Popularized among Muslims around the world via YouTube and other video-sharing websites, Dr. Zakir Naik is an Indian Muslim speaker who is famous for his television programs and public appearances, where he talks about and answers questions regarding Islam and religious issues of all sorts. Recently, however, Naik made some rather controversial and inflammatory remarks, resulting in a 2-minute video clip that has begun circulating widely among discussion boards and chain emails around the Internet.
In response to a question about the Battle of Karbala at an Islamic peace conference in Sion, India, Naik said that there were "differences of opinion" among the Companions of the Prophet, and that the Battle of Karbala was a "political event". Mentioning Yazeed's name, Naik went even further and added "May God be pleased with him", an invocation reserved for close Companions of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny).
Naik's comments have created a firestorm in India and around the world. Both Shi'a and Sunni scholars have condemned his comments as inaccurate, inappropriate, and hurtful.
Safdar Karmali of the Mumbai Khoja Shia Ithna Ashari Jama'at commented that Naik had cheapened the message of Imam Hussain's (peace be upon him) martyrdom by suggesting that he fought for political reasons. Other South Asian and international scholars, both Shia and Sunni, have also condemned his comments, saying that they come at a sensitive time for Shia-Sunni unity.
Meanwhile on the Internet, Naik's comment spread like wildfire through chain emails and discussion boards. An email originating from Minnesota commented that while Naik has always urged people to do their research on Islam before making up their minds about it, he himself had failed to do so in this situation.
"The truth is that Dr. Naik and many such so-called Islamic scholars, who are not guided by the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his Ahlul Bait (peace be upon them) can be misled and can mislead others due to the lack of knowledge, prejudice, evil self (Nafsil Ammarah), evil deeds and whispering of Satan," the email concluded.
Most Sunni scholars and jurists, including Ibn Kathir, Ibn Taymiyya, and Ahmad bin Hanbal, have condemned Yazid and deemed it permissible to curse him.
Naik does not appear to have commented on the fiasco so far.
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Dr Naik, You have become too big for your Shoes! Go and say Istighfar, before....
Rgds
Mohammed Rizvi
--Amir
Also what makes it wayy shocking for me is that i used to deeply respect the guy and his efforts specially his debates! BUT there is this line that he has crossed and exposed his true faith!
MAY ALLAH S CURSE BE ON HIM!
-Pakistan
Regarding your comments:
1. "you should remain silent": a true believer is encouraged by Qur'an and the teachings of Islam to always speak up for the Truth. So, to tell us to remain silent may be your opinion, but certainly not that of the Qur'an!
2. "address him with this issue": numerous scholars and individuals have called on him to explain himself, but he has refused to issue any sort of explanation, retraction or apology for his comments.
3. "all the wonderful work he has done for islam": yes, he has been very vocal in explaining Islam to many people, but he has also unjustly and unfairly attacked the teachings of other religions. Just because we might not agree with what others believe does not give us the right to brazenly spew hate about their beliefs. Furthermore, Dr. Naik has issued several laudatory statements regarding Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and I am not sure how that falls within serving Islam.
4. "what have you done for islam except for stir up more fitna in the umma": Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) is not a Shia hero. Sunni narrators record the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) as having said: "Hassan and Hussain are the leaders of the youth of paradise." In addition, the Prophet on numerous occasions has said: "Hussain is from me, and I am from Hussain." The killers of Hussain should be condemned, because they brutally slaughtered the grandson of the Holy Prophet and his family. In addition, Yazid was a drunkard, an adulterer, and a Fasiq (an open sinner) as recorded by Sunni historians, including Tabari. To speak of Yazid in praiseworthy terms is speaking in praiseworthy terms of a Fasiq. This is against the core values of "upholding the Truth" that Islam teaches, and any individual who commits such an act should be openly denounced and condemned.
Wassalam Alaikum.
could you please try and find anything positive in my comments because i think you are taking it the wrong way and that's what i was talking about this is what we do, we love attacking one another. if you so wished you could have see the bigger picture, i mean no disrespect at all my brother i just feel we need to be more wise in today's day and age and help each other. Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatahu
Shaitan worshiped Allah for thousands of years before showing his arrogance that one time. Using your analogy, we should not condemn Shaitan (for a minor slip) and look at the bigger picture (of major ibadaat), right?? The fact of the matter is that regardless of one's previous record, when (s)he does something this grave, (s)he has to be called out for it. Wassalam.
It hits me how much mud and venom we have got - to sling at each other
Now Dr Naik has done a great service in the past and i hope he continues.
You guys treat him like he's Salman Rushdie or something
OK........
As per the prevelent knowledge Dr Naik has made a mistake.so does everyone else
He should apologize
or if he really knows something extra or has a different line of reasoning ,he should let the world know what it is
But I see guys overreacting
I see a "How stupid can this bloke get" - well YOU must be extremly intelligent to make that knd of statement
cause you havent have half the degrees this "bloke" has
"how can I not react" - yeah sure u can but thats the only kind of reaction u know - to strike at whatever's nearest -thats what causes the internal conflicts amongst us that - making us look so stupid in others eyes - can u even blame them then?
Remember the reactions when the cartoon controversy erupted.Well i guess everyone wanted his own piece of action!
Thats the problem - we(almost everyone including myself) act without a gameplan . We do a bit of HOOHAA and then it fizzles out ,nothing concrete achieved.
Stop this mudslinging ,this collective shooting in the foot,cause these are internal fractures that are fast becoming gaping fissures
while a few muslim countries are being attacked , others either watch in glee(cause they were former enemies) or help the agressors or turn their faces away
look at the jews - they are now a powerful people after their very existance was threatened
Sure you can react - everyone does - but keep the greater good in sight- you are vilifying the most well known television evangalist of Islam - who was won debates against big scholors of other religions
some sane voices like amir , muhammad and shahid have brought a semblence of sanity and civility to the discussion
Imam Hussain [peace be upon him] is indeed the leader which is common between us (Muslims)...
The reason why the brothers, and myself, are upset over Dr. Naik's comments is because what he is saying contradicts what is common amongst Muslims. Sure, it may be true that we might approach this issue more tactically, as other brothers have mentioned, however, falsehood announced openly should be condemned openly.
Actually, one reason Imam Hussain [peace be upon him] rose up against Yazid was because Yazid openly committed falsehood.
Wassalaam
Sister Sana, you speak of tolerance... This issue deals with amr bil ma'roof and nahiy 'anil munkar (enjoining good and forbidding evil). You may argue that tolerance can fall into place when there is a greater harm from forbidding the evil (meaning, on a secondary basis).
However, when there is munkar, apparent, in public, and there are people who are being misguided by the munkar (words), it is a duty upon the Muslims to denounce the munkar. The Prophet [S] has said, and Muslims agree on this, "The one amongst you who sees munkar, then he/she should change it with his/her hand. If he/she cannot, then with his/her tongue. If he/she cannot, then in his/her heart -and that is the weakest of faith."
This is not something where we see a Muslim brother/sister doing something wrong in private and try to conceal the defect. This is an apparent, public munkar.
This matter gains reputation by denouncing it -true. But why is that a bad thing? Indeed, all should know that this is nonsense and an injustice to the religion of Islam. Again, this is not a controversy in Islam. Muslims, sunni and shi'ah, denounce Yazid.
The "wahabies" whom you said "u all curse so much" are those who deserve to be cursed for violating direct commands of the Prophet [S] and the Holy Qur'an. Regardless of what the google search may say, when Muslims curse "wahabies," they mean to curse those who have made aggression against the family of the Prophet [S] and their followers. For the sake of argument, if someone claims to be a wahhabi and, yet, does not hold such beliefs, that person is not the type being cursed (by the way, I didn't curse anyone).
As for your question about those who wrote that some "wahabies" have destroyed the graves of Ahlul-Bait (pbut), please refer to the history of the wahhabi movement for examples (meaning, the comment doesn't neccessarily mean the "wahabies" have destroyed the graves present in jannat-ul-baqi now).
With regard to the school of wahhabism and that wahhabi movement, please refer to:
http://al-islam.org/wahhabism/
Note: I have made a distinction between the common reference to "wahabies" and the Wahhabi school of thought (just for the sake of academic discourse).
Wassalaam
We wish him to be a companion of Yazid during Roze-Mahshar. Dr. Zakir must be happy with this. But actually he wouldn't because he know the truth but behaves like a True Yazidi. One for whom this world is everything not the life hereafter.
Any body who praise Yazid is 'lanatullah so as Dr. Zakir'.
Dear Islam is a just religion. It is cimplete and is immune to any worldly threats because the prophets and Imams (ahlebaits PBUT) have sacrificed their lives for it. So you need not show the external threats to a true muslim. In islam things are very simple, something is either 'right - HAQ' or 'wrong - BATIL', no third thing. And this is the fundamental principal which differentiates 'HASAINIYAT' from 'YAZIDIYAT'.
Now you can analyse Zakir's act on this 'mizan'. He is evil and must be condemned loudly and clearly. He is no less culprit than Salman Rushdie or Taslima Nasreen.
MAY ALLAH GIVE ALL OF US THE COURAGE TO DENOUCE EVIL, AMEN.
Salam alekum
It seems that Zakir Naik has only read Quran.He doesn't know its meaning, Ironically. While Quran is meant for understanding. And in praising Yazeed he is only prasing his linage, whom everybody including Allah curse.
(Evil persons will be part of hell)
Sacrifice of Imam Hussain and his followers for Islam can never be lowered by such attempts.In fact this will only glorify Imam's name, because people and new generation will try to read about Imam Hussain,Islamic history and Yazeed in this way.
Salam
ALL I WANT TO SAY WAIT FOR HIS RESPONSE . DON'T CHALLAGE HIS GOOD WORK FOR ONE THING. HE IS A HUMAN AND WE MAKE MISTAKE. WE DON'T KNOW HIS LOGIC. I DO ADMIRE HIM FOR HIS GREAT WORK. NOW A DAYs WHERE WE MUSLIM SACRE TO CALL OUR SELF MUSLIM, NON MUSLIM IS CONVETING BECUSE OF HIM....
I know sometime its hard to accept things, specially when they are with us from 1300yrs. MayBE its a political war but we don't want to accept it, becuase we are so possasive about it. let me tell you; like 10yrs back we were discussing incident Karbala and by looking at all it facts, we came up a conclusion that it was a political war, but then we stopped there because of whatever we believed since our whole life. BUT BELIEVE ME EVEN KNOWING ITS A POLITICAL WAR MY SORROW NEVER GO DOWN. MY RESPECT TO KARBALA IS ALWAYS THERE "AS IT IS"
please don't take me wrong ( I know some of you will consider me or even condemned me). I always leave a space for others opinion but i never change my core belifes unless its mention in Quran and Hadiya. As Dr Naik said " don't follow followers, follow the Quran" and I do the same and believe same. Becuase if my ancestors didn't leave there followers, I might not be born muslim.
2NDLY I DO AGREE YAZEED WAS NO HERO. HE WAS A BRUTAL KING. AND I WILL SEND MY QUESTION TO DR.NAIK AND ASK FOR EXPLANATION ON THAT. BECUASE I DON'T WANT TO CONDEMNED HIS GOOD WORK.
LASTLY. this is my request to all of you. Please don't challege/condemned Dr.Naik knowlege until the matter gets solve, if non muslim will read all this they might stop listening to him. He is good in DAWA. and people IF ONLY "IF"
supose we all are wrong then we will one of those " jo zameen mein fasad philate hain." and responsible for all of those whom stop listen to DR.naik and won't converts to ISLAM. Now a days we need DAWA. And most Mulla they don't do DAWA, all they do politics and blaming.....
P.S. discusion like this need toralance and lots of patience.Before saying things about other, it is important to talk to them first. after that if we are wrong we should accept and if he is worng is should change.
ALSO, instead of just saying, post the facts that can prove it was not a political war so people do understand. I really want to know, as mentioned early, me and a group of ppl thought once that it was a political war. I watched condemned conference in youtube they din't give any fact that can support it was not a political war.
EVEn if it was a political war then whats a big deal? political wars can be a righteous. whatever happened in KARBALA was wrong and brutal.
Salam
DR. Haider sir, if you consider your self a perfect or even good muslim then you should know, we muslim have NO right to call other muslim a "KAFIR" or even "EVIL." THE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL DECIDE BETWEEN ALL OF US. SO BEST WE NEED TO DO IS WAIT FOR THE JUDGMENT DAY. AND WE WILL GET WHAT WE DONE.
BEING A MUSLIM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HOLD FIVE PILLAR OF ISLAM. AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE ON THEM YOU ARE MUSLIM. AFTER THAT IF YOU DIS RESPECT SOMETHING. THEN GOD HERE TO GIVE PUNISHMENT. SO DON'T MAKE FUSS. MULISM IS SOMEONE WHO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
I don't know what is in your heart. Maybe whatever you are saying is pure or maybe NOT. why should I listen to you? I don't know what GOOD YOU HAVE DONE FOR ISLAM? Are you doing DAWA? HAVE you converted non-muslim? I know nothing. As far as DR. ZAIKR Naik concern; he gave his whole life to islam and after giving so much i don't think so he desver these type of acknolegment. People like you only creates problems and make things worse. Flaming other mind is not something Islam tought me. I will definatly know first why he said that, even if he made a mistake I will forgive him. Becuase we need him. World need him. Islam need him.
SALAM
I am a muslim, Who submit my will to Allah.
I am the Servant of Allah & the follower of My Beloved prophet Mohammed (pbuh)
I Fear with Allah Alone ,How Excellent the protector he is.....
Dr Zakir Naik is the Learned Speaker on Islam. First thing we should Know What to Comment on the Speaker like him with basis of Truth not on Emotions.
Who are we to Curse him or tell him that he has done wrong. We have to condemn who had killed Imam hussain(May allah be pelased with him). But Yazid may or may not be be the killer, So there are many Opinions on this subject. So We should realize that Allah has best Knowledge about it. so we should not curse other muslims on this matter. Allah we hold you account if you curse. Allah will not hold you account for not cursing Yazid.
Allah is most Forgiving & Merciful. His will is important why should we fight on this subject.
First be unite & Call yourself "Muslim" Not Sunni , Shia or Hanafi etc.
Take care of your parents & other needy muslims , help them , feed them.
We should follw allah commandments rather than indulge in islamic division & fight among our brothers.
Thanks.
I THINK THAT THIS MISUNDERSTANDIN G IS CREATED BY THE JEALOUS PEOPLES. THEY R JEALOUS OF THE KNOWLEDGE THE ZAKIR HAS..........................IF ZAKIR NAIK HAD SPOKE ABOuT THE YAZEED THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT HE IS TOTALLY WRONG....WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FAITH AND EDUCATION RATHER CREATING THIS STUPID CONTROVERSIS .........IF U HAV THE GUTS TO PROVE HIM WRONG THEN TRY TO GET KNOWLEDGE ATLEAST HE HAs???????????????
Forgive! Forget! And forgive!
So it is the duty all muslims to reach to this millions by what ever means available to us and prove to them that there no need to for one to be a muslim without understanding the meaning of the strugle of Imam Hussain(AS). We can blame the Dr. but then how can we blame the millions to whom the message has not reached yet. May allah help the muslims in this.
I am Akhi Deedat, coming from Indonesia, the country which has the largest moslem population in the world.
Dr. Zakir has spent his years spreading the truth of Islam to almost every places in this beloved earth.
He has done a great Da'wah, which is not easy for him to travel from one place to another and deliverede the truth of Islam either to the muslim or to non muslim.
He gave a very-very great contribution for many people and cleared many wrong accusation regarding Islam.
He has a very wide knowledge about Islam and other religions. Here, in Indonesia, his name is very respected by many moslem scholars.
As a human, it is very natural if a person did a mistake. there is no man in this world who had lived without doing any mistake.
Only Allah Swt knows the real truth.
And many Indonesian muslim have the same thought like Dr. Zakir.
It is not our duty to spread hatred to our muslim brothers.
Allah Swt had forbidden us to condemn our brothers and sisters, especially to those who had given a big contribution for the da'wah of Islam.
In fact, it is our duty to keep their name remain honoured.
If you consider that there is something wrong about what Dr. Zakir has said, no need to tell it in front of many people, you can ask directly to him or to his Islamic foundation via e-mail, letter or direct communication.
May Allah Swt unites all of the moslem in this world and shows the ultimate truth of Islam to every human in this world.
Your brother in Islam.
Wassalaamu'alaikum.
Okay before i commenting,
I want to ask one question, What you feel or what you do if some abouse your father or mother without any reason????
I read several comments that Dr. zakir is foolish, he has no knowledge of Islam, he insult prophet(PBUH)--etc., etc.
Zakir Naik use Radiallah to Yazid, what a protest we see wow....
But what for those who abuse our loving Khalifas like Hazrat Abubakr Siddiqe Radiallah, Hazrat Umar Farook Radiallah, Hazrat Usman Radiallah and Our Prophet(PBUH)'s most loving wife Hazarat Aisha Radiallah. Did we do protest against those? NO!
Remember if you curse someone and on the day of judgement ALLAH say that you cursed a muslim than......... But if You wish someone who is a shaitan Allah will not accept your praise, simple.
Actually the main problem is that today Dr. Zakir become an International personality, people like this wants to use his popularity to get name and fame.
Will you tell me what you give to Islam? Will you tell me the meaning of Suah Al-Asr in Quraan? Have you dare to invite any nonmuslim toward Islam? Have you dare to answer the nonmuslim about misconception in Islam at public stage?
If your ans is no than please keep your mouth shut, and please let him do his work...
If you did not accept the Islamic teachings in correct mannanr than please dont become like Abu Jahal atleast behave like Abu Talib.......
Assalaamu'alaikum.
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Also, thank you Sahil for your informative comment.
I've listened to Zakir Naik speak on various subjects. And on the subjects on which he speaks he isn't bad. His specialty isn't Islamic history, but rather polemics with respect to those skeptical of religion and those Hindus who misunderstand Islam. He does seem dedicated to Islam as he understands it, this seems indisputable- and his main concern has never been to bash Shi'as, though he may very well hold the standard Salafi positions with respect to Shi'as.
We should place Zakir Naik into the context in which he belongs. In all likelihood he has been under the sway of Salafis, which means the thought and positions of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya. Ibn Taymiyya is well known for his hostility towards the Shi'a and also for taking very silly positions with respect to the tragedy of Karbala. He is in all likelihood inheriting these positions, so rather than condemning him as a person outright ( we should of course condemn his position), our first assumption should be his ignorance. Sunnis generally aren't well aware of the complexities of early Islamic history, unless they've studied it in depth. They tend to idealize and glorify the early days of Islam, and so we should keep all this in mind when we confront his statements. He might very well be making this statement out of ignorance. We need to inform him instead of wishing him the fire.
Huzur S A W ki ahle bait ke liye hum apni jaan kurban kar denge magar in( Zaki Naik) yazid ke kutto ki bato per yakeen nahi karenge
ye aisa is liye kar rahe hai kyo ki wahabiyo ko dozakh ki aag jo sulgana hai
asslam-o-alikum
aap ka boohot boohot shukiya ke aap ne itine aache tareke se islam ka pagam logon tak pohncha
rahe hain .
allah aap ko lumbi ommer de ke aap islam ko isi taran phalaten rahen aur........
app ko akharat main kamiyabi melai (aameen)
*ILLAHI AMEEN
ASAK,
Dr Naik is a gaint in comparitive religion. He can demolish the theories of Hindus, Christians like a pack of cards. But u cannot deny the fact that he is a practicing salafi so he will lean more towards the salafi school of thought rather than the sunni muslim thought. If he is an follower of salafi school of thought then you can be assured that he does no follow reasoning which he preaches to all. May allah bless him with power of reasoning. when he rubbishes the hindu & christian god he himself follows the salafi god who attribute that god has hand, legs, face and he sits on throne etc. they have no answer to " I am closer to you than your jugular vein".
May allah bless him.
In qura’an Allah (swt) says that (aaye nabi aap kehdijiye agar koi allah (swt) say muhabbat rakhta hai to ussay chahiye kay aapki baargah mein aajaye tab allah(swt) usko apna mehboob banalega. And the most and most important thing is that the three questions of the grave being a muslim we will be able to answer the two questions and the third question will be about our beloved prophet (sas) our prophet (sas) will be shown us by the angels and they will ask about him (pbuh) if any body will recognize him then there will be a good news for him (pbuh) and if any body will not recognize him (pbuh) then there will be a bad news for him regarding hazrath hussain hum sab ko pata hai kay woh hamaray nabi (sas) kay chahitay aur aapkay jigar kay tukday thay aur aap (sas) nay farmaya jo mere ahle bayt say muhabbat rakhta hai main aur allah ussay muhabbat rakhta aur jo ahle bayt say dushmani karayga woh allah aur uskay rasool ka gustakh hoga jaisay yazeed (aur uskay chahnay walay)
Isliye Zakir Naik aur uskay chahnay walon nay apni muhabbat ka izhaar kardiya kay woh kissay muhabbat kartay hai (sahi bukhari mein ahaadees hai kay nabi (sas) nay farmaya jisko jissay muhabbat hogi ho ussi kay saat hoga (agar kisi ko yazeed (laanat hai usper) say muhabbat hogi to yaqenan who uskay saath hoga aur jisko (hamaray pyaray hazrath Hussain (pbuh) say muhabbat hogi inshallah woh unhi kay saat hoga.
Zakir Naik ki wajhay say aaj kitnay musalmaan yazeed ko laanat bhejnay ki bajaye us per phool barsaaray in sab ka sawaab e jaariya Zakir Naik kay sar per hai
Hum ko chahiye ki Zakir Naik ho ya koi aur jo baat kahe woh sahi samajh kar usko blindly believe na karay aur uski enquiry karay isliye is comments mein jitney log bhi hai woh sab apna aqeedah allah (swt) uskay rasool (sas) aur unkay ahle bayt ki taraf karlay na kay Zakir Naik ki taraf kyunki woh hamari qabar mein humko bachaanay keliye nahi aayega
IN ISLAMIC WAY, NOT HALF MUSLIM HALF CHRISTAN
YAZID IS WAITING FOR YOU IN JAHANUM HE MISS YOU BADLY
muslim around the world to think openley obout two war first one between
ali and ashia and second war between hussain and yazid who is right and
who is worng try to understand in this two war both side are muslim
I HAVE TIME DO NOT WORRIED ABOUT OTHER COMMENT THESE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER OPEN THEIR MIND AND THINK THAT FOR BECAUSE THEY ARE
THINKING LIMITED
This is called ethenic cleansing og genocide. Since Sunnis have a special Islamic meter to check others so except them every body is kafir and must be killed.
I've never liked naik paid mullah of Saudis to posion the mindless.
Anyway, I would rather be a black sheep with this ummah, than a black sheep with the Prophet and his Ahlul-Bait. Popularity with people is not the basis by which Allah likes or abhores a Muslim.
We have been misguided about the events of Karballa by a particular group. It is about time that we come out of under the influence of the traditionalists and study the history and the events surrounding that unfortunate incident. If we seriously do that we will see that Dr. Zaikr Naik only presented the true facts. May Allah SBW guide us to the truth and help us shed our prejeduices.
Get your facts straight.
Wallahi, I do not really understand never have I heard too much about
the battle of Karbala. However, this is what I have to say based on the way
many people are reacting to this. We are all humans, and Allah has made us
imperfect. We are prone to errors, and when a fellow muslims makes an
error, we reprimand him and correct him/make him aware of his mistake. We
should not pass judgements on people, and we should not place curses on
them, but leave it to Allah. Wa'llahu A'lam
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5328072138523182474
shame on u,
curse be upon u
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