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Fri 27 Shaban 1445AH 8-3-2024AD at 8:40 pm #91166
After the Hijra of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) and his companions from Makkah to Madinah, one meritorious thing that the Prophet did was to pair the Muhajirun of Makkah with the Ansar of Madinah to demonstrate the practical Islamic brotherhood.
They lived with love, affection, cooperation, and understanding among themselves. I remember the words of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) which says:” None of you is a believer until you love for your brother what you love for yourself.”
Those great companions of the Prophet were not interested in any tribal jingoism and differences, family background, or status being promoted in the society. What brought them together is Islam.
Today, Some Muslims find it extremely difficult to unite and speak with one voice due to apparent selfishness, materialism, arrogance, and tribal inclination.
The purpose of establishing an Islamic organization is to propagate the message of Islam and unite the Muslims but we find it difficult to achieve this purpose today due to many factors.
In our society, we can see many contradictions among Muslims and examples abound around us. For instance, the issue of denying Muslims from getting married to each other just because of primordial sentiments such as being from two different Islamic organizations. How could you stop a Muslim sister from marrying a Muslim brother because the brother does not belong to your organization? Is this Islamic?
How can you deny a Muslim brother a business opportunity because he is not a member of your organization?
How can you select invitations to only your members to attend an Islamic program or select only members of your organization to preach at your social functions only and you refuse to attend some Muslim programmes because the person who invites you is not a member of your organization? Where is the Islamic Brotherhood?
If we have sisters who are widows, divorcées and single ladies who are late for marriage, who are supposed to be under their husbands to enjoy companionship and affection but other sisters pretend as if they are not existing thereby preventing their husbands who are capable economically from marrying them. Where is the Islamic sisterhood, faith and taqwa?
Islamic brotherhood calls for love, sincerity, cooperation, and understanding. It was solidly built on the Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) as
Allah says in Q3:103″ And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah and be not divided and remember Allah’s favour on you, for you were enemies to one another but He joined your hearts together, so that, by His Grace, you become brethren(in Islamic faith), and He saves you from it. Thus Allah makes His signs clear to you, that you may be guided.”One will feel ashamed of the way brothers abuse themselves on social media calling themselves derogatory names.
I always ask myself what they are fighting for. Why can’t they settle their disputes in private instead of exposing themselves to the public unnecessarily? How do you think the non-Muslims will feel about our religion?
We have Muslims in the hospitals and prisons waiting for us to assist them financially and emotionally and we are busy fighting ourselves on social media without any reward.Allah says in Q49:10″The believers are nothing else than brothers, So make reconciliation between your brothers and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy.”
We have some brothers who oppose the establishment of Islamic organizations for da’wah. Their slogan is “La Jama’at”.They believe that one should stand and practice Islam alone but this is against Islam and common sense.
All the religious activities in Islam are done in congregation especially salat, obligatory fasting(Ramadan), and Hajj.
Islam is not in support of”one man soldier”Allah says in Q3:104″Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what are good and forbidding evils. And it is they who are successful.”It is better to be in a group whose foundation is the Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) than to stand alone. A skilful single player can never win a match. If you die, you can’t bathe and shrink yourself and put yourself in the grave. Some people will do these for you and take care of the family you leave behind.
Let’s go back to the Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w). However, I am not saying it is a sin not to be a member of a “Jama’at” i.e. an Islamic organization. If you’re an active member of your mosque, that is also better.
Some Islamic organizations are being run like cooperative societies. What do I mean? They are established to benefit only their members and not Islamic Ummah.Some Islamic organizations believe they are better and more pious than others. This can be deduced from their speeches and behaviours and this is one of the reasons that made Shaiton to be cursed by Allah. Allah says in Q38:75″ Allah said:O Iblis(Satan)! What prevents you from prostrating yourself to one whom I have created with both My Hands, Are you too proud or are you one of the high exalted?”
Iblis said: “I am better than him. You created me from fire, and you created him from clay.”Allah said: “Then get out from here, for verily you are an outcast.
“And verily, My curse is on you till the day of judgment.”The lesson we will learn from this is that we should avoid arrogance and avoid looking down on others or thinking that we are better than others.
Let’s work together. There is strength in unity. United we stand, divided we fall. May Allah bless our efforts and purify our intentions.Written by Akande Ayinde Mutiu Abu Hassan.
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