by Shaykh Ibn Baz Rahimahullah
[source: Salafi Talk]
[source: Salafi Talk]
Question: Is it permissible for me as a Muslim to leaf through the Injil (Gospel) and read in it, just to have a look, and not for any other purpose? Does believing in the Divine Books mean believing in their being revealed by Allah or believing in their content? Please enlighten me, may Allah enlighten you!
Answer: Every Muslim should believe that these books: the Tawrah (Torah), the Injil (Gospel), and the Zabur (the Psalms), were revealed by Allah, and that Allah revealed them to His Prophets. Included in these Books were: commands, prohibitions, admonitions, warnings, stories of ancient events, information on Paradise and Hell, and other matters. However, Muslims should not use these books as they have been distorted and altered, and they should not own copies of them, or read in them. They pose a danger in that they may lead Muslims to deny a truth or believe in a falsehood, because they have been distorted, altered and falsified by the Jews, the Christians and others: whereas Allah has made us stand in no need of them, by the great Book He revealed: the Noble Qur'yan.
It is reported that the messenger of Allah peace be upon him saw a portion of the Tawrah (Torah) in the hands of Umar, so he became angry and said: Are you confused about it, O Ibn Al-Khattab? By the One Whose Hand is in my soul, I brough it to you white and pure. And he added, By the One Whose Hand is my soul if Musa (Moses) were alive, he could not follow me.
We just want to advise you, and others, not to take anything from the Tawrah (Torah), the Injil (the Gospel), and the Zabur (the Psalms), not to acquire copies of them, and not to read in them.
Rather, if you have any of them, bury or burn it, because the truth that was in them has been given, instead, in the Qur'yan: they are now so mixed with changes and distortions, which are all condemned and false. Therefore, the believer must be on his guard against this, and beware of reading these books either by burying or burning them.
Knowledgeable Muslim scholars are permitted to look at these books to refute the allegations of the opponents of Islam from among the Jews and the Christians. This was what the Prophet (Jesus-peace be upon him) did when the Jews denied that stoning of adulterers was the punishment prescribed in the Tawrah (Torah), so he asked for a copy of the Tawrah (Torah) until they finally acknowledged it.
The reason for this is that the scholars, who are knowledgeable about the Shariyah (Islamic Law), may need to read the Tawrah (Torah), the Injil (the Gospel), and the Zabur (the Psalms) for the sake of Islam, to refute allegations from the opponents of Allah and show the merits of the Quryan and the truth and guidance it contains. As for ordinary people, they do not need to do this. So, if they have any of these books, they should bury them in a pure place or burn them to avoid misleading anyone through them.
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8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught[b] in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.
7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
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