Friday, October 30, 2015

Should/can we openly criticize 'Dr. Yassir Qadhi' & the likes ???

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FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND/HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF OPENLY/PUBLICLY CRITICIZING THOSE WHO TWIST MATTERS OF THE DEEN OPENLY/PUBLICLY - MISGUIDING THE MASSES! 
ALSO INSHA'ALLAH TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON BEHIND THIS CORRESPONDENCE, SCROLL DOWN FURTHER BELOW TO READ PREVIOUS POSTS OF BROTHER ON ADIVISING THE MUSLIMEEN IN REGARDS TO DR. YASSIR QADHI AND THE LIKES!

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A brother made this statement yesterday with regard to my recent criticism of Yassir Qadhi:
Salaamualaikum akhi pls is about time u settle peace with yassir qhadi because i hope u are doing dawah the work of Allah and one should correct the other in terms of any mistake so that u may leave in peace so we the ones learning from you too may also be free from any confusion Jazakallahukhairan

My response follows:
Assalamulaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu dear brother in Islam:
Thank you for taking the time to respond, and for your care and concern in promoting unity amongst the believers, indeed Allah, aza wa jaal, says in the Quran,
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ وَا,
Surely the believers are brothers so make peace between your brothers! (Hujarat:10)
Nevertheless it must be understood that our peace and cooperation in the call to Allah, (aza wa jaal), and His Messenger (saws) must be based upon the path of the prophet (saws) alone, and must not be adulterated. This is why the Prophet (saws) would end the khutbahtu-hajja by explaining that any innovation is misguidance and that all of misguidance is in the fire. He (saws) also stressed that the thing he feared most for the ummah was the “evil imams,” and warned that there will be 73 sects of Muslims in the End of Times with all of them in the fire except one: the sect following the Prophet (saws) and his companions (raa).

The problem we have with Yasir Qadhi, and the majority of imams in the United States, is the clear contradiction between their statements and actions, their twisting the definitions of words and clear meanings of Quran and Sunnah in order to manipulate the ignorant masses, their allying with the kuffar against the Muslims, and their trying to create a new American, or western madhhab that justifies sitting silent, like a deaf mute shaytaan, in the West, and also benefiting from the West’s imperialism, a quality of life dependent on the oppression and slaughter of the Muslim masses.

Now, it is generally true that criticizing another, particularly an imam, is of the highest form of backbiting. However there are exceptions. This was perhaps most concisely outlined by Imam Nawawi (raa) in his classic work Riyadh al-Saliheen, in intro to his chapter on the permissibility of backbiting. He (raa) stated that the ulama are agreed that backbiting is permissible in six situations: oppression, seeking assistance in changing an evil and returning a sinner back to what is correct, seeking a fatwa, warning and advising the Muslims against evil, when one openly exposes his evil or innovation, and in defining someone.
He (raa) then stated that the Muslims should, “Know that although backbiting is forbidden, it becomes permissible under certain circumstances when done for a beneficial reason. That which makes it allowable is a valid and legitimate goal, which cannot be achieved except by doing it.”

While we could write a whole book on Yassir Qadhi and Co.’s violation of each of these six situations, it is particularly important that we highlight what Imam Nawawi explained with regard to warning the Muslims against evil. He (raa) explains that one circumstance where this is applicable is when, “you see a student going to an innovator or a deviant, seeking to attain knowledge from him, and you fear that it may affect the student. In that situation, you must advise him about the state of that innovator, on the condition that your intention only be for the sake of advising.”

It is my contention that Yasir Qadhi, and others like him, fall into this category. Yassir Qadhi remained completely silent for many years about U.S. foreign policy. He said nothing about the atrocities being committed across the globe, but now we have seen him come out recently emphasizing that the West’s foreign policy in Muslim lands needs to be acknowledged. Unfortunately, it is too late to speak now about it, and when people like me were speaking about it while it was unfolding, these American imams were the first to tell people to stay away from us. When they were silent during the false invasion of Iraq, when they told the Muslims to vote for Obama, when they sit with the kuffar, when Yassir Qadhi sits in the presence of Tony Blair, studying his globalized dajjalic understanding of religion at Yale, and stays mute about the false yellow-cake memo the Brits used to invade Iraq, and there are many, many other issues then he represents a common stream that underscores how the American Muslim leadership has failed this ummah.

Now, we might make excuses for them that they were either ignorant or in fear, but that is not sufficient. The consequences of their silence are much too severe. For example, a recent report by Physicians for Social Responsibility concluded that the War on Terror “has, directly or indirectly, killed around 1 million people in Iraq, 220,000 in Afghanistan and 80,000 in Pakistan, i.e. a total of around 1.3 million. Not included in this figure are further war zones such as Yemen. The figure is approximately 10 times greater than that of which the public, experts and decision makers are aware of and propagated by the media and major NGOs. And this is only a conservative estimate”

It is convenient that Yassir Qadhi and Co, want to highlight foreign policy today, but, put plainly, it is hypocritical for it is much too late. The United States destroyed, and now is leaving, the Middle East and South East Asia. They still attack by plane and drone, but they fund proxy forces, such as the Afghan, Iraqi, Egyptian, Saudi and Israeli militaries. Now, jihad against these proxies is certainly permissible, but you’ll never hear Qadhi say it. Additionally, if Qadhi is so opposed to foreign policy, why won’t he educate the ummah about the way the war is now being fought by these indirect methods, by way of arming proxy forces, always kuffar, to kill, maim and plunder Sunnis? It is far to easy to complain now that the damage is done, but it is always deception to not talk about the specific manner the War on Terror is now conducted.

And that is not the worst of it. As a matter of fact, the reason he is talking about foreign policy now is even more sinister. You see, Yassir Qadhi and Co., they predict that there will be enormous funding for what is called CVE (countering violent extremism). That is the battle for hearts and minds, which is basically a compromise where you get to live a good life as an American Muslim (from dunya perspective), but you must accept US control over the international arena. As Malcolm put it: when the house negro “sees the master’s house burn, he tries to put the fire out.” That is what Yassir Qadhi is doing, trying to calm the Muslims down so that they think about marriage, cars, jobs and other dunya matters. So that they are preoccupied with good deeds (hasanat) but are totally twisted in minhaj (methodology ) and aqeedah (creed). And particularly so that they don’t really understand that the spider’s web that is the American Empire could crumble at any given moment. He is seeking profit, not the Prophet, from Islam and there are many like him.

So, the reason Yassir Qadhi wants to say that the foreign policy created those conditions, is not to defend the ‘weak’ ill-treated and oppressed, but to preserve the high quality of life American Muslims enjoy, and so that they can portray Islam as a religion of peace even while they are in a justified war that none of the imams are explaining properly. That approach was outlined by the Rand Corporations review of CVE where they recommended that the US ally with imams that talk about US foreign policy but that are totally nonviolent, and call to peace and tolerance, even in arenas where jihad is waajib. Here is how they framed it:
“It is worth concluding this report by emphasizing an important and undergirding message: The U.S. government and private funders must play the role of facilitator rather than orchestrator. This is the key lesson learned from the Google Ideas initiative, where orchestrators quickly abandoned a centrally directed media campaign and instead played the role of enabler by building skills, facilitating funding, and helping activists forge new connections. Ultimately, the message belonged solely to the individual activists. This approach entails some risk as activists will criticize policies of the U.S. government or advocate views that seemingly diverge from the mainstream. The challenge comes in appreciating that such authenticity and criticism only serve to empower what is hoped to be a core message of peace and tolerance.” http://www.rand.org/…/research_r…/RR100/RR130/RAND_RR130.pdf

That means the USG cannot control the message and that they must be careful to have others fund it (i.e. Google), but that the risk of criticism of US foreign policy, now that the Muslims of the Middle East are fed up with the international order, is more important. And that is what Yassirt Qadhi wants, more money, more fame, and notoriety and, in the process, he twists the religion. They call to a deen without dignity and one of humiliation for the masses, while they live an affluent existence, robbing the donors at their conferences blind and working at Western institutions. Anyone that lives here in America can see that Muslims have essentially become mute monkeys, scared little cowards with no understanding, yet believing that these imams are leading them to jennah.

So, in conclusion, it is imperative that the people come to expose the evil of these imams, just as they condemn acts of true extremism. We can make peace with Yassir Qadhi and the American imams, only when they command the good and forbid evil, struggle in the way of Allah where it is applicable, are humble to the believers, firm with the disbelievers and never fear the blame of the blamers (5:54). Until then, we ask that Allah sets our intention only on pleasing Him (ta ala) and that He (swt) replace them and revive (tajdeed) not replace (tabdeel) the true religion of Allah and His Messenger. Whether it is Malcolm X talking about house-negroes versus field-negroes, or Ibn Taymia exclaiming that “the foundation of this Deen is a guiding Book and a supporting sword, but sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.” These imams have no business trying to equate their efforts today to the way of the companions who had the baseerah to understand all this. I hope that this response is beneficial. I responded in a bit of detail to try to give it sufficient (although not complete) attention. Baraka’Allahu feekum!
 
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Yassir Qadhi here on the need to address foreign policy in order to combat the threat of extremism. Must be nice to have the luxury of condemning foreign policy and intervention years later. Where was Yassir Qadhi during the run-up to the Iraq War, sitting in Saudia with the government aligned scholars. Where was Yassir Qadhi in 2008 when Obama stayed mute on Israeli aggression in Gaza. Qadhi was supporting Obama for president. And where was Yassir Qadhi in the interim years? He was at Yale posing in the New York Times with his Macintosh laptop. He said nothing about drones, or Abu Ghraib or anything until Obama set forth his Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Violent Extremism and it looked like USG money was coming down the pipes.

This article explains:
"Qadhi is an expert in Salafi Islam, with advanced degrees from Medina University in Saudi Arabia and Yale University. It is the same puritanical approach to Islam practiced by Awlaki. That made Qadhi particularly well-suited to challenge Awlaki’s unusual and extremist views."
"Yet, he did not."
“I, myself, was scared of my own government,” Qadhi admits. He said in the wake of the 9/11 attacks he and his family were harassed and intimidated by the US government. Like many others in the Muslim community, Qadhi decided to keep a low profile and become apolitical.
Today, he regrets that decision."
That is a load of hogwash. These people were not scared. There was no money in it and Yassir Qadhi is incapable of performing such a task. It is convenient to blame all your woes on the USG, and in this plea for profit, another profit of Islam is exposed. Talking about US foreign policy and its horrendous record in the Muslim world is one thing, but using it in a cunning way that tries to position one's self for funding is exploitative and fraudulent. That is all these imams are, complete frauds. They had nothing to say about violent extremism for over 10 years because there was no money in it for them. Now they (and RAND) realize that their previous silence and implicit support for American atrocities has rendered them unable to hold sway in the radical realms.

It is the latest in a long-line of manipulations. First we witnessed our 'scholars' sit silent at the early part of the War, now that they fight us indirectly and with proxy forces in the Muslim world, they'll criticize the U.S. for what it did 10 years ago. As a consequence, they'll keep the ummah backwards, reacting to what has already occurred, never courageous enough to speak the bitter truth as it unfolds. The only reason that no one Yassir Qadhi has ever spoken with has traveled to Syria or Iraq is because as soon as he is done talking to them, he calls the FBI. Don't believe for one minute he's not on the payroll. Yassir Qadhi, and those profits like him, are complete Loons! You are not a critic and were no voice of dissent. In fact, you were complicit. Your silence was consent and its too late to criticize theses issues now. Its pathetic to seek to manipulate them in order to portray yourself as an independant voice. We "radicals" read the RAND report on CVE as well Yassir, and you are merely following its recommendations. You want to counter violent extremism? Start by being sincere.

 
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In his this lecture, Yassir Qadhi defines the "jamaah" here as the majority of the ummah's opinion. First as evidence he quotes the hadith narrated in Abu Daood that, "indeed my nation will not gather upon misguidance - so if you see differing than adhere to the vast majority." This hadith is DAEEF and is a perfect example of the manipulation we see from our leadership today!

In truth, the concept of the jamaah is adherence to the salaf. Abdullah ibn Masood would say, "You are the majority (jamaah) even if you are by yourself." Ibn Kathir explained that the authentic hadith, "upon you is to adhere to the jamhour- the truth and its people," that "so the people of the truth constitute the majority of the nation, especially in the first generation you would harldy find anyone upon misguidance or innovation. As for the later generation, there wil continue a group upon the truth." Brothers and Sisters this is the age of the ghurubaa and American mainstream Islam is not on the manhaj of the salaf in any way shape or form. Do not be deceived.

Shailkh Albani once highlighted this by explaining that scholars such as Imam Nawawi, Ibn Hajr mean by jamhour, in every time and place, that "they are referring to the time before them, to the salaf." The word jamhour means majority of the scholars. To be different from the scholars without evidence is not permissible. So, what about these hypocrites that make it ijmaa to ally with the mushrikeen against the Muslims, to rule by other than what Allah has revealed, to reside amongst the kuffar and be content with that even while they are waging war against the ummah, that make it haram to break idols, to defend the deen and the general Muslims?

And please don't be afraid to question these false profits of Islam. Yasir Qadhi took the platform of Tony Blair at Yale, a concept that involves the pathway toward the one world religion of the dajjal, it is the gobalization of religion. Reject their conspiring against this ummah and making it ok to live pleased in the core of empire while Muslims on the periphery suffer and the American Muslim sits mute. This from a man that likes to pronounce while on hajj that he is "certified genius." Yet, the content of his speech and the hypocrisy in it is easy for even an amateur to diagnose.

The definition of the jamah is the companions and the ijma of those that follow them until the day of judgement. Here Yassir Qadhi has made 'jamah' a democratic property of the ummah and a self-seeking platform follows from that premise. It is as if to say that the outliers of a normally distributed ummah can always automatically be ruled out on the grounds they are extreme. However, in an age of humiliation and the lifting of knowledge, all arguments as such, are ruled out for the position of the sahaba and not popular opinion is the mean from which assessments begin. With that medium altered, Yassir Qadhi goes to the liberal left and his irja is exposed, and those adhering to the proper concept of jamaah are noticed for the black swans they truly are! Islam is not a polularity contest. Had Yassir Qadhi not denounced his previous views there would have been no Yale, no professorship and no money to make that ever bludgeoning tummy grow.

In the hadith he starts with he explains that when the companion told the Prophet (saws) he required the injured man make wudo, the prophet (saws) asked him vehemently, "Is not asking the cure for a lack of knowledge." Yassir Qadhi needs to go back and ask his state sanctioned scholars for a proper defintion of jamaah and jamhour!

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