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Awe, Repenting, Seeking Assistance, Seeking Refuge, Seeking for Help & Offering Sacrifice
The proof for Awe (khashyah) is Allah’s saying: «So do not be in awe of them, but have awe of Me» (Qur'an 2:150) (1). And the proof for Repentance (Inaabah) is Allah’s saying: «And turn to your Lord in repentance and submit to Him (as Muslims)» (Qur'an 39:54) (2). The proof for Seeking Assistance (Isti’aanah) is Allah’s saying: «You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help» (Qur'an 1:5). Likewise, the hadeeth, “If you ask for help, then ask help from Allah” (Tirmidhee) (3). The proof for Seeking Refuge (Isti’aadhah) is Allah’s saying: «Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Daybreak» (Qur'an 113:1) and «Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the people» (Qur'an 114 : 1) (4). The proof for Asking for Help (Istighaathah) is Allah’s saying: «And remember when you sought help from your Lord and He responded to you…» (Qur'an 8:9) (5). The proof for offering sacrifices (Dhabah) is Allah’s saying: «Say: Verily my prayer, my sacrificial offerings, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds. He has no partner. And with this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims» (Qur'an 6:162-163). Also from the Sunnah, “May Allah curse the one who offers a sacrifice to other than Allah” (Muslim) (6).
(1) Awe: It is a fear based on knowing the greatness of the One being feared and His complete supremacy.
(2) Returning to Allah: by obeying Him and staying away from sins. This means to submit to Allah since we are slaves, and a slave must submit to his Master. "The Master is Allah" as the Prophet said.
Seeking Assistance: (You alone we worship and you alone we ask for help), in this verse it gives precedence to what is normally delayed; and this indicates the method of constraint (hasr), meaning: We do not worship except you and we do not seek help except from you.
(3) Seeking Assistance: This verse indicates a method of constraint (hasr) since the object of the sentence, even though usually comes after the verb in the Arabic language, is mentioned before the verb, affirming it for whom it is mentioned in the sentence and negating it for anything else. Therefore, it is as if the person has said, “We do not worship anything but you. We do not turn to anyone else for help except You.”
(4) Seeking Refuge: seeking protection from something disliked.
(5) Asking for Help: To be rescued from a difficulty or disaster.
Seeking assistance, seeking refuge, asking for help, and asking for intercession can be sought from a human being as long as s/he is able to while fulfilling the four conditions; alive, present, able, and a means.
(6) Offering Sacrifices: Causing it to die by spilling its blood in a prescribed manner.
Slaughtering is divided into three categories
| Slaughtering for Allah The sacrifice of Hajj, Eid, Aqeeqah, or charity. | Slaughtering for other than Allah Out of love and glorification such as the jinn and the dead. This is Major Shirk. | Permissible Slaughtering To serve the guests, for business etc. |
Note: There are more details about sacrificing in “The Book of Tawheed”.
