How can there be Muslim polytheists when Islam is clear about believing in the One and Absolute True Living Sovereign GOD Almighty and associating no partners with Him?
The answer is: Modern Muslim fanatics today are falling into the same satanic trap that Christians had fallen into. They lift and glorify some Muslim figures to a degree where these figures become holy. Not only that, but many Muslim fanatics do kill other Muslims for the sake of those figures, such as Shias and Sunnis blowing up each others' Mosques in Pakistan because they disagree on who should've been the first Caliph in Islam.
Let us examine both Sunnis and Shias to see exactly what I mean:
In the case of the Sunnis, I was personally told a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist before that anyone who curses or opposes any of the three Caliphs (Prophet Muhammad's disciples) Abu Baker, Omar or Uthman is an "infidel" who's blood becomes lawful; meaning it's ok to kill him. Even though, it is not allowed to kill an innocent soul in Islam, even if the person is not a Muslim.
Also, please visit: The laws for murder in Islam.
What does Allah Almighty say about Justice for all in an Islamic State?
I was told by another Sunni fundamentalist that we should live exactly in the same exact way as the Prophet and his disciples lived. We should dress like them, eat like them and live like them. Our argument was on whether Muslim men should be allowed to wear suites and ties as Westerners do or not? And when I told him that why should we live like them when they existed 1500 years ago and our life today is different? Why should we ignore the current life style and not take full advantage of the technologies that exist today to our benefit? His response to me was: "Don't you think that if Allah wanted to make the cloths of today lawful, He could've made the Muslims have them 1500 years ago?" I mean how can you possibly have a more ridiculous and stupid response than this?
In the case of the Shias, they believe in the "perfect, sinless and infallible" imams or leaders. A Shia Imam, a man created from dust, does not sin, and he does not make mistakes. He is perfect! I mean it's one thing to follow the law and be a good and obedient citizen, but it's completely another thing to consider your head of state a perfect, sinless and infallible person.
This is exactly what I am talking about. Some Muslims go way too far beyond the limits and lift the status of people who were created from dust. I am afraid this is polytheism by itself! I am afraid this is associating partners with Allah Almighty and glorifying them, especially that Allah Almighty Said:
"If God were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily God has in His sight all His Servants. (The Noble Quran, 35:45)"
"If Allah were to punish Men for their wrongdoing, He would not leave, on the (earth), A single living creature: But He gives them respite For a stated Term: When their Term expires, They would not be able To delay (the punishment) For a single hour, just as They would not be able To anticipate it (for a single hour). (The Noble Quran, 16:61)"
I would like for any Muslim Sunni or Muslim Shia to tell me if Allah Almighty would leave on the face of the earth any of the Disciples or Imams alive if He were to punish Mankind for their sins.
The Jews had fell into the same sin many Muslims are falling into today, and Allah Almighty considered them as "polytheists".
I have written the following on my Message Board at: http://www.answering-christianity.com/cgi-bin/message_board_islam/read_post.cgi?file_name=7/3.txt
Here is a Hadith (Saying of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him) that prohibits exaggeration in praising and glorification of others:
Narrated 'Umar: "I heard the Prophet saying, 'Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.' (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Prophets, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 654)"
While the Hadith here is talking about Prophet Muhammad only, but the wisdom behind and the bottom line of it is that any exaggeration in praising men created from dust is a sin!
The Jews had fell into this very sin before. Here is what Allah Almighty said about them:
"The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! (The Noble Quran, 9:30)"
"They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of God, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One God: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (The Noble Quran, 9:31)"
While the Jews are not trinitarians as most Christians are, but they still had fell into the sin of polytheism by glorifying men created from dust. All they had to do is elate their priests and anchorites to a higher level than they deserve.
The Sunni Muslims do fall into this sin as well! Those from the Sunnis who blow up Shia Mosques just because Shias disagree with the political views of the first three Caliphs and how they handled certain situations in the past, 1500 years ago, is a BIG CRIME AND POSSIBLY A POLYTHEISM (shirk)!
Those of the Sunni Muslims that do that, along with the Shias that flog themselves with metal chains until they bleed to praise and glorify men created from dust are AS MUCH SINFUL AS THE JEWS WHOM ALLAH ALMIGHTY CURSED IN THE NOBLE QURAN AND CONSIDERED AS POLYTHEISTS, EVEN THOUGH JUDAISM HAS NO FORM OF POLYTHEISM IN IT.
Again, remember that Allah Almighty Said:
"If God were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily God has in His sight all His Servants. (The Noble Quran, 35:45)"
"If Allah were to punish Men for their wrongdoing, He would not leave, on the (earth), A single living creature: But He gives them respite For a stated Term: When their Term expires, They would not be able To delay (the punishment) For a single hour, just as They would not be able To anticipate it (for a single hour). (The Noble Quran, 16:61)"
Again, I would like for any Muslim Sunni or Muslim Shia to tell me if Allah Almighty would leave on the face of the earth any of the Disciples or Imams alive if He were to punish Mankind for their sins.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/muslim_polytheists.htm
Let us examine both Sunnis and Shias to see exactly what I mean:
In the case of the Sunnis, I was personally told a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist before that anyone who curses or opposes any of the three Caliphs (Prophet Muhammad's disciples) Abu Baker, Omar or Uthman is an "infidel" who's blood becomes lawful; meaning it's ok to kill him. Even though, it is not allowed to kill an innocent soul in Islam, even if the person is not a Muslim.
Also, please visit: The laws for murder in Islam.
What does Allah Almighty say about Justice for all in an Islamic State?
I was told by another Sunni fundamentalist that we should live exactly in the same exact way as the Prophet and his disciples lived. We should dress like them, eat like them and live like them. Our argument was on whether Muslim men should be allowed to wear suites and ties as Westerners do or not? And when I told him that why should we live like them when they existed 1500 years ago and our life today is different? Why should we ignore the current life style and not take full advantage of the technologies that exist today to our benefit? His response to me was: "Don't you think that if Allah wanted to make the cloths of today lawful, He could've made the Muslims have them 1500 years ago?" I mean how can you possibly have a more ridiculous and stupid response than this?
In the case of the Shias, they believe in the "perfect, sinless and infallible" imams or leaders. A Shia Imam, a man created from dust, does not sin, and he does not make mistakes. He is perfect! I mean it's one thing to follow the law and be a good and obedient citizen, but it's completely another thing to consider your head of state a perfect, sinless and infallible person.
This is exactly what I am talking about. Some Muslims go way too far beyond the limits and lift the status of people who were created from dust. I am afraid this is polytheism by itself! I am afraid this is associating partners with Allah Almighty and glorifying them, especially that Allah Almighty Said:
"If God were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily God has in His sight all His Servants. (The Noble Quran, 35:45)"
"If Allah were to punish Men for their wrongdoing, He would not leave, on the (earth), A single living creature: But He gives them respite For a stated Term: When their Term expires, They would not be able To delay (the punishment) For a single hour, just as They would not be able To anticipate it (for a single hour). (The Noble Quran, 16:61)"
I would like for any Muslim Sunni or Muslim Shia to tell me if Allah Almighty would leave on the face of the earth any of the Disciples or Imams alive if He were to punish Mankind for their sins.
The Jews had fell into the same sin many Muslims are falling into today, and Allah Almighty considered them as "polytheists".
I have written the following on my Message Board at: http://www.answering-christianity.com/cgi-bin/message_board_islam/read_post.cgi?file_name=7/3.txt
Here is a Hadith (Saying of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him) that prohibits exaggeration in praising and glorification of others:
Narrated 'Umar: "I heard the Prophet saying, 'Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.' (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Prophets, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 654)"
While the Hadith here is talking about Prophet Muhammad only, but the wisdom behind and the bottom line of it is that any exaggeration in praising men created from dust is a sin!
The Jews had fell into this very sin before. Here is what Allah Almighty said about them:
"The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! (The Noble Quran, 9:30)"
"They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of God, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One God: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (The Noble Quran, 9:31)"
While the Jews are not trinitarians as most Christians are, but they still had fell into the sin of polytheism by glorifying men created from dust. All they had to do is elate their priests and anchorites to a higher level than they deserve.
The Sunni Muslims do fall into this sin as well! Those from the Sunnis who blow up Shia Mosques just because Shias disagree with the political views of the first three Caliphs and how they handled certain situations in the past, 1500 years ago, is a BIG CRIME AND POSSIBLY A POLYTHEISM (shirk)!
Those of the Sunni Muslims that do that, along with the Shias that flog themselves with metal chains until they bleed to praise and glorify men created from dust are AS MUCH SINFUL AS THE JEWS WHOM ALLAH ALMIGHTY CURSED IN THE NOBLE QURAN AND CONSIDERED AS POLYTHEISTS, EVEN THOUGH JUDAISM HAS NO FORM OF POLYTHEISM IN IT.
Again, remember that Allah Almighty Said:
"If God were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily God has in His sight all His Servants. (The Noble Quran, 35:45)"
"If Allah were to punish Men for their wrongdoing, He would not leave, on the (earth), A single living creature: But He gives them respite For a stated Term: When their Term expires, They would not be able To delay (the punishment) For a single hour, just as They would not be able To anticipate it (for a single hour). (The Noble Quran, 16:61)"
Again, I would like for any Muslim Sunni or Muslim Shia to tell me if Allah Almighty would leave on the face of the earth any of the Disciples or Imams alive if He were to punish Mankind for their sins.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/muslim_polytheists.htm
