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Bismillaah.
Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Indeed, all praise and thanks be to Allaah, Lord of the worlds. We seek His help Aid and we seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of our souls and from the evil of our actions. Whosoever Allaah guides, then there is no one to misguide him and whomsoever Allaah leaves to go astray, then there is no one to guide him.
I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped except Allaah, alone, without any partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
To Proceed;
On Wednesday, the 22nd of Safar, 1422, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) was asked the following question regarding the following saying of Salmaan al-’Awdah, “Eminent Shaykh, some of them say, “The banners which are raised in the length and width of the Islaamic world are but secular banners" (Taken from Salmaan al-’Awdah’s well known cassette ‘Yaa liJiraahaatil-Muslimeen’). What is the ruling regarding this saying?”
Shaykh Saalih (hafidhahullaah) said, “This saying is falsehood, passing general rulings upon people that they are disbelievers and secularists. That is mass Takfeer, and Allaah’s refuge is sought. Amongst the people are the believers, and amongst them are the disbelievers, and amongst them are the munaafiqoon (hypocrites), so we do not make generalized rulings upon them.
That’s absolutely not permissible, to generalize kufr upon the people hence it be said, All of the people are Muslims. That is not true. Or that it be said; all of the people are disbelievers. That’s not true. Or that it be said; all of the people are munaafiqoon. That is futile speech. Rather, we say: amongst the Muslims are truthful ones, and amongst them are hypocrites, and amongst them are disbelievers. (Taken from his Sharh of Kitaabut-Tawheed (22/02/1422)
Stated Sayyid Qutb, “The Ummah (of Islaam) has ceased to be in existence (ghaabat al-Ummah) and has not been perceivable for a very long time.” (Ma’aalim fit-Tareeq p.8, 17th edition, 1991)
A Cassette Lecture was given entitled “Al-Ummah al-Ghaa’ibah” (The Absent Ummah) by Salman Awdah propounding the same concepts and being based upon the above quote from Sayyid Qutb. [Note Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan considers the use of this term to be Takfir of the whole Ummah – which is actually the intent of Sayyid Qutb. Refer to al-Ajwibah al-Mufeedah]
Shaykh Saleh al-Fawzaan was asked: What do you say about the one who applies the term "the Absent Ummah" to the contemporary Islamic Ummah?
The Answer: The saying that the Muslim Ummah is absent, then the takfir of all of the Islamic nations is necessitated from it, since its meaning is that there is no Islamic state, and this is in opposition to the saying of the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), "There will never cease to be a group from my Ummah upon the truth, uppermost. They will not be harmed by those who desert them or those who oppose them, until the affair of Allaah - the Blessed and Exalted - arrives, and they are in this state."
So regardless of how much the misguidance, and differing, and disbelief might occur, then this safe and secure group will always remain.
Hence, there is no such thing as the absence of the Islamic Ummah, and all praise is due to Allaah, and nor is it a required condition for this Islamic Society, or this Aided Group that it is devoid of sins, since sins were found in the time of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), and also in the time of his Khulafaa, however, they were faced and were rejected." (al-Ajwibah al-Mufeedah p. 151).
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To say the whole Muslim Ummah is sleeping is wrong, reason being who said this statement is correct in the first place, and what gives us the lay muslims to make such Big Heavy statement upon the whole ummah like this? Allaahul Must'aan.
Did not Allaah, the most High send the whole of mankind a blessed messenger as a mercy say the following:
''There will not cease to be a group from my nation who will be victorious until the Order of Allaah comes and they are victorious''.
[Narrated by Bukhaaree]
Similar to it has been narrated by Muslim from Thawbaan and it is:
''They will not be harmed by those who abandon them until the Order of Allaah comes and they are on it''.
And Imam Ahmad has narrated from Qurrah Al-Muznee with the wording:
''There will never cease to be a group from my nation who are aided. They will not be harmed by those who abandon them, until the establishment of the Hour.''
The description of the sect being saved is taken from the saying of the Messenger in the hadeeth of the splitting of this ummah (nation) into 73 sects: ''All of them (the sects) are in the fire except one''.
So how can the ummah be sleeping?
"Nothing will benefit the Ummah to come except that which benefited the early Ummah."
The Deen of Allaah, is not run by our emotions. Rather it is run by the law of Allaah and the guidance of the Prophet . We can not run around with our emotions everywhere and forget to return back to the Qur'aan and Sunnah at times when we are being tested. So when we see the fitnah that has befallen the Ummah today we can not point our fingers in all directions and say this ummah needs to wake up, how so? The ummah is not sleeping. We forget to look at the real problem that is right in front of us.
As Dr Saleh As-Saleh (rahimahullah) student of the Great Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) who said in his article the The Inverted Priorities: "Corrupt creeds, lying, cheating, injustice, innovations, lowly desires, attachment to this life, ignorance, mysticism, grave worship, bigoted blind following, and so forth… and we boast saying ''Our Main Problem is Our Leaders....!!!! Is this the case?''
Then he (rahimahullah) quoted the following verse:
Verily! Allaah will not change the good (or bad condition) of a people as long as they don’t change their state of goodness (or sins and wrong doings etc) themselves. [13:11]. For more depth of this article please go to www.understand-islam.net
Dear Brothers and Sisters those who say this ummah is sleeping need to wake up themselves and realize the reality and that is - running behind emotions and saying things way out of context is a big mistake and they should be careful of this. We all need to Learn our Deen first (correctly) and apply it to our lives and only then the help of Allaah will come, in sha Allaah.
I'm sorry i do not mean to offend anyone by this post and i'm sorry if i have, but i just want to make this point clear that this statment > the ummah is sleeping or needs to wake up < is Wrong. May Allaah forgive me if i have said anything wrong, aameen.
May Allaah, the most Merciful, guide us all to the truth and make us hold to it and may He, the most High and Majestic, save us all from fitan and guide us (ruled and rulers) to His path, aameen.
was-salaam.
Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Indeed, all praise and thanks be to Allaah, Lord of the worlds. We seek His help Aid and we seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of our souls and from the evil of our actions. Whosoever Allaah guides, then there is no one to misguide him and whomsoever Allaah leaves to go astray, then there is no one to guide him.
I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped except Allaah, alone, without any partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
To Proceed;
On Wednesday, the 22nd of Safar, 1422, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) was asked the following question regarding the following saying of Salmaan al-’Awdah, “Eminent Shaykh, some of them say, “The banners which are raised in the length and width of the Islaamic world are but secular banners" (Taken from Salmaan al-’Awdah’s well known cassette ‘Yaa liJiraahaatil-Muslimeen’). What is the ruling regarding this saying?”
Shaykh Saalih (hafidhahullaah) said, “This saying is falsehood, passing general rulings upon people that they are disbelievers and secularists. That is mass Takfeer, and Allaah’s refuge is sought. Amongst the people are the believers, and amongst them are the disbelievers, and amongst them are the munaafiqoon (hypocrites), so we do not make generalized rulings upon them.
That’s absolutely not permissible, to generalize kufr upon the people hence it be said, All of the people are Muslims. That is not true. Or that it be said; all of the people are disbelievers. That’s not true. Or that it be said; all of the people are munaafiqoon. That is futile speech. Rather, we say: amongst the Muslims are truthful ones, and amongst them are hypocrites, and amongst them are disbelievers. (Taken from his Sharh of Kitaabut-Tawheed (22/02/1422)
Stated Sayyid Qutb, “The Ummah (of Islaam) has ceased to be in existence (ghaabat al-Ummah) and has not been perceivable for a very long time.” (Ma’aalim fit-Tareeq p.8, 17th edition, 1991)
A Cassette Lecture was given entitled “Al-Ummah al-Ghaa’ibah” (The Absent Ummah) by Salman Awdah propounding the same concepts and being based upon the above quote from Sayyid Qutb. [Note Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan considers the use of this term to be Takfir of the whole Ummah – which is actually the intent of Sayyid Qutb. Refer to al-Ajwibah al-Mufeedah]
Shaykh Saleh al-Fawzaan was asked: What do you say about the one who applies the term "the Absent Ummah" to the contemporary Islamic Ummah?
The Answer: The saying that the Muslim Ummah is absent, then the takfir of all of the Islamic nations is necessitated from it, since its meaning is that there is no Islamic state, and this is in opposition to the saying of the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), "There will never cease to be a group from my Ummah upon the truth, uppermost. They will not be harmed by those who desert them or those who oppose them, until the affair of Allaah - the Blessed and Exalted - arrives, and they are in this state."
So regardless of how much the misguidance, and differing, and disbelief might occur, then this safe and secure group will always remain.
Hence, there is no such thing as the absence of the Islamic Ummah, and all praise is due to Allaah, and nor is it a required condition for this Islamic Society, or this Aided Group that it is devoid of sins, since sins were found in the time of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), and also in the time of his Khulafaa, however, they were faced and were rejected." (al-Ajwibah al-Mufeedah p. 151).
[url deleted]
To say the whole Muslim Ummah is sleeping is wrong, reason being who said this statement is correct in the first place, and what gives us the lay muslims to make such Big Heavy statement upon the whole ummah like this? Allaahul Must'aan.
Did not Allaah, the most High send the whole of mankind a blessed messenger as a mercy say the following:
''There will not cease to be a group from my nation who will be victorious until the Order of Allaah comes and they are victorious''.
[Narrated by Bukhaaree]
Similar to it has been narrated by Muslim from Thawbaan and it is:
''They will not be harmed by those who abandon them until the Order of Allaah comes and they are on it''.
And Imam Ahmad has narrated from Qurrah Al-Muznee with the wording:
''There will never cease to be a group from my nation who are aided. They will not be harmed by those who abandon them, until the establishment of the Hour.''
The description of the sect being saved is taken from the saying of the Messenger in the hadeeth of the splitting of this ummah (nation) into 73 sects: ''All of them (the sects) are in the fire except one''.
So how can the ummah be sleeping?
"Nothing will benefit the Ummah to come except that which benefited the early Ummah."
The Deen of Allaah, is not run by our emotions. Rather it is run by the law of Allaah and the guidance of the Prophet . We can not run around with our emotions everywhere and forget to return back to the Qur'aan and Sunnah at times when we are being tested. So when we see the fitnah that has befallen the Ummah today we can not point our fingers in all directions and say this ummah needs to wake up, how so? The ummah is not sleeping. We forget to look at the real problem that is right in front of us.
As Dr Saleh As-Saleh (rahimahullah) student of the Great Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) who said in his article the The Inverted Priorities: "Corrupt creeds, lying, cheating, injustice, innovations, lowly desires, attachment to this life, ignorance, mysticism, grave worship, bigoted blind following, and so forth… and we boast saying ''Our Main Problem is Our Leaders....!!!! Is this the case?''
Then he (rahimahullah) quoted the following verse:
Verily! Allaah will not change the good (or bad condition) of a people as long as they don’t change their state of goodness (or sins and wrong doings etc) themselves. [13:11]. For more depth of this article please go to www.understand-islam.net
Dear Brothers and Sisters those who say this ummah is sleeping need to wake up themselves and realize the reality and that is - running behind emotions and saying things way out of context is a big mistake and they should be careful of this. We all need to Learn our Deen first (correctly) and apply it to our lives and only then the help of Allaah will come, in sha Allaah.
I'm sorry i do not mean to offend anyone by this post and i'm sorry if i have, but i just want to make this point clear that this statment > the ummah is sleeping or needs to wake up < is Wrong. May Allaah forgive me if i have said anything wrong, aameen.
May Allaah, the most Merciful, guide us all to the truth and make us hold to it and may He, the most High and Majestic, save us all from fitan and guide us (ruled and rulers) to His path, aameen.
was-salaam.