View of Haafith Imaam Suyyuti (al-mutawaffa 911 hijree year) about I'id of Kuffaar (Christians etc).

(Manhaj As Salaf, Peshawar)

Imaam suyyuti rahimahullah (al-mutawaffa 911 hijree year) said:

In winter a lot of people, on the name of milaad-e-I'sa (علیہ السلام) held celebrations. In these nights they do a lot of munkar (rejected) acts. Like burning fire, preparing different types of food, buying candles etc etc, Therefore, celebrating Milaad yearly is a deen of Christians. There is no asal (origin) of it in Islam. In era of salaf (previous pious predecessors) there is no mention about it. Rather it has been recieved from Christians and due to winter (they) started burning fire as well.

(ref: al-amru bil-ittiba'i wanahi 'anil ibtaa'' page: 145)

(Taken from: as-sunnah magazine, edition: 87-98, pp: 562-563, tahqeeq and researched by muhadaith shaykh ghulaam mustafa zaheer amanpoori (حفظہ اللہ))

Haafiz Suyyuti (رحمه الله) al-mutawaffa 911 writes in another place:

It is not appropriate for any Muslim to imitate the I'id of Yahood, Kuffaar, non-Arabic people, and misguided Arabs. Like Allaah ta'lah said to His prophet Muhammad kareem (صلي الله عليه وسلم):

( ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٨﴾ إِنَّهُمْ لَن يُغْنُوا عَنكَ مِنَ اللَّـهِ شَيْئًا ۚ وَإِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۖ وَاللَّـهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ )

Translation: Then We have put you (O Muhammad SAW) on a plain way of (Our) commandment [like the one which We commanded Our Messengers before you (i.e. legal ways and laws of the Islamic Monotheism)]. So follow you that (Islamic Monotheism and its laws), and follow not the desires of those who know not. [Tafsir At-Tabari Vol. 25, Page 146].

Verily, they can avail you nothing against Allah (if He wants to punish you). Verily, the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, etc.) are Auliya' (protectors, helpers, etc.) to one another, but Allah is the Wali (Helper, Protector, etc.) of the Muttaqun (pious - see V. 2:2).

(surah al-jaathiyah 45 ayah 18-19)

The people who are un aware, it means their baatil (false) cultural customs, therefore the person who knows must not trust in the desires of juhulah. As Allaah ta'lah said to His nabi kareem (صلي الله عليه وسلم):

(وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَاءَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ)

Translation: Verily, if you follow their desires after that which you have received of knowledge (from Allah), then indeed you will be one of the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, etc.).

(ref: surah al-baqarah 2 ayah: 145)

When the khitaab (address) of Allaah subhanhu wa ta'lah to nabi kareem (صلي الله عليه وسلم) is so severe, then how much the situation be for an ummati who is blindly following ignorant ones and kuffaar would be? Who are following kuffaar and their ways and do the actions/deeds which Allaah has not allowed it and even follow the sha'aar (values) of them (kuffaar). (You) can find a lot of scholars with superficial knowledge, who may not be familiar with true scene of knowledge and imitate the kuffaar (in their deeds).

(ref: al-amru bil-ittiba'i wan-nahi 'anil ibtaa' page: 146.)

(taken from: as-sunnah magazine, edition: 87-98, pp: 563-565, daru-takhassas wat-tahqeeq, Tahqeeq by Muhadith Shaykh Ghulaam Mustafa Zaheer Amanpouri (حفظه الله).)



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Biography of Imam As -Suyuti rahimahullah

Imam As-Suyuti is one of the leading commentators. He was born in 849 AH / 1445 AD in the city of Cairo, Egypt.

His full name is Abu al-Fadl Jalaluddin Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr as-Suyuti. He is popularly known as as-Suyuti, a name that bore his native country of his ancestors in one of the provinces in Egypt.

He bestowed by Allah in the form of power memorized very strong and a good understanding. at age 8, he had memorized the Koran. sebagaiman the scholars of other commentators, he started learning by learning from the sheikh in Egypt and managed to absorb the sciences taught by these teachers. everything that makes it grow into a very pious ulama figure and respected.

Excess as-Suyuti recognized by scholars, both contemporaries and succeeding generations until now. Imam as-Suyuti expertise is evidenced by numerous written works, which reached number five hundred's. most of the works he wrote a monumental work in a variety of disciplines that developed at that time. and almost all of his writings that become the main reference for students of Islam, especially among boarding school, but unfortunately, among the works most precious, is nothing missing and not well documented.

Some works of Imam as- Suyuti include:

1. al - Itqan fi ' Ulumil Qur'an
2. Asrar at- Tanzil
3. al - Iklil fi istinbath at- tanzil
4. Syarh as- Syathibiyah fi al - qira'at
5. Lubabun Nuqul fi Asbabin Nuzul
6. Mu'tarik al - Aqran I'jaz fi al -Qur'an
7. Marashid al - Mathali wa al - Maqathi
8. Durul Mantsur ad- fi at- Tafsir bi al - ma'tsur ( tafsir )
9. at- Tahbir fi ' Ulumit Tafsir
10. Aqran Mafhamat al - fi al -Qur'an Mubhamat
11. Majma 'al - Bahrain wa Mathla ' al - badrain ( tafsir )
12. Turjuman al -Qur'an ( tafsir )

Imam as- Suyuti died on Thursday , 09 Jumada Ula 911 H at the age of 61 years in Cairo , Egypt and buried in the cemetery Qushun .

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