From Tamhīd e Īmān bi Āyāt e Qur’ān, p.4/5
For Imān to be real, two things must be present: 1. reverence for the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam and 2. ensuring that love for the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam is the most important thing in the world. An easy test for this is that however much a person is respected by and beloved to you and to whatever extent they are your friend; such as your parents, teachers, pīr, children, brothers, loved ones, elders, companions, molvīs, muftīs, orators etc, when they disrespect the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam, then there should not be a single sign of love or respect for them left in your heart. Separate yourselves from them immediately. Throw them out like you would a fly that falls in milk. Have hatred for their faces and their names.
Thereafter, do not care for your relationship, friendship or love for them. Nor must you take into account them being a molvī, shaykh, elder or superior as all these traits were due to the slavery to RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam. When this person disrespects RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam himself, then what need have we of such titles? Why should we look at his cloak or turban? Don’t the jews wear cloaks? Don’t they tie turbans? Why should we consider his knowledge or apparent stature? Don’t the Christian priests and the philosophers not know many branches of knowledge?
However, if you try to defend him – he insulted RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam and you continued your friendship with him – or you did not consider him to be most evil of all evil people or you disliked when he was called evil to such an extent that you were careless in this regard or your heart did not feel utmost disgust at him; then, for Allah, you yourself must do justice – have you passed this test of imān? The criteria that the Qur’an and hadith had set for imān, how far have you strayed from it?
Muslims! Will the heart that has respect for the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam ever give importance to someone who disparages him sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam? Even if he is his pīr, his teacher or even his father? Will the person that loves RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam more than this world not have immense abhorrence for his insulter? Even if he is his friend, brother or even his son? Lillāh [for Allah]! Have mercy on your situation.
For Imān to be real, two things must be present: 1. reverence for the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam and 2. ensuring that love for the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam is the most important thing in the world. An easy test for this is that however much a person is respected by and beloved to you and to whatever extent they are your friend; such as your parents, teachers, pīr, children, brothers, loved ones, elders, companions, molvīs, muftīs, orators etc, when they disrespect the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam, then there should not be a single sign of love or respect for them left in your heart. Separate yourselves from them immediately. Throw them out like you would a fly that falls in milk. Have hatred for their faces and their names.
Thereafter, do not care for your relationship, friendship or love for them. Nor must you take into account them being a molvī, shaykh, elder or superior as all these traits were due to the slavery to RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam. When this person disrespects RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam himself, then what need have we of such titles? Why should we look at his cloak or turban? Don’t the jews wear cloaks? Don’t they tie turbans? Why should we consider his knowledge or apparent stature? Don’t the Christian priests and the philosophers not know many branches of knowledge?
However, if you try to defend him – he insulted RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam and you continued your friendship with him – or you did not consider him to be most evil of all evil people or you disliked when he was called evil to such an extent that you were careless in this regard or your heart did not feel utmost disgust at him; then, for Allah, you yourself must do justice – have you passed this test of imān? The criteria that the Qur’an and hadith had set for imān, how far have you strayed from it?
Muslims! Will the heart that has respect for the prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam ever give importance to someone who disparages him sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam? Even if he is his pīr, his teacher or even his father? Will the person that loves RasulAllah sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam more than this world not have immense abhorrence for his insulter? Even if he is his friend, brother or even his son? Lillāh [for Allah]! Have mercy on your situation.
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