The Virtue of Islam
by Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab
Chapter 2 | The Obligation of accepting Islam – Introduction
Chapter 2 | Explanation of Verse 85, Surah Al Imran
وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
And whoever desires other than Islām as religion – never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers. (Quran 3:85)
Chapter 2 | Explanation of Verse 153, Surah Al An’am
وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِ
And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way. (Quran 6:153)
Chapter 2 | Hadeeth from Aisha about innovations in the deen
It has been narrated from ‘A’ishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Whoever introduces into our affair (Islam) that which is not from it, then it (his innovation) is rejected”
Chapter 2 | Hadeeth from Abu Hurairah about people who will enter the paradise and who will not
Al Bukhari has narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“All of my Ummah (followers) will enter Paradise except for those who refuse”.
It was said: “And who would refuse?”
He replied: “Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me, then he has refused (to enter Paradise)”
Chapter 2 | Hadeeth from Ibn Abbas about the three categories of most hated people to Allah
In the Saheeh it is narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas that the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said
“The most hated people to Allah are three:
- a deviant (religious heretic) in the sanctuary of the Haram (Makkah),
- one who seeks to introduce the sunnah (way, tradition, custom) ofpre-Islaamic ignorance (Jaahiliyyah) into Islaam,
- and the one who seeks to shed the blood of a Muslim man without the right to do so”
(Al-Bukhari)
Chapter 2 | Statement of Ibn Taymiyyah about Sunnah of Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance)
Ibn Taymiyyah said:
“His statement: the sunnah (way, tradition, custom) of pre-Islamic ignorance, all types of pre-Islamic ignorance are included in this, restrictively or without restriction. This means that some aspects of it may be in some people and not others — whether it is from the ways of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews), the ways of the idol worshippers, or other than them, from every type of opposition to what the Messengers came with”
Chapter 2 | Message of Huthayfah to Qurraa’ (Reciters/ People of knowledge)
It is narrated in the Saheeh that Huthayfah said:
“O community of Qurraa’ (reciters), stand firm and upright (upon Islam), for verily you have advanced far ahead (of others). But if you deviate to the right or to the left, then you will have gone far astray.”
Chapter 2 | Statement from Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood about – Each next year is worse than the previous one
It has been narrated from Muhammad bin Wadhdhaah that he used to enter the masjid and stand over the circles (of knowledge and learning), and he would say a word of admonition.
On one occasion he said, “Ibn ‘Uyainah informed us from Mujaahid, who narrated from Ash-Sha’bee, who narrated from Masrooq who said that ‘Abdullah (Ibn Mas’ood) said:
“There is not a year except that the year after it is worse than it. Do not say that a year is more prosperous than another year, or a leader (Ameer) is better than another leader. For indeed, your Scholars and the best of you have passed away. Then there will come people who will begin to analyze matters according to their opinions, and thus Islam will be destroyed and breached”