Are you Muslim, Salafi, Sunni, Maliki, shia,Takfiri, or what?
>This is a question,now-a-days most frequently asked by our Muslim Brothers and Sisters.
so, i put this article and i request your (readers) opinion. How should i reply them?
This article is written by - Dr. Adel Elsaie
According to Muslim
Statistics, 2004, the
number of Muslims on
earth is 1.562 billion.
See: http://
www.usislam.org/
muslimstatistics.htm Based upon these
Statistics, we are
"supposed" to be strong
Ummah, but the reality
is far from that. One of the main reason
for that is we are
divided into, God only
know how many
groups. And each group
consider themselves the only saved group
out of the 73 groups
that our beloved
Prophet mentioned. There many authentic
Hadith that says
Tawheed is a ticket for
heaven, La Ilah illa Allah
is the most important
sentence in this whole wide word. Allah SWT says in our
holy Quran " Allah does
not forgive being
associated with anyone,
and He forgives
anything less than that" The same Ayah is
repeated twice [Quran
4:48] , [Quran 4:116]
Isn't that enough? Or do
we need Allah to say
the same Ayah 100 times? Definition of Muslims The definition of a
Muslim can be
understood according
to the hadeeth of
Jibreel AKA, more
popularly known as the 'Hadeeth Jibreel', as
narrated by Umar Ibn
Al Khattab, when
Jibreel asked the
Messenger of Allah
about Islam, he answered " Islam is that
you witness that there
is no god but Allah and
that Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah, and
you establish the prayer, and you give
the Zakat, and you fast
Ramadan, and you
perform the hajj of the
House if you are able to
take a way to it." All Muslims agree on principal matters in Islam. The Foundation of Islam is Shahadah as a declaration of faith. Muslims have one Quran, one Kaabah, and one last prophet. They accept all messengers in the Quran. They pray 5 times a day, fast Ramadan, pay Zakat, and perform Hajj when they can. There are accepted Mazhabs (school of thoughts) in Fiqh (jurisprudence). Every Muslim is free to accept a Mazhab. All Imams of accepted Mazhabs never rejected other Mazhabs. Allah made the Quran and Islam simple, but some people exert much effort to make them hard and confusing, especially when they are making Dawah, or talking to other Muslims. What do we really need after the above Ayah from the Quran, and hadeeth of Jibreel? But some Muslims feel they know our Islam better than Allah, and His Prophet, Wa Aliyaz bi Allah. WE have thousands of Muslim user groups, some promote their own version of Islam. That is OK, but don't accuse other Muslims of being Kafir, Fasiq, Aasi, ....... That is for Allah to decide. Please stop calling other Muslims names. I know that some Muslims will say "Yes we
agree with above Ayah, and Hadeeth" but then they attach one thousand conditions to the above simple definition to exclude many Muslims from Islam. Those are doing like Christians and Jews, when they reject other Christian or Jewish groups. I was talking to a Muslim scholar about this subject, and I asked
him why the Fiqh committee of OIC does not do something about this crisis. He said top Muslim scholars may not agree about the above definition of Muslim. So our top Islamic worldwide scholars are not helping either. Hasbi Allah. Now ask yourself this question? What Would Muhammad say about this situation? I think I can guess. The Salafi will try to convince him that they are the saved sect. The Tahfiri will try to convince him that they are the saved sect. The Shia will try to convince him that they are the saved sect. , .... La Ilah illa Allah. Many Muslims dream about Caliphate. Believe me, I dream about Caliphate too. But if that
happens, this may be a disaster for all of us. We may turn like Iraq, where everyone fights with everyone else. Sunni fights Shia, Sunni fights each other, Shia fights Sunni, shia fights each other, Sunni fights Kurds, as if Kurds are not Muslim. Don't forget
that Salahedeen was Muslim and Kurdish. Or may the Caliphate be a blessing for all of us, and the Caliph can unite this scattered Ummah. Allah knows the best. I am asking all owners and moderators of Muslim user groups and owners of Islamic websites to adopt and promote this simple definition of Muslims as a first step. As Muslims, we should be "moderates", peaceful, and strong, by words and logic, against the critics of Islam and those who dream about destroying Islam. Remember the big disaster when the Tatar invaded Muslim lands, and burned Baghdad, Capital of the Caliphate? What happened to the Tatar? They converted to Islam, and the name Khan became a Muslim name. Subhan Allah. Please tell us your thoughts about this simple definition of a Muslim. I only pray to Allah that I don't start another ideological battle between Muslims.
Amen. Allah is my witness. My intentions are sincere and only for the sake of Allah.
##[Moreover : Today Islam enemies wants to divide us, to put veil on their problem, they want to create same problem with muslims. For E.g. In christianity their are currently THOUSANDS of SECTS , and each sects thinks they are only on correct path. But this is not with us , we have different ideology but our Holy Book is Same , Our Pillars of islam is same and so on while in others belief their basic foundation is different , so rethink ]
For more information read : "Who are the Ahl as- Sunnah wa'l Jama'ah?" at www.themodernreligion.com/basic/ahl-sunna.html
**Let us unite again for the sake of Almighty Allah**
Thanks. Salam:)
