By Abu Muhammad Yusuf
Sacrifice is part of nature. The excruciating pain a mother endures patiently at childbirth, the years a teacher spends in educating children, the medical personal who attend to accident scenes in the dead of night, the police who patrol the streets during odd times and extreme weather, the Mujahideen who protect the borders of Islam, the patience of innocent civilians under oppressive regimes are just but a few examples of sacrifices for humanity. “Great achievements and happiness is the born out of sacrifice and not out of selfishness” Sacrifice may vary in degree and form. Sometimes it may be little and at times it may be immense. It could mean surrendering some of our wealth, time or even health for the benefit of others. Sacrifice is an important part in our contribution to society. “Sacrifice always brings joy to both the beneficiary and the giver. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.” Allah Ta’ala promises to give you back and most certainly He will increase it manifold. Allah Ta’ala says; "Say, 'Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts (it) for him. But whatever thing you spend (give) – He will compensate it; and He is the best of Providers." (Qur’an Saba', 34:39) The Noble Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (peace be upon him) is reported to have said: "No one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself." (Hadith –Bukhari & Muslim) There is an incident about a little girl named Ameena who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother Abdullah, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother Abdullah carefully, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister Ameena who needed it urgently to survive. Abdullah hesitated for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it, if it will save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, seeing that when the blood was given, colour was returning to Ameena's cheeks. After some time Abdullah's face grew pale and his smile faded. Then Abdullah looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?" Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister Ameena all of his blood in order to save her life. This is the ultimate in self-sacrifice where a person is willing to give his life. Daily we all face a challenge to what extent will we give. If we cannot give the ultimate, then let us at least do whatever “little” we can to bring about joy or benefit to others. “Value and appreciate the people who sacrifice ‘something’ for you as maybe their ‘something’ was their ‘everything’ “ Piety,sacrifice and giving are all inter-related. Allah Ta’ala says; "Never will you attain righteousness until you spend (give) from that which you love. And whatever you spend(give), indeed Allâh is Knowing of it." (Qur’an 3:92) Sacrifice usually is accompanied by difficulty and our sincerity is put to test. It’s easy to sacrifice and give to those who give back. The real test is to give to those who can give you nothing in return. This reality is often very difficult for people to grasp, that whatever one gives or sacrifices for in a good cause is not really lost. When you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else and hoping for a reward from your Creator. In fact there is a huge source of reward for the giver both in this temporary world and even more so in the Hereafter. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) is reported to have said; "He who removes from a believer one of his difficulties of this world, Allah will remove one of his troubles on the Day of Resurrection" (Hadith-Muslim) Let us sacrifice our “little” for humanity, remember drops form puddles and puddles form rivers and rivers form oceans! ***** Source: eislam.co.za ![]() By Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi The events and causes of Islamic renaissances stated earlier lead us to the conclusion that the Muslim society requires, in every age, vigilant, high-reaching, truthful and godly souls who can heal spirit, create a living awareness of God and bring about the moral regeneration of the people even in the most trying and adverse circumstances. At a time when Muslim states are degenerating, the masses are being swept away by materialistic urges and worldly desires, and a mad race for get-rich-quick has caught the imagination of the people, it becomes all the more necessary that virtuous and godly people should give the Message of hope to the despondent, strengthen their Faith in God His all embracing love as well as His aweand make them realise the value of contentment and reliance on God. Such people should reach others to raise themselves above their petty interests, to disdain wealth and power and to hate time-serving attitudes that stoop to sell countries and nations for petty personal gain. They should promote the urge for making sacrifices for the sake of Faith, of laying down one's life in the way of God. In this manner, they can usher people groping in the darkness of hopelessness to the light of God's Message of hope and Divine succour and cause degeneration and decaying societies to bring up men who are honest and courageous, able to shoulder the heaviest responsibility and solve the intricate problems facing the Muslim society as well as protect Islam and its interests. Such virtuous and God-souled persons should perform the same function in their own societies as Khwaja Hasan Basri did during the reign of the Umayyads and al Hafiz Ibn al-Jauzi, Imam Ghazzali and Saiyadna Abdul Qadir performed during the time of the Abbasids. The presence of such pious and righteous men of God is a must for the Muslim society in every time and clime for they can succeed even where states and administrations fail to face the challenge of time and ultimately die and dwindle away. The absence of such righteous persons constitutes the greatest danger for any Muslim society. In smoke Islamic and Arab countries, those presently rolling in wealth, one finds a spiritual void which cannot be filled by their vast organisations and educational institutions nor yet by their ambitious programmes for missionary activities and other projects for serving the cause of Islam. Islamic revivalist and missionary movements are nowadays active in different parts of the world. Their techniques and methods differ according to their peculiar needs and circumstances, and some of them are undoubtedly doing a service to Islam, but it seems necessary to identity certain points and lines on which endeavours in this field should be made so that not only the present decay in Muslim society is arrested but a vigours and comprehensive movement for Islamic renaissance may also emerge in the near future. In this respect, it is hoped that these hints will be useful to organisations and individuals committed to upholding the cause of Islam. 1. The faith of the Muslim masses, which, in any case, still exists, though in subdued form, has to be strengthened and their religious consciousness aroused to make it a living and dynamic force. The emotional attachment of the Muslims to Islam is the greatest hurdle in the way of many so-called leaders of Muslim countries to openly take the path of Kufr and apostasy or to invite their people to take that course. Despite all the conspiracies hatched within or outside these Muslims countries to oust Islam from these lands, the existence of an Islamic consciousness in the masses, even in a weaker form, or a minority amongst them, discourages these leaders from acting on their nefarious plans. God forbid, if this consciousness were to perish and the Muslims were to lose their spiritual and emotional attachment to Islam, no guarantee and no promise to administer these lands as Muslims would stands in the way of these leaders to turn their countries into another Spain or Turkistan. The masses of any country constitute its real wealth; they like a fertile land on which they can either plant a grove or construct a palatial building. They re really the raw materials from which every kind of human prototype can be moulded. The masses of the Muslim countries, notwithstanding their faults and failings, have been the object of the labour of love on the part of many a Prophet and man of God. They still excel all other nations and religious groups in their purity of heart, sincerity of purpose, warmth of feeling, selfness and readiness to make sacrifices for a just cause. At the same time, the Muslims have to be helped in inculcating those qualities which entitles a people to overcome all difficulties with the help of God, no matter how insurmountable the hardships are. These qualities are an implicit Faith in God, without the least trace of shirk, and the Islamic character of the individuals which make up society as a whole. Basically all vestiges of un-Islamic customs and usages should be for shaken and a distaste for copying others in the walk of life developed. This can, however, only be actualised by eliminating those elements of hypocrisy and duplicity which have unfortunately found a way into our society. Both of these are against the teachings of Islam and militate against the character of a truly Islamic society. Similarly, every effort has to be made to protect the Muslim society against immoral habits and evil practices, the gratification of carnal desires and the demoralising effects of wealth and power which aforetime invited the wrath of God and caused the downfall of several peoples of the earlier Prophets. The Muslims also have to be protected against the moral depravity of the West which has made European nations dissolute and overindulgent. Now the West wants the whole of the East, especially the Muslim countries, to become intemperate and licentious like it. However, this entire reformatory endeavour will be unrewarding unless a truly Islamic consciousness is created among the Muslims and unless they are provided with correct intellectual guidance. The need of the hour is that they learn to discriminate between friends and foe and become conscious of the problems as well as the realities of their situation. Their understanding of the problems and their deeper religious sense should be so developed that they will not be duped by interested politicians with ulterior motives nor by any slogan mongering or false promises which mislead. There should be no recurrence of the tragic events recently brought about by the machinations of foreign powers and selfish politicians who fanned the national, linguistic and cultural chauvinism of an intensely religious section of Muslims. 2. Spiritual realities and concepts emanating from Qur'anic expressions, the true features of Faith as well as a comprehension of Religion have to be protected against all distortions and deviations. Any effort to make these sub-seviant or idatify them as compatible with the ever-chanting modern political and economic concepts and systems of the West, or to interpret Islam in terms of any political philosophy, or even to treat it as a view of life on a par with other modern philosophical and political systems ought to be scrupulously avoided. The Political philosophies and their systems of government represent a changing, developing phenomena while religious realities and Faith in them are abiding; they form the central point around which revolves the entire religious life of a people. These realities constitute the beginning as well as the end of the moral spiritual teachings of all the earlier Prophets of God (Peace be upon him) who, from time to time, invited their people to receive these truths. Their struggles and endeavours were for reposing trust in these abiding realities. Thus, everything not based on the concept of life after death, or which weakens the desire to attain propinquity to God, or yet enfeebles the spirit of Faith and action to win the pleasure of God ought to be avoided. Every concept, approach and methodology employed for the exposition of knowledge and the cultivation promoting idolatrous thoughts and ideas of a pagan past, which are will alive and thriving,22 are likely to decrease one's aversion to shirk and its manifestations. Iqbal was correct in assertion that: The believer is aging but still young are the Lat and Manat. 3. The spiritual and emotional attachment of the Muslims to the blessed Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) has to be maintained at all costs. Efforts should be directed into making the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) dearer to every Muslim than his own self and the nearest of his kin for this is the criterion of true Faith according to the undisputed ahadith. Tender feelings of the last Prophet of God (Peace be upon him) with complete assurance in his being the most perfect and infallible teacher of humanity should be inculcated and everything that decreases love and regard for him or stands in the way of following in his footsteps should be rejected. Actually speaking, love and regard for the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) has been the only binding force that has kept the non-Arab Muslims aligned to Islam and saved them from losing their identities in their respective non-Islamic cultures and nationalities. This point has still greater significance for Arab countries where nationalist movements promoting the literary creations of Jewish and Christian writers and certain protagonists of modern Arabic literature lacking ardency for the Holy Prophet have weakened the people's attachment to Muhammad (Peace be upon him) to such an extent that one feels the need for a fresh Islamic literature in Arabic in order to revive the dormant Faith and to rekindle the flame of love for the Prophet in peoples hearts. The situation obtaining in this regard in some countries has made a non-Arab poet, enamoured by the Holy Prophet, say: "From the land of love, I bring a new contingent; For the Haram is in danger from the revolt of intellect'' 4. The intellectual and political leadership of the Muslims is in the hands of the modern educated class who also control the press and publicity media. This class has, either owing to the educational system borrowed from the West or because of its mistaken values and judgements, erroneously lost its confidence in Islam's capacity to solve every problem and provide guidance to humanity. The conviction that Islam is the abiding Message of God, that it transcends all barriers of time and space, that it is capable of saving humanity, like Noah's Ark, from drowning in the sea of its own follies, has to be re-installed in the hearts of these people. This Muslim elite's loss of confidence in Islam, or its weakened faith in Islam's potentialities, is the real cause why it so often opts for un-Islamic measures or wants to reform Islam itself even in this amounts to an intellectual and cultural repudiation of Faith. This calamity has now assumed such alarming proportions that almost the entire world of Islam is passing through a widening chasm between the masses and their rulers, without little prospect of this gap being bridged in the near future. This duality of feelings and interests between the two classes has given rise to an intense emotional, intellectual and cultural conflict between them which often erupts in the shape of military takeovers of the administration or revolts and insurrections against the ruling junta. 5. The curriculum and education system in Muslim countries needs fundamental change; a reshaping of the concept and approach to education, so that it becomes compatible with the values and judgements of Islam. The education system should never be imported from a foreign land nor can it be borrowed from an alien school of thought. It can only be formulated through a deep study and correct comprehension of Islam, and its details can be worked out by Muslim scholars and educationists themselves by people who should not pay any heed to artificial distinctions of old and to new or Eastern or Western systems of education. This is, in fact, the most pressing need of the time one which cannot brook the least delay. Unless this important task is undertaken Muslim countries can neither regain their self-confidence nor can they think out the solutions to the problems they face. It is no exaggeration to claim that if they do not meet this imperative need Muslims will not be able to administer their own countries according to their genius, nor will their educational institutions, press and other means of publicity discharge their functions in accordance with the teachings of Islam, nor with they be able to meet the peculiar needs of their people. 6. It is also necessary to build up a strong and worldwide movement for study and research in Islamic Literature so as to create a rapport between the literary creations of earlier Muslim savants and the new rising generation. Only in this way can the Islamic branches of learning be revitalised and the claim of Islamic jurisprudence to be an expanding and progressive legal system be demonstrated. Based on everlasting principles which are never antiquated, the Islamic legal system has the capacity to develop with the changing times. There is, thus, no need to take recourse to man-made laws in this presence. The step suggested here really amounts to a revivalist endeavour for Islam since it meets an urgent requirement for all Muslim countries and communities and saves them from the danger of intellectual and cultural waywardness, or rather dams the flood of westernisation which threatens to inundate the whole of Muslim world. 7. Islamic culture is drawn from the norms and values upheld by Islam. Its concept of purity and cleanliness: the moderate, upright and just behaviour demanded by it, the Qur'anic teaching and the way of life practised by the Holy Prophet, (Peace be upon him) in short, the totality of the teachings of Islam which were given practical shape by the earlier adherents of Islam are actualised in its culture. We must, therefore, take every possible step to make the Islamic culture a distinguishing feature of every Muslim society. The dichotomy of accepting only Faith and ritual observances and rejecting the culture brought forth by that Religion's comprehensive, flexible and liberal norms or values in favour of an alien culture or civilisation is nothing short of opening the gates to intellectual and cultural apostasy. There are, in fact, Muslim countries which have so completely modernised themselves under the impact of the West that their entire public and private lives from their homes and modes of living to their hotels and public offices have undergone a complete change. Save for a few religious observances one can find no trace of their national identity and sometimes is hard to believe that one is not in a Western countries. The actual identity of Muslim societies is an essential factor in maintaining their rapport with the Religion they profess; for, the lives of individuals and the socio-cultural norms and institutions go to make a complete whole. It is, thus, absolutely necessary that the Islamic culture and its way of life reassert itself in these countries. 8. The world of Islam needs today an intellectual leadership which can face the challenge of the West with courage, confidence and creative thinking and which can chart out a new way in the midst of the different norms and concepts of Western civilisationit should be a way that is neither imitative nor extremist. This new leadership has to rise above the non-essential collaterals and shallowness of the West. It has to pay attention to intrinsic truths and treat Western knowledge and learning simply as raw materials for recasting and remoulding a new cultural pattern consistent with the ideas, beliefs, philosophies, dogmas and doctrines of Islam. This would be a revolutionary achievement in the real sense since the Islamic world cannot attain complete independence in its absence.25 9. The governments of Muslim majority countries which are waging a war of attrition against their own Islam-loving populations are virtually engaged in a religious genocide. The leaders of these countries who have come to hold the reins of government either through conspiracy or military takeover are frittering away their energies and resources aimlessly. Similarly, the rulers of certain Arab countries want to change the religious precepts and the rules of the Shariah in such a manner that they become helpful in achieving their own political ends or help them cover up their own personal weaknesses, or else become instrumental in implementing programmes instigated by foreign powers inimical to Islam. It is necessary to make these leaders realise the futility of their efforts which have not only failed miserably in many a Muslim country but have also proved a hindrance in the achievement of national unity. The attention of these leaders should be invited to the ends and means which would really help them in making their countries strong and united. The leaders of other Muslim countries who have a reverential regard for Islam should, in like manner, be persuaded to create conditions favourable to the introduction of the Islami Shariah. They have to be convinced that their endeavours in this direction attract the succour and blessings of God for their countries and their people. Simultaneously, an all out effort should be made to re-establish a central leadership for the entire Islamic world. The central leadership should be based on the principles of mutual consultation and cooperation in goodness and God-fearingness. There should be a general feeling of remorse and sorrow over the abolition of the Caliphate which was made incumbent for the Muslims and whose absence has been the main cause for the calamities suffered by them. 10. In so far as non-Muslim countries without Muslim minority communities are concerned, the Message of Islam should be disseminated in an effective and rational manner, keeping in view the existing conditions and the psychology of each nation to which the preaching is addressed. The present state of materialistic nihilism has created a spiritual and moral void in most of these countries which, along with the explicit failure of modern civilization, has created bright prospects for galvanizing man to the Message of the One God and the unity of mankind preached by Islam. In those countries where Muslims exist as a minority community, they should devise ways and means to impart religious education to their children without taking recourse to any assistance from their national governments and they should also safeguard their personal laws. Muslims in these countries ought to be ever watchful of the new rules and laws promulgated in their countries, exhibit their trustworthiness, dignity and noble-mindedness and try to fill the void of moral leadership for they are best fitted to do so. They can, in this way, not only afford a proof of their usefulness for their countries but can also become the saviours of the morally decadent in these societies. This is the only way to gain love and respect for themselves as well as to enhance the regard and confidence of their countrymen which has been lost by the Muslims owing to peculiar historical circumstances in the recent past. At the outset of this new century of the Islamic era, the Muslims or rather the whole of the human race is looking forward to those masterminds who cannot only satisfy the needs of Islam but also meet the requirements of the present age by changing the course of history through their initiative and courageous action. The scribe of time is holding its breath with an unrolled scroll of history in its hand so as to pay homage and record the brilliant achievements of such leaders of mankind. Source: www.nadwatululama.org/english/books/tenpointprog.pdf ![]() By Muhammadullah Qasmi Many believe that Islam has banned critical thinking and introduced a kind of stagnation in the field. So, I want to answer the common question "Does Islam permit critical thinking?" People state, "Most Muslim schools focus on rote memorization of religious texts and discourage independent thinking". There are two different things; critical thinking and rational or independent thinking. There are categories where the mind should play its role and where it should not poke its nose. The clear and apparent meanings of the Glorious Qur'aan and the Hadith, which are called "Mansusaat" or 'Nusoos-e-Qatiyah' in Islamic terms, have no place for criticism. Here, rational thinking to find out the depth is not only permissible but also encouraged in Islam. The principle beliefs, obligatory practices are from this category where the human mind is allowed to explore the reasons and the facts of the matters, but it is not allowed to criticize since the mind has its own limitation as other human faculties have. For instance, what the hearing faculty can do the smelling faculty cannot, and what the eyes can see the others cannot. As we see a plane flying in the sky, looks very little, if we use only our eyes and not mind, it will be that the plane is small like a bird. But here, we use our mind and say 'no' since the plane is at a certain height that is why we see it small otherwise it is huge. As in this example, there comes one point where the boundary of eye's action ends and the boundary of mind's action begins. Likewise, there is one point where certainly the human mind fails. This is a common idea every sane believes in. But ahead of this, there is difference between Muslims and others. Muslims believe in 'Wahy', which can be translated as 'revelation' which is by Allah almighty to his messengers and prophets through different ways. The action of 'Wahy' begins from where the action of human mind comes to an end. The 'Wahy' tells us specially about the things which generally a mere human mind cannot find out. The existence of Allah, His attributes, the hell, the paradise, Day of Judgment etc are known only by 'Wahy'. Since, these matters are out of the reach of human mind so the human beings are asked just to believe in. The issue of 'wahy' is based on a principle that every action of human being is poised with error, it is only Allah and His Messengers who are free from human mistakes. That is why there is no possibility of error and criticism in their matters. The human body is temporal and mundane so the parts of the body are also mortal. They cannot have the feeling of things which belongs to another permanent and eternal world. This even we observe in our day-to-day life that if a villager is told about the facts of astronomy he nearly denies all the same. Besides, Islam allows critical thinking in other matters. The four major schools of thought in Islamic Fiqh i.e. Hanafi, Shaf'ee, Maliki, Hanbli are the clear proof of the claim. The scholars, having deep knowledge of the Glorious Qur'aan, Hadith and Islamic sciences, discussed the matters, which were not explicitly mentioned in the Qur'aan and Hadith, and they perform Ijtihad. In this course, they many times contradicted each other and had different opinions about same issue. But, after all, there opposition was barely not an opposition to play down the other but sincere and concrete opposition based on proofs and evidences. That is why today nearly all of the Ummah follows any of the four schools and none of them deny the other, each of them believes that all are on right path. Likewise, in Islam 'Amr bil Maroof' (enjoining the right) and 'Nahy anil Munkar' (forbidding from wrong) are the basic rules of a social life, which Allah almighty has counted in one of the characteristics of this Ummah as He states: "You are the best community that has been raised up for mankind. You enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and you believe in Allah." (Surah Ale-Imran, 3:110) This is emphasized by other verses and holy Hadiths, as for example a Hadith says: "If any of you sees an evil done he/she should stop it by his hand, if he/she cannot he/she should protest against it, if cannot then at least he/she should repulse it by heart, and this is the weakest from of faith." (Sahih Muslim, V 1 p 51) As another Hadith assets "The best form of Jihad is to utter the truth before an oppressor ruler". You might know the story of a common person who stood before Hazrat Umar Farooq while he was delivering a sermon and said if you will go wrong we will rectify you by our swords, in reply Hazrat Umar thanked Allah that his caliphate enjoys persons determined for truth and justice. Here, one thing should be kept in mind that, though Islam has allowed criticizing, it sternly prohibits backbiting and hurting others. "O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than they (are), nor let women (deride) women who may be better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by (insulting) nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil doers. O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful." (Surah Al-Hujrat, 49: 12, 13) So, this means that criticism should not be for the sake of criticism, and on personal basis but it should be with a good intention, i.e. 'Islaah' based on social etiquettes. All these things prove that Islam has never discouraged independent thinking and criticizing, it has allowed human mind to function in areas where it can work. Not only this that Islam has allowed independent thinking, but it is The Glorious Qur'aan which has set the tradition of thinking in the creation of Allah and asked its followers to reflect on the natural phenomena. For example the Glorious Qur'aan praises people who think: "Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the difference of night and day are tokens (of His sovereignty) for men of understanding. Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou created not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire" (Surah Ale-Imran, 3: 190, 191) Before Islam, nearly every religion, which existed then, adopted creatures as God. This concept stopped them to think in the reality of the creatures of the heaven and earth. When Islam came it concentrated the human belief only in Allah and regarded the entire universe as the servant of the human beings. Thus, Islam opened the door of independent thinking in Muslims and it led them to a grand era of science. It is not correct to write: "they (students) are not allowed to learn about modern scientific ideas such as evolution, secular histories of other nations, or anything which would conflict with the religious tenants of Islam." There is a vast difference between believing and learning. Islam has fully allowed Muslims to learn scientific education but not to believe in the matters that contradict with established Islamic beliefs. Because, the science is ever-growing and ever-changing. For example, the scientific facts of Newton in 17th century known as 'Gravitation Laws' were so widely believed that those who denied were called as insane. But, later in 20th century Einstein came and the entire theory of Newton turned up side down. So, as a Muslim, one should think whether one is going to change one's beliefs which are told by All-Knowing Allah to the notions that have no concrete ground. Some one wrote "Some of the religious schools (madrasas) merely propagandize militant Islamic beliefs and indoctrinate little boys into becoming warriors for the next Jihad." I do not know any madrasa, specially in India, where so called 'militant Islamic beliefs' are 'propagandized', and I do not even understand what this 'militant Islamic beliefs' mean. Likewise, the one who made this statement should point out in which madrasa little boys are indoctrinated to become 'warriors for Jihad'. I will be highly thankful to the one who wrote this to provide me correct information. Otherwise, let me very plainly say that the above statement is a lie and some people became habitual to believe in wide spread lies. They have closed their sights and hearing and blocked their minds and now believe blindly in what's being spread by some anti-Islamic elements. Allah knows the best! ![]() ثم زرنا ديوبند ولكنو د. عائض القرني في ختام زيارتي للهند أنا وأصحابي المشايخ توجهنا إلى جامعة دار العلوم بديوبند وهي جامعة إسلامية عريقة جداً، بل هي أشهر جامعة في القارة الهندية، وما من جامعة في الهند أو باكستان أو مسجد أو معهد إلا وفيه خريج درس في تلك الجامعة، فاستقبلنا علماؤها الأجلاء بتواضع وأريحيّة، واجتمعنا بالأساتذة في كل التخصصات، فوجدنا العلم واللطف والزهد، ولله ما أعظم هذا الدين جعل أتباعه يتفانون في نصرته من مفسر ومحدّث وفقيه ومؤرخ وأديب وكاتب وطبيب ومهندس، وهذه الجامعة مدينة مستقلة بكلياتها وأسواقها، ومساكن طلابها وقد حضرنا صلاة الجمعة، وأُسندت لي الخطبة، فكان الحديث عن واجبنا نحو رسالة الإسلام ووجوب توحيد المسلمين وجمع كلمتهم ونبذ الفرقة والدعوة للوسطية وشرح قول المولى عز وجل: (وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطاً)، ثم عقّب مشايخهم بالترحاب وأثنوا على العرب الأوائل الذين حملوا النور للعالم ووزّعوا الهداية على البشرية، ثم أقمنا في سكنهم يوماً وليلة في مدارسات علمية وحوار نافع مفيد وجلسات أخوية، ثم امتطينا الطائرة إلى مدينة لكنو حيث ندوة العلماء التي أسسها سماحة الشيخ العلامة الأديب الكبير السيد أبو الحسن الندوي، فوجدنا هذه الجامعة جمعت بين الأصالة والمعاصرة فرحّبوا بنا وكانت التحيّة منا الإشادة بتاريخ أبي الحسن الندوي بذكر كتبه ومآثره، وقام خطباؤهم فكان بعضهم أفصح من كثير من أبناء العربية في بلاد العرب، وكان حديثهم عن الاعتزاز بالإسلام والتّشرف بحمل الرسالة الإسلامية للعالم والدعوة للتجديد، والذي أذهلني في الهند هذه المدارس الفقهية والمشارب المذهبيّة والجماعات الإسلامية تحت مظلة الإسلام من أهل الحديث ومن السلفيين والأحناف والمالكية والشوافع والتبليغ والإخوان والجماعة الإسلامية وجماعات أخرى، كلهم يعمل للإسلام ويتفانى في خدمة الدين، والعجيب في الهند أننا نسبح في قارة مترامية الأطراف وهي تسابق الزمن في التمدن والحضارة، وبها طرق تشقها من الشرق للغرب ومن الشمال إلى الجنوب بالتوازي، فطريق معبّد للسيارات وطريق للقطار وطريق ثالث للخدمات من نفط وغاز وكهرباء ونحوه، والهدوء في الهند مستتب وأصبح هناك مصالحة بين فئات الشعب الهندي، والهند مضرب المثل حتى في العالم الغربي بالديمقراطية والتناول السلمي للسلطة، وهي من الدول الرائدة بالكمبيوتر ومشتقاته، والهند تسعى حثيثة لتكون في مصاف الدول الخمس الكبرى؛ فعندها كل مقومات الرقي والتّمدن، ولا يظن أحد إذا شاهد العمالة الهندية عندنا أن الهند أمة فقيرة متخلّفة، بل هم أهل تاريخ وحضارة ومسيرة ضاربة في عمق الزمن، وعندهم أدمغة لا تسافر إلينا منهمكة في المصانع والمعامل، ويشرّفنا نحن المسلمين أن مكتشف القنبلة الذريّة هو مسلم وهو الدكتور البروفسور أبو الكلام الذي كافأه الشعب الهندي بأن جعلوه رئيساً للدولة قبل سنوات، وقد انتهت مدة رئاسته، والهند مهرجان كبير متنوع الثقافات متعدد الأعراق غني بالموارد والعلوم والفنون، والطبيعة هناك ساحرة آسرة، فبينما تمشي بجانب نهر مطّرد يفاجئك جبل شامخ شاهق، ثم تستقبلك صحراء جرداء مد البصر، ثم تعود إلى مدرجات خضراء، ثم تهبط إلى أودية وغابات، فسبحان الخالق المبدع المصور: (هَذَا خَلْقُ اللَّهِ فَأَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ)، والأمة الهندية كالذّر يمشي على الأرض وكالنمل يزحف على البسيطة؛ فالطرقات والميادين والعمارات يملأها البشر، ولك أن تتصورأن ولاية بومباي وحدها بضواحيها يسكن بها مائة مليون، وعدد المسلمين في الهند يقارب أربعمائة مليون، ولهم ثقل سياسي واقتصادي، والدولة هناك تحسب لهم ألف حساب، بل هم مشاركون في صنع القرار، وطبيعة الهندي اللطف والوداعة مع الذكاء وحب المسالمة بخلاف الباكستاني والأفغاني؛ فإنهم أشاوس أشداء وأقوياء ومقاتلون من الدرجة الأولى، حتى قال بعض حكماء الهند: الهند تهدي الأفغان الحكماء، والأفغان يهدون للهند الملوك، بعد هذه الرحلة الأخيرة عندي والمحفوظة في خلدي والمرسومة في ذاكرتي ودّعنا إخواننا وأصدقاءنا في مطار نيودلهي المطار الجديد العالمي المركّب، وكان الدعاء والأخذ بالأحضان والشكر والثناء منا ومنهم، وتذكرتُ قول زميلي وصديقي آية الله أبي الطيب المتنبي: فِراقٌ وَمَنْ فَارَقْتُ غَيرُ مُذَمَّـمِ وَأَمٌّ وَمَنْ يَمّمْتُ خيرُ مُيَمَّمِ وَمَا مَنـزِلُ اللّذّاتِ عِندي بمَنْزِلٍ إذا لم أُبَجَّلْ عِنْدَهُ وَأُكَـرَّمِ http://www.al-madina.com/node/314191 ![]()
![]() نص خطاب إمام الحرم المكي الشريف فضيلة الشيخ الدكتور عبد الرحمن عبد العزيز السديس / حفظه اللّه في ديوبند مجلة الداعي الشهرية الصادرة عن دارالعلوم ديوبند ، رجب 1432هـ = يونيو 2011م ، العدد : 7 ، السنة : 35 خطاب إمام الحرم المكي الشريف: فضيلة الشيخ الدكتور عبد الرحمن عبد العزيز السديس / حفظه اللّه في جامع رشيد الكبير في محيط الجامعة الإسلامية دارالعلوم/ ديوبند يوم الجمعة: 19/ ربيع الثاني 1432هـ الموافق 25/مارس 2011م نقله عن الشريط : محمد عاصم المئوي ، ومحمد قاسم الدهلوي طالبان في قسم اللغة العربية وآدابها بالجامعة وراجع الخطاب بعد النقل : الأستاذ محمد ساجد القاسمي أستاذ بالجامعة بسم الله الرَّحمن الرَّحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين، والعاقبة للمتقين، ولا عدوان إلا على الظالمين، والصلاة والسلام الأتمّان الأكملان على سيد الأولين والآخرين، ورحمة للعالمين، نبينا وحبيبنا وسيّدنا وقدوتنا «مُحمَّد بن عَبْد الله» صلوات الله وسلامه عليه، وعلى آله وصحبه دائمًا أبدًا إلى يوم الدين. أما بعد: فإني أحمد الله – تبارك وتعالى – وأشكره على ما منّ به في هذا اليوم الأغر من زيارة هذه الجامعة – الجامعة العريقة، الجامعة الإسلامية دارالعلوم / ديوبند – في مثل هذه البلاد التي لها رسالتها العظيمة عبر قرون طويلة، وسنوات متعددة، فالحمد لله والشكر له على هذه النعمة السَّابغة، فكم له علينا من آلاء وفضائل ونعم لانحصي لها عدًّا. أنقل إليكم أيها الإخوة في هذا اللقاء الماتع المبارك تحيّاتِ وتقديرَ حكومة المملكة العربية السُّعودية وعلى رأسها خادم الحرمين الشريفين – وفّقه الله وأيّده ورعاه – وكذلك سموّ ولي عهده، وسمو النائب الثاني للحكومة الرشيدة، وكذلك علماء وأئمة الحرمين في مكة المكرمة، وفي المدينة النبوية المنورة على ساكنها أفضل الصلوات وأتم التسليم، وكذلك شعب المملكة العربية السعودية الذي يُكنّ لكم المحبة والتقدير. ويشيد بهذه الجهود المباركة التي تبذلها الجامعة، ويبذلها إخواننا المسلمون في شبه القارة الهندية من تمسّكهم واعتزازهم بإسلامهم ودينهم وحبهم لمهبط الوحي، ومنبع الرسالة، هذا الحب الذي ترجمه هذا الحضور الكثيف الذي تعب فيه الإخوة تعبًا نسأل الله – عزَّ وجلَّ – أن يُثِيبَهم عليه ويأجرهم، وهو من الرباط في سبيل الله – عزّ وجلّ – وهو من الأعمال الصالحة التي تدل على تلك المحبة لهذا الدين ولعلماء الحرمين، ولمكة المكرمة، وللكعبة المشرفة، ولمسجد رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فأشكر باسم المملكة العربية السعودية القائمين على هذه الجامعة رئيسًا وإدارةً وموظفين وأعضاء هيئة التدريس والطلاب الذين يترجم حضورهم هذا حبهم للعلم وأهله، فبوركت هذه الجهود، وجزاكم الله عنا خيرًا. ويعلم الله إن المسلم ليسعد غايةَ السعادة وهو يرى هذه الوجوه الطيبة، وهذا الجمع المبارك الذي يكتنف هذا اللقاء، في لقاء الواقع إنه تاريخيّ متميز. إن الحضور الكثيف، إنما أتى به حبّ الإسلام وحبّ الحرمين وحب المملكة العربية السعودية. إننا أيها الإخوة نحبكم في الله – عز وجلّ – وندعو الله لكم دائما بالتوفيق والسّداد، ونُكْبِرُ ونُجِلُّ ونُعِزُّ فيكم هذه الرغبة، وهذا الحب الكبير الذي لاشك أنه يترجم عمليًّا الإسلامَ الحقّ باعتداله و وسطيّته الذي يقوم على العلم النافع وعلى العمل الصالح. «هُوَ الذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُوْلَه بالهُدٰى ودينِ الحقِّ لِيُظْهِرَه على الدِّين كله» فالهدى هو العلم النافع، ودين الحق هو العمل الصالح، فينبغي على المسلم أن يحرص كلَّ الحرص على أن ينوّر قلبه ونفسه وروحه بهذا العلم، والاستفادة منه؛ لأن العلم نور، والجهل ظلام وشرور، العلم فضيلة، والشر رذيلة، «يَرْفِعِ الله الذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْكُم والذينَ أُوتُوا العِلْم دَرَجٰتٍ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ وَالذِيْنَ لاَيَعْلَمُونَ» «وقل ربِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا» «من سلك طريقاً يلتمس فيه علما سهّل الله له به طريقًا إلى الجنة» «من يرد الله به خيرًا يفقهه في الدين» وما الفخر إلا لأهل العلم إنه على الهدى لمن استهدى أدلاّء وقدر كل امرئ ما كان يحسنه والجاهلون لأهل العلم أعداء فجزاكم الله خيرًا أيها الإخوة على هذا الاحتفاء وهذه الاحتفالية، وجزاكم الله خيرًا على ما شهدناه ولمسناه ورأيناه من حب كبير لأهل العلم وحملته، لاسيما من أهل الحرمين الشريفين؛ فإني عاجز عن هذا التعبير الذي لا أستطيع أن لا أفي به من خلال هذا اللقاء، وهذا الحضور، وهذه المحبة؛ ولكننا لانملك لكم إلا الدعاء لكم بالتوفيق والتسديد والتيسير. وعلينا أيها الإخوة أن نتحلّى تحليًّا صحيحًا بالإسلام في عقيدته السمحة الصافية، في التوحيد لله رب العالمين. في الحِرص على سنة الحبيب - صلى الله عليه وسلم - في وحدة هذه الأمة، في الاجتماع والاعتصام بالكتاب والسنة، ومنهج سلف هذه الأمة للتنوّر بالعلم النافع والعمل الصالح علوم الوحي وعلوم الآلة وعلوم العصر، فكلنا بحاجة ماسّة إلى تطبيقها وإلى تحقيقها ليكون للمسلمين قوتهم وهيبتهم ومكانتهم وثقلهم، إننا بحاجة ماسّة إلى فهم إسلام الحقّ، وإلى أن يكون المسلم رجل الأمن، ورجل السّلام والاستقرار، وأن يُفعِّل الإسلام الصحيح؛ بأن يكون مواطنًا صحيحاً، يحرص كل الحرص على أن يكون عينًا ساهرةً على أمن البلاد وعلى حفظ عمرانها. وما الجامعة الإسلامية دارالعلوم/ ديوبند في هذه البلاد إلا نموذج – ولله الحمد – مشرق في إخراج الجيل المتسلح بسلاح العلم والإيمان، فبوركت هذه الجامعة، وبورك القائمون عليها، وبورك المسؤولون فيها، ومدرسوها وطلابها. وإننا سعداء غايةَ السعادة، وأرى ذلك أيضاً في محيّا سفير خادم الحرمين الشريفين والوفد المرافق الذين غمرهم جميعًا هذا الحبّ وهذا التعلّق وهذا التميّز، فجزاكم الله عنا خير الجزاء، وشكر الله لكم، وبوركت هذه الجامعة وهنيئا للأمة الإسلامية، لاسيما بالقارة الهنديّة هذا الجيل الذي يعتزّ بإسلامه ودينه. نسأل الله – عز وجل – أن يرزقنا جميعاً العلم النافع، والعمل الصالح، وأن يوفقنا جميعًا إلى ما يحبّه ويرضاه. وآخردعوانا الحمد لله رب العالمين، وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على نبيّنا محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. الخطبة الأولى قبل صلاة الجمعة إنّ الحمد لله نحمده ونستغفره ونتوب إليه، ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا، ومن سيئات أعمالنا، من يهده الله فلا مضلّ له ومن يضلل فلا هادي له، وأشهد أن لا إله إلاّ الله وحده لاشريك له، إلٰه الأوّلين والآخرين، وأشهد أنّ سيّدنا ونبيّنا محمدًا عبد الله ورسوله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وبارك عليه وعلى آله الأطهار وصحابته الأبرار والتّابعين ومن تبعهم بإحسان، ما تعاقب اللّيل والنّهار، أمّا بعد: فياعبادَ الله! أوصيكم ونفسي بتقوى الله – عزّ وجلّ – فإنّ تقواه – سبحانه – وصيّته للأوّلين والآخِرين من عباده، يقول الله – عزّ وجلّ - : «وَلَقَدْ وَصَّيْنَا الَّذِيْنَ أُوْتُوْا الْكِتٰبَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنِ اتَّقُوْا اللهَ» ألا إنّما التّقوى هي العزّ والكرم، وحبّك للدّنيا هو الذُّل والسَّقم، وليس على عبدٍ تقيٍّ نقيصة إذا اتّقى حقّ التّقوى، وإن حاك أو هجم. أيّها المسملون! الأفراد والمجتمعات، والأمم والحضارات إنّما تقاس مدى تمسّكها بعقيدتها ومباديئها ومثلها وقيمها، وإنّ من فضل الله – عزّ وجلّ – علينا نحن أبناء هذه الأمّة – أمّة الإسلام وأمّة محمّدٍ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أن أكرمنا الله بهذا الدّين دين الإسلام، الدّين الخاتم، دين الشمول والكمال «اَليَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِيْنَكُمْ وأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِيْ وَرَضِيْتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلاَمَ دِينًا» لاخير إلاّ في ظلّ الإسلام، جاء محمّد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وبُعِثَ رحمةً للعٰلمين، «وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ»، أنزل الله عليه هذا الذّكر المبين، وهذا القرآن الحكيم، «وإنَّه لَذِكْرٌ لّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْئَلُوْنَ»، «لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُم كِتَابًا فِيْه ذِكْرُكُمْ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُوْنَ»، وهذا الإسلام – بحمد الله – شمل من العقائد أصْفَاها، ومن العبادات أسماها، ومن الأخلاق أزكاها يقوم هذا الدّين أيّها المسلمون! على أصل التّوحيد والإخلاص لله ربّ العٰلمين، «وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ والْإِنْسَ إلاّ لِيَعْبُدُوْنَ» «واعْبُدُوا اللهَ، وَلَا تُشْرِكُوْا بِه شَيْئًا» هذه كانت رسالة الأنبياء والمرسلين «وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَّسُوْلٍ إِلاَّ نُوْحِيْ إِلَيْه أَنَّهُ لاَ إلٰهَ إلاّ أنا فَاعْبُدُوْن» فإخلاص الدّين لله مِن أهمّ الرّكائز الّتي ينبغي أن ينبني عليها دين العبد في هذه الحياة، «أَلاَ لله الدِّيْنُ الْخَالِصُ» «وَمَا أُمِرُوْا إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُوْا اللهَ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ حُنَفَاءَ»، وكذلك تجريد المتابعة لرسُول الله الحبيب المصْطَفٰى، والرّسول المجتبٰى، بأبي هو وأمّي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فلقد قال الله فيه: «لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِيْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُواللهَ واليَوْمَ الآخِرَ، وَذَكَرَ اللهَ كثيرًا»، ويقول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - : من عمل عملاً ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردّ، فواجب المسلم أن يتمسّك بكتاب الله وسنّة رسوله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - حريصًا على صحّة الاعتقاد، وتجريد المتابعة للحبيب رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فلا خير في هذه الحياة إلاّ في ظلّ الكتاب والسّنّة، ولذا فإنّ واجب الأمّة الإسلاميّة أن تعتصم بكتاب الله – عزّ وجلّ – وسنّة رسوله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وأن تحذر من التنازع والشقاق والاختلاف والافتراق، «واعْتَصِمُوْا بِحَبْلِ اللهِ جَمِيْعًا وَّلاَ تَفَرَّقُوْا» «وَلاَ تَنَازَعُوْا فَتَفْشَلُوْا وتَذْهَبَ رِيْحُكُمْ وَاصْبِرُوْا إنّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِيْنَ» «مُنِيْبِيْنَ إليْهِ وَاتَّقُوْهُ وأَقِيْمُوالصَّلوٰةَ وَلاَ تَكُوْنُوْا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ» «مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ فَرَّقُوْا دِيْنَهُمْ وَكَانُوْا شِيَعًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُوْن»، فالاعتصام بالكتاب والسّنة، وتحقيق وحدة الأمّة الإسلاميّة «إنَّ هذه أُمَّتُكُمْ أمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأنَا رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْن»، هو منهج المسلم الحقّ ينبغي أن يسعى إليه، وَيُعْلِيَ رأيته في كل زمان ومكان تحقيقًا للأخوّة الإسلاميّة «إنَّمَا المُؤْمِنُوْنَ إخْوَةٌ» مثل المؤمنين في تراحمهم وتوادّهم وتعاطفهم كمثل الجسد الواحد إذا اشتكى منه عضوٌ تداعٰى له سائر الجسد بالسهر والحمّٰى، المؤمن للمؤمن كالبنيان يشدّ بعضه بعضًا. أيّها المسلمون! وإنّ من المنهج الحقّ الّذي ينبغي أن يسير عليه المسلم منهج الوسَط والاعتدال كما قال الله – عزّ وجلّ - : «وكَذلكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أمَّةً وَّسَطاً» فلا غلوّ ولا جفا، ينبغي على المسلمين أن يفهموا دينهم، وأنّه دين الأمن والخير والسّلام والرّحمة والتّسامح والمحبّة والوئام، هذا هو المنهج السليم، هذه حقائق الإسلام وإشراقاته، ومبادئه وجماليّاته، الّتي ينبغي أن نُعليها في كلّ الأزمنة والأمكنة، لاسيّما في مثل هذه الأزمنة الّتي رُمِيَ الإسلام فيها بالمصطلحات الموهمة كمصطلح الإرهاب، ولذا فينبغي على المسلمين أن يكونوا قدوةً حسنةً في تطبيق الإسلام الحقّ، بشموله وكماله، ومحاسنه ومزاياه، وأنّه دين الله الصالح لكل زمان ومكان الّذي لاخير إلاّ في ظلاله، ولا شرّ إلاّ في البعد عنه «فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلاَ يَضِلُّ وَلاَ يَشْقٰى * وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِيْ فإنَّ لَهُ مَعِيْشَةً ضَنْكاً» وإنّ من أكبر المشكلات الّتي يعانيها المسلمون في هذه الأزمنة مشكلة فهم المسلمين لدينهم ولحقائق دينهم، وذلك الانفصام بين القول والتّطبيق والعمل، فينبغي علينا أن نحرص كل الحرص على أن نتمسّك بديننا مُعلنين ومُعتزّين بعقيدته السمحة، وبالوحدانيّة لله ربّ العٰلمين، وبالمتابعة لرسول الله المصطفى الأمين - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وعلى أن نسير على منهج الإسلام الوسط المعتدل، ولا تغل في شيء من الأمر واقتصد. كذلك ينبغي على المسلم وهو في مثل هذه البلاد أن يكون مسلمًا صالحًا ومواطنًا صالحًا يحرص على النماء والإعمار والتنمية، وأن يكون رسل أمن واستقرار في هذه البلاد الّتي يعيش فيها. فالمسلمون عبرَ التّاريخ لم يُعْرَفُوا إلاّ بهذه الصورة المشرقة، ولذا دخل كثير من النّاس في دين الله – عزّ وجلّ – أفواجًا نتيجةَ التّسامح والأمانة والصدق والمحبّة الّتي سلكها الأسلاف، وما ذلك بغريب على دين كله رحمة، «وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ» رحمة للعالمين ليس للمسلمين فقط، فالمسلمون أولى بالتراحم فيما بينهم، وتحقيق الأخوّة الإسلاميّة، والبعد عن الاختلافات الفقهيّة، والاختلافات في الوسائل الدّعويّة، فكلّنا ذلك الرّجل في حب رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وهكذا كان الأسلاف والأخيار والأئمّة الرّبانيّون العلماء الّذين هم محل الاقتداء من صحابة رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ومن التابعين بعدهم، ومن الأئمّة الكبار كالإمام أبي حنيفة، والإمام مالك، والإمام الشافعي، والإمام أحمد، فكلّهم من رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ملتمس غرفًا من البحر أو رشفاً من الديم، هؤلآء علماء الإسلام الّذين هم القدوة الّذين ينبغي أن يُذْكَرُوا بجميل حتّى مع الاختلاف بين أبناء المذاهب، وبين أصحاب المذاهب، ينبغي أن يكون أدب الاختلاف، وأن تكون الشمائل والأخلاق والمودّة والحوار والسماع للرأي الآخر والإنصات وحسن الأدب حتى ولو اختلفتَ مع من اختلفتَ، ولايزالون مختلفين، لكن يبقى أدب المحبّة والرّحمة، وينبغي أن تكون الصدور سليمة للمسلمين «وَالَّذِيْنَ جَاءُوْا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْلَنَا وَلإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِيْنَ سَبَقُوْنَا بِالإِيْمَانِ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ فِيْ قُلُوْبِنَا غِلاًّ لِلَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَؤُوْفٌ رَّحِيْمٌ». وإنّ من فضل الله – عزّ وجلّ – أنّ هذا الدّين منصور بنصر الله – عَزَّ وجلّ – ثم بما يهيّئه في كل زمان ومكان من الرّجال الّذين يحملون شُعَلَ الدّعوة إلى الله – عز وجلّ – يحمل هذا الدّين من كل خَلَف عدول، ينفون عنه تحريفَ الغالين، وانتحال المبطلين، وتأويلَ الجاهلين، وها نحن نرى – ولله الحمد والمنّة – هذه المساجد، وهذه المراكز، وهذه الجامعات والمصادر الإشاعيّة في نشر العلم والدّعوة إلى الله – عزّ وجلّ – والحرص على جمع كلمة المسلمين، وإن إخوانكم في المملكة العربيّة السّعوديّة، في مكّة المكرّمة، وفي المدينة المنوّرة، ليُجِلُّون ويباركون هذه الجهود الّتي يقوم بها المسلمون في هذه البلاد، من حرصهم على التمسّك بهويتهم وعلى دينهم وعلى لغتهم العربيّة، وهذا الحرص على جمع كلمة المسلمين، ووحدة كلمتهم، وأن نتواصىٰ دائمًا بأن نكون رجال أمن وخيرٍ واستقرارٍ وسلامٍ ومحبّة ووئام، كما كان أسلافنا الأجيال ولاينافي هذا أبدًا، اعتزاز المسلم بدينه وتمسّكه بثوابته وقيمه، إنّنا بحاجة ماسّة عن التخلّي عن الأنانيات، وعن الفرقة والاختلافات، وأن نعتصم بكتاب الله وسنّة رسوله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وأن نتحابَّ فيما بيننا ونتوادّ على الخير، وأن يحرص المسلم على سلامة صدره وقلبه لإخوانه المسلمين، وأن يتسلّح بالعلم النّافع والعمل الصّالح، فتلك بإذن الله أمارةُ السّعادة والخير والتوفيق بإذن الله والله – عزّ وجلّ – يقول: «مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أوْ أُنْثٰى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحِيِيَنَّهُ حَيٰوةً طَيِّبَةً ولَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ». بارك الله لي ولكم في القرآن العظيم، وفي سنّة سيّد المرسلين، أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله العظيم الجليل لي ولكم ولسائر المسلمين من كل ذنب، فاستغفروه وتُوبوا إليه، إنّه هو التّوّابُ الرَّحِيْم. الخطبة الثانية الحمد لله الذي أرسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق؛ ليظهره على الدين كله، وكفى بالله شهيدًا. وأشهد أن لا إلٰه إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، إقرارًا به وتوحيده، وأشهد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمدًا عبد الله ورسوله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين. أما بعد: فاتقوا الله عباد الله! واعلموا أن أصدق الحديث كتاب الله وخير الهدي هدي محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وشر الأمور محدثاتها، وكل بدعة ضلالة، وعليكم بجماعة المسلمين؛ فإن يد الله مع الجماعة ومن شذّ شذ في النار. أيها المسلمون! يتطلّع العالم اليوم إلى مجتمعات تنعم بالأمن والاستقرار والخير والسلام، وإن المسلمين هم أولى من يحرص على إعلاء هذه الراية؛ فإنهم رسل هداية للعالمين، البشريّة جمعاء، والإنسانية كافة تتطلّع إلى عدل الإسلام، وإلى رحمة الإسلام وإلى اعتزاز المسلمين بحقوق الإنسان أيًّا كان، وإن اختلفوا معه في الدين، وقولوا للناس حُسْنا، «مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِيْ الأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيْعًا، وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا» وهذا هو شأن المسلم؛ لأنه يُحي القلوب بالعقيدة والإيمان بعد توفيق الله – عز وجل – وبنور العلم النافع، والعمل الصالح وبأن يكون مواطنًا صالحاً وعضوًا فاعلاً ناميًا مُنمّيًا للبلاد التي يعيش فيها «هُوَ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا» فالناس يعيشون في هذه الحياة للخلافة الراشدة بإذن الله التي تقوم على إعزاز دين الله – عز وجل – وعلى تحكيم شرع الله – سبحانه – وعلى التمسّك بدين الله – عز وجل – فديننا دين الشمائل والأخلاق، «وَإنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ» «فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ الله لِنْتَ لَهُمْ، وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَضًّا غَلِيْظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوْا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ». فواجبنا عباد الله أن نتمسّك بديننا دين الخير، والفضائل والبعد عن الشرور والرذائل، وأن يكون المسلمون في كل مكان قائمين بأمر الله – عز وجلّ – مُنافحين عن دينه، متحلّين بالأخلاق الحسنة، يعرفون حقوق الناس جميعًا، يحرصون على أداء حق الله – عز وجل – أولاً، وقبل كلِّ شيء، في عبادته وتوحيده وإخلاص الدين له، وفي حق رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - في محبّته واتباعه والتمسّك بسنته – عليه الصلاة والسلام – وحقّ المسلمين، بل هو حق غير المسلمين بأن يكون المسلم دائمًا عضوًا فاعلاً بالخير في أيّ وطن يعيش فيه، وإن إخواننا في هذه البلاد: في بلاد الهند، وفي هذه الدولة هم ولله الحمد والمنّة مِمَّن يعتزّون بإسلامهم، ويتمسّكون بدينهم، ويُظهِرون شعائره، ويحرصون كل الحرص عليها، فهم محل الفخر والاعتزاز والتقدير من المسلمين جميعاً، لاسيما إخوانهم في بلاد الحرمين الشريفين فنسأل الله – عز وجلّ – أن يثْبتهم على الحق، وعلى الدين القويم، وأن يزيدهم من التمسّك والاتحاد، فالاتحاد هو القوة، والاختلاف هو الفرقة وهو الضعف، وهو سبب الهزائم والانتكاسات عبر القرون والتاريخ. إننا ولله الحمد والمنة ونحن نشهد هذه الجموع المباركة، هذه الجموع التي تحب الإسلام، وتحرص عليه لمتفائلون بإذن الله. فالمؤمن دائماً يتفاءل مهما كثرت المشكلات؛ فإنه دائماً يتفاءل بنصرة دين الله – عز وجل – فلا يعرف اليأس والإحباط إلى نفسه سبيلاً. فأسلافكم فتحوا هذه البلاد بحسن التعامل وبحسن الشمائل والأخلاق، فأنتم خير خلف لخير سلف، تحملون مشعل الهداية للناس جميعاً في هذه البلاد، وتكونون مواطنين صالحين مقيمين في هذه البلاد إقامةً كلها الخير وكلها الاستبشار، والدعوة إلى الفضائل والتمسّك بالقيم والمثل والمبادئ التي جاء بها هذا الدين بل وجاءت بها الشرائع الإسلامية كلها في نشر الخير والعدل والمحبة والوئام والأمن والاستقرار والسلام والتمسّك بالنظام والبعد عن الفوضىٰ والافتراق. ثقوا بتوفيق الله بكم ونصركم وعزتكم. «وَلله الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَلٰكِنّ الْـمُنَافِقِينَ لاَيَعْلَمُوْنَ» هذا، وصلّوا وسلّموا رحمكم الله على خير الورى نبينا محمد بن عبد الله كما أمركم بذلك ربكم – جلّ وعلا – فقال – تعالى – قولاً كريماً: «إنَّ اللهَ وَمَلٰئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّوْنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ، يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا» اللّٰهم صلِّ وسلِّم وبارك على سيد الأولين والآخرين، رحمة الله للعالمين، نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه والتابعين، ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين، وارض اللّٰهم عن الخلفاء الراشدين والأئمة المهديين: أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان وعلي، وعن سائر الصحابة والتابعين ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين، وعنا معهم برحمتك وكرمك يا أكرم الأكرمين! اللهم أعزّ الإسلام والمسلمين، اللّٰهم أعز الإسلام والمسلمين، اللّٰهم أعز الإسلام والمسلمين، اللّٰهم أعل بفضلك كلمة الحق والدين، اللّٰهم اجمع المسلمين في مشارق الأرض ومغاربها على كتابك وسنة نبيك - صلى الله عليه وسلم - اللّٰهم ارزقهم المودة والمحبة والوئام، وأبعدهم عن الخلاف والشقاق والنزاع يا ذالجلال والإكرام! اللّٰهم انصر إخواننا المسلمين في كل مكان! اللّٰهم وفِّق إخواننا في الهند! اللّٰهم وفقهم لما تحب وترضى، اللهم انصرهم بالبر والتقوى، اللّٰهم ارزقهم التمسّك بدينهم والثبات عليه، اللّٰهم اجعلهم إخوة متحابّين ومتوادّين على الخير متعاونين، يقومون بهذا الدين يا حَيّ يا قيّوم! ويا ذا الجلال والإكرام! اللهم وفق إمامنا خادم الحرمين الشريفين لما تحب وترضى، اللهم وفقه وولي عهده والنائب الثاني واجز هم خيرالجزاء على ما قدّموا ويقدّمون للإسلام والمسلمين، اللّٰهم اجعل ذلك في صحائف أعمالهم يا حيّ يا قيوم! اللّٰهم وفق القائمين والمسؤولين في هذه البلاد، اللّٰهم وفقهم لكل خير، اللّٰهم ارزق بلاد الهند الأمن والاستقرار يا ذا الجلال والإكرام! وأبْعِد عنهم الفوضى والافتراق، ووفقهم للخير في دينهم ودنياهم يا حي يا قيوم! وفي سائر بلاد المسلمين، اللّٰهم أنْقِدْ المسجد الأقصى، اللّٰهم أنقد المسجد الأقصى، وانصر كل إخواننا المستضعفين في كل مكان، وانصر إخواننا في كشمير و في كل مكان، يا قويّ، يا عزيز يا حيّ يا قيوم! الذين يقومون بدينك ويُعِزّون أولياءك، اللّٰهم انصرهم في كل مكان يا ذا الجلال والإكرام! اللّٰهم هَيِّئْ لأمة الإسلام من أمرها رشدًا، اللّٰهم أَدِم الأمن والاستقرار، اللّٰهم احفظنا من الفتن، اللّٰهم احفظنا والمسلمين من مُضِلاّت الفتن ما ظهر منها وما بطن، اللّٰهم اكْفِنا شرَّ أعدائنا وأعدائك برحمتك وكرمك وقوتك وقدرتك يا قويّ يا عزيز! اللهم اكفِ المسلمين شرور أعدائهم اللّٰهم اجعل المسلمين متحابين وإخوة متعاونين متوادّين منصورين، اللهم أذهب عنهم الفتن والمِحن يا أرحم الراحمين، ويا أكرم الأكرمين، ويا ذا الجلال والإكرام! اللّٰهم وفقنا لما تحب وترضى، اللّٰهم وفّق إخواننا الحاضرين في هذا المسجد والمتابعين له، اللّٰهم اجعله هذا من الرباط في سبيلك، واجعل أعمالهم في موازينك، واجز القائمين على هذا الجامع وعلى هذه الجامعة خير الجزاء على ما قدّموا ويقدمون للإسلام والمسلمين، وعلى ما تعِبوا في أداء هذه المهمّة العظيمة، اللّٰهم فاجعل ذلك في موازين حسناتهم وصحائف أعمالهم، اللّٰهم وفقنا لما تحب وترضى، وخذ بنواصينا بالبرّ والتقوى، «وأعطنا في الدنيا حسنةً وفي الآخرة حسنةً وقنـا عذابَ النار» وآخر دعوانا عن الحمد لله رب العالمين. * * * http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/arabic/magazine/tmp/1309666389fix8sub3file.htm ![]()
by: Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi
The foundation history of Darul Uloom dates back to the fall of Muslim Empire in India in 1857 in the hands of East India Company. It was a tragic turn of history that not only Muslim government was thrown out but multitude Muslim leaders and scholars were beheaded, gunned down and even hanged to death. The Muslim monuments, mosques, madrasas and institutions were razed and pulled down. Nearly, all the Muslim educational places which used to survive on the donations of Muslim rulers and nawabs ceased to exist and the entire Muslim culture and Islamic heritage was at verge of destruction and perishing. The government was bitterly against Muslims and it utilized every means to crush their first enemies, Muslims. Moreover, the Colonial forces were embedded with scores of missionaries ready to convert the heartbroken and poverty-stricken masses to Christianity. In this critical time, there were few fortunate Ulama who escaped the deadly reprisal launched against Muslims, particularly Ulama. They did not sit back quietly. Though, they were defeated at the battlefield of weapons, but they did not spare hope to preserve the Muslim honour and Islamic heritage entrusted to them by their elders and ancestors. So, they planned to start a madrasa in Deoband as centre of their activities with public contributions and co-operations. May 30, 1866 (15 Muharram, 1283) Thursday was that blessed and auspicious day in the Islamic history of India when the foundation stone for the renaissance of Islam was laid in the land of Deoband. Seeing the simple and ordinary manner in which it had been started, it was difficult to visualize that a madrasa beginning so humbly, with utter lack of equipments, was destined to become the centre of the Islamic sciences in the world. The head of founding committee of Darul Uloom Deoband was Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotavi. The other founding members were: Hazrat Haji Aabid Hussain, Maulana Mahtab Ali, Maulana Zul Faqqar Ali, Maulana Fazrulr Rahman and Munshi Fazle Haq. Fundamental Principles of Darul Uloom Darul Uloom Deoband was established to fulfil these fundamental objectives aimed at by their founders:
Contribution of Darul Uloom Deoband Darul-Uloom Deoband is today a renowned religious and academic centre in the Islamic world. In the sub-continent it is the largest institution, even the fountain head of all Islamic institutions, for the dissemination and propagation of Islam and the biggest headspring of education in the Islamic sciences. For the last one and half century, the Darul Uloom, Deoband, is considered an incomparable teaching institution for the religious education of the Muslims not only in the sub-continent but also throughout the Islamic world. As the fame of Deoband reached farther, students began flocking in droves from this sub continent as well as from neighbouring and distant countries like Afghanistan, Iran, Bukhara, Samarqand, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and the far off regions of the continent of Africa. Within a short time, the radiant rays of knowledge and wisdom illumined the heart and mind of the Muslims with the light of faith and Islamic culture. Having acquired the knowledge of religion from Darul Uloom Deoband, these accomplished scholars, in accordance with the demands of religious needs of the time, rendered valuable services in spreading correct religious beliefs and religious sciences in their concerned areas. Till last year nearly one lakh ten thousand students got educated there and went out to represent Islam in the Muslim community. The majority of personalities, well-versed in the religions sciences who find mention in the history of post- Moghul era across the length and breadth of the sub-continent either have quenched their thirst from this very great river of knowledge or they are related to educational institution by near or far. Darul Uloom produced countless celebrated and towering personalities who left matchless impressions in nearly every sphere of life. More renowned among them are Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotavi, Hazrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi, Hazrat Shaikhul Hind Mahmood Hasan, Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Hazrat Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri, Hazrat Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani, Hazrat Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Hazrat Qari Muhammad Tayyib etc etc. Hazrat Haji Aabid Hussain (1250-1331 AH) was the first Mohtamim of Darul Uloom. Later, Hazrat Maulana Rafiuddin (1252-1308 AH) Hazrat Haji Fazle Haq, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Muneer (b. 1247 AH) Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ahmad (1279-1347 AH) Hazrat Maulana Habibur Rahman Usmani (d. 1348 AH) Hazrat Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (1305-1369 AH) also discharged their duties as Mohtamims. Darul Uloom witnessed extraordinary developments and expansions during Hazrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib’s half century long administration. Today’s Darul Uloom Deoband Now, Darul Uloom spreads at an area of 1,32,084 sq.m. with its main building of Darut Tafseer, Naudarah, Dar-e-Jadid, Masjid-e-Rashid and others covering an area of 33035 sq.m. and accommodating four thousand students. The education system starts from Primary and Hifz up to Daurah (graduation in Arabic and Islamic Sciences). After Daurah, there are some specialization courses like Ifta (Islamic Jurisprudence), Arabic Literature, Tasfeer, Hadith and Islamic Sciences while some of them have research sections too in which topper students get enrolled for further studies and training. Besides, Darul Uloom provides some job-oriented training in Computer Applications, Calligraphy and tailoring. From past several years Darul Uloom started a two year Diploma in English Language and Literature where students are given extensive training in English reading, writing and speaking. Shaikhul Hind Academy at Darul Uloom offers diploma in Urdu journalism with some other departments presenting Comparative Studies in Religions and Sects. Darul Uloom enjoys the oldest Darul Ifta of India which receives questions related to Islam and Muslim issues from around the globe. Darul Ifta preserves more than 500 big registers of fatwas containing millions of questions and answers. Darul Uloom has Internet Dept from where its official website is maintained and another Darul Ifta database website is run for Muslims around the world to get their questions answered. Darul Uloom Deoband has two monthlies ‘Darul Uloom’ in Urdu and ‘Al-Daie’ in Arabic, these two are published online as well. Darul Uloom has another bimonthly ‘Aaina-e-Darul Uloom’ in Urdu. Darul Uloom is headed by Majlis-e-Shura (Advisory Board) comprising of 21 eminent Muslim scholars and personalities from across the country, while the internal system is supervised by a Mohtamim (Vice Chancellor). The administration of Darul Uloom is run through its 33 departments and offices with Darul Ihtemam (VC Office) at the top. Darul Uloom Deoband is undoubtedly the centre of Islamic revival and renaissance in the Indian Subcontinent in the post-Moghul era. Such tremendous and all-round services and contributions offered Darul Uloom has no match in the Muslim history, as no such single institution brought about such an encompassing revolutions in the history of any community and country. May Allah keep this lofty tree flourishing and blooming! Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi can be reached at: khaliliqasmi@gmail.com Muslims and India’s Freedom Struggle
Recalling the Untold Bright History Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi India, from ancient times is famous for its civilization, rituals and natural recourses. It existed even in the immemorial times. According to many prophetic traditions, the Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), the first man on earth, landed in India. Interestingly Adam, the first prophet of Allah to the people, was the first man to stay at the soil of India. It is known to all that Muslims believe in all the prophets sent down by Allah on this earth. It is also known that all the prophets of Allah came with one religion that is Islam. So in this way, Muslims are the true successor of this land. After the seventh century AD, the atlas of the world changed. As two great world empires i.e. Persia and Rome collapsed. India also could not guard itself from the effect of the international revolution that was brought about by Islam. In 711 AD, Muhammad Qasim entered India and cut off Sind. Later, it was the turn of Sultan Mahmood Gaznavi (reign 998-1030) who conquered a good part of western and northern India. Soon after him came Sultan Shihabuddin Gauri in 1206 who laid the foundation stone of Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526). Finally came Babar whose Mughal empire lasted for centuries (from 1526 to 1857). The Mughal Empire with its all glory after the period of Aurangzeb Aalamgir (1618-1707) started declining. The undeserving successors of throne could not protect the inherited government from declining. Europe those days was passing by boundless scientific and economical progress while the Muslim empires like Ottoman Caliphate in Turkey and Mughal Empire in India could not sense the importance of scientific developments that were taking place in Europe. The onslaught of Europe on India started by the Portuguese pirates and colonialists in seventeenth century, but it was heightened when the English disguised as traders established bases with an eye on India’ wealth and land. Later the East India Company began taking the country into its grip and finally it put an end to the 7-century old Muslim rule. First, East India Company established its base in Surat where it got permission to operate business in the period of Jahangir in 1612. The company got marvelous success and occupied all three important ports of Bombay, Calcutta and Surat. Shah Waliullah Muhaddis Dehlawi (1703-1762) was the first person who apprehended the danger and was disappointed of the Muslim government to stand to an action. So he chalked out a plan of complete revolution. Shah Waliullah’s various books reflect this thought and propound a complete framework. Shah Waliullah is the frontrunner of this field. Later, his sons and pupils forwarded his mission. Meanwhile, the company began to expand its area. It resulted at a fierce fight between the company and Sirajuddaula in Palasi (Bengal) in 1757. Sirajuddaula was defeated and the door was open for Britain to occupy Bengal. Afterwards, Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan stood up to stop English steps in Deccan (Southern India). But this campaign suffered a major setback due to internal treachery and Tipu was martyred fighting in Srangapattam in 1799. The English general Nell climbed up his dead body and shouted: “From today India is ours”. Finally, one day in 1803 the Mughal king in Delhi was forcibly asked to sign a paper that read, “The people for Allah, the country for King his majesty and the order for the Company”. Meanwhile, Shah Abdul Aziz (1746-1823) who was realizing the situation very carefully issued a fatwa saying that India has become a Darul Harb (non-Muslim country); Muslims must wage war against the British. After 1803, there was no real threat to the English. The ground was not prepared to start any revolutionary movement. So, Syed Ahmad Shaheed, a disciple of Shah Abdul Aziz, with his some companions migrated to Qandahar in Afghanistan in search of a land from where he can run a movement and prepare a team for the revolution. There, he established an Islamic government and confronted with Sikhs who were a big obstacle in the way of their movement. Unfortunately, the greatest militant movement of this subcontinent suffered sedition of Afghans and finally collapsed. The remaining people, especially the Ulama-e-Sadiqpur, continued their mission inside India. The sparks of hate and anger against the English burst again in 1857. This time it was not a mutiny of a group but mass revolt against the English throughout the country. In Shamli people revolted in the leadership of Haji Imdadullah while they were fighting in Lucknow and Faizabad under the command of Begum Nawab and Maulana Ahmadullah. Meerut and Delhi were the centers where Indian army men were with Sultan Bahadur Shah Zafar. The revolt continued for months, but the Indians were defeated in the long run. It is noteworthy that the caravan of freedom was led purely by Muslims till 1857. Since the power was snatched from Muslims so they were naturally the first enemies of the alien government. According to historians, 27,000 Muslims were only hanged to death. Not to speak of the 7-day-long massacre. Even the children were not spared. The atrocities that were perpetrated on women are beyond imagination. Shah Zafar was exiled to Rangoon and his descendents were finished off. After the failure of 1857 revolution, the Muslim leaders changed their strategy. They started setting up educational institutions across the country to combat the government’s disastrous policies. On the foremost of them was Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and his colleagues who established Darul Uloom Deoband to produce a team of Ulama who can fight eyeball to eyeball with British government. The first student of Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Mahmood Hasan known as Shaikhul Hind, with his people drew a plan known as “Reshmi Rumal Movement” (Silken Letters Movements). Hazrat Shaikhul Hind had a secret agreement with Ottoman Caliphate of Turkey to attack on British bases in India and prepare ground for revolt. But this plan also was sabotaged by some Muslims. Consequently, he with his colleagues was arrested and sent to Malta Island where they spent 3 years and later released when no guilt was proved. As the 1st World War erupted the Indian subcontinent was resounding with the slogans of Khilafat Movement. Until this point of time, no prominent Hindu leader was in the field. Due to the World War, the global scenario changed and India Hindus got up from their long slumber. Shaikhul Hind in his way back to India from Malta was supposed to get down in Bombay. Gandhi Ji was amongst those who came to receive him. After that in a meeting Shaikhul Hind, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Mukhtar Ansari and other Muslim leaders elected Gandhi Ji as the leader. Since Hindus were in majority, so it was necessary to win the local and international support by putting Hindu leaders forward. Around 1919 Jamiatul Ulama came into being to provide Muslims a platform to fight against the English. It is worth mentioning that it was Jamiat, which taught the Congress to follow the path to freedom. Otherwise, it was not founded with sole purpose of independence. The Jamiat leaders worked closely with the Congress and inspired it to adopt non-cooperation, complete freedom and other programme. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the genius scholar and prolific water of the Indian subcontinent, was the hero of India’s independence. Through his writings and particularly historic newspapers al-Hilal and al-Balagh he heated up the continent with warm slogans of freedom that made the colonialists restless. He headed the Congress especially in the most crucial times of independence history during the II World War and afterwards. It was the continuous pressure and wise policy of the Congress under his leadership that materialized the dream of freedom in shorter period. These are some brief extracts from the history of freedom. Otherwise, the sacrifices that Muslims have offered to free India from the clutches of the English cannot be described in a short article. If we take only the names of the Muslim fighters it will take hours to finish. The most important thing is that Muslims were pioneer in freedom fighting and only they carried it on till 1900. The Hindu leaders appeared long after them and Muslims went parallel with them till the country was free. Muslims had always held high the torch of patriotism and freedom fighting. Today, it is tragic enough that Muslims are blamed that they are traitors. Muslim fighters instead of being paid homage their names are removed from textbooks and history. While, many in Hindu community think that Muslims have got their share in the form of Pakistan, but they forget that still India has more Muslims than Pakistan or any other country in the world except Indonesia. The purpose to mention these sacrifices is to remind today’s Muslims of our brave past. Since, it is said that a nation which fails to treasure its history is lost in the darkness of ages. It has nothing that inspires it to face any threat with courage and determination. Live programs from Holy Makkah and Madina on your desktop.
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