by Ammaar ibn Walid
The Star Trail Lines Writer
The 19th of March 2010, Friday
The 3rd of Rabi' Al-Thani 1431
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful...
Prophet Muhammad foresaw that an Islamic Army would rise in Khorasan, and that the Mahdi would lead such an army to bring Jerusalem under Islamic Authority. I'll mention them here, with them being translated in English.
"There will be many armies after me. You must join that army which will come from Khorasan... At the time, when the Muslim Umma will have abundance of wealth, gold and silver, the Muslims will be extremely belittled, weak and helpless...
"The enemy nations will invite each other to pounce upon them as hungry people invite one another for food... The Christians will demand their wanted people to which the Muslims will answer: 'By Allah! They are our brothers. We will never hand them over!'... This will start the war..."
"One third of the Muslims will run away. Their tawba will never be accepted. One third will be killed, they will be the best shaheed near Allah. The remaining third will gain victory, until under the leadership of Imam Mahdi, they will fight against Kufr...
"At that time, you will be present in a plain of great mountains with plenty of trees. Armies carrying black flags will come from Khorasan. No power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Jerusalem where they will erect their flags...
"If you see the black banners coming from Khorasan, go to them immediately, even if you must crawl over ice, because indeed amongst them is the Khaleef, Al-Mahdi".
Prophet Muhammad tells us numerous things. One is that although the Umma would be rich in resources, we'd be weak and humiliated. Look at the current situation of the Umma. It is rich in resources, but we're weak and being humiliated.
Nations fighting against Islam would invite each other to crush and weaken the Muslims. Such a thing is happening now in some parts of the world with the U.S. and Europe leading the way. However it is important to mention that Russia, China and India are also nations fighting against Islam.
Russia against the Muslims in the Caucasus Emirate, China against the Muslim Uighurs in East Turkestan and India against the Muslims in Kashmir. To a lesser known degree is Burma, with its Junta going after its minorities, especially the Rohingya Muslims.
Soon after 9.11, under the Bush Administration, the U.S. demanded that the Taliban Administration in Afghanistan hand over Osama bin Laden, thus referring back to "... The Christians will demand their wanted people..."
The Taliban refused. It's important to mention that the Bush Administration demanded more than that from the Taliban Administration. The U.S. soon went to war afterward against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
There are three thirds mentioned, with one running away, a second becoming shaheed and the third will gain victory. The third running away is those who don't support the Taliban and their Jihad and who support the invasion and war against the Taliban.
Some Muslim Nations are already known, but only Allah knows if there is more. The second third becoming shaheed means the Muslims in Afghanistan, whether they're innocent civilians or Mujahideen. The last third is Taliban defeating NATO and the U.S. in Afghanistan. Not only that, but the last third would also be a victory for the Muslims supporting the Taliban and for the Islamic Umma in general.
Prophet Muhammad's description of the place "... At that time, you will be present in a plain of great mountains with plenty of trees..." is a good description of Afghanistan. The Taliban already carry black banners. They aren't the only Mujahid group carrying it though.
Khorasan was the name of the territory that is now Afghanistan. It is not part of Iran, as that territory was known as Bilad Faris. Afghanistan is known throughout its history that no foreign power ever conquered it.
Not only that, but it was partially because previous foreign powers that tried to conquer it and failed, either collapsed or were severely weakened. The first of such is Alexander the Great. It's important to mention that Alexander the Great came before Prophet Muhammad and Islam.
As such Khorasan wasn't under Islam, nor was its people Muslim. Yet the people still defeated Alexander. Another example was the British Empire. The Afghan people not only had the culture of fierce fighting, but Islam had blessed them by that time as well.
The British Empire declined after their long occupation, and eventually collapsed. The Soviet Union is a third example. It soon collapsed after the Mujahideen defeated it after several years of long fighting. At the time the Mujahideen were assisted by foreign intelligence like the CIA and ISI.
However it was such assistance that led the Mujahideen to battle one another after the Soviet occupation ended. With the Afghan people liberating themselves from the British and from the Soviets, they gained experience and became battle-hardened.
The U.S. and NATO entered a dangerous and humiliating end by invading Afghanistan. After the British defeat and Soviet defeat, one could only guess how the U.S. and NATO would end up after the Mujahideen in Afghanistan defeat them.
It's important to mention that not only the U.S. and NATO would be defeated, but the Muslim Nations supporting them would be defeated as well. Battling the Afghan people and culture is not fighting a new and inexperienced people and culture; rather it is like fighting veterans of previous successive wars.
Allah has blessed the Afghan people with not only bringing the British Empire and the Soviet Union to its knees -both were superpowers during their times-, but also eventually destroying NATO insha' Allah and bringing the U.S. to its knees. Domestic events in the U.S. are helping the U.S. be brought to its knees.
Being blessed by Jihad from Allah, only Allah would know how the Jihad would continue in Afghanistan after the U.S. and NATO are defeated. The Islamic Administration to come would be too busy putting Afghanistan back onto its legs for several years perhaps.
As such the Jihad would be unofficially and temporarily suspended in Afghanistan. I could be wrong in that though, and only Allah knows.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Taqleed is Contrary to The Qur'an and The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
written by Sheila Quinn
Qur'an: Sura (chapter) Rum (The Romans);ayat 31-32
"Turn ye in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish regular prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah- those who split up their religion and become sects-each party rejoicing in that which is with itself."
Qur'an: (5:3)
" This day I have perfected your religion for you completed My Favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion".
Hadeeth of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):"'Verily, I have left you the Book of Allah and the Sunneh (Traditions) of His Messenger which if you hold fast you shall never go astray' "
This is the evidence from both The Qur'an and The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him)that Taqleed is,indeed, contrary to The Qur'an and The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
How do I proceed from here...? Perhaps, I should speak about how I came to this position. I sense within myself that this is a trust from The Creator for me to share this with others.
From what I understand the concept of Taqleed came within the last hundred years from a scholar who died just seven years ago. There is absolutely nothing in The Qur'an or The Sunneh which supports Taqleed. Whenever I discuss Taqleed to those on "Facebook" they mention this scholar and what he had written. They, themselves, do not give evidence from The Qur'an and The Sunneh. Yet, I have... time after time have given evidence from The Qur'an and The Sunneh that says that "Taqleed" is not part of Islam. (The evidence that I gave is that which is at the very beginning of this post.)
When and how did I come to this position? It was during the first ten days of the month of "Dhul Hijjah" that I came to understand that Taqleed is shirk. It was just a few days before the last Eid Al-Adha. (Before this I just thought that Taqleed was a major source of division amongst Muslims. I did think that it is a major source of division between Muslims. Because, Taqleed, is in fact sectarianism. It encourages and insists on sectarianism. It is common for Muslims in one sect to verbally attack those of another sect. For example: the hostility between Muslims who are Sufi and Muslims who are Salafi. Individuals from both groups are verbally attacking the other group for being misguided. Each group is insisting that it is The Right Group and that all the rest will be in The Hell-Fire. This is exactly what Allah, Himself, is describing in Sura Rum of The Qur'an:"...those who split up their religion and become sects-each party rejoicing in that which is with itself.") As I said it wasn't until a few days before last Eid Al- Adha that I was aware of Taqleed being shirk.
What were the circumstances under which I came to understand this? It was the first
ten days of "Dhul Hijjah". In Islam,these ten days are very special. Muslims are encouraged to do extra acts of worship, as well as, doing extra good deeds. I, myself, was fasting all of the ten days and I was also reciting The Qur'an. (It is common knowledge amongst Muslims that if we have a problem we can randomly open up The Qur'an and start reading. Through this we can get an answer to our problem. Also, it is common knowledge amongst Muslims that The Qur'an(in its original Arabic)is The Words of The God. Therefore, if we recite (read)The Qur'an from beginning to end time after time we will start learning more and more about Islam. We will start having lessons directly from The God, Himself, through The Qur'an) I have been reciting (reading) The Qur'an from beginning to end time after time for more than three years. Through the reading of The Qur'an I came to understand that there are different levels of Mumineen ( Believers)- not just one. It was through the reading of The Qur'an that I came to understand that Taqleed is Shirk.It was during the first ten days of Dhul Hijja that I read Sura Rum in The Qur'an and came to understand that Allah was talking about Taqleed in Sura Rum of The Qur'an.
It was many months later-in the beginning of March 2010-that I realized that it is a trust from The God for me to share this knowledge.
Taqleed is against The Qur'an. There is an aya in The Qur'an which says;
'This day I have perfected your religion for you completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.' (5:3)
The God, Himself, knows what His Guidance is- and He knows best when it is whole/completed. When something is whole, absolutely nothing more is needed. The God knows everything. He knows: the past, the present, and the future. He knows what is needed and what will be needed in the future. Yet, there are some Muslims who think that they know better than The God about what is needed. There are some Muslims who think that they know better than The God about what will be needed. There are some Muslims who think that they know better than The God about His own Guidance. The Muslims who are involved in Taqleed are such Muslims. Those Muslim scholars who advocate Taqleed are such Muslims.
Taqleed is against The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Prophet Muhammad said; 'Verily, I have left you The Book of Allah and The Sunneh
(Traditions) of His Messenger which if you hold fast you shall never go astray'
'...if you hold fast you shall never go astray'.
If you hold fast to what? If you hold fast to The Book of Allah and The Sunneh ( Traditions) of His Messenger '...you shall never go astray'.
How can it be more clear than this? We Muslims have only One Lord, Allah. We have
only one leader Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). To follow anyone else is not only unnecessary- but it is , in fact, outside of Allah's Guidance- it is outside of The Islamic Faith.
"...and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah-those who split up their religion and become sects- each party rejoicing in that which is with itself." (Qur'an; Sura Rum (The Romans); ayat 31-32)
In these two aya is not The God saying that Taqleed is Shirk?
"...those who split up their religion and become sects- each party rejoicing in that which is with itself"
Is this not a clear and precise description of Taqleed?
As I said before, it was many months after I found out that Taqleed is Shirk that I realized that I needed to share this knowledge with others. It was months after I learned about Taqleed being Shirk that I realized that it is a very important trust from Allah for me to share this knowledge with others.
I am very much aware of the fact that some will react in a very negative way to this knowledge. But, this is a very important trust from The God. It is a trust in which I must...MUST.. fulfill.
Allah knows best.
Qur'an: Sura (chapter) Rum (The Romans);ayat 31-32
"Turn ye in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish regular prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah- those who split up their religion and become sects-each party rejoicing in that which is with itself."
Qur'an: (5:3)
" This day I have perfected your religion for you completed My Favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion".
Hadeeth of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):"'Verily, I have left you the Book of Allah and the Sunneh (Traditions) of His Messenger which if you hold fast you shall never go astray' "
This is the evidence from both The Qur'an and The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him)that Taqleed is,indeed, contrary to The Qur'an and The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
How do I proceed from here...? Perhaps, I should speak about how I came to this position. I sense within myself that this is a trust from The Creator for me to share this with others.
From what I understand the concept of Taqleed came within the last hundred years from a scholar who died just seven years ago. There is absolutely nothing in The Qur'an or The Sunneh which supports Taqleed. Whenever I discuss Taqleed to those on "Facebook" they mention this scholar and what he had written. They, themselves, do not give evidence from The Qur'an and The Sunneh. Yet, I have... time after time have given evidence from The Qur'an and The Sunneh that says that "Taqleed" is not part of Islam. (The evidence that I gave is that which is at the very beginning of this post.)
When and how did I come to this position? It was during the first ten days of the month of "Dhul Hijjah" that I came to understand that Taqleed is shirk. It was just a few days before the last Eid Al-Adha. (Before this I just thought that Taqleed was a major source of division amongst Muslims. I did think that it is a major source of division between Muslims. Because, Taqleed, is in fact sectarianism. It encourages and insists on sectarianism. It is common for Muslims in one sect to verbally attack those of another sect. For example: the hostility between Muslims who are Sufi and Muslims who are Salafi. Individuals from both groups are verbally attacking the other group for being misguided. Each group is insisting that it is The Right Group and that all the rest will be in The Hell-Fire. This is exactly what Allah, Himself, is describing in Sura Rum of The Qur'an:"...those who split up their religion and become sects-each party rejoicing in that which is with itself.") As I said it wasn't until a few days before last Eid Al- Adha that I was aware of Taqleed being shirk.
What were the circumstances under which I came to understand this? It was the first
ten days of "Dhul Hijjah". In Islam,these ten days are very special. Muslims are encouraged to do extra acts of worship, as well as, doing extra good deeds. I, myself, was fasting all of the ten days and I was also reciting The Qur'an. (It is common knowledge amongst Muslims that if we have a problem we can randomly open up The Qur'an and start reading. Through this we can get an answer to our problem. Also, it is common knowledge amongst Muslims that The Qur'an(in its original Arabic)is The Words of The God. Therefore, if we recite (read)The Qur'an from beginning to end time after time we will start learning more and more about Islam. We will start having lessons directly from The God, Himself, through The Qur'an) I have been reciting (reading) The Qur'an from beginning to end time after time for more than three years. Through the reading of The Qur'an I came to understand that there are different levels of Mumineen ( Believers)- not just one. It was through the reading of The Qur'an that I came to understand that Taqleed is Shirk.It was during the first ten days of Dhul Hijja that I read Sura Rum in The Qur'an and came to understand that Allah was talking about Taqleed in Sura Rum of The Qur'an.
It was many months later-in the beginning of March 2010-that I realized that it is a trust from The God for me to share this knowledge.
Taqleed is against The Qur'an. There is an aya in The Qur'an which says;
'This day I have perfected your religion for you completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.' (5:3)
The God, Himself, knows what His Guidance is- and He knows best when it is whole/completed. When something is whole, absolutely nothing more is needed. The God knows everything. He knows: the past, the present, and the future. He knows what is needed and what will be needed in the future. Yet, there are some Muslims who think that they know better than The God about what is needed. There are some Muslims who think that they know better than The God about what will be needed. There are some Muslims who think that they know better than The God about His own Guidance. The Muslims who are involved in Taqleed are such Muslims. Those Muslim scholars who advocate Taqleed are such Muslims.
Taqleed is against The Sunneh of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Prophet Muhammad said; 'Verily, I have left you The Book of Allah and The Sunneh
(Traditions) of His Messenger which if you hold fast you shall never go astray'
'...if you hold fast you shall never go astray'.
If you hold fast to what? If you hold fast to The Book of Allah and The Sunneh ( Traditions) of His Messenger '...you shall never go astray'.
How can it be more clear than this? We Muslims have only One Lord, Allah. We have
only one leader Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). To follow anyone else is not only unnecessary- but it is , in fact, outside of Allah's Guidance- it is outside of The Islamic Faith.
"...and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah-those who split up their religion and become sects- each party rejoicing in that which is with itself." (Qur'an; Sura Rum (The Romans); ayat 31-32)
In these two aya is not The God saying that Taqleed is Shirk?
"...those who split up their religion and become sects- each party rejoicing in that which is with itself"
Is this not a clear and precise description of Taqleed?
As I said before, it was many months after I found out that Taqleed is Shirk that I realized that I needed to share this knowledge with others. It was months after I learned about Taqleed being Shirk that I realized that it is a very important trust from Allah for me to share this knowledge with others.
I am very much aware of the fact that some will react in a very negative way to this knowledge. But, this is a very important trust from The God. It is a trust in which I must...MUST.. fulfill.
Allah knows best.
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