Explanation of The Nullifiers of Islam pdf

Explanation of The Nullifiers of Islam

EXPLANATION OF THE NULLIFIERS OF ISLAM

THE FIRST NULLIFIER 

Know that the Nullifiers of Islaam are ten. 

First: Shirk (associating partners in the worship of Allaah. Allaah says: “Verily, Allaah does not forgive that partners be associated with Him in worship (i.e. Shirk), but He forgives what is less than that to whom He wills.” (Surah An-Nisaa: 116] 

And He says: “Verily, the one who mixes partners in worship with Allaah (Shirk), then Paradise has been made forbidden for him and his final abode will be the Hellfire. And the wrongdoers will not have any helpers (in Hell).” (Surah Al Maa’idah: 72] 

What falls into this is performing sacrifices to someone other than Allaah, such as the person who offers a sacrifice to the Jinn or to a grave. 

All praise be to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds, and may the peace and blessings be on the most noble of Prophets and Messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and on his family and all of his Companions. To Proceed: 

These are the ten Nullifiers of Islaam, which the Imaam and the Mujaddid, Shaikh Muhammad bin ‘Abdil-Wahhaab (rahimahullaah) has mentioned. They are the things that invalidate Islaam.

They have been called “Nullifiers” because if a person commits any one of them, his Islaam and Religion become cancelled, and he goes from being a Muslim and a believer to being from among those who commit Shirk and worship idols.

We ask Allaah for His Safety and Protection. 

These Nullifiers and Invalidators cancel out one’s Religion, Tawheed and Eemaan, just as the nullifiers of Purity cancels out one’s state of purity.

So if a person has just performed wudoo (ablution) and is in a state of purity, then he breaks his wudoo by urinating, defecating or passing wind, his state of (ritual) purity has been nullified and invalidated.

And he goes on to being in a state of (ritual) impurity after having been in a state of purity.

Such is the case with the Muslim, the believer and the one who affirms Tawheed (Muwahhid) – if he commits any of these Nullifiers of Islaam, his Islaam and Religion becomes invalidated and he becomes an idol worshiper, from amongst the idol worshippers, after having been from amongst the Muslims.

And if he dies while in this condition, he will then become from the inhabitants of the Hellfire. 

Explanation of “The Nullifiers of Islaam” – By Shaikh ‘Abdul- Azeez Ar-Raajihee 

If a person meets his Lord whilst possessing these forms of Shirk (mixing partners with Allaah), Allaah will not forgive him, as Allaah says: 

إن الله لا يغفر أن يشرك به ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشاء 

“Verily, Allaah does not forgive that partners be associated with Him in worship (i.e. Shirk), but He forgives what is less than that to whom He wills.” [Surah An Nisaa: 116] 

Shirk causes all of one’s good deeds to be cancelled out as well. Allaah says: 

ولو أشركوا لحبط عنهم ما كانوا يعملون ( 

“And had they mixed partners in worship with Allaah (i.e. committed Shirk), they would have cancelled out (all the good of) what they used to do.” [Surah Al An’aam: 88] 

And He says: 

وقدمنا إلى ما عملوا من عمل فجعله هباء منثورا 

“And We will turn to what they used to perform of deeds and turn them into particles of dust floating in the air.” [Surah Al-Furqaan: 23] 

Paradise is forbidden for the one who commits Shirk, as Allaah says: 

“Verily, the one who mixes partners in worship with Allaah (Shirk), then Paradise has been made forbidden for him and his final abode will be the Hellfire. And the wrongdoers will not have any helpers (in Hell).” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 72] 

Therefore, Shirk wipes out all of one’s good deeds and it takes the one who commits it out of the fold of Islaam.

It leads one to abide in the Hellfire forever, and makes 

den for the one who meets Allaah with it. We ask Allaah to guard and protect us. These are the Nullifiers. The first of them is Shirk, mixing partners in the worship of Allaah.

 So whoever mixes partners with Allaah in any of the various forms of worship, then he has nullified his Islaam and Religion.

Examples of this, is such as when someone supplicates or calls unto other than Allaah or when someone sacrifices an animal to other than Allaah. 

This is the example the author has given, saying: “What falls into this is performing sacrifices to someone other than Allaah, such as the person who offers a sacrifice to the Jinn or to a grave” or to the Messenger or to one of the angels and so on. More examples are such as when someone makes an oath to other than Allaah, or bows and prostrates to other than Allaah, or when someone makes Tawaaf (circumambulation) around other than the House of Allaah, seeking nearness to Allaah by doing that, or any other form of Shirk.

So if someone amongst the created beings commits Shirk in his worship of Allaah, his Islaam and Religion become nullified. This is the first Nullifier. We ask Allaah to save and protect us from it. 

Explanation of “The Nullifiers of Islaam” – By Shaikh ‘Abdul-Azeez Ar-Raajihee 

THE SECOND NULLIFIER 

Second: Whoever places intermediaries between himself and Allaah, calling unto them and asking intercession from them, and seeking reliance in them, has committed disbelief according to the unanimous agreement (Ijmaa). 

This Second Nullifier is a form of Shirk. Shirk is a general term, but this act is more specific, which is why the author has mentioned it here, even though it falls under the meaning of the First Nullifier.

Nevertheless it is specific, such as when a person places the intermediary of (Prophet) Muhammad between himself and Allaah and calls unto him, saying: “O Muhammad, Assist me!” or “O Muhammad, intercede for me before my Lord!” So he places Muhammad (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) as an intermediary between himself and Allaah.

Or he places one of the angels or a walee (close friend of Allaah) or a Jinn or a grave (as an intermediary) or he supplicates to the sun or the moon, thus making them intermediaries between himself and Allaah.

So he supplicates to these things until they become intermediaries between himself and Allaah; or he sacrifices an animal to them or makes an oath to them or calls to them, so that there can be an intermediary between himself and Allaah.

 But yet all the while he claims that this brings him closer to Allaah, as Allaah says: 

“And those who take supporters besides Allaah, they say: ‘We don’t worship them except for the purpose of bringing us closer to Allaah.” [Surah Az-Zumar: 3] 

But Allaah declares them disbelievers and liars because of this statement (of theirs). 

“Verily, Allaah will judge between them concerning what they used to differ in. Surely, Allaah does not guide he who is a liar, and a hardened disbeliever.” [Surah Az-Zumar: 3] So they are liars because of this statement (of theirs) and they are disbelievers because of this action. 

Allaah says: 

“And they worship besides Allaah that which can neither harm them nor benefit them, and they say: ‘These are our intercessors before Allaah.” [Surah Yoonus: 18] So whoever places intermediaries between himself and Allaah that he supplicates to or offers sacrifices to or makes oaths to or seeks reliance in, then he is indeed a disbeliever, according to the unanimous agreement of the Muslims. We ask Allaah to guard and protect us. 

Explanation of “The Nullifiers of Islaam” – By Shaikh ‘Abdul-Azeez Ar-Raajihee 

THE THIRD NULLIFIER 

Third: Whoever does not hold the polytheists to be disbelievers, or has doubts about their disbelief or considers their ways and beliefs to be correct, has committed disbelief. 

explanation 

What this Nullifier means is: that one does not believe that the polytheists are upon disbelief. The term “polytheists” is general and includes all of the various types of disbelievers. Therefore, every disbeliever is a polytheist. So whoever does not hold a disbeliever to be as such, then he himself is a disbeliever, just like him.

Whoever does not consider the Jews or the Christians or the Magians (Majoos) or the idol worshippers or the hypocrites or the Communists to be disbelievers then he himself is a disbeliever.

 The same goes for one who has doubt about their disbelief, such as one who says: “I’m not sure, it is possible that the Jews may be upon truth.”

Or he may say: “It’s alright for humans to practice the Judaic faith or the Christian faith or the Islamic faith – they are all heavenly religions” as some people today) do, calling to the coming together of the three religions. Whoever holds this belief is a disbeliever.

 One must believe that the Jews are disbelievers and that they are upon a false religion.

And he must free himself from them and their Religion and hate and make enmity with them for the sake of Allaah. Likewise, with the Christians, one must hold that they are disbelievers. And the same goes with the idol worshippers, the Majoos and all the other different types of disbelievers. 

Likewise, one commits disbelief if he doubts whether they are disbelievers, such as when someone says: “I don’t know if the Jews are disbelievers or not, they may be upon truth.” This person has committed disbelief. One must have determination and firmly hold that they are upon disbelief. 

Similar to this is when one holds their ways and beliefs to be correct, such as by saying: “They are upon a correct religion” or “a true religion.” Such a person becomes a disbeliever just like them. 

The reason for this is because anyone that doesn’t hold the polytheists to be disbelievers, he hasn’t disbelieved in the Taaghoot (false gods/religions). And there can be no Tawheed (Belief in One God) except with two things: (1) Believing in Allaah, and (2) Disbelieving in the Taaghoot (false deities/religions).

So whoever doesn’t hold the polytheists and the Jews and the Christians to be disbelievers, he hasn’t rejected the false deities/religions (i.e. Taaghoot). So his Tawheed is not valid and he has no Eemaan. Therefore two things are required for Tawheed: (1) Rejection of the 

Taaghoot and (2) Belief in Allaah. This is found in the Statement of Tawheed: Laa llaaha IllaaAllaah (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allaah). Laa Ilaaha (There is no deity worthy of worship):

 This is a Rejection of the Taaghoot. IllaaAllaah {Except Allaah}: This is Belief in Allaah. This is since Laa llaaha IllaaAllaah negates all of the different forms of worship done for other than Allaah 

Disbelieving in the Taaghoot means rejecting and negating worship that is performed to other than Allaah, absolving oneself from it and from its people and showing enmity to them.

 This is what Disbelieving in the Taaghoot means. So enmity towards the polytheists and hatred for them for the sake of Allaah is required. Allaah says about Ibraaheem: 

“You indeed have a good example in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah. We have rejected you and there has appeared hostility and hatred between us and you forever until you believe in Allaah alone.” [Surah Al Mumtahanah: 4] 

This is the Haneefiyyah (upright religion), the religion of Ibraaheem – that you worship Allaah sincerely making the religion solely for Him and that you absolve yourself from worshipping anything besides Allaah, rejecting it and hating it, whilst loathing and having enmity for its people. 

THE FOURTH NULLIFIER 

Fourth: Whoever believes that some guidance other than that of the Prophet’s (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is more complete than his guidance and that someone else’s judgement is better than his judgement, such as the one who prefers the judgement of the Tawaagheet (pl. of Taaghoot; false deities/religions) over his judgement, then he is a disbeliever. 

explanation 

Whoever believes that there is some guidance better than the guidance of the Prophet, such as by saying:

 “The way of the philosophers, the Sabians and the Sufis is better than the way of Muhammad” or “There is guidance in this way” or “It is like the guidance of the Prophet.” Such a person that says this is a disbeliever.

This is because there is no guidance that is better than the guidance of Allaah’s Messenger, since he does not speak from his desire rather it is only revelation that has been sent down to him.

So whoever says that there is a guidance better than the guidance of the Messenger of Allaah or similar to it, such as by him practicing or seeking a way towards Allaah through the philosophical or Sabian or Sufi way, then such a person is a disbeliever, an apostate. 

Likewise, when someone believes that there is a judgement that is better than the judgement of the Prophet, such as when one believes that ruling by man made laws is 

than ruling by the Sharee’ah (Divine Legislation), this person is an apostate according to the unanimous agreement of the Muslims.

The same goes for if one believes that ruling by man made laws is similar to ruling by the Sharee’ah, as he also commits disbelief. Similarly, if he believes that ruling by the Sharee’ah is better than ruling by man made laws, however it is permissible to rule by man made laws, such as by him saying: “People have free choice –

 it is permissible for one to rule by man made laws and it is permissible for him to rule by the Sharee’ah, however the Sharee’ah is better”, then such a person has committed disbelief according to the consensus of the Muslims. People do not have free choice in this matter. And this person has rejected something that is known from the Religion by necessity 

So ruling by the Sharee’ah is an obligation upon everyone. But yet this person is saying: “It is not obligatory, it is permissible for people to rule by man-made laws.” Such a person is a disbeliever, even if he says: “The Divine Laws (Sharee’ah) are better.” 

So based on this, if someone rules by man-made laws and believes that they are better than ruling by the Sharee’ah, he has disbelieved. And if he rules by man-made