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07 July 2010 By Markaz Kavkaz
Guidance and Misguidance
All praise is due to Allah,
the Lord of the Worlds. May Allah bless our Prophet
Muhammad, his family, and his companions, and grant
them Peace.
Indeed the support and help
come through the Quran and sword.
"Certainly We sent Our
apostles with clear arguments, and sent down with them
the Book and the balance that men may conduct
themselves with equity; and We have made the iron,
wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and
that Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in
the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty".
This is the path that was
chosen by the companions who followed the Book of
Allah and were obedient on Armed Jihad; this is the
reason why Allah has purified their faith and granted
them victories on the battlefields.
"Allah has promised to
those of you who believe and do good that He will most
certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made
rulers those before them, and that He will most
certainly establish for them their religion which He
has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly,
after their fear, give them security in exchange; they
shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and
whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are
the transgressors".
Later, when the practice of
the Book and Armed Jihad was brought to a stall, the
power of Muslims had dramatically declined.
Wherever the banner of
Jihad was set, you already see Mujahideen are in a
hurry to go there, searching for martyrdom, wherever
it could be found. You could see very few among them
who had spent some time studying in the past. But you
will not see among them scholars who would advise the
Mujahideen to strengthen their faith.
The Prophet, may Allah
bless him, and grant him Peace, said:
The revival of Armed Jihad,
which the Ummah experiences today, is a right time for
the seekers of the true knowledge to make a step
towards Hijrah and Jihad on the path of Allah, because
He, the Most High says:
"And whoever flies in
Allah's way, he will find in the earth many a place of
refuge and abundant resources, and whoever goes forth
from his house flying to Allah and His Apostle, and
then death overtakes him, his reward is indeed with
Allah and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful".
A muhajir would find a
place of safety, letting his enemies cope with their
rage on their own. The muhajir would find abundant
resources for spiritual and physical strength in the
full sense of these words. This is a virtue of the
guidance, response to the call to make Hijrah and then
go for Jihad to fight the enemies of Allah physically.
Well-being has a key
option: laying down the basis of freedom from sorrow
and depression triggered by living side by side with
the enemies of Allah; it is leaving a country where
tyrants and their proxies transgress framing and
exercising their imaginary laws on its subjects, and,
finally, it is moving in exchange for Paradise towards
the nobleness, power, Jihad and the victory and life
in accordance with the Sharia that is the monotheism
and laws of Allah, the Most High.
Scholars are the successors
of the prophets. They are obliged to bear their
mission; i.e. to carry the truth of Allah, the Most
High forth, and conduct Jihad to guard it. It is them,
the scholars, who must lead Muslims to Jihad against
the enemies of Allah.
There are distinctions in
quality between sincere and wicked scholars. The very
first of them is the integrity of faith, words and
deeds.
There is a reference to the
guidance in the opening Surah of the Quran; the
guidance to the straight path to al-Jannah, that Allah
has granted the prophets, martyrs, righteous and
truthful, who are neither under the wrath, like those
from among the Jews and wicked scholars of the Muslim
Ummah, because of their ignorance of the truth, nor
were lead astray, who committed acts without the
knowledge, like the Christians and the corrupt of our
Ummah.
Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna, may
Allah bestow His mercy on him, said:
Allah, the Most High has
mentioned the both peculiarities in His Book:
"O you who believe! most
surely many of the doctors of law and the monks eat
away the property of men falsely, and turn (them) from
Allah's way; and (as for) those who hoard up gold and
silver and do not spend it in Allah's way, announce to
them a painful chastisement".
The guidance could only be
achieved by the righteous and truthful deeds which are
supported by the knowledge and promptness to answer
the call:
"And if We had
prescribed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth
from your homes, they would not have done it except a
few of them; and if they had done what they were
admonished, it would have certainly been better for
them and best in strengthening (them); And then We
would certainly have given them from Ourselves a great
reward. And We would certainly have guided them in the
right path. And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle,
these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed
favors from among the prophets and the truthful and
the martyrs and the good, and a goodly company are
they!"
Those who claim to have a
degree and ascribe themselves to the righteous salaf
of this Ummah, but hide the truth, keep out of Jihad,
turn away from the path of Allah for the sake of
earthly goods, these are the liars in their claims.
They are the closest of all people to the description
of the Jews, who are under the wrath of Allah, the
Most High, Who says:
"And do not mix up the
truth with the falsehood, nor hide the truth while you
know (it). And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate
and bow down with those who bow down. What! do you
enjoin men to be good and neglect your own souls while
you read the Book; have you then no sense?"
In the Sahihain (al-Bukhari
and Muslim), there was mentioned a hadeeth that the
prophet, may Allah bless him, and grant him Peace,
said:
Allah, the Most High has
compared those who have the knowledge, but do not act
upon it, and witness the signs of Allah, but turn away
from them; as such, were compared with an ass laden
with books, or a dog lolling its tongue. They are
indifferent whether follow the word of Allah with
little or no effort put into it, or replace the truth
if the going gets rough. Such people are ‘stuck' to
the ground stiffly and became followers of the Shaitan,
and their reasoning ability has become a slave of
their passions.
Allah, the Most High says:
"The likeness of those
who were charged with the Taurat, then they did not
observe it, is as the likeness of the ass bearing
books, evil is the likeness of the people who reject
the communications of Allah; and Allah does not guide
the unjust people".
"And recite to them the
narrative of him to whom We give Our communications,
but he withdraws himself from them, so the Shaitan
overtakes him, so he is of those who go astray. And if
We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted him
thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his
low desire, so his parable is as the parable of the
dog; if you attack him he lolls out his tongue; and if
you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue; this is
the parable of the people who reject Our
communications; therefore relate the narrative that
they may reflect".
(The Holy Quran, Surah 7.
"The Heights", 175-176)
Al-Qurtubi commenting on
these verses said:
The second quality of true
scholars is in making what they have learned clear to
people and make the word of the truth high and
supreme.
"Surely those who
conceal the clear proofs and the guidance that We
revealed after We made it clear in the Book for men,
these it is whom Allah shall curse, and those who
curse shall curse them (too)".
All those who identify
themselves as scholars of the truth, but conceal some
of its parts are being cursed by Allah and the
cursers. The true scholars are those who have been
blessed with great rewards by the mercy of Allah.
Some scholars terrified of
the anger of the tyrants and blame of the media rush
to conceal the truth to ‘stay away' from ‘evil'. Some
scholars craving for earthly wealth and advantageous
appointments rush to change the truth to please the
tyrants.
"And when Allah made a
covenant with those who were given the Book: You shall
certainly make it known to men and you shall not hide
it; but they cast it behind their backs and took a
small price for it; so evil is that which they buy".
"Then there came after
them an evil posterity who inherited the Book, taking
only the frail good of this low life and saying: It
will be forgiven us. And if the like good came to
them, they would take it (too). Was not a promise
taken from them in the Book that they would not speak
anything about Allah but the truth, and they have read
what is in it; and the abode of the hereafter is
better for those who guard (against evil). Do you not
then understand?"
Yes, they have obtained
some of the knowledge from the scholars or in madrasas,
as Allah, the Most High says:
Imam ibn al-Qayyim, may
Allah bestow His mercy on him, said:
"Any, from among the
scholars, who preferred earthly wealth and has passion
for it, certainly will be slandering Allah in his
fatawa and assertions, in words and deeds. Very often
the laws of Allah are contrary to the assumed
interests of people, especially of those holding the
power following their whims. Their desires could be
satisfied only by violation of laws of the truth.
Allah, the Most High
also says:
Allah, the Most High
says that they seized upon the secular lifestyle,
despite the fact that they knew about its
unlawfulness. But they said it would be forgiven to
them. And if there were tempted by another opportunity
to get some earthly goods sinfully; they would have
acted as same as before; that was their habit".
It is not just about text
memorizing and scientific reading. Knowledge must be
useful and helpful: increasing piety, purifying the
soul and heart. If the heart is purified, then the
knowledge would be useful and helpful. And, by the
will of Allah, that would be useful and helpful for
other Muslims.
But, if the heart,
receiving the truth, were a heart of a hypocrite, the
heart contaminated with the disease of disobedience;
then its holder will tend to hide the truth and
slander Allah. This hypocrite would like to have
diverted others from the path of Allah and his fatawa
and assertions would become a Sharia disguise of
collaborationist rulers, to justify their crimes
against Muslims.
The third quality of true
scholars is the fear of Allah.
He, the Most High said:
"What! he who is
obedient during hours of the night, prostrating
himself and standing, takes care of the hereafter and
hopes for the mercy of his Lord! Say: Are those who
know and those who do not know alike? Only the men of
understanding are mindful".
"And of men and beasts
and cattle are various species of it likewise; those
of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge
fear Allah; surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving".
One of the signs of fear of
Allah is in going to Jihad in the path of Allah.
Allah, the Most High has said:
"What! will you not
fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the
expulsion of the Apostle, and they attacked you first;
do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you
should fear Him, if you are believers. Fight them,
Allah will punish them by your hands and bring them to
disgrace, and assist you against them and heal the
hearts of a believing people. And remove the rage of
their hearts; and Allah turns (mercifully) to whom He
pleases, and Allah is Knowing, Wise".
And if a scholar hides the
truth, keeps his wealth, soul and word away from
Jihad, while the crusading crowds trample the Muslim
countries, then there is no doubt that the man has
nothing to do with those scholars, whom Allah, the
Most High has blessed in His Book describing them as
those who has fear of Him.
There are obstacles that
prevent a seeker of the knowledge going to Jihad on
the path of Allah:
These eight components of
welfare, admired by man are obstacles in going for
Jihad: the fathers, children, brothers, wives, family,
earned property, trade (or a position) stagnation (or
losing) of which is feared, and dwellings with which
people are satisfied and reluctant to move away from.
But that incorrect
obsession could have been overcome. Iman, Hijrah and
Jihad on the path of Allah, are only for man, who
truly loves Allah and practices the monotheism by
words and deeds and truly understands that Hijrah and
Jihad are deeds of.
Love of earthly goods and
aversion to fight Jihad has encouraged the enemies of
Islam to lead successful military campaigns and seize
the power and wealth of the Ummah. On the subject of
this the Prophet, may Allah bless him, and grant him
Peace, said:
The second
obstacle is an inconsistent understanding caused by
blind-trust-following the chopped-up curriculum.
That happens when learners,
whether required to or not, put a lot of effort in
memorizing (not realizing or ignoring the fact that
the huge segments of the knowledge are hidden away by
some scholars open for suggestion from Shaitan) all
the leftovers of the knowledge; and that, in turn,
begins to distract him from worship, and leads him to
assume incorrect logical conceptions of the matters of
the faith, and that in turn causes incomplete Iman,
its weakness and heart disease.
Imam ibn al-Qayyim
commenting on the words of Allah 'the (passionate)
accumulation (of abundance; e.g., earthly gains)
diverts you' said that ‘accumulation' is an act of
increasing (in number, mass, size, etc.), and that
Allah, the Most High mentions it without specifics
(accumulation of what), because the word
‘accumulation' here is used in its general sense, and
includes everything that could be increased by a
person, besides the obedience to Allah and His
Messenger, and every thing that may benefit after
death, and so everything of earthly wealth, is
regarded as fit for accumulation, whether wealth,
prestige, power, women, words, especially unneeded
knowledge, books, multi-volumes with numerous subjects
and their branches, theories, etc.
Students tend to get fallen
into a common error by having a determination to
acquire the knowledge to be elevated to a degree of
the truthful; i.e., the carriers of the true knowledge
(which is not a negative intention); but doing so
without considering the fact that the sought degree
would not be achieved while ignoring the
responsibility of the compulsory Jihad (the defense of
the truth that was wiped out of the curriculum).
Loafing away from Jihad is a sign of weakness of
sincerity. It is Jihad that makes distinction between
a truthful and liar. Allah, the Most High says:
"The believers are only
those who believe in Allah and His Apostle then they
doubt not and struggle hard with their wealth and
their lives in the way of Allah; they are the truthful
ones".
The third
obstacle is the errors of the advisors and teachers.
That is when they stop
their duty of encouraging the students and Muslims in
general, to stand up and go forth to Jihad. They
should encourage Jihad, as He the Almighty says:
"Fight then in Allah's
way; this is not imposed on you except in relation to
yourself, and rouse the believers to ardor maybe Allah
will restrain the fighting of those who disbelieve and
Allah is strongest in prowess and strongest to give an
exemplary punishment".
While motivating their
learners to follow the ‘aqidah of the salaf of this
Ummah, by memorizing the chopped-up curriculum, the
teachers are doomed to commit another mistake, they do
not and cannot make any attempts to come even close in
catching up with the salaf's methodology, ways and
forms in their conduct of Jihad. You can see a person
calling to follow the manhaj of the salaf, but he,
himself, prefers the secular side of being and hides
the truth. This person is very close to the Jewish
rabbis who (condemned themselves to) bear the wrath of
Allah.
In addition to the above,
the preachers and teachers have taken the wrong way of
supporting Islam; the way which is broken to go beyond
the tolerated limits that were set by the apostate
rulers. That is the way that has no place for Jihad,
the compulsory means for the Ummah's survival against
the crusaders, and Hellfire.
The chosen by these
preachers road is not for Jihad. And that road shall
not bring any changes to the state of the Ummah, it
shall not divert the aggression aside, by it shall not
be delivered any skin to its security and it shall not
take the fear away. It is just a road to attract the
Ummah into erroneous hypothesis; the road which those
preachers shall never surrender under any
circumstances. They already have withdrawn themselves
and their followers away from the reasoning and Jihad.
They do not mind to look on the battle from afar. They
shall be among those about whom Allah, the Most High
says:
"They think the allies
are not gone, and if the allies should come (again)
they would fain be in the deserts with the desert
Arabs asking for news about you, and if they were
among you they would not fight save a little".
Among other distracting
from Jihad mistakes the preachers and teachers have
committed was by using the propaganda terminology of
the Christians and apostates; such as, freedom,
democracy, human rights, etc. They hastily adopted
those sugar-coated words and were deceived by their
false values even though behind all that there are the
impious infidels who do not have faith in Hereafter.
They commit even more sins while listening to those
words that have enticed them; words that were
developed and embellished in various ways of
eloquence, and broad casted through the media and
satellite channels.
Allah, the Most High has
explained about those who are trying to make
expressions to deceive people to loosen them from the
path of Allah; they are the Shayatin from among men
and jinn: the enemies of the messengers of Allah.
Allah said about them:
"And thus did We make
for every prophet an enemy, the Shaitans from among
men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others
varnished falsehood to deceive (them), and had your
Lord pleased they would not have done it, therefore
leave them and that which they forge. And that the
hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter
may incline to it and that they may be well pleased
with it and that they may earn what they are going to
earn (of evil)".
How could a seeker of the
knowledge be satisfied with their intrigues and
sugar-coated words, gravitated toward their propaganda
campaigns, which are not to provide the truth, but to
replace it with lies through their terminology and
words?
One of those words; such
as, ‘freedom' which is, in the understanding of
Christians, and their supporters of the secular way of
life, means getting free of religion, morality, and
manners. That is, the meaning of the word contradicts
the principle of obedience to Allah and His Prophet,
may Allah bless him, and grant him Peace; in other
words, rebellion against the worship of Allah. That is
freedom of the Shayatin from among men, namely the
Americans and those who follow their ‘democracy' and
‘human rights'.
In fact, they are not free,
but rather are captives of the Shayatin from among the
jinn, who sent them to fight against Allah and His
Prophet, may Allah bless him, and grant him Peace. As
Allah mentions this:
"Do you not see that We
have sent the Shaitans against the unbelievers,
inciting them by incitement?"
"And whoever turns
himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent
God, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he becomes his
associate".
Those rebels have revolted
against the Justice of Allah, been enslaved by their
own passions and been worshipping the Shayatin,
celebrities, and tyrants who set their own laws and
enforce them globally for others to worship them.
A person can be freed from
slavery of taghuts and tyrants only through monotheism
and obedience to the Rule of Allah, the Most High.
Islam came with worship, not with the western freedom,
because worship is the main objective of man, for
which Allah created him. Allah, the Most High says:
"And I have not created
the jinn and the men except that they should serve
Me".
And if the scholar would
construct his discussions and debates with the
apostates and hypocrites with accordance with this
verse to please Allah, the Most High, then he would
never go astray neither in his words nor manhaj.
But if he forgets the
purpose of the creation and attempts to satisfy his
readers and spectators from among the Christians and
apostates, then with no doubt, he shall fall into an
error and shall attribute to the religion of Allah
what does not belong to it; such as, ‘democracy',
‘freedom', ‘human rights', etc.
Scholars should sympathize
with, care for their brethren Mujahideen and assist
them instead of fighting them pleasing the enemies of
Allah - infidels and hypocrites, getting closer to
them by backbiting and slandering the Mujahideen.
After all, if a scholar,
hating the enemies of Allah, but distancing himself
from the Mujahideen and righteous, he would confuse
and divide people around him and lose the path of
greatness, power and Jihad. Doing so, he will waste
his mission, strength and become humiliated by the
infidels and apostates. And he will get nothing, he
would not be either in the ranks of Mujahideen to help
the Ummah or the apostates, who would more likely be
disgusted by anything what he would call them for.
The infidels, hypocrites
and their media would spare this scholar from their
harassment; if once he reaches such a degree of
humiliation and feebleness and agree to lend them a
hand on fatawa to plot against the Ummah for some
scraps of ‘well-being' and a share of the wrath in
return.
"And surely they had
purposed to turn you away from that which We have
revealed to you, that you should forge against Us
other than that, and then they would certainly have
taken you for a friend. And had it not been that We
had already established you, you would certainly have
been near to incline to them a little; In that case We
would certainly have made you to taste a double
(punishment) in this life and a double (punishment)
after death, then you would not have found any helper
against Us".
"And that you should
judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do
not follow their low desires, and be cautious of them,
lest they seduce you from part of what Allah has
revealed to you; but if they turn back, then know that
Allah desires to afflict them on account of some of
their faults; and most surely many of the people are
transgressors. Is it then the judgment of (the times
of) ignorance that they desire? And who is better than
Allah to judge for a people who are sure?"
In fact, a scholar calling
for the truth and Jihad is a sign of a mercy of Allah
on this Ummah, and even if he were imprisoned, his
call behind the walls and iron would not be neglected
by the Lord.
But if the scholar is
gutless with the truth or/and deaf-dumb on Jihad and
groveling before infidels, then his ‘mission' is over.
It would not be helpful for him to have flocks of
media outlets crying his fabricated fatawa out, which
would change Islam in no way, and the Responding Ummah
would return back to the folds of Islam anyway,
because Allah, the Most High has promised that, and
the signs of the approaching victory are already being
shown.
Upon the scholars, their
students, youth and capable men is a sacred duty to
have walked Jihad in dar al-harb to add force to the
brethren Mujahideen, and teach them to improve their
knowledge of the Truth and strengthen their Iman.
Allah, the Most High favored Muslims with Jihad on His
path, a duty to be done by wealth (to
establish/finance/maintain the logistics of the
Mujahideen, arm and feed them, take care of and
support their families, etc.), soul (to stand up and
fight the enemies of Allah physically), and tongue (to
wage intellectual warfare to voice the truth). They
have an obligation (to push themselves to the limits,
strive physically) to withstand and break through the
(ideological/psychological/physical) pressure of the
enemies of Allah: the Christians, Jews, and apostates.
By Abu Umar as-Sayf
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