From: ekrem@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at (Ekrem Saban)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Are We Having Fun, Yet...?
Date: 16 Nov 92 21:57:48 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Vienna

In article <28395@life.ai.mit.edu> jodar@aludra.usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar) writes:


   Assalam 'Alaikum, Wa Rahmatullah....


   Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam:

   In article <92269.092133U43587@uicvm.uic.edu>, Brother KifMar
   (U43587%uicvm.uic.edu@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU) spoke of the
   situation in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Sumalia.

   It is a sad fact that the muslims are currently being killed in
   staggering numbers.  Many muslims do not fully realize the extent
   of this pogrom, even though they have been told that Shaitan will 
   stop at nothing to destroy as much of humanity as possible.

   [Iblis] said:  "Because Thou hast thrown me out of the Way, 
   lo!  I will lie in wait for them on Thy Straight Way.  Then 
   will I assault them from before and behind them, from their 
   right and their left; nor wilt Thou find, in most of them, 
   Gratitude (for Thy mercies)."

   [Sura Al A'raf, 7:16-17]

   Shaitan seeks only to corrupt, and when he cannot induce Mankind
   to work for him, he kills them.  Indeed, Shaitan seeks to kill
   even those that work for him, that they may die in their
   iniquity.  The only one who can protect the Believers from
   Shaitan and his minions is Allah (AWJ).
[...]

   Brothers and Sisters, one grain of sand may not seem like much 
   to you, but when you collect one here and one there, pretty soon
   you have a beach.  Let us take a look and ask ourselves how far
   we have deviated from the examples given to us by the Prophet
   (SAW) and his Sahabi (RAA).  Do we eat like them?  Or like the
   Kafirun?  Do we dress like them?  Or the Kafirun?  Do we act like
   them?  Or the Kafirun?  When we follow the example of the Kafirun
   instead of the Mu'min, how can expect to avoid the problems they
   have?

I doubt whether we have to dress like them, as traditionalist Muslims
insist, as the Arabs of the 7. century were wearing that kind of
dresses - whether believer or unbeliever. At least to me, it is more
important to stick to general rules in dressing (like wearing wide
clothes which cover those parts which have to be covered) and in other
things. So, perhaps one can wear Chineese, American, Arabic or other
kind of clothes AND follow the general dressing rules.
[...]

   turn them in to the police also.  And we don't make Adhan too
   loud, otherwise me might disturb somebody!

   Tell me, why is it that we fear the government more than Allah?

If we see the word or rule of a comrade or government at least as
important as the word of Allah, we are not far away of being Mushriqs!

   Shaitan works very hard to keep the muslims suppressed.  He knows
   that when muslims start struggling for the domination of Islam on
   earth, the way they're supposed to, there is nothing that can
   stop them.  He knows that the only way to control them is to keep
   them inactive, so he trains them to be sheep.

   There was a time when the Arabs would never have tolerated such 
   leaders as they have now.  They would have just kicked them out
   and selected others.  But while there have been uprisings, and 
   demonstrations, and many jailings and executions, still the
   masses are sitting on their hands.  We see once again the classic
   example of a handful of people subjugating hundreds of thousands.

But brother, there have been times where bad people were governors and
even Khalifs. Have you asked when this was the case? After Khulafaa-i
Raashideen (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, ~Ali, and perhaps Umar bin
~Abdulazeez), there were only few rulers who were at least to some
extend defying the Right Path. For instance, one Khaleef in the 4.
century (he was a teenager) used to drink wine before a commander made
him Khaleef. After that, he repented, but regret later on to do so
(!). His "Shaihul Islaam" decided that he makes kaffarah and he continued
to drink after that! (Renaisance in Islam - The fourth century AH by
Adam Metz).

   How many muslims need to die in Saudi Arabia, or Libya, or Iran,
   or anyplace, before the rest realize that if they cannot live
   under Islam and then it is better to be dead?

   Let's face it!  It is not news to us that the Kafirun are not
   friends of ours.  In 'His' Book, Allah (AWJ) spells it out....

   Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not -- though
   ye believe in the whole of the Book, when they meet you, they
   say, "We believe."  But when they are alone, they bit off the 
   very tips of their fingers at you in their rage.  Say:  "Perish 
   in your rage; Allah knoweth well all the secrets of the heart."

Here, the reference is to the Hypocrites, not to the Kaafiruun who
would perhaps not utter that they love Muslims.
[...]

   So we have sunk so low as to ask the Kafirun to run our affairs
   for us.  In other cities, Brothers are being murdered in their 
   liquor stores.  (Yes, I said liquor stores.)  I would not think
   that we could go farther astray, but we all know that there are
   muslims killing each other in other parts of the world.  Do we
   not remember that Allah (AWJ) promised Muhammed (SAW) that the
   muslims would never be overrun and slaughtered until they started
   killing one another?

   What we need to do as an Ummat is clear.  We must first overcome
   the fears and inhibitions that Shaitan has sown within us.
   Following that, we must all ask Allah (AWJ) for forgiveness and
   seek 'His' help as we try to:

   1) Understand what 'La Ilaha Il Allah, Wa Muhammed Ur Rasulullah'
      means, and apply it;
   2) Remember Allah (AWJ) at all times, as He's always watching us;
   3) Learn and follow the Sunnat of the Prophet (SAW);
   4) Care for the good of the Ummat, not for ourselves;
   5) Make sure our intentions are only for Allah (AWJ); and
   6) Give all that we have, time, money, health, and life, for 
      Jihad (including Dawah, Tabligh, AND Battle);
					called Qitaal in the Holy Qur'aan

   As we are all ignorant, we should take the opportunity to spend
   time with our Brothers and Sisters who have rejected the Dunya.
   There are thousands of them, men, women, even children, who have
   left their families, their wealth, their jobs, and their homes to
   Go in the Path of Allah (AWJ).  It is they who have accepted the 
   burden passed down to us by the Prophet (SAW) and, following in 
   the footsteps of the Sahabi (RAA), have sacrificed everything for 
   the sake of Allah (AWJ).  

May Allah soften our hearts and make us like them Insha Allaah.

   It is only when we muslims strive to establish ALL of Islam, 
   whether it be imitating the Prophet (SAW) in the way we walk or
   in selecting a Khalifa, that we are performing our duty.  Namely, 
   to worship Allah (AWJ) the way 'He' has instructed us.

   May Allah (SWT) have mercy upon us and Guide us aright. Amin.

Have you any solution or way for the UMMA to get out of this situation?

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