Rumors and Accusations
"O ye who believe! If a
wicked person comes to you with any news, ascertain the truth, lest ye harm
people unwittingly, and afterwards become full of repentance for what ye
have done." Qur'an 49:6
No sooner than stepping in the university campus than the freshmen students
being forewarned by self-styled well-wishers and concerned seniors, thus:
"Here be careful of a group of individuals receiving huge financial support
from Iran, who are outwardly Muslims but in truth they are not. Apparently
they're very nice; women among them are wearing their headscarves properly.
Yet, in fact, their prophet is 'Ali instead of Prophet Muhammad (s);
aside from denying the hadith, they believe in another set of Qur'an; they
worship stone; they pray only three times a day; they legalize prostitution.
Of course they would not reveal to you their true beliefs for they are
practicing hypocrisy, which they termed, kitman or taqiyyah.
In short, they are worse than the Jews and the Christians. Thus, it's
halal to shed their blood!"
In dealing with the issue in question, some comments are in order:
1. According to the criterion of the Noble Qur'an, any claim posing to be a
gospel truth must be substantiated by proof, thus: "Say: Produce your proof
if you're but truthful." Qur'an 2:111
Taking it into account these freshmen-whisperers are sincerely admonished to
provide necessary evidence before accusing others of blasphemy.
2. Granting that the accusations are true, and that members of the group
"would not reveal their true beliefs for they are practicing hypocrisy
termed, kitman or taqiyyah", the question is, how did these
well-wishers get the information?
3. These concerned seniors are cordially invited to ponder on the following
Prophetic tradition recorded in Sahih Muslim:
"It is reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Any person who called
his brother: O unbeliever (has in fact done an act by which this unbelief)
would return to one of them. If it were so, as he asserted (then the belief
of man was confirmed but if it was not true), then it returned to him (to
the man who labeled it on his brother Muslim."[1]
4. The freshmen, on the other hand, are advised every time they hear 'news',
to reflect on the above cited Qur'anic passage of ascertaining the truth
lest people are harmed unwittingly.
Note:
[1] Sahih Muslim, as translated by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui, Book 1 (Kitab
al-Iman), Chapter 27 under The Condition of the Faith of One who Calls
his Brother Muslim an Unbeliever, Hadith no. 117.
...amidst windstorm of black propaganda and flood of false accusations
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