Fifth Series – The Way of Thinking

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Fifth Series – The Way of Thinking

Giving considerations to the Way of Thinking during tarbiyah (development process), is amongst the issues of greatest importance in that development process, as it sets out an effective process that one should depend on especially when the development process is one of building the Islamic personality; starting out from school, going all the way through the thought development process for all of society, and reaching an end on the last day of a Muslim person’s life. And so the Islamic Way of Thinking means that a Muslim builds all his thoughts, thereby all his words and actions on the Islamic thought that is based on what Allah swt and his Messenger pbuh have commanded. As a result his opinions become in agreement with the opinions of Islam, and therefore his doings become in accordance with Islam, in particular those that relate to his relation with his god, his relation with other human beings and his relation with himself. Furthermore his opinions and doings would therefore not agree with any other thoughts not coming from Allah, such as secular thoughts, democratic thoughts or communist thoughts or their doings; nor would agree with any Kufr thoughts inviting to patriotism or nationalism, or agreeing with any thoughts that call for preceding ones interests over Allah’s commands and prohibitions; and not agreeing with any thoughts of surrendering to the current reality of violated Islamic-rules and building ones opinions, thoughts and doings on the basis of that surrender.

In reality you don’t find teachers, university professors nor their ruling masters nor even the scholars of rulers, you don’t find them building their thoughts, words, and doings on the basis of Islamic thought, despite their wide knowledge of Islam, let alone their teachings to children, adults and rest of society are all in accordance with the non-Islamic Way of Thinking, and the adoption of the non-Islamic Way of Thinking for use in the life of the individual Muslim.

We are not implying that all of them use the non-Islamic Way of Thinking intentionally, but its them having been built and brought up in this manner ever since their nursing days, which led to the running of it in their veins, and as a result no knowledge, fiqh or any Islamic literature can affect them after that anymore.

So if for example you were to ask one of them what he sees to be the solution to the Palestine problem? He would tell you that if all Arabs got together and reached unity in their words they would have been able to put pressure on Israel; or another would answer saying: why do we worry, its not our issue, may Allah be with them; or another would say: May Allah bring victory to the Palestinians so they can liberate their country from Israel and become autonomous and so the problem ends. All of these are answers that are based on the non-Islamic Way of Thinking. The Islamic Way of Thinking however says that, we are required to establish an Islamic nation, call for Jihad, and liberate all Islamic countries from the colonizing Kafir enemy, amongst which would be Jerusalem. Such an Islamic Way of Thinking is not used at all, and is not the prevailing Islamic Way of Thinking in schools and universities, nor that amongst today’s corrupt scholars, professors, nor ulama’ altarbiya nor in all of society.

And if you looked at one of them during their dealings with other Muslims, you would find him dealing proudly, from the point of nationality he is carrying, and which was something decided at the outset by the United Nations board (Saudi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, Iraqi, Syrian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali and so on). As for the Islamic Way of Thinking, which does not recognize such thought process nor recognize such national affiliations i.e. nationalities and prohibits dealing on that basis, is now almost forgotten, and has become reprehensible for whoever speaks of it or deals on the basis of it.

And if you were to reprimand one of those engaged in some of the great wrongdoings, or engaged in one of those polytheist works as we had described previously, they would have answered you saying that they have not found any other job or work to make a living from; thereby relying on a Way of Thinking that surrenders to current realities, and adopting that as his work scale and the foundations upon which to build his Way of Thinking; and thus not making the Islamic Way of Thinking the foundations upon which to build his thoughts and doings.

And you find the corrupt scholars when asked about the matters of the Ummah, or the political thinkers, or others amongst the intellectuals; you find their opinions all expressed according to a non-Islamic Way of Thinking, and based from the outset on acknowledging current political situations, and the dividing of Muslim countries, and the acknowledging of that division, and the acknowledging of the numerous rulers (as they refer to them “Guardians”), and acknowledging that every country needs to protect its borders and interests from its neighboring Muslim countries. The Islamic Way of Thinking however says that Muslims should collectively be having one sovereignty over all their countries, and their army should be one, and their resources need be of benefit to all of them, and their power to be one, and that the current division of Islamic countries into several countries is Kufr and a violation to Allah’s commands, and a surrender to the colonizing enemy; and that their ruler should be one, and their ruling system (Shar’) one, and their references one, and that the objection to their division and their affiliation to different nationalities and differing races is something that should be of a warning and needs to be rejected entirely.. this Way of Thinking you do not find grounds for in the minds of today’s corrupt scholars nor a reality for within their inner self.

It is impossible to use the Islamic Way of Thinking when its not associated with the rest of the Islamic thoughts, and furthermore impossible to be applied when not supported by a force such as that of a Sultan for adopting it as the work scale for all remedial actions, and in the management of the Muslims’ interests, and in the development and education, and in the accountability of rulers, and in making Islam prevail in the lives of all people, in economics, in the judiciary, in politics, in management and others.

Allah swt said in the meaning of surrat Al Ahzab verse 36

It is not fitting for a Believer (Mu’men), man or woman, when a matter has been decided by God and His Apostle to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys God and His Apostle, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.

Allah swt said in the meaning of surrat Al Nisa verse 65

But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.

And our beloved messenger of Allah, pbuh, said:

"None of you [truely] believes until his inclination is accordance with what I have brought”

Fourth Series – The Islamic Tarbiya and Meqyas Ala’mal (Work Scale)

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Fourth Series – The Islamic Tarbiya and Meqyas Ala’mal (Work Scale)

Tarbiya : Is the art of transferring ideas, standards and convictions into the minds of receivers, and here we mean “to be concerned with” the art of transferring Islamic ideas, and Islamic standards and convictions

Meqyas Ala’mal: Is the scale by which we measure our actions, our words and our views and opinions, and it is that which must be taught and adopted by the Islamic ummah (nation) and the generations to come.

Many people and parents rely on schools for the Islamic development of their children, throwing the burden of responsibility of their children’s development on the schools and teachers in assumption that the schools and teachers teach as the government claims a development process that conforms to Islamic guidelines and standards. Not knowing that the government in its own right has adopted educational curriculum's with the very intention of individuals and students’ non-Islamic upbringing. Because it is amongst the most severe of warnings that the current puppet governments have received of upbringing Islamic personalities that will become daggers thrust to their rulers’ flanks, and the flanks of all Colonial States, all based on the right understanding of the two Shahadas and the correct method of Ibadah (worship).

The Islamic development process that ensures the upbringing of Islamic personalities and has an effect on the behavior of Muslims leaving them disciplined to the laws and orders of the Islamic Sharia is mainly built on the following:

1. Proving the Existence of Allah swt, and the correct definition of the Creator.

2. Proving that the Quran has come from Allah and not from Messenger Muhammed pbuh

3. Proving the Prophecy of our master Muhammed pbuh

4. The concepts relating to the aqidah (the Islamic belief system) such as the concept of al-qadhâ'(Allah’s decree), al-qadar (The attributes given by Allah swt to everything created, like the burning attribute created by Allah swt in fire, and the combustibility attribute created by Allah swt in wood, and the cutting attribute in blades, and other specific attributes relating to human instincts and inclinations that have been given to people), and the concept of hidaya (the guiding of someone to the true path), the concept of rizq (earning or wealth), and the concept of end of al ajal (life-term)

5. The correct definition of the two Shahadas as we have previously covered

6. The correct definition of Shirk as we have previously covered

As for the concept of meqyas al’amal (work scale), which is directly linked to the Islamic development process, this is something that cannot or is rather impossible for a school in our current reality to teach our children or build their personalities on its basis. The reason being, one: the schools/teacher own lack of understanding of the concept; two: for the reason of the curriculum desire not to build this scale concept in the minds of children. For as per the work scale concept,a person’s mind would be built in a way where his eman (belief) would be that any work he attempts to take on has to be directly based on what Allah and his Messenger pbuh have commanded and prohibited, meaning that when a person attempts to do anything, they would first measure it on the basis of whether it gains Allah’s ridha (acceptance) or his ghadab (wrath or anger), i.e. based on whether its halal (lawful/permitted) or haram (forbidden). And as is the case, the Shariarulings and orders include alwajib (the obligatory or mandatory), almahd’oor (the banned), makruh (the detested though not haram), almandub (the commendable or recommended), and the mubah (the permissible), and therefore the development process should be based on this scale, so that the actions of a Muslim would be built and programmed on these five rulings and orders, and on no other scale such as interests (e.g. physical pleasures, prestige, throne, money), whereby these interests would precede the Sharia rulings and laws.

Fact of the matter is that neither Schools nor teachers engage in this development process of building this Islamic work-scale in the minds of the children, as that will contradict many of the thoughts and concepts that nations want to build in the minds of children, people and societies and which are very differing from those that would come through the Islamic development and upbringing; examples are those of patriotism, nationalism and loyalty to the ruler (king, president) without Allah, and the submission and slavery to the capitalist economic system, and loyalty to the non-Islamic social ideas such as exposing of the awrah (body parts that must be covered), and the ikhtilat (mixing) of men and women in private places, and the forbidden relations between a man and a woman, and all the abnormal relations, and the unjust and un-rightful treatment of women, wives, daughters and sons; and the loyalty to many ideas and concepts violating the Islamic aqidah (doctrine) and that what has been sent upon our master Muhammed pbuh from rulings and orders.

The intentions behind this Islamic-violating upbringing is to form strange personalities in the Ummah(Islamic nation) distant and far as possible from the Right Islamic Personalities whom the ummah’s reliance is on, to live in Islam, carry it, spread it and build its culture.

Allah swt said in the meaning of surrat Al Hashr verse 7

<<…So take what the Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you...>>(“what” and “which” implying inclusivity, i.e. all that)

And our beloved messenger of Allah, pbuh, said:

"None of you [truely] believes until his inclination is accordance with what I have brought”

Third Series –Al – Shirk (Polytheism

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Third Series –Al – Shirk (Polytheism)

Polytheism (Shirk) is the greatest misfortune that can befall a human being from his self doings, and it is what defines a person’s identity, his life and future identity and that of his offspring; it also defines the social identity and that of the State ruling, and dictates the destiny of all of them as has been the case for many people/nations historically. The concept of Shirk has been exposed nowadays to various types of distortions and falsification through corrupt scholars and teachers in schools, until they caused everyone to fall and end up in Shirk, and left most of them polytheists without even knowing. They have emphasized the image of Shirk to portray merely the worshiping of statues (which have not existed in the lands of Muslims ever since the coming of Messenger Muhammed pbuh) or that of touching the Messenger or his companions’ (sahaba) graves, or seeking intercession from the Messenger or the companions (sahaba) or others during prayer.

Much focus had been directed towards that understanding, (for the interest/need being served), upon which the real concept of Shirk had become neglected, but what has been more important than all this, is that the purpose, behind that distortion to the meaning of Shirk, is much greater than that, as we had mentioned previously. Nothing has compared to Shirk in the number of times it had been covered, explained, and warned from within the Quran, all to prevent people from falling into it and loosing their dunya (this life) and akhirah (afterlife).

The reason behind the distortion of its meaning has been to make people’s following of commands from rulers and sultans other than Allah a natural and normal practice that does not take them out of their millah (religion) and does not touch their aqidah (the Islamic belief system), all that to make way for accepting to follow commands and prohibitions from other than Allah and working for and being of service to them. Hence, the creation of hypnotized societies that follow the commands and prohibitions of the kafir ruler without Allah and without seeing any wrong with that; furthermore complying with their rulings and with all of their economic, social, political and security systems, and directing their efforts toward applying and servicing these not seeing anything wrong with that. By that have individuals and societies engaged in Shirk in a damning, humiliating and offensive manner, and so we ended up with polytheist societies and polytheist individuals, most of whom don’t even know it and think that their prayers in mosques or at home will suffice for achieving goodness in their deen (religion), and their work and their acceptance in front of Allah swt.

Shirk, unlike Kufr, is something a Muslim can easily fall in to, and that by simply violating the terms of the two Shahadas and what these call for, which is the absolute following of Allah’s commands and prohibitions, those that have appeared both in the Holy Quran and in the Sunnah (teachings and activities of Messenger Muhammed pbuh). So we find a simple soldier working in one of the security units following orders of spying on Muslims, or capturing Muslims who do not possess Iqamas(residence permits), or invading homes of the safe guarded, and thereby violating the commands of Allah swt and following the commands of other than Allah swt, in this case the rulers; hence has included with Allah another commander, and that is the Shirk in its preciseness.

Similarly you find ministers, and scholars of rulers, and managers and heads of different government units in the passport department, or department of visa controls, department of civil status, or even teachers at schools or faculty at universities, or workers at the chambers of commerce and industry or at the customs authority or others, violating the commands of Allah swt, and following those of other than Allah from rulers, thereby including with Allah another commander, which again is the Shirk in its preciseness; they engage in this without seeing anything wrong in it and without hesitation; and then they turn towards mosques to pray with the rest of the Muslims praying or even leading the jama’ah(group of Muslims) during prayer.

Allah swt said in the meaning of surrat Al Tawbah verse 3

And an announcement from God and His Messenger (Apostle), to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His Messenger (Apostle) dissolve (treaty) obligations with the disbelievers (Mushrikeen). If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot unable (or prevent) Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith (Al-kafreen).

Second Series –The Concept of Worship

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Second Series –The Concept of Worship

The Original Interpretation of the concept of worship is that worship is the following in its all-encompassing forms. Meaning that those who follow Allah’s commands and prohibitions in their entirety, confirming their validity in their own right without other commands or prohibitions from a king, ruler or president, have thereby worshiped Allah. And he who has obeyed a ruler, whether it is a king or a president (such as obeyed any of their economic, social or judicial rulings, that have not come from Allah swt, as is the case now in all of the Muslim countries), or obeyed the rulings of America, Europe or the United Nations and its decisions, such as the acceptance of the nationalities that have been imposed upon Muslims, or accepting the dividing of the Muslim countries, or accepting to enroll in working with the countries they established and imposed upon the Muslims; has therefore (either by doing or confirming verbally or by heart) directed his worship i.e. his following, to other than Allah swt, even if he prayed and fasted.

The Interpretation of the concept of worship in its origin, can absolutely not be taught in schools, even if there are sentences agreeing with the real meaning of worship, these are either taught without meaning, whereby memorized empty of meaning, and if taught in its correct form, looses its importance and value by the student, because it lacks a realistic ground to apply it on in the first place. And if the teacher or someone was to explain the application of worship i.e. the following in real life, he would thereby slander Allah and his Messenger, explaining to the students, that our country is the country that applies Allah’s rules (Sharia), and that the so called ruler is the Guardian as per the Sharia who should be obeyed and followed, even if he ruled as per Kufr, and thereby you would be directing your worship to other than Allah, in this case to the so called ruler.

In the entire Muslim countries, all schools at all levels, whether elementary or advanced, do not teach this origin of origins at all in its correct form, and its an origin of extreme importance in identifying a Muslim’s identity from others. And the reason that it is not taught, is that if worship was taught as per its correct meaning, people would have realized where to direct their worship, i.e. their following, toward, and would therefore have realized that their duty is to disbelief in the current rulers, violate and not follow them, and would therefore have seen it to be their duty to turn against them.

Therefore we find teachers confining the meaning of worship merely towards one thing, which is the prayer, the fasting, the reciting and the good manners, sadaqa (charity) and the refraining from the worshiping of statues, and similar rulings, and this of course contradicts with the meaning or concept of worship in origin and branches. So the Muslim or student is left assuming that he has embraced the characteristics of a true Muslim, and that therefore he is worshiping Allah truly; and the parents are left assuming that they have raised their children well and to the best; and the ignorant teacher is left assuming that he has been teaching his students the method of worshiping at its best, not knowing that he is deceiving them and driving them towards greater deception; so they all end up worshiping other than Allah while assuming they are worshiping him swt, Hasbun Allah wani'am al-wakil "Allah suffices us and He is the best guardian."

Allah swt said in the meaning of surrat Al Baqarah verse 177

It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces towards East or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfill the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing