Al-Risala (English), August 1989
Al-Risala (English), August 1989, p. 9
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Having bad relations with anyone is no reason to deny him his rights.
1989 8 August 9 Having bad relations with anyone is no reason to deny him his rights. (49) Umer ibn Khattab once told a certain person that he had no love for him. “But will you deprive me of my rights?” asked the man. Umer said that he would not. “That is enough for me; it is only women who need to be loved,” replied the man.
How saint-worship gradually turns into idol-worship
1989 8 August 9 How saint-worship gradually turns into idol-worship (157) Several idols which were worshipped by Noah’s people – Wood, Suva, Yaghuth, Yauq and Nasr–are mentioned in the Quran. Ibn Jareer al Tabari has related a tradition on the authority of Mohammad Ibn Qays to the effect that these idols were named after certain saints of ancient times. These were pious men who had lived in the period between Adam and Noah. They had many followers in their lifetime, and when they died these followers said if they were to construct images of their heroes, it would inspire them in their worship of God. They then proceeded to do so. When the next generation made its appearance, Satan introduced another idea: that their forefathers had not just been using these statues as a focus of worship–they had actually been worshipping them as idols. It was these idols who made the rain fall and, in fact, accomplished everything. That was how idol worship started.
(Ibn Kathir, Tafseer)
