Role of Aalims in Islam
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
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dear brother,
asalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah e wa barakatuhu.
i am a new in your site,through
a brother (may allah bless him,who
have shown me a light in my life) i am reading the quistion and
there reply.i have still hundreds of quistions in my mind,my problem
is that I can not write good english as it is not my
mother language,but i will
try. can you please tell us"why there are so
many factions in islam?who is the responsible for this?why our religious leaders are hatted
or un popular?why they always support power?from yazeed till akbar badshah(our mullahs supported akbar´s"deen-e-ilahi")till
today.where to go and to whom shall we simple moumneen follows?i have not
very much knowledge of islam as i am living in europe since over 24 years,but
now i am learning about deen
more and with lot of intress. many
thanks in advance for your reply
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah
help you and increase your quest for the knowledge of the Truth of Islam. May Allah bless the brother who helped you
on this Path; rest assured Allah Subhanah will give
him a full reward for all the good deeds that you do, without diminishing your
reward in the least..Insha
Allah. Whenever one makes a sincere
intention and effort to turn back to Allah, the Merciful Lord opens his heart
to the knowledge of Islam, and facilitates and makes the path easy for him.
What you have said about the
State of the Muslim Ummah is unfortunately absolutely
true! Each group has formed their own sects; sometimes on small differences and
misunderstandings, and have broken away from the Ummah. May Allah
guide them and us all to the Straight Path of Islam.
Brother, we must understand that
Allah Subhanah is the Creator of all mankind, and
everything that is in existence. It is
He, Who has given each individual intelligence and a
free will, as a test in this life, to choose the path he wills for his
salvation. Whoever, with his bestowed
intelligence and of his own free will, chooses the Path ordained by Allah,
obeys and follows his revealed guidance and His Messenger, they pass the test
of life. Whoever, with his intelligence
and free will, denies the Path chosen by Allah, and follows a path other than
that, will fail the test. Allah Subhanah created this good and evil, precisely so that He
may test who amongst his creation uses the intelligence bestowed upon him to
recognize the Truth of Islam, and of his own free will, chooses the Path that
Allah Subhanah has ordained.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran in Chapter 67 Surah
Al Mulk verse 2:He (Allah)
created death and life that He may test you, to see which of you is the best in
deeds.
Whatever the forms of
differences in beliefs between muslims
and non-muslims; or even between muslims
and muslims, the very test is that who amongst
mankind recognizes and follows the guidance revealed by Allah Subhanah.
Brother, the best and probably
only way is for one to read and understand the Book of Guidance that has been
revealed by our Merciful Lord for the guidance of all mankind. Once a person
has understood this clear teachings and guidance, everything becomes extremely
clear to him. The Holy Quran are the very words of Wisdom
from the All Wise Allah, and it guides only to the Straight Path of Islam. Once you have read this Glorious Book with
understanding, Insha Allah, the Truth will stand
clear from the falsehood.
Allah says in Chapter
2, Surah Baqarah aayat 185:"Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent down: this Book is a perfect guidance for
mankind and consists of CLEAR teachings which show the right way and are a
Criterion of the Truth and falsehood."
You are also absolutely right about
some of the religious scholars who have sold the words of Allah for a paltry
worldly gain! But brother, all the five
fingers are not alike! When we have a
multitude of these unscrupulous and self-made holy men; there are also a
multitude of good religious scholars and leaders who have sacrificed their
lives and their possessions in always standing by the Truth. They spoke and acted in accordance to the
guidance of Allah and His Messenger (saws), no matter what consequences they
had to face! They bartered their worldly
life and its pleasures, for the promise of forgiveness and mercy of Allah in
the Hereafter. May Allah bless them, and
give them an honorable place in the Gardens of Bliss. And Allah is a witness, there are many such
people who live the life of Truth even today!
If there were the worldly
mullahs who supported people like Akbar in the
formation of his own deen, the history of the world
is also witness to the likes of Imam Hussain (r.a.) who sacrificed his life, his family, and his possessions
against the tyrants of his time and stood by the Truth; for no other reason
than the sole Pleasure of Allah Subhanah!
Brother, this constant battle
between right and wrong, good and evil, virtue and sin… in an unending one and
will last till the end of time. And this
is precisely the test that Allah Subhanah has
ordained… Who amongst His slaves uses his intelligence, and of his own free
will, recognizes the Truth from the falsehood, obeys
and follows the Truth, and rejects falsehood at all times! If Allah has willed, everything would have
been good and there would have been no evil and confusion on this earth, and
each and every one would have been a believer… but then the test could not be
held!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 10 Surah Yunus verses 99-100:Had your Lord
Willed (that all the people of the world should be believers), all the dwellers
of the earth would have believed in Him. Will you, then, force the people to
become believers? No one can believe
without the permission of Allah; and the way of Allah is that He throws filth
on those who do not use their commonsense.
Your MILLION DOLLAR
question: where to go and to whom shall
we simple moumneen follow?
Obey and follow two things, and Insha Allah, you will never be misguided:
Allah Subhanah
The Last Messenger of Allah,
Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws).
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imran verse 31-32:O Prophet, tell
the people, “If you sincerely love Allah, follow me. Then Allah will love you and forgive you
your sins, for He is All Forgiving, All Merciful.” Also say to them, “Obey Allah and His
Messenger.” And if, in spite of this,
they do not accept your invitation, warn them that Allah does not love those,
who refuse to obey Him and His Messenger.
Brother read the Quran with understanding in any language you understand
best, and for further knowledge of the Truth read the ‘Seerah’
or life-history of the Messenger of Allah (saws). Other than these two sources of knowledge,
there is no third knowledge needed for one to be guided aright.
Read and understand these two
clear and easy sources of knowledge, and implore the Merciful Lord to open your
heart to their understanding. And once
you have even basic knowledge of the Quran and Sunnah, no power and no confusion in the world will ever be
able to misguide you from the Straight Path of Allah.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verses 125-126:So (the fact
is that) whomever Allah wills to guide aright, He makes his breast wide open to
Islam. And whomever He wills to let go
astray, He makes his breast narrow and squeezes it so tight that (at the very
idea of Islam) he begins to feel as if his soul were climbing up towards the
sky. Thus Allah puts the wrath over
those who do not believe, whereas this Way is the
May Allah bless and increase
yours and our quest for the knowledge of Truth, and guide you and us all to the
Siraat al Mustaqeem.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,