The places of worship belong to Allah; do not call on anyone else beside Allah.

*Blind Following 🐾– Not from the Characteristics of PROPHETS🌺

      

      *Do not be blind followers of society.

      

           

       FOLLOW 👣🚸   

As humans we are imitative by nature🏞️. We tend to follow copy📑 and emulate the actions from the environment 🏙️around us or learn from people around us. 

👉🏻Notice this in little kids👶🏻 around you, the way they copy their elders 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻in their actions and style.

We know that Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) grew up in a household of shirk (polytheism) where they worshiped idols🚹, and in a community that worshiped idols🚻 of stone and wood; a community which had a king 👑who claimed to be God; but he never let this environment of *shirk* and *kufr* affect his way of life or his sound faith. 

Prophet Ibrahim was inclined to his *Fitrah* , his natural disposition, as was *Muhammad* (peace be upon him). He boldly stood against ❌his own family, against the entire system of his community🌇, against all kinds of *shirk* , *kufr* and *sin* , alone, with no companion or support except that of Allah🕋. 

He was endowed with spiritual ❣️understanding from an early age. Allah enlightened his heart ❤️and mind💭, gave him wisdom from childhood; and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) never took this gift for granted. 

Allah Ta’ala says:👇🏻

“ *And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing.”* [Al-Anbiyaa’ 21:51]

He used his intellect💭, his power to reflect, and reason to reject 🚫the practices of his community and submitted to the Creator of the heavens🌁, earth🌍 ,moon🌙, stars ⭐and sun☀️. 

Even in his childhood he was not like the people around him who had succumbed to blind following of their ancestors🗿. 

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Allah tells us in more than one ayah of the Qur’an that when Ibrahim (peace be upon him) asked them about the idols🗿 they worshiped…they replied: “ *We found our fathers worshipers of them.”* (Al Anbiyaa’ 21:53)

 *SubhanAllah* ❗❗❗

When we apply this to today’s world, we see a lot of people taking their fathers, ancestors or other people as the yardstick of right and wrong. There exist in Muslim communities too, many innovated cultural practices and beliefs which have no basis in the *Qur’an* and *Sunnah* . 

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Innovations like specifying words of *Dhikr* that are not prescribed in the *Sunnah* , or to say that a particular *Du’aa* or *Dhikr* should be recited a specific number of times without any proof from the *Hadith* , or to specify a day🌕 or night🌑 for religious celebration that the Prophet (peace be upon him) or his companions never did. Yet, unfortunately, when these misunderstandings are brought to the attention of people, many respond in the exact words of the disbelievers of old, “

 *This is what our forefathers used to do so we will do the same.” People who make such statements should think about whether they are following the guidance of Allah or the way of the disbelievers.* 

             🔑 *KEY CHARACTER* 🔑

 

One of the key🗝️ characteristics of *Islam* is the importance given to verification of information and to the prohibition of blindly following practices which are proven to be unislamic. So wake up dear Muslims, and stop blind following!

 Instead, follow the examples of our beloved Prophets Ibrahim and Muhammad (Peace be upon them), and use the gift that Allah has blessed you with – the built-in recovery drive through which Allah has given man the ability to distinguish between truth✔️ and falsehood✖️, between what is beneficial💟 and what is harmful🚫. 

For the function of divine revelation conveyed by the prophets is not only to remind you about that to which your soul already testifies (that is, tawheed due to the pre-existent Fitrah), but also to teach you that which you never could have known (that is, the Shariʽah). The prophets came only to remind you; the choice is left to you-alone! Heed the reminder and be of the successful ones, or reject it and be of the doomed!

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Allah says: “ *Indeed, this is a 

reminder, so he who wills may take to his Lord a way.”* (Surah al-Insān, 76:29)

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And among the mightiest of statements and clearest of proofs and

understandings is:

 1️⃣The Book of Allaah, the Manifest Truth.

2️⃣ Then the saying of the Messenger of Allaah.

3️⃣And of his Companions, the chosen, pious ones.

4️⃣ Then that which the Salaf us-Saalih were unanimously agreed upon.

5️⃣The holding fast to all of that and remaining firm upon it till the Day of Judgement.

6️⃣ Then turning away from the innovations and from listening to them - from amongst those things the astray people have invented".

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May *Allah* guide us to the right path🛣️, the path leading to Jannah🌁 and make us steadfast on it!

 *Aameen* .🤲🏻

Imad Hussain  and Sharja Siddiqui. 

Jazak Allah khair.

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