Throughout the month of Ramadan we should spend as much time as possible with the Qur'an, reading it and thinking about its meaning and implementation in our lives.
No matter how many times you read Qur'an and read it's verses, you will find something new every time, as if you had never read it before. SubhanAllah.
We usually read Qur'an with our present condition in the back of our mind, so sometimes we read an ayah, and suddenly it means so much more.
This Ramadan, we are living in Sana'a in a time of turmoil and great fitnah, and so we read the verses of ALlah in this condition. This verse jumped out at me this year. It makes a believer feel happy and confident in the promises of ALlah.
The verse is an-Nur 55
" Allah has promised among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that he will certainly grant them succession in the land as he granted it to those before them and that he will grant them the authority to practise their religion which He has chosen for them (Islam) and He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear provided they worship Me and do not associate anything in worship with Me. But whoever disbelieves after this they are Fasiqoon."
Although Allah swt has promised the believers this, it does not mean we sit around and wait for it to fall on us from the sky. We must work hard in our worship and good deeds. We must enjoin good and forbid evil, and we must not be afrain of the creation before the Creator,
Ramadan Mubarak.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Women and the Uprising in Yemen
1. Every Thursday will be "womens' day" at Change Square in front of Sana'a University. This womens' participation is strictly a non-partisan event (as in established parties such as Islah etc) but it is pro-Islam and pro-Yemen without Ali Abdullah Saleh and enterage (or non-terage!).
2. Al-Qaeda who have declared Abyan an Islamic State and warned women not to go out unnecessarily or without mahram.
This statement is scaring people and making them feel al-Qaeda is oppressing women. LPOY would like to put forward these thoughts to even out the argument. Islamically women should not go out without need and when they do go out to do so with a mahram (where possible). This does not mean that they are prohibited from going out at all.
I would hazard a guess that in Abyan as in many parts of rural Yemen, women go out without mahram to do chores such as collecting water and attending to their flocks of sheep and goats. There is not much need other than that for women to go out in these areas, obviously in a city where culture is different there would be exceptions. The situation in Abyan is also far more dangerous than in other urban parts of the country, so we should also keep this in mind.
I would like to say to al-Qaeda in relation to womens' issues to remember the importance of education and health opportunities for women and not to restrict them from these opportunities so long as the subject content is compatible with Islam and needed by the ummah. The leaders of an Islamic state should not waste the talents of half the population - this is bad human resource management.
Allahumma barik fikum.
2. Al-Qaeda who have declared Abyan an Islamic State and warned women not to go out unnecessarily or without mahram.
This statement is scaring people and making them feel al-Qaeda is oppressing women. LPOY would like to put forward these thoughts to even out the argument. Islamically women should not go out without need and when they do go out to do so with a mahram (where possible). This does not mean that they are prohibited from going out at all.
I would hazard a guess that in Abyan as in many parts of rural Yemen, women go out without mahram to do chores such as collecting water and attending to their flocks of sheep and goats. There is not much need other than that for women to go out in these areas, obviously in a city where culture is different there would be exceptions. The situation in Abyan is also far more dangerous than in other urban parts of the country, so we should also keep this in mind.
I would like to say to al-Qaeda in relation to womens' issues to remember the importance of education and health opportunities for women and not to restrict them from these opportunities so long as the subject content is compatible with Islam and needed by the ummah. The leaders of an Islamic state should not waste the talents of half the population - this is bad human resource management.
Allahumma barik fikum.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Rebelion Against a "Muslim" Ruler
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Many of us are observing events in Yemen closely as the possibility of armed conflict balances on near even odds, however, as things often go in Yemen, something unexpected may happen, like an un-armed youth revolution. Who would have ever expected that a few months ago?
For a long time the scholars of Jihad have tried to encourage the citizens of the Muslim lands to rise up against the leaders and declared it halal to do so even against a ruler of a Muslim land because in effect he is an apostate – his actions have nullified his Islam. Because of this perceived nullification, the ruler has lost his right to obedience, and is an invader in a Muslim land implementing the laws and cooperating with the enemies of Allah to fight and kill the Muslims. In the case of the invasion of a Muslim land, Jihad becomes fard ayn (compulsory on all Muslims).
This issue has been for some time one of the most juicy and hotly contended issues of Jihad, the arguement that if the leader of the Muslims disbelieves and resists then it is obligatory to fight him fard ayn and it is even prioritized ahead of other Jihads. Think about it. If we truely want to take back Palestine for example, how can we do that when the leaders of the Muslim lands cooperate and make agreements with the enemies of Islam in regards to Israel?
The hadiths that are used to support the rulers in the Muslim lands are:
The Marfu’ hadith of Ibn ‘Abbas, “Whoever hates something from his Amir then let him be patient because whoever leaves from beneath the authority of a single hand span, then he dies a death of Jahiliyya.” (Agreed upon), and the hadith of Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja’I, that The Messenger of Allah (sas) said, ”The best of your leaders are those whom you love and who love you, and for whom you pray and who pray for you, and the worst of your leaders are those whom you hate and who hate you, and to whom you curse and who curse you.” He said, “We said, O Messenger of Allah, should we not rid ourselves of them?’ He said, “No, not so long as they establish the prayer amongst you.” (Muslim).
According to ahl us-Sunnah, these hadiths are regarding the Muslim Imam, not the disbelieving ruler. And they are not to be used as evidence concerning the apostate rulers because those people do not fulfill the conditions of the leadership (Imamah) in the first place, such as the Shari’ah knowledge and justice. Also, a valid Shari’ah bay’ah was not contracted upon them and the bay’ah would not take place unless it was upon the condition of ruling with the Book and the Sunnah just as al-Bukhari narrated from ibn Umar that he wrote to Abdul-Malik ibn Marwan giving him Bay’ah “and I will agree with you in listening and obeying upon the Sunnah of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger in what I am able.”
Abdul-Qadir ibn Abdul-Aziz (scholar of Jihad and presently in prison in Egypt – May Allah hasten his release) said that this is the condition of the rulers who rule with other than Shariah of Islam in many of the Muslim countries today. They are considered disbelievers due to the statement of Allah swt;
“And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed such are the Kafirun.” Surah al-Ma’ida 44
This ayah is clear and does not use any fancy language, it states that they are kafirun, not just committing kufr but they themselves are kafir. Some argue that if they pray then we cannot call them kafir. I will present the evidence to refute this as it was presented to me, it is up to you if you agree or not.
The way that they implement laws of their own making, they set themselves up as Lords beside Allah and decide that the laws that their hands made are better than the laws of the All-Knowing Allah swt. We find mentionings of such people in the ayat of Quran;
“…yet those who disbelieve hold others as equal with their Lord.” Al-Anam 1
“Or have they partners with Allah who have instituted for them a religion with Allah has not allowed?” ash-Shura 21
Fabricating laws and everyone involved in making up such laws are committing kufr akbar which removes one from the Millah of Islam even if he comes with the five pillars of Islam. This is what many of the contemporary people of knowledge have approved.
So it is obligatory to remove the apostate ruler if he does not have any defenses and then he must be put before the judge. If he repents then he is spared and if he doesn’t he is executed.
In the case of his repentance, he is not to be returned to power. He has lost his rights to this. Abu Bakr and Umar raa never employed a munafiq over the Muslims nor did they ever employ any of their relatives. They fought the people of apostasy and returned them to Islam, and then they prevented these people from riding horses and carrying weapons until the validity of their repentance was shown(Majmo’o al-Fatwa 35/65).
If the apostate ruler is resisting with a group which fights for him then it is obligatory to fight them and everyone who fights for him is a disbeliever like him. And this statement is supported by the statement of Allah swt,
“And whoever from you takes them as awliya, then surely he is one of them.”
Surah al-ma’ida 51
Once again a very clear statement from Allah swt so that we cannot mistake it, yet most of the ummah is mistaken!
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab and others have said that from the nullifications of Islam is the siding with the mushrikin and assisting them against the Muslims. They use surah al-Ma;ida 51 as their dalil.
Therefore all of the people who are fighting for these apostate rulers even if they say the shahada and openly show some of the outward characteristics of Islam, due to their nullification of the foundations of Islam they are to be fought. Allah swt says,
“Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah and those who disbelieve fight in the way of tagut.”
An-Nisa 76
People use the argument in regard to the apostate rulers that they pray so we cannot call takfir on them and I have presented why their Islam is nullified, the other argument is that we cannot see what is in their heart. Yes that is true, we cannot judge someone by what is in their heart, we only have the outward actions and if their outward actions are kufr akbar, and the type of kufr that nullifies Islam, then that is the end of the story, that apostate ruler needs to be removed and those who fight for him are from him and must also be fought until Islam is dominant.
The hadith of Ubadah ibn As-Samit raa explains how these rulers lose their right to obedience by their actions.
“The Messenger of Allah (sas) called us so we gave bay’ah to him. So from what he took upon us was that we offer bay’ah upon listening and obeying, during our eagerness or reluctance and in our difficult times and in our easy times and favouring the commands instead of our own desires and that we would not dispute the authority from its people unless you see an open disbelief for which you have evidence from Allah about it” (agreed upon).
The consensus is that if kufr comes from the ruler, then he should be removed. He has not right to authority and has lost his right to obedience according to the above mentioned hadith. It becomes fard for the Muslims to rise up against him and set up an imam if possible. As we have seen in many of the Muslim countries now including Yemen.
There is no difference if the invader is foreign or domestic because the reason for the obligation of the Jihad against him exists in his characteristic of disbelief just as the domestic disbeliever becomes foreign to the Muslims by his disbelief due to the statement of Allah swt:
“O Nuh! Surely he is not of you family, verily his work is unrighteous”! Surah Hud 46
Abdul-Aziz says that these apostate rulers have set up a fence of lethal alienation between the general Muslims and those holding steadfast to their religion so that it will be easy for the tawaghit to strike those who hold steadfast to their religion while being surrounded by the ignorance of the general population and their silence.
The responsibility of those who are steadfast on the Deen of Allah is to break down these barriers of alienation by informing the general population through the path of one-on-one dawa and the general dawa with the obligation of this Jihad, so that the issue of Jihad will turn into an issue of all the Muslims as opposed to an issue of the groups of the elite. It also needs that the Jihad switches from an issue of the specific population to an issue of the general population. And here the tables will turn against the tawaghit and their helpers. Then their alienation will take place after their disbelief and their crimes have been uncovered, He the Most High said,
“…and turn them out from where they have turned you out.” Al-Baqara 191
It is also important to move the issue of Jihad from the specific population to the general population because Allah does not help a people who do not help themselves as He has told us in His Book,
“Verily! Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.”
This does not mean that the whole population must participate, but a good percentage of the people to form some strength which can force the Islamic system and protect it from foreign and domestic enemies. For the rest of the population it is at least important that they are morally supportive or neutral until the truth is clarified with them because we cannot force someone to believe, that is up to Allah swt.
The Messenger of Allah (sas) started with the dawa until an assembly (Ta’ifah) was formed which had strength with which he performed Jihad against the disbelievers, thus actualizing what Allah swt ordered him to do in his statement;
“Then fight in the Cause of Allah, you are not tasked (held responsible) except for yourself, and incite the believers (to fight alongside you) it may be that Allah will restrain the evil might of the disbelievers.” Surah an-Nisa 84
It is also obligatory for those holding steadfast to their religion to part the tawaghit from their money with which they use to recruit the armies to wage war against Allah and His Messenger. So it is unlawful for Muslims to pay money to the tawaghit in any form of tax except by necessity or compulsion. That is the unavoidable taxes that are hidden in the prices of foods, goods and services.
To recap, fighting against the apostate rulers is put ahead of fighting others besides them from the disbelievers of origin because:
1. It is specified Jihad Dafa’ – the defensive Jihad which is put ahead of Jihad at-Talab and it is Jihad Dafa’ because the rulers are a disbelieving enemy which has taken over a Muslim country. The intruding enemy corrupts the religion and this life and there is nothing more obligatory after faith than to repel it (ibn Taymiyya).
2. The fact that they are apostates and fighting the apostates has been prioritized ahead of fighting the disbeliever from origin.
3. They are the closest in proximity to the Muslims and more severe in fitnah and threat.
You may be familiar with these opinions, and whether you agree with it or not with armed struggle is irrelevant in the current climate of un-armed rebellion. It is something very special and courageous and many never thought that the un-armed protesters would ever succeed, but they have shown exemplary patience, unity and good will between each other.
Even once presented this dalil most Muslims would still have serious doubt about rising up or taking up arms against another claiming to be Muslim, especially fellow countrymen. So the youth of the new uprising are in a unique situation. No one can call them terrorists or claim their rebellion haram, although some have but are now rather quiet about it. The uprising is not linked to any particular political party, so no one can claim conspiracy by another group. They are young and they had nothing to lose by starting this unarmed Jihad against the oppressive (apostate if you prefer that opinion) ruler.
When we have an oppressive ruler, we are advised in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah not to rise up against him to help him to stop the oppression. This happened in Yemen as the President received advice from the Islamic scholars and other highly respected members of the Yemeni society to stop the corruption, stop playing games between the different groups, stop killing the Muslims, not to take America as helpers and to adhere to Islam – Qur’an and Sunnah in making decisions. He did not listen to this advice and became worse in his corruption.
Allah bless and guide the youth who had the courage to stand up against this ruler un-armed and stand fast to their demands despite the violence meted out to them. Amin.
(note: this post was to LPOY in a strange format and after some time spent editing there are still lines across the page in some places. They don't mean anything please ignore. Extracts are taken from a longer text translated into English).
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Dear Brother
Post sent to LPoY by brother "Abu Rasheed"
Dear Brother Anwar,
I hope you and your family are in good health and iman.
It's been a long time since we quenched our thirsts listening to your lectures. You changed our lives as we progressed from ignorance to understanding of our religion and great love of our Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. Whenever a new lecture was available there'd be a great buzz, "have you heard the latest Anwar Lecture?" And if we hadn't we'd hunt down a recording.
When you were first arrested in Yemen we were all saddened. I remember sitting with my friends at a Friday gathering, all of us downcast and silent until one of us mentioned this hadith reported by Anas bin Malik.
"After the death of Rasool Allah (sas) Abu Bakr (ra) said to Umar (ra), "Let's visit Umm Aiman (ra) as Rasool Allah used to visit her." As we came to her she wept. They (Abu Bakr and Umar) asked her, "What makes you weep? Do you not know that What Allah has in store for His Messenger is better?" She replied, "I don't weep because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for the Messenger of Allah is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come." This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.
(Muslim)
We cannot imagine what it would have been like to be alive at the time of the death of Rasool Allah, but losing our language link to understanding what Allah the Most Merciful gave us through his Messenger was a blow to us and Allah swt did not replace you in your absence.
When you were released and started releasing lectures again it was as if the sun rose after a night of one and a half years. We don't forget you in our du'a. We hope this turmoil in the Arab lands will unearth more brothers like you who are honest and on the truth, who care about the Ummah and serve it sincerely, who think about akhira before duniya.
We love you for the sake of Allah brother Anwar.
Your brothers and sisters in Islam
Dear Brother Anwar,
I hope you and your family are in good health and iman.
It's been a long time since we quenched our thirsts listening to your lectures. You changed our lives as we progressed from ignorance to understanding of our religion and great love of our Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. Whenever a new lecture was available there'd be a great buzz, "have you heard the latest Anwar Lecture?" And if we hadn't we'd hunt down a recording.
When you were first arrested in Yemen we were all saddened. I remember sitting with my friends at a Friday gathering, all of us downcast and silent until one of us mentioned this hadith reported by Anas bin Malik.
"After the death of Rasool Allah (sas) Abu Bakr (ra) said to Umar (ra), "Let's visit Umm Aiman (ra) as Rasool Allah used to visit her." As we came to her she wept. They (Abu Bakr and Umar) asked her, "What makes you weep? Do you not know that What Allah has in store for His Messenger is better?" She replied, "I don't weep because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for the Messenger of Allah is better than this world, but I weep because the Revelation has ceased to come." This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.
(Muslim)
We cannot imagine what it would have been like to be alive at the time of the death of Rasool Allah, but losing our language link to understanding what Allah the Most Merciful gave us through his Messenger was a blow to us and Allah swt did not replace you in your absence.
When you were released and started releasing lectures again it was as if the sun rose after a night of one and a half years. We don't forget you in our du'a. We hope this turmoil in the Arab lands will unearth more brothers like you who are honest and on the truth, who care about the Ummah and serve it sincerely, who think about akhira before duniya.
We love you for the sake of Allah brother Anwar.
Your brothers and sisters in Islam
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Reverse Hijrah
Hijrah for the sake of Allah is when a believer moves from a land of shirk and kufr to a land of iman to increase his iman. Reverse Hijrah is when a Muslim in a land of iman moves to a land of shirk and kufr to increase his duniya. This is not an official term but I will be using it to express this phenomenon.
It is obligatory for Muslims living in the lands of shirk and kufr to make hijrah to the lands of iman and the proof of this from the Book of Allah:
"As for those whose souls the angels take in a state of having earned Allah's anger; then the angels will say to them: "in what condition were you regarding your Religion?" They will say: "we were weakened by the great numbers and strength of the people of shirk in our land who prevented us from iman and from following the Messenger." They (the angels) will reply: "was not Allah's earth spacious so that you could leave your land and homes where the people of shirk dominate and go to a land where you could worship Allah alone and follow His Prophet?" So these people will find their abode in Hell, and what an eveil destination that is. Except for the weak ones from the men, women and children who were unable tomigrate or find a way to do so. As for such, it may be that Allah will pardon them, and ALlah is ever One who pardons and forgives the sins of His servants" Surat an-Nisaa 97-99
In the case of reverse hijrah, there are three conditions on such travel.
1. That the person has knowledge to repel doubts.
2. That he isa person adhering to the Religion such that it will prevent him from following desires that are openly practiced in lands of shirk and kufr.
3. That he has a need to do so - this includes medical treatment and higher education.
Notice that tourism is not listed. It is not necessary for Muslims residing in lands of iman to travel to lands of shirk for tourism, when there are plenty of touristic places to visit within the lands of iman.
As for residing in the lands of shirk and kufr, one must safegaurd his or her religion and will not be corrupted or deviate from the correct path and to remain removed emotionally from the people of that land and not love them as this can corrupt one's iman. Allah the Most High says:
"You will not find a people who believe in ALlah and the Last Day having love for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger and contradict Allah's Commands, even if they be their fathers, or their sons or their brothers or their tribe." al-Mujaadilah 58:22
A Muslim living in the lands of shirk and kufr must be able to manifest the outward signs of Islam without being prevented. In my opinion this is not possible in all the large Western countries.
If a Muslim is residing in the lands of shirk and kuft he must be there to call people to Islam. This is a type of jihad and it is fard kifaya - that means that not everyone needs to do it, if one person is doing it then the rest of us are exempt.
Some scholars have said that it is permissible for a da'i (caller to faith) to reside in lands of kufr and shirk to study the conditions of the unbelievers and become aware of their state with regard to the corruptopn of their beliefs, false worship, degenerate manners and behaviour. I do not fully agree with this in this modern time we can see all of this on the vast media available to us.
It is also allowed for a Muslim to reside in the lands of disbelief to maintain diplomatic relations with the state of disbelief and an Islamic state and provide consular services to any citizens of that state residing there and to encourage them in their religious matters and behaviour. This helps repel evil and corruption that surround Muslims living in that land.
The categories covered here are all temporary living situations. Residing permanently amongst the disbelievers in their lands is never acceptable.
More to come on this topic soon.
It is obligatory for Muslims living in the lands of shirk and kufr to make hijrah to the lands of iman and the proof of this from the Book of Allah:
"As for those whose souls the angels take in a state of having earned Allah's anger; then the angels will say to them: "in what condition were you regarding your Religion?" They will say: "we were weakened by the great numbers and strength of the people of shirk in our land who prevented us from iman and from following the Messenger." They (the angels) will reply: "was not Allah's earth spacious so that you could leave your land and homes where the people of shirk dominate and go to a land where you could worship Allah alone and follow His Prophet?" So these people will find their abode in Hell, and what an eveil destination that is. Except for the weak ones from the men, women and children who were unable tomigrate or find a way to do so. As for such, it may be that Allah will pardon them, and ALlah is ever One who pardons and forgives the sins of His servants" Surat an-Nisaa 97-99
In the case of reverse hijrah, there are three conditions on such travel.
1. That the person has knowledge to repel doubts.
2. That he isa person adhering to the Religion such that it will prevent him from following desires that are openly practiced in lands of shirk and kufr.
3. That he has a need to do so - this includes medical treatment and higher education.
Notice that tourism is not listed. It is not necessary for Muslims residing in lands of iman to travel to lands of shirk for tourism, when there are plenty of touristic places to visit within the lands of iman.
As for residing in the lands of shirk and kufr, one must safegaurd his or her religion and will not be corrupted or deviate from the correct path and to remain removed emotionally from the people of that land and not love them as this can corrupt one's iman. Allah the Most High says:
"You will not find a people who believe in ALlah and the Last Day having love for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger and contradict Allah's Commands, even if they be their fathers, or their sons or their brothers or their tribe." al-Mujaadilah 58:22
A Muslim living in the lands of shirk and kufr must be able to manifest the outward signs of Islam without being prevented. In my opinion this is not possible in all the large Western countries.
If a Muslim is residing in the lands of shirk and kuft he must be there to call people to Islam. This is a type of jihad and it is fard kifaya - that means that not everyone needs to do it, if one person is doing it then the rest of us are exempt.
Some scholars have said that it is permissible for a da'i (caller to faith) to reside in lands of kufr and shirk to study the conditions of the unbelievers and become aware of their state with regard to the corruptopn of their beliefs, false worship, degenerate manners and behaviour. I do not fully agree with this in this modern time we can see all of this on the vast media available to us.
It is also allowed for a Muslim to reside in the lands of disbelief to maintain diplomatic relations with the state of disbelief and an Islamic state and provide consular services to any citizens of that state residing there and to encourage them in their religious matters and behaviour. This helps repel evil and corruption that surround Muslims living in that land.
The categories covered here are all temporary living situations. Residing permanently amongst the disbelievers in their lands is never acceptable.
More to come on this topic soon.
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Christian Missionaries at Sana'a University
They wear hijab, nice clothes and carry backpacks and you can find a number of them at Sana'a University.
They speak with sickening sweetness to butter you up before they unleash their Christian torrent on you.
Upon meeting one, I pretended to not speak English well by speaking broken English with a strong accent. We small talked about the traffic and weather and after ten minutes the nasty questions about Islam and Islamic culture started to emerge seemingly innocently by the questioner.
"Why can men marry more than one woman?" or "Why can't women rule a nation". Mostly they ask about the issues they see as being unjust to women.
They try to break down a Muslim's faith and create doubts in their minds first. They are well versed in Quran and Sunnah and they know the answers to the questions they ask. They may spend weeks doing this, targeting the weeker seeming student in the crowd, they woo them with their polite manners and generosity. They make that person feel special and get their attention and then theys start letting out Shaytan bombs.
They, the Christians, say they are in Yemen to help the Yemeni people but if that were true they'd respect the culture of Yemen and that we are Muslim. (Appart from a small Jewish community)
And how is it that some of them have been in Yemen for more than a year, working as volunteers, not earning any money yet they have no problems getting the visa. I know how hard it is for the foreign students to get visas and these are the Muslims who respect Yemen and the culture!
"And when it is said to them do not make mischief in the land they say: We are only peacemakers but they perceive not. Indeed they are the ones who make mischief but they perceive not."
Al-Baqara 11-12
MashaAllah the Yemeni people are kind and want to be welcoming to these foreigners, but they should not waste their time with these missionaries when they could be helping their own people and nation, and those foreigners who accept Islam.
We may not individually have the power to deport these people for their corruption but once we have given them the message of Islam and explained it, and if after that they continue in their ways we should separate ourselves from them. As with the example of Ibrahim (as) and his father and people and as well as Nuh(as) when he was commanded to leave his son because of his disbelief
O Muslims - Don't love the kufar. Don't forget that until they accept Islam and enter into it sincerely they are your and my enemies.
They speak with sickening sweetness to butter you up before they unleash their Christian torrent on you.
Upon meeting one, I pretended to not speak English well by speaking broken English with a strong accent. We small talked about the traffic and weather and after ten minutes the nasty questions about Islam and Islamic culture started to emerge seemingly innocently by the questioner.
"Why can men marry more than one woman?" or "Why can't women rule a nation". Mostly they ask about the issues they see as being unjust to women.
They try to break down a Muslim's faith and create doubts in their minds first. They are well versed in Quran and Sunnah and they know the answers to the questions they ask. They may spend weeks doing this, targeting the weeker seeming student in the crowd, they woo them with their polite manners and generosity. They make that person feel special and get their attention and then theys start letting out Shaytan bombs.
They, the Christians, say they are in Yemen to help the Yemeni people but if that were true they'd respect the culture of Yemen and that we are Muslim. (Appart from a small Jewish community)
And how is it that some of them have been in Yemen for more than a year, working as volunteers, not earning any money yet they have no problems getting the visa. I know how hard it is for the foreign students to get visas and these are the Muslims who respect Yemen and the culture!
"And when it is said to them do not make mischief in the land they say: We are only peacemakers but they perceive not. Indeed they are the ones who make mischief but they perceive not."
Al-Baqara 11-12
MashaAllah the Yemeni people are kind and want to be welcoming to these foreigners, but they should not waste their time with these missionaries when they could be helping their own people and nation, and those foreigners who accept Islam.
We may not individually have the power to deport these people for their corruption but once we have given them the message of Islam and explained it, and if after that they continue in their ways we should separate ourselves from them. As with the example of Ibrahim (as) and his father and people and as well as Nuh(as) when he was commanded to leave his son because of his disbelief
O Muslims - Don't love the kufar. Don't forget that until they accept Islam and enter into it sincerely they are your and my enemies.
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