Doubts & Enquiries

[mohdsahim]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu.

Hope that everybody on the other end is fine. Forgive my language if you find it poor. I like to ask questions that have been in my mind for a while. Hope i dont cross the limits of asking questions and respecting yourself.

My questions being:

A good source of hadith online and offline ( hardcopy).

The meaning of the hadith that states " about the 73 the sects and the only one that will enter paradise" my friend says it does refer to a particular aqeeda. it refers to pious ones belonging to any aqeeda.

The battle between Hazrat Ali Radi Allahu anhu and Hazratha Aysha Radi Allahu anha, what happened and why ? what is the lesson in that ?

How many kinds of hadith are there ? i heard there are the one recorded and ones that are not recorded which flows from heart to heart. and which only reaches the one to go in search of. Please comment ?

Has our Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam any direct descendant other than Hazratha fatima Radi Allahu anha ?

How many wives did Hazrat Ali Radi Allahu anhu , Hazrath Hassan Radi Allahu anhu and Hazrath Hussein Radi Allahu anhu to have ? I heard about Hazrath Ali Radi Allahu anhu having a son known by the name of Dhaadha Hayaat Chikmanglore in Banglore.?

What should a mureed do if he find himself at times doubting his Shaykh ? what is his problem ?

I have heard that there is 3 types of bayyath, namely that of tongue, that of heart and that of soul. Which form of bayyath is that happening in your tariqath ?

Thats all for the moment. I wish to put forward my questions, inshaAllah, if i get your permission.

Thanking you, Assalamu alaikum wr wb.

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon Our Most Beloved and Final Messenger of Islam, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam



Jazak'allah for your questions. Although it would serve better if you asked them all separately in future so it would be easier for people to refer to in the archive.


The hadith about the 73 sects and one entering paradise, refers to that one group which shall enter paradise, 'which shall be upon my sunnah, and the sunnah of the khulafa-e-Rashidin.' The belief that the Beloved Companions had, has to be similar of the group we have been told about. They must have had firm belief, in the oneness of Allah the Almighty, His Most Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and all other previous Messengers. In relation to 'aqidah, then the one which has the most correct 'aqidah, which is not false, which does not deny any quality of the People of Allah the Almighty, or Allah the Almighty Himself, and who have practiced their religion throughout their lives.


The battle which took place between Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu and Hadrat 'A'isha Radi Allahu anha was known as the 'Battle of Jumul.' It was to identify who the killers were that had martyred Hadrat Uthman Radi Allahu anhu.


Hadrat 'Aisha Radi Allahu anha performed the Hajj and as she returned to Madinah Shareef she was told the Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu had been selected for the khalifat, and that there was great disrepute in Madinah. She then returned to Makkah, and invited people to avenge for the killers of Hadrat Uthman Radi Allahu anhu, and to pursue peace in Madinah. People started to prepare for this ordeal, along with other great Companions of the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and that any leader that was unwilling to do this will have to face the consequences.


They left for Basra to find out who the killers were, as did Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu, and the people of Basra were also split in two. Those who swore the oath of allegiance at the hands of Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu, and those who didnt. During this time differences were made between the two, and there was minor fighting.


It was when Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu reached Basra that the fighting commenced. Each in their own right were fighting for one cause, against one another, but for a different method of arriving to the killers of Hadrat Uthman Radi Allahu anhu. Some people say that it was the killers of Hadrat Uthman Radi Allahu anhu, who had commenced this battle. They all wanted to have a peaceful solution, but the situation became more and more intense, as passions for revenge grew greater and greater ...


As far as the types of hadith there are, then we only believe those ahadith which have been recorded in books of ahadith. These are recorded by scholars of Islam, who have spent their life for the propogation of Islam. There are no such ahadith which flow from heart to heart, for if there were it would be obligatory to acquire these. How could they be acquired when people do not know if they are true or not? After all, anything can be thought from the heart, or manifestations be made, but not of ahadith, they are in the books.


The Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam did have other daughters other than Hadrat Fatima Radi Allahu anha, who had their families, but the distinction that Hadrat Fatima Radi Allahu anha recieved from the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, was at a different rank to the rest of His daughters. This is why Hadrat Fatima Radi Allahu anha is regarded as one of those women who are amongst the greatest women of all time.


Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu was only married to Hadrat Fatima Radi Allahu anha, as Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu was prevented from marrying any other woman other than mentioned. From 'Them' came Hadrat Imam Hasan Radi Allahu anhu and Hadrat Imam Husain Radi Allahu anhu. Hadrat Imam Hasan Radi Allahu anhu was poisoned by His wife Ja'da bint ash'ath, and it is known that He had around ninety wives, but this may be an exaggeration. People did want to marry there families into the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's family, but Hadrat 'Ali Radi Allahu anhu tried to prevent this. Hadrat Imam Hasan Radi Allahu anhu had 8 boys and 2 girls.


Hadrat Imam Husain Radi Allahu anhu married different women at different times. Amongst the wives were Layla, Sheher Bano, Habbab, Harrar, Sakina and Ghazala Radi Allahu anha. From his children only Imam Zayn-al-'Abidin Radi Allahu anhu survived the difficulty at Karbala. The others were all martyrs.


There are many descendants of the Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, both descended from Hadrat Imam Hasan and Imam Husain Radi Allahu anhum. The names of each and every one is difficult and impossible. There is the possibility of their descendants also being in Bangalore, but the Sayyid will normally have a valid authentic family lineage tree, which links back to the Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. This is how they are identified.


A murid should never doubt his shaykh for as long as his shaykh is a true shaykh. His shaykh must be compliant of the shar'iyyah fully. Observing all the practices of the sunnah. He must not engage himself in open sin (fisq). He must also be able to answer peoples questions relating to the religion, even though he has to refer to books. Any of the above criteria which are not observed by him, will render in him being a false claimant.


Alhamdu lillah, we have the bayt which we take with our shaykh by hand. Then we make oaths with the tongue that we will remain Muslim, pray salah etc. and not commit evil acts, this is with the tongue. Finally we are spiritually inclined with the tariqah and it's shuyukh, who we remember and commemorate. This is the spiritual aspect of it.


I hope that I have answered your questions as best as I can, and that you will refer to me for any further enquiries. May Allah forgive all of our past sins. (Amin)



Wallahu A'almu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi