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All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, Who has
perfected our religion. Peace and blessing be upon whom Allah sent to the
Worlds, the Prophet of guidance and mercy sent with the Book (Quran) and the
Wisdom (Sunna), upon his Family, Companions and Followers.
Actually, Allah has tied up the brotherhood in faith firmly
with the creed of monotheism which is the purpose behind the creation, and sending
messengers and revealing divine Books. It is the renewers' call in every time
since there have been always those who show people the teachings of the religion.
So, this nation has kept calling to the truth since the Prophetic period till
the Ordained Event. The Prophet said: «A group of people from my Nation will
continue to fight in defense of the truth and remain triumphant until the Day
of Judgment» [an agreed upon hadith between Al-Bukhâri and Muslim].
The merits of this nation is known by its adherents'
positions in every generation, by showing monotheism and warning against polytheism
with its different aspects, distinguishing the Sunna from the heresies, supporting
the followers of the truth and knowledge and increasing their number and
rejecting the adherents of polytheism and heresies and weakening them. Though opposed
by people, they are obeyed when they call to Allah's obedience, his religion
and all that the Almighty loves, because wisdom is the believer's aim, wherever
he finds it, he is worthier to get it. Moreover, they do not support anyone
absolutely except the Messenger of Allah  , nor a group but the Prophet's Companions  . They do not use defamatory statements against them [the Companions].
They refrain from speaking ill of them.
Thus, those who adopt this attitude agree upon the fact that
every one's statement can be accepted or refused except that of Allah's
Messenger. Thanks to Allah, they did never agree on an error. So, this is
one of the features of the adherents of the truth and attributes of Al-Firqa
An-Nâjiya (The Saved Group) with which Allah marked Ahl As-Sunna Wa Al-Jamâ`a (People
of the Sunna and Community) who call to a non innovative reform from themselves,
as it is the way of the adherents and followers of deviation and error. This is
because the way of reform is one and does not admit plurality. Its benefit is
crystallized by reviving the religion and removing obstacles and all that is
attributed falsely to it, without even being altered or changed. So, the
[Islamic] religion is preserved and the argument still stands. And what the Prophet
traced is the reformative way itself, and there is no complete
reform except with it, the one that Al-Qurûn Athalâtha Al-Mufaddhala (The
Best Three Generations) followed. Their heritage is preserved by the scholars. And
the latter part of this Ummah (Islamic nation) will not be rectified except
by that which rectified its earlier part.
Moreover, the gathering of the [Islamic] nation on error is impossible.
And the rise of the truth through guidance, reform, and redressing, and its
continuation are certain. Allah said:
﴿وَعْدَ الصِّدْقِ
الذِّي كَانُوا يُوعَدُون﴾[الأحقـاف:١٦]
«A promise of
truth, which they have been promised» [Al-Ahqâf (The Curved
Sand-hills): 16].
So, no hating or grudging people, that ignore its dignity
and greatness and want just to impede and make barriers in its way and limit
its spread, can harm it. Its resistance lasts, defying overproud, spiteful and
ignorant people. And Allah
Alone is the All-Guider to the right path.
The straight path is based on Allah's and His Messenger's
obedience, which incite people to perform good and righteous deeds, and to dislike
evil, corruption and abomination. That obedience purifies, perfects the soul
and grants it happiness in life and in the Hereafter. Allah said:
﴿قَدْ أَفْلَحَ
مَنْ زَكَّهَا وَ قَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا﴾[الشمس:٩-١٠]
«Indeed he
succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah has
ordered by following the faith of Islamic monotheism and by doing righteous
good deeds). And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah
has ordered by rejecting the true faith of Islamic monotheism or by following
polytheism and by committing every kind of sin)». [Ash-Shams (The Sun): 9-10].
He
also said:
﴿وَمَنْ يُطِعِ
اللهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ مَعَ الذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ
النَبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُهَدَاءِ وَالصَالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُوْلَئِكَ
رَفِيقاً ذَلِكَ الفَضْلُ مِنَ اللهِ وكَفَى باللهِ عَلِيماً﴾[النّساء:٦٩-۷۰]
«And whosoever
obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad ), then they will be in the company of those whom Allah has
bestowed His grace, of the Prophets, the Siddiqûn (those
followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost to believe in them, like
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq  ),
the martyrs, and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are! Such is
the Bounty from Allah, and Allah is Sufficient as All-Knower». [An-Nisâ'́
(The Women): 69-70].
The people of the [Islamic] faith are, among nations, unique
and united in their creed and organization. The usefulness of their sharia is not
confined to the Islamic nation, but includes the whole humanity. It is suitable
for every time and place and is comprehensive for all the matters of life.
Indeed, there is not a problem except it has a solution, through deduction, from
the proofs of the Islamic legislation and its general rules, without even resorting
to other sources. So, the sharia dispenses with the other systems and
codifications, because it is based on firmly connected rules. Its rulings are
built on justice and happy medium, far from excess and negligence. It takes
into account religious and worldly interests. It rises highly independent on
the other human systems and rules whether in its fundamentals or branches. That
is the perfection and the favor that Allah has bestowed upon the Islamic nation. Allah said:
﴿اليَوْمَ
أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمْ
الإِسْلاَمَ دِينا﴾[المائدة:٣]
«This day, I
have perfected your religion for you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
religion». [Al-Mâ ́idah (The Table spread with Food: 3].
So, the perfection of the religion and its comprehensiveness
involve dispensing with anyone's corrections or any innovators' additions.
Finally, and in the light of the crowd in the call field,
the most precious thing that the caller to Islam may offer his nation is to
put it on the correct way through which change can be achieved. Allah said:
﴿إِنَ اللهَ لاَ
يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَومِ حَتى يُغَيِّروا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ﴾[الرعد:۱۱]
«Verily, Allah
will not change the (good) conditions of a people as long as they do not change
their state (of goodness) themselves (by committing sins and by being
ungrateful and disobedient to Allah)» [Ar-Ra ̀d (The Thunder): 11].
This change should be done without haste that might lead to
perversion and corruption.
We ask Allah to help us, grant us pertinence and the good
manners of the truthful preachers. We ask Him to guide us to follow the Prophet. And the good end is for the pious and righteous persons.
Our final prayer is all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the
Worlds.
Published
in the original version of «Manâbir Al-Huda» magazine (issue 3)
Muharram/Safar
1422H
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