Striving Against Da'esh

9:73. O Prophet! strive hard against The Unbelievers and the Hypocrites,
And be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,—An evil refuge indeed.

74. They swear by God that they Said nothing (evil), but indeed
They uttered blasphemy, And they did it after accepting
Islam; and they meditated A plot which they were unable
To carry out: this revenge Of theirs was (their) only return
For the bounty with which God and His Apostle had enriched
Them! If they repent, It will be best for them;
But if they turn back (To their evil ways),
God will punish them With a grievous penalty
In this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on earth
To protect or help them.

In these ayaat of Surah al-Tawbah, Allah SWT commands us to strive against all who plot against our Deen of Islam, be they from without and from within.  The fact that there are those who have used our own Deen against us to seek revenge against us, should not be a surprise.  Such people have always sought to destroy us.  We only have to remember Abdullah ibn Salul and his followers.  They claimed to be Muslim.  They even prayed as we do, attended the masaajid, made salaat and paid zakat.  But, in secret, they plotted revenge on the believers, the Mu'minoon.

They swear by Allah, "Wa Llahi this, Wa Llahi that..."  But, in the end, they make all kinds of invalid, foolish arguments.  They use brainwashing techniques and separate our youth from knowledgeable people.  They uses ever trick up Shaytan's sleeve to destroy our Deen.

61:8  They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

Here is Surah as-Saff, Allah reassures us that they will not be able to extinguish His Light, His Deen of Islam.  

The followers of Shaytan, the Dawlat ash-Shaytan, cite ayaat of the Qur'an and hadith in support of their agenda.  They take ayaat out of contexts or purposefully lie about the meaning of ayaat.  The most abused Surah by these devils is Surah al-Tawbah.  They distort the meaning of the Arabic text and brainwash our youth into thinking that Islam calls them to violence, killing and terror.  Most of the followers of these Shayateen are not fluent in fusa'a Arabic and do not know the Seerah of the Prophet.  Hence, they are easily misled by these liars.  

Not only do they tell our youth lies, but they tell them not to speak to those who do have knowledge.  The problem with being ignorant is that you are ignorant of the fact that you have no knowledge.  None of us has knowledge. NO OF US HAS KNOWLEDGE!!  Only Allah is Alim.  ONLY ALLAH IS ALIM!!!.  

If you want to learn the Deen, learn it from Allah.  His Kitab, the Qur'an, is mubin.  It is clear.  Just read it. Read it in context all the way through before you even start to study tafsir or listen to anyone else try to interpret it.  Ask Allah, make du'a to Allah, as the Prophet SAW once made du'a to Allah for Abbas, to give you understanding.  Too many recite beautifully, yet do not understand a single word.  A Qari is not an Alim!!!!.  An Alim may be a Qari, but a Qari is not an Alim.  Do not be fooled.  

Dae'sh and the Hubb al-Duniya

Recently, a young man who had been brainwashed into following Da'esh pleaded to be allowed to go home. He said he wanted to come home because he was disillusioned by Da'esh and he was upset because his i-Pod no longer worked over there.  Look in the mirror.  Are you living in a virtual world?  Does Da'esh and its activities sound fun to you?  It's not a video game.  You will have to kill real people.  And why?

Da'esh is selling antiquities to raise money for its cause.  Despite the videos of blowing up Palmyra and bashing statutes, they are also collecting artifacts and selling them.  To who?  One has to wonder?  Who buys ancient artifacts?  Museums, art galleries, private art collectors, rich people... So that is who is financing Da'esh.  Did the Prophet take money from the Qur'aish?  Did he ask the Romans or the Persians for money? Did he sell statutes to them?  Why is Da'esh doing this?  It's certainly not the Sunnah. 

But then Da'esh has no interest in the Sunnah.  They have burned people alive.  The Prophet said this form of punishment is reserved for Allah alone.  Muslims are not even permitted to burn palm trees.  Da'esh is only interested in the money.  And where is the money going?  Remember, the leadership of Da'esh were all former flunkies of Saddam Hussein.  They got fat off his money, and now they want to get fat off of your money.  And all while you, the youth, fight for them, so they do not have to get their hands dirty.  They learned how to use people from Saddam, and now they are using you.  

Baiyyah

We hear alot about youth pledging allegiance to these Shaytans.  Do you really want to sell your soul to the devil?  In Surah al-Tawbah, Allah reminds us that the followers of Shaytan, the kafirun and munaafiq are going to hell.  It is they who are told to make Tawbah in Surah at-Tawbah.  Using the teachings of Islam for your own ends to get money and girls, and big screen TVs and i-Pods is to be a munaafiq, "one who spends himself wastefully." "One who blows his wealth and himself on foolish nonsense."  Keep in mind the hadith recorded in al-Bukhaari that we are rewarded according to our intentions.  If you migrate for a woman or for money or for an i-Pod, that's what you'll get, but what good will it do you in the end.  What will that woman, that money, that i-Pod do for you in hell?

And what about this pledge or Baiyyah?  The only Baiyyah that is Sunnah is to Allah and His Messenger. Yes, the community continued to use it after his death.  They made baiyyah to Abu Bakr, to Umar, to Uthman, to Ali, to Muawiyyah...  But, the only evidence in the Sunnah is that baiyyah is to Allah and Rasulallah.  That is it.  If we are really "ahl as-Sunnah" then this should be our baiyyah as well - to follow Allah and the Sunnah, the two sources of wahy, revelation from Allah SWT to mankind.  Anything else is interpretation and IS NOT INFALLIBLE.  Whether the interpretation is from Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali , Hassan, Hussein, Muawiyyah, Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Taymiyyah - whom ever, they are human beings.  They are not prophets, they are not infallible.  No matter who they are, to say their opinions are binding is to say that those opinions are somehow wahy.  THIS IS FALSE.  Allah SWT sent a prophet, Muhammad, SAW. We do not need another prophet after him.  He delivered the message.  We testified that he had completed his mission on his Hajj al-Wadaa'.  We need nothing else.  

What we fail to understand is the difference between Shariah and Fiqh.  Shariah is divine legislation, fiqh is human understanding.  Yes, fiqh is subject to change because it is subject to greater understanding.  Shariah, the objectives, basic principles and clear nass, are divine and do not require change.  They remain inviolate. Interpretation is important.  It is key to helping us apply the Shariah in our present circumstances. Because the Qur'an is the last revelation, it must be applicable long after its revelation.  So, each generation must look at it and apply it to its circumstances.  Understandings can change, but the Shar' - the Law and its objectives do not change.

So, again the Baiyyah is Sunnah, and the Sunnah is to make Baiyyah to Allah and to Rasulallah alone. The early Muslims not only stated the Shahadah but took the Baiyyah to Allah and to Rasulallah, when they became Muslims.  We should all do the same.  Even those who are born into Muslim families, must take the Shahadah and Baiyyah upon reaching majority.  Islam must become OUR religion, not just the religion of our ancestors.  The religion of your ancestors will not save you. Only submitting to Allah yourself will save you.

Munaafiq

N-F-Q means to spend.  We are encouraged, as Muslims, to spend fi sabillillah, in the path of Allah, to spend in Jihad.  Jihad, as we have noted before, means to strive in the path of Allah, not to be violent or to kill.  Qital fi sabillillah means to engage in military action for the sake of Allah and His Deen, but that does not necessitate killing either.  Striving, jihad, is physical, mental and spiritual.  Qital is military action in defense of the Islam.  Allah reminds us that violence is unfortunately necessary in this world.  

22:40. (They are) those who have Been expelled from their homes

In defiance of right, (For no cause) except That they say," Lord

Is God". Did not God Check one set of people
By means of another, There would surely have been
Pulled down monasteries, churches, Synagogues, and mosques, in which
The name of God is commemorated In abundant measure. God will
Certainly aid those who Aid His (cause);—for verily
God is Full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (Able to enforce His Will).

Islam means surrender and submission to Allah and to His Will.  Da'esh only calls to rebellion against Allah by calling people to destroy mosques, churches, synagogues and other houses of worship of other religions, and in killing anyone whom it unilaterally declares to be against it.  Allah has repeatedly said that if anyone inclines to peace, them we, as Muslims, must incline to peace as well.  (8:61).  

9:9. The Signs of God have they sold
For a miserable price,
And (many) have they hindered
From His Way: evil indeed
Are the deeds they have done.

10. In a Believer they respect not
The ties either of kinship
Or of covenant! It is they
Who have transgressed all bounds.

Not only has Da'esh killed thousands ahl al-Kitab, but they have butchered thousands of Muslims.  One recently slaughtered his own mother in the street.  Read the above ayaat.  This is clear evil and these Shayateen will take everyone to hell with them.  

Striving Against Shaytan

Allah SWT orders us to strive against all munafeeq and kafirun, all enemies from within and without.  We must strive against this evil that is destroying us.  Too many Muslims don't want to get involved.  On hajj, we kill one another to stone a brick pillar, but we do nothing against a real flesh and blood Shaytan in our midst. In the West, we just want to fit in.  Here's a piece of news.  I was born and raised in the US.  YOU WILL NEVER FIT IN.  Not because you are Muslim, but because you are not European, White and Atheist.  Even Christians today are being discriminated against.  Many are harassed for their beliefs.  Unless we act and speak out, we will end up like the Jews in Nazi Germany, the Japanese in internment camps, the intellectuals in Cambodia and Ethiopia... we will be the victims of the next pogrom.  And not only will that pogrom be carried out by Western powers, but by so-called "Muslim" governments.  These puppet states use Islam for their own benefit as well.  So do you think they want to have real Muslims in their midst?  They want compliant, greedy, worldly, atheistic, stooges, not thinking servants of Allah.  

Shaytan is winning against us.  What are we doing to fight back...  Physical violence is not working and only plays into his hands.  So what now?  Have we actually tried peace, have we actually tried understanding and seeking real knowledge?  Have we actually tried following the Sunnah?  

Strive against our age old enemy.  We must continue to strive.  We cannot give up. When faced with utter destruction of his mission, the Prophet prayed in the garden in Taif.  

"O Allah! I complain to You of my weakness, my scarcity of resources and the humiliation I have been subjected to by the people. O Most Merciful of those who are merciful. O Lord of the weak and my Lord too. To whom have you entrusted me?

To a distant person who receives me with hostility? Or to an enemy to whom you have granted authority over my affair? So long as You are not angry with me, I do not care. Your favor is of a more expansive relief to me. I seek refuge in the light of Your Face by which all darkness is dispelled and every affair of this world and the next is set right, lest Your anger or Your displeasure descends upon me. I desire Your pleasure and satisfaction until You are pleased.

There is no power and no might except by You."

Quranic quotes are from www.sacred-texts.com, and the prayer of Taif is from:
http://www.nuradeen.com/archives/CurrentIssues/PrayerOfTaif.htm