Assalamualaiakum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, Alhamdulillah,Nahmaduhu wa nusalli ‘ala Rasoolihil Kareem,Amma’Ba’ad…
Before beginning the actual ‘Solution to Palestine’ on the forefront, I would just like to pen down a true story for all of us.
Hammudi, as he was affectionately called by his mom, was a very happy 12 year old child.
One day, after playing in the hot summer afternoon, he went to the toilet. He observed that his urine had dark coloration like Pepsi.
His parents were worried and took him to the nearest clinic.The doctor there suggested him to rest for a few days and avoid playing in hot sunny noons,as a therapy,he asked the boy to have lots of water and fresh fruit juice.So the cure was done…
Some days later, Hammudi started growing weak and pale, sometimes to the extent of being unconscious. He was rushed to another medical facility soon. Two bottles of dextrose-glucose into him and lo! the boy was up again.
Weeks later Hammudi got headaches and fever continuously for some days. One more trip to the hospital and a three day antibiotic tablet course did the job. He was fine again.
One year had elapsed and on another happy summer morning, Hammudi felt dizzy, had regurgitation, headaches, fever, chills and dark urination all together! And this time the parents took the Taxi to ‘The Big City Hospital’, detailed scans and tests, only to realize that he had been suffering from Glomerulo Nephritis. A condition where the kidney doesn’t filter out the blood properly as a result of which many complications arise in the body.
Sadly to know, that all the previous instances of illness were actually symptoms of a much underlying disease.
Wallahi, most of us today are worried about the appaling condition of Palestine,and the Muslim Ummah as a whole.We need a solution for the Ummah and not just Palestine alone.
Some of us suggest to have a Khilafah once for all, some of us suggest revolutions and protests to demand our rights, some of our brethen demand an immediate military action against the oppressors,a good number also says that we need more ‘Muslim Engineers’ and ‘Muslim Doctors’ to uplift the Ummah,some say that focus has not been given to ‘humanitarian welfare and aid’ and much much more…
Don’t abuse or curse our rulers,they’re just the reflections of our deeds as a whole community.Pray that Allah guides them to Khair (goodness) just as you pray for the Muslims worldwide.
Each of the above has its own place,even though we may agree or disagree to some of the above,but we as individuals must focus on priorities for ourselves.We can’t run an empire without a good team and an army of experts…Or else it’d be like the medical case we just saw above…!
What we’re seeing as humiliation in Palestine is just a facet of the many problems we face.
The root cause to all the solutions of our problems lies in The Quran and Sunnah.
And if required we can quote volumes about it from The Quran and The Sunnah.
However one Ayah is enough for now as a summary of the solutions.We hear the solution every week in the Jumuah Khutbah…
Allah says in The Quran(33:70-71):- “..يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا.” “…يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا.
”O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (Sallahualihiwasallam) he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise).”
- *Today we want Allah to send angels for us,but how many of us know that Allah has created us to worship Him Alone and not do shirk(associating partners with Alah).
- *How many of us have spent time learning the Basic Belief of the Muslims?
- *How many of us have read and understood the Quran?
- *How many of us are ready to shun societal practices and Biddah for the Sunnah?
- *Are we really avoiding sins?
- *Do we have the Sahaba as our ideal heros to whom we look upto?
- *Do we have that Eeman to counter mountains and raze them to dust?
“No!”, then the need of the hour is to be good Muslims first,then only can we expect The Help of Allah.
Prioritize things,learn Islam like how the Prophet ﷺ taught the Sahaba,he taught them to be perfect in Tawheed for the first thirteen years in Makkah,and that is the heart of all problems,then came Salah,Sawm,Zakah and Hajj,and being away from sins and the other obligations.
Allah made this ‘team of heroes’ the rulers of Arabia. And then history witnessed the fall of the two superpowers of the day at the hands of the Islamic Caliphate.
No oppressor dared oppress any human being as long as the Muslims were faithful to their deen and Allah had given them power and Izzah (honour).
*Umar ibn Al-Khattab(Radialahuanhu) truly said: “We were the most humiliated people on earth and Allah gave us honour through Islam. If we ever seek honour through anything else, God will humiliate us again.”*
May Allah give us back the honour and respect we once had and may Allah free our brothers everywhere from opression and tryanny.
Aameen.
-Abu Muaaz Mohammed Manna
Saheehus-Seerah 