The Fight Against Islam Dates Back to the Beginning of the Prophetic Mission of Muhammad (PBUH).
The
Islamic community throughout the world faces challenges, increasing
daily and taking various shapes. They can be an economic blockade, an
intervention into the ideology of Muslims, and many other problems,
which can take very long to discuss.
What
is the purpose of this struggle against Islam? It is to take Muslims’
confession from them by weakening the Muslim community, influencing the
ideology of Muslims, and separating Muslims from the values of Islam.
The question is how to resist the struggle? How can Muslims stand up against the world's aggression, which takes different forms? What should we do in this situation?
There
is only one way out for Muslims – to regain their former unity. Only
when Muslims unite and become a united group, they will manage to stand
up to anyone and anything. All Muslims must unite, with no exception,
from the rulers up to each member of the Muslim communities that live on
Earth. After all, Muslims today are one third of the total population
of the globe. This is a huge number!
If
Muslims do not unite, no other methods, offered by some scholars or
Islamic movements, will help to resist the world aggression.
Unity
can only be achieved if Muslims get away from unnecessary disputes
among themselves, stop fueling a feud within the community, when Muslims
will listen to Allah’s Ayah in the Qur'an, where He says: “ And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves”. Another Ayah says: “fall into no disputes, lest ye lose heart and your power depart.”
Muslims might ask: “How can we regain the unity?”
The path to it is in our hearts. It is those feelings that every one of
us should have in his heart. It is the feeling that draws us to each
other. It is not the shallow nice words, or the good gestures, we use
for each other.
First
of all, it is the inner feeling, which does not need to be proved by
outward actions, the feeling that binds us together. Unless we have this
feeling in our hearts, no appeals and no attempts will help! The
feeling that binds us to Allah must draw us together and to the brothers
in the faith. We need to seek this feeling and strengthen it in our
hearts. Otherwise, the unification of Muslims is unfeasible. This
feeling must live in the heart of every Mu’min - it comes from Allah, it
is a gift from the Almighty.
This
immediately breeds a question – how to seek it, how to bring it back
into the hearts of Muslims? The key to this feeling is the remembrance
of Allah. If we resort to it, from the rulers to a common Muslim, we
will not have to hold round-table meetings, various conferences, etc.
All the problems of the Muslims will disappear, if they make remembrance
of Allah. Only in the remembrance of the Almighty a Muslim gets
everything he needs.
The
heart is the source of all our deeds. If the heart of a Muslim is
empty, no good deeds will help. On this occasion, the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said in a Hadith: “Do you want me to tell you, what is the
most precious worship of Allah, more precious, than giving away gold and
silver on your path to the Almighty, or meeting an enemy you will kill,
or will be killed by?” The Companions asked: “Oh Messenger of Allah, say what it is!” And the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: “Making remembrance of Allah.”
Some
Muslims are surprised and say, how can remembrance of Allah be better,
than giving away gold and silver, how can remembrance of the Almighty be
better, than the wars in His way? Yes, it can! For making remembrance
of Allah by true way is the most important requirement of the Almighty.
It is the essence of Islam.
If
a Muslim thinks about anything, except Allah, what good might be in his
soul and his heart? And if he mentions the Almighty as often as
possible, wherever he is and whatever he does, his heart is pure. It
radiates love, that creates brotherhood among Muslims. Without all this,
the Muslim unity is not even worth talking about! What is the use being
proud of the palace, if we do not have... the key to this palace? The
key to our unity is remembrance of Allah.
When
Muslims make remembrance of the Almighty, they get a feeling, that
generates the bond of love and brotherhood among all brothers in faith.
And it happens on its own. They begin to feel their brother’s pain in
the distance. If they hear, that their brother in faith is ill, they
immediately respond and come to help him. This becomes a pattern, when
we remember Allah. But, unfortunately – and this concerns the whole
Ummah! – this solution is still neglected. Everybody comes up with
different solutions. One suggests organizing a party, another one –
conferences, the third publishes books, where he is trying to prove
something, and all that is done to unite the Muslims. Whereas the tool
to our unity is in our hands. It is mentioning the Almighty. If we think
from morning till night about everything except Allah, of course, our
hearts will be filled with vice.
And
just when the Muslims forgot about mentioning the Almighty, the whole
Ummah was attacked by the ‘predators’. Just as a predator attacks the
prey, they attacked Muslims all over the world. The Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said in a Hadith about it: “They bore down upon Muhammad’s Ummah (PBUH) like wild beasts upon their prey!” It is exactly so. And it is nobody’s, but our fault.
The struggle against Islam is a historical phenomenon. It dates back to the time when the Prophet (PBUH) announced his prophecy.
Thus the Almighty wants, this is how Allah tests each of us. And therefore, our salvation lies in remembrance of the Almighty.
Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) in a Hadith al-Qudsi tells us the words of Allah as He
talks to His slaves: “I am as My slave thinks of Me.” So if a slave
thinks the Almighty is merciful, he will find His mercy, and if he is
disappointed and imagines Him angry, he will find Allah in anger.
Further, the Hadith says: “I am with him when he makes mention of Me.
If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me a hand’s span, I draw near to Him an arm’s length; And if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to Him a fathom’s length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.” This is how Allah addresses the slaves who spend time making mention of Him.
Oh
Allah, give us the strength to mention You - and then we will have no
time to fall apart! Moreover, there will be no one to tear us apart.
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