Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
The Zionist Attacks on Gaza: A Personal View
"And what is wrong with you that you do
not fight in the
Cause of
Allah, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women,
and children, whose cry is: ' Ya Rabb! Rescue us from this place whose
people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect,
and raise for us from You one who will help.' Those who sincerely
believe fight
in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of
Taghut. So, go and fight against the allies of As-Shaitan." 4: 75 - 76
Interpretation of Meaning
There was a time - how long ago it now seems - when I, as a recent and
naive revert to our perfect Deen, believed that the majority of Muslims
would do the right, the Muslim, thing (in accord with Quran and Sunnah)
and - through Jihad Fee Sabilillah or supporting the Mujahideen -
help and aid, in a practical way our oppressed brothers and sisters in
Filistine and elsewhere.
There was a time - how long ago it now seems - when I in my naivety
believed that the governments in lands where the Muslims were the
majority would act in accord with Quran and Sunnah and so help and aid,
in a practical way, our oppressed brothers and sisters in Filistine and
elsewhere.
But, of course, the governments of Pakistan, of Egypt, of the Arabian
Peninsula and elsewhere did nothing practical when Zionists killed,
tortured, imprisoned and humiliated our brothers and sisters in
Filistine and elsewhere. Instead, they continued to obey not Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala but their real masters in Amerika, and so stood by
- with their armies, their weapons, their money - while the oppression,
murder, torture, humiliation and imprisonment of our brothers and
sisters continued. And of course, from among our billions, the numbers
who went to the aid of our brothers and sisters, or who supported the
Mujahideen in practical ways, could be numbered, at most, in the
thousands.
Now almost ten years later - with the latest murderous attack by the
heavily armed, Amerikan equipped, Zionists on our land, on our brothers
and sisters in Filistine - has anything changed?
In respect of the governments of those lands where the Muslims are the
majority, the answer is no, except that they have most certainly become
even closer allies with the infidel Amerikans and have most certainly
done and are doing - in clear defiance of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala -
the bidding of those and other infidels by arresting, imprisoning,
murdering, and torturing those of our brothers and sisters who, seeking
to only obey Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala are striving Fee Sabilillah and
so seek to not only aid their oppressed brothers and sisters in the
lands of the Muslims but also seek to make the word of Allah Subhanahu
wa Ta'ala supreme in their own lands.
However, in respect of the Ummah, there has, it seems to me, been -
Alhamdulillah - a change for the better. There has indeed been an
awakening; a growing awareness of, and a desire to return to, Jihad Fee
Sabilillah as the only practical solution, in accord with Quran and
Sunnah, to defend our oppressed and humiliated brothers and sisters in
Filistine and elsewhere; an increased awareness of Jihad Fee Sabilillah
as the only practical solution, in accord with Quran and Sunnah, to
remove the influence and interference of the kuffar from our lands so
enabling us to live as Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has commanded us to
live, with only the Quran, the Sunnah, and Shariah as our guides. Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:
"Turn away from those who, turning away
from Our reminders, seek only
the life of the dunya." 53:29 Interpretation of Meaning
As Zionist missiles and bombs rain down again upon our brothers and
sisters, as our Mosques are destroyed by the Zionists, as more and more
of our brothers and sisters are murdered by the Zionists with weapons
supplied by Amerika and Britain, how many of us are remembering, have
now remembered - have felt in our hearts - our simple duty, given by
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to give practical aid and support to our
oppressed brothers and sisters who cry for our help? As the governments
of those lands, where the Muslims are the majority, yet again stand
idly by - obeying the dictates of their kaffir masters - how many of us
are remembering, have
now remembered - have felt in our hearts - that it is we individual
Muslims who, trusting only in Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, relying only
on Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and who with the support of Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, can through Jihad Fee Sabilillah defeat our
enemies, reclaim our lands, and make the word of Allah Subhanahu wa
Ta'ala supreme? How many of us are remembering, have
now remembered - have felt in our hearts - the promise of Jannah and so
understand the delights of the dunya for the trivial things they are?
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:
"Do not believe that those who are
killed in the Way of
Allah are dead.
Rather, they are alive, fulfilled, and with their Rabb. They rejoice
because of what Allah has bestowed upon them in His generosity. They
rejoice because of those who have not yet joined them, but have been
left behind - that no fear, no grieving should come to them. They
rejoice because of the favour that Allah has shown them in His mercy:
for no dishonour touched them and Allah always rewards the Believers.
Thus for those who heard and answered (the Call of) Allah and His
Messenger Muhammad after harm touched them - for those of them who did
honourable deeds and feared Allah - there will be the best reward of
all." 3: 169-172 Interpretation of Meaning
"Let
those who would trade the life of this world for the life Hereafter
fight in the Cause of Allah. And those who do fight in the Cause of
Allah - whether they be killed or are victorious - will have bestowed
on them, by Us, a great reward." 4: 74 Interpretation of Meaning
How many of us - in the past five or so years - can now recount stories
of brothers, sisters, who have returned to our noble Deen because of
what they have seen and heard was being done to their brothers and
sisters by the infidels and their allies? How many of us can recount
stories of brothers, sisters, who have stopped imitating the kuffar,
stopped pleading with the kuffar for help, aid and assistance; who have
stopped relying on the kuffar to solve our problems, to end our
suffering and our humiliation? How many us can recount stories of
Muslims we know, or have heard of, who have placed their love for Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala above their love of the dunya and so taken
practical steps to fight our enemies?
Not long ago, when I was on a long train journey from almost one end of
England to the other, a young man - impeccably dressed in standard
Western attire of suit and tie, and of rather, it seemed to me, Arab
appearance - chanced to sit beside me and began to read a very thick
book on "Islamic banking". Salaams exchanged, it transpired that he
was, in fact, originally from Filistine, and, having studied at a
prestigious English University, had stayed in England, was gainfully
employed and was rather "secular", now, in his views. But the more we
talked - about Islam, about Filistine, about the Zionist occupation of
his land - and, in particular, the more he recounted to me the
suffering, the humiliation, of friends, of relatives, at the hands of
the Zionists, the more the Western veneer he had acquired over the
years was stripped away until he once again Alhamdulillah felt his
true, Muslim nature and that it is was Islam, and Islam alone, that was
the answer. The answer was Jannah, not the dunya. The answer was Islam:
not pleading with kaffir governments for help, aid and support. The
answer was Islam: not imitating the kuffar. The answer was relying on
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala alone and not on the kaffir created,
kaffir-led so-called United Nations. The answer was obeying Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala alone and so striving Fee Sabilillah to free our
lands and establish Muslim communities where the only law was that of
Shariah. So we parted, as brothers, and he with a promise to
return, and, as a Muslim, fight our arrogant Zionist enemy.
One story, among so many. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:
"Those deceived by the dunya, those who
for whom their Deen
is but a
passing amusement, shall be, by Us, forgotten on That Day just as they
themselves forget This Day and deny Our Ayat." 7: 51
Interpretation of Meaning
"You
who believe! What is wrong with you that you did not rush forth when
called [to aid] the Way of Allah? Or is it that you love this earth so
much - that you crave its comforts so much - that you forget the next
life where such earthly things are revealed for the insignificant
comforts they are?" 9: 38 Interpretation of Meaning
Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt
8 Muharram 1430