Can you give examples of the words that would make man exit the religion?
Dear Brother / Sister,
Some words lead man to the abyss!
Man must be careful about the words he utters while speaking and must not dirty his tongue and heart with words contrary to belief. God forbid, he can lose his belief unknowingly.
Belief is a great center of power that gives man peace and honor, as it makes him an addressee of Allah and connects him to Allah, the sole owner of all existence. Man is connected to his Creator through belief. In this way, he becomes valuable in terms of the divine arts and the engravings of the names of God Almighty that appear in him through belief. Faithlessness breaks that bond. When the bond between man and his Lord is broken, Allah’s art on man becomes concealed.
Man is a very weak and helpless being. Most of the time, he cannot do anything about the misfortunes that hit him or others. Those misfortunes cause unbelievers or people with weak belief to be very distressed and uneasy. However, he cannot do anything when he is uneasy.
A believer who has acquired belief sees the trace and essence of divine mercy in everything. He observes Allah’s wisdom and the beauty of His justice in everything, and accepts the misfortunes coming from his Lord with complete submission and consent. He becomes resilient in the face of the difficulties of life. Such people do not show more compassion than God Almighty toward those who are subjected to various misfortunes. Thus, they spend their lives not only in the hereafter but also in this world in happiness. In addition, the most important benefit that belief gives man is that it takes people to the grave peacefully as a believer, without being caught up in the delusions of the soul and Satan. In this way, man achieves happiness in both this world and the next world.
PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORDS THAT YOU UTTER!
After acquiring belief in this way, an important step is to preserve and protect it, and to try not to harm and weaken it or to expose it to any danger. A believer must be careful about the words he utters in matters of belief, as in all matters, and must not dirty his tongue with words contrary to belief. If he utters words contrary to belief carelessly, without paying attention, without thinking about where the words lead and what consequences they will have, God forbid, he might lose his faith.
So as not to make such a mistake, he should act cleverly, carefully and meticulously; he should immediately take precautions as soon as he realizes his mistake, repent and ask for forgiveness as soon as possible, renew his belief, and start life again with a fresh belief by uttering kalima ash-shahada.
Now, let us attract attention to some words that contradict and harm belief, and damage the life of belief:
“EVEN IF ALLAH CAME, HE COULD NOT SAVE YOU FROM ME!”
It is understood that the person who utters those words without thinking and as a result of anger does not have the slightest knowledge about the might and power of Allah. First of all, Allah’s power and might have no limit or restriction... Allah’s power is infinite, limitless. “Wa huwa ala kulli shay’in qadir” that is, “He has power over all things (He is omnipotent).” This phrase is mentioned 40-50 times in the Quran.
There is nothing that is not included in the word “everything”. Those who exist in the world of existence other than Allah Himself, all of those created by Allah, all creatures we can think of are included in the scope of the word “everything”.
It is out of the question to think like this: “Allah can do this and cannot to do that; He can cope with this person but He cannot cope with that person...”.
Those statements can be said about us, human beings. For example, I can lift 10 kilos very easily; I will have a little difficulty lifting 20-30 kilos; I can hardly lift 50 kilos but I can never lift 100 kilos.
Why? Because my strength and power are limited. However, concepts such as heavy-light, big-small, more-less, up-down are not in question for God Almighty.
In the face of Allah’s power, a fly is the same as the Sun, which is one million three hundred thousand times larger than our world.
He keeps a tiny fly in the air and makes it fly as easily as He keeps the giant Sun in space and makes it rotate. It can also move the galaxy containing billions of stars around in space as easily.
In this respect, talking unknowingly, unnecessarily without thinking about what one says and saying things like “Even if Allah came, He could not save you from me” have no value and significance. This evaluation is also valid for other phrases in this article.
“THIS IS THE PLACE THAT ALLAH HAS FORGOTTEN!”
It is a very dangerous statement. Is it possible for Allah to forget? If there are two words in the world that cannot come together, they are the words “Allah” and “forgetting”.
The Quran strongly rejects the attribute of “forgetfulness” related to Allah. The Quran states the following in the words of the Prophet Musa (Moses):
“The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets.” (Taha, 20/52)
The Quran expresses the following fact in the words of Jibril (Gabriel):
“We descend not but by command of thy Lord: to Him belongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between: and thy Lord never doth forget.” (Maryam, 19/64)
Therefore, using the word “forgetting” for Allah is not only impermissible, but also causes a person to slip away, leading him closer to the pit of faithlessness / unbelief because “forgetting” is a deficient attribute. Allah is free and far from all defects and deficient attributes. It is not appropriate to use such an expression even in a figurative sense. A believer must not use such dangerous words that will lead him to a dead end, no matter what meaning he intends.
“THIS MAN IS AN ALLAHLIK!”
This Turkish word is an epithet that stains belief and faith, offends the heart of man, and pricks one’s conscience to a certain extent... Most of the time, this one and similar words are used randomly, indiscriminately, without any thought as to what the word can cause; it is used thoughtlessly. However, such words are harmful words. They are absurd and vulgar expressions in all aspects.
Turkish Language Association gives the following explanation for the word “Allahlik”: “A gullible and harmless person from whom no benefit is expected in anything.” It also gives an example: “This man is Allahlik; he cannot do anything.”
It is colloquially used as follows:
“Your work is Allahlik”, “Allahlik man”, “Like Allahlik Mr. Ali”, “It is a completely Allahlik situation; it is clapped out.”
Those words are used to describe people who are ignorant, incompetent, problematic and useless. They give the impression as if a person gets closer to Allah, tries to be a servant of Allah, and fulfills Allah’s orders and prohibitions, he will become stupid/foolish and miserable.
Or if something is not on the rail, if a result cannot be achieved as planned and thought, the blame is placed on Allah and the mistake is attributed Him. Thus, people rebel against Allah without even realizing it. However, incompetence comes from oneself; disorganization is the result of one’s own negligence and laziness. Why should it be attributed to Allah? Why should Allah be blamed in those issues?
The Quran states the following regarding the issue:
“Whatever misfortune happens to you, is because on the things your hands have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness.” (ash-Shura, 42/30)
“FATHER ALLAH WILL BE ANGRY!”
Attributing a father and a son to Allah is not allowed; it is not permissible or possible. A Muslim must not utter such a word because the issue is directly related to the oneness of Allah. First of all, it is Allah who created all fathers and sons, boys and girls. The Creator cannot be the created one. In Islamic terms, Khaliq cannot be makhluq. The Quran definitely rejects such a statement and belief. The following is stated in the chapter of al-Ikhlas, which we all know: “Lam yalid walam yulad.” It means, “He begetteth not, nor is He begotten.” That is, those who are born and those who give birth cannot be the Creator and Allah.
Since the words in foreign films are translated as they are and they are used unconsciously and thoughtlessly in some old Turkish films, this superstition and expression has entered into our language through those films. It is not appropriate to utter such a word.
“SHAME ON FATE... DAMN FATE!”
There are innumerable words that blame fate (qadar). Those who cannot control themselves throw stones at fate. Those who cannot blame anyone, stones fate (destiny). He who cannot cope with a person criticizes fate. It is like a blind fight. He does not know whom he is hitting; he cannot see where he is hitting and he attacks randomly. He does not accept his incompetence, laziness and ignorance; he just throws whatever stone he finds at fate. He says, “Shame on fate.” What has fate done to be ashamed of? What does fate have to be ashamed of? If there is anyone who should really be ashamed, it is that person himself.
Fate has not committed a crime or made a mistake. The person himself has committed a crime and made a mistake. Why should fate be at fault? If he has suffered a greater loss, or a greater misfortune has hit him over time, his anger toward fate increases more and more.
This time, he vents his spleen, without hearing what comes out of his mouth, without thinking about the implications of the words he says. God forbid, he says, “fickle fate.” Those words throw a person into such a void, drag him into such an abyss, and make him hit such a hard wall that they can cause him to become an unbeliever...
None of those unnecessary and inappropriate words must come out of the mouth of a Muslim... A believer must not utter such words. Let alone uttering those words, one must take a stand against those words and not allow such words to be uttered and be common in society.
“I WILL NOT ENTER EVEN PARADISE WITH YOU!”
He was so angry at the other person, so furious, so resentful, so full of grudge and hatred that he did not want to be with him even in Paradise. If you said to such a person “It is certain that you will enter Paradise, but you have to enter with this person; it is not possible to enter Paradise otherwise”, he could answer, without even thinking about what his words would mean by saying, “God forbid! With that person? Never! Heaven forbid!” He could even say something like this: “If God commanded me to enter Paradise with this person, I would not.” He could even dare to disobey Allah’s command without thinking.
Paradise is a place where Allah’s mercy is manifested, a realm where all kinds of blessings are abundant, a pillar of belief in the hereafter among the six pillars of belief, and a home of the afterlife...
Paradise, eternal life and eternal happiness are just a gift, a grant and a special reward from God Almighty to His faithful servants. Refusing this reward is not like refusing a gift from a friend; it is not thought of as such. It is rebellion against Allah, uprising against Allah, opposing Allah and rejecting Allah’s mercy.
Our Lord invites His faithful servants to Paradise and says:
“...Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness...” (al-Baqara, 2/221)
By turning his back, in a sense, on Allah’s invitation made in this verse and many other verses, by talking carelessly and by making ignorant remarks like “I will not go even to Paradise with him” will lead him to great losses. Even if he says, “I have not used this word in the sense you mention”, such words must not be uttered by a believer.
“OX ALAYHISSALAM!”
Saying, “ox alayhissalam (ox, peace be upon him)” - God forbid - to a bad person is one of the words that can lead a person to the abyss.
Alayhissalam is an expression of greeting and respect meaning “May Allah’s peace be upon him!” In religious terminology, we say “alayhissalam” after mentioning the names of the prophets while we say “alayhissalatu wassalam” or “sallallahu alayhi wa sallam” for our Prophet.
The expression “alayhissalam” is used for prophets. Prophets are Allah’s messengers specially appointed by Him. Prophets are people at the highest level of humanity.
Therefore, a believer must not use the respectful expressions he uses after mentioning the prophets, talking about them, or describing them, for a human being or for an animal. He must never dare to use it, especially with the word “ox”, which indicates an insult.
The ones mentioned above are not the only words that endanger belief or remove belief from people. Some of those words are given above.
One must definitely avoid saying them and similar ones; and if those words are uttered by mistake, kalima ash-shahada must be uttered immediately.
Even though those words are words that can lead people to unbelief, those who say them generally say them out of ignorance, not out of unbelief. One must not immediately label such people as “unbelievers...”. It is necessary to warn them gently and advise them to repent. (see Mehmet Paksu, İnsanı Uçuruma Götüren Sözler)
Some other words that endanger belief:
Saying, “I love you more than Allah.”
Saying, “May Allah have mercy on him” for someone who is not a believer.
Saying to somebody one does not love, “I have put my signature to send you to Hell.”
Saying, “My religion or my belief has been exhausted.”
Saying words like “Allah is oppressing us”, “I do not recognize Allah” and “Even Allah cannot do this.”
Saying, “Even if Allah commanded me to do this, I would not do it” or “If Allah came, He could not save you from me.”
Saying, “I do not fear” when asked, “Do you not fear Allah?” and seriously meaning that he does not fear Allah.
Saying to someone who is sick, “Allah has forgotten you.”
Saying, “Even Allah cannot cope with her/him, how can I?” for his wife or anyone else.
Saying, “Allah was stingy in showing mercy to me.”
Saying, “Allah does not pity me.”
Saying, “Does Allah have nothing to do? Why does He this or create this?” about anything.
Saying, “Allah and the Quran are enough for me, what is the need for a prophet?”
Saying, “We have listened to them lot” by mocking one of the sunnahs or hadiths of our Prophet (pbuh).
Saying, “Even if the Prophet came and said, ‘Do not do it!’ or If I hear a voice from the sky saying ‘Do not do it!’, I would still do it” when someone who is doing something is told not to do it.
Saying, “A hard month has come” or “A disastrous month has come” by becoming angry with Ramadan or treating it as worthless as the month of Ramadan approaches.
Saying, “No, I am not” when one is asked, “Are you not a Muslim?
A person whose illness gets worse saying, “Oh Allah! Just kill me, whether as a Muslim or as an unbeliever.”
Saying, “What a sweet thing eating haram is.”
Calling someone who is cruel or has deviated from the truth “Just”.
Saying, “I do not give up cash payment for credit” when it is said to him, “Do not abandon the afterlife for this world!”
Saying, “I would do whatever such and such a person ordered me; even if he said to me, ‘Be an unbeliever’, I would.”
A poor person saying, “Allah has given so much wealth to such and such a person; He has given me very little. Can there be justice like this?
Saying, “Who can obey this order until death?” or “What does prayer gain a person?” when it is said to him, “Perform daily prayers.”
Saying, “Prayer and halal things do not bring me any good.” or “Why should I pray? I have no wealth; I have no property. I have no family; I have no children” or “I have shelved prayer.”
Saying, “I wish I were in the same religion as that girl so that I could marry her” when he sees a beautiful non-Muslim girl.
Saying, “What kind of shari’ah is this?” or “I do not pay attention to talaq or whatsoever.”
Saying, “Azrael made a mistake in taking so-and-so’s spirit.”
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