In his letter, after the greeting, he says: We request your kindness in informing us from the Islamic and Shari'ah perspective about what is contained in the attached letter; it is attached.
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The questioner : This message reached us from Jeddah from the listener Ahmad Qa'id or Ahmad Fayd. In his letter, after the greeting, he says: We request your kindness in informing us from the Islamic and Shari'ah perspective about what is contained in the attached letter; it is attached. I will read some of the image now. He says: What is contained in the attached letter, as it has become a strange phenomenon throughout Jeddah, and everyone is reciting this speech and performing these papers. We want to know the opinion of Islam in this matter, with a request for a speedy answer. May Allah guide you.
The paper that was sent mentioned some verses, saying:[Az-Zumar 39:66] and verses after that. He says: Then send these noble verses to be a bringer of good, good fortune, and success, to the end. He also says in it: You must send copies of this message to those who are in need of good and success. Do not send an excuse, and do not keep this message. You must send it and get rid of it after ninety-six hours after reading it. It previously reached one of the business men, and they were guided to such and such, to the end. He asks: What is the ruling on this message, or how do we deal with this message?
The Shaykh : This message is pure falsehood. The idea that these verses he cited are a cause for happiness and success, and that not circulating them is a cause for misery and destruction, is a matter that depends on revelation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And there was no revelation in that, neither in the Qur'an nor in the Sunnah. So it is pure falsehood.
Second, believing that this is correct is a criticism of the religion, because if this were correct, it would be something for which the motives to transmit it are fully present, and it would be obligatory for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to convey it. But it was not transmitted from the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him), which indicates that he did not convey it. And if he did not convey it, then if a person claims that it is a cause for such and such of the matters he mentions, that is a criticism of Islam, as if Islam were incomplete and this man came to complete it.
The third matter is that we say: If what this person said about these verses is true, where was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions from it? And if it is false, then it is not permissible to spread it, nor to act upon it, nor to believe it. Rather, it must be refuted.
The fourth matter is that reality refutes what came in this message and the verses. So, as I think, it has been with you for more than four days.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it was mentioned in it, because I read it before you read it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That if a person does not act upon it within four days, he will be struck by disasters. And praise be to Allah, you have not been struck by disasters.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it also came to us in al-Qasim about five years ago, and it spread among the people. We took it and tore it up on the pulpit on Friday.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : We spoke about it on Friday on the pulpit, and I took a quantity of it in my hand and tore it up in front of the worshippers. And I was not struck by disasters, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So all these proofs indicate that this is falsehood and that it is nonsense from those who spoke of it and spread it among the people. And what I advise my Muslim brothers is not to pay attention to what these liars are spreading, but rather to return to the Book of Allah and to the authentic Sunnah transmitted from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and in them is sufficiency. As for such matters and what is found in books of admonition that contradicts the Shari'ah, it is not permissible to rely on them. Nor is it permissible for the imams of mosques to read from such books or to promote such publications, because of the misguidance in that. And in the Book of Allah the Exalted and in what is authentic from his Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is sufficiency.
And I say to the brother questioner, may Allah reward him with good for sending this to this program, perhaps there will be clarification for the people and light by which they will be guided in such matters. Also, a few years ago, a message came from a man who calls himself Ahmad, the servant of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, in which he mentioned that he saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he gave him instructions that do not come to my mind now.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And this fabricated message or fabricated vision was spoken about by Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida about eighty years ago, and he clarified that it had spread and become widespread, and that it is falsehood with no basis. And he is truthful, for it is falsehood with no basis. In any case, such publications promoted by these lying fabricators who do not fear Allah and do not have mercy on the servants of Allah, yes, and do not worship Allah the Exalted with the true religion, because if they had worshipped Allah the Exalted with the true religion, they would have been modest before Allah and His Messenger, and they would not have taken as a means to guide the people anything other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So we hope from Allah the Exalted that He will guide them by the authority of revelation, so that they may take heed and remember and return to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or that He will guide them by the authority of authority and taking hold of their hands and pursuing these people, so that they return and so that the people are safe from their evil and their publications.
The questioner : Yes.
The paper that was sent mentioned some verses, saying:
Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.
بل الله فاعبد وكن من الشاكرينThe Shaykh : This message is pure falsehood. The idea that these verses he cited are a cause for happiness and success, and that not circulating them is a cause for misery and destruction, is a matter that depends on revelation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And there was no revelation in that, neither in the Qur'an nor in the Sunnah. So it is pure falsehood.
Second, believing that this is correct is a criticism of the religion, because if this were correct, it would be something for which the motives to transmit it are fully present, and it would be obligatory for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to convey it. But it was not transmitted from the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him), which indicates that he did not convey it. And if he did not convey it, then if a person claims that it is a cause for such and such of the matters he mentions, that is a criticism of Islam, as if Islam were incomplete and this man came to complete it.
The third matter is that we say: If what this person said about these verses is true, where was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions from it? And if it is false, then it is not permissible to spread it, nor to act upon it, nor to believe it. Rather, it must be refuted.
The fourth matter is that reality refutes what came in this message and the verses. So, as I think, it has been with you for more than four days.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it was mentioned in it, because I read it before you read it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That if a person does not act upon it within four days, he will be struck by disasters. And praise be to Allah, you have not been struck by disasters.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it also came to us in al-Qasim about five years ago, and it spread among the people. We took it and tore it up on the pulpit on Friday.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : We spoke about it on Friday on the pulpit, and I took a quantity of it in my hand and tore it up in front of the worshippers. And I was not struck by disasters, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So all these proofs indicate that this is falsehood and that it is nonsense from those who spoke of it and spread it among the people. And what I advise my Muslim brothers is not to pay attention to what these liars are spreading, but rather to return to the Book of Allah and to the authentic Sunnah transmitted from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and in them is sufficiency. As for such matters and what is found in books of admonition that contradicts the Shari'ah, it is not permissible to rely on them. Nor is it permissible for the imams of mosques to read from such books or to promote such publications, because of the misguidance in that. And in the Book of Allah the Exalted and in what is authentic from his Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is sufficiency.
And I say to the brother questioner, may Allah reward him with good for sending this to this program, perhaps there will be clarification for the people and light by which they will be guided in such matters. Also, a few years ago, a message came from a man who calls himself Ahmad, the servant of al-Masjid al-Nabawi, in which he mentioned that he saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he gave him instructions that do not come to my mind now.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And this fabricated message or fabricated vision was spoken about by Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida about eighty years ago, and he clarified that it had spread and become widespread, and that it is falsehood with no basis. And he is truthful, for it is falsehood with no basis. In any case, such publications promoted by these lying fabricators who do not fear Allah and do not have mercy on the servants of Allah, yes, and do not worship Allah the Exalted with the true religion, because if they had worshipped Allah the Exalted with the true religion, they would have been modest before Allah and His Messenger, and they would not have taken as a means to guide the people anything other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So we hope from Allah the Exalted that He will guide them by the authority of revelation, so that they may take heed and remember and return to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or that He will guide them by the authority of authority and taking hold of their hands and pursuing these people, so that they return and so that the people are safe from their evil and their publications.
The questioner : Yes.