This is a response by Ahmed Alhasan to the statements of some of the prominent Wahhabi Salafi scholars about Earth’s rotation. This excerpt is taken from Atheism Delusion.
Analogous to the shepherd who takes his sheep out to graze at sunset when the other shepherds have already returned, in the second half of the twentieth century, we find the curious case of the prominent Wahhabi scholars that relates to Galileo. I doubt they know anything about him. If they did, they would have accused him of being the biggest infidel, because he differs with them in saying that the Earth orbits. Their story is composed of religious rulings that reflect total ignorance. Though man had gone to the moon in the twentieth century and astronauts returned with images of a rotating Earth, to the Wahhabi scholars it is still very clear: Earth does not rotate, ever!
Here are the rulings:
A question for Muhammad Ibn Uthaymeen¹:
May God bless you. This is a question from listener Ibtissam Muhammad Ahmed from Al-Anbar, Iraq. She asks, “What is the meaning of God’s words: {And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of God, who perfected all things} [Quran Chapter “The Ant” 27:88]. Is this verse evidence of Earth’s orbit?”
Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen’s response: “. . . We say that the theory of night and day alternating due to the Earth orbiting the Sun is invalid because it contradicts the apparent meaning of the Quran. . . . Moreover, it is proven that, at sunset, Prophet [Muhammad] pbuh said to Abu Thar (may God be pleased with him), “Do you know where the Sun goes?” Abu Thar said, “God and His Messenger know best.” He said, “It goes and prostrates beneath the Throne.” This hadith is evidence that it is the one that moves around the Earth, because of the words: “Do you know where the Sun goes?”
In addition to that, he said in the mentioned account: “That is if it is given permission. If it is not, then it will be told, ‘Return to wherever you want,’ so it will rise from its setting place.” This is evidence that the Sun is the one orbiting the Earth, and this is what every believer must believe according to the apparent meaning of the words of his All-Knowing Lord, without considering these rotten theories that will not stand the test of time and that time will bury, just as it buried other worn-out theories. This is what we believe regarding this matter. . . . What is important regarding this matter is that we must believe that the Sun orbits the Earth and that the alternation of night and day is not caused by Earth’s orbit, but by the Sun’s orbit of the Earth instead.” (Binothaimeen.net 2004. Arabic source, translated).
Look at Ibn Uthaymeen saying in the twentieth century that Earth’s orbiting of the Sun is just a rotten theory that won’t stand the test of time, and will be buried by time. But in the end, it turns out that Ibn Uthaymeen is the one who didn’t stand the test of time and was buried by time, as everyone today knows that Earth orbits the Sun, except for the unfortunate few exploited by Ibn Uthaymeen and the likes of him. Sadly enough, some of them have studied physics, and still believe that Earth doesn’t orbit!
¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_al-Uthaymeen
The excerpt is taken from Atheism Delusion by Ahmed Alhasan احمد الحسن
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