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The
ruling concerning the Braylwiyyah
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Question:
There is a particular group in Pakistan called the ((Braylwiyyah))
or ((Jamaa'ah Nuwaaree)) which is a reference to their current
leader known as ((Nuwaaree)). I ask your excellencies the
Sharee'ah
ruling regarding them and their 'aqeedah,
and the prayer behind them as this is a contentious issue
which many people are unaware of the reality. I will mention
some of their defective ways and beliefs:
1)
The belief that the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) is alive;
2)
The belief that the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) is present and all-seeing, especially
immediately after Salaat
al-Jumu'ah;
3)
The belief that the Messenger (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) is the foremost intercessor;
4)
They believe in "saints" and the dead in their graves,
and they offer salaah
at the graves requesting them for their needs to be met;
5)
Their commendation of domes and lighting up of graves;
6)
Their saying ((Yaa Rasool, Yaa Muhammad (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam)));
7)
Their hatred towards whoever loudly says ((Aameen)) and raises
his hands in the salaah,
considering such a person to be a Wahhaabee;
8)
Their great astonishment at the use of the miswaak
before the salaah;
9)
Kissing the thumbs whilst doing wudhoo.,
the adhaan
and after the salaah;
10)
After the salaah,
their imaam repeating the aayah:
{Allaah
sends His prayers on the Prophet and also His angels too},
[Soorah
al-Ahzaab, Aayah
56].
11)
They gather after the Salaat
al-Jumu'ah standing and reciting anaasheed and sending
praises (to the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam));
12)
After they complete the Noble Qur.aan in the Salaat
at-Taraaweeh in the month of Ramadhaan,
they prepare alot of food and distribute it in the dining
area of the masjid,
in addition to sweets;
13)
They build masaajid
and seek much importance in decorating them, writing ((Yaa
Muhammad)) above the mihraab (standing place of the imaam);
14)
They consider themselves the people of the Sunnah
and correct 'aqeedah
and that (all) others are in error;
15)
What is the Sharee'ah
ruling regarding performing the salaah
behind them (their imaam), considering I am a medical student
in Karachi and live next door to the masjid
where they are in (overall) control (i.e. their beliefs and
practices prevail)?
Response:
Whoever has these characteristics and attributes, then it
is not permissible to offer your salaah
behind them (their imaam), and whoever knows of their condition,
then their salaah
is not correct. This is because most of their characteristics
and attributes are of kufr
and bid`ah
which negate the tawheed (oneness) with which Allaah had sent
His messenger and revealed in His Book, and that which conflicts
with the Qur.aan, such as His (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) saying:
{Verily,
you (Muhammad) will die and verily, they (too) will die},
[Soorah
az-Zumar, Aayah
30]
And
His saying:
{And
the mosques are for Allaah (alone), so invoke not anyone along
with Allaah}, [Soorah
al-Jinn, Aayah
18]
And
their bid`ah
which they practice should be detested with good manners,
and if they accept (and leave these pratices) then all praise
is for Allaah (alone); And if they do not accept (and continue
in these practices) then you should leave them and offer your
salaah
in the masjid
of the Ahlus-Sunnah. And in this, with respect to Ibraaheem
(alayhis-salaam) there is a good example:
{And
I shall turn away from you and from those whom you invoke
besides Allaah. And I shall call on my Lord; and I hope that
I shall not be unblest in my invocation to my Lord},
[Soorah
Maryam, Aayah
48].
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa,
comprising -
Head: Shaykh
'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz;
Deputy Head: Shaykh
'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee;
Member: Shaykh
'Abdullaah Ibn Qu'ood
Fataawa
al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa.,
- Volume 2, Page 396, Fatwa No.3090
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