{"id":4169,"date":"2015-12-30T12:21:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.co\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2015-12-30T12:21:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T16:21:13","slug":"brotherhood-islam-humanity-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=4169","title":{"rendered":"The Brotherhood of Isl\u0101m: Humanity United"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe\u00a0Messenger of All\u0101h, peace and blessings be upon him, has mentioned: \u201cCertainly, your lord is one and your father is one; there is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab over an Arab, nor a red over a black, or a black over a red, except by means of \u1e6daqw\u0101<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/i>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

We begin in the name of All\u0101h, Who created the father of mankind from clay and caused his progeny to have different languages, complexions and temperaments. May the best of peace and blessings be upon His beloved, our prophet, who demolished the customs of the Days of Ignorance and called humanity to the justice and mercy of Isl\u0101m.<\/p>\n

It is one of the mercies of All\u0101h that after creating us He did not leave us to use our intellect to guess at how we should live. Rather, All\u0101h deputed intelligent, upright prophets to explain to us how to be humans. Bereft of that Divine guidance, humanity will behave worse than animals and oppress one another, even though they claim to be the flag bearers of basic human rights and the champions of the underprivileged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the deputation of our prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the world was drowning in an ocean of darkness and oppression due to straying from the prophetic teachings brought by past messengers. Ja<\/span>c<\/sup><\/span>far ibn Ab\u012b T\u0101lib, may All\u0101h be pleased with him, described the horrendous state of the Arab in particular when he was speaking to the Naj\u0101sh\u012b of Abyssinia: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were a people who were ignorant,\u201d He explained when the delegation from the Quraish came seeking the return of the Muslims who had sought asylum in Abyssinia from religious persecution, \u201cWe worshipped idols, ate carrion, perpetrated all types of foul deeds, severed the ties of kinship, and treated our neighbors badly; the strong amongst us consumed the weak.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Without a doubt, All\u0101h has blessed and favored us by granting us Isl\u0101m and we should never think that we are helping anyone but ourselves by submitting to the laws of All\u0101h. The following verse was revealed as a refutation of those people who boasted of the benefit they were bringing to Isl\u0101m. All\u0101h states, \u201cThey [boast] of their favor on you; say: You have not done any favor to me with your Isl\u0101m, rather All\u0101h has favored you by guiding you to Im\u0101n if you are truthful [in your claim of im\u0101n].\u201d[3]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Through Isl\u0101m, All\u0101h gave honor to the Muslims. Through it, He raised forth people from pits of degradation, humiliation, and lowliness to high pulpits of honor and respectability; criminals became people of immense piety; people considered the lowliest members of society became the leaders of the <\/span>c<\/sup><\/i><\/span>ummah<\/i> of the beloved of All\u0101h. Dignity and humanity was given back to the children of \u0100dam.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the historic visit of <\/span>c<\/sup><\/span>Umar, may All\u0101h be pleased with him, to Bait al-Maqdis in order to accept the surrender of its people, he told one of the Companions, \u201cYou were the most humiliated,\u00a0 <\/span>despicable, and insignificant of people, and All\u0101h gave you honor through Isl\u0101m.\u201d He then said, \u201cWhenever you seek honor by means of something other than Isl\u0101m, All\u0101h will abase you.\u201d[4]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Commenting on the verse, \u201cHonor belongs to All\u0101h, and His messenger and the believers,\u201d[5]<\/a><\/span> c<\/sup><\/span>All\u0101mah \u0100l\u016bs\u012b, may All\u0101h have mercy on him, writes that the honor which All\u0101h has bestowed upon the Messenger, peace and blessing of All\u0101h be upon him, is by means of the noble function he has been given, while that of the believers is due to their im\u0101n<\/i>.[6]<\/a><\/span> The scholar then goes on to quote a pious woman who said, \u201cAm I not in the state of Isl\u0101m which is such an honor that there is no disgrace with it and such a wealth that there is no poverty with it?\u201d[7]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

While we are in need of All\u0101h and His d\u012bn<\/i> to succeed both in this world and the one to come after this one. He, pure is He from all defects, is not in need of us, nor is His d\u012bn<\/i> in need of us. He, glorified be His mention, has stated in the Qur\u2019\u0101n: \u201cAnd if you turn away, He will replace you with another people, and they will not be like you.\u201d[8]<\/a><\/span> Ibn Kath\u012br, may All\u0101h have mercy on him, elaborates on this verse, stating, \u201cAnd if you turn away from His obedience and following His shari<\/i><\/span>c<\/sup><\/i><\/span>ah<\/i>, He will replace you with another people who will not be like you, rather they will listen to Him and obey His commands.\u201d[9]<\/a>\u00a0May All\u0101h save us from being replaced.<\/span><\/p>\n

While explaining this same verse, Mull\u0101 <\/span>c<\/sup><\/span>Al\u012b al-Q\u0101r\u012b, may All\u0101h be pleased with him, details who these substitutes are, writing: They are the Persians, because he, peace be upon him, was asked about them while Salm\u0101n, may Allah be pleased with him, was sitting by his side. He struck [Salm\u0101n\u2019s] thigh and said, \u201cThis one and his companions.\u201d[10]<\/a><\/span> All\u0101h will bestow His d\u012bn<\/i> on whomsoever He likes, and will use whomsoever He likes to spread it, regardless of their nationality, mother tongue, or skin color. <\/span><\/p>\n

An Arab does not have a monopoly on Isl\u0101m because he is an Arab, and the same goes for a non-Arab. In Isl\u0101m there is no special claim of superiority for anyone on the basis of worldly connections. Even if one comes from a pious family, this familial tie is not a substitute for one\u2019s own actions. It is not enough to have family members who have \u1e6daqw\u0101<\/i>, we must also have it. May All\u0101h make us amongst the people of \u1e6daqw\u0101<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h has made \u1e6daqw\u0101 <\/i>(i.e. one\u2019s compliance with the commands and prohibitions of All\u0101h) the sole criterion by which superiority and virtue is gauged. All humans are equal in their humanity. All\u0101h says, \u201cO mankind, indeed, We created you all from a male and female and made you into [near and distant relations] so that you might recognize one another; without a doubt, the most honorable of you in the sight of All\u0101h is the one with the most \u1e6daqw\u0101<\/i>.\u201d[11]<\/a><\/span> Furthermore, our prophet, peace and blessings of All\u0101h be upon him, has informed us that All\u0101h does not look at our outward forms nor our wealth, but He looks at our hearts and our actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The differing colors and complexions apparent on the skins of human beings, is not a cause of boasting or pride, but a sign of the immense power of All\u0101h, as He says, \u201cAmongst His signs [i.e. of His massive power] are the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colors; indeed, in that are signs for the people of knowledge.\u201d[12]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To say nothing of our pious predecessors, the companions of the Prophet were cosmopolitan in makeup, some hailing from different parts of the earth, some coming from tribes that had long running blood feuds, but through the blessing of Isl\u0101m they became brothers and sisters of one another. Any notion of tribal or racial superiority was cut out from its root.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not surprising since All\u0101h mentions, \u201dAnd remember the favor of All\u0101h upon you when you were enemies then He joined your hearts together and, due to His grace, you became brothers; and you were on the brink of a pit of the Fire but He saved you from it, like that All\u0101h makes clear his \u0101y\u0101\u1e6d<\/i> to you all so that you may be guided.\u201d[13]<\/a> Commenting on this \u0101yah<\/i>, Muf\u1e6d\u012b Shaf\u012b<\/span>c<\/sup><\/span> writes: In other words, by erasing \u2026 deep-seated enmities going back \u2026 centuries, Allah Almighty made them brothers to each other through the benediction of Islam and the noble Prophet \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648 \u0633\u0644\u0645. This\u00a0<\/span>made their life worth living, materially and spiritually, establishing between them such exemplary friendship that even their enemies found it awesome.\u201d[14]<\/a><\/span>
\nIt is within this milieu that Companions like Asad ibn Kac<\/sup><\/span>b from the Jewish tribe of Ban\u016b Quraidha, \u1e62uhaib al-R\u016bmi, Umm Ayman al-Habashi, Ab\u016b c<\/sup><\/span>Uqbah al-F\u0101ris\u012b[15]<\/a><\/span>, and others, may All\u0101h be pleased with all of them, earned distinction and were included amongst those whom All\u0101h has referred to when He mentions, \u201cThe forerunners from among the Immigrants and the Helpers, and those who follow them in goodness, All\u0101h is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him; He has prepared for them gardens under which rivers flow, which they will dwell in forever. That is the supreme success!\u201d[16]<\/a>
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[1]<\/a>Muc<\/sup><\/span>jam al-Awsat 5:86, Had\u012bth #:4749<\/span>
\n[2]<\/a>\u1e6canw\u012br al-Ghabash F\u012b Fadhl al-S\u016bd\u0101n wa al-\u1e24abash, Page: 65
\n[3]<\/a>S\u016brah \u1e24ujur\u0101\u1e6d, \u0100yah: 17; R\u016b\u1e25 al-Mac<\/sup><\/span>\u0101n\u012b 27:406, 407
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\n[4]<\/a>al-Bid\u0101yah wa al-Nih\u0101yah 9:666
\n[5]<\/a>S\u016brah Mun\u0101fiq\u016bn, \u0100yah: 8
\n[6]<\/a>R\u016b\u1e25 al-Mac<\/sup><\/span>\u0101n\u012b 27:171
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\n[7]<\/a>R\u016b\u1e25 al-Mac<\/sup><\/span>\u0101n\u012b 27:172
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\n[8]<\/a>S\u016brah Mu\u1e25ammad, \u0100yah: 38
\n[9]<\/a>\u1e6cafs\u012br al-Qur\u2019\u0101n al-Adh\u012bm 7:324
\n[10]<\/a>Anw\u0101r al-Qur\u2019\u0101n 4:510; J\u0101mic<\/sup><\/span> al-Tirm\u012bdhi Abw\u0101b al-\u1e6cafs\u012br 2:162<\/span>
\n[11]<\/a>S\u016brah al-\u1e24ujar\u0101\u1e6d, \u0100yah: 13; \u1e6cafs\u012br al-Qur\u2019\u0101n al-Adh\u012bm
\n[12]<\/a>S\u016brah R\u016bm, \u0100yah: 22
\n[13]<\/a>S\u016brah \u0100li Imr\u0101n, \u0100yah: 103; Maariful Qur\u2019\u0101n 2:140
\n[14]<\/a>Maariful Qur\u2019\u0101n 2:140
\n[15]<\/a>See: al-I\u1e63\u0101bah F\u012b \u1e6camy\u012b\u1e93 al-\u1e62a\u1e25\u0101bah 1:32; \u1e6cakmilah Fa\u1e6d\u1e25 al-Mulhim 5:146; Sunan Ab\u016b D\u0101w\u016bd B\u0101b F\u012b al-c<\/sup><\/span>A\u1e63abiyyah\u00a0 <\/span>2:357
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\n[16]<\/a>S\u016brah al-Anc<\/sup><\/span>\u0101m, \u0100yah: 90<\/span><\/p>\n

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