Month: March 2013

Elite

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In the name of Allah..  This post is personal. Apology if I offended anyone.

I was telling a friend that I am no fan of “big hijab sisters”. They seem unapproachable, and elite. You know, like a flock of birds flying together. Whilst I, more of a polar bear, who survive alone. A friend questioned my statement, in which I answered, “they didn’t really contribute to my understanding of the deen”.

When I first did my hijrah, I went to the mesjid at local university a lot in between classes. I bumped into the “big hijab crowd” a lot. Aside from the occasional smile and salams,  no one ever ask me to join all those “religious activities” they had. I was lost, I didn’t really know a lot about the deen, so I was looking for friends to help me. When a sister finally asked me to attend one of their activities, I happily joined in. I talked about wanting to learn more about aqeedah, explaining about tawheed rububiyyah, uluhiyyah and asma wa sifaat. The replies were “oooh.” “aaah.” “ookay”. That was the first and the last time I was invited to join to any activities.

I asked a sister, what do they learnt from the various “religious activities” they attended at the mesjid. The answer I received was “self reflect, fun activities, performances”. I asked a friend the same thing as she attended such activities too, prior to her following the manhaj. She answered “we learnt qaseedah, how to use darbuk and lectures which lack AQ and AS evidences”.

Deep in my heart, I am glad that I was a polar bear. That during those time, I sticked to gaining my knowledge of the deen from videos of Abu Mussab Wajdi. Now that I wear khimar too, I still do not have “big hijab crowd”. I have few friends who wear big hijab, but we rarely see each others. I still have friends who are in various stages of hijab…  This remind me from a lecture by Ustadz Badrussalam. “we have sisters who wear niqab, only with their own kind.. not mixing with sisters who just started wearing hijab. The more ilm we have, it should make us more tawaddhu’. It shouldn’t make us feel superior”.

I am not accusing the “big hijab crowd” of being mean and bad. I love my sisters in Islam for the sake of Allaah Azza Wa Jal. But, ask ourselves this, what have we done for the deen? It is time for us to reflect. Instead of embracing the sisters who are struggling, we have been pushing them away!! It is time to change our ways and approach…

Note : I still disagree with the whole qaseedah, nasheed, and discussing the meaning of ayah from the Al Quraan with your own head, without referring the tafseer of the ulama…

May Allah protect us from misguidance and guide us to jannah. 🙂 🙂

Another visit : Boycott?

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I seem to have response for my post on boycott in 2011. Mind you, this was done when I did not have ilm on the issue of boycott. I didn’t even remember of that post until recent comment from a reader. I apologise for the harshness in that post, which shows my lack of knowledge.

Last Ramadhan, alhamdulillah, I managed to find myself the views of scholars, and fatwaas on boycott. Seeing this as a very sensitive subject, please read it with an open mind. Respect those who choose either sides. You do not have to condemn each others.  May this be beneficial to you. InsyaAllah. 🙂 🙂

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

The basic principle is that it is permissible to interact and do business, buying and selling, with the Jews and others, because it is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions interacted with the Jews of Madeenah, buying and selling, lending and putting items in pledge, and other kinds of interactions that are permissible according to our religion. The Jews with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) interacted were people with whom the Muslims had a treaty; those who broke the treaty were either killed or expelled, or were left alone if that served some interest.

But there is evidence which indicates that it is permissible to buy and sell with kuffaar who are in a state of war against the Muslims.

Imam al-Bukhaari (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Chapter: Buying and selling with the mushrikeen and people who are at war with Islam.

Then he narrated (2216) that ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Abi Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) then a mushrik man came with some sheep that he was driving. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Are they for sale or a gift?” He said: “For sale.” So he bought a sheep from him.

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Sharh Saheeh Muslim (11/14):

The Muslims are unanimously agreed that it is permissible to interact with ahl al-dhimmah (non-Muslims living under Muslim rule) and other kuffaar, so long as the object of the transaction is not haraam, but it is not permissible for a Muslim to sell weapons or tools of war to those who are waging war against the Muslims, or anything that helps them to support their religion.

Ibn Battaal said: dealing with the kuffaar is permissible, except for selling things to those who are at war with the Muslims that may help them against the Muslims.

It was narrated in al-Majmoo’ (9/432) that there is scholarly consensus that it is forbidden to sell weapons to people who are waging war against Muslims.

The reason for that is obvious, which is that these weapons will be used to fight the Muslims.

Secondly:

There is no doubt that it is prescribed to engage in jihad against the enemies of Allaah, Jews and others, with our lives and our wealth. That includes every means that will weaken their economy and cause them harm. Money is the lifeblood of wars ancient and modern.

The Muslims in general should cooperate in righteousness and piety and help the Muslims in all places in ways that will lead them to prevail and strengthen them and enable them to manifest the symbols of religion, to practise the teachings of Islam and to implement the rulings of sharee’ah and carry out hudood punishments, and whatever will lead to their victory over the kuffaar, Jews, Christians and others. They should strive their hardest in jihad against the enemies of Allaah with all the means at their disposal. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Strive against the mushrikeen with your wealth, your lives and your tongues (speech).” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2504; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

The Muslims have to help the mujaahideen as much as they can, and do everything that will strengthen Islam and the Muslims. They must also strive against the kuffaar in whatever ways they can, and do everything they can to weaken the kuffaar and the enemies of Islam. They should not employ them as workers such as typists, accountants, engineers or servants in any kind of service that gives them more power to collect the wealth of the Muslims and use it against them.

Conclusion:

The one who boycotts the products of the kuffaar who are waging war against Islam, intending thereby to make manifest the fact that he does not like or support them, and to weaken their economy, will be rewarded in sha Allah for this good intention.

Whoever deals with them on the basis of the principle that it is permissible to deal with the kuffaar – especially buying things that he needs – there is no sin on him, in sha Allaah, and that does not affect the principle of al-wala’ wa’l-bara’ (loyalty and friendship vs. disavowal and enmity) in Islam.

The Standing Committee was asked: What is the ruling on Muslims not cooperating with and not wanting to buy from Muslims, and preferring to buy from the kuffaar; is this permissible or forbidden?

They replied:

The basic principle is that it is permissible for the Muslim to buy whatever he needs of things that Allaah has permitted from both Muslims and kaafirs. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) bought from the Jews, but if a Muslim turns away from dealing with his fellow Muslim for no good reason – such as deceit or high prices or bad products – and he prefer to buys from kaafirs with no reason, that is haraam, because it implies that one is befriending the kuffaar, approving of them and liking them, and because it involves reducing the Muslims’ business and preventing them from selling their goods, if the Muslim takes that as his habit. But if there is a reason for that, such as those mentioned above, then he should advise his Muslim brother to give up these faults. If he accepts the advice, then praise be to Allaah, otherwise he should go to someone else, even if he is a kaafir, if he is honest and decent in his dealings.

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 13/18

And Allaah knows best.

Source : http://islamqa.info/en/ref/20732

Alhamdulillah. It is clear now. InsyaAllah.

Let’s help our brothers and sisters in Islam who are being oppressed through our du’a. Performing qunoot nazilah. 🙂 🙂