Post by maruf on Apr 16, 2005 8:14:55 GMT -5
Failures of previous groups
A number of attempts and movements, Islamic as well as non-Islamic, arose in order to revive the Muslims, but all of them failed. They could neither revive the Muslims nor stop their severe decline. The cause of the failure of these attempts and the groups which were established to revive Muslims with Islam was due to a variety of reasons; these were as follows:
The absence of an accurate understanding of the Islamic thought in those people who took up the duty of reviving the Muslims. This is because they were influenced by certain obscuring factors. They used to call for Islam in a general undefined manner, without defining the thoughts and rules with which they sought to revive the Muslims, to solve their problems, and to apply. This was because of the lack of clarity of these thoughts and laws in their minds. They made the situation the source of their thinking, from which their thought was produced, and they tried to interpret Islam and explain it using meanings which its texts forbid.
They did so as to agree with the existing situation even though it contradicted Islam. They did not make the situation the subject of their thought so as to change it according to Islam and its laws. Instead, they called for liberty and democracy, and the Capitalist and Socialist systems and understood them to be from Islam, although they totally contradict with it.
The absence of an accurate and clearly defined method by which the Islamic thoughts and laws are implemented. The groups and individuals conveyed the Islamic idea in an improvised way and in a manner which was surrounded with ambiguity. They visualised the revival of Islam through the building of mosques and publishing of books, or by establishment of welfare and co-operative organisations, or by moral education and reformation of individuals; whilst ignoring the corruption of the society and the domination of Kufr thoughts, laws and systems upon it. They thought that the reformation of society is achieved by reforming its individuals, despite the fact that its reformation is only achieved by reforming its thoughts, emotions and systems, which would lead to the reformation of the individual members of the society, because society is not composed of a set of individuals alone, but is comprised of individuals and relationships, i.e. individuals, thoughts, emotions and systems. This was exactly the way that the Messenger of Allah (saw) worked to change the jahili society into an Islamic society. He started work to change the existing creeds to the thoughts of the Islamic ‘aqeedah, and to change jahili thoughts, concepts and traditions to Islamic thoughts, concepts and laws, and hence change the people’s emotions from attachment to jahili creeds, thoughts and traditions to attachment with the Islamic ‘aqeedah and with the thoughts of Islam and its laws. This occurred until Allah (swt) facilitated to him the transformation of the society in Madinah such that the great mass of the population in Madinah came to embrace the creed of Islam and adopt its thoughts, concepts and rules. Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) and his Companions migrated to Madinah after concluding the second pledge of ‘Aqabah, whereupon he began to apply the rules of Islam and by this he established the Islamic society.
A number of attempts and movements, Islamic as well as non-Islamic, arose in order to revive the Muslims, but all of them failed. They could neither revive the Muslims nor stop their severe decline. The cause of the failure of these attempts and the groups which were established to revive Muslims with Islam was due to a variety of reasons; these were as follows:
The absence of an accurate understanding of the Islamic thought in those people who took up the duty of reviving the Muslims. This is because they were influenced by certain obscuring factors. They used to call for Islam in a general undefined manner, without defining the thoughts and rules with which they sought to revive the Muslims, to solve their problems, and to apply. This was because of the lack of clarity of these thoughts and laws in their minds. They made the situation the source of their thinking, from which their thought was produced, and they tried to interpret Islam and explain it using meanings which its texts forbid.
They did so as to agree with the existing situation even though it contradicted Islam. They did not make the situation the subject of their thought so as to change it according to Islam and its laws. Instead, they called for liberty and democracy, and the Capitalist and Socialist systems and understood them to be from Islam, although they totally contradict with it.
The absence of an accurate and clearly defined method by which the Islamic thoughts and laws are implemented. The groups and individuals conveyed the Islamic idea in an improvised way and in a manner which was surrounded with ambiguity. They visualised the revival of Islam through the building of mosques and publishing of books, or by establishment of welfare and co-operative organisations, or by moral education and reformation of individuals; whilst ignoring the corruption of the society and the domination of Kufr thoughts, laws and systems upon it. They thought that the reformation of society is achieved by reforming its individuals, despite the fact that its reformation is only achieved by reforming its thoughts, emotions and systems, which would lead to the reformation of the individual members of the society, because society is not composed of a set of individuals alone, but is comprised of individuals and relationships, i.e. individuals, thoughts, emotions and systems. This was exactly the way that the Messenger of Allah (saw) worked to change the jahili society into an Islamic society. He started work to change the existing creeds to the thoughts of the Islamic ‘aqeedah, and to change jahili thoughts, concepts and traditions to Islamic thoughts, concepts and laws, and hence change the people’s emotions from attachment to jahili creeds, thoughts and traditions to attachment with the Islamic ‘aqeedah and with the thoughts of Islam and its laws. This occurred until Allah (swt) facilitated to him the transformation of the society in Madinah such that the great mass of the population in Madinah came to embrace the creed of Islam and adopt its thoughts, concepts and rules. Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) and his Companions migrated to Madinah after concluding the second pledge of ‘Aqabah, whereupon he began to apply the rules of Islam and by this he established the Islamic society.