Fitnah – we pray to Allah that this will help us to put down the fire of this fitnah which some of those moderates and corrupted or ignorant people rise and inflame and the shaytaan with his plots gives more fire until many people suffer from it especially from those who were on the right path.
Fitnah is from people who live among the kuffar – where not just the law and order is kufr but also the people have all the signs of kufr – with prevailing signs – this has become a big fitnah and one of the most dangerous on the aqeedah of ahl us sunnah wal jammah. Living among the kuffar and saying that I can’t declare bara’a from them because I can’t be sure they are Muslim or not because I don’t see they worship idols before my eyes. Bearing in mind that we distinguish between domain of Islam and domain of kufr.
We are talking about living among people who are all kaafir and people say we can’t make bara’a from them even though you can see what prevails is kufr. We live in the second ghurbah, and we find the aqeedah of al-walaa wal baraa’a.
He says I do not declare baraa’a because I did not see them worship idols. This is a big crisis and we know that for those Muslims who live among majority kuffar without declaring baraa’a from them is really serious, how do we judge them? How should we deal with them? Some say that he hides his Imaan so he is not known anonymous – he did not show it so we can’t judge him, yet he is resident among the kuffar and yet he has no signs of Muslims. We must come out with a solution for this problem for ahl ul-Imaan for the Imaan to be increased when the shaytaan and his alliance are pushing their own corrupted ideas and casting a lot of doubts. For the Muslim to have bayyinah we must explain the truth to the people:
And remember) when you (the Muslim army) were on the near side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on the ground lower than you. Even if you had made a mutual appointment to meet, you would certainly have failed in the appointment, but (you met) that Allâh might accomplish a matter already ordained (in His Knowledge); so that those who were to be destroyed (for their rejecting the Faith) might be destroyed after a clear evidence, and those who were to live (i.e. believers) might live after a clear evidence. And surely, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower. [Anfal: 42]
The Messenger Muhammad stated clearly in his final address: ‘I left you after me, as long as you hold to you will never be misguided, the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger Muhammad (saw)’
Ibn Jawziyyah said ‘you should know most of the people of madhab elevate in their hearts and follow people without to have knowledge of the Deen and this is the heart of misguidance because we should look to the saying and not to the one who is saying and he quoted Ali who said to Harith ibn Hawfin, when he said to him ‘O Ali do you think that we thought Talha and Zubair were on Baatil’ Ali said ‘O Harith you are confused, the Haq cannot be known by who is the one who said it or who is the man who carried it, know the Haq and you will know who are its people’
You can’t just say because the sheikh said it is the Haq, no because Allah and Muhammad (saw) said.
If the Imaan is sayings and actions and he does not prevail them how do we know them.
Hamad Bin Ateeq written in the collection of tawheed in the message 23 under the title ‘clarification for the way for salvation and how you can free yourself from the murtadeen’ p298-300 said:
‘As for the topic of Izhar ud-Deen, many people think wrongly that if they can say publically loudly to themselves away from the people the kalimah and pray 5 times a day and prays jamma in the mosque and never leaves it he shows his Deen even though he is among the mushriks, this is one of the most ugly mistakes and errors, he should know the kufr has different types and divisions which have been classified and every entity of kufr and its sect has certain things which we must know and a Muslim cannot be prevail his Deen until he differs with every sect and kufr until he declares animosity to all its sects and people with whom lives i.e. his animosity and his baraa’a from them. The one whose kufr is a type of shirk, he must prevail the Deen in front of them by declaring the tawheed in front of them and to declare for the kufr publically that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and invite people to follow him. The third type: and whoever’s kufr is to give up the salat is to pray in front of him and command him to do it. And the one whose kufr is alliance to the kufr and abiding by their own commands his Izhar ud-Deen in front of them is to declare animosity to them and the shirk they believe in. in totality a Muslim cant have Izhar ud-Deen (showing his Deen / prevailing his Deen) except if he declares explicitly that he has baraa’a to them and the kufr they believe in, he should declare kufr to what they believe in and the kufr. That’s why the Mushrikeen said to the Prophet’s uncle ‘look what happened, Muhammad defamed our Deen and condemned our dreams and called us foolish and insulted our Gods’ So the Prophet made Izhar ud-Deen in Mecca.
[Younus: 104-106] Say (O Muhammad SAW): “O you mankind! If you are in doubt as to my religion (Islâm), then (know that) I will never worship those whom you worship, besides Allâh. But I worship Allâh Who causes you to die, I am commanded to be one of the believers. “And (it is inspired to me): Rise your face (O Muhammad SAW) entirely towards the religion Hanifa (Islâmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none but Allâh Alone), and never be one of the Mushrikûn (those who ascribe partners to Allâh, polytheists, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, and those who worship others along with Allâh). “And invoke/ask not besides Allâh, any that will neither profit you, nor hurt you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be one of the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).[]”
In this ayah Allah is saying to the people if you have doubt about the Deen I believe in then I have baraa’a from your Deen, those who are your friends and alliance (also in Al-Kaafiroun)
Abyssinia example – the Prophet would never ask them to go there if they could not prevail the deen, which they did with Jafar Bin Abi Talib
Khalid Bin Waleed when he reached the people of Yamaamah, he came with 200 fighters and said to them, go and take the people and whoever you meet take them, and among them was Mujaa’ah and he had 23 men from his people. He said ‘Ya Khalid, you know I came to visit the Messenger Muhammad (saw) and gave my allegiance and I am on the same as that today and if one liar rises like Musaylamah, you cannot count mistakes of others on me [An’am: 164]. Khalid said ‘O Mujaa’ah you gave up today what you used to believe in the past and were satisfied with that liar and were silent about him and you are the most noble man among the people of Yamaamah and you knew I was coming and yet you did not come out and speak to me, you know I am coming to attack him and your silence is consent to him, why not speak out the way others did speak against him and they e.g. Al-Yaqshari etc… and they attacked him and labelled him, and if you say you have fear why not send us someone to tell us?’ He said ‘Khalid is son of Waleed what about if you forgive all of this?’ [he wanted to be free] he said ‘Between killing you and freeing you is to keep you in prison, I will forgive you and wont kill you, I have in my nafs a big problem, you will stay in prison until Allah shows us a way out’
This shows us that the one who lives among the kuffar without to prevail his Deen
And when some people said that we should not declare animosity, we must attack the ideas even if we do not attack them because of the covenant of security.
Sheikh Hamad Bin Ateeq said ‘If a man was living among kuffar, he must prevail the deen until the people of kuffar make baraa’a from him’
That is the level you must prevail the Deen and he must declare that they are kuffar otherwise he can’t count that he prevailed with his Deen’
Some people say we can’t do this because we are weak. Mas’alah tul izhar ud-deen was the first topic,
Now for another topic Mas’alah tul istidhaaf i.e. being weak. Allah tells us about this:
[4: 75] And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the Cause of Allâh, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help.”
Allah (SWT) in this ayah explains that they did not live among the kaafir and Mushrikeen by their own choice so they appeal to Allah to find them a way out so they have excuses, see [4: 98]. They said clearly that the people of this city are kaafir and to ask Allah for supporters against them with whom they are living and the excuses and permits, Allah says: Except the weak ones among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way [4: 98]
This ayah describes their situation, no document etc…
Ibn Katheer said ‘they are not capable of running from the Mushrikeen and if they come out in the night they wont be able to reach anywhere’
Ikrimah ‘they can’t smuggle their way out to madina’
So in summary the weak people who are not capable to leave the Mushrikeen, but now people can all the way to Hajj and Iraq etc…
[4: 99] For these there is hope that Allâh will forgive them, and Allâh is Ever Oft Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
But those capable to leave from the Mushrikeen but did not leave because attached to the dunya, Allah does not give him excuses but calls him dhalim to himself. As Allah (SWT) says:
[4: 97] Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): “In what (condition) were you?” They reply: “We were weak and oppressed on earth.” They (angels) say: “Was not the earth of Allâh spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?” Such men will find their abode in Hell – What an evil destination
Nowadays people can go everywhere but can’t carry Daw’ah. They will say we are weak, is not the earth wide enough to make Hijrah, those people’s residence will be in hellfire.
Tafseer of Qurtubi and Ibn katheer: ‘You did injustice by living among the Mushrikeen, this ayah is so general, if he is capable to do Hijrah and not capable to prevail his Deen’ i.e. What made you sit here doing nothing and even giving up making Hijrah. And Abu Daoud reported a Marfou hadeeth that Sumrah Ibn Jundub said ‘The one who accompanies Mushrik and lives with him is like him’ when Nawfal was arrested the Messenger said to Abbas (to his uncle) when he asked everyone to pay ransom to be freed, this is clear that he took his own uncle in captivity, his uncle said ‘did we not pray to your own qiblah and testify the shahadah’ he said ‘you came out with them and were defeated’ meaning this argument defeats your argument, then he quoted the ayah about ‘is the earth not wide enough’ [Ibn Abi Haatim reported this]
If you live among the Mushrikeen the only excuse you have is to carry the Deen to them openly and publically else you must make Hijrah, if you cant do this or travel you keep praying to Allah to arrange for you to leave this land and seek help against them and seek forgiveness from Allah, that’s if you have an excuse.
[3: 28] Let not the believers take the disbelievers as Auliyâ (supporters, helpers, etc.) instead of the believers, and whoever does that will never be helped by Allâh in any way, except if you indeed fear a danger from them. And Allâh warns you against Himself (His Punishment)[], and to Allâh is the final return.
This is in relation to someone under duress, see also [Nahl: 106] about Amar Bin Yasir ‘Whoever disbelieved in Allâh after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith but such as open their breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allâh, and theirs will be a great torment’
We can’t be satisfied with the kufr even under duress. So what is Taqiyyah – how is it? To silent and not to speak lies if you are under duress, can’t just say ‘new law of terrorism’ – this means to do what we are capable of doing.
Taqiyyah is the weakest form of Imaan [Ahmed: no. 49] ‘Whoever sees evil amongst you let him change it with his hand, if he cant with his tongue and if he cant let him hate it in his heart and that is the least of Imaan’
Amount of his deen he can prevail he must and be silent of what he must. He can be like the believers among the kuffar like the wife of Pharoah who never attacked with their tongue but hid their Imaan and never showed any sign of Kufr. This is the difference between the Munaafiq and the Mukrah i.e. the one under duress. That’s why the Shia Raafidha are like the munafiqeen. Because the duress does not happen to everyone but some under oppression and doing their best to build up some people.
What about those who hide their Imaan among the kuffar, behave like them and help them and support them. Allah only made two camps:
[Taghabun: 2] ‘He is the one who created you, among you are kuffar or believers’
Hadeeth: ‘A Muslim does not inherit from the kaafir and a Kaafir does not inherit from a Muslim’ [Bukhari 6383]
And in the time of the Messenger Muhammad (saw) someone came to follow and fight with them, the Prophet asked ‘Are you a believer in Allah and his Messenger?’ He said no, so the Prophet said ‘I will never seek help from a Mushrik’ he came another three times and the battle continued and the Prophet said the same to go back, ‘I can’t seek help from you’
You can see how many people are jahil in the Aqeedah of ahl us-Sunnah wal Jammah. The man came again 4th time and said again to come out with him, the Prophet asked him again if he believed and he said ‘Yes’ so he said ‘Now you can go’ [Muslim 1817]
[9: 71] The believers, men and women, are Auliyâ’ (helpers, supporters, friends, protectors) of one another, they enjoin (on the people) Al-Ma’rûf (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism and all that Islâm orders one to do), and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. polytheism and disbelief of all kinds, and all that Islâm has forbidden); they perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give the Zakât, and obey Allâh and His Messenger. Allâh will have His Mercy on them. Surely Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
[Anfal ;73] And those who disbelieve are allies to one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so (i.e. become allies, as one united block with one Khalifah – chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world to make victorious Allâh’s Religion of Islâmic Monotheism), there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism, etc.) and oppression on earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism
[5: 51] O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliyâ’ (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliyâ’ to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliyâ’, then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allâh guides not those people who are the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrongdoers and unjust).
Whoever comes out of Kufr he enters Imaan and vice versa. Hence the Prophet said there cant be two deens in the Arabian peninsula.