RELIGION IS ADVICE NOT CONTROL

Sheikh “Muhammad Abduh” (1849-1905)the head of the Islamic Official Verdict body (Mufti) in Egypt & most Islamic countries in his time wrote in his article “Principles of Islam ” that one of the Islamic principles is the complete demolishing & turning over of any religious power or authority to any human &  that the Islamic religion totally demolished & turned over & abolished any kind of religious authority or control on any one belief or faith & that the faith releases & frees the believer from any controller  between what is between the believer &  GOD except  GOD alone and  releases the believer from any  servitude  but the servitude to GOD alone . He also adds that  there is NO RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY TO ANYONE IN ISLAM & NO RELIGIOUS FIGURE IS INFALLIBLE or flawless & the Islamic scholars or religious figures or imams or muftis do not have any kind of religious authority or power or ruling on people belief & the only authority given to them is only civil authority of giving advice & reminders only in good & tender manner without any control on anyone belief , moreover the advice right is a mutual right where anyone regardless of his religious knowledge has the same right to advise the highest ranked imam or scholar

1)            PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) WAS ASSIGNED BY ALLAH ONLY AS A MESSENGER & NOT AS A DOMINATOR OR CONTROLLER over people , & this is clearly stated in Quran in many verses , an example is verse

88;21-22 ” فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ﴿٢١﴾ لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ .

translation is “So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder, You are not over them a controller (dominator)”—-, also

13;40 فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ وَعَلَيْنَا الْحِسَابُ

translation”   upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.—–” so how come any muslim on earth allows himself to claim that he is having a religious authority to control people if this authority was not given to the Prophet himself .

Q10;108

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۖ وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْكُم بِوَكِيلٍ

translation

Say, “O mankind, the truth has come to you from your Lord, so whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever goes astray only goes astray [in violation] against it. And I am not over you a manager /controller.”——

2)      PROPHET & MUSLIMS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ADVICE ONLY IN GOOD MANNER Q16;125

ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ

translation “Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best”—-

3)      IT IS ALLAH WILL TO ALLOW HIS HUMAN CREATURES TO MAKE THEIR FREE CHOICE . Any common sense would let us know that if ALLAH the Lord the All Mighty wanted to make all people believe in him & fully obey him , HE would have made this in less than one second , but HE created us with our free will & choice right .. ALLAH says about human in Q76;3

إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا

translation “Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful. ‘ ———

ALLAH clearly stated that there should be no compulsion or coercing or enforcing in the  religion & this means all the religion not only the acceptance or rejection of religion , so there should be no coercing for any muslim in worship duties as praying or fasting or pilgrimage

Q 2:256 لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

translation ” There shall be no compulsion in the religion”———-

Thus , If anyone wants to spread religion by any kind of coercion or enforcement , then this person is actually opposing ALLAH will

4)      PROPHET WAS INSTRUCTED NOT TO REACT TOWARDS THOSE DISOBEYING HIS PIETY CALLS EXCEPT BY ABSOLVING HIMSELF FROM THEIR DEEDS Quran 26;216

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ ﴿٢١٤﴾ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢١٥﴾ فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

translation” And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred. And lower your wing (make it lenient) to those who follow you of the believers. And if they disobey you, then say, “Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing.”——-

Q 24;54 قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّـهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم مَّا حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا ۚ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ

translation : ” Say, “Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away – then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification.”————-

34:24-25

قُلْ مَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ قُلِ اللَّـهُ ۖ وَإِنَّا أَوْ إِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلَىٰ هُدًى أَوْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾ قُل لَّا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا أَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْأَلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

translation :Say, “Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?” Say, “Allah. And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in clear error.” Say, “You will not be asked about what we committed, and we will not be asked about what you do.”

5)      MUSLIMS ARE INSTRUCTED TO MIND THEMSELVES & ONLY GIVE A REMINDER TO THE ASTRAYS , ,Quran 5;105

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

translation” O you who have believed, mind yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided.”——

Q74:38

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

translation ”

Q6;70

وَمَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ وَلَـٰكِن ذِكْرَىٰ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾ وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ 

translation : And those who fear Allah are not held accountable for the disbelievers at all, but [only for] a reminder – that perhaps they will fear Him And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur’an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned——-

6)            NO MEDIATORS BETWEEN US & ALLAH & NO ONE TO CALL EXCEPT ALLAH, thus no religious figure is to claim mediation between any muslim & ALLAH or claim giving blessing or expiation   ; Quran 50;16

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ

translation “And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein”,——– also

40;60 وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ

translation” And your Lord says, “Call upon Me; I will respond to you.” ——

7)      ANY IMAM OPINION OR VERDICT IS NOT SACRED & any religious person else than the Prophet is just a human being subject to human error in his religious opinion which can be debatable & the only religious sacred source to muslims is the book of ALLAH “Quran” , Q16;44

وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

translation “And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.”———-

8)-      NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO SPY OR PRY ON ANYONE ELSE BELIEF OR FLAWS OR PRIVACY ; QURAN 49;12وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا

Translation is “do not spy or backbite each other.———

9)-       NON MUSLIMS ARE NOT TO BE COERCED BY ANY MEANS TO ENTER ISLAM ,Quran 2;256

لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

translation” no compulsion in the religion———-

10)-     Prophet say in Hadith

الدين النصيحة,

translation “Religion is advice” , & I see it as one of the few hadith guessed to be true because it fully complies with Quran , where the prophet has summarized the religion in one word “advice”