Shocker
[Warning: This article is especially for people who thinks LIFE ON EARTH IS EVERYTHING. This is the general overview of how everything is at the moment and inspired from sights and sounds of Asian countries. It is never intended to attack anyone personally. It is just to awaken those who are dead (inside) and those never cared less about Islam]
In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Benevolent. There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His final messenger. Humans and jinns are created by Allah only to serve The All-Mighty and every single inhabitant will return to Him one day. Each will be asked what he did on earth and one will either enter paradise or suffer the long torment for eternity. Those who are patience will be rewarded and those who are hasty and earned Allah's anger will shed bloody tears for the rest of his life not on earth but after his good and bad had been weighed.
Allah is The Reign Supremacy and one should only fear Him. He holds the key to our fate and He will never do humans injustice but humans, they caused the unjust. He is The Most Fairest and All His promises are more real than death. If it wasn't for the predetermined time for our demise, He would already have ruined this earth, just like those people who had lived in the past. They asked the believers that if Allah was true, bring on the disaster to them and so, Allah did. So foolish what they have asked for and so useless what they have become. True believers learn valuable lesson through the contents of the Qur'an and they saying of beloved Prophet Muhammad and they are far from doubt of its contents. They offer Salat with all solemnity and full submissiveness; they are those who pay the Zakat and they are those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts).
Allah does not like transgressors. Those who spends more than what they can afford. Purchase things which are unnecessary and spend lavishly without giving to the poor, those who are needy, those who are disable and especially those who who spare their life in the name of Allah. Muslims are to treat their fellow brothers and sisters with love & respect and treat those who are against Allah with harshness. Nevertheless, Allah likes those who are fair irrespective of religion, race, status & background because Islam is all about treating giving each individuals the rights they deserve. We are not to ask for things which are beyond our skill and control. We are recommended by Prophet Muhammad to pursue knowledge regardless of age and status.
Those who performs good deeds WITH KNOWLEDGE is much MUCH better than those who performs good deeds WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE. Humans would generally follow and unfortunately majority of humans do not know what is the point of praying five times a day, why we are encouraged to do alms giving, why we are asked to perform hajj and umrah and why we are asked to go the friday prayer once a week (for men). There are plenty of things which muslims often take granted for and they are those who preferred to be labeled as the herd and not the shepherd. In fact, humans are like sitting ducks. They will wait until someone takes an aim at them.
Those who have admitted that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his servant and His final messenger has a role to play. We are to tell those who are around us to do good and avoid/stop what is wrong. If we just let things be, Islam will be ruined. Nau'dzubillah. Ask yourself this question? Are you a follower? Or are you the mover/shaker? It is very important for each muslims to know what their roles and responsibilities are as a muslim. Being a muslim is not just about praying 5 times a day but it goes way beyond that circle. Besides doing what is fardhu (wajib), one needs to do do what our The Prophet had done during his time and NOT doing what the non-believers had done!
Subhanallah. The world is getting older as we speak. More and more muslims are turning against their own religion. Say what? There is a crystal clear method to differentiate who is WITH Allah and those who are against Him. Those who are with Allah will do what He asked us and avoid what is haram (foridden). Obviously, those who are against Allah will not follow the rules & regulations of Islam. These so-called muslims would rather follow the ways of non-believers; jews and christians. How so? Examples are breathless. One would rather fill up the cinema instead of the Houses of Allah. Most muslims would rather purchase songs sung by non-muslims pop singers. To mention their names would be plain useless. Why not as muslims, we try to support the nasyeed industry from all over the continent. Songs which are created and sang to remember Allah, songs which are written to make us aware of the efforts of our beloved Prophet Muhammad, songs which are directed to make our heart shaken by the glory of ALLAH!!
Not only that, everything that we wear, everything that we use & everything that we consume, if it is not made by and cooked by muslims, then you are just the same. Think about it. In Islam, you are categorized into two; whether you support Islam or you don't. There are perhaps three types of people in this world and they are as listed below:
1) Muslims by name/action
2) Muslims by name ONLY
3) Non-muslims
A muslim who falls into zone one would be those who knows how to give a clear cut between what is halal (allowed) and what is haram (forbidden). And he would avoid what is shubahah i.e. things which falls into the grey area. This type of muslim would try as much as he can to follow the guidelines of Islam. They are those who are kind to their mothers, fathers, siblings and so on. They give charity to the poor, they are kind to animals, they don't consume alcoholic drink, they give salam to fellow muslims when applicable and they don't cause harm to themselves (smoking, consuming haram food or drinks, etc) and to others. Insya Allah.
Muslims which are "trapped" into the 2nd category would be those who sometimes "feel like" being muslims and sometimes don't. Like how? The month of Ramadhan is just around the corner and when the month comes, he would go the mosques, sawm (fast), read the Qur'an and so on and so forth. But when Ramadhan ends. He goes back to his old habits. This people can also be called "seasonal muslims". Just like the time of summer, spring, winter & autumn. These type of people would take easy on things. These are muslims with the least functional mind that would happily go to a non-muslim restaurant with a label "HALAL" on the front entrance door. These are those people who would love to spend their time on saturday nights by watching a movie with the "love" one and having a candle lit dinner. Spend birthday bashes at McDonalds and such.
Perhaps, the last zone would be self-explanatory and we all know who are non-believers. They are all out to wipe Islam on the face of this earth and they are befriends of satan which we all know is muslims biggest enemy. It was mentioned either from the Qur'an or sayings of the Prophet that a muslim who acts like a non-believer are more worse than an authentic non-believer (kafeer). The behaviors or actions of non-believers are obvious and they are free to do what they like because they do not believe that Allah is the only God and because the Qur'an and hadeeth are meant for muslims, each and every muslim needs to study and based their actions from both sources. Simple really. You read, learn and make it practical.
The picture of Islam is now scattered and it looks as if the future of Islam is going bleak. We need muslims who are pioneers in every field there is to grasp. We need to start thinking far ahead. Muslims need to think about how to improve themselves and how to be the best amongst the best. We need cars invented by muslims, we need bogus technologies developed by muslims and we need great thinkers to intensify the movements of muslims all over the world. Muslims should be supporting each and not fight against each other. Muslims are to support the products and services offered by muslims and NOT!! by non-muslims. Why are supporting the growth of non-muslims when we muslims ourselves are barely hanging on to what we have.
Majority of muslims would rather spend their money on non-muslim's goods and services and THAT'S A FACT! Count how many products do we all have which are made from countries which ISLAM is not their official religion. In Islam, the term for muslims who assists directly or indirectly the economy of a non-muslim nation is called shubahah. These muslims will be thrown in the dungeons of hell without no mercy from Allah. It is important that we stay away or at least try find something that is made from muslim nations. Even to the person who cooks our order at a restaurant. This is extremely important because if a muslim eats something which is cooked by a non-muslim, he is practically eating haram food and if the son of adam grows from a source which is haram, hellfire is more deserving for him. This was mentioned by The Prophet Muhammad saw..
Some would argue by saying that we can just tawakkal. Meaning, depending on Allah. We need to understand this concept because if it is used loosely, Allah's wrath will come down to us like the pouring rain except, instead on water, there will be stones. Before we go and do something or decide for something, we need to investigate whether the chickens cooked are halal or the chef is a muslim or not or does the place serve alcoholic beverages? This is just an example. Are muslims actually dumb enough to actually believe that if the signboard "halal" is hanged outside a window or stamped on a food wrapper, it would mean that "all-systems-go"?
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad saw said that those who follow the ways/lifestyle/steps of non-believers (jews and christians) are not amongst us (muslims). We can see muslims following the steps of non-muslims everywhere. Just name it and they will be there in a jiffy! Prom nights! Birthday Parties! AF=American Idol! To mention the lists AGAIN would be useless as many of us would have already know these things. Disbelievers will be tormented in the most unimaginably degrading torment. List continues, Hi! Wearing rings on your THUMB/middle finger/pointy finger! Are Prada Bags made by muslims? I'm a fan or Arsenal! Valentine's Day! Cakes for birthdays! Hopefully, by now, readers get the gist of this article. May Allah better and improve the ways of muslims all over the world. Wallahu'alam.
"At-Tirmidhi narrated that Ibn Abbas (ra) reported that the Prophet (saw) said: "He is not one of us who imitates other than us. Do not imitate the jews or the christians." At-Tabarani and Abu Dawood narrated that Ibn Umar and Hudthayfah (ra) reported that the Prophet (saw) said: "Whoever imitates a people, he is one of them."
*The term "he" applies both for men and women
