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Topic: The term Tazkiyah
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Abu Fatimah al engleezi
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Assalamu Alaykum
On the bookstore website the term for purification is tazkiyah and I wondered if it is ok to use this term to mean purification.
Also the sufis use the term tassawuf. I wondered if this term is good or not or if we dont use it simply because the sufis have "claimed" it. I have seen claims that the four imams talked about sufism in a god way and I have equally seen them talk about it in a bad way so I wondered was teh term tazkiyah translated to mean sufism in these claims and were they refferring to the mushrik mubtadi sufis in their disaproval of it. Another claimed that imam Shaafi (RA) said that there is no islam without sufism and that kind of thing so an in depth explanation of this issue would be much appreciated.
Jazakum Allahu Khayrun
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| Moosaa
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Abul-'Abbaas Moosaa ibn John Richardson
(Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
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wa 'alaykas-salaamu wa rahmatullaah.
The term "tazkiyah" is from the verb "zak-kaa yuzak-kee" and the idea of making "tazkiyah of one's nafs" is mentioned in the Qur'aan with two different ideas:
[1] Purifying one's self (or others)from shirk, insincerity and/or disobedience. (see Soorah ash-Shams, an-Naazi'aat, 'Abasa 2x, and al-A'laa for self-purification; for purifying others through teaching see: Soorah al-Jumu'ah the first verse and Aali Imraan:164)
[2] Claiming purity or piety, claiming that someone is "zakee" (see an-Najm: 32 - meaning "Do not claim that you are pure!" and Nisaa':49)
It is also used in the books of fiqh (and some angles of tafseer may support it from some verses) to refer to the payment of zakaat, fulaan yuzakkee i.e. somebody pays zakaat. This may be included in the general meaning of the first one above, since the payer of zakaat actually gets his wealth purified by the payment of the zakaat, and Allaah knows best.
So, in brief: a newsletter or or website called "tazkiyyah" is most likely claiming to pass on the teachings of the messenger of Allaah sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam, teachings that purify people of impure beliefs and practices, so there is no problem in that name, in shaa' Allaah.
As for the issue of "tasaw-wuf" then it comes from "fulaan tasaw-wafa ithaa labisa as-soof" somebody who does tasawwuf is someone who wears a woolen garment, so the people who live in cold places and wear wool jackets are mutasawwifoon, people who wear soof (wool). This was done in the early years of Islaam by ascetic Muslims who gave little concern for worldly possessions. Many of them were people of Sunnah upon the 'aqeedah of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), nothing to do with what we call today "soofees" - sects of deviation differing from the creed of the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam). They wore wool because there was little to no use for the material in hot climates and thus it was extremely cheap as a material or even free. As time went on, people who were ascetic commonly wore wool, and thus it took on a linguistic meaning that asceticism could be known by tasawwuf (the wearing of wool), and then the word tasawwuf became used to refer directly to indifference to wordly matters. It became a synonym for "zuhd" (asceticism, or indifference to or distace oneself from worldly pleasures).
So the scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah who praised someone for tasaw-wuf, they meant zuhd, not heretic beliefs, may Allaah bless you.
Now in later times, when a person leaves Ahlus-Sunnah and deviates into one of the Soofee cults, we say fulaan tasaw-wafa (taban-naa math-habas-soofiyyah), like we say tajah-hama when someone adopts the dogma of the jahmiyyah. I hope this provides some insight, and Allaah knows best.
And we should try to avoid usage of "RA" when supplicating, instead let's say "may Allaah have Mercy on him" or "rahimahullaah", since supplication is a kind of worship. May Allaah bless you.
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Abu Zubaydah Yusuf al Amriki
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Asalamu'alaykum warahmatullahi wabaraketuh...
akhi Moosaa in light of the ayat 49 from surat an-Nisa do you know or have you heard from any of the statements of the scholars does this apply to someone naming a child Zakee or Zakiyyah (ie that one should not use these names)?
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| sajid_chauhan_81
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There is a Shaykh named, Shaikh Zaki bin 'Abdir-Raheem al-Bukharee, who is brother of Shaikh 'Abdullah al-Bukharee and he has a Doctorate in Islamic Law & is a Qaadhee & Former Member of the Supreme Judiciary Committee in Riyadh.
WAllaahu aalam.
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| Moosaa
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Abul-'Abbaas Moosaa ibn John Richardson
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wa 'alaykumus-salaamu wa rahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh
The Companions had names that were praiseworthy in nature, like "'Alee" (lofty) , "Safiyyah" (pure), "Sumayyah" (lofty), and others. There is nothing at all wrong with naming someone with good names that indicate good attributes, but it is not that you are certifying or testifying that the person is pure or sincere by the name, rather it is rajaa' (hope) that the person would live up to their name. So it should be noted that there is a clear difference between naming someone with a praiseworthy attribute and actually claiming one is like that, and Allaah knows best.
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Damilola Sadiq ibn Owodunni
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assalaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,
How about the "hadeeth" where it is mentioned that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked the name of Zainab رضي الله عنها to be changed from "Birrah" to "Zainab" Is the hadeeth unauthentic?
And if it is authentic, can you please explain what you have mentioned above in the light of the hadeeth?
وجزاكم الله خيرا
سبحان الذي لا يشكر إلا بنعمة أخرى
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Abu Zubaydah Yusuf al Amriki
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barak'Allah hu feek for the insight...
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15-01-2010 @ 11:07 PM
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