RELIGION WILL BE RESTORED
TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE
Another news revealed by the Hadith literature
regarding the End Times is that the original religion will
no longer be misunderstood. In the Golden Age, all heretical
misunderstandings that entered Islam after our Prophet (saas)
will be eliminated, and the original religion will be restored:
“Just as in the case of the Prophet,
the requirements of the religion will be fulfilled.”
(Ismail Mutlu, Kiyamet Alametleri (The Signs of the
Last Day), Mutlu Publications, Istanbul, 1999, p. 163)
After the death of our Prophet (saas) and his
Companions, history records that unrelated heresies and forms
of worship were introduced into the original religion, and
that countless hadiths and judgments, most of which have survived
to our day, were fabricated and attributed to our Prophet
(saas). Despite the best efforts of true Muslims to eliminate
these fabrications, many practices done in the name of Islam
today are not based upon the Qur’an.
As the Qur’an is the only source that can
distinguish between the correct and mistaken practices, only
its guidance can expose and remove these fabricated heresies.
This way, the true religion will resurface.
Today, many people embrace the understanding
of Islam that they inherited from their ancestors as the true
religion. Both some pious people and those who oppose Islam
consider this understanding to be the true Islam. However,
in many respects this understanding of religion contradicts
with the Islam described in the Qur’an.
The main reason why many people remain far from
religion is the presentation of Islam in this perverted form.
Most people notice that this religion, which is based on various
traditions, harbors irrational elements and countless contradictions,
and so wait for the facts to surface. In the End Times, Allah
will restore the religion to its original state and make the
Qur’an’s morality prevail. When this times comes,
He will remove all deviations that hinder people from living
by His religion, and will purify Islam from all heresies,
false beliefs, and forms of worship:
... He [the Mahdi] will practise
the religion just as in the time of Our Prophet. He will eliminate
the sects from the face of the earth. No sect except for the
original true religion will remain... (Muhammad ibn ‘Abd
al-Rasul Barzanji , Al-Isha‘ah li-ashrat al-sa‘ah,
pp. 186-187)
In the Qur’an, Allah says that Islam is
an easy religion to live by and that its commands are clear
and easy. The Qur’an lays down what is right and what
is wrong, as well as what kind of attitudes and behaviors
lead one to Paradise or Hell. The fact that the Qur’an
contains the basic knowledge that people may need at any time
is stressed in many verses:
We have not omitted anything from the Book—then
they will be gathered to their Lord. (Surat al-An`am: 38)
We have sent down the Book to you, making
all things clear and as guidance and mercy and good news for
the Muslims. (Surat an-Nahl: 89)
We have given all kinds of examples to people
in this Qur’an, so that hopefully they will pay heed.
(Surat az-Zumar: 27)
In another verse, Allah makes it clear that Islam
is easy to live by:
He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties
on you in religion. (Surat al-Hajj: 78)
On no soul does Allah place a burden greater
than it can bear. (Surat al-Baqara: 286)
Allah desires to make things lighter for
you. Man was created weak. (Surat an-Nisa’: 28)
The true religion is truly easy. Our Prophet
(saas) also stated many times that religion must not be presented
as difficult:
Make things easy for the people, and do not
make it difficult for them. Make them calm (with glad tidings),
and do not repulse (them). (Bukhari, vol. 8, no. 146)
Allah did not commission me for clerical
duties. The more pleasing thing in the sight of Allah is to
choose the easy way of Allah's Oneness. (Ahmad Diya’al-Din
al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith, vol. 2, no. 498)
Avoid exaggeration while practicing your
religion. The ones preceding you perished for this reason.
(Ahmad Diya’al-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith,
vol. 1, no. 176)
The Golden Age will be a time when people will
truly live by Allah’s religion. Sincere Muslims will
restore the religion to its original state.
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