WORM IN THE AKHBARI THEORY
The Akhbari shia school of thought has
many serious holes in the basic principles of their faith. One of the dangerous
hole is their belief that action (amal) is not a part of faith. They preach
this concept vehemently and say that
only faith is enough to get you deliverance (najat).In exceptional cases ,where
a person has accepted faith at end of his life, it is mentioned that a true
faith makes you liable for the reward of all the good deeds .But exception is
not the rule. The president of India has the right to pardon a person who has
been sentenced to death penalty or life imprisonment and many people has been saved
by this clause of the Indian constitution, but this does not makes it a rule.
According to Holy Quran and hadith faith
and action are like twins and one is not accepted without the other. The famous
surah-Asr of the Holy Quran goes as follows,
“By the time! Man is in loss except
those who believe and do good deeds and preach the truth(haq) and preach
patience (sabr).
According to the above great surah only
those who believe and act will be successful. Doing good deeds, preaching truth
and preaching patience come under action. But the Akhbaris do not accept this
and what they accept is that only faith can make you a great man and even get
you paradise. This belief of the Akhbaris is totally against the Holy Quran and
the teaching of the Prophet and his holy family (ahlulbaith).There are hundred
of verses of the holy Quran which clearly say that faith and action are
required for deliverance. Regarding faith and action Imam Ali (as) says,
“Good deeds are evidence of faith and
faith is the evidence of good deeds.”
Nahjulbalagha: Sermon-154
According to the above great saying of
Imam Ali (as) if you have faith you will do good deeds and if you are doing
good deeds you have faith. If you are not doing good deeds your faith is not
proved. And your doing good deeds is a proof that you have faith. A man once
asked the Holy Prophet (saw) that how he should be convinced that he has faith
(iman) to which the Holy Prophet (saw) replied,
“ If you are feeling happy after doing a
good action and feeling sorry after doing an evil action then it is a proof
that you have faith.”
From the above hadith of the Holy
Prophet (saw) it is clear that a man who is not feeling sorry for the evil
deeds committed by him is a faithless man and on the same line, a man who does
not feels happy on doing good deeds is also a faithless
man. The excitement which you feel while doing a good action is a proof that
you have faith. And the excitement which you feel while doing an evil action is
a proof that you are a faithless person.
Faith and action, like a lock and a key,
are independent principles which together make a whole. Faith and action
together make a whole called religion. A religion which does not prescribes
good action to its followers is not a religion at all. A lock without a key is
of no use except that you can use it to break your head or the heads of others.
And only a key without a lock is of no use except to scratch your………………. .
Imam Ali (as) says : “ Faith
and action are twin brothers and companions who do not part away;Allah does not
accepts one without its counterpart.”
Book: Ghorar al Hikam-chapter –Faith.
The Akhbaris claim that they follow only
Quran and hadith. But the above verses of the Holy Quran and the hadith which I
have quoted are enough to prove that they do not follow any one of them. They
follow the teachings of Mr.Riyazuddin Haider Jaffari and are doing his taqleed vehemently.
A believer has to obey Allah and not any x,y and z. Imam Ali (as) says
“ A friend of Muhammad is he who obeys
Allah, even though he may have no blood relationship with him and the enemy of
Muhammad is the one who disobeys Allah even though he may be related to him
(saw) by blood.”
Nahjulbalagha: Saying -95 (in urdu 96)
According to the above saying of Imam
Ali (as) if you are not doing deeds made obligatory by Allah you are an enemy
of Muhammad (saw).Now, has anyone got guts to say that action is not required
to get deliverance? A faith without action is no faith at all because Imam Ali
(as) says,
“ Faith is acknowledging with tongue and
acting with limbs.”
Book: Nahjulbalagha, Ghorar al Hikam
If you are not doing good actions with
your limbs you have no faith at all. You are a disbeliever when you say that
action is not a part of faith in the sense that you can get deliverance without
action (as a rule).Exceptions are there wherein a person accepted true faith
and did not have time to perform good deeds and died immediately. For such
people Imam Ali (as) said,
“Any one of you who dies in his bed while he
had knowledge of the rights of Allah and
the rights of his Prophet and member’s of Prophet’s house (ahlulbaith) would
die as martyr.His reward is due on Allah.He is eligible to the recompense of
what good acts he has intended to do.Since his intention takes the place of
drawing the sword.Certainly for everything there is a time and a limit.”
Nahjulbalagha:Sermon-188- last para
Imam Ali (as): “ You should practice patience
because patience is for faith what the head is for the body, so that just as
there is no good in a body without the head there is no good in faith without
patience.” Nahjulbalagha: Saying-82
Islam and faith are two sides of the same
coin called religion (deen). If you accept Islam and follow it you will have faith.
Imam Ali (as) says,
“ I am defining Islam as no one has
defined before me-Islam is submission, submission is conviction, conviction is
affirmation, affirmation is acknowledgement, acknowledgement is discharge of
obligations, and discharge of obligations is action.” Nahjulbalagha: Saying-124
It means discharge of obligation is
Islam and discharging of obligation is action (amal).Hence, action is the
proof of faith and faith is the proof of
action (Islam).
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