of reference for them in terms of sharia ruling is the
Qur’an and Sunnah, [in countries] such as Makkah & Madinah, Egypt, Syria,
Yamen, Iraq, Jerusalem, Turkey, Pakistan, Libya, Algeria and Morocco etc. among
the mass of the Muslims in Europe and all of them have agreed upon utilizing
these machines, even in prayer. And hundreds of thousands of eminent Muslim
scholars. They do carry our views and it is not easy to fault them.
So whoever relate them to
misguidance he has related the umah or society of [Prophet] Muhammad that does
not dominate on misguidance issue to misguidance.
And the unanimity of the umah [on an issue] is infallible to
misguidance, based on the promised of the truthful Prophet [PBUH]. Don’t you
see the pilgrims in the holy mosque pray around Ka’abah behind an Imam with
this tool and inside the mihrab or niche of the Prophet [PBUH], and behind them
were hundreds of thousands of scholars who were surrounded by the sharia and
they are Muslims weather they say it or did not say it. So would we have good
assumption with the servants of Allah and devise the best ways out and we
accuse the Imam with debauchery,
persistence and unlawful acts?
Then this writer on forbidden and non-believing act should take a second
look. So the one who forbids what is lawful is like the one who makes
lawful what is forbidden. And whoever
called his brother “You are a non-believer”, then it would fit either of the
two.
Hence returning to Jama’ah and to say I do not know in regards to what
he does not know is the safest.
[just a paraphrased form of the poem] It is not the one who makes mistakes
and admits and corrects himself [after realizing he is wrong]. Rather, the
mistake maker is the one who makes mistake but would not change after realizing
that he had made mistake.
So a believer adopts the best ways out and accepts excuses and the hypocrite
follows privacy. And the notion of some of them that we go with the source. The
origin in everything is not to forbid it, until there appears proof that would
necessitate forbidding it. Else, it is usurpation in front of Allah and his
messenger in making things unlawful. This is not even an imitative function,
for the imitative function, but imitation and asking the people of knowledge
(So ask those who know if you do not know – and on top of every knower is the
best knowing). And the whenever a wise ignores something that he makes as part
of his unknowns:
And tell the one who claims he knows
You know something and many things has vanished away from you
And the one who protects the proof is proof to the one who does not
protect it and the one who supports the excluded. And the one who made remarks
on the issue with the sayings of Allah Almighty:
(And He creates what you do not know) in absolute clarity with the one
who Allah enlighten his vision. Muhammad Bun Iddriss Ashafi’ee may Allah be
pleased with him was asked: (We have not left behind nothing from the Book
[Al-Qur’an]). And where He mentioned this seal vessel and cars that are being
created in recent time, He [Allah] says: Allah Almighty (And He creates what
you do not know) and at the same time:
(There is nothing that its treasurers are not with Us and we only reveal
it according to a specified time):
To be continued..................................................
Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.
FATWAH OF MAULANA SHEIKH IBRAHIM NIASS REGARDING THE USE OF RADIO
BROADCAST FOR QURANIC RECITATION & DA'WAH UPON A QUESTION BY THE PROMINENT
SCHOLARS OF KANO IN THE 60's {2}
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Salam Alaikum Jama'ah. We hereby continue with the second excerpt of
whole new book in our Baye Book Translation Project that we started last week.
It is entitled:
"الحجة البالغة في كون إذاعة القراءن سائغة"
"THE PROFOUND PROOF that indicates that QURANIC RECITATION on the
RADIO is PERMISSIBLE [Islamically]"
Written by:Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass
This book idea came about in the sixties upon upon one of the da'wah
trips of Maulana Shehu Barhama to Nigeria. It was upon a question he was asked
by the prominent scholars of Kano, led by the Emir of Kano himself, his royal
highness Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi in regard to using the radio to recite the
Qur'an and do da'awah which the izalah/wahabi groups in Nigeria and elsewhere
were referring to as bid'ah.
So upon that question Sheikh used his exceptional and extra-ordinary
intellectual capacity by using Quranic verses and Prophetic wisdom to answer
the question. And you could see that he mentioned all the names of these
scholars in the introduction below.
Can u imagine how an answer to just one question was dealt at length to
cover 72 pages?....That was Sheikh Ibrahim for you!!!....Please read and share:
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All Praise be to Allah and He is enough, and peace be upon his servants
that he has chosen. His majesty Amirul Muhmineen, and the helper of the Sunnah
of the best of messengers, the royal king of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Al-Sanusi,
may Allah protect you and support you and may He show you the truth as truth
and help you to abide by it and show you the falsehood as falsehood and bless
you to distance yourself from it. Peace and blessings of Allah upon the
Prophet.
I have reviewed many messages that were sent to you by some people who
are claiming to be knowledgeable, may Allah increase their kinds – And I was
happy to get those who would address this
and all of them were talking in regards to your question about the ruling
of the Qur’anic recitation on radio; So some of them declared it as haram, even
declared it as kufur or disbelieve and would even try to manipulate and
misapply verses of the Qur’an out of it context. And to quote what Abu Muhammad
the author of Risalah said to Abdul Salam:
I wish your mother did not give birth to you
And how bad she would feel if she gave birth to you and you did not seek
knowledge. And bad you would have felt ìf you did not seek knowledge and you
did not learn.
He mentioned that machine is just for play being used by the fools. And
he has the right to say I don’t know what this machine is, and I do not
determine the nature of the question [before I answered]:
And it is part of the amazing things that you do not know
And you don’t know that you don’t know
Imam Ali may Allah be pleased with him was asked about the reasons for
excessive dispute? And he said: If the one who has no knowledge would have kept
quite there wouldn’t have been dispute. So radio is a creative tool to amplify
voice and extend to a far frontier or limit, which the tongue is incapable of
reaching without it, coupled with the disparity of ranks.
The speaker uses it to convey message to be heard. And the speech with
it could be either Qur’anic recitation, preaching, or spreading knowledge or
zikir, remembrance of Allah or if it may be an amusement .
And glorification of the Qur’an and safeguarding its recitation and
reflecting over its recitation, negligence, amusement and composing instances that returns to the
reciters either via the radio or without it.
So if a heartfelt, weeping, sorrowful
and reflective man comes and recite his transmission in front of
it[radio], as such or would magnify it as such. Just like when an amusement
person would broadcast his transmission as it is. So radio is not an amusement
tool and its place is not a place of amusement, unless it is found with the
people of amusement. And when it is found with the people of worship, just like
mosques, then it would be a place of worship, not a place of amusement, because
there are verses or hadith that were revealed complimenting people who make
zikir at the place of heedless ỏr
negligence. And there are some zikir that were commanded to be recited in
market places due to the increasing number of heedless people according to an
authentic hadith.
So the one who implements
the sharia Prophet [PBUH] advocated for zikir to be made at [those markets]
which is like collecting of pebbles at the place of Bani Kananat [where you
have to move briskly]. And the movement at safah and marwah. And he [the
Prophet (PBUH)] said people used to move around them worshiping idols, and so
on as part and parcel of the purpose of the sharia and Sunnah.
How many are those who claim
of knowledge burgle (steal) out of
ignorance
He sees to precede the hands
of criticism
He criticizes people of
knowledge while he is immersed [with ignorance]
He does not know a facade from a far
Just like hedgehog strays her tentacles
against any animal bigger than her
With lenient touch individually…..
To be continued…….
Translated By: Husseini
Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.
FATWAH OF MAULANA SHEIKH
IBRAHIM NIASS REGARDING THE USE OF RADIO BROADCAST FOR QURANIC RECITATION &
DA'WAH UPON A QUESTION BY THE PROMINENT SCHOLARS OF KANO IN THE 60's
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Salam Alaikum Jama'ah. We
hereby start a whole new book this week in our Baye Book Translation Project.
It is entitled:
"حجة البالغة في كون إذاعة القراءن سائغة"
"THE PROFOUND PROOF that indicates that QURANIC RECITATION on the
RADIO is PERMISSIBLE [Islamically]"
Written by:Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Niass
This book idea came about in the sixties upon upon one of the da'wah
trips of Maulana Shehu Barhama to Nigeria. It was upon a question he was asked
by the prominent scholars of Kano, led by the Emir of Kano himself, his royal
highness Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi in regard to using the radio to recite the
Qur'an and do da'awah which the izalah/wahabi groups in Nigeria and elsewhere
were referring to as bid'ah.
So upon that question Sheikh used his exceptional and extra-ordinary
intellectual capacity by using Quranic verses and Prophetic wisdom to answer
the question. And you could see that he mentioned all the names of these
scholars in the introduction below.
Can u imagine how an answer to just one question was dealt at lenght to
cover 72 pages?....That was Sheikh Ibrahim for you!!!....Please read and share:
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“When you argue in something return it to Allah and his messenger”
(The Holy Qur’an)
In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
The scholar, Imam, Intellectual a dedicated reviver, Abu Ishaq Maulana
Sheikh Ibrahim Abdallahi Niass AlKoalakhi
has said:
(All praise be to Allah who has taught by the pen. He has thought man
what he knew not---The Merciful (Allah) has taught the Qur’an. He has created
man and taught him knowledge [speech]---And say O Allah increase me in
knowledge --- We have not left anything unmentioned in the Book [Qur’an]--- We
have sent upon you(Muhammad) the Book [Al-Qur’an] clarifying everything --- And
He creates what you do not know --- Say [to them O Muhammad] look at what is in
the heavens and the earth --- And there is nothing that we do not have its
treasuries with Us [Allah] and We do not release it [down on earth] but
according to certain time ---Wouldn’t they look at the camel how she was
created. And to the heaven sky how it was raised and to the mountains how it
was erected and to the earth how it was spread --- So man should take a look at
his food) and the rest of the verses that if we had compiled them and talked
about their glorious and hidden meanings it would have restricted this domain
or range of his (Allah's) message.
And prayer and peace be upon his servant Muhammad the messenger of Allah
the master of Arabs and non-Arabs, and upon his household, his companions and
his followers of the later generation as part of the most virtuous societies.
However: I was asked by a group of scholars of Kano in northern
Nigeria under the leadership of their honored royal king and great authority
the champion of the religion, Alhaji Muhammad Al-Sanusi, may Allah protect and
shield him and grant him his wishes here and in the hereafter. And the
prudent and thoughtful author Sayyadi
Alhaji Ahmed Dantata bun Alhassan. And a great scholar Ustaz Alhaji
Abubakar Atiqu bun; Khadir, a great intellectual, cerebral Alhaji Abdallahi
Salaga. And valiant scholar Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani Ibn Usman [Zangon Baribari].
And Sayyid Alhaji Muhammad Sani Ibn Al-Hassan,
Sheikh Alhaji Usman Al-qalansuwi
[Maihula. And Sayyid Alhaji Mahmud
and the Wazir Alhaji Muhammad Al-Munir and others among the learned
scholars and the sources of pride of the religion of Islam. May Allah grant us
and them success towards what he loves and pleases with. And may He cure
the ailing hearts and guide us towards the truth and bless us
to stand by it and guide us to know the falsehood and bless us to stay away
from it.
I said: They have all asked me about Quranic recitation and spreading
the religious knowledge and preaching and remembrance of Allah and its likes
among the acts that gets one close to Allah on the radio or via radio
broadcasting. And I answered them as I
was in transit [travelling] with what[Allah] says:
(In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful, All praise be to
Allah Lord of the worlds. The Compassionate the Merciful. Master of the Day of
Judgement. You do we worship and to You we seek for help). Who says: (Whoever
make better the words which was preached in the course of Allah…[he is
blessed]) And prayer and peace be upon
our master Muhammad the messenger of Allah who says:(May Allah revive or renew
[the persona] of person who hears my words and grasp[ understand it] and
conveys[to others] it as he heard it”. And he said also: (Convey [the message]
on my behalf even if it is s verse). And says: (Allah supports this religion
[even] with an impious man). And upon his household, his companions and the
followers and their followers with kindness until the Last Day.
However: Scholars have categorized bid’ah or innovation in five
categories. Just like the categories in the ruling of the Sharia:
Wajib, [mandatory/compulsory], Mandoob [non mandatory], Jaez
[permissible], Maqruh [detestable] and Muharam [forbidden]. So which ever [act]
would facilitate the act of worship and
a path to acts of benevolence and conveying the message of Prophet Muhammad
[PBUH] and establishing the rulings of Islam they considered it as
wajib[compulsory], and what leads to acts of kindness is associated with
mandoob [non-obligatory] and whatever is would not inflict any evil upon the
religion is considered jaez [permissible] and what involves annihilation of the
Sunnah is regarded as makruh [detestable], while what involves misguidance and
corruption are considered haram or forbidden.
And these invented tools in this contemporary time if you do not regard
them as wajib or compulsory [to use] then we should at least regard them as
non-compulsory, because scholars have made [invented] books and set up schools
to spread knowledge. And [inventing] the books of hadith and other religious
books are part of compulsory and non-compulsory acts.
And these recording tools and voice amplifiers and radios were invented
in recent time to serve as a means and
an aid towards the advancement of the religion. Don’t you see the number
of pilgrims [to Makkah] are increasing every year ? --- And all praise be to
Allah --- How could they have been able to pray the congregational prayer under
one Imam with the loudspeaker which would be mounted in the holy mosque?
So any means to the obedience of the command of Allah is an obedience as
well. And we have seen how these ships [sea vessels], modern cars, airplanes,
and telecommunications gargets and others became useful tools for Muslims in
the practice of their religious obligations, and after all, actions are only by
intentions.
And a believer [always] drives the best means [to achieve his religious
obligations]. And scholars are obligated to make things easy and [always] give
glade tidings, based upon the hadith of the Prophet [PBUH]: (Make things easy
do not make things difficult, and give glade tidings and do not alienate
[people]). Even if it is what has taken over by the scourge, if only it is
meant for the sake of Allah(is permissible). And the ummah of Muhammad [PBUH]
would not all agree on something which is a misguidance.
May Allah grant us and you success
towards what he loves and is pleased with and may He cure the hearts of
the spiritually sick ones. Ameen, Wassalam!
This is how he summarized the first answer for them. Then he continued
with the second message after many ignorant people restarted the controversy
again…....
[To be continued……]
Publisher’s Statement [Sheikh Ahmed BabalWaiz, Interpreter &
Spokesperson of Faidah in Ghana]
And the one who took charge of publishing this beneficial publication
[as part of his khidmah for the Sheikh] was Abul Fauz, Alhaji Ahmed BabalWaiz
the interpreter of the custodian of Faidah [Shehu Ibrahim] in Gold Coast [the
first name of Ghana] in Kumasi. This is what he wrote in this book:
In the Name of Allah they
Beneficent the Merciful
Gratitude to the One [Allah] who has brought awliyah [friends of Allah]
closer to him. And granted them the presence of the [divine] witness of
extinction with him. And perpetual peace be upon the master of the divine
martyrs our master Muhammad and his household whom Allah blessed with his
divine [witness] their intended purpose.
However, i express thanks and profound gratitude for having the
opportunity to shoulder the [financial] responsibility of publishing this book,
which has nothing like it, nor any book gathered what it entails of pearls of
meanings(understanding)…So congratulations for getting this gaus [succor] among
us, the custodian of Faidah of Ibrahimiyah [divine flood] the author of this
book.
And we have become conveyors on his behalf and his spiritual children
manifesting it to every denier.
So I committed myself to the publication of this book as a token of
Khidmah [service] for my Sheikh and my Murabi and for obtaining izin or
permission from him for this service and others. So May Allah reward him with
goodness. Wassalam.
Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.
