A question and a reply
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 2:20 pm
A question and a response;
Salam Brother
The other day I was wondering why we send Salam to Prophets who have passed away? As Prophets, surely they are in peace in which ever form they exist! People who go for Hajj visit the Prophet’s tomb to offer their Salaams!
35:22 Nor are the living equal with the dead. God makes him hear who wants to hear. You cannot make the dead of heart hear just like those who are in the graves.
Perhaps there is a translation issue and Salam here means Salut or appreciation for the missions they accomplished!
If we argue with people about why they says “Ya Rasool Allah” for someone who has passed on, they would likely ask “Why then you bid “Salam” to him!! Some people says “Tajdar e Haram ho nigah e Karam” (means O Crowned one of Haram (Prophet) please be kind to us) What kind of shirk is this?
Kindly share your views.
Thanks
REPLY by Aurangzeb Yusufzai:
Salaam to you too.
Unfortunately, we have inherited only one single meaning of every word of the Quran - and that too, the very commonplace meaning in the street jargon. No appreciation is given to the classical masterpiece of the Arabic prose that the Quran embodies.
Salaam to Divine Messengers is to acknowledge their greatness and pay homage to them for their roles in the service to humanity.
Salaam also means Salutation, Greeting, humility, obedience, etc. And according to the Quran it is mandatory for us to pay Salaam, or homage, to the divine messengers.
As for calling "Ya Rusoolullah" etc. as if he is still alive and listening to us, it can undoubtedly be categorized as a form of SHIRK. We are an ignorant and/or dead community, and this kind of things are part of our irrational inherited dogmas.
Salam Brother
The other day I was wondering why we send Salam to Prophets who have passed away? As Prophets, surely they are in peace in which ever form they exist! People who go for Hajj visit the Prophet’s tomb to offer their Salaams!
35:22 Nor are the living equal with the dead. God makes him hear who wants to hear. You cannot make the dead of heart hear just like those who are in the graves.
Perhaps there is a translation issue and Salam here means Salut or appreciation for the missions they accomplished!
If we argue with people about why they says “Ya Rasool Allah” for someone who has passed on, they would likely ask “Why then you bid “Salam” to him!! Some people says “Tajdar e Haram ho nigah e Karam” (means O Crowned one of Haram (Prophet) please be kind to us) What kind of shirk is this?
Kindly share your views.
Thanks
REPLY by Aurangzeb Yusufzai:
Salaam to you too.
Unfortunately, we have inherited only one single meaning of every word of the Quran - and that too, the very commonplace meaning in the street jargon. No appreciation is given to the classical masterpiece of the Arabic prose that the Quran embodies.
Salaam to Divine Messengers is to acknowledge their greatness and pay homage to them for their roles in the service to humanity.
Salaam also means Salutation, Greeting, humility, obedience, etc. And according to the Quran it is mandatory for us to pay Salaam, or homage, to the divine messengers.
As for calling "Ya Rusoolullah" etc. as if he is still alive and listening to us, it can undoubtedly be categorized as a form of SHIRK. We are an ignorant and/or dead community, and this kind of things are part of our irrational inherited dogmas.