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Is the Sunnah
all about having mustache and beard or wearing a robe and a turban?
What could be
the Sunnah of Rasul of Allah –RasulAllah– indeed?
What is the
Sunnah of Allah, which is called as “SunnatAllah” in the Koran?
What closed
minded people understand from Sunnah is all about the operation of
circumcision made to the boys!
To obey the
Rasul of Allah means for them to dress like people dressed up fourteen hundred
years ago and to follow the rules and customs of that era.
The
understanding of Sunnah for the limited minds reaches a bit further as
the style of mustache and/or beard as well as a robe and a turban. Therefore
they apply the rules/conditions and also the traditions of 1400 years ago to our
age and also dress up like the people of that era in order to prove that they
obey Rasul of Allah.
These are the
Muslims who call themselves as Muslims while labeling the others who wear shirts
with short sleeves as infidels.
They are Muslims
as extreme as those who killed Hadrat Ali, the “Master of Sainthood” and the
“the Gate of Science”... And their understanding is also the same as of those who
has considered the gracious person Hadrat Ali as out of religion.
Examine the
words of Hadrat Mohammed (peace be upon him) for Hadrat Ali carefully… Try to
truly assess the mind state and also the understanding capacity of those Muslims
who martyred Hadrat Ali since they did not see him as a follower of
RasulAllah.
Be aware of
those who have manipulated the religion to rule the society and hence gain the
power while disguising their true intentions under the cover of serving to the
Sunnah and the Deen (the Religion of Islam)!
After some of my
explanations on this subject were published by a news portal on the internet, I
personally wanted to clear it for everyone!
PLEASE THINK
ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I EXPLAIN BELOW DEEPLY…
When I was 20
years old which was 40 years ago, I had a dream of Rasulallah (peace be upon
him) who told me to visit Hadrat Abu Bakr… The rest of the dream is not
important! But that dream has led me to write the biography of Hadrat Abu Bakr in
the same year which was followed by the Hadrat RasulAllah’s life in Mecca
through hadithes under the name of Hadrat Mohammad Mustafa (peace be upon him).
The reason that
I share this explanation for is to let you know that I have studied that
specific period of time that RasulAllah has lived in quite deeply and read about
60.000 hadithes from reliable sources to support my studies.
Now let’s look
at it carefully…
As already
known, RasulAllah Mohammad Mustafa was born in the pagan Quraish tribe. His
grandfather, uncles and all relatives were the followers of that tribe’s belief
system.
That gracious
person was grown up among those people. He has also dressed up like them, had
beard as they had and used turban as they did.
And so on he
reached the age of thirty nine and became the Rasul of Allah and
then when his Nubuwwah has unveiled three years after the realization of the
truth as Rasul of Allah, he has begun to explain the people, what they have to
do in this life in order to save their afterlife as a result
of the divine inspiration he received.
Yet, he has
changed neither his beard nor his wearing style during this period of time or
afterwards!
He has worn his
turban like the others, dressed himself up like them, had his beard as they had!
He has even continued to wear his multicolored striped dress.
The Sunnah of
Rasul of Allah, is the Sunnah of the “One” named as “Allah” whom he is the Rasul
of, and it is called as “SUNNATALLAH”!.
And only when we
fully understand and live according to the “SunnatAllah” we would be the
follower of the Sunnah of RasulAllah and SunnatAllah! Not with our beard,
moustache, dress or turban!.
Besides, the
most important fact to be aware of within this context is:
Not only has
RasulAllah interfered with the dressing styles of such pagans as Abu Jahel and
Abu Lahab and their follower Yazid who was also the murderer of
RasulAllah's
grandchild, he also continued to dress up as they did instead of proposing a new
way about wearing.
Because this was
not an important issue in fulfilling the religious requirements and it had nothing
to do with knowing the truth regarding the eternal life or knowing the “One”
named as “Allah”!
And this means
that...
If Allah gives
guidance to a person, that person can continue to dress up in a style which is
in line with the custom and also the common practices of that specific society
that he lives in except the issues that are conflicting with SunnatAllah.
Instead he continues to communicate them the facts as he has been taught by
the guidance.
In other words,
Sunnah of Rasul –the SunnatAllah– is to accept and to live in line with the
traditions, common practices and the dressing styles of the society that one
lives in, instead of judging and/or refusing them.
Because, the
purpose of “Deen” is not to make a revolution in dressing styles!
The way that
people look is not the business of “Deen”! Because, according to SunnatAllah,
everybody has a right to dress up, have an education, work and live as they
desire and believe in as long as they do not violate the public peace... even
though it may seem completely wrong to those who fail to pass beyond the
physical bodies and understand the brains.
Judging people’s
religion according their dressing styles is simply the evidence of an
undeveloped and imitating brain.
The Rasul of
the “One” named as “Allah” has informed people about the realities of the system
and its order that they are living in and has put all his efforts to support
people in order them to get prepared for their eternal lives through living in
an appropriate way according to the “system and its order” of Allah which is
named as “Deen”.
Being a
religious person means searching, studying, examining, understanding the system
of Allah and accepting to live according to this system and its order. A devout
person will protect himself as a muttaqee against the dangers he realized
about future through taking into account the realities of the system.
And being a
follower of the Sunnah of RasulAllah means to reach the beauties of the
future through embracing his understanding, applying his recommendations to our
daily lives, in short walking on his path. It is to discover the truth of your
essence that he has pointed out and then experiencing the magnificent results of
this discovery, not wasting your life with imitations.
Being a
follower of the Sunnah of RasulAllah means to share the insight -wisdom- which
has been donated to you with people without expecting a reward for it. It is not
to distract people with stories regarding the dressing styles!
A person who
perceives the system of Allah and its order -which is called SunnatAllah- and
lives accordingly, is the follower of the “Sunnah of RasulAllah”.
The saying
“Whoever likens himself to a certain tribe belongs to that tribe” points out
that a person is a part of the society which he shares the thoughts, values and
belief system of that certain society… It has nothing to do with the
similarities between outfits or beards.
As I have
explained it in my article called “Ruling People in the Name of Religion”
unfortunately some people have forbidden to make researches about religion
and to question it and so they have supported the production of a prototype
simply with a brain such as a tape-recorder which only memorizes the things
since he has no ability to think.
The world is
the land of wisdom (hikmah) and every explanation of RasulAllah is based on
wisdom. Therefore, wise people try to reach the wisdom of every revelation of
RasulAllah by questioning and studying them carefully in order to fully
understand it.
And the saying
“Wisdom (hikmah) is the loss of the faithful” underlines this principle.
One who has
conflicts or gaps in his thinking system has not understood the “DEEN” yet and
is only a copycat who can not READ the system and its order and the mechanism
that he is living in.
Yet, the Deen
does not accept the imitation!..
The imitation
of an act may create the same results but the imitation of an understanding is
not possible!
“Fakih” that
is being insightful is a blessing of Allah which avoids being a copycat. Memorizing the canonical jurisprudence does not mean to be “Fakih” at
all and will never bring an insight to become so.
Memorizing the
things has lost its value since the discovery of the tapes and recorders!
The “DEEN” has
been declared to us in order “to be READ”, so that you can be aware of the
system and its order that you are living in and more important than this “to
KNOW YOURSELF”! So that you can discover the fortune hidden in your essence and
hence know your place within the universe by understanding the “One” named as
“Allah” through the principles of holographic reality. The ones who has not
understood this fact should know that they have not read the surah of “ikhlas”
which explains the “Oneness” with its full meaning even for once in their
lifetimes although they may have repeated it for a hundred thousand times!..
We should try
to fully understand the warning of RasulAllah that “there are many who make prayers
regularly but gets nothing but tiredness and also there are many who fast but
get nothing but hunger”.
The RasulAllah
has communicated the Koran to us so that we may think about it deeply to fully understand
it, and that we may take every step in life according to “SunnatAllah”! The Rasul has
not come for us to waste our lives with gossiping about the hair, beard or
dressing style of people or judging them!..
What is the
understanding that lies within the “DEEN” which begins to its word with a
statement saying that “There is NO GOD or CONCEPT OF GODHOOD BESIDES the “One”
named as “ALLAH” (LA ILAHA ILL-ALLAH)”?
Those who do
not put any effort to question and to understand this fact who waste their lives
as a copycat will be paying the cost of their results of not reading -decoding-
the secret of hidden fortune with a big disappointment and hence frustration!..
Nevertheless,
there is no concept of “RECOVERY of the past” within the system!
PS: This is my
personal evaluation and it does not compel anybody. People may agree or disagree
with my point of view as they wish. And of course some others who may have
conflict of interest with our way of thinking may forbid people to read our
books claiming that we confuse the people’s minds!
AHMED HULUSI
May
19, 2005
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