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Bid'ahs
(innovations) common on `Aashooraa'
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) was
asked about the things that people do on `Aashooraa', such as
wearing kohl, taking a bath (ghusl), wearing henna, shaking
hands with one another, cooking grains (huboob), showing
happiness and so on. Was any of this reported from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in a saheeh hadeeth,
or not? If nothing to that effect was reported in a saheeh
hadeeth, is doing these things bid'ah, or not? Is there any
basis for what the other group do, such as grieving and
mourning, going without anything to drink, eulogizing and
wailing, reciting in a crazy manner, and rending their
garments?
His reply was:
`Praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the Worlds. Nothing to that
effect has been reported in any saheeh hadeeth from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or from
his Companions. None of the imaams of the Muslims encouraged or
recommended such things, neither the four imaams, nor any
others. No reliable scholars have narrated anything like this,
neither from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), nor from the Sahaabah, nor from the Taabi'een;
neither in any saheeh report or in a da'eef (weak) report;
neither in the books of Saheeh, nor in al-Sunan, nor in the
Musnads. No hadeeth of this nature was known during the best
centuries, but some of the later narrators reported ahaadeeth
like the one which says, "Whoever puts kohl in his eyes on the
day of `Aashooraa' will not suffer from eye disease in that
year, and whoever takes a bath (does ghusl) on the day of `Aashooraa'
will not get sick in that year," and so on.
They also reported a fabricated hadeeth that is falsely
attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), which says, "Whoever is generous to his family on
the day of `Aashooraa', Allaah will be generous to him for the
rest of the year." Reporting all of this from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is tantamount to
lying.'
Then he [Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him)] discussed
in brief the tribulations that had occurred in the early days
of this ummah and the killing of al-Husayn (may Allaah be
pleased with him), and what the various sects had done because
of this. Then he said: `An ignorant, wrongful group – who were
either heretics and hypocrites, or misguided and misled – made
a show of allegiance to him and the members of his household,
so they took the day of `Aashooraa' as a day of mourning and
wailing, in which they openly displayed the rituals of
jaahiliyyah such as slapping their cheeks and rending their
garments, grieving in the manner of the jaahiliyyah… The
Shaytaan made this attractive to those who are misled, so they
took the day of `Aashooraa' as an occasion of mourning, when
they grieve and wail, recite poems of grief and tell stories
filled with lies. Whatever truth there may be in these stories
serves no purpose other than the renewal of their grief and
sectarian feeling, and the stirring up of hatred and hostility
among the Muslims, which they do by cursing those who came
before them… The evil and harm that they do to the Muslims
cannot be enumerated by any man, no matter how eloquent he is.
Some others – either Naasibis who oppose and have enmity
towards al-Husayn and his family or ignorant people who try to
fight evil with evil, corruption with corruption, lies with
lies and bid'ah with bid'ah – opposed them by fabricating
reports in favour of making the day of `Aashooraa' a day of
celebration, by wearing kohl and henna, spending money on one's
children, cooking special dishes and other things that are done
on Eids and special occasions. These people took the day of `Aashooraa'
as a festival like Eid, whereas the others took it as a day of
mourning. Both are wrong, and both go against the Sunnah, even
though the other group (those who take it as a day of mourning)
are worse in intention and more ignorant and more plainly
wrong… Neither the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) nor his successors (the khulafa' al-raashidoon) did
any of these things on the day of `Aashooraa', they neither
made it a day of mourning nor a day of celebration…
As for the other things, such as cooking special dishes with or
without grains, or wearing new clothes, or spending money on
one's family, or buying the year's supplies on that day, or
doing special acts of worship such as special prayers or
deliberately slaughtering an animal on that day, or saving some
of the meat of the sacrifice to cook with grains, or wearing
kohl and henna, or taking a bath (ghusl), or shaking hands with
one another, or visiting one another, or visiting the mosques
and mashhads (shrines) and so on… all of this is reprehensible
bid'ah and is wrong. None of it has anything to do with the
Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) or the way of the Khulafa' al-Raashidoon.
It was not approved of by any of the imaams of the Muslims, not
Maalik, not al-Thawri, not al-Layth ibn Sa'd, not Abu Haneefah,
not al-Oozaa'i, not al-Shaafa'i, not Ahmad ibn Hanbal, not
Ishaaq ibn Raahwayh, not any of the imaams and scholars of the
Muslims.'(al-Fataawa al-Kubra by Ibn Taymiyah)
Ibn al-Haaj (may Allaah have mercy on him) mentioned that one
of the bid'ahs on `Aashooraa' was deliberately paying zakaat on
this day, late or early, or slaughtering a chicken just for
this occasion, or – in the case of women – using henna. (al-Madkhal,
part 1, Yawm `Aashooraa')
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