Hadiths About The Jahiliyya Period: Beliefs And Acts Of Worship

Hadiths about the jahiliyya period: Beliefs and acts of worship.

According to Abu Malik al-Ashʿari (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Four things survive in my umma from among the customs of the Jahiliyya which they cannot (easily) abandon. They are boasting about nobility (of lineage), disparaging the genealogy (of others), requesting rain from the stars, and wailing for the dead...” (Muslim, al-Janaʾiz, 29)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “(In Islam) neither the sacrifice (in Rajab) of a faraʿa (first offspring of a flock or herd) nor an ʿatīra (a ewe) is permitted.” (al-Bukhari, al-ʿAqiqa, 3; Muslim, al-Adahi, 38)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whoever among you swears an oath and in it says, ‘by al-Lat,’ afterwards should say, ‘There is no god but Allah...’” (Muslim, al-Ayman, 5)

According to ʿAbd Allah (b. Masʿud) (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “He who slaps his cheeks (in a funeral procession), tears his clothes, and wails and screams in the fashion of the Jahiliyya is not one of us.” (al-Bukhari, al-Janaʾiz, 35)

According to Ibn ʿAbbas (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “The most hateful persons to Allah are three: (1) a heretic in the Haram (sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina); (2) a person who wants to practice and maintain in Islam the traditions of the Jahiliyya; (3) and a person who wants to shed somebody’s blood unjustly.” (al-Bukhari, al-Diyat, 9)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths