stop dividing ourselves....UNITE! InshAllah

Assalaam Wa Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu

went to an event the other night...the title of the talks… ‘CASINO DUNIYA’ and how we gamble our life away in this duniya with no consideration of where we will end up…Jannah (Heaven) or Jahanam (Hell).

The two speakers ...Both amazing speakers…may Allah be shower His mercy on them.ameen.

Even though they were meant to talk around the subject above….they had so much more to say about the state of the Ummah that by the time they started their set lectures…time had run out!….but Alhamdulillah!! What they did say was all so relevant to everyone who is living in this duniya today.-post 9/11,7/7 etc.

the first speaker started off by giving us an analogy of three bulls. One red bull, one white bull and one black bull.

These three bulls were a force to reckon with…they protected each other…and fought all their battles together. There was also a fearsome lion…but he himself knew that he could not battle against three bulls…and the only way was to…DIVIDE AND CONQUER…subhanAllah I hope many of you are drawing parallels with this story against the world we live in today. I will highlight them later inshAllah.

So the lion figures the only way he can devour the bulls is if he divides them. So he goes to the red bull and says:

‘me and you…we’re similar…we both have similar colouring…but look at the black bull. He’s just dark not even closely similar to us. If you let me eat him, I will leave you alone’

the red lion thinks about it….thinks about his own skin and accepts to allow the lion to attack the black bull. The lion then moves on to the white bull and claims the same…stating that they were both of a lighter and purer colour that the black bull. The white bull also accepted his offer and allowed the lion to attack the black bull. So the lion corners the black bull and devours him.

Soon again the lion gets hungry…two bulls would still be able to overpower him. So he goes to the red bull again and says:

‘you and I …we’re much more alike than the colourless bull…if you let me attack him I will leave you alone to live.’

The red bull consented and let the lion attack and devour the white bull.

After couple more days the lion was hungry again…and came straight to the red bull. There was no other bull for him to turn against and the lion said:

‘I tricked you and now I shall defeat you!’

the red bull sadly claimed: ‘I was defeated the day I let you devour the black bull’.

SubhanAllah…this parable…this analogy really hit home to me…and im sure it really had hit home to all of you who see whats going on in this world today. The main moral of this parable is…UNIFICATION!!!….i don’t understand how people cant see that TOGETHER we are STRONGER!

The Prophet (May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stated: "Very soon, other nations will invite others and fall upon you to attack and destroy you just like a people, while inviting others, fall upon a plate of food." The companions asked Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) "Ya Rasulullah! will this happen because we will be lesser in number at that time?" "No." Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) answered. "You will be great in number, but you will be like froth upon the main, and weak as sticks and straws. Allah will remove, from the hearts of your enemies, your awe and terror, and He shall fill your hearts with cowardice. The companions asked "What is cowardice?" "Love of the world, hatred for death," (al wahn) Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) answered.

so now lets analyse the parable. the Lion... what i concluded from this was that the lion could be seen as ENEMIES OF ISLAM...US administration and the zionists...but who else. Who is the biggest enemy of our deen..... shaytaan ofcourse...the accursed satan himself. LA HAWLA WA LA QOOWATA ILA BILLAH AUDHU BILLAHI MINASH-SHAYTAANI-RAJEEM....there is no MIGHT or POWER except with ALLAH!...I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed shaytaan.

the red, black and white bulls. the so-called different sects of Islam...who all believe in the fundamentals of the Deen and stick together...andwho should not divide because of their differences in fiqh etc.

Allah mentioned in the Quran : ' And if your Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah (one nation), but they will not cease to disagree' Surah Hud V. 118

ISLAM ALLOWS DISSENTION...i.e. Islams allows these differences to exist...as long as we agree on the fundamentals-

• No diety worthy of worship besides Allah
  
• Muhammad :saw: is the final messenger
  
• Salaat (5X/DAY)
  
• Fasting in the month of Ramadhaan
  
• Zakaat
  
• Pilgrimage if its in your means
  
• QURAN AND SUNNAH
  
• hijaab
  
• modesty and protection of the hayaat for both men and women

we all agree on the above dont we? OFCOURSE WE DO!!!

but the fact we keep on eating at each other over issues that are not doing anything for this ummah is making it easy for the oppressors and zionists to attack us at every angle!...we are an easy target because of this!

4 main points that the speaker asked us to think about are:

1- Is there only ONE TRUTH in ISlam? or can there be several truths in Islam (Ofcourse there is only ONE TRUTH!!)
2-If there are several accepted intepretations of Quran...is it our job to advice people to follow one way and not the other?
3- Are there fundamentals that we ALL can relate to? isnt it better that we cooperate together on the fundamentals of Islam? Differences dont have to lead to divisions!
4-(subhanAllah i cant read my handwriting...so inshAllah will ask someone about the fourth point... )

ofcourse im going to mention madhabs...i know i know...many of you do not agree with me...alhamdulillah thats up to u. but i truly belive that the fact that we dissociate into sects and claim the other group is wrong only weakens our ummah!!

i am not pointing out to any one single sect....im calling out and pointing TO ALL OF YOU!!!....some of you respect some Imaams over other Imams...or some believe other muhadiths over otehr muhadiths...etc...i no im generalising too much....but these people...the sahabas...the taa'bieen etc... they all followed the fundamentals and tried respect each other...simply because they were muslims.. as the speaker said-the prophet-peace and blessings of Allah be upon him- wasnt just a teacher....he wasnt just a commander of the army...he wasnt just a judge...he wasnt just an imaam....he wasnt just a haafiz...he wasnt just a companion and leader…HE WAS ALL OF THEM!!

this conflict you see...the on going wars you see...the blood shed you see....the corruption you see…THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY!...it has only just begun!!...AND UNTIL WE SORT OUT THIS UMMAH....WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE BEING HUMILIATED AND KILLED AND DEGRADED! ....we need unity brothers and sisters... we need to collect our faith together and help one another for the sake of the Ummah

inshAllah i will continue with the next segment later on...Allahu 'Alim

ma salaama brothers and sisters

please forgive me for anythin wrong ive said.whatever good and truthful is from Allah. whatever is misleading has come from me.