Post by maruf on Oct 18, 2004 3:00:54 GMT -5
Allah Is Alive And Will Never Die
Abu Bakr (RA), the great companion of the Prophet (SAW), said to the people of Medina upon hearing of the Prophet's (SAW) death: "O people! Whoever worshipped Mohammed should know that Muhammed is dead. Whoever worshipped Allah should know that Allah is alive and will never die."
The Messenger of Allah, the Prophet of Islam and the light unto the world had died 23 years after Wah'i (revelation) first came to him in Mecca. In that period Islam had exploded onto the world scene in the Arabian peninsula. It was truly a time of revolution (of ideas, people and actions) and ideological change, sweeping to relieve a people of their kufr beliefs and the burden of their kufr system into a life purely for the worship of Allah (SWT), the only true God.
"I have not created the jinns and men, save but to worship me." [Translation to the nearest meaning of the Qur'an - TMQ]
For it was the worship of the oneness of Allah (SWT) that directed those that intellectually accepted Islam and the Creator, with definite belief that submitted in ALL spheres of life itself to Him. From the establishment of Salat (prayer) to the establishment of Islam's complete authority these early Muslims, the Sahabae (Companions of the Rasool), had released themselves from the shackles of Shirk (Association with Allah other 'gods'); and all the emotional practices which had lead the people of the peninsula to worship idols and obey the man-made laws & systems without question. Continued relentless struggle by the Sahabae The Rasool (SAW) said in his last sermon: "O People! No prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand my words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things: the Qur'an and my example (the Sunnah), and if you follow these you will never go astray."
The era without the Rasool at the helm of Islam was characterised by the Sahabae who continued the relentless struggle to spread Islam into new lands and defeat the man-made oppression and to rule comprehensively by the Law of Allah (SWT). The age of the Sahabae w as truly a Qur'anic generation moulded on the principle of Tauheed (Oneness of Allah) and shaped, formed & directed by the Qur'an an d Sunnah. Syed Qutb has said in his book 'Milestones': "At one time this message (Islam) created a generation- the generation of the Companions of the Prophet (may Allah be pleased with them) without comparison in the history of Islam, even in the history of men. After this, no other generation of this calibre was ever again to be found."
What can we learn from the Sahabae ?[/u]
What then made the Sahabae so unique and great that Allah (SWT) was well pleased with them?
What important lessons can we Muslims (those that fear the Hellfire, yearn for the Paradise and want to worship Allah) gain from studying their lives in the kufr society of today? For just as the people of Mecca embraced Islam early in the Rasool's (SAW) mission to become The Companions, those who would lead the society from the servitude of Shirk (the great sin) and Kufr (no less a sin), we today, in the close of the 20th century, are embracing Islam in similar times. But the idols that we face are not exactly the same as the idols of those Jahilliya (Ignorant) times in the Mecca of the Quraish, that which the Rasool (SAW) and the Companions eventually destroyed, for it was these values that the Jahil society was based upon. Likewise, we face the modern-day idols of Democracy and Freedom brandished by the rusty sword of the United Nations (of Kufr). Kufr is always there, it only changes its shades. Like the crystal clear example of the Rasool and all his trustworthy Sahabae it is our duty to study Islam and the Kufr (& Shirk) that dominate over us. The Sahabae were taught by the Rasool to the point that they alone became 'scholars' knowing very well the true implications and consequences of declaring the Shahada (Witness): that "There is no god save Allah, and Muhammed is the Messenger (Rasool) of Allah."
The Shahada: religious doctrine or a forceful ideological statement ?[/u]
This contract was not seen as a religious doctrine but was a forceful ideological statement that forced those that accepted it comprehensively to reject all other (Non-Islamic=Kufr) ways of life and their systems that were not revealed by Allah (SWT). The Sahabae also understood that the affirmation of the Shahada was an order to obey the Will Of Allah (SWT). Highlighting this, just witness t he persecution inflicted upon Bilal (RA) who said, in the face of his slave-master, after being ordered to reject Allah and His Rasool: " My soul has not been corrupted by Muhammed. He has guided it onto the right path. If I disobeyed your orders, master, I am (merely) obeying Allah."
And when Bilal (RA) was being mercilessly whipped he remained true and said: "Ahad! Ahad!" They were not afraid of the Kuffar and their punishment and continued their Dawa' (Call to Islam) in the public sphere regardless. Just witness the early Sahabae that were killed and martyred by the kafireen for merely saying the Shahada. This constituted the intellectual definite belief (Aqeeda) that this generation had and that which we all aspire to. The driving force behind their characters were these definite thoughts and ideas that produced the actions that shocked the Kuffar for upon hearing the commands and prohibitions of Allah (SWT ) the Companions acted righteously; for only Allah (SWT) determined what was good or bad.
This conviction lead many Sahabae to abandon many things: their wealth, their family and their tribal (nationalistic) honour. Individually or collectively, they were not afraid of 'what the society thought' for the Dawa' was the duty...
"Do they think that they will be left to say: We believe, without being tested? Surely we had tested
those that came before them, surely Allah will know who are faithful and who make a lie." [TMQ 29:2-3]
Individual or collective action?[/u]
Bonded by the belief in Islam, not financial or material interest, the Sahabae acted not individually but collectively in "enjoining the good and forbidding the evil", acting as a political movement challenging the prevalent kufr ideas of society, a method that wa s nurtured and developed by the Rasool. They collectively
looked after the affairs of the people, removing the societal practises of Shirk (like their man-made laws & traditions) and turned the corrupt decaying world into the new height of real civilisation, i.e. Allah's World Order.
Unify the Muslim under one Khalif[/u]
Thus, it is not surprising that following the death of the Rasool (SAW) a leader for the Muslim Ummah was elected before the burial of the Rasool (SAW). It is obvious that the Sahabae realised the imperative importance of unifying the Muslim under the single Khalif, moreover, it was obligatory to have just the one Khalif as leader to remove the sins from their neck, for amongst the people, who feared Allah the most...? Likewise, we too must re-establish the Sovereignty of Allah's Law over the world if we are to seek the pleasure of Allah as the Unique Generation did.
We, too, must fear the Hellfire, yearn for the Paradise, enjoin the good, forbid the evil and refute the kufr (& shirk); to accept Islam (and the Shahada) comprehensively and to worship none other than Allah (SWT).
Abu Bakr (RA), the great companion of the Prophet (SAW), said to the people of Medina upon hearing of the Prophet's (SAW) death: "O people! Whoever worshipped Mohammed should know that Muhammed is dead. Whoever worshipped Allah should know that Allah is alive and will never die."
The Messenger of Allah, the Prophet of Islam and the light unto the world had died 23 years after Wah'i (revelation) first came to him in Mecca. In that period Islam had exploded onto the world scene in the Arabian peninsula. It was truly a time of revolution (of ideas, people and actions) and ideological change, sweeping to relieve a people of their kufr beliefs and the burden of their kufr system into a life purely for the worship of Allah (SWT), the only true God.
"I have not created the jinns and men, save but to worship me." [Translation to the nearest meaning of the Qur'an - TMQ]
For it was the worship of the oneness of Allah (SWT) that directed those that intellectually accepted Islam and the Creator, with definite belief that submitted in ALL spheres of life itself to Him. From the establishment of Salat (prayer) to the establishment of Islam's complete authority these early Muslims, the Sahabae (Companions of the Rasool), had released themselves from the shackles of Shirk (Association with Allah other 'gods'); and all the emotional practices which had lead the people of the peninsula to worship idols and obey the man-made laws & systems without question. Continued relentless struggle by the Sahabae The Rasool (SAW) said in his last sermon: "O People! No prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand my words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things: the Qur'an and my example (the Sunnah), and if you follow these you will never go astray."
The era without the Rasool at the helm of Islam was characterised by the Sahabae who continued the relentless struggle to spread Islam into new lands and defeat the man-made oppression and to rule comprehensively by the Law of Allah (SWT). The age of the Sahabae w as truly a Qur'anic generation moulded on the principle of Tauheed (Oneness of Allah) and shaped, formed & directed by the Qur'an an d Sunnah. Syed Qutb has said in his book 'Milestones': "At one time this message (Islam) created a generation- the generation of the Companions of the Prophet (may Allah be pleased with them) without comparison in the history of Islam, even in the history of men. After this, no other generation of this calibre was ever again to be found."
What can we learn from the Sahabae ?[/u]
What then made the Sahabae so unique and great that Allah (SWT) was well pleased with them?
What important lessons can we Muslims (those that fear the Hellfire, yearn for the Paradise and want to worship Allah) gain from studying their lives in the kufr society of today? For just as the people of Mecca embraced Islam early in the Rasool's (SAW) mission to become The Companions, those who would lead the society from the servitude of Shirk (the great sin) and Kufr (no less a sin), we today, in the close of the 20th century, are embracing Islam in similar times. But the idols that we face are not exactly the same as the idols of those Jahilliya (Ignorant) times in the Mecca of the Quraish, that which the Rasool (SAW) and the Companions eventually destroyed, for it was these values that the Jahil society was based upon. Likewise, we face the modern-day idols of Democracy and Freedom brandished by the rusty sword of the United Nations (of Kufr). Kufr is always there, it only changes its shades. Like the crystal clear example of the Rasool and all his trustworthy Sahabae it is our duty to study Islam and the Kufr (& Shirk) that dominate over us. The Sahabae were taught by the Rasool to the point that they alone became 'scholars' knowing very well the true implications and consequences of declaring the Shahada (Witness): that "There is no god save Allah, and Muhammed is the Messenger (Rasool) of Allah."
The Shahada: religious doctrine or a forceful ideological statement ?[/u]
This contract was not seen as a religious doctrine but was a forceful ideological statement that forced those that accepted it comprehensively to reject all other (Non-Islamic=Kufr) ways of life and their systems that were not revealed by Allah (SWT). The Sahabae also understood that the affirmation of the Shahada was an order to obey the Will Of Allah (SWT). Highlighting this, just witness t he persecution inflicted upon Bilal (RA) who said, in the face of his slave-master, after being ordered to reject Allah and His Rasool: " My soul has not been corrupted by Muhammed. He has guided it onto the right path. If I disobeyed your orders, master, I am (merely) obeying Allah."
And when Bilal (RA) was being mercilessly whipped he remained true and said: "Ahad! Ahad!" They were not afraid of the Kuffar and their punishment and continued their Dawa' (Call to Islam) in the public sphere regardless. Just witness the early Sahabae that were killed and martyred by the kafireen for merely saying the Shahada. This constituted the intellectual definite belief (Aqeeda) that this generation had and that which we all aspire to. The driving force behind their characters were these definite thoughts and ideas that produced the actions that shocked the Kuffar for upon hearing the commands and prohibitions of Allah (SWT ) the Companions acted righteously; for only Allah (SWT) determined what was good or bad.
This conviction lead many Sahabae to abandon many things: their wealth, their family and their tribal (nationalistic) honour. Individually or collectively, they were not afraid of 'what the society thought' for the Dawa' was the duty...
"Do they think that they will be left to say: We believe, without being tested? Surely we had tested
those that came before them, surely Allah will know who are faithful and who make a lie." [TMQ 29:2-3]
Individual or collective action?[/u]
Bonded by the belief in Islam, not financial or material interest, the Sahabae acted not individually but collectively in "enjoining the good and forbidding the evil", acting as a political movement challenging the prevalent kufr ideas of society, a method that wa s nurtured and developed by the Rasool. They collectively
looked after the affairs of the people, removing the societal practises of Shirk (like their man-made laws & traditions) and turned the corrupt decaying world into the new height of real civilisation, i.e. Allah's World Order.
Unify the Muslim under one Khalif[/u]
Thus, it is not surprising that following the death of the Rasool (SAW) a leader for the Muslim Ummah was elected before the burial of the Rasool (SAW). It is obvious that the Sahabae realised the imperative importance of unifying the Muslim under the single Khalif, moreover, it was obligatory to have just the one Khalif as leader to remove the sins from their neck, for amongst the people, who feared Allah the most...? Likewise, we too must re-establish the Sovereignty of Allah's Law over the world if we are to seek the pleasure of Allah as the Unique Generation did.
We, too, must fear the Hellfire, yearn for the Paradise, enjoin the good, forbid the evil and refute the kufr (& shirk); to accept Islam (and the Shahada) comprehensively and to worship none other than Allah (SWT).
