The Ways to Achieve Unity

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The Ways to Achieve Unity

- - AUTHOR:
-> Shaikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan

- - SOURCE:
-> Al-Ajwibat-ul-Mufeedah 'an
As'ilat-il-Manaahij-il-Jadeedah
(pg. 130-131) [2nd Edition]




Question:

What are the means and ways of achieving unity?

Answer:

The means of achieving unity are:


First:

Correcting one’s Creed, such that it becomes purified
from Shirk.

Allah says:

“Verily this nation of yours is one (unified) nation,
and I am your Lord, so be dutiful to Me.”

[Surah Al-Mu’minoon: 52]

This is since it is only the correct creed that will
unite the hearts and vanquish the malice, as opposed
to their being various beliefs and several deities,
for each adherent of a creed will incline towards his
own creed and deity, whilst holding that which others
are upon to be falsehood.

This is why Allah says:

“Are many different lords (i.e. gods) better or Allah,
the One, the Irresistible.”

[Surah Yoosuf: 39]

This is why in the Days of Ignorance, the Arabs were
divided and suppressed in the earth. But when they entered
into Islam and their creed (beliefs) became rectified,
they united their ranks and unified their rule.




Second:

Hearing and Obeying the Muslim Rulers,
which is why the Prophet said:

“I counsel you to have Taqwaa (fear/obedience)
of Allah, and to hear and obey (the rulers) even if an
Abyssinian slave assumes leadership over you.
For indeed, whoever lives (long) among you will see
great differing… ”

The reason for this is because disobeying the Muslim ruler
results in differing.




Third:

Returning back to the Book and the Sunnah
to quell disputes and end differing.

Allah says:

“So if you differ in some matter, then return it back
to Allah and His Messenger, if you truly believe in
Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more suitable
for final determination.”

[Surah An-Nisaa: 59]

So one should not turn back to the opinions and traditions
of men.



Fourth:

Rectifying and reconciling, when disputes occur,
between individuals or between nations.

Allah says:

“So fear Allaah and rectify all matters of
dispute amongst you.”

[Surah Al-Anfaal: 1]



Fifth:

Fighting the transgressors and Khawaarij who
seek to split the Muslim’s unity. If they are strong
and powerful, they will demolish the Muslim society
and corrupt the Ummah.

Allah says:

“But if one of them transgresses against the
other, then fight against the one that transgresses.”

[Surah Al-Hujuraat: 9]

This is why the Commander of the Believers,
‘Alee bin Abee Taalib, may Allah be pleased with him,
fought against the transgressors and the Khawaarij.
And this was considered one of the greatest of his virtues.


Published: June 11, 2004 | Modified: June 11, 2004

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* Bint Haji Yusof:

Therefore, in other to
bring Muslims together,

~* we should accept each other as we are,
~* be gentle in cricticism
~* and generous in appreciation,
~* love each other
~* and speak good of each other as much
as possible to each other's faces and behind
their backs.

Finally, we must ask ourselves,

~* how far we are willing to
go to bring Muslims together,
~* sacrificing the glory ofself,
race, ethnic background, language,
nationality, culture, etc.

For the glory of GOD, THE ALMIGHTY.

Verily, ALLAH S.W.T. knows best.

Wassalam w.b.t.

Just a humble servant of ALLAH,
Bint Haji Yusof
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
27 Dhul Qadah 1426H.


p/s: an article on "The Majority is not a Proof
that something is Correct" by Shaikh
Saalih Al-Fawzaan at the main blog.
Do feel free to read it, you are mostly welcome filLah.
InsyaALLAH, barakalLahulakum!

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Points of Benefit From al-Fawaa`id of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

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ONE:

How can anyone who has common sense trade Paradise and what is in it for the pleasure of one hour?



TWO:

When you fear the creation, you feel repelled by it and run away from it, but when you fear the Creator, you feel close to Him and run towards Him.



THREE:

If knowledge without action were of benefit, why did Allah condemn the scholars of the People of the Book? and if action without sincerity were of benefit, why did He condemn the hypocrites?



FOUR:

Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.



FIVE:

When a decreed matter occurs to Allah's a'bd (slave), which he dislikes, then he should have six perspectives about it-->

->First: The Perspective of Tawheed:

And that Allah is the One who decreed it and willed it and created it. And whatever Allaah wills comes to pass, and whatever He doesn't will doesn't come to pass

->Second: The Perspective of Fairness:

And that He ruled this event to occur in the past and that there is fairness in His Divine ordainment.

->Third: The Perspective of Mercy:

And that the person's mercy with regard to this thing that was decreed supercedes his anger and vengeance

->Fourth: The Perspective of Wisdom:

And that it was Allah's infinite Wisdom that brought that about. He did not decree it in vain nor did He divinely execute it for no purpose

->Fifth: The Perspective of Praise:

And that to Allaah belongs the complete and entire praise for that thing that was decreed from every angle of it.

->Sixth: The Perspective of Worship to Allaah ('Ubudiyyah):

And that he is a pure worshipper of Allah from every standpoint. His Master's Rulings and Decrees occur to him by virtue of his being Allah's possession and slave. So Allah administers him under His decreed rulings just as He administers him under His religious rulings. So it (i.e. the decreed event) becomes a place for these rulings to occur to him.



SIX:

Little success (from Allah), bad views, unawareness of the truth, corruption of the heart, laziness in making dhikr, wasting time, distaste for the creation, estrangement between the servant and his Lord, the prevention of the supplication from being answered, hardening of the heart, the termination of blessing from ones provision and lifespan, the prevention of knowledge, being covered in debasement, humiliation at the hands of the enemy, constricting of the chest, prolonged grief and sorrow, a wretched life of poverty, and a gloomy state of being are all produced from sins and neglecting to remember Allaah just as crops are produced from water and burning from fire. And the opposites of these things are produced from obedience to Allaah.



SEVEN:

If your mind would free itself from the governorship of your desires, the state would return back to it.



EIGHT:

You have entered into the abode of desires, so you have put your life at stake.



NINE:

It was once to said to one devout worshipper of Allah: "Until when will you continue to exhaust your soul?" So he responded: "It is its relaxation that I seek."



TEN:

The women of this world were made beautiful to those who can see in order to test which of them prefers them over the women of the Hereafter. So whoever knows the extent of differences, he will choose what deserves to be chosen.






Source: Abridged by Shaikh Hussain al-Awaa`ishah Faid-ur-Rahmaan fee Al-Fawaaâid-il-Hisaan (No.1, pg.30-32)





*Bint Haji Yusof-> alhamdulilLAH, cited from http://www.spubs.com/sps/sp.cfm subsecID=TZK05&articleID=TZK050014&articlePages=1. Verily, ALLAH S.W.T. Knows BEST! Wassalamu'alaikum warahmatulLahi wabarakatuh.

Wednesday, 21st December 2005 M * الاربعاء 20 ذو القعدة 1426 هـ *

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatulLahi
Wabarakatuh.




Poem by Abu Hanifa:

Whoever strives for knowledge
for the life to come obtains
great gain in righteousness.

But he is in utter loss
who seeks [knowledge] to obtain
an advantage over people!

Poem by an unnamed author:

An immoral man of learning
is a great evil;

Yet a greater evil is
an ignoramus leading a godly life.

Both are a great trial everywhere
to whomever clings to his religion.

Source:
Bro.Ahmed UK

Bint Haji Yusof:
“O my LORD! Advanced me in knowledge.”
(Surah Ta’ha, 20:114)

7 Dzul Qaedah 1426H - Friday
Downtown, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.