SUPERSTITIONS

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2 Rabiul Awal 1430 / 27 Februari 2009
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SUPERSTITIONS
Khatib UST. MAHYUDIN MD. SARIP Pegawai Hal
Ehwal Islam Masjid Sultan Ismail
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Preamble

• Let us fear Allah by doing everything which He
  enjoins upon us and refraining from everything
  which He forbids us.
• May we be amongst the pious.

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• Allah says in the Quran 617-18
• If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can
  remove it but He if He touch thee with
  happiness, He hath power over all things. He is
  the irresistible, (watching) from above over His
  worshippers and He is the Wise, acquainted with
  all things.

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• Therefore we must not place our trust or be
  dependent on anything except Allah.
• We should not be dependent on a cause-and-effect
  phenomenon which is forbidden by the rule of
  Islam (Sharia) such as witchcraft, sorcery and
  superstitions.
• The reason is that these can lead to annihilation
  of the faith and abrogation of the Shahadah.

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• Witchcraft (Sihr) can be defined as an act or
  phenomenon, which is beyond the normal
  (paranormal), committed by man in secrecy and
  which involves the unseen beings and can result
  in negative things in other people.
• Examples are magic spell, hypnotising,charms, and
  the magically-flying bullet.

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• Superstition is any belief, teaching,
  interpretation or opinion which are nonsensical
  and without rational basis.
• Examples
• Believing in astrological forecasting,
• Supplication to and asking for help from dead
  persons.
• All these amount to acts of shirk (associating
  Allah with His creations) and are greatly
  condemned by Allah.
• Indeed all acts of shirk, idolatry, and
  worshipping of anything besides Allah, since time
  immemorial, result in various superstitious,
  nonsensical and false beliefs.

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• All these beliefs and acts do damage to the
  Aqeeda (faith) and further plunge the
  practitioners into ignominy and incur the Wrath
  of Allah.
• The punishment for these will surely be the Hell
  Fire.

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• This latter point is stressed by Allah in the
  Quran 572
• Whoever joins other gods with Allah, Allah will
  forbid him the Garden, and the Fire will be his
  abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one
  to help.

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• The acts of witchcraft and superstitions have a
  major impact on ones ability to think
  rationally.
• They shackle the mind and shun the truth.
• The mind becomes static, cannot think properly,
  repulse the truth, and resist good counsel.
• Falsehood is then regarded as the truth.
• Where then is the special position of Man when
  the mind ceases to guide him towards the truth?
• When he cannot distinguish between truth and
  falsehood?

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• Islam teaches its followers to use the mind
  accordingly.
• The mind is created by Allah to enable Man to
  ponder, scrutinise, and deliberate on Allahs
  creations in the Universe.

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• Allah says in the Quran 3190
• Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the
  earth, and the alternation of Night and Day,
  there are indeed Signs for men of understanding.

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• Such deliberations will result in sound
  resolutions which enable Man to become aware that
  the one who created, governs and manages the
  Universe is Allah and only Him.
• Unfortunately, it is Man who limits the
  capability of the mind by practising witchcraft
  and sorcery.

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• Witchcraft results in things which look
  impressive and baffling but they are not real.
• Witchcraft results in resolutions which damage
  the Aqeeda, destroys the truth held heretofore,
  shuns conviction to Allah, and tries to deny His
  Absolute Power.
• This is indeed the worst annihilation and
  ignominy which can befall Mankind.

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• In an Hadith recorded by imam Bukhari dan Muslim,
  from Abu Hurairah
• The Messenger of God (PBUH) said

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• In an Hadith recorded by imam Bukhari dan Muslim,
  from Abu Hurairah
• The Messenger of God (PBUH) said Avoid the
  seven destructive things.People asked What
  are they, O Messenger of God?
• The Prophet said
• Idolatry sorcery killing a person declared
  inviolable by God, except for a just reason
  profiteering consuming the property of an
  orphan turning back when it is time to advance
  and defaming chaste believing women who happen
  to be careless.

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Conclusions

• Witchcraft is forbidden and can lead to Shirk and
  is damaging to the Faith (Aqeeda).
• Whoever is involved in witchcraft should repent
  and return to the way of Allah.
• Witchcraft put shackles on the human mind so that
  one cannot think rationally.
• Islam values knowledge and rational thinking.

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Conclusions

• Witchcraft leads to division and enmity within
  the society whereas Islam calls for unity and
  harmony.
• Witchcraft hinders man from working hard and
  putting in effort whereas Islam calls man to work
  and strive in earnest to achieve success.

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Conclusions

• For these reasons, let us refrain from engaging
  in these acts of superstition which lead to
  associating Allah with His own creations (Shirk)
  and incur His Wrath upon our entire life.
• We must worship Allah in entirety so that we may
  achieve success, happiness and security in this
  world and in the Hereafter.

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• After all, this is what we always recite in our
  opening supplication (dua iftitah) in our salah.

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