{"id":12452,"date":"2018-08-12T07:36:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T05:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=12452"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:46:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:46:29","slug":"divine-aversion-to-pagan-customs-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=12452","title":{"rendered":"Divine Aversion to Pagan Customs \u2013 Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemIntroText\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?attachment_id=11707\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11707\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11707\" src=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam.jpg 258w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam-190x127.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>It is reported from Hazrat \u2018Ali (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) that he heard Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) saying:<\/p>\n<p>(In the days of Jaahiliyyah, prior to Islam,) the thought of participating in any custom of Jaahiliyyah never occurred to me, except on two occasions. However, on these two occasions, Allah Ta\u2018ala saved me and protected me from participating in these customs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>One night, I said to my companion who grazed goats with me, \u201cKeep an eye on the animals as I wish to go to Makkah Mukarramah to listen to some story telling.\u201d As I entered Makkah Mukarramah, I heard music coming from a certain place. Upon enquiry, I learnt that it was the wedding of a certain person. As soon as I sat at the wedding, I was overcome with sleep and Allah Ta\u2018ala sealed my ears from the music. By Allah! I remained asleep until it was only the intense heat of the sun that awoke me the next morning. After awaking, I returned to my companion who asked me what I saw. I replied that I saw absolutely nothing and then related how I had fallen off to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The following night, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) again decided to join the wedding. However, Allah Ta\u2018ala again caused him to fall asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) says, \u201cBy Allah! After this, I never thought of joining in any Jaahiliyyah customs until Allah Ta\u2018ala blessed me and honored me with prophethood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(Extracted from Seeratul Mustafa 1\/118-119)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is reported from Hazrat \u2018Ali (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) that he heard Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) saying: (In the days of Jaahiliyyah, prior to Islam,) the thought of participating in any custom of Jaahiliyyah never occurred to me, except on two occasions. However, on these two occasions, Allah Ta\u2018ala saved me and protected me from participating &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[796,706,62],"tags":[712,421],"class_list":["post-12452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-history","category-marriage-to-hazrat-khadija-and-divine-aversion-to-pagan-customs","category-seerah","tag-aversion-to-pagan-customs","tag-seerah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12453,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452\/revisions\/12453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}