Asiya-sparkles
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Salam alaikom wa Rachman t'ullah wa burrahktoh
Dear brothers and sisters, I read an excerpt of a book yesterday which was very informative, however, there was a paragraph which caused me deep concern and I would like to qualify this:
The Muslim should regard the kuffaar as enemies and hate them because of their kufr, just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself. He should oppose this falsehood and its followers by speaking out clearly, and by calling them to the truth. He should explain to them their misguided state, and show them the truth, explaining it to them clearly and confidently. Even though we hate the disbelievers, we want them to be guided and we hope that they will be.
Instead, we should view those around us in this way inshAllah:
As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim
No that is not the right attitude to have; this is more accurate:
It is impossible for a true believer to love a kafir: "You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having love for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger" (Qur'an 58-21). With this said, we do love goodness for them. There is a clear difference between loving them and loving goodness for them. If you say you love them then you are claiming that you love their essence (thaat) that you interact with in front of you, yet the believer doesn't love any essence except the essence of Allah (Thaatul-llah), the Mighty and Majestic. If you love the good qualities in them while desiring that the possessor of these qualities is saved from the fire, and uses them in the service of Allah, while looking at them with the eye of mercy and the eye of desiring salvation for them, because you know that this pleases Allah, then in this case you have understood how to interact with them.
So we view all the kuffar as being, firstly, the creation of Allah. And as Muslims, we love Allah's creation. Therefore, we do not love the kafir, rather, we love Allah's creation. We view them as being a means for our spiritual transaction with Allah; a means for our drawing nearer to Allah. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "For Allah to guide one person (to Islam) through you is greater than the whole world and all that is in it."
Hence, through this balance do we interact with them upon the foundation of having mercy for them, compassion for them, and a desire to try to save them from the fire. This is the only way we should view our interaction with them. We do not esteem the influential one amongst them because he can benefit us in our da'wah (as a kafir), nor are we generous with the needy amongst them because we love them in themselves, rather, we deal with the influential, the poor, the sick, and the young amongst them with mercy, and through mercy, because this is the way that Allah loves.
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=799&CATE=3
If you fill your heart with hate how will you spread love for the sake of Allah? There are many verses in the Quran which remind us of kind and equitable treatment and of the best treatment for our mothers...even if they are not muslim. Please be careful what you learn.
May Allah keep us and guide us all. Ameen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I read an excerpt of a book yesterday which was very informative, however, there was a paragraph which caused me deep concern and I would like to qualify this:
The Muslim should regard the kuffaar as enemies and hate them because of their kufr, just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself. He should oppose this falsehood and its followers by speaking out clearly, and by calling them to the truth. He should explain to them their misguided state, and show them the truth, explaining it to them clearly and confidently. Even though we hate the disbelievers, we want them to be guided and we hope that they will be.
Instead, we should view those around us in this way inshAllah:
As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim
No that is not the right attitude to have; this is more accurate:
It is impossible for a true believer to love a kafir: "You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having love for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger" (Qur'an 58-21). With this said, we do love goodness for them. There is a clear difference between loving them and loving goodness for them. If you say you love them then you are claiming that you love their essence (thaat) that you interact with in front of you, yet the believer doesn't love any essence except the essence of Allah (Thaatul-llah), the Mighty and Majestic. If you love the good qualities in them while desiring that the possessor of these qualities is saved from the fire, and uses them in the service of Allah, while looking at them with the eye of mercy and the eye of desiring salvation for them, because you know that this pleases Allah, then in this case you have understood how to interact with them.
So we view all the kuffar as being, firstly, the creation of Allah. And as Muslims, we love Allah's creation. Therefore, we do not love the kafir, rather, we love Allah's creation. We view them as being a means for our spiritual transaction with Allah; a means for our drawing nearer to Allah. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "For Allah to guide one person (to Islam) through you is greater than the whole world and all that is in it."
Hence, through this balance do we interact with them upon the foundation of having mercy for them, compassion for them, and a desire to try to save them from the fire. This is the only way we should view our interaction with them. We do not esteem the influential one amongst them because he can benefit us in our da'wah (as a kafir), nor are we generous with the needy amongst them because we love them in themselves, rather, we deal with the influential, the poor, the sick, and the young amongst them with mercy, and through mercy, because this is the way that Allah loves.
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=799&CATE=3
If you fill your heart with hate how will you spread love for the sake of Allah? There are many verses in the Quran which remind us of kind and equitable treatment and of the best treatment for our mothers...even if they are not muslim. Please be careful what you learn.
May Allah keep us and guide us all. Ameen.
