Topic: Current Affairs

Islam - Only Its Name
  Qur'aan - Only Its Text

"Say (O Muhammad!) If you love then follow me (i.e Muhammad) [Qur'aan]

“There will dawn an age over people when there will remain nothing of Islam but its name and nothing of the Qura’aan but its text.” [Hadith}

Islam is the Sunnah of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and the Sunnah is Islam. Obedience to Allah Ta'ala is only via the avenue of obedience to the Rasool (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). This avenue is termed the Sunnah. In the aforementioned aayat, the Qur'aan Majeed indicates clearly that without submission to the Sunnah of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam), love for Allah Ta'ala is not possible.

The Hadith cited above has attained full materialization in this present age. In view of the almost complete abandonment of the Sunnah. there remains nothing of Islam but its name and nothing of the Qur'aan other than its text. Everyone of the millions related to the Ummah of Islam claims to be Muslim. Everyone raises the slogan of Islam and everyone recites the Qur'aan. But. most Muslims know Islam only by name and are aware of only the text of the Qur'aan. The Sunnah is viewed as an alien concept, hence modernists and deviates present a plethora of baseless and satanic arguments to denigrate and refute the Sunnah practices and Sunnah attitudes which have come down in the Ummah from Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam).

At a time when Muslim names are stinking in corruption and scandals, it is time for serious reflection …

When a Muslim loses direction and purpose in life, then all he lives for is the short-lived enjoyment of this short life. When a Muslim lives just to own and drive an expensive car like a friend of his does, when he lives just to have a fabulous house like the neighbours have, when he lives just to jetset around the world like fellow businessmen, when he lives just to have fun, entertainment, enjoyment, leisure and pleasure like others do, then he is walking on a dangerous road.

He begins to makes 'Tawaaf' of material wealth … The day he begins to think in this way, the day these become important objects in his life, when he begins to makes 'Tawaaf' of these things, that come what may, he feels he must have these things no matter how, he MUST have it. From that day onwards, the lines separating Halaal and Haraam become blurred for him! Trying to differentiate between right and wrong, honesty and corruption becomes meaningless for him because these desired and coveted things HAVE to be achieved no matter how! This is greed in its raw and ugly form – the desire to have at any cost. Greed drives this greedy man. He sets out with a dirty intention, waiting for any opportunity to grab what he can. Sadly, this is the way many Muslims have become these days.

The narrations of the Prophet (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) prophesy of a Muslim force from the East ("al-Mashriq"), possibly from the land of "Khorasan" (Ahmad, Tirmithi, etc, Hasan/Da`eef, ikhtilaaf) which is today Afghanistan , that will march towards the West conquering everything in site and will remain undefeated until they reach Jerusalem (termed "Eeliyaa'" in the Hadeeth). They and their Ameer will give bay`ah to the Mahdi. However, in the path of this force from the East lies a powerful behemoth called Iran from where the Prophet (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said Dajjal will appear with a following of 70,000 Jews in Isfahaan (Abu Bakr, Radee Allaahu `anhu, said this would be in the direction of Khorasan in the city of Isfahan). Thus we can assume there will be a major war between the forces of the Sunnah in the East and the Iranians and their "70,000 Jews" (SaHeeH Muslim) who lie in the path of Jerusalem . While there remains difference of opinion regarding the authenticity of some of these narrations, they seem to be taking shape in spite of the ikhtilaaf.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR MUSLIMS AND SHAIKHUL HIND'S ADDRESS

"At This old age, in a state of illness and in such a convalescent stage I have come here on your invitation with the hope to find a precious lost treassure. There are many people whose faces are aglow with marks of prayer and remembrance of Allah. But when they are asked to rise up and act in order to protect and save the devrived Ummah from the tightening clutches of Kufr, their hearts tremble and sink with fear. Whose fear? Not of Allah, but of a few despicable men and of their weapons of war and destruction....."

Human beings with a sense of conscience, concern and humanity are deeply disturbed about the plague of racism that is threatening the future of the human race in our troubled world. Despite the many international conventions, conferences and resolutions against Racism as a violation of basic human rights, this ugly phenomenon stubbornly refuses to disappear. Yet once more, heads of state, international leaders and NGO's met in Durban, South Africa recently, under the auspices of the UN to voice their outrage and condemnation of Racism at the World Conference against Racism (WCAR). The need for holding a conference of this nature itself reflects a new global awareness of modern forms of racism and xenophobia which is spreading over the planet like a cancer. Whether the outcome of this and the scores of previous such conferences is likely to produce any tangible change or difference against the cancer of global Racism or not, is a matter that is yet to be seen. On the positive side, it can be stated without fear of contradiction that the levels of consciousness and acute awareness of this scourge has burgeoned at a fantastic rate all over the world. The overall mood and atmosphere that prevailed at the WCAR was a good barometer to gauge this fact.