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Iman Calls For Action
From the moment the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad (saw) he started to call
to the way of Allah (swt), people started to come to him, to listen, and
become his companions. They believed in the 'Aqeedah of Islam, their belief
(Iman) was strong and pure and it was this belief that changed them to
become the best of mankind, with the best in thought, knowledge and
continuous action. Armed with their belief they started to struggle with
Jahiliyyah (ignorance), it was an intellectual and political struggle.
Though they were only few in number, they were strong, solid, and
uncompromising, until Allah (swt) gave them victory and the State was
established in Medinah. At that time they turned to new actions, they added
to the political and intellectual struggle a military struggle with the
Kafir, by declaring Jihad and starting to fight and spread Islam. Whole
countries were opened to Islam until most of the Earth came under Islamic
authority.
That is how they understood Islam and how they implemented it in their
lives. They took Iman properly and understood that Iman called them for
action, they worked in two stages and succeeded. It was narrated that
whenever an Ayah came, the Sahabah took it, understood it, and implemented
it, then other Ayahs would come and would be implemented without delay.
Their way of life (Deen) was based solely upon their belief and they were
truthful in holding firm to both of them, and did not neglect any of the
commands, which they implemented in their entirety. They deserved the
blessing of Allah, and Allah said:
''Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased from Him''. [ 9:100]
Iman was not only in their hearts, and they did not show it only by
worshipping and remembering Allah, or through their moral behaviour. Theirs
was much more than that, they were an uncompromising force with great
energy, strength and determination in the face of Kufr. Yes, that is way the
Sahabah learnt from Muhammad (saw), revived themselves and acted with vigour
in their Da’awah to establish a State which lasted for several centuries.
They referred to the Qur’an and always connected their action with their
belief. Allah said ''Those who believe and do good action will find
paradise'', and ''Verily man is at a loss, except such as have faith, and do
righteous deeds'', and ''Say work, Allah will see you work with Muhammad and
the believers''.
The Sahabah were moved to action. They listened to the Prophet who requested
them to act and stimulated them highly in the way of Allah (swt).
What is work? The highest and best is the work in the way of Allah; and of
this work is the work to revive the Ummah , establish the State of Islam,
carry the Da’awah, and to enter the political and intellectual struggle
against Kufr, like Muhammad (saw) worked before the establishment of the
State, work against the Kafir oppressors, struggling against their own
plans, demolishing their schemes and never accepting their regimes, and
establishing the Khilafah and unifying muslim countries again under the flag
of Islam.
But of the worst are those who understand Iman to be sitting down, in
laziness and leaving the situation to be as it is, even running away and
giving very weak reasons for not working in the way of Allah (swt). Saying,
''What can we do? We are weak and the oppressors have full control''. Or
saying, ''We don’t want to create Fitnah (division)'', and want to save
themselves from Fitnah by running away. What is even worse is understanding
that Iman means working to gain money to provide provisions for children and
for poor people, and to establish houses and farms through trading and
industry without involving themselves in political activity.
These two types of people are those who have left man to be ruled by Kufr
and indirectly help Muslims to be led by puppets of the West. They do not
believe as they should and do not understand what their Iman requests them
to do.
Allah(swt) strongly emphasises the rewards of people with Iman and taqwa in
this life and the Hereafter. It is these muttaqeen that Allah(swt) grants
assistance, victory and provides for. Thus, understanding the concept of
taqwa is vital and madatory for every Muslim.
Unfortunately, this is the very concept which the Muslims have left behind,
as a result of faulty education. The disbelievers in the distant past, as
well as in present times, have understood the importance of taqwa and the
Islamic creed, and how it could jeopardise their interests. They realised
how taqwa and the Islamic creed (aqeedah) were the roots of power to Muslim.
Thus they began to warp and dilute it by adding Greek, Persian and Hindu
ideas and philosophies to it. Eventually the Muslims began to incorporate
the false ideas of the body and soul, and their inter-relationships into the
original, pristine Islamic concept of taqwa.
As a result, Muslims started portraying a person possessing taqwa as a soft
spoken elevated, calm, pious, spiritual person, adorned with a certain type
of holy attire. A picture of a person who over emphasises prayer, fastinig
and things such as donating to the masjid, while living a secluded and
isolated life would be the one with taqwa , even though the same perosn
would deal with usury, lie and sell alcohol. They began manufacturing their
own verson of taqwa and fed this false sentiment into the Ummah.
In contrast to this distorted picture the Quran and Sunnah defines the idea
of taqwa as protecting oneself from the Hellfire by following the orders of
Allah(swt) by doing what He(swt) has commanded and avoiding what He(swt) has
forbidden. Many ayat in the Quran point up these ideas.
Yes, Islam requests you to believe in Allah, His messengers, His books, the
Angels, the Last Day, Divine Fate and Destiny. But more than this, your
actions are a duty which you are required to observe, actions like working
to gain provision, Salat, work to revive the Ummah and establishing the
Khilafah, and working to change the situation by attacking falsehood. These
are all actions your Iman is crying out for you to fulfil, we are obliged to
do them all.
Muhammad (saw) said: ''Implementing one of Islam’s penal codes (law) on the
Earth is much better than having rain for 40 years'', and ''Whosoever dies
while there was no bay'ah (allegiance to a Khaleefah) on his neck dies a
death of the days of ignorance (Jahiliyyah)'', and ''By Allah, enjoin what is
right and forbid what is wrong, and seize the hands of the wrongdoer, and
incline him to the truth, and confine him to the truth, or Allah will strike
your hearts, one of them upon another, and then will He curse you like He
cursed them (the Children of Israel)''.
O Muslims! The Sahabah took Iman as they should and connected it with their
every action, thereby gaining the victory from Allah (swt). Today the
Muslims leave the work and action, especially the highest - the best work -
and they accept the weak Iman, and have failed and have been totally
humiliated.
O Muslims! This Ummah is the best Ummah and this Ummah is the owner of the
best thought in the world. It is the Ummah of the best civilisation, which
agrees with human nature, with a very unique history, the Ummah that
publicised goodness and justice and truth on Earth till all peoples were
happy, even the people of the Book were pleased, to the extent that they
helped Muslims against their enemies.
Today the time has come to trace the steps of the Sahabah and start to do
the actions - the highest actions - to revive and change the situation and
not to be silent at this great Munkar (evil). O Muslims! Before Islam, the
Earth was in darkness, the Persian and Roman empires had occupied the Earth,
spreading great corruption and evil, until Islam came. Islam came and
corrected man’s condition, destroying these States and implementing justice
by the Khilafah. Today we see the Earth once again dominated by corruption
with the States of Capitalism in control. Kufr, evil, and corruption are
widespread causing destruction and death; the fight for exploitation through
Colonisation, and usurious control has taken over our lands. Mankind is
misguided and is aimless. The corruption of Communism has removed it from
the face of the earth, the corruption of Capitalism has started to appear,
but the entire world is bathed in this despair.
So Islam must now come back again to uproot all this corruption and to
repair and save man. There is no way this can happen except with the
Khilafah re-established, to destroy the States of Kufr and corruption, and
to erase all signs of the corrupt leaders, allowing Islam to once again be
the light for misguided peoples. The return of Islam is so close, because
the Ummah has no thoughts or ideas of any value except Islam and the
weakness of the governments in the Muslim lands and their betrayal can be
smelt everywhere.
There is nothing left except action, and the last steps back to the way of
Allah (swt) to uproot the corruption and disclose all that is hiden behind.
O Ummah! WORK, MOVE, INITIATE YOUR ATTACK ON KUFR. And Allah (swt) has
promised:
''O you who believe ! If you aid the cause of Allah, He will aid you'' [Quran]
Your Iman requests you to implement the Deen of Islam and connect your
belief to action. So come on with your actions, especially the highest ones,
remove the puppet leaders and may Allah give us the victory.
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