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The First interview from Shaykh Feisal is out. You can listen to it from http://www.ummah.com will upload it by tomorrow inshallah. Spread the word around.
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Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal is back on Jamaican soil after a long flight from Kenya from where he was deported.
The Jamaican-born Shaykh landed in a chartered Gulfstream jet, flight ZSJGC312, at minutes after five yesterday evening at the Norman Manley International Airport and was processed by immigration and customs officials before being released.
He had been off the island for two years. He had three pieces of luggage. When the noble Shaykh emerged from the arrivals hall in a brown plaid shirt, a blue pants, a pair of sandals and white Muslim headgear known as a Kufi, he told the Observer he was jet-lagged.
“I’m travelling for two days and you want me to give you an interview?” he asked, as he was being whisked away by a fellow Muslim who was at the airport to receive him.
“It was a very good flight, it was a private jet. I am very happy to be back home,” he added.
According to officials at the airport, al-Faisal transited through the African country Burkina Faso, the Cape Verde Islands, and Antigua, before arriving in Jamaica.
Al-Faisal’s Muslim colleague, while taking him to a waiting minivan, blasted sections of the media for what he described as negative reports about the cleric.
Al-Faisal was arrested in Mombassa, Kenya on New Year’s Eve after he left a mosque. Kenyan officials say he violated the terms of his visa as he was not allowed to preach in that country.
He was detained illigaly by the Kenyan government at the Industrial Area Remand Centre in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi since his arrest.
We praise Allah that the Shaykh is free in his home country and may Allah preserve him and give him strenghth to continue being an autspoken cleric who tells the truth infront of a tyrant ruler. We love you for the sake of Allah oh! Shaykh
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Brother Al Amin Kimathi who was yesterday arrested in chaotic scenes as eight suspects appeared at Nairobi’s High Court for the Friday the 15th demos in favor of Shaykh Abdullah El-Feisal was today charged with incitement and resisting arrest. His lawyers applied for him to be released on cash bond which alhamdulillah was later granted and he is now free until the case will be heard.
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Come this Friday 15th 010, we Muslims in Kenya will be holding demonstrations against the illegal imprisonment of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faisal by the Kenyan authorities. The Shaykh is being held at the Nairobi industrial aria prison remand. We condemn this action and we promise to paralyze normal business within the Nairobi area CBD come this Friday inshaallah. No intimidation will stop us. This frustrations must stop. The government is not above the law and we Muslims must show our might come this Friday. We will help Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faisal in every way possible…and this’s a promise we will not brake inshallah
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The Muslim community in Kenya has vowed to fight to the last man standing following what they term as discrimination by the government. This follows an arrest and deportation of Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah Al-Fasal. Al-Faisal was arrested by Kenyan authorities on New Year’s Eve for entering that country ‘illegally’. The scholar was in the country on the invitation of Muslims in Nairobi and Mombasa and had been scheduled to visit various mosques and hold radio shows.The group argues that preachers from other faiths are usually granted similar visas and are never restrained from preaching or conducting other religious activities. The irate Muslims plan to hold protest demos in major streets of Kenya capital Nairobi after Jumaa prayers at Jamia Mosque today, Friday. In a statement to media houses, The Muslim Human Rights Forum (MHRF) chairman Kimathi Al-Amin told said: “the government has failed to honor promises made by immigration minister to release documented evidence of Faisal’s deportation.”
According to Al-Amin, the documents include; signed consent, flight manifest and the deportation order self-acknowledged as a proof he has been informed of his fate after his lawyers were denied access to him. The 1330hrs demonstration will also include a protest of what Muslim clerics in Kenya call increased harassment, deportation and promotion of anti-Muslim sentiments in the society. Al-Amin added: “we are left with no recourse but to call for the protest rally at which among other things, will be announcing our next course of action in regard to the issue.”
Minister for Immigration Otieno Kajwang
In his part, Kenya’s Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang’ said that Faisal chose Banjul Gambia and was outside Kenya’s jurisdiction. He said: “We therefore had no option but take him to Banjul on his request. The Gambian government has accepted to take him, so we had to send him there.” Several international airlines operating in Nairobi refused to allow the radical preacher to board their aircraft earlier on Wednesday. Al-Faisal has been on a watch-list of persons not allowed to visit the East African nation since 2007, Kajwang said. Al-Faisal was deported to Jamaica in 2007 after serving four years in a British prison for inciting murder and stirring hatred by calling for the slaughtering of Americans, Hindus and Jews.
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Sh Abdullah el-Feisal is presently being held by the Kenyan police in an undisclosed location pending deportation. The Shaykh was arrested after he come to Kenya from Tanzania on Dec 24th 2009. He entered Kenya from Tanzania through Mombasa and was arrested in Nyali. The Kenyan government has for a long time been harassing foreign Muslim preachers who visit the country sighting terrorism for this unwanted actions. We believe the Kenyan police tried to deport the Shaykh back to Tanzania where the Shaykh entered Kenya from but the Tanzanian authorities declined to accept him back. It’s possible they will try to deport him either to Malawi or Nigeria from where the Shaykh come from. May Allah make things easy for the Shaykh inshallah.
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During the Khilafah of Umar bin al-Khattab the sahaba agreed to start the Islamic calendar from when the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم made hijra to Medina and established the first Islamic State. As we enter the blessed month of Muharram and the year 1431 we should remind ourselves of the hijra and dispel some of the misconceptions surrounding it.
Very often when the Hijrah is discussed, we tend to limit ourselves to the details describing how the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم hid in a cave or who slept in his صلى الله عليه وسلم bed. This process inevitably diverts us from discussing the true substance of the event. An account of such events should serve only to remind us that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, while relying on the revelation as the source of the Islamic Message, had to carry the Islamic Da’wah as a human being, and through the means accessible to a human being.
The Hijrah to Medinah did not take place because the Muslims in Mecca wanted to avoid the persecution there, or because they wanted to find a safe haven for themselves, or to run away from the hardships they faced in that city. Rather, it was an event that took history in a new direction, and this can only be seen if we look at the Seerah in the correct manner.
The Seerah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is an integral part of the Sunnah, and is just as much a part of the revelation as is the Qur’an. After a careful study of it, we can extract a very specific method for carrying out the Da’wah, and if our aim is to please Allah سبحانه وتعالى, then it is our obligation to adhere to this method step by step, through each and every phase.
قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
“Say (O Muhammad): If you love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Al-Imran, 3:31)
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا
“And whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and whatever he forbids you avoid it.” (Al-Hashr, 59:7)
According to the Seerah, the Hijrah marks the transition from the phase in the Da’wah known as “Seeking the Nusrah” to the phase where Islam is implemented in the form of a state. The Nusrah is the transfer of authority to a person via the material support or allegiance from the powerful elements of a society. The Hijrah is a direct result of seeking, and subsequently receiving, the Nusrah.
When Mus’ab ibn Umair (ra) was sent to Medinah to spread the Message of Islam, it took him one year of tireless work in that city before its leaders journeyed to Mecca to transfer their authority to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم by giving him the Ba’yah. This Ba’yah was called Bayat-ul Harb (Allegiance of War). Although there was no war, it was called Bayat-ul Harb because it indicated the willingness of the Muslims to fight, when necessary, to protect the Da’wah and the newly established Islamic State. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had invested four years of Da’wah, towards most of the tribes in Najd (the large area between Mecca and Medinah) before he صلى الله عليه وسلم received the Nusrah.
It is important to note that until this time in the Seerah, even with all the pressure the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم placed upon the Kufr society of Mecca, all the persecution that the Quraysh inflicted on Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Muslims was comparatively trivial to the persecution that came after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم received the Nusrah from the leaders of Medinah. From this point onward it was the plot of the Kuffar to assassinate Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. Indeed, it is true that Shaitan and his followers are most afraid of the implementation of Allah’s rules.
Keeping these elements in mind, whenever we discuss the Hijrah, which many people will try to reduce to a spiritual journey the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم took over some terrain, we should discuss the overall ideological significance of this event in terms of Islam and the Da’wah mission.
It is critical for us, the Muslims, to realize that this event not only marks the beginning of our calendar, but more importantly it commemorates the establishment of the nucleus of the first Islamic state. For hundreds of years to come this nucleus would engulf neighboring lands, subsequently liberating one oppressed people after another and bringing them the Mercy from Allah سبحانه وتعالى called Islam. If we want to talk about the essential nature of the Hijrah, we have to realize that it marks the time when Islam as an Ideology was transformed from idea to practice.
Hitherto, the people of Medinah accepted Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم only as a Prophet. However, after the transfer of power (Nusrah), when he صلى الله عليه وسلم arrived in Medinah, they were receiving him صلى الله عليه وسلم as a ruler and a Prophet. Before the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made the Hijrah, he صلى الله عليه وسلم was a Prophet with the new laws revealed to him صلى الله عليه وسلم by Allah سبحانه وتعالى. After the Hijrah, he صلى الله عليه وسلم was the one who implemented this law. Islam had gone from addressing and pointing out the problems and issues to tackling the problems and issues and providing solutions for them. It was at this point that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was able to apply the rules and systems of Islam into real life.
The Hijrah, a part of the Seerah, is something that must be studied in depth to gain a full understanding of its implications and meaning. It is not simply a series of bedtime stories to be told and remembered like fairy tales of how the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم took Abu Bakr (ra) with him and went on a journey, and at the end of it the people received him صلى الله عليه وسلم by singing merry melodies.
This is not to say that the small details of the Hijrah, like how the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had to get ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) to sleep in his bed, or how he صلى الله عليه وسلم had to hide in a cave, are not significant. These details are important because they remind us that the techniques and tactics used by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم were human and not superhuman. They were not tactics which required miracles to be carried out.
We cannot claim that since he صلى الله عليه وسلم was a Prophet, and since we are not Prophets, we are unable to exactly follow his صلى الله عليه وسلم footsteps when it comes to the manner in which he صلى الله عليه وسلم carried the Da’wah. We must remember that these steps, or phases, in the Da’wah mission were meant for us to follow, and to not follow them is a disobedience to Allah سبحانه وتعالى.
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‘…the empire of the Caliphs seems to have been the first state under which the world enjoyed that degree of tranquility which the cultivation of the sciences requires. It was under the protection of those generous and magnificent princes, that the ancient philosophy and astronomy of the Greeks were restored and established in the East; that tranquility, which their mild, just and religious government diffused over their vast empire, revived the curiosity of mankind, to inquire into the connecting principles of nature’. |
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Reducing carbon emission is about a lifestyle change in the west but in the developing world it is a matter of life and death. The climate change debate is incredibly western centric. Using growing fears in the west over carbon emissions to take a pot-shot at the relatively recent economic growth in China and India is profoundly disingenuous given that since the industrial revolution the west has been solely responsible for most of the carbon dioxide emissions in the world today.
The members of the Group of Eight (G-8) – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – make up the industrialised world and together account for about two-thirds of the world’s economic output. Not coincidently, since 1850 North America and Europe have produced 70% of all carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Stern economic climate change review. Industry, power generation and transport are among the biggest generators of carbon emissions world wide – accounting for 70% of green house gases in the EU. Meanwhile, the US with 5% of the world’s population is the world’s single largest polluter in absolute terms and per capita.
What are the ‘fruits’ of the industrialised western world: power literally at the flick of a switch; seemingly limitless selection and variety of household goods and appliances from all corners of the earth; unseasonal exotic foods all year round; the most elaborate disposable packaging to entice sale; decadently cheap flights for short-haul weekend breaks; and the ultimate freedom to drive a gas-guzzler a mere two blocks on the daily school run.
In stark contrast, the lot of the mainly poverty stricken developing world including India and China is: for the fortunate few that are connected to power, daily outages; no hot water let alone running clean water; death by every-day aliments eradicated in the west half a century ago; managing the whole family budget (food, housing, transport, education and heath) on less than $2 a day; no safety-net of a welfare state; and no passport to trouble the expanding market for air travel.
Morally it is highly questionable to look to India and China to curtail carbon emissions when they have only recently begun to lift some of their citizens out of abject poverty. Also, it sends the wrong message to other poor developing countries which need to grow, industrialise and reduce poverty. It is also opportunist as the world is paying the price for mainly past emissions which have hung-around in the earth’s atmosphere for several decades – as the report highlights.
Also, it is questionable whether the west is taking the problem of potentially cataclysmic proportions seriously. Aside from the growing selection of reports on the subject, what has practically been done to reduce carbon emissions? The most notable example is the emission trading scheme, a voluntary, hands-off, free market approach to the problem which excludes key polluting sectors such as air lines, and big polluting countries such as the USA. Indeed since the scheme was launched in January 2005 the value of carbon permits or the cost of polluting has fallen in real terms. With the tool most favoured by Sir Stern to reduce carbon pollution widely said to be in disarray it is difficult to see the west matching deeds to laudable words.
Given the lethal cocktail of capitalist industrial policy of the last 150 years mixed with the western culture of unbridled consumerism, the depletion of the very air that we breathe was predictable. The fall-out will be mostly in the developing world – floods in Bangladesh, migration and food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa. While London and New York can afford to pay to fortify themselves against the impending rising tide, Chittagong and Madagascar can barely afford food for their citizens. A creditable and genuine western stance would be take the lead and consistently reduce carbon emissions over a decade – then western leaders would be taken more seriously in a very serious debate about the future of our planet.
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As regards the issue of putting trust on (at-tawakkul ‘ala) Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the first Muslims understood that very well, and they put their full trust on Allah سبحانه وتعالى. Therefore, they performed the great tasks, and plunged themselves in to the severest of difficulties.
This is different to the Muslims who came after them, particularly when the material dominated the souls, and the Muslims were afflicted with the short vision and weak understanding. So, they became alienated from the true tawakkul, which became futile words that has no reality in their life and nor in their mind.
What encouraged this was that the thought of the scholars focused on explaining the tawakkul as being taking the means. So, once the word of tawakkul was mentioned it immediately meant the noble hadeeth: “tie it and make tawakkul.” (narrated by at-Tirmidhi).
Thus, the hadeeth started to be used for weakening the meaning of tawakkul in the souls, and not for refuting what might be thought that tawakkul means neglecting the means. In other words, they made the hadeeth part of the tawakkul, and not a way detached from it.
Consequently, the zeal waned, the will weakened, and the horizon of the outlook to life narrowed. So, they started to feel with inability, believe their power is limited, and they can’t achieve more than they did. Therefore, Muslims will not return to take the seat of glory, and plunge in life to achieve superiority unless they fully understood the meaning of tawakkul on Allah, and they fully make tawakkul on Allah. This is because men can’t realise the great missions if they limited their power with their human power only. If man looked at these human powers only, and he acted according to that outlook, he felt impotent from realising even the ordinary tasks, not to mention the extraordinary ones. However, if man believed there are powers beyond the human power that help him in realising his ambitions, then he would undoubtedly rush to what is more greater than his power, by depending on those powers.
If we look at the powers of man alone we find them limited; so man would restrict his actions according to that outlook. However, if he had wider view to his powers, he finds no limit to them. He would then be able to realise the great tasks, and undertake what he thought before he would not be able to do. Thus, the power of man has no limit if he believed there is a power beyond his power that helps him to achieve what he endeavours to do. Even those who do not believe in Allah, and nor have tawakkul on Him; they believe in a power beyond their power, which they call the nature or other names; and they undertake great tasks. How is the Muslim then, who believes in Allah سبحانه وتعالى with definite evidence, and has decisive trust in the existence of Allah سبحانه وتعالى that agrees with reality and based on evidence? Without doubt, he can realise, by his tawakkul on Allah, very much more than other than Muslims can achieve. Hence, tawakkul on Allah is one of the most important elements of the Islamic Ummah, and of the most important thoughts of Islam.
Tawakkul on Allah is proved by the definite (qat’ee) text of Quran. Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:
إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ اللّهُ فَلاَ غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا الَّذِي يَنصُرُكُم مِّن بَعْدِهِ وَعَلَى اللّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكِّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
“If Allah helps you, none can overcome you. If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? In Allah, then, let believers put their trust.” [Al ‘Imran: 160]
فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لاَنفَضُّواْ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الأَمْرِ فَإِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ
“Then, when you had taken a decision, put your trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (on Him).” [Al ‘Imran: 159]
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلاَّ مَا كَتَبَ اللّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلاَنَا وَعَلَى اللّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
“Say: ‘Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us. He is our protector.’ And on Allah let the believers put their trust.” [At-Tawbah: 51]
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
“Allah! There is no god but He, and on Allah, therefore, let the believers put their trust.” [At-Taghaabun: 13]
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللّهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
“But if they turn away, say: ‘Allah is sufficient to me. There is no god but He. On Him is my trust. He is the Lord of the Supreme Throne.’” [At-Tawbah: 129]
قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
“Say: ‘Sufficient is Allah for me. In Him trust those who put their trust’” [Az-Zumar: 38]
إِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ غَرَّ هَـؤُلاء دِينُهُمْ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّهِ فَإِنَّ اللّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
“But if any trust on Allah, behold! Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.” [Al-Anfaal: 49]
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
“Indeed, the believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, fell a tremor in their hearts; and when they hear His revelations rehearsed, find their faith strengthened, and they put (all) their trust on their Lord.” [Al-Anfaal: 2]
وَلِلّهِ غَيْبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ الأَمْرُ كُلُّهُ فَاعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
“To Allah do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the earth, and to Him goes back every affair (for decision). So worship him, and put your trust on Him. And your lord is not unmindful of what you do.” [Hud: 123]
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ وَكَفَى بِهِ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا
“And put your trust on Him Who is alive and does not die; and celebrate His praise.” [Al-Furqaan: 58]
وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
“And lower your wing to the believers who follow you. Then, if they disobey you, say: ‘I am free (of responsibility) from what you do.’ And put your trust on the Exalted in might, the Merciful.” [Ash-Shu'araa': 215-217]
All of these aayaat are definite in their meaning that tawakkul on Allah is obligatory. They are explicit in commanding tawakkul on Allah; and the command has been linked with an indication of decisiveness (jazm), which is the praise of Allah سبحانه وتعالى to those who make tawakkul, by loving them.
There are also many ahaadeeth that are explicit in indicating tawakkul.
Al-Bukhari narrated from Ibn Abbas that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Seventy thousands of my Ummah enter jannah without being accounted; they are those who do not use magic, do not see evil omen (in things) and put trust on their Lord.”
In another narration to Al-Buhkari also: “They are those who do not use magic, do not see evil omen (in things), do not burn their skins and put their trust on their Lord.”
Ahmad and At-Tirmidhi also narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “If you truly put your trust on Allah, he would provide you (sustenance) as He provides the birds; where they leave in the morning with empty stomach and return back with full stomach.”
These evidences do not leave any space to a Muslim to be reluctant, for a moment, regarding the tawakkul, because they are explicit evidences, particularly the aayaat of the Quran are definite evidences, and the one who rejects them would be kafir. This makes the tawakkul on Allah one of the greatest obligations on Muslims.
Commanding the tawakkul on Allah in all these evidences is not linked with any condition, and nor any action of it came stipulated. Rather, the evidences came absolute (not restricted) in commanding the tawakkul. Thus, the obligation is the tawakkul on Allah without nay restriction, and in every matter. So, we must make tawakkul on Allah in every action.
The evidences indicate that, when we decide on a matter, or carry an action, we must make tawakkul on Allah; and they do not indicate anything else. There is no any evidence that restricts these evidences; they are rather absolute (unrestricted). Therefore, tawakkul on Allah is obligatory on every Muslim, without any constraint or condition.
As for the hadeeth: “Tie it and make tawakkul.” [At-Tirmidhi]
it is not a constraint to these aayaat and ahaadeeth, and nor even elaboration to them, for they are not ambivalent (mujmal) that requires elaboration. It is rather in another subject, which is taking the means. It is education to the Bedouin, when he understood tawakkul meant neglecting the means. So, the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed him tawakkul does not mean neglecting the means. The hadeeth did not come to abrogate the evidences of taking the means; it is rather something else. Thus, the Prophet ordered him to take the means together with the tawakkul.
The hadeeth is from Anas bin Malik, who said: “A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should I tie it and make tawakkul, or let it go free and make tawakkul?’ He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Tie it and make tawakkul.’” [At-Tirmidhi]
Thus, the hadeeth is teaching to the Bedouin to tie his she-camel, i.e. to take the means, explaining to him that tawakkul does not negate taking the means, and commanding him to take the means and make tawakkul. Thus, the hadeeth is not, by any means, a constraint to the evidences of the tawakkul. Therefore, tawakkul on Allah is obligatory, regardless of the means. The means are not a constraint to the tawakkul, and nor an elaboration to its Hukm. This is because the evidences of the tawakkul came as absolute and not restricted by any text. Its evidences are also not ambivalent that requires elaboration. The issue of taking the means is different to the issue of tawakkul . It is another issue, and its evidences are different to the evidences of the tawakkul. So, it is not correct to squeeze it into the tawakkul, or make it a constraint to it. The Muslims are obliged to take the means, as the shar’ee evidences prove it. They are, similarly, obliged to make tawakkul on Allah سبحانه وتعالى, as the shar’ee evidences established it. Any one of these two issues is not a constraint to the other, and nor a condition to it.
Therefore, Muslims must make absolute tawakkul on Allah. Whoever does not make tawakkul on Allah is sinful, and whoever denies tawakkul on Allah is kafir. This is because the definitely proved evidence proves tawakkul on Allah, which is of definite meaning. Though there are no Muslims who believe in Islam that deny tawakkul, however their masses understand tawakkul wrongly. They understand it as act and make tawakkul; but it is truly different to that. It is make trust and act. There is a great difference between the two meanings. The meaning of ‘act and make tawakkul’ makes the tawakkul just formal. Therefore, this understanding does not have an effect in the soul of the one who claims he made tawakkul. However, the meaning of ‘make tawakkul and act’ makes the tawakkul fundamental; so it would have great effect in the soul, and make in it outstanding power capable to assuming the great tasks.
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahil hamd
Muslimsinkenya blog wishes all its readers a blessed Eid and we make du’a that the next Eid will be under the shade of the Khilafah Rashida inshAllah.
لبيك اللهم ونحن دون أميـر لبيك اللهم ونحن بلا خلافة
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, though we are without our ruler.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, though we are without the Khilafah.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ، لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, Oh Allah! You have no partner,
All praise is only to you, all favours are from You and only You are The Owner of all, You have no partner.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَكَيْفَ لا نُلَبِّيْ, وَقَدْ لَبَّىْ قَبْلَنا الْحَجَرُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالتُّرابُ وَكُلُّ مَنْ سَمِعَ إِبْراهِيمَ مُنادِياً لِلْحَجِّ فَكانَ عَلَيْهِ الآذانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلاغُ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, and how can it be other wise when even the mountains, the trees and sands have already responded to your call. Whoever has heard the call of Syeddina Ibrahim عليه السلام calling for Hajj, it becomes incumbent upon him to carry the call forward and You Oh Allah, has only to order us!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ مُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَىْ صَعِيدٍ واحِدٍ تَتَجَلَّىْ وَحْدَتُنا فِيْ شَعائِرِنا وَمَشاعِرِنا وَحالِنا وَآلامِنا وَلكِنْ فَرَّقَنا حُكّامُنا.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, We have all gathered at the same level and our unity is manifest in our Arkan al Hajj, our oneness is reflected in our common plight, and our unity is demonstrated in our identical sorrows! We are only separated by our rulers!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَنَحْنُ جُمُوعٌ مُتَفَرِّقَةٌ تَتَجَمَّعُ فِيْ الْحَجِّ وَتَتَفَرَّقُ بَعْدَهُ تَحْتَ دُوَيْلاتٍ ما أَنْزَلَ اللهُ بِها مِنْ سُلْطانٍ تَتَصارَعُ بَيْنَها أَكْثَرَ مِمّا تُواجِهُ عَدُوَّها.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, Oh Allah! We are a gathering of different people united in the Hajj and will again be forced to separate in small countries and sheikhdoms which You Oh Allah! Have not ordained. Though we are one, yet we are forced to return to such countries who fight mostly among themselves rather than fighting their common enemy!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ دُونَ أَمِيرٍ يُؤَمَّرُ عَلَيْنا أَوْ خَلِيفَةٍ يَرْعَىْ شُؤُونَنا . لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَتَيْناكَ مُلَبِّينَ لأَداءِ فَرِيضَةِ الْحَجِّ وَلكِنّا لَمْ نُؤَدِّ بَعْدُ تاجَ الْفُرُوضِ وَالسُّلْطانُ لازالَ لِغَيْرِ الإِسْلامِ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, and we are without a ruler who should lead us and we are without a Khaleefah who could take care of our affairs!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ نَلْبِسُ مَلابِسَ الإِحْرامِ, مُتَذَكِّرِينَ الْكَفَنَ وَالْمَوْتَ, نَطُوفُ حَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ مُتَذَكِّرِينَ, أَنَّ عَلَيْنا أَنْ نَدُورَ مَعَ الإِسْلامِ حَيْثُ دارَ, ذلِكَ أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ وَالسُّلْطانَ قَدِ افْتَرَقا .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, while we are wearing the Ahram; we are reminded of the Kafan and our death. While we are circumambulating round the Ka’bah, and we realise that we have to actually do so with the land as Dar al Islam, but this is because the Quran and ruling have become separated!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَنَحْنُ أَشْباهُ أُمَّةٍ, بَعْدَ أَنْ كُنّا خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ, خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنّاسِ فَقَدْ وُلِّيَ عَلَيْنا رُوَيْبِضاتٌ مُتَآمِرُونَ عَلَىْ الإِسْلامِ وَأَهْلِهِ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we are now merely a reflection of the Ummah, an Ummah which was the best of nations, which You had raised for the betterment of all humanity and now we are ruled over by beasts who have subjugated Islam & Muslims.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَنَحْنُ مُنْشَغِلُونَ بِهُمُومِنا نَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ ضَعْفَ قُوَّتِنا وَما نَزَلَ بِنا مِنْ مَآسٍ وَنَكَباتٍ.لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَحالُنا لَمْ يَخْتَلِفْ عَنِ الْعامِ الْماضِيْ بَلِ ازْدادَ ذُلاًّ وَهَواناً.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, and we are overwhelmed by our distresses & sorrows and we only complain to you about our weakness and the tragedies and disasters that have befallen over us. Oh Allah! We are at Your service, and our predicament is no better than what it was a year ago, our humiliation has only worsened and we are weaker.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَلا زالَتْ فِلَسْطِينُ وَالْعِراقُ وكشمير وافغانستان مُحْتَلَّيْنِ مِنْ قِبَلِ مَنْ لا يَرْقُبُ فِيْ اللهِ إِلاًّ وَلا ذِمَّةً .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, while Palestine, Iraq, Kashmir and Afghanistan remain occupied by those neither regard ties of kinship nor honour their pledged commitments.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَلازالَ الرُّوَيْبِضاتُ يَعْتَبِرُونَ مُشْكِلَةَ الشِّيشانِ بَلْ وُكَلَّ الْمَشاكِلِ الَّتِيْ تُواجِهُها الأُمَّةُ عَلَىْ أَنَّها شَأْنٌ داخِلِيٌّ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, but our rulers look upon the conflict of Chechnya and every other problem faced by the Ummah as their own internal problem and not that of the Ummah as a whole.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَقَدْ غُزِيْنا فِيْ عُقْرِ دارِنا وَقَدِ اغْتُصِبَتْ نِساؤُنا وَقُتِلَتْ رِجالُنا وَيُتِّمَتْ أَطْفالُنا وَانْتُهِكَتْ حُرُماتُنا عَلَىْ مَرْأَىْ وَمَسْمَعِ حُكّامِنا .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, whole we are fighting in the heart of our lands, our women are usurped, our men are butchered, our children are turned into orphans and our sanctities are trampled upon and violated, and yet our rulers look upon all this and not only remain unmoved but entertain our very killers!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَقُلُوبُنا كَسِيرَة,ٌ وَأَيْدِينا قَصِيرَة,ٌ وَدُمُوعُنا غَزيرة, نَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ ما بِنا مِنْ عَذابٍ وَظُلْمٍ وَهَوانٍ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, our hearts are broken, our tears are flowing like a stream, our strengths are weak, and we ask You to relieve us of this humiliation, persecution and torture.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَلَمْ نَعُدْ أُمَّةً واحِدَةً تُطِيعُ إِماماً واحِداً فِيْ ظِلِّ إِمامٍ واحِدٍ بَلْ شِرْذِمَةٌ وَغُثاءٌ كَغُثاءِ السَّيْلِ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, though we are not united as one Ummah under one Imam and obeying one Imam rather we are splintered and wayward like the trash flowing on the shores of the seas.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ مارِّينَ بِمَدِينَةِ حَبِيبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىْ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نُواةِ الدَّوْلَةِ الإِسْلامِيَّةِ الأُولَىْ بَلَدِ أَنْصارِ رَسُولِ اللهِ أَبْناءِ النُّقَباءِ الَّذِينَ عاهَدُواْ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ عَلَىْ الطّاعَةِ وَأَداءِ الأَمانَةِ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we have walked past Madeenah, the city of Your beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم, which was the heart of the First Islamic State and was the place of the Ansar, the pioneers who gave their pledge to You and Your Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم to obey and be trustworthy.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَأُمَّةُ حَبِيبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ بِأَمَسِّ الْْحاجَةِ لِمَنْ يَنْصُرُها وَيُبايِعُها عَلَىْ الصَّبْرِ وَالثَّباتِ لِيُزِيحُواْ طاغُوتَ أَمْرِيكا وَأَعْوانِها لِيَتَوَلَّىْ أُمُورَ الأُمَّةِ خِيارُها مَنْ لا يَخافُ فِيْ اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لائِمٍ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, and the Ummah of Your Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is in dire need of who will protect it and to pledge their bai’ah for patience and steadfastness in order to expel the Taghoot of America and its allies and will take charge of the affairs of the Ummah and protect its interests. Such an Ameer, who will not stoop before the enemy and will not be afraid of the blame of the blamers.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَنَحْنُ مَحْكُومُونَ بِحُكّامٍ غَيْرِ شَرْعِيِّينَ يَقْضُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ ما لا يَقْضُونَ لَنا نَصَّبُواْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ عَلَيْنا وَجَرَّعُونا غُصَصَ الذُّلِّ وَجَعَلُونا أَدْنَىْ الأُمَمِ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we are subjugated to the illegitimate rulers who apportion to themselves what they do not apportion to us and who have foisted themselves over us and have led us to this level of humiliation and made us the most dishonoured of people.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَنَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ يَسُوسُنا بِالْحَقِّ وَيَحْكُمُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَيُبَلِّغُنا مَبالِغَ الْعِزِّ بِالْجِهادِ.لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ مُصَلِّينَ مُسَلِّمِينَ عَلَىْ خَيْرِ الأَنامِ واقِفِينَ أَمامَ قَبْرِهِ وَالدَّمْعُ يَسِيلُ خَجَلاً وَهَيْبَةً وَإِكْباراً.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we are deprived of a Khaleefah who would manage our affairs as they should be, a Khaleefah who would provide us with justice and lead us to jihad so we could again occupy a position of honour & prestige. Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we offer our prayers as Muslims and render our respects at the grave of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم while our eyes are full of tears because we are ashamed and overwhelmed.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَقَدْ تُرِكَ الأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ لا بَلْ أُمِرَ بِالْمُنْكَرِ وَنُهِيَ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, but not only ordering the Ma’ruf and preventing the Munkar has been abandoned, rather we are ordered for the Munkar and prevented from the Ma’ruf.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَكانَ ما أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حَبِيبِيْ وَمُهْجَةُ قَلْبِيْ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّىْ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَدْ وُلِّيَ عَلَيْنا شِرارُنا حَمَلُواْ لَنا سِياطاً كَأَذْنابِ الْبَقَرِ قَذَفُواْ فِيْ النّارِ مَنْ أَطاعَهُمْ وَجَلَدُواْ وَقَتَلُواْ وَشَرَّدُواْ مَنْ خالَفَهُمْ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, what ever the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم informed us is the lifeblood of our souls. The worst of our people have been mounted over us as our rulers who lead us by their lashes like herds of cows, who ever follows them, he is lead to the doors of hell, and whoever defies them is lashed and killed.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَقَدْ تَداعَتْ عَلَيْنا الأُمَمُ تَداعِيَ الأَكَلَةِ إِلَىْ قَصْعَتِها ذلِكَ أَنّا أَيْتامٌ دُعِينا عَلَىْ مَوائِدِ اللِّئامِ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, the nations of the world feed over us like easy morsels of food, this is because we are no better than orphans.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَمَلايِينٌ تَنْتَظِرُ تَلْبِيَةَ النِّداءِ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْها مِنَ التَّلْبِيَةِ الْمالُ وَالْوَلَدُ بَلْ مَنَعَهُمْ حُدُودٌ وَحَواجِزٌ وَصَدُّ طُغاةٍ جَبابِرَةٍ تَحَكَّمُواْ بِالرِّقابِ وَالْعِبادِ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, millions are waiting for the call of jihad, and we are not prevented by a shortage of either the willing youth or wealth, rather we are prevented by the borders and barriers imposed by the menace of Taghoot who have subjugated us.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَقَدْ شُتِمَ نَبِيُّنا وَلَمْ نُحَرِّكْ ساكِناً بَلِ اسْتَقْبَلْنا مَنْ شَتَمَهُ فِيْ آخِرِ مَعْقِلٍ لِلدَّوْلَةِ الإِسْلامِيَّةِ دُونَ خَجَلٍ مِنَ اللهِ أَوِ الْعِبادِ لا بَلْ وَدَعَوْناهُ لِلصَّلاةِ فِيْ جَوامِعِنا .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, our Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم has been abused and vilified, yet we are silent, we are not only unmoved, but without any sense of shame, we have welcomed the abusers in the very hearts of the Islamic lands and allowed them in our mosques!
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَلا يَزالُ فِينا فِئَةٌ لِلْحَقِّ عامِلِينَ لِرَبِّهِمْ عابِدِينَ يَصِلُونَ اللَّيْلَ بِالنَّهارِ لإِعْزازِ دِينِكَ وَالتَّضْحِيَةِ فِيْ سَبِيلِكَ وَإِعادَةِ الْحُكْمِ بِما أَنْزَلْتَ وَأَمَرْتَ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, Al Hamdu lillah, we still have a group of people who are committed to truth and Haqq, who are working for You, who pray day & night in order to restore honour & prestige to Your deen and to sacrifice themselves in Your path so that the entire world is again ruled by what You have revealed and ordered.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ ساعِينَ فِيْ رِضاكَ مُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْكَ واثِقِينَ بِجَمِيلِ وَعْدِكَ وَقُرْبِ نَصْرِكَ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we are exerting all our efforts to gain Your pleasure, we rely only upon You and we fully believe in Your promise of help shortly.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ واقِفِينَ أَمامَ بابِكَ مُحْتَمِينَ بِجَنابِكَ مُوْقِنِينَ أَنَّكَ لا تَرُدُّ دَعْوَةَ عَبْدٍ دَعاكَ سائِلِينَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْ تَفُكَّ عَنّا هذا الْعِقالَ وَتُرِيحَنا مِنْ حُكّامِنا.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, We stand at the doors of Your decisive & Unquestionable superiority, with the hope that You will not turn Your servants away. We pray to You to relieve us from the clutches of our treacherous rulers.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَنَحْنُ عَلَىْ يَقِينٍ أَنَّ وَعْدَكَ حَقٌّ وَبُشْرَى نَبِيِّكَ حَقٌّ وَالْخِلافَةُ آتِيَةٌ لا رَيْبَ فِيها وَأَنَّ النَّصْرَ بِيَدِكَ تُؤْتِيهِ مَتَىْ تَشاءُ لِمَنْ تَشاءُ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, we are fully convinced that Your promise is true and the glad tidings of Your Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is true as well, and that the Khilafah is undoubtedly on its way, and that assistance and protection is only in Your hand for whomever You wish and whenever You want.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ، لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ.
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, Oh Allah! You have no partner,
All praise is only to you, all favours are from You and only You are The Owner of all, You have no partner.
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As millions of Muslims travel to Makkah this month to perform Hajj, we congratulate them on their journey, and ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to bless them with the completion of their obligation. May Allah سبحانه وتعالى shower His سبحانه وتعالى rewards and blessings upon them and return them home safely. The Ibadat of Hajj is an amazing event where millions of Muslims gather from around the world: wearing the same clothes and exerting their effort to fulfill this pillar of Islam. Contemplating upon the Hajj, our attention is drawn to one of the vital issues of this Ummah. Muslims with different backgrounds, from distant places, speaking different languages and of different colours and cultures; all come together to the same place and at the same time to perform an act of worship out of total obedience and submission to the one and only ilah: Allah سبحانه وتعالى. As all the differences disappear, Hajj illustrates the unity that Islam naturally brings about to Muslims. Islam makes it an obligation upon all Muslims to unite not just in Ibadat, like Hajj and Fasting, but rather it seeks a true and complete unity of the Ummah in all aspects of life. We will, inshAllah in this issue, shed some light on the type of unity that Islam calls for. Vital Issues in Islam A study of the Quran and Sunnah reveals that Islam has identified some issues and made them vital to all Muslims. These issues require the sacrifice of wealth and resources, including the lives of the Muslims themselves. In other words, vital issues in Islam are literally “life and death” issues. Furthermore, the Shariah provides details as to how the Muslims must deal with these issues. One example is the implementation of the rules of Islam. In the following hadeeth narrated by Aisha (ra) Usama Bin Zayd (ra) approached the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in order to intercede on behalf of a woman (from the elite tribe of Bani Makhzoom) who had committed theft. After Usama (ra) made his request to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, the colour of the face of RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم changed, and he said: “Do you intercede in one of the prescribed punishments of Allah?” He (Usama) said: ‘Messenger of Allah, seek forgiveness for me.’ When it was dusk, RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم stood up and gave an address. He (first) glorified Allah as He deserves, and then said: “Now to our topic. This (injustice) destroyed those before you that when any one of (high) rank committed theft among them, they spared him, and when any weak one among them committed theft, they inflicted the prescribed punishment upon him. By Him in Whose Hand is my life, even if Fatima daughter of Muhammad were to commit theft, I would have cut off her hand.” [Muslim] RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم made a clear and strong connection between being lenient in implementing the laws of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the destruction of previous nations. He صلى الله عليه وسلم would make no compromise even if his own daughter, Fatima (ra), were to transgress the rules of Allah سبحانه وتعالى. In the story of the apostates during the Khilafah of Abu Bakr (ra) when they refused to pay Zakat, Abu Bakr (ra) said to Umar (ra), “Oh by Allah, if they do not pay even a camel rope (used to tie camels) they used to pay to RasulAllah, I will fight them for it.”. This is despite the fact that most of Arabia apostatized and rebelled against the Muslims who were largely outnumbered by them. Yet, Abu Bakr (ra), with the support of all the Sahabah of RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم, did not accept anything less than the full implementation of the rules of Islam and, as a result, went to war against the rebels. The fact that Abu Bakr (ra) would resort to fighting demonstrates that he understood this issue as a matter of life and death – meaning he saw it necessary to put the Sahabah and the Ummah in harm’s way to end the rebellion. The stance that RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم took with Usama Bin Zayd (ra) and the stance that Abu Bakr (ra) took with those that refused to pay Zakat, illustrates that Islam has made the implementation of Shariah a vital issue. The Ummah must make it its highest priority to implement Islam comprehensively, as it is a matter of life and death. Unity of the Muslim Ummah – A Vital Issue Islam has also made the unity of the Muslim Ummah and the unity of the Islamic State one of the vital issues; an issue of life and death. This includes the prohibition of having more than one khalifah, the prohibition of dividing the Ummah into more than one political entity, and the prohibition of rebelling against an imam that implements Islam. First, Islam prohibited the existence of more than one khalifah for the Muslims. That is, the Muslims must only have one state. It has been narrated by Abdullah Bin Amr Bin Ul-Aas (ra) that RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “He who pledged his Bay’a to an Imam giving him the clasp of his hand and the fruit of his heart shall obey him as long as he can, and if another comes to dispute with him, you must strike the neck of that man.” [Muslim] Abu Said Al-Khudri narrated that RasoulaAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “If a Bay’a has been taken for two Khalifahs, kill the latter of them.” [Muslim] Hence, he صلى الله عليه وسلم made the unity of the state a vital issue when he prohibited the existence of more than one khalifah for the Muslims and ordered the killing of anyone who attempts to establish a separate rule, unless he retracts. Second, Islam prohibited the division and fragmentation of the Muslim Ummah. It has been narrated on the authority of Ajrafa (ra) who said: I heard RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم say: “He who comes to you while your affair has been united under one man, intending to drive a wedge between you or fragment your group, kill him.” [Bukhari & Muslim] Furthermore, Ziyad Ibn Alaaqah (ra) narrated that RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “There will be bad and evil things happening, and who wants to fragment this Ummah when it is all united, strike him by sword whoever he is.” [Muslim] So, he صلى الله عليه وسلم made the unity of the Ummah and the unity of the Muslim state a vital issue when he prohibited the fragmentation of the Ummah and ordered the killing of anyone who attempts to divide it, unless he retracts. Third, a rebellion against the Imam of the Muslims, namely the Khalifah, is forbidden, due to the fact that rebellions lead to the disunity of the Muslims, the shedding of their blood and the squandering of their wealth. Allah سبحانه وتعالى revealed: وَإِن طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِن بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّى تَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ “If two factions from among the believers fall into a quarrel, make peace between them; and if one of them transgresses against the other, then fight the one that transgresses until it complies with the Command of Allah.” [Al-Hujraat, 49:9] Al-Qurtubi in his tafseer states that this is an evidence for the obligation of fighting those who transgress and rebel against the Shariah and a just imam (ruler) while refusing to repent. RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “He who rebels against my Ummah while they are united, strike his neck with the sword whoever he may be.” [Muslim] Consequently, Allah سبحانه وتعالى prohibited the Muslims from having more than one state or one Khalifah (ruler). Allah سبحانه وتعالى also prohibited the Ummah from rebelling against the khalifah and causing division within the Ummah. Allah سبحانه وتعالى made this unity an obligation and a vital issue when He made it an issue of life and death. Throughout the history of this Ummah, the Muslims viewed the issue of unity to be the most important and most critical of matters. They never used to be lenient on this issue towards any Muslim whoever he might have been. Ali (ra) was never lenient with Muawiyyah, nor were the Ummayyads or the Abbasids lenient with the Khawarij. Before liberating Al-Aqsa and defeating the Crusaders, Salah-ul-Deen and and his uncle Imad-ul-Deen Zinki worked tirelessly to unite the Ummah. However, when the Khilafah became weak and the understanding of Islam declined, Muslims kept silent over the breakaway of Islamic lands from the body of the Khilafah. Thus, a wedge was driven between the Muslims and the Khilafah state fragmented into many insignificant countries. This occurred despite the fact that the breakaway of any country from the body of the Muslim state is a vital issue, which stipulates either the repentance of the rebels or the waging of war against them – regardless of the cost in lives or wealth. Unity According to Islam Therefore, it should be clear that the unity Islam calls for is a matter of life and death. However, this unity is not the unity of separate Muslim countries where each is ruled by an independent ruler with some form of a union. It is also not a unity based on economics or currency. It is not a unity based on agreements or treaties between separate Muslim countries. All of these are non-Shari’e forms of unity that only serve to distract Muslims from the correct form of Islamic unity. The unity that Islam obliges upon all Muslims is the unity of all Muslim lands under one state ruled by a single Khalifah (ruler). That is “One Aqeedah, One Ummah, One State”. This is the true meaning of Muslim unity that we must adhere to and advocate amongst the global Muslim community. We must elevate the issue of uniting the Ummah from where it is today to where it was during the time of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the generations that followed. As RasulAllah صلى الله عليه وسلم and his companions did, we must not accept anything less than the comprehensive implementation of this obligation.
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بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Media Office in Pakistan
PRESS STATEMENT
Date: 1st Dhul-Hijjah 1430 AH / 18th Nov 2009 CE
The Khilafah has a very comprehensive and highly responsible nuclear doctrine
Seymour Hersh’s disclosure regarding the nuclear assets of Pakistan has exposed the ruler’s treachery with Islam and the Muslims. Both the dictators and democratic rulers have become an extreme security risk for the country. Both brought Pakistan’s nuclear assets under the command of an American special squad as well as mortgaged Pakistan’s sovereignty to secure their rule. The article also highlighted the fact that India and America are not afraid of any dictatorship or some “real democracy”, rather they are only frightened of the return of the Khilafah; and in this context the struggle of Hizb ut-Tahrir for the re-establishment of the Khilafah is the biggest threat. That is precisely the reason why Hizb is banned throughout the Muslim world though it is a non-violent political party.
Seymour Hersh has also exposed his cloven hoof by naming Hizb ut-Tahrir in his article as a threat. Moreover, he has tried to falsely portray the Khilafah as a terrorist state. Whereas the thirteen hundred year history of Khilafah is a testimony to the fact that it was in the Khilafah where Jews, Christians and people of other religions lived in peace and harmony and their rights were protected.
To the contrary, the ill treatment of the Muslims in the democracies of Israel, India, America and France is not a secret anymore. The Khilafah’s nuclear doctrine is based on the clearly defined Ahkam of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and hence is fixed, which no Khaleefah can alter. That is precisely the reason why the Khilafah’s nuclear policy is more comprehensive and responsible than the nuclear policies adopted by the west. We have already witnessed the worst manifestation of the west’s nuclear policy in the form of mass murder in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Islam obliged the Khilafah state to prepare nuclear weapons because Islam has ordered the Muslims to prepare all possible means that would deter and strike fear in the heart of the enemy.
Although regarding the use of Nuclear weapons the general rule in Islam does not allow their use as these weapons indiscriminately kill innocent civilians in addition to the destruction of military installations; however, there are two exceptions to this general rule where the use of nuclear weapons is allowed.
Firstly, Islam allows a tit for tat response; therefore the Khilafah reserves the right to respond in case nuclear weapons were used against her.
And secondly, Islam allows pre-emptive strikes in the presence of strong evidences of an impending nuclear attack by the adversary.
Furthermore, Khilafah believes in nuclear non-proliferation as no other Islamic state can exist in the presence of Khilafah while in no case these weapons will be given to a Kafir state. The imminent return of the Khilafah has panicked America and other Kafir states but they must remember that all their plans are bound to fail with the will of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, and the Khilafah will be established as per the prediction and glad tidings of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Imran Yousafzai
Deputy Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan
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This was a piece of advice from Hamad bin ‘Atiq an-Najdi to Muslims in general, written around two hundred years ago. It finds itself very relevant today.
“…And it should be known that intellect (‘aql) is of three types:
* Natural intellect
* Faith-based intellect obtained from the Prophetic light
* Satanic, hypocritical ‘intellect’
And the possessors of this last type think they are something special, and this type of intellect is found among many people – most of them, in fact. It is the essence of ruin and the fruit of hypocrisy, as its possessors think that intellect is to please everyone and to not go against their interests and desires, as well as to gain their friendship (at the expense of speaking the truth). They say that the best thing for you is to just be part of the people and don’t cause them to hate you.
This is the corruption and ruin of the soul, and this is due to four things:
The first is that the one who does this has gained the pleasure of people by angering Allah, and the people are more important in his eyes than Allah. Whoever gains the pleasure of people by angering Allah will end up with the anger of both the people and Allah. It was narrated that Allah Said: “When I am angered, My Curse reaches the seventh generation of descendants.”
So, if the one who is able to enjoin the good and prevent the bad abandons doing so, he will bring about Allah’s Curse that will reach the seventh generation of his progeny, and this is proven by the verse: {“The disbelievers from the Children of Isra’il were cursed by the tongue of Dawud and ‘Isa bin Maryam. This is because they were rebellious and would transgress…”} [al-Ma'idah; 78]
So, it is clear that this compromising person has ruined himself through what he thought would help him.
Second, it is inevitable that Allah will open a door of humiliation and disgrace for the one who compromises from where he sought honor. And some of the Salaf said: “Whoever leaves off enjoining good and preventing evil out of his fear of people, the respect and obedience people had for him will be removed.” So, if he orders his son or servant to do something for him, they will belittle his status. Just like he belittled the rights of Allah, Allah will belittle and humiliate him: {“…they forgot Allah. So, He forgot them…”} [at-Tawbah; 67]
Third, if some sort of punishment is sent down, the one who compromises will be one of its targets, as in the verse: {“And beware of a trial that won’t only afflict the wrongdoers among you…”} [al-Anfal; 25]
…And Ibn Abi ad-Dunya reported from Wahb bin Munabbih that he said: “When Dawud made a mistake, he said: “My Lord, Forgive me!” So, Allah Said: “I have Forgiven you and placed your sin on the Children of Isra’il.” Dawud asked: “Why, O Lord? How can this be when You are the Just who oppresses nobody? I fall into error and You place the sin on others?” He Said: “When you did this error, they didn’t criticize you for it.”“
And Ibn Abi ad-Dunya reported that Allah revealed to Yusha’ bin Nun (Joshua): “I will destroy 40,000 of the best of your people and 60,000 of their worst.” He asked: “My Lord, I can understand the worst of them being destroyed. Why destroy the best of them?” He Said: “They didn’t become angry for My Anger, and they would give the worst ones food and drink.”
Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr and others reported that Allah commanded one of the Angels to destroy a town. So, he asked: “My Lord, it has such and such a person who is a zahid who worships You constantly!” Allah Said: “Begin with him, and let me hear his voice. His face never once became red for My sake.”
So, the only way out when punishments descend is to be from those who enjoin the good and prevent the wrong, as Allah Said: {“So, when they forgot what they were reminded of, We saved those who would forbid what was bad…”} [al-A'raf; 165]
Fourth, this compromising person who seeks the pleasure of people is worse than the adulterer, the thief, and the consumer of alcohol. Ibn al-Qayyim said:
“The Religion is not just leaving off outer prohibitions. Rather, it is to fulfill what Allah Loves along with this. Most religious people today don’t do this except when it comes to things that the majority of people accept and agree with them in. As for Jihad, enjoining good and preventing evil, giving advice for the sake of Allah and His Messenger to His worshipers, giving aid and victory to Allah and His Messenger and Book and Religion – these obligations don’t even occur to them, let alone evoke a desire on their part to carry them out, let alone be carried them out by them!
The lowest of people in the Religion and the worst of them with Allah are those who abandon these obligations, even if he practices the most zuhd from everything in this world. It is rare to find from them one whose face becomes red for the sake of Allah, and who becomes angry due to His limits being violated, and who gives all he has to help his religion. Those who fall into major sins are better with Allah than these people.”
So, imagine that someone fasts all day, prays all night, abstains from all worldly pleasures, and despite this never becomes angry or has his face reddened for Allah’s sake and doesn’t enjoin good and prevent evil – such a man is the most hated of people to Allah and the least of them in religiousness, and those who fall into major sins are better with Allah than such a person.
And a trustworthy person told me that Shaykh al-Islam, the leader of the da’wah in Najd (Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab), once said: “I saw some people sitting in the mosque with their Qur’ans, reciting and weeping. However, they didn’t enjoin the good if they saw it and they didn’t prevent evil if they saw it. I saw people sitting near them saying: “These are the source of benefit,” and I said: “These are the source of disgrace.” Someone heard me and said: “I can’t say they are a source of disgrace!” So, I replied to him: “They are blind and mute.””
And this is supported by what some of the Salaf said: “The one who is silent about the truth is a silent devil, while the one who speaks falsehood is a speaking devil.”
So, if the one who compromises by remaining silent comes to know that he is from the most hated of people to Allah even if he thinks he is good, he would speak openly. And if the one who seeks the approval and pleasure of people came to know that by not speaking out against their evil that those who fall into major sins are better with Allah than him – even if he assumes himself to be religious – he would repent from his compromise and would retreat from it. And if the one who is stingy with his tongue from openly proclaiming the command of Allah came to know that he is a silent devil even if he fasts, prays, and is a zahid, he would do all that he could to avoid being similar to Satan.
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from every action that angers the Merciful, and from every trait that makes us resemble Satan or compromise on our religion with the people of doubts, hypocrisy, and kufr.
And may peace and blessings be on Muhammad, his Household, and Companions.”
['ad-Durar as-Saniyyah'; 8/75-79]
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Mutah Beale launches TV show to present “true Islam”
Islam is backward, breeds terrorists and suppresses women, are just some of the lies the media promotes about Islam, says American rapper and convert to Islam Mutah Beale, who is set to launch a TV show next month to counter the negative stereotypes about Muslims.
Beale, who shot to fame as a member of the “Outlawz” formed by hip hop legend Tupac Shakur, is set to launch Napoleon TV on Dec. 1 to introduce people to the “true” Islam and counter what he terms “media lies about Islam.”
“It seems like here in America the media is attacking Islam in every way possible, so I decided to use the media to give people an understanding about the true religion of Islam, which is whole and peaceful” Beale told Al Arabiya. “
It seems like here in America the media is attacking Islam in every way possible, so I decided to use the media to give people an understanding about the true religion of Islam, which is whole and peaceful ” Mutah Beale Napoleon TV, named after Beale’s rap alias, will be launched in Britain on cable network Sky’s Up & Coming channel where Beale will present his audience an eclectic mix of segments from introducing top celebrities to Islam to explaining verses of the Quran.
The show, which will reach people in Europe and North Africa, will also give Muslims in the West unprecedented access to scholars in the Middle East with a segment on fatwas, or religious edicts, where people can call in and seek advice from accredited scholars in English, a feature Beale says will help Western Muslims in need of guidance on religious matters.
Beale will also use the channel, which brands itself as a “platform for up and coming TV channels, to air his documentary, “Life of an Outlaw,” which is currently in the works and will be produced by Hollywood actor and comedian Mike Epps.
“The Real Me” Beale with Tupac and the Outlawz Audiences will also be treated to an inside look in to the daily life of the rapper, who left hip for Islam, with a segment called “Napoleon–The Real Me,” a reality show that will follow Beale, who is now a motivational speaker.
When asked what makes his life so interesting, Beale answered:”I want people to see that being a Muslim is a part of everyday life, which could be me taking my sons to a soccer game or me in a business meeting.” “People will get to see me going about my business while always striving to get closer to Allah.” The audience will also get a look at exclusive footage of Beale in the African nation of Gambia where he is currently working on opening an orphanage with U.K.-based charity Muslim Global Relief. “I was an orphan and this is something I want to do because it is close to my heart,” Beale said, adding “I will not be making a single penny out of this all money raised will go towards helping orphaned children.” ” My goal is to introduce people to Islam and let them leave with an accurate understanding of the religion of Islam ”
The next stop after Gambia, could be from Gaza to Kashmir “anywhere where they will have us,” Beale said. So who should tune in to Napoleon TV? Muslims who want to learn about their religion and non-Muslims who have misconceptions about Islam or anyone interested in understanding why someone would give up the luxuries gained from selling more than 40 million records worldwide. “My goal is to introduce people to Islam and let them leave with an accurate understanding of the religion of Islam.” Napoleon TV will be launched on Dec. 1 on Sky channel 843. The show will air daily from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Introduction
Iran made history in February 2009 when it launched into orbit the Muslim world’s first domestically constructed satellite. What made this development even more stunning is the fact that under sanctions and with a belligerent US continually spreading propaganda against Iran, it has managed to indigenously develop a space based programme.
Iran has managed to develop advanced ballistic missiles and now satellites and is the only Muslim country to have launched these with little external help.
Industrialisation can be defined as when an economy is geared around manufacturing and this then acts as a stimulus to other sectors of the economy. An example of this was the British Empire which made manufacturing central to its economy. The manufacturing of ships, ammunitions and mining propelled Britain into a global superpower with the ability to rapidly mobilise for war and allowed it to colonise the world. In times of peace such industries were used for civilian purposes.
This is the fundamental reason for any nation wanting to industrialise, having an independent manufacturing base makes a nation self-sufficient and become capable of opposing the leading states. By not industrialising a nation will not be politically and economically independent, it will be reliant on other nations for its defence and it will always be dependent on the will of other states, like the Islamic world is today.
If we look across the Muslim world there has in fact been some technological and military developments even though these nations have not industrialised. However the overall economic and industrial standing of the Muslim world is very far from where it can be and should be. The Muslim world today lags far behind the industrial nations of the world. Whilst the West went through industrialisation 150 years ago the Muslim world has remained largely unindustrialised and in many cases reliant on the developed world.
Many commentators and analysts across the world have portrayed the Muslim world to lack the necessary ingredients to develop. They cite the education systems across the Muslim world as still residing in the medieval era. They have argued that the Muslim world lacks the rationality that the West has taken towards enquiry and science as necessary prerequisites. Many liberal thinkers have even argued Islam is the obstacle holding the Muslim world back and that only through a reformation can salvation occur.
At the same time the Muslim rulers managed the economies of the Muslim world with little direction, they have relied upon short term policies and on the very few occasions due to impending war’s have funded elements of industry, but even this was driven largely for nationalist reasons rather than for the long term benefit of the Ummah. The Muslim rulers in the Middle East have constantly argued they cannot regain Palestine due to the military might of Israel, Yasser Arafat argued on many occasions at Palestinian refugee camps that Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons meant negotiations were the only means to tackle the Palestinian issue. Pervez Musharraf argued he had no choice but to support the US in its efforts in Afghanistan as Pakistan had no political power or a military deterrent, large enough and hence was too weak in the face of US demands.
The aim of the book is to asses the current status of the economies and position of the industries in the Muslim world. The claims by the Muslim rulers will be assessed as well as many of the assertions Western analysts have made about the prospects of industrialisation in the Muslim world. The reality and prospects of the Muslim world will be shown alongside the myths that unfortunately have become accepted as truths amongst Muslims. A general blueprint will then be outlined showing how the Khilafah could industrialise the Muslim lands and change the status of the Muslim world from its current malaise to one of a superpower.
Adnan Khan
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In Surah Fatir, Allah says:
إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاء إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ
“It is only those who have knowledge among His servants that fear Allah.Verily, Allah is Almighty, Oft-Forgiving” [35:28]
The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam) said: “The ulama are the inheritors of the Prophets”
The ulama are the inheritors of the Prophets, for they were the ones who delivered the message of Islam to the human beings so that Allah’s blessing spreads to all of the world, so it is the main duty of the ulama to continue this work since the Prophets have passed on.
In the tafsir of Qurtabi of the verse on surah Fatir: (It is only those who have knowledge among His servants that fear Allah.) Mujahid said:The alim is the one who fears Allah Azza wa Jalla. Ar-Rabee’ bin Anas said:Whoever does not fear Allah is not an Alim.
Saeed bin Ibrahim was asked:Who is the most knowledgeable? He said:The most fearing of his Lord, azza wa Jalla.
Ali said: “The true, the real faqih is he who does not push people to despair from Allah’s mercy, nor lulls them into a false sense of safety from His Punishment, nor gives them license to disobey Allah, nor leaves the Qur’an for something else.There is no good in Ibadah in which there is no knowledge, and there is no knowledge in which there is no understanding, and there is no qira’ah in which there is no reflection in it.”
The messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam) said: “The superiority of an Alim over the rest of the worshippers is like my superiority over the lowest of you”, then he read the ayah “It is only those who have knowledge among His servants that fear Allah” Allah, His Angels, the inhabitants of His heaven, the inhabitants of His earth and the whales of the sea, all yusalloona (pray for and praise) over those who teach the people the good.”
In the tafsir of ibn Kathir of the above verse came the following: Ibn `Abbas said, “The one among His servants who knows about Ar-Rahman, is the one who does not associate anything in worship with Him; the one who accepts as lawful that which He has permitted and accepts as unlawful that which He has prohibited. He obeys His commands and is certain that he will meet Him and be brought to account for his deeds. Sa`id bin Jubayr said,“Fear is what stands between you and disobeying Allah, may He be glorified.”
Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrated “It used to be said that the knowledgeable are of three types: (first) one who knows Allah and the command of Allah, (second) one who knows Allah but does not know the command of Allah, and (third) one who knows the command of Allah but does not know Allah.The one who knows Allah and the command of Allah is the one who fears Allah and knows the limits (Hudud) and the obligatory duties (Fara’id).The one who knows Allah but does not know the command of Allah is the one who fears Allah but does not know the limits (Hudud) and the obligatory duties (Fara’id). The one who knows the command of Allah but does not know Allah is the one who knows the limits (Hudud) and the obligatory duties (Fara’id) but does not fear Allah”.
The critical role of the ulema today is to save this ummah from death.As the colonialists are striving to encourage us to abandon our deen, by re-interpreting it to conform to their own colonialist thoughts, they are using Muslims to do this dirty work for them. Our own brothers who have studied the details of Islamic Shariah are now being tempted to make statements that please the kuffar, but can only draw Allah’s anger, as instead of submitting to Allah’s pure Shariah, they rather debase themselves by calling to Western thoughts, wholly in contradiction with Islam.
The Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam) said: “There are 2 types of people if they become good then the Ummah will be good and if they become bad then the Ummah will be bad: the scholars and the rulers” and “Do not ask me about the bad but ask me about the good”. The Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam) repeated this three times then said, “indeed the worst of the worst are the bad scholars and the best of the good are the good scholars”.
Therefore, the ulama have an important position in the effort to revive the ummah which leads to the reestablishment of the pride of Islam and the Muslims. It is not their role to reform or reinterpret Islam to suit the dominant Western colonialists, rather their role is to study then explain the shariah to the Muslims, such that they are strengthened by it and desire to cling on to it even tighter.
However, we now hear ‘scholars’ proposing that there is no opposition to changing the Shariah to fit the new places and times. They have put this idea forward as a Shariah principle and is now studied in many of the universities as if it was a vital Islamic idea.The colonialists, however, have exploited it.They have used it to justify accepting the occupation of Palestine by Israel, the cancelling of Jihad, the cancelling of all Islamic rules relating to foreign policy, with the excuse that the times have changed, and the places are not the same as they were at the time of revelation.Also, it is used to accept kufr ideas such as democracy, or to convince the Muslims to participate in the kufr ruling systems.
It is justified chiefly with the claim that Imam Shafii changed his fiqh when he moved to Egypt.Whereas in reality, when he travelled there he met ulema who gave him various hadith, so he changed as a result of the hadith that he was not previously aware of. In his new fiqh, he did not mention this principle of changing ahkam due to changes in time and place, yet, he is the first and most clear of all of the imams to write and explain his usul. So why is it not there?
He did not even mention one issue built upon this reasoning. He actually said:“It is not for anyone to say this is Halal or this is Haram except from the side of knowledge. The side of knowledge is what is in the text of the Quran, the Sunnah, the ijmaa’ of Sahaba or Qiyas.
‘Changing the Shariah to fit the new places and times’ contradicts the Qatii (definite) evidences of the Qur’an:
قُلْ إِنِّي عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّي وَكَذَّبْتُم بِهِ مَا عِندِي مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلاَّ لِلّهِ يَقُصُّ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْفَاصِلِينَ
“Say I am on clear proof from my Lord, but you deny it. I have not gotten what you are asking for impatiently.The decision is only for Allah, He declares the truth, and He is the Best of judges.” [al-an’am 6:57]
وَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ مِن شَيْءٍ فَحُكْمُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ
“And in whatsoever you differ, the decision thereof is with Allah. Such is Allah, my Lord in Whom I put my trust, and to Him I turn in repentance.” [ash-shura 42:10]
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ
“And if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day”. [an-nisaa 4:59]
These Ayat give definite proof that the one who has the right to give a judgement of whether an action is good or bad is Allah, not people, nor the times, nor the prevailing trends or whatever. If we said this is good or bad from our minds or based upon benefits, then we would not need Allah’s judgements, and He would no be our Lord in this. How could our minds know what will be rewarded or punished in the next life?
The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam) said: “The Halal is clear, and the Haram is clear”
Such a principle was certainly not prevalent during the time of the earliest generations. Omar bin abdul Aziz said: “O people,Allah did not send a Prophet after your Prophet, and did not send down a book after this book sent down to him (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam). So what was made Halal by the tongue of His Prophet is Halal until the day of judgement, what was made Haram by the tongue of His Prophet is Haram until the day of judgement.”
Who other than the Scholar is better to carry out the noble duty to work to resume the Islamic way of life, by establishing the Khilafah after it was destroyed? Truly, a devout and sincere scholar is more entitled to this matter, and his place is to be at the forefront of this work. For that, we not only want to say to you “Support us, help us”, but we want to say more than that.“Work with us, and share with us this great honour!”Truly, we are confident and believe in the help of Allah, and the rising again of the dawn of a new Khilafah. Indeed, the glory of Islam and Muslims, with the permission of Allah, is not far away.Allah (SWT) has promised to the Saleheen of His servants.
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُم فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
“Allah has promised those among you who believe, and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the earth, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practice their religion, that which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieved after this, they are the Fasiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).” [An-Nur 24:55]
The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wassalam) said: “Whoever has death come to him while he is seeking knowledge in order to revive Islam with it, will have only one level between him and the Prophets in Jannah.”
Allah says: “The command is for none but Allah. He has commanded that you worship none but; that is the straight deen, but most men know not.”
Of course the work for the revival of the deen and return of the Khilafah is an obligation upon all Muslims, not only the Scholars. But the Scholars have an important role in leading and motivating the Ummah to this most vital of work.
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