If a Jew or Christian believes that Allaah is One but does not rule according to the Qur’aan

 

If today there is a jew or a christian who believes in Alaah and that he has no partner. He believes in the prophethood of the Messenger of Allaah . But he does not rule by the Qur'aan even though he accepts it as being from Allaah, but he deems it permissible to rule by the original torah. Is he a muslim.
This needs a quick response if you can , for dawah purposes.
Jazak Allaahu Khair.

Praise be to Allaah. 

We sent this question to our
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmaan al-Barraak, who replied as follows:

 Praise
be to Allaah.

Among
the basic principles of faith are Belief in all the Books that have been
revealed from Allaah, and belief in all the Messengers. These two
principles include belief in the noblest of Books, which is the Qur’aan,
and the best of the Messengers, namely Muhammad
(peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him), the Seal of the Messengers and the Messenger of
Allaah to all of mankind from the time when Allaah sent him until the time
when the Hour will begin. Every person from every nation must believe in
him and follow him and rule by his sharee’ah (laws). Whoever claims to
believe in him and in the Qur’aan, but does not rule according to it or
follow him in everything that he brought and believe everything he told
us, is not a Muslim or a believer. If he dies like this then he will be
one of the people of Hell. If he claims to believe in Allaah Alone, with
no partner or associate, and in all the Messengers, belief in the
Messenger and in the Qur’aan does not only mean believing that they are
true, without following them and ruling according to what they say. Many
of the Mushrikeen believed in the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) in their hearts, and there were those who
believed in him in their hearts and in the words they spoke, but this did
not benefit them at all, like his uncle Abu Taalib. This belief did not
help them at all when they insisted on not following. Similarly, the Jews
and Christians who knew him  as
they knew their sons, and who admitted that they believed in the Messenger

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but this knowledge and
belief did not benefit them at all when they refused to follow him. They
were kaafirs and Allaah decreed their blood and their wealth to be
permissible for His Messenger
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him), so he fought them, and Allaah caused him to prevail over them, and
His religion to prevail over all other religions. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):

“It is He Who has sent His
Messenger (Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) with
guidance and the religion of truth (islam), to make it superior over all
religions, even though the Mushrikoon (polytheists, pagans, idolaters,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allaah) hate (it).” [al-Tawbah 9:33]

So
every Jew and Christian has to enter the religion of Islam which Allaah
revealed to His Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), because the Message of Muhammad is the final Message, which
abrogates the previous religions. Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):

“And whoever seeks a
religion other than islam, it will never be accepted of him” [Aal
‘Imraan 3:85]

According
to a saheeh hadeeth: “By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad,
there is no one among this ummah, Jew or Christian, who hears of me than
dies without believing in that with which I have been sent, but he will be
one of the people of Hellfire.” (Reported by Muslim, 218).

On
this basis, the religion of any Jew or Christian will not be correct
unless he believes in the sharee’ah of Islam and adheres to the rulings
of the Holy Qur’aan. The Qur’aan is Muhaymin (i.e., it
testifies to the truth that is in the previous scriptures and exposes the
falsehood that has been added to them), and it abrogates the previous
Books. The Tawraat (Torah) and Injeel (Gospel) have been abrogated and
have been changed and altered. And Allaah knows best.

The Ruling of obtaining a Bible

 

Am I entitled to obtain a copy from the Bible to know the book Allah sent to Jesus? And is the existing Bible aurate for I heard that the true one did sink in the Euphrates?

 

Praise be to
Allaah.

It is nopt permitted to have any of the
books prior to Islam because of the following :

-        
Anything helpful in them Allah illustrated in the Qur’an.

-        
The Qur’an contains wha makes one in no need of such books.

Allah, Subhanahu Wata’ala,
says, “It is He who has sent down the Book ( the Qur’an ) to you ( Mohammad
) in truth, confirming wha came before it. “ therefore, everything useful
in these Books is mentioned in the Qur’an.

With regard to the second
qustion, the words sent by Allah to Jesus and of which we may benefit
are already in the Qur’an. Furthemore, the existing Bible is distorted,
for there are four different scripts, each of which is violating the
others. But seekers of knowledge who have the sight of differentiate
between truth and wrong can study these books to refute what evil they
include. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen may Allaah have
mercy on him.

What is the nature of the authority of the Qur’aan according to Muslims?

 

I am taking a course on Religions of the
World, I am having trouble locating the following answer:

What is the nature of the authority of the Qur'an according to Orthodox Islamic tradition?

Praise be to Allaah.

The Qur’aan was revealed by Allaah, may He be
glorified, as a law and a reference as to what is permissible and prohibited, what is
commanded and forbidden, for people to follow, so that they obey its commands and abide by
its prohibitions, take what it allows as permissible and take what it prohibits as
forbidden. The Qur’aan tells us about what happened before and what is yet to come,
and it is a reference for judging between us. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“… We have neglected nothing in the Book…” [al-An’aam 6:38].

After the Revelation was completed, Allaah said (interpretation of the
meaning): “… This day, I have perfected your religion for you…”
[al-Maa’idah 5:3].

The Sunnah [words and deeds of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him)] came to explain and complement the Qur’aan. The Prophet
(peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I have been given the Qur’aan and
something like it with it.” The phrase “something like it with it” refers
to the Sunnah. (Saheeh hadeeth). Allaah commanded us to refer to these two constitutional
references, when He said (interpretation of the meaning): “…if you differ in
anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and His Messenger…”
[al-Nisa’ 4:59]. Referring to Allaah means referring to the Qur’aan, and
referring to His Messenger means referring to the Sunnah. The Qur’aan is the primary
source of legislation, then comes the Sunnah. And Allaah knows best.

Last will of Yaa’qoob; Scripture of Ibraaheem in the Qur’aan; country with largest Muslim population and how they came to Islam

 

1) What was the last will of Prophet
Jacob (Yacoub) (PBUH) for his children before his death?. Where do you
find this in the Holy Quran?

2)The
scripture revealed to Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) is lost but it is mentioned
in the Holy Quran in different chapters? Give two references from two
chapters in the Holy Quran mentioning this scripture.?

3)Which Country has the highest muslim
population? How did the people of that country become muslims?.

Praise be to Allaah. 

1.                
The Qur’aan indicates that Ya’qoob gave final instructions
to his sons before he died. “… he
said unto his sons, ‘What will you worship after me?’ They said, ‘We
shall worship your Ilaah (God — Allaah) the Ilaah (God) of your fathers,
Ibraaheem (Abraham), Ismaa‘eel (Ishmael), Ishaaq (Isaac), One Ilaah
(God), and to Him we submit (in Islam).’” [al-Baqarah 2:133 –
interpretation of the meaning].

2.                
The scripture of Ibraaheem is mentioned in Soorat
al-A’laa 87:19 (interpretation of the meaning): “The
Scriptures of Ibraaheem (Abraham) and Moosa (Moses)”; and in Soorat
al-Najm 53:36-37 (interpretation of the meaning): “Or
is he not informed with what is in the Pages (Scripture) of Moosa (Moses), And
of Ibraaheem (Abraham) who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (Allaah
ordered him to do or convey).”

3.                
The country with the
largest Muslim population in Africa is Nigeria, and in Asia, Indonesia.
The Indonesians became Muslim through contact with Muslim traders from
Hadramawt as is well known. Perhaps this is what the questioner wanted to
know, even though the question is not quite clear.