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Spiritual DeterminismInverse ConsequencesOf Not Heeding Spiritual Law

Essential Knowledge for Muslims Leaders

Omar Zaid, M.D., Senior Consultant

GLOBAL ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP

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Integrated Training & Motivation Consultants (The ITMC Group)

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1 Inverse ComponentsOpposites

Principles or Pillars Divine Laws

Fearof Allah

Obedienceto Allahdefine relationshipRemembrance of Allah

Each Principle causes us to draw near to God & His Grace (evidence of approval)

Inverse of these Principles

Insufficient or No Fear of Allah

Insufficient or No Obedienceto Allah define relationship in opposite or diminished termsInsufficient or unavoidable default statusNo Remembrance of Allah

All cause us to move away from God and His GraceResults: little or no strength of evidence of Gods approval (Conviction, Sincerity); loss of Divine Guidance & Protection.

Self Rule minus divine protection

Inverse consequences

Cannot be avoided

Heedless Leaders

Insufficient or not heeding (remembering)the Fear of God

Result: non-gestalt quality or insufficiency of thought and reflection diminished Taffakur. MindlessnessMeaning this person does not fear the loss of Gods protection.automatically leans toward reductionist thought and the loss or dismissal of revelation. One draws further away from Allah and hence also from the grace of inspiration, which is diminished and in turn, causes the loss of divine guidance (protection from harm) -- Even in the face of great intellectSuch people follow strong delusionsThis is a default process that determines the course of numerous schools of materialism; misapplication of science; promotes falsehood such as moralitys divorce from science or Humanisms divorce of church and state.

Key Words from the Medina Speech

Feara state of mind (reverence, caution)

Seenwhat is perceived physically

Unseenwhat is perceived metaphysically

SuccessHere & Hereafter

WalkAction

This person alone Inverse Consequences of First Principle They who forget to fear Allah Join the ranks of His EnemiesExamples: false religion of secular pluralism with its icons such as Olympic Torch of the ancient religion of Mythras, or Egypts Eye of Horus, Pyramids (all Freemasonic ideations -- kabala). Results are forms of Tribalism or Politically-Correct Patriotism;the identitarian politics of sectarianism.

This lss of fear or reverence allows leaders to adopt ideations such as Humanism or Ecumenical Universalism as warned against in surah Al-Baqarah vss 120, 145:

Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with you unless you follow their form of religion. Say: The Guidance of Allahthat is the (only) Guidance. Were you to follow their desires after the knowledge which has reached you, then would you find neither protector nor helper against Allah i.e. against Gods judgment

Inverse Consequences -- First Principle

Al-Anam vs 144:But who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guides not people who do wrong.

Hence, when leaders forget to fear Gods judgment or the loss of His Protection, the reality of akhira is veiled and failure rather than success is certain.

Leaders who adopt this position must then rely on Machiavelli.

Inverse Consequences -- First PrincipleThis is an antithetical estate that is easily discernible:

The greater the pageantry presented by institutions under heedless leaders, the greater the loss of wise governance that preserves the Fear of Allah for their people. Fear of Man then begins to reign as was seen in Saddam Husseins Iraq.

For this reason Hadrat Umar removed Khalid from his post. Why? Because opulence and elitism are hallmarks that announce the error:Example from the Sunnah: A silken Faruj was presented to Allahs Apostle and he put it on and offered the prayer in it. When he finished the prayer he took it off violently as if he disliked it and said: This garment does not befit those who fear Allah. Vol 7, Book 72, Hadith 693, Bukhari

Inverse Consequences -- First Principle

Such leaders protect feudal estates as rulers of exploitation and power broking.

They marginalize servants of truth and institutionalize wickedness (ponerism) as examples that become tradition.

This is the Way of Cain . . .

The Second Principle, ObedienceInverse Consequences -- Second Principle: DisobedienceDivine Guidance (i.e. fitrah, revelation and inspiration) is required for mans ability to discern good and evil.

Disobedience to God activates the inverse determinant or default status of Principle Two, which inevitably leads to forms of idolatry and chauvinist hero worship (self-worship)

Hero Worship: the essence of Humanism (The Way of Cain). Humanism deifies man, hence it is shirk.

Roman Emperor Deified

Inverse Consequences -- Second Principle:

Key Words

Slackness No Due Diligence

truth distinguished No DiscernmentFalsehood

Favor No Grace

His enemy No Jihad (Action)

live with Incorrect choices (knowledge)InsightThe consequences of persistent disobedience are many but the main result is a specific spiritual blindness that promotes neglect of the nations better interests in favor of sociopaths who masquerade as shepherds of the flock and the hidden hand of wealthy elite who finance them

And thus have We made in every town the great ones to be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein [conspire]; and they do not plan but against their own souls, and they do not perceive. AlAnnam 006.123 LEADERS

Life is Limited (Governed) by Divine Laws

Obey - Sunnah(prophetic Supra-Worldly Authority e.g. AlKidir)

Disobey - Haram Bidah (Worldly Authority)

DOMINION

Peace & Security Maintained Divinely Protected

orForfeit - Non-PROTECTEDSpiritualDeterminism

Law of Obedience

Inverse Consequences of Third Principle:Forgetting the Remembrance of God:The remembrance of God requires knowledge and far more than religious knowledge. It is the ability to correctly apply free choice towards what is good and this faculty depends on disciplines that establish metaphysical and physical templates (habits) for this purpose. Hence, the remembrance of God has a purpose: correct action:There are several verses in the Qur'an that emphasize the importance of remembering the Will of God by saying "God Willing," "God Knows best," "if it is Your Will," and so on. This is the basis for dhikr. Sura 18 ayat 24 states that a person who forgets to say, "God Willing," should immediately remember God by saying: "May my Lord guide me to do better next time."

Inverse Consequences of Second Principle:Quoted from Shaykh Abdallah b. Bayyah: Why Did the West Supercede Us

Key Words & Phrases (From Medina Speech)

Power Grace (Favor)

Remember Seen & Unseen (Tawhid / Wholism)

Sincerity No Slackness Diligence (work)

Master of all Humility (Fear & Sense of Shame)

Right Footing Walk Discernment / Insight / (Right Choice Thought & Action)

HereafterUnseen

Command is Supreme Law cannot be circumvented(No Escape : cat seeks opportunity) Inverse Consequences of Third Principle:The inverse determinant or default status of this spiritual law is initiated by the lack of meaningful (i.e. knowledgeable) disciplines form of ignorance. This is because ignorance inhibits discernment due to an absence of cognitive acquisition (learning); which, by definition, must also include purpose and completing purpose is contingent on knowledge. If relevant remembrance of God were indeed practiced, this would follow:

the discernment of good and evil, benefit and harm wouldallow knowledge of proper adab to surface to mans consciousness as understanding which would permit the capacity to assimilate and implement pertinent knowledge well enough to establish and maintain institutions and relationships that appropriately forbid evil and positively facilitate what is beneficial AlHisbahHence : ignorance is a form of forgetting God that aids and abets evil

Inverse Consequences of Third Principle:Forgetting the Remembrance of God:

the disciplined life and piety are not complete when there is ignorance. - Imam Buran al-Din, The Hidayah, An immoral man of learning is a great evil, yet a greater evil is an ignoramus leading a godly life. Both are a trial everywhere to whomsoever clings to his religion.Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning (Talim al-Mutaallim Tariq al-Taallum), Imam Al-Zarnuji, Trns. G.E. von Grunebaum and Theodur M. Abel, Starlatch Press, Chicago, 1947 & 2008.

Conclusion:

Slackness (laziness) in gaining knowledge & skill (no due diligence)

causes a lack of Discernment one cannot tell right from wrong

Because one is ignorant ( incompetent ) cannot be guided

because they have not improved the faculty of insight

cannot be obedient cannot be on the right path because

they cannot serve the Truth.

Hence, If leaders do not serve the Truth on the basis of these

Three Determinants of Spiritual Law the result is ??

HARM WILL SURELY COME to their people

Harm

LEADERS

Following These Three Principles:

FearObedienceRemembrance

Avoids default towards the autonomous Inverse Effects

MaintainPeace &SecuritySpiritual Determinism

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The Spiritual Laws

Derived from these

PrinciplesPeace & Security in Palestine, circa 1900Divine Laws

The Law of Obedience

The Law of Submission

The Law of Decay