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Sunday, October 26, 2025
...and they shout out “Fitnah” !!!
The Shaykh commenting on the Ayah,
"And
those who commit Kuffr are allies of one another, and if you do not do so
(Oh Muslimeen), there will be Fitnah on earth and a great corruption"
said:
And this Fitnah is none other than shirk.
And the “great corruption” is the deteriorating of the ‘Aqeedah of
Islam and Tawheed, and the neglecting of the laws and orders of the Qur’an.
And also Allah orders:
"And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (shirk), and the Deen (worship) will all be for Allah."
So
it is very clear then, that the two
Khalils, may the Salah and Salam be upon them both, have explained:
shirk and the following of Tawagheet is the greatest tyranny that
exists,
and there is nothing more oppressive than shirk, it is the worst
Fitnah, and thus it is worse than bloodshed and murder. Rather, we are
ordered to shed the blood of the Mushrikeen and Tawagheet – firmly upon
Millah Ibraheem – until shirk ceases to exist in any form. And at the
same time – the two Prophets have taught us that there can be no
security, nor safety, nor peace, without Tawheed. So Amaan is firmly
tied
together with Imaan. And when you have understood this, then you should
also know that those Tawagheet and apostates who crave for security
while
sinking in shirk, left, right, and center – you will realize that they
are only dreaming in mirages. And when they call the militaries of the
apostate Tawagheet as “Rijal al-Amn” – then you know that they are only
deceiving the ignorant. They think that they will be able to have
security even while fighting to establish shirk! And when our brothers
fight them for the sake of establishing Tawheed- they shout out,
“Fitnah”. Allah has said something about people like them:
"And among them is he who says, “Grant me
departure and do not put me in Fitnah.” Surely, they (already) have
fallen into Fitnah. And verily, Hell is surrounding the kafireen."
Prophet (saws) began his Da’wah by Disavowing the Tawagheet !
Ever since the Prophet (saws) made
his da’wah public, he pronounced a clear enmity towards the mushrikeen,
faulted their alleged gods, and warned them that if they persisted in
their kuffr, they would be from the people of the Fire. Ibn Ishaq said, “When the Messenger of Allah (saws) first
called his people to Islam and was public with that, as Allah ordered
him to be, his people were not far from him. And they did not respond to
him, according to what has reached me, until he mentioned their ‘gods’
and faulted them. When he did so, they regarded his act as an enormity
and they rejected him. They unanimously agreed to oppose him and show
hostility towards him, except those whom Allah protected with Islam,
though they were few and hidden.” [Sirat Ibn Hisham]
The
Muslims then were also weak and lacked the means. However, publicly
calling to tawheed required that they declare their disavowal of the
tawagheet and that they show enmity to their worshipers.When Quraysh
came to the Prophet (saws) asking him to make exceptions
in worship, such that he would worship their tawagheet sometimes and, in
return, they would worship his god (Allah) for a time, Ayaat were
revealed prohibiting that, showing there could be no convergence between
tawheed and shirk.
Ibn Hisham said,
“Al-Aswad Ibn al-Muttalib Ibn Asad Ibn ‘Abdil-‘Uzza, al-Walid Ibn
al-Mughirah, Umayyah Ibn Khalaf, and al-‘As Ibn Wail as-Sahmi – who were
all elders among their people – confronted Allah’s Messenger (saws) as
he was walking around the Ka’bah. They said, ‘O Muhammad, come, let us
worship what you worship and you worship what we worship, so that we can
share in this matter. If that which you worship turns out to be better
than what we worship, we will have had our portion of it, and if what we
worship turns out to be better than what you worship, you will have had
your portion of it.’
At that, Allah revealed, "Say,
O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship. Nor are you
worshippers of what I worship. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you
worship. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. For you is your
religion, and for me is my religion." [Surah Al-Kafirun].”
The Muslims Fight Their Mushrik Relatives !
Islamic History
The
great Indian Islamic scholar and historian Abu Al-Hasan ‘Ali An-Nadwi
observes, like other sages of Islam have before, that Islam, being the
last and universal religion of Allah, has a unique history of internal
revival, reform and self-rejuvenation.
Allah sent the message of Islam at a chosen moment in the development of human history where the technological, scientific and intellectual understanding of humanity as a whole was reaching a stage of final maturation and ripening. Instead of geographically confined nations and tribal systems which all received their own messengers from Allah, the humanity was now ripe for one, universal, perfected and final message of Allah.
The development of the Islamic Ummah in history was amazingly rapid. It was full of trials and tribulations and encounters with other cultures and religious systems. As a result, the final message of Allah was embodied in a civilization that was enriched by all the great civilizations of the world. Within the first century of its birth, Islam spread across half the known and majority of the civilized world of that time. As different people became Muslims or came under the rule of Islam, the scholars and thinkers of Islam came from increasingly diverse regions, thus enriching the flowering and protection of Islamic scholarship and tradition with their own cultural strengths. The contributions of the Persians in bureaucracy and culture, the Hindus in mathematics, the Greeks in logic, the Turks in military and architecture fields, just to name a few, all became sources of strength of Islam. On the other hand, the previous philosophical and religious systems of the new lands both challenged and influenced the Muslim scholars and thinkers. All these factors make the history of Islam extremely fast-moving, diverse and filled with conflicts, debates and upheavals. Each of these experiences, however, also helped it mature and develop.
Whenever the Ummah of Islam faced a new danger, internal or external, Allah raised among the Muslims scholars, leaders and groups who protected the true religion of Allah and revived it in its true, pristine form. This ubiquitous phenomenon is known to the historian as revivalism or tajdeed.
Allah sent the message of Islam at a chosen moment in the development of human history where the technological, scientific and intellectual understanding of humanity as a whole was reaching a stage of final maturation and ripening. Instead of geographically confined nations and tribal systems which all received their own messengers from Allah, the humanity was now ripe for one, universal, perfected and final message of Allah.
The development of the Islamic Ummah in history was amazingly rapid. It was full of trials and tribulations and encounters with other cultures and religious systems. As a result, the final message of Allah was embodied in a civilization that was enriched by all the great civilizations of the world. Within the first century of its birth, Islam spread across half the known and majority of the civilized world of that time. As different people became Muslims or came under the rule of Islam, the scholars and thinkers of Islam came from increasingly diverse regions, thus enriching the flowering and protection of Islamic scholarship and tradition with their own cultural strengths. The contributions of the Persians in bureaucracy and culture, the Hindus in mathematics, the Greeks in logic, the Turks in military and architecture fields, just to name a few, all became sources of strength of Islam. On the other hand, the previous philosophical and religious systems of the new lands both challenged and influenced the Muslim scholars and thinkers. All these factors make the history of Islam extremely fast-moving, diverse and filled with conflicts, debates and upheavals. Each of these experiences, however, also helped it mature and develop.
Whenever the Ummah of Islam faced a new danger, internal or external, Allah raised among the Muslims scholars, leaders and groups who protected the true religion of Allah and revived it in its true, pristine form. This ubiquitous phenomenon is known to the historian as revivalism or tajdeed.
Strangeness & the Strangers...
Based on a booklet by Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah entitled al-Ghurbathu wa al-Ghuraba
"Islam
began as something strange, and it shall return to being something
strange, so give glad tidings to the strangers." (Sahih Muslim)
The Meaning of "Strangeness"
Many times in many situations the people that follow the religion of Allah feel a sense of not belonging, of being out of place, of not fitting in, and, in other words, of being strange. This feeling could occur in a gathering of non-Muslims, but, unfortunately, this feeling sometimes also occurs when one is with his fellow Muslims.
A person sees his brothers and sisters doing acts that are contrary to Islam, or taking part in innovations that sometimes even border on kufr (apostasy), yet he feels that he does not have enough power or courage to stop them in these acts. Some brothers and sisters, especially if they do not have enough taqwa or Islamic knowledge, sometimes buckle under the pressure of their peers and join in these acts, knowing that this is not what Allah wants them to do. However, feeling helpless, since it seems that they are alone in their ideas and without any support to help them do what is right, they succumb to such pressures.
These brothers and sisters, may Allah have mercy on them, should take consolation in the verses of the Qur’an and the many statements of the Prophet (peace be upon him) describing this very situation of strangeness that they feel.
Why Have They Been Called "Strangers"?
The Meaning of "Strangeness"
Many times in many situations the people that follow the religion of Allah feel a sense of not belonging, of being out of place, of not fitting in, and, in other words, of being strange. This feeling could occur in a gathering of non-Muslims, but, unfortunately, this feeling sometimes also occurs when one is with his fellow Muslims.
A person sees his brothers and sisters doing acts that are contrary to Islam, or taking part in innovations that sometimes even border on kufr (apostasy), yet he feels that he does not have enough power or courage to stop them in these acts. Some brothers and sisters, especially if they do not have enough taqwa or Islamic knowledge, sometimes buckle under the pressure of their peers and join in these acts, knowing that this is not what Allah wants them to do. However, feeling helpless, since it seems that they are alone in their ideas and without any support to help them do what is right, they succumb to such pressures.
These brothers and sisters, may Allah have mercy on them, should take consolation in the verses of the Qur’an and the many statements of the Prophet (peace be upon him) describing this very situation of strangeness that they feel.
Why Have They Been Called "Strangers"?
From the People of Shirk who Die before Da'wah...
On the authority of the
sons of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab and Hamd Ibn Nasir, they
said in “Durar” (10/136-138) when they were asked, “no doubt
the believer in Allah and His Messenger when he says or does what
would be Kuffr in ignorance, while in that condition Takfeer is
withheld on him until the Hujjah Risaliyyah (the proof from Islam,
the Message, texts) has been established on him, so if the one in
such condition is killed before this Da’wah becomes apparent, what
is to be done?”
Then they answered saying, “If he was doing Kuffr and
Shirk due to his ignorance or due to the absence of anyone who would
inform him, then we do not judge him with Kuffr until the Hujjah has
been established upon him. But we do not give him the hukm of that of
a Muslim. Rather we say, this action of his is what permits wealth
and blood, though we do not judge upon this specific individual due
to the absence of the Hujjah being established upon him. As well it
is not said that if he is not a Kaafir then he is a Muslim, rather we
say ‘his action is the action of the Kuffaar and ruling upon this
individual specifically rests upon the Hujjah Risaliyyah
reaching him.’ Verily the people of knowledge mentioned that the
people of Fatrah (people who lived between two Messengers to whom the
Message of Allah did not reach) are to be tested on Yawmul Qiyamah in
that state, and they (ahlu ‘ilm) did not place the hukm (ruling) on
those people under Kuffaar nor that of the righteous.” [Ad Durar:
10/137]
"If You Didn't Kill Him, He Would Have Died."
The Story of the Grandson of Muhammad Bin AbdelWahab By: Sheikh Ahmad Musa Jibril (hafidhUllah)
It is the sunnah of Allah that those He honored with carrying His message to humanity were and will be the most tested. They are the ones who flee the most from being suspicious, from indulging in doubtful matters, and prevent making accusations. However, since time immemorial they are the ones most accused and suspected.
Allah says:
"Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: "We believe," and will not be tested. And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allah knows all that before putting them to test)." [29:2-3]
The Prophet (saws) said: "The most tested are the messengers of Allah and those who follow them, one is tested according to his belief, if his belief is found to be firm he is tested more."
There are many verses in the Qur'an that stress examples of how the Prophet (saws) and his companions were tested by virtue of carrying Allah's message to all. As a result, when one places upon the self the duty of dawah, one must bear its cost or fail the test - as most do.
For example, the Prophet (saws) was accused of being a man of fitnah who divided families by separating sons from their fathers and wives from their husbands. He was accused of being one who performs black magic, of being a mentally ill person, a liar and a man who is after wealth and prestige. Likewise, his wife was also accused of committing adultery (ma3ath Allah).