A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   There are some who ignorantly quote following hadits , from Sunan ad-Darimi , claiming that it is a prohibition against studying the scripture of other religions.   The hadits states that Sayyidina Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah al-Answari ( r.a. ) reported that Sayyidina Abu Hafsw ‘Umar ibn al-Khaththab al-Faruq ( r.a. ) brought a copy of the Torah to the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) and said, “O Apostle of God, this is a copy of the Torah.”   The Prophet ( s.a.w. ) kept silent.   Then Sayyidina ‘Umar ( r.a. ) started reading, and the face of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) kept changing.   Sayyidina Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Utsman asw-Swiddiq ( r.a. ) interrupted him, saying, “Do you not see the face of the Prophet ( s.a.w. )?”   Sayyidina ‘Umar ( r.a. ) looked at the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) face and said, “May Allah ( s.w.t. ) Preserve me from His Anger, and from the anger of His Apostle ( s.a.w. ), we accepted Allah ( s.w.t. ) as Lord, and ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Utsman Nuri Tufbas wrote, in “The Prophet Muhammad Muswthafa the Elect ( s.a.w. )”, Sayyidina Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah al-Answari ( r.a. ) is reported to have one day asked the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), “May my father and mother be ransomed for you, Messenger of Allah!   Could you please tell me what the first created thing was?”   “The first thing Allah created was the Light of your Messenger from His Own Light.”   Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Arabi ( q.s. ) afforded the following comments in regard: “When Allah ( s.w.t. ) Heralded Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) with Prophethood, Adam ( a.s. ) was not fully created; he was in a state between water and mud.   Thus, the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ) effectively became, at once, the foremost core of all Divine laws to transpire through prophets thereafter.   Even as early as then, he had a shari’ah , as the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) indicated in the hadits that h...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) dispatched an expedition of three hundred men towards the seashore, under the command of Sayyidina Abu ‘Ubaydah ‘Aamir ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah ( r.a. ) in 8 AH.   He gave them a bag full of dates for their rations.   They had been hardly out for fifteen days when they ran short of rations.   In order to provide the contingent with food, Sayyidina Qays ibn Sa’d al-Answari ( r.a. ) began buying three camels daily from his own men, to feed the expedition, with a promise to pay on return to Madina.   The ‘amir , seeing that the slaughter of camels would deprive the party of their only means of transport, prohibited him to do so.   He collected the dates that had been left with each person, and stored them in a bag.   He would issue one date to each man as his daily ration.   When Sayyidina Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah al-Answari ( r.a. ) later on narrated this story to the people, one of ...