The misguidance of the Jews with regard to ‘aqeedah

Undoubtedly
the mistakes that the Jews made are more serious than those which the
Christians made, although both of them have erred and are kaafirs. The
Qur’aan mentions a number of the ways in which the Jews went astray.

 1.Among them there is a group which claims that Allaah has a son,
as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And
the Jews say: ‘Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allaah, and the Christians
say: Messiah is the son of Allaah. That is their saying with their mouths,
resembling the saying of those who disbelieved aforetime. Allaah’s Curse
be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth!”

[al-Tawbah 9:30]

 2.They described Allaah as having shortcomings, and they killed
the Prophets and Messengers of Allaah, as Allaah says (interpretation
of the meaning):

“The Jews say: ‘Allaah’s Hand is
tied up (i.e. He does not give and spend of His Bounty).’ Be their hands
tied up and be they accursed for what they uttered. Nay, both His Hands
are widely outstretched. He spends (of His Bounty) as He wills”

[al-Maa’idah 5:64]

“Indeed,
Allaah has heard the statement of those (Jews) who say: ‘Truly, Allaah
is poor and we are rich!’ We shall record what they have said and their
killing of the Prophets unjustly, and We shall say: ‘Taste you the torment
of the burning (Fire).’”

[Aal ‘Imraan
3:181]

 3.They distorted the word of
Allaah, i.e., the Tawraat (Torah). Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):

“So,
because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them and made their
hearts grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places”

[al-Maa’idah 5:13]

“Then woe to those who write the
Book with their own hands and then say, “This is from Allaah,” to purchase
with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written
and woe to them for that they earn thereby”

[al-Baqarah 2:79]

 4.They deserved the curse of Allaah, because of what Allaah has
said about them. Allaah says:

“Those among the Children of
Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of Dawood (David) and
‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). That was because they disobeyed
(Allaah and the Messengers) and were ever transgressing beyond bounds.

They used not to forbid one another
from Al-Munkar (wrong, evildoing, sins, polytheism, disbelief) which
they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do”

[al-Maa’idah 5:78-79]

 The
lies that they have fabricated against their Prophets are many, such
as the following:

1.The Jews claimed that the Prophet of Allaah Sulayman (Solomon)
was an apostate and that he worshipped idols, as mentioned in I Kings
11:5.

2.The Jews claimed that Loot (Lot) – peace be upon him – drank
wine and committed incest with his two daughters, as mentioned in Genesis
19:30ff.

3.The Jews claimed that the Prophet of Allaah Ya’qoob (Jacob) committed
theft, as mentioned in Genesis 31:12.

4.The Jews claim that the Prophet of Allaah Dawood (David) committed
adultery, as a result of which Sulaymaan (Solomon) was born to him,
as mentioned in II Samuel 11:4.

—
and so on, may Allaah curse them and put them to shame.

Allaah
and His Messenger cursed them in numerous places in the Qur’aan and
Sunnah because of their shameless actions. For example, Allaah says
(interpretation of the meanings):

“And
they say, ‘Our hearts are wrapped (i.e. do not hear or understand Allaah’s
Word).’ Nay, Allaah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is
that which they believe.

And when there came
to them (the Jews), a Book (this Qur’aan) from Allaah confirming what
is with them [the Tawraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], although
aforetime they had invoked Allaah (for coming of Muhammad) in order
to gain victory over those who disbelieved, then when there came to
them that which they had recognized, they disbelieved in it. So let
the Curse of Allaah be on the disbelievers”

[al-Baqarah
2:88-89]

 “Among
those who are Jews, there are some who displace words from (their) right
places and say: ‘We hear your word (O Muhammad) and disobey,’ and ‘Hear
and let you (O Muhammad) hear nothing.’ And Raa‘ina [in Arabic,
this means‘Be careful, listen to us, and
we listen to you’, whereas in Hebrew, it means ‘an insult’]
with a twist of their tongues and as a mockery of the religion (Islam).
And if only they had said: ‘We hear and obey’, and ‘Do make us understand,’
it would have been better for them, and more proper; but Allaah has
cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not except a few.

O
you who have been given the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Believe
in what We have revealed (to Muhammad)
confirming what is (already) with you, before We efface faces (by making
them like the back of necks; without nose, mouth and eyes) and turn
them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers.
And the Commandment of Allaah is always executed.”

[al-Nisaa’
4:46-47]

“So,
because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them and made their
hearts grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places and
have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. And
you will not cease to discover deceit in them, except a few of them”

[al-Maa’idah
5:13]

 “Say
(O Muhammad to the people of the Scripture): ‘Shall I inform you of
something worse than that, regarding the recompense from Allaah: those
(Jews) who incurred the Curse of Allaah and His Wrath, and those of
whom (some) He transformed into monkeys and swines, and those who worshipped
Taaghoot (false deities); such are worse in rank (on the Day of Resurrection
in the Hell-fire), and far more astray from the Right Path (in
the life of this world).”

[al-Maa’idah
5:60]

“The
Jews say: ‘Allaah’s Hand is tied up (i.e. He does not give and spend
of His Bounty).’ Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for what
they uttered. Nay, both His Hands are widely outstretched. He spends
(of His Bounty) as He wills. Verily, the Revelation that has come to
you from your Lord (Allaah) increases in most of them (their) obstinate
rebellion and disbelief. We have put enmity and hatred amongst them
till the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war,
Allaah extinguished it; and they (ever) strive to make mischief on the
earth. And Allaah does not like the Mufsidoon (mischief-makers).

[al-Maa’idah
5:64]

And
the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said:

“May
Allaah curse the Jews, for they have taken the graves of their Prophets
as places of  worship.”

“May
Allaah curse the Jews: fat was forbidden for them, but they melted it
down and sold it,”

These
two hadeeths are both narrated in Saheeh
al-Bukhaari.

Ibn
al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) described them well when he
said:

“The
nation upon whom is the Divine wrath are the Jews, the people of lies,
slander, betrayal, conspiracy and trickery, the killers of Prophets
and consumers of ribaa (usury) and bribes. They have the most evil hearts
of all nations, and the worst attitude. They are the farthest removed
from (divine) Mercy and the closest to (divine) wrath. Their way is
enmity and stirring up hatred. They represent the house of witchcraft,
lies and trickery. They do not see anything wrong in rejecting and disbelieving
in Prophets whom they did not like. With regard to a believer, they
respect not the ties, either of kinship or of covenant [cf. Al-Tawbah
9:10]. They do not respect the rights of those who agree with them,
or show any compassion towards them, nor do they show any justice or
fairness to those who work with them. There is no safety or security
for those who mix with them, and there is no sincerity towards those
who use their services. The most evil of them is the one who is most
intelligent, and the cleverest one among them is the one who cheats
the most. The one who is good at heart – which it is unlikely to find
among them – is not a Jew in any real sense. They are the most bad-tempered
of people, with the gloomiest houses and the filthiest courtyards. They
have very bad manners – their greeting is a curse, and meeting them
is bad news. Their slogan is wrath and they are filled with hatred.”

(Hidaayat
al-Hayaaraa, p. 8)

 These
are just a few drops from a flood of information. Whoever researches
the matter will find out a great deal about their shameful actions and
the forms that their kufr and deviation take. We ask Allaah to suppress
them, humiliate them, put them to shame and defeat them, and to grant
the Muslims victory over them sooner rather than later. May Allaah bless
our Prophet Muhammad.

 And
Allaah knows best.