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By Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣaleh al-Munajjid
A
person may ask: “I am suffering from many insinuating thoughts
(waswaas) about the nature of Allah, may He be glorified. There are thoughts
going around in my mind that I cannot utter because they are not befitting to
Allah, and they keep coming back to me, when I am praying and at other times.
It is so bad that I doubt my faith, and wonder if I am even a Muslim or not.
What is the cure for this problem?”
A
number of ahadeeth have been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) which contain the answer to this problem, al-hamdu Lillah.
The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) said: “The Shaytaan may
come to any one of you and say, ‘Who created Allah?’ If any one of you
experiences this, let him say, ‘Aamantu billaahi wa rasoolih (I believe in
Allah and His Messenger),’ and that will drive him away.”(Saheeh al-Jaami’,
1657).
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) said: “The Shaytaan may
come to any one of you and ask, ‘Who created the heaven?’ and he will say,
‘Allah.’ The Shaytaan will say, ‘Who created the earth?’ and he will say,
‘Allah.’ Then the Shaytaan will say, ‘Who created Allah?’ If any one of you
experiences this, let him say, ‘Aamantu billaahi wa rasoolih.’”(Saheeh al-Jaami’,
1656).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) said: “Whoever experiences
anything of this waswaas, let him say three times, ‘‘Aamantu billaahi wa
rasoolih,’ and that will drive (the Shaytaan) away.” (Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6587).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) said: “The Shaytaan may
come to any one of you, and say, ‘Who created such-and-such? Who created
such-and-such?’ until he asks, ‘Who created your Lord?’ If this happens to
anyone, let him seek refuge with Allah and let him stop these thoughts.” (Saheeh al-Jaami’, 7993).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) said: “The people will
nearly ask too many questions, so that one of them may say, ‘Allah created all
of creation, but who created Allah?’ If they say this, then say: ‘Allah is the
One, Allah is the Self-Sufficient Master. He begets not, nor was He begotten;
and there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him’ [al-Ikhlaas 112:1-4,
interpretation of the meaning], and spit (drily) to your left three times, and
seek refuge with Allaah from the Shaytaan.” (Saheeh al-Jaami’, 8182).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “Think about the signs of Allaah, do not think about Allaah
(Himself).” (Saheeh al-Jaami’,
2975)
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) said: “Think about the
creation of Allah, do not think about Allah (Himself).” (Saheeh al-Jaami’, 2976)
From
these texts we may summarize the following six ways of overcoming these
insinuating thoughts:
The person who is experiencing such ideas
should say, “Aamantu billaahi wa rasoolih (I believe in Allah
and His Messenger).”
He should seek refuge with Allah from the
accursed Shaytaan, and say three times, “A’oodhu billaahi’l-Samee’ il-
He should spit (drily) to his left three times.
He should stop thinking about whatever it is that is on his
mind, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
said: “Let him stop.” This is an important tactic, because continuing to allow
the Shaytaan to influence one in this way can only make it worse. The Muslim
must stop these thoughts, as much as he is able, and keep his mind busy with
something useful and beneficial.
He should recite Soorat al-Ikhlaas (Qul huwa Allaahu ahad),
because it describes attributes of the Most Merciful and is considered to be
equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an. Reciting this great soorah will
guarantee an end to these insinuating thoughts.
He should think about the creation and blessings of Allah,
not about His nature, because his weak human mind can never comprehend the
nature of Allah. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): “… and they will never compass
anything of His Knowledge” [Ta-Ha 20:110]
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