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Delusion is the Cause of Weakness
Shaykh Saud Ash Shuraym [(Safar 19, 1425 (April 09, 2004)]
All praise is due to Allaah, Lord of all the
worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the Messenger, his household and companions.
Fellow Muslims! Fear Allaah and be dutiful to Him. Take refuge with Him in times
of ease and difficulty. For, none that fears Him fails and none that hopes in
Him is disappointed and none that seek protection with Him is disgraced. Allaah
says,
"And whoever fears Allaah – He will make for him a way
out, and He will provide for him from where he does not expect."
(At-Talaaq 65:2-3)
Fellow Muslims! Allaah says,
"Allaah has promised those who have believed among you
and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to
authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He
will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred
for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear,
security, [for] they worship Me not associating anything with Me."
(An-Noor 24:25)
Allaah indeed fulfils His promise and He fulfilled for His Messenger what He
promised him. It is from here that this religion was borne by men and leaders
whom the Messenger had taught not to fear anything but Allaah and not to humble
themselves in front of anyone but Allaah. He also taught them that it was Allaah
Who created all things and that it is He alone Who possesses the causes of fear
and security. Allaah says,
"That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his
supporters. So fear them not but fear Me if you are [indeed] believers."
(Aal 'Imraan 3:175)
Dear brethren! The Muslim world is today undergoing a difficult and painful
situation. The attacks are waged against it continuously like volcanoes so much
so that it finds no where to take shelter from the aggressive tyrant and
international terrorism. It faces attacks upon attacks. There is no doubt that
the combination of all these afflictions is the cause of delusion that is rife
among its ranks so much so that the weak is seen as strong, the near is seen as
far, the place of security is seen as that of fear and the place of refuge is
seen as that of death.
Fellow Muslims! We are living in an age where the Islaamic Ummah is afflicted
with disunity and clash of desires. We are in an age where the Ummah is
prevented from knowing the actual position, actions and the advantages of their
enemy by ignorance and suppression to the extent that it surrenders to the
occupier under false impression that it is faced by an unconquerable power and
that this power dominates all continents and that all these continents are
incapable of defending themselves against this power. But in the eyes of an
un-deluded person, the slightest movement here or there can shake that so-called
super-power if it doesn't even destroy it.
Every movement in the world frightens it and every thing that happens in the
Islaamic or Arab world causes convulsion in that oppressive power that spread
its wings across weak parts of the Islaamic world. In spite of all this, we
believe that delusion has prevented majority of the Muslims from recognising
this fact. If we take a keen look, we will realise that this power of evil has a
greater sense of weakness than we have but at the same time, it exerts all
efforts to conceal its weakness. But there is no screen thicker than delusion.
During each incidence, you see leaders of this evil power screaming and raving
and creating delusions in order to avoid their reality being known. Mere
attention from those deluded could have revealed to them the reality of the
so-called super-power.
Brethren in faith! All mankind are the same as regards the possibility of being
afflicted with calamity irrespective of religion or race. It is only that when
Muslims are afflicted they fall into both edges of goodness and tranquillity if
they are conscious of Allaah's command. Their affairs are therefore always good.
If they are blessed with happiness and they thank Allaah for it, that is good
for them and if they are afflicted with hardship and they bear it with patience,
it is also good for them and this is for none but the Muslim Ummah. It is in the
light of this that Allaah says,
"Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?"
(Al-Qalam 68:35-36)
Allaah also says,
"Or should We treat those who believe and do the
righteous deeds like corrupters in the earth? Or should We treat those who fear
Allaah like the wicked?"
(Saad 38:28-29)
The pains of killings that the Muslims experience in this age and which they are
yet to find a cure for should make them realise that they are in dire need of
reforming themselves. These pains should also realise that there are things that
they should always bear in mind. Some of these things are:
One: Being contented with Allaah and His decree; believing that whatever the
Ummah attained and whatever it misses have all been predestined, that bravery,
valour and victory cannot come except with affliction and hardship; that ease
always come after difficulty and that no difficulty shall overcome two
blessings.
Two: This Ummah should work diligently to unite its ranks and jointly follow the
only source of its religion which is the Qur'aan and the Sunnah if it really
wants salvation. It should be resolute in rejecting the slogans of partisanship.
It should be ready to admit its mistakes and acts of negligence in their duties
towards Allaah and in its sidelining the everlasting law of Allaah in its
practical life.
Three: The Muslims should realise that mere lamentation and condemnation are
useless. We should look for a hired mourner unto whose cries and slap her own
cheek so that the world can know how great our calamities are neither do we need
to cry for crying does not bring the dead back to life. Work, sincerity and
following the Sunnah of Allaah's Messenger are rather the key to success. Allaah
says,
"And say, 'Do [as you will], for Allaah will see your
deeds, [so will] His Messenger and the believers."
(At-Tawbah 9:105)
Four: The Muslims need to seek for the reward of their patience from Allaah.
They need to know that they will be rewarded if they are patient and
hardworking. The Messenger of Allaah said, "Allaah will write for a Muslim for
each hardship or discomfort that he suffers –even for a thorn that injured him."
(Muslim)
It is a consciousness such as this like that brings about the much-needed
bravery, valour and submission to the decrees of Allaah. It is also helps to
realise that glory belongs to Allaah alone. Allaah says,
"Those to whom people [i.e. hypocrite] said, 'Indeed,
the people had gathered against you, so fear them. But it [merely] increased
them in faith, and they said, 'Sufficient for us is Allaah, and [He is] the Best
Disposer of affairs. So they returned with favour from Allaah and bounty, no
harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allaah and Allaah is
the Possessor of great bounty."
(Aal-'Imraan 3:173-174)
It is through this consciousness that those who fervently defend their religion
voice their opposition against the powers of evil and injustice telling them,
"Say, 'Never will we be struck except by what Allaah
has decreed for us; He is our Protector.' And upon Allaah let the believers
rely."
(At-Tawbah 9:51)
And telling them,
"Say, 'Do you await for us except one of the two best things [martyrdom or
victory?"
They will say this because of their conviction that what is with Allaah is
better for them, as opposing the enemies of Islaam who are the powers of evil
and injustice. If these powers of evil gain victory against the Muslims or
defeated by the Muslims, they are still in-between two punishments: that of this
world and that of the Hereafter. Allaah says that the believers will tell them,
"While we await for you that Allaah will affect you
with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with
you, are waiting."
(At-Tawbah 9:52)
The way of making war victories and defeats in turns is an inevitable divine
way. Allaah says,
"If a wound should touch you – there has already
touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying
conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allaah may make evident those
who believe and [may] take to Himself among you martyrs – and Allaah does not
like the wrong-doers – and that Allaah may purify the believers [through trials]
and destroy the disbelievers."
(Aal 'Imraan 3:140-141)
Taking some Muslims as martyrs is a blessing from Allaah, for it is not a loss.
It is rather an honour. That is why 'Umar answered Aboo Sufyaan –before he
embraced Islaam– when he told him during the battle of Uhud, 'This is
reciprocation for the day of Badr. Wars are won in turns.' 'Umar replied him,
'They are not equal, for our martyrs will be in Paradise and your dead will be
in Hell."
Five: The Muslims should understand it very well that the criminals think alike
and that the policy of Pharaoh is rekindled between now and then and that the
disbelievers and the transgressors, however much they claim to be advocates of
reform and freedom, are in actual sense, causers of destruction. They work for
their personal interests and their bestial lusts. Allaah describes them so when
He says,
"Indeed, those who disbelieve – it is all the same for
them whether you warn them or do not warn them – they will not believe."
(Al-Baqarah 2:6)
Until He says,
"And when it said to them, 'Do not cause corruption on
the earth', they say, 'we are but reformers.' Unquestionably, it is they who are
corrupters, but they perceive [it] not."
(Al-Baqarah 11-12)
Dear Muslims! The reality testifies to this. We are therefore asking: where is
the freedom that the powers that be claim that it was bringing to Iraq and
occupied Palestine? What kind of prosperity that they want the people of Iraq
and Palestine to derive from bombers and artillery fires? What kind of happy
life they claim to bring to these people that will only be achieved upon the
ruins of their lives, properties and on the ruins of their mosques?
What we are very sure of is that the natural human reason has not yet turned
upside to a point where destruction is called reform, where murder is called
giving life, where anarchy is called order and where injustice is called
justice. All wise people agree that this is the mentality of Pharaoh which
Allaah speaks about is His Book where He says,
"Pharaoh said, 'I do not show except what I see, and I
do not guide you except to the way of right conduct.'"
(Ghaafir 40:29)
Is it then logical that killing four people is a crime and killing an entire
nation is not significant? Is it logical to question the will of nations and
international community when they condemn the killing of armless people and
occupying their land and killing children and old people? Is it reasonable to
use veto against condemning these atrocious acts? Where are the so-called human
rights? Where is the freedom unto which these fellows call? Should talks about
rights, compassion and justice be made in supporting the lovers of dogs and
other domestic animals alone? Are dogs more important than a toddler or more
important than the entire Muslim world?
The matter has reached a situation whereby it is only the fool who attempt to
achieve his rights through the so-called international justice or mercy and it
is only the miserable one who begs these unfair and brute powers for his rights
and beseeches them with tears. The matter has reached a point where these unjust
and oppressive powers mention nothing about justice and human rights except if
they talk with their rivals in military strength. But all of them in their
perverted mentality regard those who are expelled from their lands as terrorists
who have no right and they regard the thief who usurped other people's land and
rights as the real landowner that should be respected. Had there remained in
their hearts an atom weight of mercy and justice, they would not have treated
the dispossessed as the usurper.
Dear Muslims! In the light of the above, the deluded ones should be convinced
that they could never recover their usurped rights through with the support of
these evil powers for it was they who caused the loss of those rights in the
first place. These powers are the real obstacles to recovering those rights, and
this is where the disaster lies. Allaah says,
"Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the
disbelievers throughout the land. [It is but] a small enjoyment; then their
[final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place."
(Aal 'Imraan 3:196-197)
Fellow Muslims! Know that Allaah has decreed that glory, honour and prevalence.
The Muslims are those who shall prevail by the virtue of their religion and
values even if they are temporarily defeated militarily or subdued by occupying
forces. Allaah says,
"So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be
superior if you are [true] believers."
(Aal 'Imraan 3:139)
When Aboo Sufyaan said on the day of Uhud, "Ubal** is exalted." The Messenger of Allaah said to his companions, "Won’t you reply him?" The companions said, "What
shall we say?" He said, "Say, 'Allaah is Most Great and Most Exalted.'" Aboo
Sufyaan then said, "We have Al-'Uzza and you have none." The Messenger of Allaah
said, "Won’t you reply him?" The companions said, "What shall we say?" He said,
"Say, 'Allaah is our Lord and Helper and you have no helper.'"
By the grace of Allaah, the victory shall come to the nation of Islaam even if
it is late because of a divine wisdom that necessitates so, for Allaah's promise
shall inevitably come to pass. Allaah says,
"And Our word [i.e. decree] has already preceded for
our servants, the Messengers, [that] indeed, they would be those given victory
and [that] indeed, our soldiers [i.e. the believers] will be those who
overcome."
(As-Saaffaat 37:171-173)
Dear brethren! Our only responsibility is to fulfil the requirements of Allaah's
victory, for people that know none but Allaah can never be overcome by those who
do not know Allaah, and people who know nothing but truth can never be defeated
by those who know nothing but falsehood. Allaah says,
"Indeed, the ones who oppose Allaah and His Messenger –
those will be among the most humbled. Allaah has written [i.e. decreed], 'I will
surely overcome I and My Messengers.' Indeed, Allaah is Powerful and Exalted in
might."
(Al-Mujaadilah 58:20-21)
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** This is one of the idols that the Quraysh used to worship in pre-Islaamic era.
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