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We
are pained to hear from Muslims justification of theft and
murder. We are saddened at our ignorance and just how little
we try to evade interpreting the Deen according to
our desires. Some Muslims say they are confused. What can
be our destiny if we are indeed those who study the Quran
and the Sunnah and yet cannot see what is clear beyond doubt?
We
do not even know where to start or how to say anything. Islam
a religion that teaches truth, justice, charity and mercy
and warns against oppression is now used by some to further
exactly the opposite values. That some non-Muslims will do
this is inevitable. That some Muslims will do so is inexcusable.
We
wonder at the depths of darkness and delusion that some of
us have fallen - may Allah grant all Muslims forgiveness,
both those who are alive and those who have passed away, amen.
Do
we need a fatwah whether murder, stealing and lying is OK?
If, may Allah forbid, we go out and attack some non-Muslim
passer by, will anyone justify that action by asking what
drove us to do that? An act that is forbidden in Islam remains
forbidden and what is wrong and unjust remains so. It is utter
nonsense and unIslamic when some behave as if they are combatants
in the field of battle when they are either citizens of a
country living and working there or given permission to enter
on trust.
Some
people could not be examples of Islamic piety and charity
that was required, nor could they share the knowledge of Islam
in true da'wah as is our obligation. So some of of them imagine
they can excuse that failure by seeing things in light of
exceptions as in the battlefield. We need to fear Allah better.
Even in the actual battlefield we have rules and regulations
to follow and that which is unavoidable we do fearing Him.
We
cannot believe Muslims who follow the noble teachings of the
Quran and the blessed way of the Mercy to the worlds can perpetrate
such a heartless and inhuman cruelty. When the guilty are
asked on the Day of Judgement, for what crime was the child
killed, what will be the answer? Will Allah accept that answer?
Muslims,
non-Muslims, young and old, men and women, guilty and innocent
were all sacrificed with no regard to human life and no concern
for the shame and backlash it will bring to the Ummah, Islam
and da'wah! Is this foolishness and barbarity something to
be confused about? We are responsible for our actions and
what they cause. No Muslim who has respect for Allah and His
Deen can ignore thinking about the consequences of his actions.
Not for something as incredible and terrible as what befell
the USA. One of the invocations of the Messenger (sallallaahu
'alaihi wa sallam) was that Allah protects him from oppressing
anyone and from the oppression of the others. This act has
oppressed many lives and opened the door wide open for untold
oppression upon countless Muslims. Whoever has committed this
monstrous atrocity has proven by his action to be an enemy
of Islam, Muslims and humanity at large. It reeks of Satan
and his cohorts. This is clear to us.
It
is an attack against Islam to say that Islam in anyway justifies
murder, let alone highway robbery, piracy and murder of groups
of travellers. The Sharee'ah is not ambivalent about their
punishment. We do not need a fatwah whether hijacking anything
and endangering the lives of travellers etc., are allowed
for the cause of Islam or the oprressed people. This is not
allowed because we have many text in the noble Quran and the
blessed Sunnah not only against that but exhorting us to do
the opposite; to be good and to be righteous.
We
are meant to be believers by virtue of our clean and correct
faith in Allah. It is due to Tawheed and strength of faith
that we have honour and respect. It is with this faith and
hope in His Mercy that we do what we do. Nothing that happened
has anything to do with the teachings of Islam. Criminal acts,
injustice and falsehood has no place in Islam.
Yes,
Muslims have undergone unspeakable horror and deprivation
for generations at the hands of others. But let us not justify
what happened by invoking such accounts. Let us be wise and
know when such words can and will be seen as justification.
Whoever
has done this has attacked Islam. People who endanger the
lives of travellers, threaten and murder civilians deliberately
are not the friends of Muslims let alone their pious ones!
We
are sad and angry not only because of what happened but also
because Islam itself is now sought to be associated with what
it came to eliminate. Our pain is perhaps more than for the
average person since both we and Islam are also now the focus
of abuse, mockery, slander and at times physical attacks.
Muslims
and Islam are evidently targeted for venom and propaganda
to generate hate no matter who is guilty, but we have to remain
firm on the Truth and not lose the values it enshrines and
propagates by the grace of Allah.
What is wrong is wrong. We should feel disgust to the core
of our being for the injustice that has been perpetrated against
so many people in the human tragedy that befell the USA. The
association of this unspeakable horror with Islam and Muslims
was almost inevitable given the circumstances we are aware
of to a greater or lesser extent. Our hearts should be heavy
and our eyes should be welling up with tears due to the disrepute
it has brought to the true and just way of life of Islam and
infamy to the Muslims. Da'wah and the welfare of countless
people have been jeopardised by this singular act of brutality.
Whoever has committed this crime against humanity, Islam and
the Muslims are not defensible and must be punished.
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