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Ahlesunnat Wljamat First English Magzine Feb2013 Eddition.www.alrashideen.weebly.comTRANSCRIPT
In This Issue
• Editorial
• 2013: What’s Next
• The Road Ahead- Obstacles
• Cover Story: Inside Syria
• Faith Speeches: Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
• Shia equality or Shia supremacy?
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• Book Review – Maulana Masood Azhar
• Message to the Sunni Officials
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Faith Speeches – Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
The Road Ahead – Obstacles I
Cover Story – Inside the Syria, Playing the Iran’s Game
We present you this first issue of Al-Rashideen. We
hope this to be a platform where relevant issues facing
the Ummah are studied / analyzed upon by students of
colleges and universities, and Muslim youngsters whose
first or second language is English.
Before going any further, I would pen off with the
words of an Iraqi who called on an Egyptian Channel
some 3 years ago. Not much has changed vis-à-vis the
Ahlus Sunnah since then. These words echo the current
state of affairs in the Muslim World:
‘O Brothers!!! I am calling from Baghdad I call you O Baghdad what evil has caught you?
What was the value of Baghdad? Weren’t you (O Baghdad) the happiness of eyes? I call
you from Iraq! O my dear fellows!! Is there any eye in Egypt who is weeping for
Baghdad? I wish I could help the ones who are in sorrow and beating their chest because
of being badly tortured Sheikh Hammad thousands of women and men of Ahlus Sunnah
have come to me. They have given me the responsibility of a trustworthy thing. They
said if people of Islam will be killed and destroyed, then who will help us? Then who will
save us from cruelty and torture? Our women are being prisoned. (People of) Ahlus
Sunnah are killed….Ahh Respect of Muhammad (PBUH)…..Ahhh Religion of
Prophet……..Beards were being burned, elders were thrown in fire and were burned. The
ones who were much old were beaten with hunter lashes on their backs. I was also
tortured (because they wanted) that I put lie and curse Mother Aisha R.A. and on my
father Abu Bakr R.A. ……Ahh my father my father…..with which face shall I live on this
world? They put dirt in my beard.
O Ahlus Sunnah save your brothers from these Rafdhis…….Ahh Respect of Muhammad
(PBUH)…..Ahh Respect of Prophet…..Ahh helplessness of the Religion of Islam…..Our
women were kidnapped….Ahh respect and glory of Ahlus Sunnah. They stop us on roads
and burn us alive because amongst us are the people with the names Abu Bakr, Umar
and Usman and (people) with names of those of the Prophet’s Sahaba. They said to us
that abuse Aisha R.A. for them, when we denied, they cut our fingers….O Sheikh I have
delivered the responsibility given to me. O Allah be my witness….I have delivered the
Message….I saw a young girl, she was raped…..She was saying (By Allah) I was a virgin,
Wallahey I was an Hafiza (Memorizer of Quran)….Then she screamed and said who will
convey the story of my torture to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)……She was saying
(Shia) Men have crossed all limits of torture and brutality. The respect of Allah’s
Messenger was abused………
O Sheikh listen….I have delivered the story of Shia torture and brutality. The wounds
which I got (from Shia) are still fresh because my son’s name was Umar and my
daughter’s Aisha…..These rafidhis burned my 3 year old child inside an oven and killed
him, and then they put the burnt body in front of his old father (me) Oh Allah Be my
witness….Oh Allah you are my Lord be my witness Oh people of Islam is there any
helper for the Muslims……Is there any Ibn Taimiyya (for help) to stop the hands of the
rawafidh
Assalam O AlaikumAssalam O AlaikumAssalam O AlaikumAssalam O Alaikum
From the Editor’s desk
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2013: What next? nother year has passed by & on the dawn of 1434 A.H. Taliban are battling with the crusader armies in the rugged terrains of Afghanistan, Chechen guerillas fighting for an Emirate in the Caucasus, Palestinians with stones in hand defying the Israeli Onslaught, Kashmiri’s protesting against the Indian Militancy, Syrians rising up against the Shiite Nusayri Bashar, Ulama getting martyred in the streets of Karachi, Pakistan by Shiite militias. A cursory look at these conflict areas brings to light the Muslim plight. With meager resources and scarce bullets at their disposal, they are nevertheless acting as a fire-wall against the Judeo-Christian, Hindu & Shiite nexus. Not much has changed vis-à-vis Muslim fortunes since 1757 when the British entered the Indian Sub-Continent, gained charge and then eventually snatched the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924.Since then, its been a series of unfortunate events starting from Kemalist reforms in Turkey, Israel’s independence in 1948, little or no Islamization in Pakistan, Break-up of Bangladesh, Russian Invasion of Afghanistan and continuing all the way to the 1979 ‘Shiite’ heretic revolution in Iran to 2011’s Arab Spring. Our debacle & its causes had begun along time ago, but for the sake of brevity let’s just not limit ourselves to the American invasion of Afghanistan & Iraq as the setting up the stage for Muslim conflict. We have been under-attack both militarily, ideologically and psychologically since the last 200 years and more so since the last 1 century. Be it Hindu India, Christian USA-Russia, Buddhist & Communist China-Burma-Philippines, Shiite Iran-Syria, every possible Non-Muslim has stepped in the Bandwagon Muslim Crusades. Hindu India stepped in since 1948,USA & Russia were there remotely behind the scenes before, but directly since the ‘80’s,China ,Burma and Philippines hopped in since the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s,and Iran and Syria have been cruising along since the ‘70’s.
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We were analyzing and discussing the withdrawal of NATO & American forces from Afghanistan in 2014, when all of a sudden the Arab Spring comes up and the mass butchery of Muslims is done in Bahrain, Syria aided by their Shiite Master-Patron Iran. We are under attack: there is no denying that. And we are being so right, left & centre. And the reality as espoused in a popular Hadith ‘that there would be a time when the kuffar would invite each other (the way we invite people at food) against Muslims’ is very much visible now. I believe that the only good news in the midst of all this is the rise of Mujahideen movements & their resilience and courage to move on despite heavy odds. And what is driving them? One reason is the spirit of Jihad and Shahadat which is expressedly present in Quran and Sunnah. In the words of noted Egyptian Jihadi Ideologue Zawahiri ‘The West can snatch away our territories, kill our women and children, but they can never extinguish in us the spirit of Jihad and martyrdom as espoused in the Quran and Sunnah’ Another reason is the renewing of this Quranic Spirit (of Jihad) by individuals who have time & time again saved the Islamic Tradition from being ignored by the Muslim Masses. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the late ‘70’s, it was Abdullah Azzam (A Palestenian alim) who through his speeches and dawah, rallied the support of Muslim youngsters the world over to join the Holy cause in the mountains of Afghanistan. When Serb and Croat Christians aided by US and Russian Petro-dollars started the Muslim carnage in Bosnia, it was Shamil Basayev (Bosnian) and Ameer Khattab (Arab) who led the Muslim resistance. When US and NATO forces were using the tacit help of the Shias of Iran and Iraq, it was Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi (Jordanian) who dampened any hopes of a complete American & Shiite take-over of Iraq for a long time to come. When the Indian Golliath was on the verge of winning the battle of hearts and minds in Kashmir, it was Masu’d Azhar (A Pakistani alim) who re-ignited the spirit of Jihad in the hearts of Kashmiris and Mujahideen posted there. When the
Jewish aggressor was getting accustomed to Muslim slumber in Palestine, it was Ahmed Yaseen (A Palestenian alim) who woke the Muslims by forming Hamas. When in the early 80’s the Shiite revolution in Iran started being exported via Iranian petro-dollars in Iraq, Pakistan & parts of the Middle-East it was Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi (A Pakistani alim) and his supporters, who stood up to check the Shiite inspired onslaught. All the above-mentioned examples point in one direction: The presence of Internationalism in Islam. And that has been the case and point of Islam’s growth as a world religion. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was an Arab, among his Sahaba there were Hazrat Salman from Persia, Sohaib from Rome, Bilal from Africa and many others. Out of the 144,000 Sahaba thousands are buried outside the Arab Heartland in China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia and scattered the world over. Islam strengthened and grew in Spain, Indian-Sub Continent, Persian Iran and many other regions. Being Muslim does not mean that our loyalties rest within the boundaries of states and nations where we reside. We are one the world over, and the examples highlighted above are enough to prove that. As a relevant example I would quote, Bhutto: “Gandhi once observed that if Islam is uprooted from the subcontinent, it will flourish elsewhere, but if Hinduism is uprooted from the subcontinent, it would be the end of Hinduism. The meaning of the remark was that if Hinduism had to be protected at the cost of uprooting Islam from the subcontinent, there was a justification in it. Is it the aim to prove that, Gandhi indeed was a Mahatma?”1 What Bhutto points out is that had Gandhi not clandestinely paved the way for the Break-up of India, and had Muslims & Hindus continue to live together, Islam would have thrived in India at the cost of Hinduism. And he was right, today according to the World Religious Freedom Report 2012, 94% of the world’s Hindu’s reside in India. 1 If I am Assassinated, Z.A.Bhutto Pg142 (New Dehli,1979 Edition)
And before signing off, the New Year brings us to the point of no-return. We are being constantly taken for granted, our lands taken away in petty deals, our life-styles and culture snatched at the gun-point of Immunity marketing. All this and much more has made the Muslim an easy prey to Kill. We are with our backs on the wall, the only way out is to Hit and march forward!!!! There is no turning back………
The Road Ahead-Obstacles I
By Usman Khan Whatever that has happened and
continues to be happening in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, Syria and the likes is resonant to so many revolutions that have taken part in the Muslim world in the 21st century.
We have the Independence movements of Egypt, Algeria, and Pakistan as a prime example of hijacked revolutions. The Pakistan movement were steeped into a religious awakening owing to the masses and the visionary leadership of men such as Iqbal, Quaid-e-Azam & Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani. But what happened afterwards is a trend most unfortunate that has time and time again resulted in a deep despair among the Muslims. It is this trend which caused a pioneer of the freedom movement to retort.
“Who’s Shariah? I don’t want to get involved. The moment I enter this field the Ulema will take over.”1
It is this trend which has caused the constitution to supersede Islamic laws and if an Islamic law/punishment is not accepted by 2/3rd majority in the parliament, such laws are not valid. This is why we see Ulema having to fight over the issue of blasphemy in the parliament of the ‘Muslim’ Pakistan and has this law accepted. That this law should have automatically been a part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan since its inception in 1947, it was not the cause. This trend, this cause is a lack
of trust in Islam and a motion of little or no self-confidence via faith.
This zero self-confidence is the outcome of secularism (as a state of mind). But leaving that argument aside, I plan to assess the havoc played by such an indifferent attitude towards religion.
I would be limiting my arguments to the 19th and 20th century realm. The examples to follow are disheartening to say the least, and in order to save the current Arab spring from a Judeo- Christian onslaught, we need to ponder over them.
Sharif of Makkah, a Syed by descent is gullible enough to fight the Turkish caliphate in the promise of an unlimited rule in Arabia by the British government. This is the time of the Second World War.
During the Second World War Turkey sided with Germany and its allies. As the war went, Turkey started strengthening the noose against Great Britain. Ulema and lay muslims alike supported Turkey’s stand so much that Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani gave the verdict that it is prohibited for Muslims to join the British army in its fight against Turkey. At the same time pressure was put on Afghanistan’s ruler Ameer Habibullah by Muslim clerics to wage a war from India’s tribal areas, in a bid to
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devastate the British at home. Ameer Habibullah in the words of the Indian viceroy Lord Curzon remained ‘a loyal friend who at the time of war cooperated with us.’ This done with the entry of United States into the war, Germany lost the war. At the treaty of Versailles, Turkey was torn into pieces, and with the conquest of Palestine, British Prime Minister Llyod George termed it as the victory of the crusaders.
The Turkish caliphate had been decimated, but it stood as a temporal Muslim institution. That too was swept away by yet another Muslim ’Mustafa Kamal Ataturk’. The crusader dream of avenging Saladin’s victory of Jerusalem came true, but not without the hypocrisy of Muslims such as Habibullah Khan and Mustafa Kamal. What made them do what they did isn’t a very difficult question to answer. It was zero self-confidence which built around them a façade of Judaeo-Christian supremacy at whose alter, they sacrificed Islam.
The next example is that of Kashmir. The Radcliffe award meant that Muslim majority areas go to Pakistan and vise versa. The Indian government in a last ditch effort managed to convince Maharaja Hari Singh to play his ‘Hindu’ card, and side with India. This was one wrong i.e. to go against the wishes of an entire Muslim population, and also against the Radcliffe award. For those of us who argue ‘two wrongs don’t make a right’; the Quaid e Azam ordered Liaquat Ali Khan to administer a ‘covert’ war in the tribal belt of Pakistan. Major General Akbar Khan who was given charge of the operation writes that after the death of the Quaid, the Pakistani government became reluctant to fight the war, courtesy allegations of interference in Indian held Kashmir at the UN2. We never look at what India did but are quick to point out that Pakistan must keep its boots on the ground.
For the Pakistani government post Quaid e Azam, ‘zero self-confidence’ came to the rescue
and gave in the argument ‘because of your behaviour India kills the Muslims of Kashmir with greater impunity’. As if she wasn’t doing it before?
In 1998 the US government under Bill Clinton sent missiles into Afghanistan to kill Osama Bin Laden. The missiles trespassed Pakistani airspace. In protest the Muslim masses caused a hue and cry. Protests and road blockades marred every city. In a quest to question this ‘Anti- Americanism’ on the streets, the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave a statement endorsing a Shariah Bill in the parliament. Obviously so, the attention was soon diverted and the Shariah bill issue was soon lost in the pile of pending acts of amendment. Some three years later the then Army chief Pervez Musharraf sided with US in its war against Muslims on the pretext
‘America would have bombed us to stone age.3’
No self-confidence again wins the battle and becomes the perfect recipe for inaction.
The example of Zia ul Haq is something that cannot be attributed to an ‘lesser’ understanding of faith. Zia ul Haq stands out among the many Pakistani leaders of the past. That he was an exception and a rarity, that is the hard fact. That this was the man who helped Mujahideen route the Russian Red army, who bought India to its knees by supporting Bhindranwale & his ‘Khalistani’ rebels, carried on with Pakistan’s nuclear ambitions regardless of US disapproval is no small achievement.
But the point to be honed in is that why such a powerful dictator like Zia ul Haq could not amend and change the present system. Sympathizers argue that the international scenario must be kept in perspective, etc. My point is that if Zia could
hang Bhutto, why Zia couldn’t have carried out a ‘complete’ Islamization; not by law but by action. What did image matter to him? At the end of the day, apparently it did. In his 10 year rule he changed the world scene by having helped removed the 2nd Superpower of its time. He changed the Pakistan Army, its ISI, had support of even the masses, but that final step which he never took would go down in the annals of history as a ‘lost opportunity’ and nothing else.
The one single reason which I have identified in each of the above there examples merits closer attention. Has not this reluctance to accept our faith become a fact of life for most of us? How many times have we shuddered at the sound of orators like Maulana Masood Azhar inciting masses for Jihad? Have we forgotten the Quranic call:-
“O Prophet, urge the believers to battle ” (Surah Anfal, verse 65)
How many of us have forgotten prisoners like Aafia siddiqui, Sheikh Omar Abdul Rehman and many others? Have we not listened to the Prophetic saying
‘Free the Prisoner’ (Bukhari)
How many of us have chided Ulama such as Ameer-e-Azeemat4, Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi and Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi for fomenting hatred and terror? Have we not read the Quranic Verse?
‘….Those of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge (Ulama) fear Allah. Surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.’(32:28)
There are many examples which can be touched upon here, but for now I would suffice with these. If the Muslim world desires to come out of the shadows of Democracy, & benefit from this Arab Spring, it must clear the hurdles in its way. The first obstacle I have identified. In
order to overcome it, I shall cite examples from the Seerah of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), his companions and then all the way to the leaders of some not so distant past….
From the Seerah of the Holy Prophet(S.A.W.) The instance where an (Honorable) Qurayshite woman had stolen,and the Qurayshites sent one of the Sahaba came to intercede on her behalf infront of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.).The Prophet stated that the reason for the decline & going astray of the previous Ummah’s was that when their rich and honorable commit a crime they are left alone,when their poor commit the same,they are punished(i.e. their different treatment vis-a-vis the rich and the poor) ,and By Allah if Fatima Bint Muhammad had done the act, I would have cut her hands. (I have relied on an approximate translation here) Hafiz Hajr Asqalani explains the merits of this hadith and concludes
• T - This hadith discusses that when someone becomes liable for punishment, he should not be let off even though he may be your relative or an honorable member of society. And it further strictly condones the person who tries to make a way out of this situation by not applying the Islamic Law in this case.
• - It also helps us analyze the cause of the decline/going astray of the previous ummah’s which is ruling/going against sharia’h.
The Prophet’s (PBUH) example mentioned above should remove the doubts in the minds and hearts of every Muslim, that there is no place for zero self-confidence or impotence in carrying out the sharia’h law in Islam regardless of what the society and world says.
From the Seerah of the Prophet’s Companions
A person comes in the presence of Hazrat Umar, and presents his case saying that I have had a dispute with this Jew. I had gone in the presence of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W).This person was a hypocrite. He says that I ha sought the verdict of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W).Hazrat Umar replied as to the Prophet’s decision. He replied, that the Prophet had ruled in the Jew’s favor. Hazrat Umar did not enter into an argument with this (outwardly professing) Muslim, instead he takes out his sword and sever’s the hypocrite’s head,and proclaims:
‘Anyone who doesn’t accept the Prophet’s Judgement,in Umar’s court his punishment is ONLY death’5
The above-mentioned example is enough to burst the myth that acting according to sharia’h is problematic vis-a-vis Muslim Image.
From a not-so-distant past
Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban movement refuses to hand over Osama Bin Laden & other Mujahideen to the United States of America, and in a bid loses his regime post 9/11.And, regardless of all that remarks that Islam does not allow Muslims to be handed over to non-muslims. He stands firm in the midst of all the euphoria. He remains stead-fast and this is an echo of the Glorious Muslim past.
1 Islamization of Pakistan, Afzal Iqbal
2 Raiders in Kashmir, Major General Akbar Khan
3 In the Line of Fire, General Pervez Musharraf
4 Appellation of Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi (1952-1990).Appellations are common for Authoritative Ulama in the Indian Sub-
continent .Examples include Ameer-e-
Shariat for Maulana Ataullah Shah Bukhari, Sheikh-ul-Hind for Mufti Mahmud-ul-Hassan and Muarikh-e-Islam for Maulana Zia-ul-Rahman Farooqi
5 Pandra Taarikh Saaz Taqreerain (15 Memorable Speeches),Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Bystanders
Looked on to Bashar Al Assad’s
Unrelenting massacre of
Sunnis in Syria
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
Allepo, Homs,
Damascas
BURNS BLEEDS
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Syrian Bloggers crying
to the world for help
Bashar Forces destroying
the Masjids
MUSLIMS OF SYRIA ARE GETTING BURNT ALIVE !!! SLAUGHTERED, TORTURED, RAPED, KILLED BURIED ALIVE !! ALL BECAUSE THEY SAY LAH LEFT TO RIGHT > IRAN # AHMEDNIJAD, PRESIDENT IRAN > LEBANON # IS THE BARKING DOG HASSAN NASERALLAH LEADER OF THE SHIA KUFAR MILITANT GROUP CALLED HIZBULLAH > SYRIA # LAST THE FIRAWN OF OUR TIME THE EVIL BASHAR ASSAD, KAFIR ALAWITE OF SYRIA .
“We are all Jabhat Al-Nusrah” - THE MUJAHIDEEN
The Men who rocked KUFRKUFRKUFRKUFR
AlHamdulillah (All Praise to Allah), uptil now I
can with complete faith in my God, that there
is no such person or group on the soil of
Pakistan who can cause confusion and dis-
order in my gatherings ,and then walk away
home with convenience & ease.
This I am talking about the common man,
EVEN the police does not have the courage &
audacity to cause disturbance in my jalsa
(Public Gathering)…..This I am saying with
complete faith in my God, I myself am
nothing. That’s why if there is any sound or
protest (from the crowd) anywhere, you don’t
have to look in that direction nor take any
notice of it. It’s between me & that person. If
you promise to listen to my talk that way,
then I shall begin otherwise we shall make dua
(Religious Supplication) and call off the jalsa.
I request the intelligence agents, government
angels, CID reporters; whatever you may call
them to record the words of my claim with
sincerity & honesty. It would be their favour
on me, if they note these words.
Shia is the biggest infidel in the whole
universe (Shia Qaainaat ka badtareen kafir
hai)
This is my claim, very brief very clear and very
transparent. I want to bring testimonial
evidence to this statement of mine, to proof
its veracity and objectivity. My witnesses to
this claim and the evidence which I
would bring in support of it, would be the
judicial verdicts (Fatawa) of the authoritative
Ulama across the 1400 year old history of
Islam, Prophetic traditions, and the last
verdict which cannot be refuted by any
authority in the world. So much so that even
the Prophet cannot challenge that verdict &
that verdict would be that of God ALL-Mighty
which I would bring today. Today I would
expose this matter leaving no doubt and
uncertainty present in the mind of anyone
present. And this stand and position, I have
endured troubles and affliction of every kind
over a period of 15 years. And now, there is no
power in the world
which can take away this stance & position
away from me. You cannot imagine the level
of punishment which I have endured for
presenting this stance and stand. It is not my
habit to eulogize or self-praise, or to talk
about myself. May Allah forgive me (for such
self-praise) and protect me from it. Anyways,
after reflection and utmost discretion of my
own, we have adopted this line (i.e.
mission).And in line with this statement is
that up till now it is the wish of both me and
workers of Sipah-e-Sahaba (Army of the
Companions of the Holy Prophet) that we
make this position accepted in Pakistan’s
constitution. We do it today, (maybe) next
year, (maybe) five years later. It is probable
that in our lifetime, we may not be successful
but with complete trust and faith in God, I can
say that if we continue (in this direction) being
well-intentioned, then that day would indeed
come on Pakistan’s soil, when our stand and
position be accepted in the National
Assembly. I have without any foreword or introduction,
presented the words of my claim.
Shia is the biggest and filthiest infidel in the
whole Universe (Shia Qaainaat ka badtareen
aur ghaleez tareen kafir hai).
These words are very clear. I want to give
arguments and proofs in support of my claim.
And, in line with this talk, I would praise the
Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
which is my life’s permanent and unshakeable
goal. Among my power and the information
which I could extract, there is no authoritative
alim (religious scholar) in my observation
across the 1400 year-old Islamic History who
after a perusal & study of shiism not declared
Shiites as unbelievers. This cannot happen. As
a specimen and example, I would name a few
(Ulama).
Sage of the community (Hakeem ul Ummah)
Imam Malik Bin Anas referring to the ayat of
the Quran (Surah Al-Fath, Last Ayat) declares
openly that in the light of this ayat, Shiites are
are Non-Muslims & Un-believers. Malik Bin
Anas is not today’s personality….Centuries
have passed (since his death).Keeping this
ayat in front of him, he has given the verdict
against Shiism, which even today is present in
the Quranic tafaseer. Pick up any tafseer you
would find Imam Malik’s verdict (fatwa). The
most simple and easy to understand exegesis
(tafsir) is that of Sheikh-ul-Islam Allama
Shabbir Ahmed Usmani. In this ayat you
would notice Imam Malik’s fatwa.
For your satisfaction, I will bring few more
judicial verdicts. This is my challenge that
there has been no person, no alim in these
1400 years who after a perusal of Shiism has
hesitated in declaring twelver Shiites as Un-
believers and infidels. He had to say it.
The most reliable book of the Hanafi Fiqh
(School of Islamic Law) Fatawa Alamgiri which
was arranged under the supervision of Mughal
emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, and which was
compiled by 500 ulama. In it this truth has
been stated in open words,
Mun Ankara suhbata abi bakr fahua kafir
(Any person who doesn’t believe in Abu Bakr
being a companion of the Holy Prophet is an
infidel and unbeliever)
This is also not today’s verdict. Centuries have
passed (since its compilation).I was not born
yet, nor my father nor even my grand-father,
when on that particular day 500 ulama were
writing with their pen’s Siddiq-e-Akbar’s
(appellation for Hazrat Abu Bakr) enemies as
infidels.
Mujadid Alif Thani (Revivalist of the second
millennium) Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi, whose
bravery and valour is history’s authentic fact.
Who alone dealt with his period’s despotic
ruler, by facing (opposition), who endured
detention at Gwalior Fort, who earned the
appellation mujadid i.e. Revivalist by the
community of the faithful. This same mujadid
writes with his sanctified pen that Shiites are
non-Muslims and infidels, and that the ulama
of the Indian Sub-Continent have declared
Shiites as kafirs.
Shiites had written against this verdict of the
Ulama of the Indian Sub-Continent, that we
are Muslims and your verdict is wrong and
invalid. Mujadid Alif Thani gave valid
arguments in the light of Quran & Sunnah to
refute the retaliatory verdict and claim of the
Shiites, and confirmed and supported the
verdict of the Ulama in his famous pamphlet
‘Refutation of the Rafhidis’ (Radd-e-
Rawafiz).In it he writes that Shiites are the
biggest infidel in the whole universe. It’s been
over four centuries since the time of Mujadid
Alif Thani, and we are now into the 5th
century. This is also not today’s issue and
discourse, it is quite old. And even today, you
would find Mujadid Alif Thani’s verdict in this
world. You can take it and study it.
After Mujadid Alif Thani comes the Muslim
Community’s Grand Leader, the great scholar
of the Indian Sub-Continent, Leader of Holy
Men, Shah Waliullah Muhadith Dehlvi. May
Allah bestow His unlimited grace and mercy
on the grave of the great leader. In his
authentic & reliable book ‘Aids to
Understanding God’ (Tafheemat-e-Illaya) he
narrates one such dream of his. That in the
state of dreaming, he had the privilege of
seeing the Holy Prophet (PBUH). Shah
Waliullah writes, that in my dream I
questioned (the Prophet PBUH) O Master
what do I make and think of Shiites. He
further writes, that my master advised me to
study the Shiite belief of Imamate; the truth
will become clear to you. Shah Waliullah
writes, that the next morning I read and
studied afresh the Shiite concept of Imamate
and after reading it gave the decision that
Shiites do confess with tongue that the Holy
Prophet (PBUH) is the last Prophet, but in
reality Shiites do not acknowledge the khatm-
e-Nubuwwat of the Holy Prophet
(PBUH).They believe in 12 Prophets’ after the
Holy Prophet (PBUH).You very well know that
the denier of the finality of Prophet-hood is a
Non-Muslim. This fact is apparent and
manifest to every Muslim.
Shah Waliullah has written this brief verdict, I
would like to clarify. In order to make you
understand as the Shiite belief of Imamate, I
would say something.
Shiite issue of Imamate is that the Imam is
infallible (mas’um). His obedience is
obligatory. He receives esoteric revelation
(wahi) from God. Every year on the night of
ascension (laylat-ul-Qadr), that year’s
complete commands come down on him.
That year he obeys and carries out the
commands. The next year on the night of
ascension (laytal-ul-Qadr) new commands
come down. The Imam has the power and
authority to make prohibited (haram) that
which is permissible (halal), and that which is
prohibited (haram) as permissible
(halal).When the Imam sleeps, his ablution
doesn’t break. Imam can see from the front
and from the back. Miracles manifest from the
Imam’s hands continuously. The Imam’s birth
is unlike that of ordinary mortals, instead he is
born from the mother’s thighs (and not her
womb).Imam’s status and position is superior
and elevated than all the (Holy) Prophets of
Allah. This is the Shiite belief of
Imamate….Revelation comes down on the
infallible Imam, he is born from the mother’s
thigh, fragrance and scented odour comes
from the Imam’s body. Some Twelwer Shiites
have written that the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH)
status and position is comparatively higher
than that of the Imam’s. But Iran’s Khomeini,
leader and guide of the 15th Century Shiites
writes in his Al-Hakumat Al-Islamiya (Islamic
Government) that the status and position of
the 12 Imams is superior to that of every angel
and Prophet.
This is the Shiite belief of Imamate on the
basis of which Shah Waliullah had written that
Shiites do not acknowledge the Finality of
ProphetHood, instead are its worst deniers.
And when they are deniers of the belief of
Khatme-e-Nubuwwat then they are Non-
Muslims. And, this Shah Waliullah has not just
written and come at this conclusion by
himself, but instead on the order of the Holy
Prophet (PBUH) vis-à-vis a dream and after a
fresh perusal of the matter, wrote with
complete valour and determination that
surely by tongue Shiite confess to the Finality
of ProphetHood but in reality they do not
acknowledge this.
‘Aids to Understanding God’ (Tafheemat-e-
Illaya) is available even today. It’s available in
the Persian Language. Any person amongst
you who wishes so, can study the book
himself. He can search for Shah Waliullah’s
words, and look at it with his own eyes. I am
not talking about today’s issue. I haven’t
touched upon a new matter. I haven’t created
an innovation. Nor have we opened the way
for dissention or animosity among the
Ummah. We are saying the same thing which
for decades the authoritative Ulama of the
Ummah have been repeating in the light of
Quran and Sunnah.
Before Shah Waliullah I should have
mentioned one more personality. Infact even
before Mujadid Alif Thani (I should have talked
about) Allama Ibn Taimiyya, who was a
mountain of knowledge, who was an ocean of
knowledge. And whose bravery and courage
was such that his funeral took place in a state
of detention (i.e. from prison).Who did not
find it in his honor to submit before the tyrant
of his time. His love for the people was such,
that when pen & paper was snatched away
from him, he used coal for writing on the
leaves of the trees to guide the Ummah. And
used to give guidance to the Ummah while
sitting in jail. This Ibn Taimiyya in his Book as-
Sarim al-Maslul ‘ala Shatim ar-Rasul (The
Drawn Sword against those who insult the
Messenger) writes that Shia is the biggest
infidel in the whole universe. You can today
read Ibn Taimiyya’s book with your own eyes
and see for it himself the Imam’s verdict.
My venerable audience, I had reached (the
history) up to Shah Waliullah. Moving on,
Shah Waliullah’s capable son Abdul Aziz has
by written Tohfa-e-Ithna Ashari (Gift to the
twelvers) fixed a thorn in Shiism’s side which
can never be extracted by it’s progeny till the
Day of Judgement. Shah Abdul Aziz in his
Fatawa Azizi writes
‘Hanafi Fiqh declares that Shiites are non-
Muslims and with it a Sunni Female’s nikah
cannot take place’
This is the family which helped the political
cause (i.e. the Struggle for Independence) in
the Indian Sub-Continent. This is the family
which took on fights with the powerful British
Raj in the Sub-Continent. This is the family,
who had the courage to look into the eyes of
the rulers. And see with what courage they
are condemning Shiites as unbelievers.
Respectable Audience! After Shah Abdul Aziz
let’s move further-on. Leader of the Scholars
of Ahl Sunnah, the most pious among the
pious, Shaykh-ul-Islam, the Great hero of the
Indian War of Independence Allama Rasheed
Ahmed Gangohi in his Fatawa Rasheedia
writes in reply to a question. The questioner
asks that a Sunni woman by belief enters into
nikah with a Shiite on the basis of
misunderstanding & delusion regarding his
belief. Is it necessary for her to obtain a
divorce now, or without it, she can be
separated from him (on the pretext) that the
marriage never took place. That Sunni women
should obtain a divorce or not? The second
question…..A father is Sunni and his children
become Shiite. Can they become heirs to their
father’s property etc?
The Saint of his time, the great Mujahid of the
war of Independence, extremely pious scholar
writes that the women can separate from the
man without the divorce, because Shiite is an
infidel, and that the Sunni female’s nikah
never took place. Similarly, the sons of the
Sunni Father who have become Shiite, cannot
be the heirs of his inheritance or property. The
father was a Muslim, and the children being
Shiites have become infidels or unbelievers.
Honorable Listeners!.....
After Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi, let’s
move forward. Leader and guide of the
Scholars & followers of the Barelvi school of
thought, I would take his name with honor &
respect……Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
in his Fatawa Rizvia and in a brief booklet of
his Radd-ur-Rafza has written that Shiites are
the worst among non-believers. And his
words are that Shiites whether he be big or
small, male or female, urban dweller or
villager is without any doubt outside the pale
of Islam. And, he is not just content on this
alone, instead he further declares
‘Who-ever doubts the kufr of the Shiites, he
himself is an infidel’
This is Maulana Ahmed Raza’s verdict which is
present in his fatawa Rizvia. Further-more he
instilled so much hatred for Shiites to the
extent, that a person asks if a Shiite enters (or
falls) into a well, should we dis-charge the
complete well or should we extract some
bucket-full of water, so that the well becomes
pure? I would with utmost respect request the
Barelvi Scholars that why are you not ready to
obey on the verdict of your leader & guide. If
the Barelvi scholars do not agree with my
statement, then at least youngsters (and
ordinary people) of the Barelvi school should
support us in our stand and position. Ahmed
Raza writes (in reply to the above-mentioned
question) writes, ‘Discharge the whole well
and then the well would become pure’. And
the reason (for this statement of his) he writes
that a shia would always try to make Sunni’s
eat haram. If he cannot do anything, the least
he would do is to urinate in the well of Ahlu
Sunnah. That is why, it is incumbent and
necessary to discharge all the water in the
well. And this statement is not said by
Maulana Ahmed Raza alone, but Shaykh-ul-
Arab wal Ajam (Leader of the Arabs and Non-
Arabs) Maulana Hussain Ahmed Madani has
also narrated a similar stance. Someone had
asked a similar question that whether food
cooked by Shiites can be eaten or not. Upon
this, Shaykh-ul-Arab wal Ajam says not to eat
(and the reason he provides is) if a Shia cannot
do anything, he would spit in the food, and
then serve food to the Ahlu Sunnah. A
confirmation of such an incident which is even
more grotesque was narrated by Maulana
Muhammad Abdullah of Bhakkar, Punjab. A
friend of his is a member of the Tablighi
Jamat. He had business relations with a Shia.
They were partners, and had cordial relations
with each other. He narrated one such
personal incident to Maulana Abdullah.
He says that this Shiite with whom I had
business relations, I went (to his home).He
had arranged food for me. When the food was
served, I moved my hands towards it. It was a
village environment; there was no custom of a
veil or Purdah. His wife, who is a Sunni, stands
up and motions with her hand that I must not
eat the food. I hesitated…..I have trade
relations with him; the tyrant must have
poisoned the food. Here I die, and here he is
free (to do whatever with my share in the
business).Nevertheless he urged me to eat,
while his wife motioned me (behind his back)
not to eat. He saw what his wife was doing.
He asked her why is she stopping me from
eating? In reply, she said that she was right in
preventing me from eating. The argument is
prolonged further myself asked the Shia as to
what is the reason, what is the matter? Rather
than answering me, he gets up and starts
beating his wife, started torturing her. When
he had abused her further, his wife cried out
he had sexual intercourse with me, and
mixed the impurity (i.e. semen discharge) in
the food. My religious sense of honor does
not permit me, that I give such impurity in
food to a Muslim Brother !!!
Shia equality or Shia sShia equality or Shia sShia equality or Shia sShia equality or Shia supremacy?upremacy?upremacy?upremacy? Raza Hossein Borr
Every human being as a citizen of a country has an
equal right of participation in political process. The
person may be a Shia, a Sunni, a Christian, a Jew or
the follower of any other religion. As the Declaration
of Human Rights has stated all human beings are
equal and must be treated equally and must have
equal opportunities in their countries. If we accept
this article of the Declaration of Human Rights we
must also accept that the Shias must have equal rights
with the Sunnis wherever they live and the Sunnis
must have equal rights with the Shias wherever they
live. If we consider equality of rights as the most
important value that governs the relationships
between different people we campaign for something
which is just, acceptable and supportable.
If we campaign for the supremacy of one religion, we
act in contrast of the value of equal rights and
therefore, our campaign is not just, is not
acceptable and must not be supported. It is true that
many Shias in the Islamic World have no equal rights
in many areas of life but it is also true that the Sunnis
of Iran have fewer rights than any Shia in any Islamic
country. Iran has taken the role of championing the
rights of the Shia people. It is fighting relentlessly in
all countries to secure their rights but Iran which is
dominated by the Shias, have deliberately denied the
most basic rights of the Sunnis in the last 28 years.
Discrimination against the Sunnis covers every part of
life from education, to politics, business, religion, etc.
These are some examples:
1. Educational discrimination against the Sunnis of
Iran
There are 44,000 students in Iranian Baluchistan
universities. Even 4, 000 of them are not Sunni
Baluch. The Iranian government deliberately does not
allow the Sunni Baluch of Iran to enter universities
freely. This is while, according to one United Nations
research, the Baluch children are the most talented
children in Iran. This policy is pursued in all other
Sunni dominated areas. Only in one county of
Baluchistan, there are 500 schools which are built with
cardboards and tents.
2. Political discrimination against the Sunnis of Iran
Since the beginning of the revolution, the Shia regime
of Iran has not allowed even one Sunni
to become prime minister, president, minister, an
army general, and an ambassador. There is not even
one single Sunni in the Iranian Foreign Ministry. There
is not even one Sunni chief executive in the whole
country. All the officials in the Sunnis provinces and
cities are the Shias who have been appointed by the
Shia government.
3. Religious discrimination against the Sunnis of
Iran
The Iranian media and leaders cite every day dozens
of insulting remarks about the principles of Sunni
religion. They have published hundreds of books
which discredit the most important values of Islam.
So much so that the Iranian government has recently
built a huge temple to promote Abu Lu Lu, the killer of
Omar (the second Caliph), as a great Islamic figure.
The regime celebrates every year the murder of Omar
by staging some ceremonies in which his effigy is
burnt in public.
There are about one million Sunnis in Tehran, the
capital of Iran, but the Iranian authorities do not allow
them to build even one mosque. They are not allowed
to perform their prayers in other Shia mosques. When
they try to perform Friday prayers in parks, the
security forces attack them.
4. Economic discrimination against the Sunnis of
Iran
99% of the Iranian businesses are under the control of
the Shia population of Iran while 30% of Iranian
population is Sunni. The government creates every
barrier for the Sunnis to stop them from starting or
developing their businesses. The major import and
export licences are allocated to the Shia businessmen.
Even in the main cities of Sunnis, all the facilities of
business are given to the Shias to deliberately
impoverish the Sunni population of Iran. 70% to 80%
of Sunnis are unemployed.
Shia inclusions in political and economic
sources in Sunni dominated countries
While Iran is applying all kinds of discriminations
against the Sunnis, the Sunni governments are quite
generous towards their Shia populations. It is a
paradox that a regime that is fighting for the rights of
the Shias in different countries discriminates more
than any other country against the Sunnis in Iran. The
Sunni governments are usually inclined to include the
Shias in the mainstream political and economic
process. These are some examples:
1. Pakistan
Everybody knows the Bhutto family in Pakistan. They
are a Shia family but they have governed Pakistan
three times. There have been other Shia presidents
and prime ministers in Pakistan. The Shias in Pakistan
enjoy complete equality in a Sunni dominated
country. There have been many Shia ministers in all
Governments of Pakistan from the beginning of
Pakistan up to now. There are Shia army generals,
there are Shia ambassadors and diplomats and there
are big Shia businessmen. They have their own
mosques. There are Shias in different levels of the civil
service as well.
2. Afghanistan
There are several Shia ministers in the Afghan
government. There have been always Shia ministers
in various Afghan regimes. There are Shia governors
in Afghanistan. There are Shia army generals in
Afghanistan. There are very rich Shia businessmen in
Afghanistan too.
3. Kuwait
There are two Shia ministers in Kuwait. There are
many Shia generals in Kuwait army. There are dozens
of Shia ministers, army generals, ambassadors,
businessmen and high officials in Qatar and other
Arab countries.
While we see that there are so many Shia high officials
in Islamic and Arab world, but there is not a single high
official from the Sunnis in Iran. Why is there so much
discrimination against the Sunnis in a regime that
claims to embody Islamic justice, Islamic equality and
brotherhood? And why there is so much silence about
the exclusions of Sunnis from all sources of power in
Iran? If the Shia government of Iran is fighting for the
rights of Shias everywhere, why the Sunni
governments of the world are not fighting for the
rights of Sunnis in Iran?
Practically the Shias have secured their supremacy in
Iran at the cost of 30% of its Sunni population. Now
they are seeking supremacy in other countries. For
them the idea of equal rights is not a value of
considerable importance when it comes to getting
their own supremacy but when they do not have equal
rights in other countries, they make a great issue of it.
What is disturbing everybody is not the quest of the
Shias for their equal rights but their desire for
supremacy. That has generated considerable
resistance everywhere. Iran as the main Shia country
must accept the value of equal rights for all its citizens
inside Iran and then make its case for the equality of
rights of the Shias in other countries. Nobody believes
in the Iranian campaign for equal rights of the Shias in
the Islamic countries if the Iranian regime does not
believe in the equal rights of the Sunnis in Iran. The
Iranian regime must first make itself a believable
example and must establish a model system which is a
model of equality.
Iran has challenged other Islamic countries that they
were not following the Islamic principles of
brotherhood, equality and justice. If the government
believes in these principles it must implement them
fully and completely in Iran first. Once Iran becomes
the embodiment of equality and justice, many other
people and governments would follow it voluntarily.
The Iranian regime can bring more credibility to its
own system and to its own religion if it carries out
what it preaches.
Nobody is ready to accept the supremacy of the Shias.
It is a delusion that may initially grab some points but
finally as the quest for supremacy is conducted
recklessly, as it is done by the present regime of Iran,
it will backfire and would result in the suppression of
Shias in different countries.
30% of Iranian population is Sunni. Eight of its
provinces are dominated by the Sunnis. Yet there has
not been a single minister, army general, ambassador
or a top official in the last 28 years in the Islamic
Republic of Iran. The situation is clear. There is no
idea of equal rights in the minds of the Shia
population of Iran and specifically its rulers. The other
amazing thing is the complete silence of the ordinary
Shia people over the suppression of Sunnis. Even
more amazing is the complete silence of the Iranian
politicians, intellectuals, journalists and political
activists over the total exclusion of Sunnis from all
sources of power. The systematic discrimination that
has been carried out against the Sunnis of Iran has not
been criticised by any Iranian Shia politician. It seems
that there is a total consensus among all Shia groups
of Iran about the exclusion of Sunnis from all sources
ess. These are some examples:
and centres of political and economic powers while all
of them collectively protest strongly against the
discrimination carried out against the Shias in Sunni
dominated countries.
The Shia groups of different political tendencies have
differences but these differences are all about who has
the power and who must have it. All governments of
Iran have taken over the power with great promises of
equality of rights and equality of opportunity but as
soon as they got established, they adapted the same
old policies of oppression and suppression of different
classes and groups and specifically the Sunnis.
Discrimination by Iranian media and journalists
against the Sunnis
The Iranian media of the Shia opposition groups
follow the same policy of discrimination against
Sunnis. They publish everyday hundreds of articles
and news on every aspect of life in Iran but they refuse
to publish the news of hanging of the Sunnis of
Baluchistan by Iranian regime. If a Shia journalist gets
arrested, they follow every movement of his family
and report every thing about him to maintain his
presence in the media. If ten Sunnis get killed in
Baluchistan, the opposition media of Iran refuse to
publish the news even if it has been published by the
Iranian regime. The Iranian media publishes hundreds
of articles about the Shia political prisoners in other
countries and refuse to publish any article on the
political prisoners of Sunni community of Iran.
Even those security forces of Iran who have defected
to the West reveal the secrets of serial killings of the
Shia intellectuals and journalists but they refuse to
disclose the serial killings of the Sunni leaders and
intellectuals. All the Shia politicians and journalists of
Iran seem to agree with the present government in its
policies of genocide and complete exclusion of the
Sunnis.
The same media that applied discrimination against
the Sunnis , publishes extensively about any news
regarding persecution of the Shias in the Sunni
countries. They report widely the news of Hezbollah
and the Shia demonstrations in Bahrain. They portray
Hezbollah as the hero of the Arab world and the Shias
of Bahrain as the oppressed people who have been
persecuted by Bahrain authorities but they refuse to
publish the news of executions and persecutions of
the Sunnis in Iran.
These are not only the Shias of Iran who have
dominated Muslims; the Shias of Iraq are persuing
the same path. If the Shias in Iraq are not seeking
supremacy why did they dissolve the Iraqi army, civil
service and the Iraqi secret services? If those
establishments were allowed to function, today the
situation would have been much better. Cleansing
the Sunnis from the sensitive cities and areas in Iraq
is seeking Shia supremacy. The same could be true
about Lebanon. If Hezbollah is not looking for
supremacy why is it seeking the toppling of an
elected government which has been elected
democratically and freely according to the Lebanese
constitution?
It is right for the Hezbollah to have its appropriate
share in the Lebanese government but it is also the
right for the Sunnis in Iran to fight for their fair share
of power. The Sunnis of Iraq have the same rights
that the Shias have in Iran and Lebanon.
As evidence demonstrates it seems that wherever
the Shias are in power the Sunnis are completely
excluded. Is there a deep-rooted discriminatory
belief in the Shia mind?
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One of the doubts expressed about Jihaad is that it is synonymous with killing, attacking and causing
mayhem and disorder. In fact, many non-Muslims shrink away from accepting Islaam only because
of the injunction of Jihaad. Orientalists have used this to propagate the misnomer that Islam is a
barbaric and oppressive religion that advocates expansion by force. Fearing such vehement criticism
from the Orientalists, many Muslim authors and historians have approached the issue of Jihaad very
apologetically. Instead of portraying the Islaamic conquests and military expeditions with pride and
revealing the sacrifices and valour they contain, they have opted to rather adopt an attitude of
embarrassment and remorse. They have repeatedly made attempts to explain that these situations
occurred for reasons of exigency because Islaam would otherwise have nothing to do with the
sword.
In their works our pious predecessors have described these battles and military expeditions in
wonderful detail. They have presented the sacrifices and valour of the Sahabah with pride and as
precedents to be proudly emulated. In fact, they even penned works dedicated to this subject and
etched these narrations in history. Using logical proofs and proofs from the Shari’ah, we shall
address this important subject in brief.
May Allaah grant every Muslim the ability to enliven the compulsory duty of Jihaad, thereby allowing
the blessings and mercy of this act to spread throughout the world.
Our Claim
The followers of Islaam are unanimous about the fact that Jihaad is a great mercy from Allaah and it
is through this great mercy that this world and the entire universe remains in existence. Were it not
for Jihaad, this world and the entire universe would be corrupted and destroyed. Without it no
Masjid would have any sanctity and no religious institution would be saved from ruin. In fact,
oppression and transgression would become so rampant that people of every religious
denomination would find it impossible to practise their religion in peace. It is on the basis of the
crystal clear verses of the Glorious Qur'aan that the adherents of Islaam can make this claim with
complete conviction.
The First Proof Allah Declares:
If it were not for the fact that Allaah opposes some people with others, monasteries, churches and
synagogues would be destroyed, as well as Masaajid in which Allaah’s name is taken in abundance (However,
because Allaah makes the people of truth repel attacks from the evil ones of their respective times, these
places of worship remain safe). Allaah will certainly assist those who assist Him (those who assist His Deen).
Verily Allaah is Omnipotent, Mighty. {Surah Hajj, verse 40}
This verse makes it clear that it is by the clashing of people of the truth and people of falsehood that
Jihad A Cause of Mercy or Anarchy – By Maulana Masood Azhar
the safety of places of worship is ensured. If Jihaad was stopped, there would be none on earth to
worship Allaah.
In fact, it was exactly this that Rasulullaah preferred to before the decisive Battle of Badr when he
prayed, “O Allaah! If this small group (of Muslims) is destroyed, there will be none on earth to take
Your Name.”
Had people been prohibited from fighting battles in all circumstances, this would have opposed the
divine system of Allaah because every nation has to wage war at some stage of their existence to
ensure their survival. Had this not been the case and had it not been for Allaah pitching the forces of
good against the forces of evil, there would remain not a trace of good on the face of this earth. The
forces of evil who are in the majority during every era would then have ravaged every sanctified
place on earth, leaving no place of worship standing.
The Second Proof Allaah states:
If Allaah had not repelled (driven back) some (corrupt) men by others (had good men not prevailed over the corrupt and
evil ones), the (entire) earth would have been corrupted (Allaah therefore sets matters straight in this way from time to
time). However, Allaah is the One Who showers grace on the universe. {Surah Baqarah, verse 251}
A study of the circumstances surrounding this verse reveals that some time after Hadhrat Moosa
(A.S), the behaviour of the Bani Israa’eel changed. This occurred while Hadhrat Dawood (A.S) was
still a child. As a result, a tyrant called Jaaloot (Goliath) managed to subdue them. He killed many of
them, took away their belongings, expelled them from their homes, imprisoned them and subjected
them to various types of difficulties. The oppressed Bani Israa’eel then requested the Nabi of the
time Hadhrat Ishmu’eel (A.S) to appoint a king for them, under whose leadership they would revolt
and free themselves from the clutches of Jaaloot.
When the Nabi (A.S) expressed the fear that they would perhaps not accept the command to fight,
they assured him that they would certainly do so by saying, “Why should we not fight when we have
been separated from our homes and our children?” However, when Allaah made it compulsory for
them to fight, all but a few of them rejected the command. Nevertheless, the Nabi (A.S) informed
them that Allaah had appointed Hadhrat Taaloot as their king, under whose leadership they were to
wage Jihaad to liberate themselves. However, because Hadhrat Taaloot was a poor man who did not
belong to a noble family, the Bani Israa’eel objected to his appointment, making it clear that they
wanted their king to be someone with wealth and of high birth. The Nabi (A.S) pointed out that
Allaah had approved of Hadhrat Taaloot and that he excelled the rest of them in knowledge and
physical strength. He also told them that Allaah reserved the right to appoint whoever He wills as
king.
After passing through some tests, the people who were eventually left with Hadhrat Taaloot to face
Jaaloot numbered only 313. The others fell behind when they failed to pass through the tests.
However, Allaah does not require armies to be strong in number to be victorious. To separate the
grain from the chaff, Allaah issues the command of Jihaad and it is always the true and sincere
Mu'mineen who rally to the call. Thereafter, regardless of their numbers and armaments, Allaah
grants them victory when they reach the battlefield.
When the small army of Hadhrat Taaloot faced the large and powerful army of Jaaloot, Jaaloot came
forward to boast. When Hadhrat Taaloot sent a young boy forward to fight Jaaloot, Jaaloot laughed
and said that he was strong enough to take on the entire army of Hadhrat Taaloot. However, the
young boy was no ordinary boy. He was destined to be a prophet and his name was
Dawood. Using a simple slingshot, Hadhrat Dawood (A.S) managed to kill Jaaloot and the Bani
Israa’eel were freed from his tyranny. Peace and safety once more prevailed on earth.
It is after narrating this incident that Allaah states that had it not been for the forces of good
opposing the forces of evil, life on earth would be corrupted. However, because Allaah is the One
Who showers grace on the universe, He frees the universe from the forces of evil by allowing the
forces of good to defeat them. This allows people to freely choose the path of good. When this
happens, it is not necessary for the forces of good to be as powerful or more powerful than the
forces of evil. All that is required is for the forces for good to have the courage to reach the
battlefield and to place their trust in Allaah. Allaah will then grant them victory
even though they may be in a physically inferior position. This is exactly what happened when the
small army of Hadhrat Taaloot defeated the larger and more powerful army of Jaaloot. In fact,
Allaah had the gigantic Jaaloot killed by a little boy.
In a similar manner, Allaah gave victory to Rasulullaah (S.A.W) and the Sahabah (R.A) in the Battle
of Badr when their army of only 313 were poorly equipped and outnumbered by the 1000 strong
Quraysh army who were armed to the teeth. In addition to this, Abu Jahal who was the proud and
ruthless leader of the Quraysh was toppled by two boys named Mu’aadh and Mu’awwidh. It was
then Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas’ood, a man from a family of no high social standing, severed Abu
Jahal’s head.
Through the Battle of Badr, the entire region of Hijaaz was freed from the shackles of injustice,
ignorance, kufr and Shirk when the Muslims defeated the Mushrikeen. When the seventy
Mushrikeen were killed in the battle, the roads to the justice and freedom of Islaam were
opened not only to the people of Hijaaz but to all of humanity.
A Stark Reality:
Hadhrat Sheikhul Islaam (Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani) makes the following comment on the
above incident: “When the army of Jaaloot fled, the Mu'mineen were victorious. Hadhrat Taaloot
then married his daughter to Hadhrat Dawood (A.S) and after he passed away, Hadhrat Dawood
(A.S) became the king. This incident makes it clear that Jihaad has always been practised and that it
contains the mercy and favour of Allaah. It is only foolish people who will state that Jihaad is not for
the Ambiyaa.”
An Interesting Point of Logic: When land becomes uncultivable, three steps have to be taken. The
first is that the hoe has to be used. In this way, all weeds and other obstacles need to be removed.
The second step is to nourish the land with fertilizer. It is only after this that the seeds are planted
and watered. After these steps one can expect the land to flourish with crops.
In a similar manner, when kufr, Shirk, corruption and other forms of oppression become rife on
earth, the first step to remove it is to wield the hoe of Jihaad. Thereafter, the blood of the Kuffaar
becomes the fertilizer. Experience shows that the more poisonous a fertilizer is, the better it is for
the ground. Therefore, the earth also becomes a better place when it is fertilised with the blood of
people who are the worst elements and the most dangerous. After this, the third step is that the
seeds of Muslim blood need to planted. With the blessed blood of Muslim martyrs, the Islaam
will then flourish and the excellent tree of Imaan takes firm root and continues to prosper.
The Third Proof
One of the greatest causes of lawlessness on earth is widespread corruption that in terms of the
Qur’aan is worse than killing. Allaah says:
Corruption (preventing people from Deen is worse than killing. {Surah Baqara, verse 217}
The Qur’aan condemns this corruption in various verses and states that spreading corruption is a
hallmark of the Kuffaar. In verse 7 of Surah Aal Imraan, the Qur’aan identifies that one of the
distinctive characteristics of the Kuffaar that they search for avenues to cause mischief. It is
behaviour like this that causes disunity and disputes amongst mankind because of which people
are killed, property is destroyed and people are plunged into deviation. Jihaad is a cure for all of this,
because of which Allaah says:
Continue fighting them until no corruption (especially no Shirk and turning others away from Islaam) exists and until
religion (worship) is only for Allaah (until people worship Allaah only). {Surah
Baqara, verse 193}
It is therefore clear that the objective of Jihaad is to obliterate lawlessness and oppression and to
check the Kuffaar from preventing people from entering Islaam. It ensures that Allaah’s law prevails
on earth, which is the natural state of affairs that the world needs as urgently as arid land needs
water. Of course, the verse following the above verse makes it clear that once the Kuffaar
desist from kufr and Shirk, no aggression can be perpetrated against them because the only
objective of Jihaad is to get rid of evil and corruption.
In the commentary of this verse, it is necessary to quote the following historical statement of
Hadhrat Sheikhul Hind (Maulana Mahmud-ul-Hassan). He says, “It should be remembered that
Jihaad should certainly be waged against those Kuffaar who refuse to desist.”
Such are the high objectives of Jihaad. Allaah reiterates this message in Surah Anfaal, where Allaah
says:
Fight them until no corruption (kufr) exists and all religion (worship) is for Allaah. {Surah Anfaal, verse 39}
This verse refers to the final objective of Jihaad, which is to exterminate every shred of resistance
that kufr offers so that Islaam dominates over all other religions and all abide to the law of Allaah.
This may take place together with the existence of other religions as occurred during the periods of
the Khulafaa Raashideen and other Muslim leaders. Alternatively, it can also occur after all other
religions have been eliminated, as will occur during the period when Hadhrat Isa (A.S) will return to
this world. This verse tells us that both offensive and defensive forms of Jihaad should always
continue until the above mentioned objective is attained in both forms.
Allaah has revealed the Qur’aan as a cure and a mercy. Since the Qur’aan has prescribed Jihaad as
the cure for corruption and lawlessness, it follows that Jihaad contains curative properties and is also
a source of mercy. While verses mentioned earlier state that Jihaad is a source of mercy, the Qur’aan
also makes it clear that Jihaad is a cure for the hearts. In the following verse, Allaah mentions six
benefits of Jihaad. Allaah says:
Fight them! (1) Allaah will punish them at your hands (when they are killed), (2) will humiliate them (when they are
imprisoned and defeated), (3) will assist you against them, (4) will heal the (pain and sorrow in the) hearts of the
Mu'mineen (who suffered at the hands of the Kuffaar) and (5) remove the fury of their hearts (which was built when the
Kuffaar broke the treaty). (6) Allaah accepts the repentance (from kufr) of whoever He wills (thereby allowing the
Kuffaar to become Muslims). Allaah is All Knowing (He knows the deeds and ideas of all), the Wise (His decisions are
based on wisdom and knowledge). {Surah Taubah, verses 14,15}
A Pertinent Point
The Qur’aan has emphatically condemned killing and aggression and pronounced the punishment as
eternity in Jahannam. Allaah says:
Whoever purposely murders a Mu'min (regarding his act as a permissible act), his punishment shall be Jahannam where
he shall live forever. Allaah shall be angry with him, curse him and prepare for him a dreadful punishment. {Surah Nisaa,
verse 93}
While the above verse condemns killing a Mu'min, the following verse condemns killing any person
and likens it to killing all of mankind. Allaah says:
Whoever kills another for a reason other than (executing a murderer of) a soul or (other than executing someone who
causes) corruption on the earth, then it is as if he had killed all of mankind. {Surah Maa’idah, verse 32}
When someone kills another, others also learn how to commit the act and are encouraged to do the
same.
Although the Qur’aan has explicitly forbidden killing, there are certain crimes which lead to social
dysfunction. Like a cancerous limb, they have to be surgically removed so that their ill effects do not
spread elsewhere. The Qur’aan has therefore prescribed the cure for such evils as execution. As long
as the execution is employed as a curative measure, it no longer remains an abominable act. In fact,
it now assumes the form of a mercy to mankind because it protects society from much more serious
consequences.
The Qur’aan first cites the evil and disastrous consequences of these evils before prescribing the cure
which will put an effective end to it. In fact, the cure is so effective that the evil no longer remains an
obstacle to public peace and security. We shall now cite a few examples of ways that the Qur’aan has
prescribed to eradicate evils. By employing these ways, Rasulullaah (S.A.W) and the Sahabah (R.A)
achieved much success. In a broad context, the Qur’aan has instructed that Muslims fight the
Mushrikeen. Allaah says:
Fight all the Mushrikeen (in every condition) just as they fight all of you (regardless of your condition and
whereabouts), and know that indeed Allaah is with those who possess Taqwa (and
will assist them against their enemies). {Surah Taubah, verse 36}
The Qur’aan has also commanded that the leaders of the Kuffaar should be fought because they
are the very root and source of all evil who spread evil all over when their followers blindly follow
them. When they are effectively terminated, kufr and evil will also not last.
The relevant verse of the Qur’aan states:
If they break their promises after entering into a treaty and condemn your Deen, then fight the leaders of kufr.
Indeed they are such that they have no (regard for the) promises (they make) so that they (would) refrain (from
betraying others). {Surah Taubah, verse 12}
The Qur’aan has also explicitly commanded Muslims to fight the Ahlul Kitaab. Allaah says:
Fight those from the ones who have been given the Book (the Jews and Christians) who do not believe in Allaah and
the Last Day, who do not accept as unlawful those things that Allaah and His Rasool r have declared unlawful (such as
liquor, pork, interest, etc), and who do not accept the true Deen (of Islaam). Fight them until they pay the Jizya with
their own hands in humiliation (bowing under Muslim rule). {Surah Taubah, verse 29}
The Qur’aan has also commanded Muslims to wage Jihaad against those people who vilify and
cause harm to Rasulullaah (S.A.W). Referring to them, Allaah says:
They are accursed (cast far from Allaah’s mercy). (Therefore,) Wherever they go (to seek asylum), they will be seized
and massacred (unless they desist from their evil practices). {Surah Ahzaab,
verse 61}
The above is just a glance at a few commands to fight the Mushrikeen, the Ahlul Kitaab and all
those who vilify Rasulullaah (S.A.W). This makes it clear the most effective means of eradicating
these many evils is Jihaad. Looking further, one would read that the Qur’aan also commands that
Jihaad be waged against those Muslims who fight another group of Muslims for no good reason.
The Qur’aan states that when two parties of Muslims have a dispute, efforts should be made to
reconcile their differences in a diplomatic manner. When this fails, Jihaad may be waged against
the party acting aggressively and oppressively until they submit to the commands of Allaah.
If Iran were to attack Pakistan and preparations
become underway especially during 9th & 10th
Muharram, and if orders come that all government
offices of Pakistan be run over and come under siege,
then can anyone tell me should Iran send its army?
These Muharram procession mourners present in
every city are Iran’s free soldiers and without being
paid they can take over the country with Iran’s
weapons and sticks and knives. If something like this
happens and in the presence of all officers, these
processions corner them and take control of all
strategic locations, and if no one is present to give
orders to do something about this, what would
happen??
They would kill which-ever Sunni Officer they feel
like, imprison who-ever they feel, and the remaining
forces and police become silent spectators, then your
position would be such that you cannot take your
injured to hospitals. For roads leading to hospitals
would be blocked and so would be the case for police
stations. These plans are under-way & Pakistan’s
Sunni officers and politicians are not getting this…..
When these processions are not mandatory, not
sunnat, not even wajib, no book of theirs has any
mention of this, it’s not been reported by an ‘imam’
then why the need for them?.....They know that what
they have to do………….
Then you would cry and scream that Allama Haq
Nawaz Jhangvi was right, the soldiers of the Sahaba
were right….Listen to us……We are your defenders,
and this nation’s….We are your well-wishers
tyrants….differentiate between friend & foe…..Today
you are being praised (by them), that’s their
strategy…..In their religion there is no sympathy for
you…..
O Sunni officers take heed……
Today you are defending them….Those who have in
their books written that save us i.e. except our shias,
the rest are sons born out of wed-lock, and in Al-
Rauza Kafi they have stated that all sunnis are the
children of prostitutes…..& further-more it is written
that you can steal and kill a sunni but from behind,
because if you kill from the front, you would be killed
in retaliation i.e. qisas and your one Shiite is precious
than 1 lakh sunnis
You favour them who have always not let any chance
to hit you and who have always supported the kuffar
in destroying Islamic governments…..For God’s Sake
don’t let the country burn…and Be-Ware of
SHIAS……..
MAULANA ALI SHER HAIDERI MESSAGE TO THE SUNNI HIGH OFFICIALS
