The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: “كل عمل ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد” Which means: “If anyone innovates in our Religion a matter which does not belong to it, then it is rejected.

English Text By Jun 05, 2018

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said:

“كل عمل ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد”

Which means: “If anyone innovates in our Religion a matter which does not belong to it, then it is rejected.” Hence, the deeds are not accepted unless it agrees with the rules of the Religion. One can not know the matters that agree or do not agree with the rules of the Religion without knowledge, and knowledge is to be taken only from trustworthy scholars. So it is not sufficient to just read the books without acquiring this knowledge directly from the scholars. In fact, some people fell in perdition and consequently commit blasphemy because they did not acquire the knowledge from the scholars directly; but rather relied on merely reading books of the scholars; and the matter become even more dangerous when the books they are reading are full of: Lies, the dispraised exaggeration in Religious matters, lying about the Religion, and likening Allah to His creations; we seek refuge with Allah from all of that.

Among these well-known books which is widespread in today’s markets in the name of Islam falsely is the book called “Mawlidul-^Arus”. In this book, and this is blasphemy to believe, it is mentioned that Allah took a handful of His face and said to it: “Be Muhammad” and so it became Muhammad. This statement attributes to Allah ta^ala body parts and this definitely contradicts the essential of Tawhid. Allah ta^ala is clear from being attributed with organs, body parts or from being divided into things or being a part of something else. Allah said:

{لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ}

Which means: “Nothing was born out of Him; so no one inherits Him. He is not the origin of anything and He did not originate from anything.”

So it is impossible that He has multiples or parts or that He is divisible, Allah is clear from that, He does not resemble any of His creations in any way as He said in the Honourable Qur’an:

{لَيسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَىءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ}

It means: “Nothing is like Him in anyway whatsoever and He is attributed with Hearing and Sight.”

It is important to mention here that the book “Mawlidul-^Arus” was not authored by Ibnul-Jawziyy, because Ibnul-Jawziyy is among the great top scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama^ah. The creed he believes in is that Allah is not a tangible body which can be touched by the hand like the trees, stones, and humans and that He is not an intangible body which cannot be touched by the hand such as light, darkness, and wind. Thus, He is not attributed with the attributes of the bodies like motion and stillness.