Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Salafi Disease of Literalism

Author: Answering-Ansar.org
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• Chapter One: Introduction to literal approach of Salafi in understanding Qur’an
• Please see our article: Can the dead hear?
• Chapter Two: A preview of Salafi claim that whole Qur’an is literal
• Can Rasool Allah (saww) Help and Benefit us?
• Who takes the Souls out at the time of Death?
• Is Allah the only and sufficient Wali (Protector / Guardian)?
• Is it associating partners to Allah, when we say that Rasool Allah (saww) and some believers are also our Waliys along with Allah?
• A Side Note: Is it Shirk to say “Ali[as] Mawla”?
• Can anyone Intercede us beside Allah?
• Fadhl (Grace / Bounty) is only in Hands of Allah?
• Is Allah himself committing shirk by saying that His Messenger can also GIVE to others along with Him?
• Is Allah the Only and Sufficient Helper?
• Does this verse really mean that Allah is not the ONLY and SUFFICIENT Helper. Are there contradictions in Qur’an?
• Did Prophet Yusuf (as) become a Mushrik, when he said “Lord” to his Egyptian Master?
• Need we to comment any more about figurative expressions in Qur’an?
• Maulana Maudoodi’s attempt to change the meaning of above verse in order to suit it to Salafi Doctrine
• Some more Examples of Figurative Expressions in Qur’an
• Is Allah committing here shirk by attributing his Characteristic to Rasool Allah [saww]?
• Conclusion
• Difference between Special and Common Attributes of Allah (swt)
• Salafiyya vs. Jahmiyya
• Chapter Three: Is it shirk to believe that Rasul’Allah (saww) can also benefit/help us, along with Allah?
• Why didn’t they asked Allah DIRECTLY for the cure from sicknesses?
• Very important rule: Literal approach vs. Hidden intention
• According to Qur’an, even the shirts of prophets (as) can benefit / help us
• Umm Salama used to seek help / benefit from hairs of Rasool Allah (saww) against diseases and against the evil eye
• Can anyone still deny that Rasool Allah (saww) can benefit us?
• Rasool Allah (saww) used to benefit the newborns by reading upon them and by giving his (saww) blessed breath and saliva in the mouth of newborns
• Relics of Aale Musa and Aale Haroon benefited Bani Israel
• Rasool Allah (saww) thought that his (saww) shirt, breath and saliva could benefit the people
• Rasool Allah (saww) used his (saww) saliva in order to cure the sick
• Need we to give any more comments on Salafi scholarship?
• Taking benefits from the places of standing of the prophets
• Sahaba seeking help/benefit in need from hands of Rasool Allah (saww)
• Companions of Rasool Allah (saww) sought barakah from his grave
• Rasool Allah (saww) ordered Sahaba to seek Barakah from the well, where she-camel of Salih drank water
• Respecting valley of Tuwa and seeking Barakah from it is not worshipping it
• Umar and Hajar-e-Aswad
• Salafi attitude towards such type of Ahadith
• Chapter Four: Asking Allah directly or asking Allah indirectly through Rasul’Allah (saww)
• Introduction
• If Allah is (naudo-billah) Deaf that He cannot hear us directly?
• Allah wants to include Rasool Allah (saww) between Him and His creatures, while Salafi want to exclude Rasool Allah (saww) between them and Allah
• Hundreds of Ahadith show that Sahaba asked Allah through Wasilah of Rasool Allah (saww)
• Our Challenge that Rasool Allah (saww) was not a Salafi
• Hadhrat Musa (as) was also not a Salafi
• Prophet Yaqoob (as) was also not a Salafi
• Salafi Aqeedah vs. Our (Shia and Ahle-Sunnah brothers) Aqeedah about asking Allah through Rasool Allah (saww)
• Chapter Five: An article by a Sunni scholar on Shirk
• What is Shirk?
• What is Worship?
• Chapter Six: Salafi Bidah in respecting the signs of Allah ( شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ )
• Sajdah of Tazeem (Prostration of Reverence)
• Showing Respect (T’azeem) by Going Around (Tawaf طواف ) of shrine of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Chapter Seven: Umar Ibn Khattab’s disease of literalism
• Salafies follow only Bidahs of Umar, instead of Sunnah of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Salafies acceptance that Sahaba used to seek benefit from the Tabarrukat of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Salafi innovation of denying Barkah in those places which Rasool Allah (saw) visited or rested
• A challenge to Salafies
• Bidah of Umar bin Khattab vs. Sunnah of Rasool Allah (saw)
• And why Madina was given the status of “Haram”? Why Sahaba entered it only bare footed?
• Umar Ibn Khattab vs. his son Abdullah
• Chapter Eight: Umar’s literalism vs. Hajar al-Aswad and Tahrif in this tradition by Salafies
• Salafi objections on this Hadith
• Answer One
• Answer Two
• Chapter Nine: Salafies denying any Barakh in Mawla Ali (as)
• Chapter Ten: Innovations of Salafies regarding places of Ziyyaraat
• Salafi’s 1st innovation – It’s not allowed to go to any other place of Ziyyarrah except mosque of Rasool (saw)
• Salafi’s 2nd innovation – Destruction of graveyards in name of Shirk
• The graves of the martyrs of Uhud (a)
• Salafi’s 3rd innovation – It’s Haram to seek blessing from the Rawdah of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Imam of Masjid al-Nabi claims that there is no Barakah in Rawdah of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Reply
• Double Standards?
• Imam of Masjid al-Nabi claims that touching, clinging or kissing any part of Rawdah of Rasool Allah (saw) is shirk and Haram
• Salafi’s 4th innovation – Prohibiting women to visit the Rawdah of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Salafies prohibiting women to go for Ziyaraah of that Hujra, where Aisah (a woman) lived her whole life
• Why you prohibit women going to Rawdah of Rasool Allah (saw), while Aisha (a woman) spent her whole life there?
• Chapter Eleven: Does burrial of Abu Bakr and Umar near grave of Rasool (saw) benefit them?
• Chapter Twelve: Salafi objections upon visiting the shrines of Imams of Ahlulbait (as)
• Kneeling down at shrines of Imams (as) vs. Kissing the feet of Rasool Allah (saw) by Sahaba
• Umar Ibn Khattab kneeling down in front of Rasool Allah (saw)
• Chapter Thirteen: Do all types of DUA (Calling) constitue worship?
• Conclusion
• Intention of Calling Rasool Allah (saw) for Intercession VS Intention of seeking Help from Relics again Disease
• Ahadith, which confirm that Calling (saying Ya Rasool Allah (saw)) is not Shirk
• Chapter Fourteen: A preview of Salafi definition of Wasilah
• Second Verse on Wasilah (Sura Bani Israel 17:57)
• Respecting Shaa’ir Allah شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ is also a Wasilah to approach Allah (swt)
• Umar Ibn Khattab made Abbas as his Wasilah to approach Allah
• Wrong Translation of verse 17:57 by Salafies
• First Nasibi excuse for the incorrect translation of the verse 17:57
• Salafies excuse that verse 17:57 is for polytheists seeking Wasilah
• Chapter Fifteen: Conclusion