Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
The Difference Between Us
It should be clear that we, as Muslims, are different from the peoples
of the West with their kufr. Why are we different? Because we do not -
or should not - think or behave or live like them. This difference is
crucial, and to understand it is to become strong - to be able,
InshaAllah, to withstand the campaign the kuffar have launched to
change and break us; the campaign to change our Islam, to break that
total submission to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala which is the essence of
our Deen, our Way
of Life.
The kuffar have made it quite clear that one of their aims in the war -
the crusade - they have launched is to change our Deen; to, as they see
it in their terms, "secularize" it; to accommodate Islam to their
kaffir
ways, evident as these ways are in democracy, in the concepts of the
nation, the State. That is, they want - and even demand - that we think
in their kaffir terms, and use their kaffir concepts. Thus do they
demand that we have laws based upon their kaffir ideas; thus do they
demand that we have separate, so-called "nation States" whose
boundaries they and their treaties will define; thus do they demand
that we have "democracy" in these so-called "States" and that we must
accept the overlordship of their kaffir organizations such as the
so-called "United Nations".
But we are commanded to avoid imitating the kuffar:
"And whosoever does not judge by what
Allah has revealed, such
are the Kâfirûn." 5:44 Interpretation of Meaning
It is reported that the Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa
sallam) said: "Whoever imitates
a
people, then he is one of them.” (Related by Ahmad and Abu Dawood)
This applies not only to imitating the kuffar in their outward
appearance, in their customs, in their way of life, but also imitating
the way that they think - how they perceive the world, and how they
act upon that perception. That is, we Muslims must know and accept
the fundamental truth that Islam means that we do not - should not -
think in the same way as the kuffar. We must know and accept and act
upon the fact that Islam and the ways of the West, the ways of kufr, of
the kuffar, cannot ever be reconciled. There is either Belief - there
is either that submission which is Islam - or there is kufr. There is
no middle ground; no accommodation with the ways, the thinking, the
concepts, of the kuffar, for as Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has revealed,
truth has been
distinguished
from falsehood, and our Way, the Way of Islam, is complete and perfect:
"This day I have perfected your Way of
Life for you and completed My
Favour upon you and have chosen for you as your Way of Life
Al-Islam" 5:3 Interpretation of Meaning
"In the Messenger of Allah you have the perfect example to follow."
33:2 Interpretation of Meaning
How does this fundamental difference in our ways of thinking manifest
itself? It manifests itself in our refusal to think of Islam in the
terms of the kuffar. It manifests itself in our refusal to compromise
with the ways of thinking of the kuffar, manifest as these ways are in
their terms and their concepts.
What does this mean, in practical terms? It means we must accept that
Islam is incompatible with "democracy", incompatible with the kaffir
concept of "the State" and the kaffir division of the world into
"nations". It means that there is not and can never be any such thing
as Islamic "politics". It means that Islam is not a "religion".
It means that Islam is our Deen - our Way of Life, complete and perfect
- and that our Deen is the way of making the Quran and Sunnah manifest
in the world. It means that the only division we accept in the world is
the division into Believer and Unbeliever; between Dar al-harb and Dar
al-Islam. It means that we accept that the Quran and Sunnah can be made
manifest, in the world, through Shariah, through Siyasah (the practical
application of Quran and Sunnah, as Ibn Taimiyyah said) - through
Bayah to an Ameer who upholds Islam, who implements Islam. It means
that the only purpose of Dar al-Islam is to uphold, to propagate, Islam
and Islam only.
We do not need "democracy". We do not need "nations". We do not need
"governments". We do not need "politics" and "religion" and the
artificial, kufr, division the kuffar have made between them. We need
only Islam - pure, simple.
"O Muhammad! Allah is sufficient for
you and for the Believers, who follow you." 8:64 Interpretation
of Meaning
The reality is that the kuffar fear us - they fear the strength that
Islam gives us; they fear our purity. Yes, let us not be afraid of
using this word - purity. It is because of their fear that the kuffar
strive
so hard to humiliate us, to have us bow down before them, in person,
and
bow down before their idols of democracy, of the State, of the
Nation. Thus their attempt to humiliate the Mujahideen they have
captured and imprisoned - in places like Guantanamo Bay, and Abu
Gharib;
thus their torture of captured Muslims, and their disrespect for the
Quran, and their disrespect for the outward signs of our total
submission to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala such as Hijab. Let us always
remember what one
of the apostate allies of the head of kufr, Amerika, said when a Muslim
he was torturing (Benyam Mohammed) asked him "why?". This lackey of the
kuffar
in his insolence said: "It is to degrade you. So when you leave here,
you'll have these scars and you'll never forget. So you'll always fear
doing anything but what America wants..." Let us remember this
dishonourable apostate bowing down to the kuffar, and the tens of
thousands - the hundreds of thousands - like him in Iraq, Afghanistan,
Egypt, the Land of the Two Holy Places, and elsewhere, and let us
remember our duty of Al-wala wal-bara.
"It is only the Shaitan who causes you
to fear his awliyaa
[supporters and friends]. Do not fear them; rather, fear Me, if you are
indeed of
the Believers." 3:175 Interpretation of Meaning
"The Jews and Nazarenes will
never be satisfied with you until
they have changed your way of life." 2: 120 Interpretation of Meaning
Our Way of Islam is the Way that understands wisdom as submission to
Allah - this is the true, the Islamic, meaning of wisdom, of knowledge,
for us, as
Muslims. To fear Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala; to know the Signs of Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala; to humbly
submit to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, for thereby we can attain the
purpose of our
lives, here on Earth. This is most perfect, the most important,
knowledge of all.
"Among His subjects, it is those that
fear Allah who have knowledge." 35:28 Interpretation of Meaning
"And those who have been given knowledge have been given that so that
they may know that it (this Quran) is the truth from their Rabb, and
that they may believe therein, and that their hearts may submit to it
with humility. For, in truth, Allah is the Guide, of those who believe,
to the Straight Path." 22:54 Interpretation of Meaning
"And this (Islam and the Quran) is the straight path of your Rabb. For
those who take heed of Our clear revelations there shall be that
dwelling which is peace (Jannah). 6:126-7 Interpretation of Meaning
Yet the kuffar expect and demand that we praise what they praise; that
we
follow them and their profane ways. They expect and demand that we
change; that we renounce our purity - a purity, a beauty, which arises
from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, and which He gives, should He so wish
it, to those of
His slaves, who obey, who submit, not only outwardly but in their
hearts, in their minds, in the way they think.
Let us therefore make Bayah of Jihad; Bayah of amr bil
ma'roof wa nahy anil munkar; Bayah of establishing the
Khilafah; Bayah of Istishad, so that we may do our duty as
Muslims - a duty given to us by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala - a duty to
oppose the kuffar in
their kufr; to oppose those who ally themselves with the kufr, and a
duty to
make our Deen, our Way of Life, triumphant in this world. If we do this
duty, we are the ones who will, as Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, says,
achieve success:
"Do not think that those who are killed
in the Way of Allah are dead. Rather,
they are alive, fulfilled, and with their Rabb. They rejoice because of
what Allah has bestowed upon them in His generosity. They rejoice
because of those who have not yet joined them, but have been left
behind - that no fear, no grieving should come to them.
They rejoice because of the favour that Allah has shown them in His
mercy: for no dishonour touched them and Allah always rewards the
Believers. Thus for those who heard and answered (the Call of)
Allah and His Messenger Muhammad after harm touched them - for those of
them who did honourable deeds and feared Allah - there will be the best
reward of all." 3: 169-172 Interpretation of Meaning
"Whosoever dies without a bay'ah on his
neck dies the death of Jahiliyyah" Shahih Muslim, 20
(Kitaab Al-Imara) 4562
"You who believe! What is wrong with
you that you did not rush forth
when called [to aid] the Way of Allah? Or is it that you love this
earth so much - that you crave its comforts so much - that you forget
the next life where such earthly things are revealed for the
insignificant comforts they are?" 9: 38 Interpretation of Meaning
"In exchange for their lives and their goods, Allah has given those who
believe Paradise. Thus will they fight in Allah's cause, and thus will
they kill, and be killed." 9: 111 Interpretation of Meaning
"Allah Tabarak wa'Tala said: "To counter them, use whatever
force you can, including steeds of combat, that you might terrify the
enemies of Allah who are your enemies." (8:60 Interpretation of
Meaning) Therefore, He made terrifying them an obligation for us. Thus
anyone who assists them, by supplying them with anything, is not
terrifying them - rather, they are assisting them in their insolence
and their sin." Ibn Hazm (Rahamullah): Ilam al-Muwaqqin (2/121)
"Jihad is continuous with every group of the Muslims and a
person can wage Jihad by himself or with leaders.... Jihad is an act of
worship and an obligation that is legislated until the Day of
Judgement.
Nothing invalidates it." Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi
"We are not fighting for a handful of dirt, nor for some
imaginary borders... just as we are not fighting here to replace a
Western Taghut, with an Arab Taghut. Rather, our Jihad is noble and
honourable and sacred. For we fight to make the Word of Allah, Tabarak
wa'tala, supreme and to make the Way of Life entirely for Allah...
Anyone who opposes this aim, or stands in the way of this goal is an
enemy of ours, and a target of our swords." Sheikh
Az-Zarqawi (hafidahullah)
May Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) protect us from all forms of Al-asabiyyah Al-Jahiliyyah,
forgive us for our mistakes, and guide us to and keep us on the Right Path.
Abdul-Aziz
12 Rajab 1426