Wednesday, 1 March 2017

WHY SATAN IS DECEIVING US WHEN WE HAVE QURAN AND SUNNAH


WHY SATAN IS DECEIVING US WHEN WE HAVE QURAN AND SUNNAH

ASSEMBLED BY MALLAM ABBA ABANA, KUBWA, ABUJA, NIGERIA

http://variousislamicdawadocuments.blogspot.com

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Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

Praise be to Allaah; we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE OF WRITING BOOK ON ENEMY OF MANKIND

The main purpose of writing this First Edition of this book is that each of us may ask within himself; who is greatest enemy of mankind?

1.            Why I am created? Should I be grateful to my Creator or to Satan the cursed?

2.            Should I be a student that registers in the Institution of learning and school fees are being fully paid but strive to fail and hate to pass examinations because of Satan influence?

3.            Should I be an employee that will strive to get a job through all efforts but instantly start praying to be dismissed from service because of Satan influence?

4.            Should I be a Muslim that believes in Allah and follow all commandments but continue to pray to be thrown in to hell fire because of Satan?

5.            Should I be a Muslim that reads the Quran and acquire the basic knowledge but continue to indulge in all major sins to be thrown in to hell fire because of Satan?

6.            Should I be a Muslim after knowing the truth that everything is created by Allah, and everything has a determined or due measure, to follow negative commandments of Devil to be thrown in to hell fire? Etc.

Based on little logic, I decided to draw some charts of Satan’s imaginations on mankind under the influence of Devils which are only worldly enjoyments and are deceptive. We should be ready to answer all our intentional and unintentional actions done on this earth before Our Creator the Lord of the Worlds, in the Hereafter. 

We have ten (10) Chapters on this Book but split for ease of Dawah or Nasiha.

Why does Shaytan have two names?

In the Qu'ran, Shaytan is mentioned as Iblees and Shaytan. Why does he have more than one name, and what do they mean?

Neither Iblis nor Shaytan are not the forenames of what we call Sahaytan, the jinn. His name is indeed Hareth and he was called so until he was fired out of Heavens, it is since then that he has several reputations: Shaytan, Iblis, Rajeem and maybe some others[1].

First to know is generally (not specific to Quran) that:

  • Ibles is the Grand Shaytan, he is a Jinn, and the first one of all Shaytans. He is the one who disobeyed Allah's order to him to prostrate (يسجد) to Adam (PBUH), while
  • Shaytan is every unbeliever Jinn (i.e, Kafer كافر of Jinn), and so Ibles is one of them.

Now it's argued whether Ibles is the Father of Jinn (just like Adam is the father of Humans), or he is the father of only Shaytans and not the whole Jinn, or he is the father of neither, I don't have enough proofs.

Now that's for generally speaking, BUT FOR Quran there is a specification. In fact in Quran, that rule doesn't apply, as the word "Shaytan" is mentioned sometimes with the meaning of Ibles, and some other times in the meaning of all Shaytans (i.e, Shaytan Kind).

For example, in this Aya, the word الشيطان (Shaytan) means the whole Shaytan Kind, as Ibrahim (PBUH) tells his father not to worship Shaytans (written Satan in the translation):

O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient. Surat Maryam - 44.
Whereas in this aya, the word (Shaytan) means Ibles himself, because he was mentioned before two Ayat (in
this aya), so the word in the following Aya refers to Ibles himself (in fact this has an Arabic Language side, as well):

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time." Surat Al-Baqarah - 36

So, we conclude that:

  • Shaytan is a word that refers to any unbeliever Jinn, i.e, to a kind of the Jinn.
  • Ibles is a name of the first Shaytan (who disobeyed Allah's order to him to prostrate to Adam), he himself has only one (known) name, it's Ibles.
  • In Quran, the word Shaytan sometimes refers to all Shaytans, and some other times it refers to Ibles himself, it depends on the context.

Iblees comes from the arabic word balasa بَلَسَ which means despair and iblees would literally mean one who causes despair. Shaytan would be equivalent to satan which means one who obstructs, or opposes.

In the Quran when Allah says iblees its definitely the devil, when Allah says shaytan it may refer to the devil, an evil creature, whether it be human or jinn, or the shaytans minions.

Iblis literally means, "who with no hope of hayr, who abandon hope from Allah's rahmat (mercy)." It is given as a name to who didn't bow before Adam and being expelled from Allah's rahmat. His name was originally Azazil.

Shaytan literally means "who is away from Hakk." and as a concept it is general name for anything which is away from correct way.

As a conclusion, Iblis is shaytan, but not every shaytan is Iblis. Iblis is a proper name, while shaytan is a general concept.

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِۦ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ (١٠٢)

" O Ye  who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam[2]."

Shaitan is aware of what a person is thinking to himself, and he knows his inclinations and his whims and desires, both good and bad, so he whispers to him accordingly.
Shaikh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy upon him) was asked: "If someone intends to do something good, does the shaitan come to know and try to divert him from it?" He replied: “Every person has a devil and an angel with him, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: ‘There is no one who does not have a companion from among the jinn and a companion from among the angels.’ They asked: ‘Even you, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘Even me, but Allah helped me with him and he became Muslim (that is: 'and I am safe from him'), so he only enjoins me to do that which is good.’
And he (peace be upon him) told us that the shaitan dictates evils to man and calls him to evil, and he has some control over a person’s heart. And he can see, by Allah's will, what a person wants and intends to do of both good and bad deeds. The angel also has some control over his heart that makes him inclined toward good and calls him to good.
This control is something that Allah has enabled them to have, i.e., He has given some power to the companions from among the jinn and from among the angels; even the Prophet (peace be upon him) had a shaitan with him who was the companion from among the jinn as mentioned in the Hadith quoted above.
The point here is that every person has with him a companion from among the angels and a companion from among the devils. The believer suppresses his shaitan by obeying Allah and adhering to His religion; and he humiliates his shaitan until he becomes weak and is unable to prevent the believer from doing good or to make him fall into evil except that which Allah wills. But the sinner, through his sins and bad deeds helps his shaitan until he becomes strong enough to help him to follow falsehood and he encourages him to do so and he becomes strong enough to keep him from doing good.
"The believer has to fear Allah and strive to resist his shaitan by obeying Allah and His Messenger, and seeking refuge with Allah from the shaitan. And he should be keen to support his angel to obey Allah and His Messenger and to follow the commands of Allah." (Fataawa Al-Shaikh Ibn Baaz, 9/369).

There Is Nothing On Earth That Is Concealed From Allah.

The life of this world is nothing but a game and a diversion. The Hereafter is better for those who guard against evil. So will you not use your intellect? (Holy Holy Quran Surat al-An'am, 32)

 

Know that the life of this world is merely a game and a diversion and ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo one another in wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain which delights the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes broken stubble. In the Hereafter there is terrible punishment but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion[3].

... Allah's promise is true. So do not let the life of this world delude you and do not let the Deluder delude[4] you concerning Allah.

Satan’s Strategies on man includes To Make You A Rejecter, To Commit Bid’ah, To Commit Major Sins,  Minor Sins and Wasting Time. Satan has Three Doors to invite mn to lose his Deen through The Door Of Anger, The Door Of Desires and The Door Of Negligence.

The knowledge of satan on man is his Actions And Numerous Deceptions (Ruses) through Usage of Demagoguery, Keeping People Busy With Meaningless Things And Nonsense, Interfering In The Nature Created By Allah.

Thus, Satan Makes People Worship Invalid Gods, Tries To Prevent People From Prostrating to Allah, Leads People To Aberration Under The Disguise Of Impartiality.

Satan Proceeds To his Target of man through Step By Step, Leading People To Imitate Others, Frightens People, Does Not Let Man Confess His Mistakes, Encourages People To Drink Alcohol And To Gamble. Finally Satan Makes People Forget, Strives Against Prophets, Too and Deceives Scholars, Too and Leads People To Wrong Conclusions By Acting Upon Some Truths.

By Following Footsteps Of Satan, you are having False Hopes from Satan by Following him, through his  Traps (Tricks). The Activities Of Satan also is to Make Sins Seem Nice, Keep People Busy With False Desires, by approaching you through Four Directions To Steal Man’s Belief to Lead People To Fire.


 

1.1 SATAN’S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MAN’S ACTIONS[5]

Let’s ask ourselves a brief Question.

Does the shaitan (satan) know what crosses our minds, which no one knows except Allah, and thus whisper to us what is in accordance with our thoughts?
Answer. Evidence suggests that the shaitan is close to man. Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The shaitan flows through man like blood.” (Al-Bukhari, 3281; and Muslim, 2175).
Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “They smell a good smell or a bad smell (meaning the angels, who smell a good smell when a person is thinking of a good deed). But the devils (Qarin) do not need that (smell) in order to know; rather they even know what is in the heart of the son of Adam, and they see and hear what he says to himself. Moreover, the devil has full control over man’s heart. When man remembers Allah, the satan withdraws, and when he neglects to remember Him, he whispers to him. He knows whether he is remembering Allah or is neglecting in remembering Him, and he knows the whims and desires of his heart and makes them appear attractive to him.
The closeness of the angels and the shaitan to the heart of the son of Adam is something that is confirmed in many reports, whether the person is a believer or a disbeliever.” (Majmoo Al-Fataawa, 5:508)
Shaitan is aware of what a person is thinking to himself, and he knows his inclinations and his whims and desires, both good and bad, so he whispers to him accordingly.
Shaikh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy upon him) was asked: "If someone intends to do something good, does the shaitan come to know and try to divert him from it?" He replied: “Every person has a devil and an angel with him, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: ‘There is no one who does not have a companion from among the jinn and a companion from among the angels.’ They asked: ‘Even you, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘Even me, but Allah helped me with him and he became Muslim (that is: 'and I am safe from him'), so he only enjoins me to do that which is good.’
And he (peace be upon him) told us that the shaitan dictates evils to man and calls him to evil, and he has some control over a person’s heart. And he can see, by Allah's will, what a person wants and intends to do of both good and bad deeds. The angel also has some control over his heart that makes him inclined toward good and calls him to good.
This control is something that Allah has enabled them to have, i.e., He has given some power to the companions from among the jinn and from among the angels; even the Prophet (peace be upon him) had a shaitan with him who was the companion from among the jinn as mentioned in the Hadith quoted above.
The point here is that every person has with him a companion from among the angels and a companion from among the devils. The believer suppresses his shaitan by obeying Allah and adhering to His religion; and he humiliates his shaitan until he becomes weak and is unable to prevent the believer from doing good or to make him fall into evil except that which Allah wills. But the sinner, through his sins and bad deeds helps his shaitan until he becomes strong enough to help him to follow falsehood and he encourages him to do so and he becomes strong enough to keep him from doing good.
"The believer has to fear Allah and strive to resist his shaitan by obeying Allah and His Messenger, and seeking refuge with Allah from the shaitan. And he should be keen to support his angel to obey Allah and His Messenger and to follow the commands of Allah." (Fataawa Al-Shaikh Ibn Baaz, 9/369).

1.2 HUMAN DEAD HEARTS[6]

It is reported that Ibrâhîm b. Adham (d162H) – Allâh have mercy on him – once passed through the market of Basrah.
People gathered around him and asked:

O Abû Ishâq, Allâh the Exalted says in his Book. ‘Call on me, I will answer your prayers’, but we have been calling on Him for a long time and He does not answer our prayers.
[Ibrâhîm] replied,
“O people of Basrah, your hearts have died in respect to ten things:

1)      First, you know Allâh; but you do not give Him His rights;

2)      Second, you have read Allâh’s Book; but you do not act by it;

3)      Third, you claim to love Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s (peace and blessings be upon him); yet you abandon his Sunnah;

4)      Fourth, you claim to be enemies to Shaytân; but you conform to [his ways];

5)      Fifth, you say you love Paradise yet you do not work for it;

6)      Sixth, you say you fear The Fire; yet you put yourselves closer to it [by sinning];

7)      Seventh, you say death is true; but you do not prepare for it;

8)      Eighth, you busy yourselves with the faults of others; and disregard your own;

9)      Ninth, you consume the favors of your Lord; but are not grateful for them; and

10)   Tenth, you bury your dead; but take no lesson from them.”

 

1.3 satan’s FALSE HOPES to mislead mankind

وَقَالُواْ لَن يَدۡخُلَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَـٰرَىٰ‌ۗ تِلۡكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمۡ‌ۗ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَـٰنَڪُمۡ إِن ڪُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِينَ (١١١)

They say, 'No one will enter the Garden except for Jews and Christians.' Such is their vain hope. Say, 'Produce your evidence if you are telling the truth.' (Holy Quran Chapter 2:111)

(Satan said,) 'I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will command them and they will cut off cattle's ears. I will command them and they will change Allah's creation.' Anyone who takes Satan as his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything. (Holy Quran Chapter 4:119)

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ آذَانَ الْأَنْعَامِ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِيًّا مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًا مُّبِينًا

He makes promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But what Satan promises them is nothing but delusion. (Holy Quran Chapter 4:120)

يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let false hope divert them. They will soon know. (Holy Quran Chapter 15:3)

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Those who have turned back in their tracks after the guidance became clear to them, it was Satan who talked them into it and filled them with false hopes. (Holy Quran Chapter 47:25)

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِهِم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَى ۙ الشَّيْطَانُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ وَأَمْلَىٰ لَهُمْ

They will call out to them, 'Were we not with you?' They will reply, 'Indeed you were. But you made trouble for yourselves and hung back and doubted and false hopes deluded you until Allah's command arrived. The Deluder deluded you about Allah.' (Holy Quran Chapter 57:14)

يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَارْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمَانِيُّ حَتَّىٰ جَاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ

1.4 MAN FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN DESPITE QURANIC WARNINGS

Mankind! Eat what is good and lawful on the earth. And do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He truly is an outright enemy to you. (Holy Quran Chapter 2:168)

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

You who believe! Enter Islam totally. Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (Holy Quran Chapter 2:208)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Eat what Allah has provided for you and do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (Holy Quran Chapter 6:142)

وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا ۚ كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

You who believe! Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. Anyone who follows in Satan's footsteps should know that he commands indecency and wrongdoing. Were it not for Allah's favour to you and His mercy, not one of you would ever have been purified. But Allah purifies whoever He wills. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Holy Quran Chapter 24:21)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُزَكِّي مَن يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

No, in fact they say, 'We found our fathers following a religion and we are simply guided in their footsteps.' (Holy Quran Chapter 43:22)

بَلْ قَالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Similarly We never sent any warner before you to any city without the affluent among them saying, 'We found our fathers following a religion and we are simply following in their footsteps.' (Holy Quran Chapter 43:23)

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

Allah knows best.

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Introduction and Chapter One curled from ‘’Who Is Greatest Enemy Of Mankind In Accordance With Quran And Sunnah?’’ By Your brother in Islam: Mallam Abba Abana, Kubwa, Abuja. gonidamgamiri@yahoo.com & abba.abana@gmail.com; Dated 26th August 2016.




[1] http://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/1719/why-does-shaytan-have-two-names
[2] Holy Quran, Chapter 3:102
 
[3] (Holy Quran Surat al-Hadid, 20)
[4] (Holy Quran Surah Luqman, 33)
[5] Courtesy: qsep.com & http://www.arabnews.com/news/474041
[6] Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ’ 8: 15, 16. Taken from http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net

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