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Why Does Quran Take Oath Of Things Other Than Allah When It Is A Big Sin For Us
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Hello there, My question is that there is a Hadith that is mentioned
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever swears by other than Allah has committed an act of idolatry.”
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3251
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
Hadith on Oaths: Swearing by other than Allah an act of idolatry
But we see that some places in Quran where Allah is swearing by other things. How can we reconcile between the two?
I saw in an article in Islamqa where they said that Allah is the Lord so he can swear by anything He wants, but we being the creation can only swear by Allah. But this opinion raises a question in mind that Allah hates Shirk, so how can something which is shirk in itself, why would Allah associate something else with Him?
Somewhere else it was said that it is actually a style of communication that Allah did, when he swears by other things, but actually here the word Lord or Rabb is omitted as a style of communication. But the real meaning of it would be the Lord of those things by which the oath is taken.
And lastly, if this prohibition comes to us only through ahadith, then again doesnt it change the perspective that hadith does not tell us about new law or anything new into religion (addition or subtraction). Because we don’t see this thing in ijma of Ummah and tawattur as well. This question is very concerning!
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Why Does Quran Take Oath Of Things Other Than Allah When It Is A Big Sin For Us
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This is a very specific literary style of Quranic Arabic and is not the same as Oath taken on Allah’s name or on anyone else’s name for that matter.
Detailed study of Quranic Oaths and academic elucidation of this specific literary style in classical Arabic of Quran was one of the major breakthroughs of Imam Farahi and a great contribution in undertanding Quran.
To read complete journal of Imam Farahi on Quranic Oaths, please refer to the following links:
– Urdu:
– English:
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For a summary on what this literary style of Quran entails, please refer to the video below from 2:30 to 27:31
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@uq4454819 okay sir, but what about this strong prohibition that it mounts to Shirk , if this comes to us only through hadith, then again it might challenge the opinion about hadith.
Similarly ruling RiyaKari (show off) being Shirk in Hadiths, while i guess in Quran it was discussed as a behavior of hypocrites that they used to do this, but this behavior itself being Haram and to such an extent being Shirk! Doesn’t it only comes to us through hadith?
The narrative of Ghamidi Sahab on Hadith is strong but through some aspects it becomes challenged etc.
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There are three tiers to Polytheism:
1) Polytheism itself as a creed (i.e. to regard someone to have the same genre as that of God or to regard God to have the same genre as someone or to regard someone to have a role in creation or in running the affairs of the creatures and in this manner make someone God’s peer to some extent or another).
2) Polytheism as an application of that creeed (e.g. wahdat al-wujud, beliefs regarding Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in Hinduism, Charms and amulets which depict requests of help from Satan or Angels, Swearing an oath by someone other than Allah etc.)
3) Polytheistic attitudes that have a reflection of Polytheism or may lead to Polytheism but are not originally polytheism themselves (e.g. Showing off/Rayakari, superstitions etc.).
Quran has condemned polytheism as a creed so vehemently that there remains no doubt it is the biggest of all sins in the eyes of Allah. In addition to this, Quran has discussed certain applied matters and certain polytheistic attitudes in this regard. Since the matter of application is very diverse and new forms can emerge with time, so considering the sensitivity towards Polytheism, Prophet Muhammad (sws) has also identified certain prominent applied matters in this regard and certain polytheistic attitudes as well. This is similar to how Prophet (sws) identified applied matters in other domains of religion as well, for example, in case of zina, he pointed towards certains acts which should be refrained from as Sadd-e-Zaria. This is not equivalent to adding new directive in religion, rather it is the application of the same directive as mentioned in Quran. In the absence of a prophet, a scholar in today’s time will do the same to new applied situations of polytheism.
Oath of things other than Allah falls in the second tier of applied matters and show off (rayakari) falls in third tier belonging to polytheistic attitudes.
(Complete Discussion on Polytheism: Discussion 37171)
For Summary:
Please refer to the video below from 27:28 to 39:58 (Oaths other than Quran – 29:18 to 32:02, Showing off – 36:11 to 39:58)
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I’d request you to refer to the following thread containing the text and videos (videos provided at the end) which discuss the most significant cases presented by Scholars where general belief is that Hadith has either added something or abrogated something from a Quranic directive, but Ghamidi Sahab has proved it to be otherwise:
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