Abu Ibrahim al-Hashmi al-Qurashi, Abubakar Shekau, Haibatullah Akhundzada to Ayman Al- Zawahiri - All Are Playing a Foolish but Deadly Friend to Muslims
By Arman Neyazi, New
Age Islam
27 November
2021
Muslims Will Have to Understand That the
Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Boko Haram and ISIS Militants Are Misguided People
Pretending To Fight for Islam
Main Points:
1.
The ideologues of all the terrorist
organisations are befooling people by pronouncing them to be religious Jihadis.
2.
Terrorists and militants are playing
‘a a foolish’ with Muslims.
3.
People who are ignorant of the
fundamental message of compassion, love and humility are guiding the so-called
Jihadis on the battlefield.
4.
Change of the world from
spiritualism to materialism is the game of hypocrite political and religious
leaders.
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Read, O Prophet, in the Name of your Lord Who
created— is the
first verse to be revealed on Prophet Muhammad Pbuh by Allah the All-Knower.
This Ayat asks every Muslim to read. Reading is that generates a logical
understanding of the things and happenings around us. The followers of Islam
were told that literacy is one of the most important essences of religion.
Prophet Muhammad Pbuh says, ‘Seeking
knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.’ (Hadees of Anas ibn Maalik,
narrated by Ibn Majah). In the 21st century world, Muslims have become one of
the most illogical people on the canvass spread on earth. The much renowned
Islamic scholars are well versed in the Quran texts and Hadees but the theological
understanding they create among their followers is that of the following of
their version of Islam.
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It is
shocking that Islam that declared education a religious duty is lagging in it
because of the terrorist scholars playing in the hands of them who want to see
bridges among Muslims that cannot be crossed. There have to be seventy-two
sects in Islam but none of them is supposed to speak ill of the other, as it is
against the preamble of Islam. The Holy Quran says: The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your
brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy. (Al-Hujurat: 10) Sahih
International. Every sect has its leader and the leaders are supposed to be
Quran and Hadees exegesis but none of them teaches inclusiveness, at least,
among themselves. Their fighting against each other shows that they either do
not understand what the Quran says or they have their understanding of the Holy
Quran and Hadees.
Understanding
and teaching of the Holy Quran and Hadees by scholars like Abu Ibrahim
al-Hashmi al-Qurashi, Abubakar Shekau, Haibatullah Akhundzada and Ayman Al-
Zawahiri has transformed peaceful Muslims into terrorists and militants and
they fight none but their brothers and sisters. For people who fight among
themselves and do not listen to what the Holy Quran says or bring out the
meaning that suits them are those for whom Allah, the Exalted says:
Surely, those who have
made divisions in their religion and turned into factions, you have nothing to
do with them. Their case rests with Allah alone; then He will tell them what
they have been doing.
(Al-Anam: 159) — Mufti Taqi Usmani
So leave them in their
utter confusion (due to their ignorance) for a time. (Al-Muminun: 53) Amatul Rahman Omar
Muslims
understanding of the Holy Quran and Sunnah and Hadees is the most pathetic,
today. The turmoil Islam is in today may be the precursor of more damages to
Islamic ethics and essence in the days to come.
Education
is not carrying loads of internationally renowned universities certificates and
diplomas. From this view, many of the world religions’ leaders and innumerable
activists of this era will fall in the category of uneducated and illiterate
when the fact is, they were and are wise people who have guided the world on
the path of humanity, humility, compassion and social ethics.
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Come what
may but an educated person cannot be a fool. In this 21st century,
materialistic world people are seeing that they had never imagined seeing.
There are people from the highest seat of world power to the lowest that is
making a fool of themselves by supporting (silently) the foolish acts of the
elected representatives of the world democratic setup. One cannot doubt the
educational institutions that have granted them certificates of Doctor of
Philosophy and religious scholars of the highest degree. And this brings us to
the conclusion that they are educated people, then why are they acting foolish.
They are supporting their masters (political bosses and religious heads)
knowing that what they are doing is religiously, socially against the spirit of
humanity. If they have not been taught let it be in their knowledge that the
supporters of the crime are as much liable to answer in the here and hereafter
courts. And the punishment in both the courts, in here and hereafter, for crime against humanity, I suppose, has to
be very harsh. To such people, Allah the Exalted and All-Knower calls,
hypocrites, and the punishment hereafter have to be, most probably hellfire,
unless Allah the Exalted forgives them on some count or the other. Allah the
Most Compassionate says in the Holy Quran:
(O you who have
believed, let not a people ridicule [another) people; perhaps they may be
better than them)
(Quran 49:11)
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to
laugh at those who believed. (Quran 83:29)
And do not insult one
another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames… (49:11
The point
that is beyond the understanding of every right-minded person is, why the
highly educated people who are aware of the consequences, both here and
hereafter, indulge in such anti humane and anti-divinity acts. Do they not know
what the religions say about them? At least here in India, our educational
journey starts with the religious hymns, Shlokas and recitation of the Holy
Quran, so there is no question of people in Asia and all other Muslim countries
not being aware of the religious lessons of spirituality and divinity that
wholly denounces fighting to create a rift in the society. Consider the
following Hadees
“Whoever bears arms against us is not one of
us, and whoever cheats us is not one of us.” (Saheeh Muslim)
“Every traitor will have a banner on the Day of
Resurrection and it will be said: This is the betrayer of so-and-so.” (Sahih
Al-Bukhari)
The world
is moving faster than imagination, towards the destruction of all the positive
norms of a humane society. The humane ethos of our lives has broken to pieces
without our knowledge. It all happened, as if, in the blink of an eye. Now that
the humane essence of brotherhood and inclusivity has almost lost its sheen
there have to be all the satanic qualities of hatred, jealousy and cultural and
social degradation. Following Hadees is a true mirror of the social environment
today. Consider the following Hadees and understand to what it points:
Abu Hurairah reported Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) as saying:
(When) the time would draw close to the Last Hour, knowledge would be snatched
away, turmoil would be rampant, miserliness would be put (in the hearts of the
people) and there would be much blood-shed. They said: What is al-harj?
Thereupon he said: It is bloodshed. — (Sahih Muslim)
Every day
there is a new phobia, rapes of innocent souls, killings, breaking of family
norms in the world and all in the name of divine religions. These all are a part
of the new normal of the world that has changed to materialism from
spiritualism. Change of the world from spiritualism to materialism is the game
of hypocrite political and religious leaders.
On one
hand, the powerful and developed countries are fighting for the supremacism of
their political and religious ideologies and are fooling the world that they
are fighting to eliminate terrorism. And on the other hand, the terrorist
ideologues of the terror organisations are befooling people by making them believe
that they are fighting for the establishment of Islamic Shariah rules. Both are
playing foolish with their respective audience.
Ayman
al-Zawahiri (left) and Osama bin Laden (right)/ Photo: TRT World
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Muslims
will have to understand that the Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Boko Haram and ISIS
militants are misguided people and that they are not fighting for the supremacy
of Allah, the Exalted, the Holy Prophet Muhammad Pbuh, the Holy Quran and the
Sunnah. But they are toys in the hands of the powers that be and are playing ‘a
foolish’ with Muslims. Those who are ignorant of the fundamental message of
compassion, love and humility that Allah the Exalted commands in the Holy Quran
and the Apostle of Allah, Holy Prophet Muhammad Pbuh has time and again taught
his disciples, are guiding the so-called Jihadis on the battlefield. A foolish
friend is more dangerous than an intelligent enemy and the likes of Abu Ibrahim
al-Hashmi al-Qurashi, Abubakar Shekau, Haibatullah Akhundzada, Ayman Al-
Zawahiri and their likes have brought nothing but disaster to the peaceful and
beautiful Islamic nations. Muslims should be taught the lesson of compassion
and humility as these are Islamic essence, not hatred and anger that is the
sign of Satan. Consider the following Quranic verses and Prophetic traditions
and spread the message of love and peace. Beware of ‘foolish friends’.
“So woe to those who
pray but are heedless of their prayer; those who only show off, And (refuse
and) prevent (small) kindnesses.” (Al-Mau: 4-6)
“Worship Allah [alone]
and associate none with Him. And be kind to parents, relatives, orphans, the
poor, near and distant neighbours, close friends, [needy] travellers, and those
[bonds people] in your possession. Surely Allah does not like whoever is
arrogant, boastful—“(An-Nisa:
36)
Prophetic
traditions given underneath are needed to be followed by all those who are
fighting among themselves and creating reasons for Islamophobia even among
those who never doubted the authenticity of Islam as a religion of peace.
“Whoever relieves a believer’s distress of the
distressful aspects of this world, Allah will rescue him from a difficulty of
the difficulties of the Hereafter. (Muslim)
“O Aisha, Allah is gentle and He loves
gentleness. He rewards for gentleness what is not granted for harshness and He
does not reward anything else like it.” (Muslim).
Narrated by `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A
Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue or his hands.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari 6484)
People who
keep asking for His forgiveness and supplicate for guidance on the righteous
path are certainly much more educated, intelligent and cultured than the people
on the battlefield fighting for establishing the supremacy of those masters who
care just for themselves both in politics and in religion. The ideologues of
all the terrorist organisations are befooling people by pronouncing them to be
religious Jihadis. They are puppets of the countries they show to be fighting
against.
And Allah Knows the
Best.
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Arman Neyazi is a
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