[Ibn Abu Mulaika]

In the name of God, the Most Merciful and the Source of All Mercy.

I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship but God and that Muhammad is the slave and Messenger of God.

All praise is due to God, the One, the All-Knowing and All-Powerful who favoured his creation with Islam and did send Muhammad with His Message to all creation and revealed to him the Qur’an which is guidance sure without doubt to those who fear Allah. (2:1)

To proceed:

These are the days of shame and dishonour for the Muslims living in Western Europe and North America. Our lands, our families, our brothers and sisters living all over the world are violated by the unbelievers on a daily basis yet we remain silent when we can speak, passive when we can act and divert our gaze when we should look and weep at the horrors borne by the Ummah.
In light of this state of comatose which has infected the Muslims living in Western Europe and North America, I feel it is absolutely necessary to remind myself and all Muslims in the West of the words of the Glorious Qur’an and the Sunna of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him.

God tells us in the Qur’an that the Muslims are the best nation which has ever been raised for the guidance of mankind. You enjoin good, forbid evil, and believe in Allah. (3:110). It is clear from this verse that the best nation practises three things: enjoins the good, forbids the evil, believes in Allah. Ibn Kathir, in his classical Tafsir, said that whoever acquires these qualities, will have a share in this praise. It is further related from Umar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, that he said regarding this verse of the Glorious Qur’an: “Whoever likes to be among this praised Ummah, let him fulfil the condition that God has set in this verse”.

Let us also remember how God defines the believers:

The believers, men and women, are protectors one of another, they enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, they observe regular prayers, practice regular charity and obey Allah and His apostle. On them will Allah pour His mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power Wise. [9:71]

It is clear from the above verse that one of the important characteristics of anyone who calls himself or herself a practicing Muslim, is that he or she enjoins good and forbids evil. In addition to observing the prayer and charity, such a person also has to obey God and His Apostle, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. Thus, let us heed the command of our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, narrated to us by Hudhayfah:

The Prophet (piss be upon him) said, “By Him in Whose hand my soul is, you must enjoin the good and forbid the evil, or Allah will certainly soon send punishment from Himself to you. Then you will make supplication and not receive an answer.” [Tirmidhi]

While there are many more verses and hadiths that can be easily quoted on the subject it should be clear to every sincere Muslim that enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is, in the words of Sheikh Abdullah Yusuf Ali, “an essential duty of the Muslim Ummah and one of the main purposes for which it has been raised”. Let us also remember that that way to Paradise lies through enjoiing the good and forbidding the evil for God says in the Glorious Qur’an:

Triumphant are those who turn repentant to God, those who serve Him, those who praise Him, those who fast, those who bow down, those who fall prostrate in worship, those who enjoin the good and who forbid the wrong and those who keep the limits ordained by Allah. O Prophet, give glad tidings to such believers! [9:112]

After reading the above you may ask “What is this “enjoining the good and forbidding the evil”? The answer to this question is reported in Sahih Muslim. AbuSa'id al-Khudri narrated the following from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him:

I heard the Messenger of Allah as saying: He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue; and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart and that is the least of faith.

Thus we see that we should enjoin the good with the action, the word and our hearts. No doubt many Muslims in Western Europe and North America are aware of this hadith. However, they do nothing to act upon the command contained therein and in all the verses and hadiths quoted above.

Unless you actively practise enjoining the good and forbidding the evil you are not practising your Islam to the full! You may say to me that you have no strength to do so either by word or by deed and thus you only abhor the trials of the Muslim Ummah in your heart. I say to you that in such a case you are a hypocrite or an ignorant one who needs education! Know then that in the societies of Western Europe and the North America you will not be punished for speaking the truth no expressing your opinions in a lawful manner through demonstrations, picketing, lobbying, voting intelligently, letter writing and speeches, educational debates and a myriad of other political activities. All of these are actions that are available to you and you can do this without fear for your life, your liberty or your property. All it takes is effort on your part. Now you are no longer ignorant. Know then that if you refrain from doing this then you are a hypocrite and your supplications will not be answered by God as related in the hadith quoted above, for if you do nothing to help your brother in Palestine or your sister in Iraq or your mother in Chechnya, then your supplication to God is mere hypocrisy and God hates the hypocrites!

And if say that you are prevented from action through fear of what other would say about you or what your neighbours and community would think about you, I would say to you “Awake, my brother or sister, and protect your soul!”. Fear God and not the people, for it is God that will take you to account and hand out judgement. If you are prevented from doing what God has commanded you to do by your fear of people’s reaction then this is the beginning of shirk and the road to the Hellfire. Perhaps the advice of Luqman the Sage to his son will be of help to you in this situation, for he said: “O my son! Establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just and forbid what is wrong, and bear with patient constancy whatever happens to you; for this is firmness of purpose in the conduct of affairs.” [31:17] It is implicit in this advice, which God has brought to our knowledge through the Glorious Qur’an, that enjoining the good and forbidding the evil will cause those who are devious, forsaken and hate the way of God to cause difficulty for the practising believer, yet if you are firm in purpose, God will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish [7:170].

And if you say to me that political activity will threaten community cohesion, I will say to you that this is a fallacious argument and was the argument of the Jews in the Nazi Germany as the regime turned against them and slaughtered them by the millions. Nobody will stand up to protect you and yours until you stand up yourself and encourage and motivate others to stand with you.

If you say to me that one should first learn the basics of Islam before proceeding to enjoin the good and forbid the evil, I will say to you that you should seek knowledge before making such misguided statements since enjoining good and forbidding evil is one of the basics of Islam as is clear from the verses of the Glorious Qur’an quoted above.

And if you say to me that there is nothing that can be done in terms of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil until such time as the Islamic State is established, I will say to you that you are a fool and a disbeliever in God’s promise to Muslims for God in His Everlasting Glory has promised those of you who believe and do good deeds that He will most surely make them to succeed the present rulers in the earth as He made their ancestors before them, and that He will establish for them their religion, the one which He has chosen for them, and that He will change their present state of fear into peace and security. [24:55] Thus, working for the Islamic State means enjoining the good and forbidding evil and not waiting for someone to establish the state first and then suddenly begin forbidding the evil and enjoining the good.

And if you say to me that nothing can be done to better the situation of Muslims in other countries by the actions of Muslims living in Western Europe and North America, I will say to you that you are bordering on disbelief and have no understanding of the reality of life in the society you live in. Know that the power to make something happen lies always with God irrespective of your action or inaction. By taking part in the political activities for the benefit of the Muslims living in other countries you are expressing you sincerity and adherence to God’s command to enjoin the good and forbid the evil, you are spending your deeds in the cause of God and are earning your place in the Paradise. In the worldly domain, lawful political activity is an essential part of a democratic process and plays a huge part in educating the public and forming public opinion. Before you open your mouth to mock my words, you should read about the history of establishment of the Jewish State in Palestine or the lobbying practices employed to the great success by the modern supporters of that state to propagate the interests of that state.
To conclude I say that a Muslim who truly practises his faith is a politically active Muslim. If you say you are a practising Muslim and you shun political activity then you are lying to yourself and others and are endangering your soul.

All that is right is from God and all that is wrong is from me.

[GOD=life]

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[Petal]

Originally Posted by Mr.I bn Borings

All that is right is from God and all that is wrong is from me.

why you not says that in the firsts place, Mr.Mooslim? man that were a long-windeds copy an pastes

[True Disciple]

Mr. Towelhead, we are not even slightly interested in your silly religion. We think worshipping the moon, a piece of rock and a perverted pedophile is an outdated concept:

1 Corinthians 10:7:
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Don't you have a goat to sodomize somewhere?

[BelieverInGod]

If Mohammad was simply a "humble servant" why do you get so upset about pictures of him?

Although I doubt this copy/paste artist is really mooslim.