syed-mohsin naquvi wrote:
I think Kaukab Siddique has written a very sensible message.
Syed-Mohsin Naquvi
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kaukab siddique wrote:
Dear Sis. Bint Waleed
Dr. Israr is very learned in some ways and means well but he often says things which are damaging to the Islamic cause. Others are siding with the Americans and dictators. These are the important issues.
kaukab Siddique
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Dear Naquvi Sahab,
Answer is as under particularly to those who are living in Daarul Harb and talk about Quran and Hadith and Hadith Rejectors. All such Pseudo Islam Lovers should leave Daarul Harab and enter in Daarul Islaam. They are more than welcome to live in Islami
On [22rd July 2007] the GEO TV repeated the telecast of one of the episodes of Jawabdeh wherein the guest was Lt. General Retd. Hameed Gul, who often suffers from the bouts of Unity of Muslim Ummah, Western Imperialism and what not. Whereas when Jawabdeh’s host asked him as to why he was behind the formation of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad [IJI a political alliance which was formed against PPP] clearly violating the principle/rules/ regulation of Armed Forces? He replied ‘to maintain a balance’. He was lambasting US/Western Imperialism right and left but again when he was asked about his regarding his earlier Romance with the USA to which Gul replied; that was because of similar interests USA and Pakistan used to have in Afghanistan. When the host asked do you know sir? That because of your romance with the USA, innocent Afghan died in the Afghan Civil War, what about that and there was no answer.
Before criticizing the West the so-called Ummah should do some introspection merely declaring Daarul Harb and Daarul Islam won’t do. Ok just assume that the West is Daarul Harb then what about before 9/11 and above all what about the Foreign Aid which we received during Afghan War from the West. Islamic Law and Principles are ultimate and for all seasons. Where had gone that theory of Daarul Harb and Daarul Islam during Afghan War. By the way the Founding Father of Jamaat-e-Islami and Spiritual God-Father of General Ziaul Haq, Syed Abul Al'a Maudoodi died in Boston USA while under treatment in 1979, he was with his son who used to
live in the US. What about the Saudi-UAE investment in the USA and Europe and above all what about General Zia-William Casey-BCCI-Agha Hassan Abidi [A Rafidhi] unholy alliance in the USA during those fateful days?
Another point which is most important that is;
“Hijrah (migration) for the sake of Allaah means moving from the land of Shirk to the land of Islaam.”
Now in a country [Pakistan] which is predominantly Muslim but full of Polytheism [Shirk] of thousands in kind and if you would glance around you would observe the existance of Shrines and Monasteries [Even Gholam Ahmed Parvez was against Polytheism] in thousands if not millions and both are forbidden in Islamic Shariah. Therefore those who declare that the West is
Daarul Kufr must look around and introspect or should all the Pakistanis move to Makkahtul Mukarramah.
General Zia was considered ‘Commander of the Faithful [that so-called Commander of the Faithful fought US CIA backed War against USSR with the help of Non-Muslims, half of the Ronald Reagan Administration including William Casey, the CIA Chief were Christian Zealots (now Neo-cons) and many amongst those are now in George W Bush’s Administration]’ by this Mullah Class particularly by Jamat-e-Islami and Pakistan used to have excellent relations with the USA then but there is a one problem that Islamic Shariah was not freezed during General Zia’s tenure but nobody raised this Theory of Daarul Islam and Daarul Kufr. Those who served General Zia still remember that Zia and Akhter Abdul Rehman’s son [presently in Musharraf’s Cabinet used to study and work in the USA] The Shariah on relations with the Non-Muslims is as under:
Praise be to Allaah.
as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“The believers, men and women, are Awliyaa’ (helpers, supporters, friends, protectors) of one another; they enjoin (on the people) Al Ma‘roof (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and forbid (people) from Al Munkar (i.e. polytheism and disbelief of all kinds, and all that Islam has forbidden); they perform As-Salaah (Iqaamat-as- Salaah), and give the Zakaah, and obey Allaah and His Messenger. Allaah will have His Mercy on them. Surely, Allaah is All-Mighty, All-Wise” [al-Tawbah 9:71]
With regard to non-Muslims, the Muslim should disavow himself of them, and he should not feel any love in his heart towards them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies (i.e. disbelievers and polytheists) as friends, showing affection towards them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth (i.e. Islamic Monotheism, this Qur’aan, and Muhammad), and have driven out the Messenger (Muhammad) and yourselves (from your homeland) because you believe in Allaah your Lord! If you have come forth to strive in My Cause and to seek My Good Pleasure, (then take not these disbelievers and polytheists, as your friends). You show friendship to them in secret, while I am All Aware of what you conceal and what you reveal. And whosoever of you (Muslims) does that, then indeed he has gone (far) astray from the Straight Path” [al-Mumtahanah 60:1]
“Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah, we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever until you believe in Allaah Alone’” [al-Mumtahanah 60:4]
But this does not mean that a Muslim cannot interact with them in a nice manner that will encourage them to enter Islam, so long as that is within the guidelines of sharee’ah, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Allaah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allaah loves those who deal with equity” [al-Mumtahanah 60:8]
The Muslim should strive hard to call non-Muslims to Islam through all possible permissible means, in the hope that they may benefit from that and respond, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Invite (mankind, O Muhammad) to the way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Revelation and the Qur’aan) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided” [al-Nahl 16:125]
“And who is better in speech than he who [says: ‘My Lord is Allaah (believes in His Oneness),’ and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allaah’s (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: ‘I am one of the Muslims’” [Fussilat 41:33]
Muslim narrated in his Saheeh from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever calls people to guidance will have a reward like the reward of those who follow him, without that detracting from their rewards in the slightest, and whoever calls people to misguidance will have a burden of sin like the burden of those who follow him, without that detracting from their sins in the slightest.” [Muslim]
Allaah has commanded us to migrate from the kaafir lands to the lands of Islam, as He says:
“Verily, as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): ‘In what (condition) were you?’ They reply: ‘We were weak and oppressed on the earth.’ They (angels) say: ‘Was not the earth of Allaah spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?’ Such men will find their abode in Hell — what an evil destination! Except the weak ones among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way” [al-Nisa’ 4:97-98]
Abu Dawood narrated in his Sunan and al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Jaami’ from the hadeeth of Jareer ibn ‘Abd-Allaah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“I disavow myself of every Muslim who settles among the mushrikeen.” They said, “O Messenger of Allaah, why?” He said, “Their fires should not be visible to one another”.
Ibn al-Qayyim said in Tahdheeb al-Sunan ‘Awn,:
“What we learn from this hadeeth is that when people settle down in place, the first they do is to light a fire, and this fire may encourage others to come and join them, and anyone who comes near the fire is going to feel at ease with the people whose fire it is. The gathering around the fire of the mushrikeen is a gathering that calls people to the way of the Shaytaan and to Hellfire, because they gather only for the purpose of committing sin. The gathering of the believers around their fire is the gathering that calls people to Allaah and to obey Him and to make His religion prevail. So how can the two fires or the two gatherings be in harmony when this is the case? This is the most eloquent of metaphors, which contains a profound meaning in the most concise phrases.”
Abu Dawood narrated from Samurah ibn Jundub that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever joins a mushrik and lives with him is like him.” This was also narrated by al-Haakim with a different isnaad; his version says:
“Do not live with the mushrikeen and do not join them, for whoever lives with them or joins them is not one of us.”
Imam Ahmad and al-Nasaa’i narrated that Jareer said:
“I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) whilst he was accepting the people’s oaths of allegiance, and I said:
‘O Messenger of Allaah, give me your hand so that I may give you my oath of allegianc., and you may stipulate your conditions, for you know best.’ He said, ‘I accept your allegiance on the basis that you worship Allaah, establish regular prayer, pay the zakaah, are sincere towards the Muslims and you forsake the mushrikeen.’”
These texts indicate that the basic principle is that the Muslim should not settle among the kuffaar in their countries, and that he is obliged to move from those lands to the Muslim lands. An exception is made from that if his staying there is necessary, but necessity should not be blown out of proportion. If he Muslim has to be with them (the non-Muslims) physically, he should not be with them in his heart, and he must avoid mixing with them unnecessarily. Among these evil things is the belief of the Christians – for example – that God is one of three (trinity), as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Surely, disbelievers are those who said: ‘Allaah is the third of the three (in a Trinity).’ But there is no Ilaah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilaah (God —Allaah). And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall on the disbelievers among them” [al-Maa’idah 5:73]
The kuffaar in general do not believe in the Qur’aan or in the message of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), rather they reject the Qur’aan and they reject our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him); so how can a Muslim be inclined towards them with their kufr and misguidance? Even if they give you some of your rights by treating you nicely, they do not give Allaah His rights and they do not give the Qur’aan its rights and they do not give our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) his rights. The rights of Allaah and His Book and His Prophet are more important than our personal rights.
“Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah, we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever until you believe in Allaah Alone’” [al-Mumtahanah 60:4]
But we reiterate that there is nothing to stop the Muslim from treating them kindly within the limits set by sharee’ah, especially if they are among those who treat us well. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Is there any reward for good other than good?” [al-Rahmaan 55:60]
Make earning the pleasure of Allaah your goal. Al-Tirmidhi narrated from ‘Aa’ishah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever seeks to please Allaah by angering the people, Allaah will suffice him against the people, but whoever seeks to please the people by angering Allaah, Allaah will leave him to the people.”
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“As for those who strive hard in Our Cause, We will surely guide them to Our Paths. And verily Allaah is with the Muhsinoon (good doers)” [al-‘Ankaboot 29:69]
You have to endure and be more patient, and seek reward with Allaah, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Endure and be more patient (than your enemy), and guard your territory by stationing army units permanently at the places from where the enemy can attack you, and fear Allaah, so that you may be successful” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:200]
You should note that if you are keen to fear and obey Allaah, you will ultimately find a way out from every difficulty, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty)” [al-Talaaq 65:2]
Muslims are commanded to call non-Muslims to Islam with wisdom and beautiful preaching and by debating in a manner that is better. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And argue not with the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), unless it be in (a way) that is better (with good words and in good manner, inviting them to Islamic Monotheism with His Verses), except with such of them as do wrong” [al-‘Ankaboot 29:46]
Allaah does not accept any religion other than Islam. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:85]
The Muslims should give the kaafirs the opportunity to hear the words of Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And if anyone of the Mushrikoon (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allaah) seeks your protection then grant him protection so that he may hear the Word of Allaah (the Qur’aan) and then escort him to where he can be secure” [al-Tawbah 9:6]
Hating them in our hearts does not mean that we should oppress or mistreat them under any circumstances, because Allaah said to His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), describing what his attitude should be towards the People of the Book:
“and I am commanded to do justice among you. Allaah is our Lord and your Lord. For us our deeds and for you your deeds” [al-Shoora 42:15 – interpretation of the meaning]
even though he is a Muslim and they are following Judaism or Christianity.
The Muslims believe that it is not permissible, under any circumstances whatsoever, for a Muslim to mistreat a non-Muslim who is not hostile towards Islam; so the Muslim should not commit aggression against him, or frighten him, or terrorize him, or steal his wealth, or embezzle him, or deprive him of his rights, or deny him his trust, or deny him his wages, or withhold from him the price of his goods when buying from him or withhold the profits of a partnership if he is in a business partnership with him.
The Muslims believe that it is obligatory upon the Muslims to honour treaties or agreements made with a non-Muslim party. If a Muslim has agreed to their conditions when seeking permission to enter their country (i.e., a visa) and has promised to adhere to that, then it is not permissible for him to commit mischief in their land, to betray anyone, to steal, to kill or to do any destructive action, and so on. The Muslims believe that it is permissible for a Muslim to treat kindly those non-Muslims who are not hostile, whether by offering financial help, feeding
the hungry, giving them loans if needed or interceding with regard to permissible matters, or speaking kindly to them or returning their greetings, and so on. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Allaah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allaah loves those who deal with equity” [al-Mumtahanah 60:8]
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