From: jodar@aludra.usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Are We Having Fun, Yet...?
Summary: Slow Learning....
Keywords: The Needs of the Ummat
Date: 27 Sep 92 02:29:09 GMT
Reply-To: jodar@aludra.usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar)
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Originator: gwydion@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu


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).

The people in Algeria found this out the hard way.  They thought
they could just vote Islam into office and create a Khilafa in a
civilized manner.  Did they honestly think Shaitan would let such
a thing happen so easily?  When it would mean a major loss for
him?  Well, they must have, because they were surprised when
Shaitan's minions marched right in, nullified the proceedings,
and started killing them off.

Let us remember!  Shaitan is our enemy and will always fight us!
It is for this reason that Allah's Guidance given to us through 
the Holy Qur'an and 'His' Prophet (SAW) is so important.  It 
instructs us as to how to fight Shaitan on every front.  It is 
therefore extremely important that Shaitan undermine our 
adherence to the Shariat and Sunnat.

As Brother KifMar mentions,...

>... Islam was brought into this world to bring peace
>& freedom to the "oppressed" masses.  But, instead we find people
>using Islam to gain control over others. We find the common Muslim
>looking at Islam more as a culture than a way of life and in essence
>ready to lose it for a "better" way.

Because Shaitan cannot destroy the faith of the muslims outright,
he must use more subversive measures.  One way is to convince the
muslims that Islam is 'only a religion,' and that it has no
meaning beyond that of a tradition.  Such a form of Islam is
nothing more than lip-service and results in Hypocrisy.  There
is no enemy of Islam worse than Hypocrisy.  It turns those
seeking the Truth away from Islam and weakens the faith of the
Believers from within their own ranks.

Shaitan's whispering is insidious.  We have been warned, over and
over again, that we cannot compromise our Islam.  Our Faith is
perfect, given by Allah (AWJ) 'Himself,' yet we allow Shaitan to
convince us that a little compromise does no harm.  How many
drops of Shaitan's urine will we allow in the milk of our Faith
before we consider it unfit to drink?  Did not our Prophet (SAW)
warn us that Shaitan would seek to catch us by the 'little
things'?

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?

Brother KifMar mentions...

>Just as the Muslim countries are divided and ruled by Monarchs,
>dictators, and what have you, we find ourselves following suit at our
>respective levels.

Is it any wonder?  We follow the lifestyle of the Kafirun, seek
the status of the Munafikin, and obey the laws which their
governments have given to us.  How can we, as muslims, accept the
laws of ANY government over the laws of Allah (AWJ)?  If we catch
a person stealing something valuable do we cut their hand off?
No, we turn them in to the police.  And if we catch a rapist?  We
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?

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.

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."

[Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:119]

Algeria thought the Kafirun would help them.  They were wrong.
Kashmir thought the Kafirun would let them be.  They were wrong.
Somalia thought the Kafirun would feed them.  They were wrong.
Bosnia turned to the Kafirun to save them.  They were DEAD wrong.

The Ummat is being decimated.  According to my estimates, 3/4 of
the people that die on this planet each day are muslim.  Do we 
understand what that means?  Can we even think in terms of the 
Ummat?  The Ummat is supposed to be one Body, but we chopped the 
Head off a while ago and since then have been lumbering around 
bashing into walls.  It's not by mistake, it's Shaitan.

As Brother KifMar said,...

>...  A muslims goal should be to make the world a better
>place to live in.  Instead we find ourselves causing harm for each
>other and involved in petty debates

Brothers and Sisters, we have grown so ignorant of our Islam 
that most of us cannot even point to our Amir.  Allah (AWJ) gave
us a system for selecting our leaders, and told us to obey them
as long as they follow Islam, yet we cannot even do something
that simple.  Instead, we call for 'democracy' and spend much
time arguing over small details.  In Orange County, California,
the Brothers in the area had a gathering wherein they allegedly
yelled and screamed at each other for hours.  If that is not
enough of a disgrace, they invited the POLICE DEPARTMENT to 
keep the peace and help them sort out their affairs.

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);

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).  

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.



-AQ

[I beg Allah's forgiveness for my weakness and insufficiency in ]
['His' service, and I ask for his protection from Shaitan and   ]
[from my own Desires.  None can protect me except Allah.  If I  ]
[have made any errors, I beg Allah to bring them to my attention]
[so that they may be corrected.  If I have made none, then it is]
[only through the Grace of Allah and all praise is due only to  ]
['Him.'  The above article may be freely copied and distributed.]