The Exposure of Deviant
Groups
We have included this page in order
to provide up to date information for Muslims, on the deviant groups
who claim to be part of the Muslim community. Education,
we feel is the best way to stop confusion and doubt about Who
theses groups really are and what their real agenda is.
We do not mean this to be an attack
on any individual member of these groups, the information provided
below is purely based on the beliefs and practices of these groups
ONLY and how they have deviated from Islam.
We welcome your comments & discussions
as to anything that is contained in these articles and would be
most happy to clarify or expand any points as required.
Introduction
The Qur'an and Sunnah are the only
two sources/evidences used for the essential beliefs of those people
who call themselves Muslims.
What are those beliefs and practices?
The most important one is that there is no deity worth of worship
except Allah. This is the first half of the attestation of every
Muslim, the second half being that Muhammad is a Messenger of Allah.
There are a few other fundamental principles that a Muslim is required
to believe and practice, but further information is available elsewhere
on this site.
This page is dedicated to those who
insist on misusing the names of "Islam" and "Muslim" either intentionally
or in ignorance. In this page, we try to briefly show how many "religious"
groups around the world who use the name of Islam are in fact clearly
and absolutely in violation of certain basic principles contained
in the Qur'an and Sunnah.
The following groups are currently
addressed:
- Nation of Islam
- The Nation of Gods and Earths
(5% Nation of Islam)
- The Ahmadiyya/Qadiani Movement
- The International Community
of Submitters
Nation of Islam
The followers of the Nation Of Islam
believe in (all quotes taken from their homepage or their publications):
...one God (Allah) and that
Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W.Fard Muhammad, July,
1930; the long awaited 'Messiah' of the Christians and the 'Mahdi'
of the Muslims...
However, the Qur'an states in chapter
4, verse 36, "Serve Allah, and join not Any partners with Him; ...
". And according to a hadith narrated by Masruq, in Sahih Bukhari,
'Aisha said, "If anyone tells you that Muhammad has seen his Lord,
he is a liar, for Allah says (in 6:103), 'No vision can grasp Him.'...".
The followers of the Nation Of Islam
further believe "in the resurrection of the dead--not in physical
resurrection--but in mental resurrection. We also believe that the
so-called Negroes are most in need of mental resurrection; therefore,
they will be resurrected first." But the Qur`an states in chapter
20, verse 55, "From the earth did We Create you, and into it Shall
We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again." Even
more pointedly, the Qur'an also states in 64:7,
The Unbelievers think that
they will not be raised up (for Judgement). Say: "Yea, by my Lord,
Ye shall surely be Raised up: then shall ye Be told (the truth)
of All that ye did. And that is easy for Allah."
Besides the above two differences,
the followers of the Nation of Islam also believe in other things
contrary to Islam as defined in the Qur'an and Sunnah, such as:
-
[We, the Black Muslims, believe]
"in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been
tampered with and must be reinterpreted so that mankind will
not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it".
The problem with this belief: The true Prophet of Islam ordered
Muslims to neither accept the Bible nor reject it - certainly
there was no mention of reinterpretation.
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"That we who declare ourselves
to be righteous Muslims, should not participate in wars which
take the lives of humans. We do not believe this nation should
force us to take part in such wars, for we have nothing to gain
from it unless America agrees to give us the necessary territory
wherein we may have something to fight for".
The problem with this belief: The Qur'an and Sunnah are crystal
clear on the necessity of going to war when the situation demands
it.
The Nation of Gods and Earths (5%
Nation of Islam)
The Nation of Gods and Earths (5%
Nation of Islam) is apparently an offshoot of the so-called Nation
of Islam. Like its parent, this group's beliefs clearly identify
it as being fundamentally outside the pale of Islam. Specifically,
and we quote (from their homepage):
The original man is the Asiatic
Blackman, the maker, the owner, the cream of the planet Earth,
father of civilization, God of the Universe.
...the blackman is god and his
proper name is ALLAH. Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head.
This is in clear contradiction with
one of the essential axioms of Islam, namely that Allah (God) is
Creator and all else (including men - asiatic blacks or otherwise)
is created. In chapter 25, verse 54 of the Qur'an, Allah says that
He has created man, therefore it is logically impossible for man
to be Allah.
The second quote above is a prime
example of a tendency of the "Nation of Gods and Earths" to conjure
up beliefs that are, to a large extent, highly confused. Some examples
of these beliefs that have nothing to do with Islam are "supreme
mathematics and alphabet", an evil person named Yacob, a prophet
named W. D. Fard, and a belief that black people are superior in
some way.
The true Prophet of Islam refuted
this last racist belief in his Farewell Address,
O people! Verily your Lord
is one and your father is one. All of you belong to one ancestry
of Adam and Adam was created out of clay. There is no superiority
for an Arab over a non-Arab and for a non-Arab over an Arab; nor
for white over the black nor for the black over the white except
in piety. Verily the noblest among you is he who is the most pious.
For a deeper expose of this group
and its parent (the Nation of Islam), the interested reader might
wish to examine the autobiography of the late Malik Al-Shabaz (Malcolm
X).
The Ahmadiyya/Qadiani Movement
The Ahmadiyya Movement, which originated
in the Indian subcontinent under the patronage of the British colonialists,
espouses beliefs which leave no doubt as to their apostasy from
Islam. Among their erroneous beliefs is their denial of the finality
of Prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah on him),
an article of faith endorsed by the Qur'an and Hadith reports as
well as the consensus of the Companions and scholars.The Qur'an
states (translation):
"O people! Muhammad has
no sons among ye men, but verily, he is the Messenger of Allah and
the last in the line of Prophets. And Allah is aware of everything."
(33:40)
The true Prophet of Islam, Muhammad,
observed:
"The tribe of Israel was
guided by prophets. When a prophet passed away, another succeeded
him. But no prophet will come after me; only caliphs will succeed
me." (Sahih Bukhari)
The Ahmadiyyas are followers of a
certain Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian who lay claim to prophethood
and used fabricated Hadith reports and twisted meanings of some
Qur'anic verses to support himself. However, the true Prophet of
Islam warned of this danger explicitly,
"The Hour will not come
... until nearly thirty "dajjals" (liars) appear, each one claiming
to be a messenger from Allah." (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)
Shortly after the death of Prophet
Muhammad, a man named Musailama, a claimant to prophethood, was
fought against together with his followers for their apostasy. It
is worth noting that Musailama did not deny the prophethood of Muhammad
(peace and blessings on him) and nor did his followers. It is also
worth noting that it was misinformation that led the tribe of Banu
Hunaifa to accept Musailama's false claims. Nevertheless, the consensus
of the companions was to declare them apostates and wage a war against
them. This is evidence enough to declare the Ahmadiyyas as disbelievers.
Another example of the Ahmadiyya's
rejection of the Qur'an and Sunnah is their contention that Jesus
died, and that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was an incarnation of Jesus. In
fact, according to the 1985 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad claimed to be not only Jesus but Prophet Muhammad, the Mahdi,
and the Hindu god Krishna. It suffices to refer back to the essence
of Islam which is the Uniqueness of God: any concept of man becoming
god, worse yet a Hindu god who is one out of many, is false
according to the Qur'an. On this, Islam is uncomprising, hence this
error of the Ahmadiyyas is the foremost indication of their exit
from Islam. Finally, the Ahmadiyyas also rejected jihad, a tactic
which was designed to eliminate Muslim resistance to British colonialist
rule. For a more detailed exposition of the Ahmadiyyas, refer to
the "Anti Ahmadiyya Movement
in Islam Homepage".
The International Community of Submitters
The Submitters are followers of the
late Rashad Khalifa, a man who claimed to be a Messenger of Allah.
This claim in itself is sufficient to remove the Submitters from
Islam as the Qur'an states (translation):
"O people! Muhammad has
no sons among ye men, but verily, he is the Messenger of Allah and
the last in the line of Prophets. And Allah is aware of everything."
(33:40)
The true Prophet of Islam, Muhammad,
observed:
"The tribe of Israel was
guided by prophets. When a prophet passed away, another succeeded
him. But no prophet will come after me; only caliphs will succeed
me." (Sahih Bukhari)
Much of Rashad Khalifa's misguidance
can be traced to his obsession with numerology, an obsession which
has misguided many different people throughout history. Khalifa
alleged that the Qur'an contained a mathematical code which revolved
around the number 19. He went to the extent of removing two verses
from the Qur'an because according to him "the word `God' ... is
not a multiple of 19, unless we remove [it]", and the "sum of all
verse numbers where the word `God' occurs is ... 19x6217 ... If
the false verse 9:129 is included, this phenomenon disappears."
By rejecting a single verse of the Qur'an, the Submitters bring
themselves under the judgement of another verse,
... Do you believe in part
of the Book and disbelieve in another part? And what is the reward
of those who do so save ignominy in the life of the world, and on
the Day of Resurrection they will be consigned to the most grievous
doom ... (2:85)
It is interesting to note that Khalifa
was a numerologist who did his blighted profession justice: he predicted
the end of the world. However, Allah says in the Qur'an
They ask you about the (last)
hour, when will be its taking place? Say: The knowledge of it is
only with my Lord; none but He shall manifest it at its time; it
will be momentous in the heavens and the earth; it will not come
on you but of a sudden. They ask you as if you were solicitous about
it. Say: Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not
know. (7:187)
The Submitters also reject the Sunnah
of Prophet Muhammad (saws)- not part of it, but the whole of it.
For the Submitters, the Sunnah is not a source of Islam. The problems
this presents are overwhelming, for by doing so the Submitters have
effectively destroyed their ability to perform:
- Salaat (obligatory prayers),
the second pillar of Islam
- Zakat (obligatory tax), the
third pillar of Islam
- Sawm (fasting), the fourth pillar
of Islam
- Hajj (pilgrimage), the fifth
pillar of Islam
With four out of the five pillars
of Islam removed, the Submitters have little to back their claim
to being "Muslim". The true Messenger of Islam (saws) warned Muslims
of falling into this trap,
Narrated AbuRafi':
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Let me not find one of
you reclining on his couch when he hears something regarding me
which I have commanded or forbidden [i.e. from the Sunnah -ed.]
and saying: 'We do not know. What we found in Allah's Book [i.e.
the Qur'an] we have followed.'" Book 40, Number 4588 of Sunan
Abu-Dawud
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