Hereafter

Reason or Deception

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 09:46

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Concept of Hereafter | Al-Risala, April 1987, p. 13

The Quran makes it clear that a prophet invariably adopts the standpoint of Bayyinah, that is, reason. By contrast, his opponents have nothing on which to base their arguments save blind opposi­tion and deception. While a Prophet’s words are based on facts, his opponents’ utterances are founded on egoism and contumacy.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE BOUND

Submitted by admin1 on Thu, 12/24/2020 - 10:25

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Concept of Hereafter

Prophet Mohammad initially forbade his followers to visit graves. The Muslims had only recently shaken off the pre-Islamic customs of idol-worship and, if they had gone to graves, old customs might have found new expression in undue veneration at gravesides. The real purpose in visiting graves might have been lost on them. When the Prophet finally lifted the prohibition, he defined in clear terms exactly why they should do so: “Visit graves”, he said, “For they remind one of death.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 1236,1237)