Expedition Think: bridging the gap between īmān and acts of reform
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
[Al-Quran 11:117, Translation: Sahih International]
˹Some among˺ the Jews said, “Allah is tight-fisted.”[1] May their fists be tied and they be condemned for what they said. Rather, He is open-handed, giving freely as He pleases. That which has been revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ from your Lord will only cause many of them to increase in wickedness and disbelief. We have stirred among them hostility and hatred until the Day of Judgment. Whenever they kindle the fire of war, Allah puts it out. And they strive to spread corruption in the land. And Allah does not like corruptors.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
اور یہودنے کہا کہ اللہ کا ہاتھ بند ہوگیا اور ان پر لعنت ہے اس کے سبب جو انہوں نے کہا بلکہ اللہ کے دونوں ہاتھ تو کھلے ہوئے ہیں وہ جیسے چاہے خرچ کرتا ہے اور یقینا اضافہ کرے گا ان میں سے اکثر کی سر کشی اور کفر میں جو کچھ (اے نبی ﷺ نازل کیا گیا ہے آپ ﷺ پر آپ ﷺ کے رب کی طرف سے اور ہم نے ان کے مابین قیامت تک کے لیے دشمنی اور بغض ڈال دیا ہے جب کبھی یہ آگ بھڑکاتے ہیں جنگ کے لیے اللہ اس کو بجھا دیتا ہے اور (پھر بھی) یہ زمین میں فساد مچانے کے لیے بھاگ دوڑ کرتے رہتے ہیں اور اللہ ایسے ُ مفسدوں کو پسند نہیں کرتا
The nation of Israel was carved out of the land of Palestine in 1948.
Over the years, the tiny State of Israel has continuously expanded its borders and taken over Palestine.
The zionists claim the land that was given by God to the Jewish Patriarchs.
As the Zionist nation of Israel dreams of a Greater Israel, it keeps offending its neighbours, and tries to expand the war beyond its borders. It believes that it can win the wars and takeover the surrounding nations, to fulfil its dream.
There are prophecies of Bani Israel being collected in the region towards end time.
The Quran informs that when the promise of end-time comes, they will be collected together: (Q17:104).
From Hadith sources, scholars narrate specific end-time events of a Great War, and the killing of the Jews by the Muslims [https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2926].
If we are in the end-times, then the rise of the anti-Christ, the eventual war between Jews and Muslims will eventually take place.
If we are not yet in the end-times, then historically, Jews were, and should still be removed from the land they are causing corruption in. The internet is replete with the expulsions of the Jews from so many countries in the world. Till the Jews remain in Palestine, they will continue to colonise and exterminate the locals, and their neighbours. The 'two-state solution' of Israel and Palestine will not last long. It is in the interest of peace that the 'fitna' of zionist Israel is removed from the region. But where should they be expelled to? Almost all countries are against them. Where will they go to? USA? Antarctica? Some uninhabited island? The zionist state of Israel must be abolished. The zionists cannot be allowed to continue to terrorise the region. As Muslims, our role should be to act in the interests of peace. We must save the life of the Bani Adam being murdered by their brothers. We must come to the help of the oppressed. Saving one life is like saving all mankind. Saving Palestine is the need of the time. The Muslim world must act now.
Yes, the risk is great.
It is a 'do-or-die' situation for the State of Israel. They will resist, and employ all means to avert such a fate.
Should the military might of the Zionists deter Muslim nations from taking collective or unilateral action against this 'fitna'?
What is more important?
Jews exiled by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Jews were exiled by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his companions in the seventh century. Surah alHashr narrates the event thus:
It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture[1] from their homes at the first gathering.[2] You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allāh; but [the decree of] Allāh came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision.
— Saheeh International
[1]Referring to the Jews of Banun-Naḍeer, who broke their pact with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ).
[2]This was the first tme they had ever been gathered and expelled.
He it is Who hath caused those of the People of the Scripture who disbelieved to go forth from their homes unto the first exile. Ye deemed not that they would go forth, while they deemed that their strongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from a place whereof they recked not, and cast terror in their hearts so that they ruined their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O ye who have eyes!
— M. Pickthall
وہی تو ہے جس نے کفار اہل کتاب کو حشر اول کے وقت ان کے گھروں سے نکال دیا۔ تمہارے خیال میں بھی نہ تھا کہ وہ نکل جائیں گے اور وہ لوگ یہ سمجھے ہوئے تھے کہ ان کے قلعے ان کو خدا (کے عذاب) سے بچا لیں گے۔ مگر خدا نے ان کو وہاں سے آ لیا جہاں سے ان کو گمان بھی نہ تھا۔ اور ان کے دلوں میں دہشت ڈال دی کہ اپنے گھروں کو خود اپنے ہاتھوں اور مومنوں کے ہاتھوں سے اُجاڑنے لگے تو اے (بصیرت کی) آنکھیں رکھنے والو عبرت پکڑو
And if not that Allāh had decreed for them evacuation, He would have punished them in [this] world, and for them in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire.
— Saheeh International
And if Allah had not decreed migration for them, He verily would have punished them in the world, and theirs in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire.
— M. Pickthall
اور اگر خدا نے ان کے بارے میں جلاوطن کرنا نہ لکھ رکھا ہوتا تو ان کو دنیا میں بھی عذاب دے دیتا۔ اور آخرت میں تو ان کے لئے آگ کا عذاب (تیار) ہے
Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allāh and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.
— Saheeh International
Whatsoever palm-trees ye cut down or left standing on their roots, it was by Allah's leave, in order that He might confound the evil-livers.
— M. Pickthall
(مومنو) کھجور کے جو درخت تم نے کاٹ ڈالے یا ان کو اپنی جڑوں پر کھڑا رہنے دیا سو خدا کے حکم سے تھا اور مقصود یہ تھا کہ وہ نافرمانوں کو رسوا کرے
Allah ﷻ had decreed expulsion for them. This expulsion was announced to them well in advance, as mentioned in Surah alIsra (Bani Israel) [Q17:4-8]. The reason cited is their corruption upon Earth when they rise to power.
The example of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad ﷺ, sets the guideline for dealing with a people who conspire against Allah and His Messenger ﷺ .
The Jews had also conspired against Messenger Jesus (Isa عليه السلام).
Jews exiled across the world
The Jews were expelled from the land they claim, and from many other countries several times in their history. There are many lists. Regardless of who has compiled the list of the expulsions, there are just too many expulsions throughout their history, till the present era, to ignore.
Visigothic king Sisebut mandated that every Jew who would refuse for over a year to have himself or his children and servants baptized would be banished from the country and deprived of his possessions.[35]
France. The practice of expelling the Jews accompanied by confiscation of their property, followed by temporary readmissions for ransom, was used to enrich the crown: expulsions from Paris by Philip Augustus in 1182, from France by Louis IX in 1254, by Philip IV in 1306, by Charles IV in 1322, by Charles V in 1359, by Charles VI in 1394.
13th century
The influential philosopher and logicianRamon Llull (1232–1315) called for expulsion of all Jews who would refuse conversion to Christianity. Some scholars regard Llull's as the first comprehensive articulation, in the Christian West, of an expulsionist policy regarding Jews.
On June 24 (4th of Tamuz), the Jews of Berne, Switzerland were expelled.[47] "Several Jews were put to death there in consequence of a blood libel", but a deal involving the Jews paying money reverted the expulsion.
Jews expelled from Bern, Switzerland. Although between 1408 and 1427 Jews were again residing in the city, the only Jews to appear in Bern subsequently were transients, chiefly physicians and cattle dealers.
Surah alAhzaab (The Combined Forces) instructs the Prophet ﷺ to keep taqwa of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى , and not to obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites.
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It stresses that a wife does not become a mother just by declaring 'zihar'; nor can adopted boys be real sons: it states that the right thing is to call a child by his biological father's name; it declares the exalted status of The Prophet ﷺ vis a vis the believers, and that his wives' are the believers' mothers; and then the status of the womb relatives closer than that of other believers and the immigrants, in the Book of Allah. ...
So, basically the biological family and ties are being stressed and highlighted, and false statements are being refuted.
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant
O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.
The Covenant taken from the prophets and the believers is mentioned. And then comes the mention of war, of fighting in the cause of Allah, of not turning backs, of being true till the very end, of the combined forces (alAhzaab) that is the enemy alliance or coalition or companies, and in between all this is a strict commentary on the hypocrites. Then, we read:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allāh often.
And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allāh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allāh and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.
Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allāh. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -
That Allāh may reward the truthful for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He wills or accept their repentance. Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
And Allāh repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allāh for the believers in battle, and ever is Allāh Powerful and Exalted in Might.
And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party [i.e., their men] you killed, and you took captive a party [i.e., the women and children].
And He caused you to inherit their land and their homes and their properties and a land which you have not trodden. And ever is Allāh, over all things, competent.
So fighting in the cause of Allah is closely linked to family. All human beings alive now can trace their lineage to a common ancestor, known as MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) in science. From the revealed scriptures, we believe that MRCA is Adam عليه السلام . We also believe that Satan and his forces are bent upon destroying the human family. They are doing all they can to morally corrupt and structurally destroy this cornerstone of human society. On one hand is the divine guidance and writ, and on the other is the way of life based on customs, cultures, and laws conjured by human minds and desires. They all are seemingly as diverse as atheistic, polytheistic, secular and all shades in between. Yet, they all are misguidance, with the final objective leading to ruin the family, if not immediately, then gradually over time. Even as of today, the jewish Israel, many Christian, and many Muslim nations, do not judge by the divinely revealed laws, nor do they strive to uphold the family guidance given in their scriptures. They live and rule, mostly and increasingly, by secular laws. This has led to increasing corruption in the way of life.
We need to understand this close link between religion and family, and the urgent need to adhere to the Divine guidance and writ, and to follow the example set by our dear Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the true believers. It is a matter of the covenant that has been ratified.
And so, the need to side with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and to submit to his directives:
Indeed, Allah showers His blessings upon the Prophet, and His angels pray for him. O believers! Invoke Allah’s blessings upon him, and salute him with worthy greetings of peace.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Surely, Allah and His angels send blessings to the Prophet. O you who believe, do pray Allah to bless him, and send your Salām (prayer for his being in peace) to him in abundance.
— T. Usmani
اللہ تعالیٰ اور اس کے فرشتے اس نبی پر رحمت بھیجتے ہیں۔ اے ایمان والو! تم (بھی) ان پر درود بھیجو اور خوب سلام (بھی) بھیجتے رہا کرو.[1]
— Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi
[1]اس آیت میں نبی کریم (صلى الله عليه وسلم) کے اس مرتبہ و منزلت کا بیان ہے جو ملأ اعلیٰ (آسمانوں) میں آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) کو حاصل ہے اور وہ یہ کہ اللہ تبارک تعالیٰ فرشتوں میں آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) کی ثناو تعریف کرتا اور آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) پر رحمتیں بھیجتا ہے اور فرشتے بھی آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) کی بلندی درجات کی دعا کرتے ہیں۔ اس کے ساتھ ہی اللہ تعالیٰ نے عالم سفلی (اہل زمین) کو حکم دیا کہ وہ بھی آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) پر صلوٰۃ وسلام بھیجیں تاکہ آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) کی تعریف میں علوی اورسفلی دونوں عالم متحد ہوجائیں۔ حدیث میں آتا ہے، صحابہ کرام (رضي الله عنهم) نے عرض کیا، یا رسول اللہ ! سلام کا طریقہ تو ہم جانتے ہیں (یعنی التحیات میں السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ ! پڑھتے ہیں) ہم درود کس طرح پڑھیں؟ اس پر آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) نے وہ درود ابراہیمی بیان فرمایا جو نمازمیں پڑھا جاتا ہے۔ (صحيح بخاري، تفسير سورة الأحزاب) علاوہ ازیں احادیث میں درود کے اور بھی صیغے آتے ہیں، جو پڑھے جاسکتے ہیں۔ نیز مختصراً صلی اللہ علیٰ رسول اللہ وسلم بھی پڑھا جاسکتا ہے تاہم الصَّلاةُ وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ! پڑھنا اس لئے صحیح نہیں کہ اس میں نبی کریم (صلى الله عليه وسلم) سے خطاب ہے اور یہ صیغہ نبی کریم سے عام درود کے وقت منقول نہیں ہے اور تحیات میں السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ ! چونکہ آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) سے منقول ہے اس وجہ سے اس وقت میں پڑھنے میں کوئی قباحت نہیں مزید برآں اس کا پڑھنے والا اس فاسد عقیدے سے پڑھتا ہے کہ آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) اسے براہ راست سنتے ہیں۔ یہ عقیدہ فاسدہ قرآن و حدیث کے خلاف ہے اور اس عقیدے سے مذکورہ خانہ ساز درود پڑھنا بھی غیر صحیح ہے۔ اسی طرح اذان سے قبل اسے پڑھنا بھی بدعت ہے، جو ثواب نہیں، گناہ ہے۔ احادیث میں درود کی بڑی فضیلت وارد ہے۔ نماز میں اس کا پڑھنا واجب ہے یا سنت؟ جمہور علما اسے سنت سمجھتے ہیں اور امام شافعی اور بہت سے علما واجب۔ اور احادیث سے اس کے وجوب ہی کی تائید ہوتی ہے۔ اسی طرح احادیث سے یہ بھی معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ جس طرح آخری تشہد میں درود پڑھنا واجب ہے، پہلے تشہد میں بھی درود پڑھنے کی وہی حیثیت ہے۔ اس لئے نماز کے دونوں تشہد میں درود پڑھنا ضروری ہے۔اس کے دلائل مختصراً حسب ذیل ہیں۔ایک دلیل یہ ہے کہ مسند احمد میں صحیح سند سے مروی ہے کہ ایک شخص نے نبی کریم (صلى الله عليه وسلم) سے سوال کیا، یا رسول اللہ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) پر سلام کس طرح پڑھنا ہے، یہ تو ہم نے جان لیا (کہ ہم تشہد میں السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ پڑھتے ہیں) لیکن جب ہم نماز میں ہوں تو آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) پر درود کس طرح پڑھیں؟ تو آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) نے درود ابراہیمی کی تلقین فرمائی (الفتح الربانی، ج 4، ص 20۔21) مسند احمد کے علاوہ یہ روایت صحیح ابن حبان، سنن کبری بیہقی، مستدرک حاکم اور ابن خزیمہ میں بھی ہے۔ اس میں صراحت ہے کہ جس طرح سلام نماز میں پڑھا جاتا ہے یعنی تشہد میں، اسی طرح یہ سوال بھی نماز کے اندر درود پڑھنے سے متعلق تھا، نبی (صلى الله عليه وسلم) نے درود ابراہیمی پڑھنے کا حکم فرمایا۔ جس سے معلوم ہوا کہ نماز میں سلام کے ساتھ درود بھی پڑھنا چاہیئے، اور اس کا مقام تشہد ہے۔ اور حدیث میں یہ عام ہے، اسے پہلے یا دوسرے تشہد کے ساتھ خاص نہیں کیا گیا ہے جس سے یہ استدلال کرنا صحیح ہے کہ (پہلے اور دوسرے) دونوں تشہد میں سلام اور درود پڑھا جائے۔ اور جن روایات میں تشہد اول کا بغیر درود کے ذکر ہے، انہیں سورۂ احزاب کی آیت صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا کے نزول سے پہلے پر محمول کیا جائے گا۔ لیکن اس آیت کے نزول یعنی 5 ہجری کے بعد جب نبی (صلى الله عليه وسلم) نے صحابہ (رضي الله عنهم) کے استفسار پر درود کے الفاظ بھی بیان فرما دیئے تو اب نماز میں سلام کے ساتھ صلوٰۃ (درود شریف) کا پڑھنا بھی ضروری ہوگیا، چاہے وہ پہلا تشہد ہو یا دوسرا۔ اس کی ایک اور دلیل یہ ہے کہ حضرت عائشہ (رضی الله عنها) نے بیان فرمایا کہ نبی (صلى الله عليه وسلم) (بعض دفعہ) رات کو 9 رکعات ادا فرماتے، آٹھویں رکعت میں تشہد بیٹھتے تو اس میں اپنے رب سے دعا کرتے اور اس کے پیغمبر (صلى الله عليه وسلم) پر درود پڑھتے، پھر سلام پھیرے بغیر کھڑے ہوجاتے اور نویں رکعت پوری کرکے تشہد میں بیٹھتےتو اپنے رب سے دعا کرتے اور اس کے پیغمبر پر درود پڑھتے اور پھر دعا کرتے، پھر سلام پھیر دیتے (السنن الكبرى للبيهقي، ج2 ص704 طبع جديد سنن النسائي، مع التعليقات السلفية، كتاب قيام الليل، ج1 ص202۔ مزید ملاحظہ ہو، صفة صلاة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم للألباني صفحة 145) اس میں بالکل صراحت ہے کہ نبی (صلى الله عليه وسلم) نے اپنی رات کی نماز میں پہلے اور آخری دونوں تشہد میں درود پڑھا ہے۔ یہ اگرچہ نفلی نماز کا واقعہ ہے لیکن مذکورہ عمومی دلائل کی آپ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) کے اس عمل سے تائید ہوجاتی ہے، اس لئے اسے صرف نفلی نماز تک محدود کردینا صحیح نہیں ہوگا۔
خدا اور اس کے فرشتے پیغمبر پر درود بھیجتے ہیں۔ مومنو تم بھی ان پر دُرود اور سلام بھیجا کرو
— Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari
یقینا اللہ اور اس کے فرشتے رحمتیں نازل کرتے ہیں نبی ﷺ پر } اے ایمان والو ! تم بھی آپ ﷺ پر رحمتیں اور سلام بھیجا کرو
—((بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد)
Allah aur uske malaika (farishtey) Nabi par darood bhejte hain, Aey logon jo iman laye ho, tum bhi unpar darood o salaam bhejo
— Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)
اللہ اور اس کے فرشتے نبی پر رحمت بھیجتے ہیں اے ایمان والو، تم بھی اس پر درود وسلام بھیجو
Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى and His angels are on the side of the Prophet, supporting him in his efforts to undertake the right reforms needed to protect and uphold the human family. Believers are directed to also side with the Prophet, and commit to the peace, submitting to his authority as Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى 's Prophet. I think this is the meaning that we need to embrace and live by. The peace that ensures that all segments of society are living in peace and safety. So, a few ayaat later, we read:
If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease and those who spread rumors in al-Madīnah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little,
So, the fight is against all those who are against the family system, its peace and security, as ordained by Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى .
Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى has entrusted humans, and they must uphold the trusts which they undertake, be it with Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى , or with His creations:
Indeed, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.
[It was] so that Allāh may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allāh may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.
