Shariah - The Crucial Matter!!!

By Shaikh Abu Hamza Al Masri (may Allah hasten his release-AMEEN!!!) 

In this crucial time, the sincere Muslim who wants to help the Ummah needs to know what action to take. What can he do, how is he to do it and what methodology should he take in doing this task? What is the Shari`ah? How to bring the Shari`ah about and how to support the Shari`ah in our own lives and what type of people can support the struggle is an important question that needs a decisive answer. All of these things this book ventures to answer.

This is not just for the Muslim though. Within it the non-Muslim will find answers to such crucial questions as; Is there a God? What does God ask of us? Who is this man Muhammad (saws)? What is the Qur’an? and What is the meaning of life?

These questions, along with an explanation of what Islam says about war,oppression and a host of other topics will leave our non-Muslim reader with a good and informative look at what Islam says about itself and how it views the world. 

"Is it the legislation of ignorance that they seek? And who is better than Allah in legislation for a people who have certainty" [Suratul Ma'ida, ayah 50] 

In a world that is filled with violence and evil, it becomes necessary to seek the solution to that evil. For far too long, the Earth has been held hostage and abused by evil powers, both visible and invisible, that have coveted the planet’s resources and abused the ecosystem so brutally that the entire creation here is calling for help.

That help is the Shari`ah. Before all of these trials began, the Earth knew peace and quiet. The planet had a time when justice reigned and the falsehood was defeated. These happier times were the result of the laws of God being the supreme legislation of all nations, with the keys to all the cities in the hands of the God fearing. Only then could we say that the earth was able to rest and have the peace and quiet that came with divine submission.

“If they had stood by the Torah, the Gospel and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would have enjoyed happiness from every side” [Suratul Ma’ida, ayah 66] 

But those times were quite a few years ago. Now, construction on buildings is a daily process, with the Earth being used and abused by city developers at every turn of the head. Farmers overwork the soil while supposedly civilised nations destroy hundreds of tons of ‘unnecessary’ food each year in the name of being advanced and civilised. Military strongmen use their land as a testing ground for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in preparation to fight their neighbours over the most childish and mundane issues, all the while the issue of planet Earth stays looming on the horizon, unanswered by the elite and lower class alike.

The issue of the Earth is one of the central issues that the Shari`ah can address. Not only can the Shari`ah provide for all those suffering under the yoke of slavery to man-made laws, but it can also provide practical answers to all of the questions faced with running this small planet.

Tyranny is denounced in the Shari`ah in the strongest terms, and fairness, with the upholding of justice are the central themes.
However, the establishment of world justice will not be easy. There is an enormous amount of cleaning up to do. The environment has been damaged beyond recognition. Many animals today, if they have not become extinct, are well on the way to being extinct.

Mega-tons of space debris orbit the planet, with some of it at times entering the atmosphere and landing on the property of people. The other issues on earth include our current rulers.

Many of them simply will not stand for any talk about establishing the Divine Law, or about restoring Earth to its previous condition. This is precisely because they profit quite a bit from the present condition of things.

Attempts at speaking peacefully with them will immediately prove fruitless, as two World Wars can stand witness in this regard. The next issue comes to the imperative nature of removing them from power.
This will prove both dangerous and some innocents will lose their life in the process. The youth as well must be saved from the present lifestyle of sexual licentiousness and drug use.

The Shari`ah can and will do all of these things, but in this Divine Law code, there have been some ground rules laid out on how to do this great pillar of responsibility.

Everything from how to regulate a group on the principles of the Shari`ah to the training of the youth and women to undertake this feat is contained in the Quran. Common objections raised by Muslims and non-Muslims are addressed with additional attention being given to the necessary belief in a Divine Being in order to complete this mission.

For no matter how noble the end result, if Divine Providence does not play a part in it and belief in the Oneness of our Lord is not attained, then it is truly of no use to begin the struggle at all.

So it should be our greatest hope that the Quran should stand not just as a panacea to the problems that exist on this tiny planet called Earth, but that it should also be used as a guide book for those seeking to purify the planet and themselves from the evil of man-made laws and free themselves from the clutches of the Devil.