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The Ruling Regarding Idols in Islaam

 

 

By: Darul Ilm

 

 

 

 

  1. People have asked about the ruling regarding destroying statues, so In-Shaa Allaah what will follow will be some info regarding that (1)

     

     

    The Verdict:

     

 

 

 

 

  1. Firstly: Destroying idols was one of the duties of Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam, and the Sahaabah followed that way too (2)

 

 

 

 

  1. Secondly: It is the viewpoint of the Madhaahib to destroy idols/statues, and the Ummah as a whole, excluding the modernist deviants (3)

 

 

 

 

  1. Thirdly: It is not a new ruling, but rather it comes already from the time of Ibraaheem `Alayhis Salaam who destroyed idols. (4)

     

     

     

    Proof from Ahaadeeth and the Sunnah:

     

 

 

 

 

  1. In a lengthy Hadeeth on how Hadhrat `Amr Ibn `Abasah Radhiallaahu `Anhu accepted Islaam, one of the questions he asked was... (1)

 

 

 

 

  1. "What is a Nabi?" Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam responded: "Allaah sent me" to which he asked: "With what were you sent?" (2)

 

 

 

 

  1. Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam replied: "He sent me with up-keeping family ties, and to destroy idols...." Saheeh Muslim (3)

 

 

 

 

  1. In arabic: وما نبي؟ قال: «أرسلني الله»، فقلت: وبأي شيء أرسلك، قال: «أرسلني بصلة الأرحام، وكسر الأوثان، وأن يوحد الله لا يشرك به شي (4)

 

 

 

 

  1. Regarding idols, if it's in peoples (dhimmis) homes, or like jesus idols in churches, then those are left, but any public ones are to be destroyed.

     

    1. Commenting on the Aayah "Wa qul jaa'al haqqu wa zahaqal baatil" Imaam Al-Qurtubi Rahimahullaah says: (1)

     

    1. "In this Aayah is proof of destroying idols when you overcome them (i.e. the enemy)." (2)

     

    1. Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam sent Hadhrat Jareer Ibn `Abdillaah Radhiallaahu `anhu to yemen to destroy the idol Dhul Khalasah.

     

    1. Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam sent Hadhrat Khaalid Ibn al-Waleed Radhiallaahu `Anhu to Nakhlah to destroy the idol Al-`Uzzaa.

     

    1. Hadhrat Mugheerah ibn Shu`bah and hadhrat Abu Sufyaan Radhiallaahu `Anhumaa were sent to Taa'if to destroy the idol Al-Laat.

     

    1. Hadhrat `Ali Radhiallaahu `Anhu was sent to the tribe of Tay to destroy their idol Al-Fulus.

     

    1. Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam sent Hadhrat `Amr Ibn Al-`Aas Radhiallaahu `Anhu to destroy the idol Suwaa`.


    1. Hadhrat Tufayl Ibn `Amr Radhiallaahu `Anhu was sent to the tribe of Dows to destroy their idol Dhul Kaffayn.

       

      1. Hadhrat Sa`d Ibn Zayd Radhiallaahu `Anhu was sent to al-Mushallal to destroy the idol Manaat.

       

      1. We additionally know of the hundreds of idols destroyed by Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam on the conquest of Makkah.

       

      1. So this was the way of Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam and the Sahaabah regarding treatment of idols.

       

      1. If someone says: "The sahaabah never destroyed idols!" Then i will ask: "Name me one single idol they passed and did not destroy?" (1)

       

      1. If they say "the sphinx for example", then that was already covered in sand before even the time of `Eesaa `Alayhis Salaam (2)

       

      1. The sphinx and the pyramids etc were only excavated less than 200 years ago, so at the time of the Sahaabah they were buried in sand (3)

       

    1. Were it to have been open back then, then even without the help of explosives, the Sahaabah would have made a plan to destroy it all. (4)

     

    1. Hadhrat `Ali Radhiallaahu `Anhu narrates that Rasoolullaah Sallallaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam sent him on a mission saying: (1)

       

    1. "Do not leave an idol without destroying it, nor a raised grave without leveling it." Saheeh Muslim. (2)

     

     

     

    Proof from the Four Madhaahib

     

     

    Hanafi Madhab:


    1. Let us now turn to the books of Fiqh and see what the Fuqahaa have said regarding idols, starting with the Hanafi madhab.

     

    1. The Hanafis: Imaam As-Sarakhsi Rahimahullaah says in Sharh Siyar Al-Kabeer: "If amongst the booty a cross of gold or silver is found... (1)

     

    1. ...Or an idol, or a Dirham or Deenaar which has pictures on it, then it is the duty of the Imaam to break it all." (2)

     

    1. In Fataawaa Al-Hindiyyah it says: "If gold or silver necklaces are found in the booty and it has crosses or pictures on it, then.... (1)

     

    1. ....Then it should first be broken before being distributed." (2)

     

     

    Maaliki Madhab:


    1. The Maalikis: I had listed Imaam Al-Qurtubi Rahimahullaah's view on Aayah 81 of Surah Al-Israa, saying that it's proof for breaking idols.

     

     

     

    Shaafi`i Madhab:

     

     

    1. The Shaafi`is: Imaam Ibn `Abdis Salaam Rahimahullaah mentions in Qawaa`idul Ahkaam Fee Masaalihil Anaam, he gives the example of Jihaad (1)

     

    1. Saying: "There are three rights in this regard, first is Allaah's right, which is that Kufr be eradicated and removed from the hearts (2)

     

    1. Hearts of the Kuffaar, and from their tongues as well. As well as destroying their churches, crosses and idols." (3)

     

    1. Imaam Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami Rahimahullaah says in Tuhfatul Muhataaj: "Idols, crosses, tools of futility (e.g. musical instruments) and... (1)

     

    1. And prohibited containers. There is nothing to be paid by the one who breaks it, because it is an obligation upon the one who can do it" (2)

     

    1. Imaam Zakariyyaa Al-Ansaari Rahimahullaah says in Asnaa Al-Mataalib: "It is obligatory upon a Mukallaf that's able, to destroy idols."


     

    Hanbali Madhab:

     

    1. Lastly the Hanbalis: Imaam Al-Mardaawi Rahimahullaah says in Al-Insaaf Fee Ma`rifatir Raajihi Minal Khilaaf: on the topic of breaking... (1)

 

  1. Breaking certain things and not being liable to pay anything: "Similarly (one can break) sticks (a musical instrument), drums.... (2)

 

  1. ....Backgammon, tools of sihr, exorcism and fortune telling, fantasy images, as well as statues and idols..." (3)

 

 

 

 

 

Darul Ilm (@darul_ilm) | Twitter

  1. So that then are the views of the four Madhaahib. And as you can see, there is no place anywhere in Islaam for idols. And Allaah Knows Best

     

     

     

     

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