The ruling on the statement that the ten generations before Noah were upon shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: There are those who say that the ten generations before Noah were upon shirk (associating partners with Allah). Is this statement correct?
Answer:
No, this is a false statement. The ten generations before Noah were upon Islam, as Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There were ten generations between Adam and Noah, all of them upon shirk (associating partners with Allah)." Then shirk occurred among the people of Noah when they made images of the righteous and placed them on their seats. The first generation passed away without worshipping them, but the second generation came and worshipped them instead of Allah. So the count of shirk begins from that time. This is indicated by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:213] The saying of Allah the Exalted: [Yunus 10:19] So between Noah and Adam, they were upon uprightness and Islam. They were upon the religion of their father Noah (peace be upon him), or the religion of Islam, until shirk became widespread among the people of Noah.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: There are those who say that the ten generations before Noah were upon shirk (associating partners with Allah). Is this statement correct?
Answer:
No, this is a false statement. The ten generations before Noah were upon Islam, as Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There were ten generations between Adam and Noah, all of them upon shirk (associating partners with Allah)." Then shirk occurred among the people of Noah when they made images of the righteous and placed them on their seats. The first generation passed away without worshipping them, but the second generation came and worshipped them instead of Allah. So the count of shirk begins from that time. This is indicated by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners
كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَAnd mankind was not but one community [united in religion], but [then] they differed.
وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَاخْتَلَفُوا
Source
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