TA'WEEL BAATIL (BASELESS INTERPRETATION)

In some quarters there exists the misconception that rejection of a teaching of the Shari'ah by way of ta'weel(interpretation is not kufr. This view is erroneous. A ta'weel which rejects or alters in any way any of the Dhurooriyaat-e-Deen (Essentials of the Deen) is baatil (baseless). Such interpretations produce kufr. For example:

86. Belief in the fact that Nabi Isaa(AS) is alive and that he was physically raised into the heaven is among the Dhurooriyaat-e-Deen. Denial of this belief by any form of interpretation whatever, is baatil and kufr.

6. The belief in Khatme-Nubuwwat (finality of the Nubuwwat of Rasoolullah (SAW) is among the Dhurooriyaat-e-Deen. Denial of this belief on the basis of interpretation is baatil and kufr.

7. Wudhu as an essential condition for Salaat or for touching the Qur'aan Shareef is among the Dhurooriyaat-e-Deen. If someone argues away the need of wudhu by some interpretation, it will be baatil and kufr.

8. Belief in the physical resurrection of humanity in the Aakhirah is among the Dhurooriyaat-e-Deen. Denial of this belief by way of interpretation is kufr.

9. Belief in the Mu'jizaat(Miracles) of the Ambiyaa(AS) is among the Dhurooriyaat-e-Deen. Whoever interprets the Mujizaat to mean anything other than what the Ummah has understood it to be for the past fourteen centuries, commits kufr.

These few examples will suffice to show that any ta'weel(interpretation) which conflicts with the beliefs as accepted and understood by the Ummah from the time of the Sahaabah is baatil and kufr. Such Ta'weel Baatil expels one from the fold of Islam.