عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ : " اللهم إنى إعوذ بك من عذاب القبر وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
‘Āishah رضي الله عنها narrates
that the Nabī صلى الله عليه و سلم used
to say, “O Allāh I seek Your protection against the punishment of the grave and
I seek Your protection against the tribulation of the false Messiah Dajjāl.” [Aḥmad]
One
wonders how to reconcile the obsession of Muslims with, “When is Mahdī coming?”
with their simultaneous involvement, if not promotion, in the forerunning or
welcoming ceremonies for the Dajjāl.
It
is certainly true that our Nabī صلى الله عليه وسلم
commanded, "Your body has a right over you."
Islām commands balance and one's body must be cared for as a vehicle which
takes us towards the Hereafter. Sport in itself, and looking after one’s body
may even be forms of worship within the correct context, yet one is absolutely
dumbfounded when Muslims use the sacred Ḥadīth to justify sporting events
which may entail:
·
Neglect
of Ṣalāh.
·
Exposure
and glancing at prohibited regions of the body e.g. the thighs.
·
Intermingling
of sexes.
·
Contamination
with intoxicants and other filths.
·
Wasting
not of millions, but billions whilst so many starve.
Of
particular concern in the modern context is the spiritual and political harm
sports can cause to Muslims in regards:
·
Being
used as a political tool to distract the masses from greater issues. Even educated
Christians are aware of this nefarious device.
·
Creating
a cult of hero-worship whereby the Muslim youth have greater emotional
attachment to sportsmen than to the Rasūl صلى الله عليه وسلم and friends of Allāh.
All
these concerns however pale into insignificance in comparison to the triumph of
open Paganism and idol worship at the “greatest” of all sporting events, the
Olympics.
Such
words may appear extreme and harsh even to myself. For one willing however to
keep an open mind, I present certain facts for your perusal – and as this is
not meant to be an encyclopaedia – you are thereafter welcome to conduct
further research and draw your own conclusions.
First
ask yourself what is the meaning of Olympics?
Olympia
was a sanctuary in ancient Greece which housed the gigantic gold and ivory idol
of Zeus. Games were held as a form of worship to this idol – hence the word Olympics.
If
I were exposed to such information for the first time I would respond, “Well,
so what? That doesn’t mean that participating or watching the modern games
involves any form of idol-worship!”
Sadly
such a response does not consider various realities of the modern Pagan
Olympics. To start off, even the Olympic anthem is nothing short of a hymn to
this idol, Zeus the Lightning "god":
O
Ancient immortal Spirit, pure father
Of
beauty, of greatness and of truth,
 |
| Zeus, lightning "god" |
within
the glory of your own earth and sky.
At
running and at wrestling and at throwing,
Shine
in the momentum of noble contests,
And
crown with the unfading branch
And
make the body worthy and ironlike. (twice)
Plains,
mountains and seas glow with you
Like
a white-and-purple great temple,
And
hurries at the temple here, your pilgrim, (twice)
O
Ancient immortal Spirit, every nation. (twice)
Consider
also that the imagery of the modern games is consistently Pagan:
 |
| Nike, Athens 2004 |
 |
| Zeus & Nike, Athens 1896 |
The Olympic Flame represents the fire taken from Zeus. It is still lit at his sanctuary in an openly Pagan ceremony and passed onto the games! The following is the prayer intoned by the high priestess Maria Nafpliotou during the ceremony for the 2010 Vancouver games:
Apollo God of Sun and the idea of light send your rays and
light the sacred torch for the hospitable city of Vancouver and you Zeus give
peace to all peoples on earth and wreath the winners of the Sacred race. |
| Do you also inadvertently worship Apollo? |
In
the 1996 Atlanta games, the temple of Zeus was resurrected.
Consider
the opening ceremony at the 2004 Athens games:
“In the next sequence, Eros, the Greek god of love, was
introduced flying over a pair of lovers frolicking in the pool of water located
in the center of the stadium. ... Eros flew over the parade, occasionally
touching or stepping on the floats moving beneath him, thus reinforcing the
theme of love and passion as the source for all history... The first float
featured the iconic image of Minoan civilization: that of the fertility goddess
clad in a bodice exposing her breasts and clutching serpents in both hands. ....At
the end of the parade, "Eros" lowered enough to help a pregnant woman
remove her outer garment....”
What is most saddening is that a great many Christians
protest against this Polytheism, but I have yet to see a response from the
Muslim world.
The Olympics are undeniably events which distract one from
the majesty of Allāh. Islām is not against caring for the human body, but is
this the justification for millions of Muslim to sit at their Dajjāl screens,
munching away at their snacks? They turn off their mental faculties and
participate in occult ceremonies which bear the hallmarks of the Dajjāl – Polytheism,
music and deception. The world is being programmed or conditioned to accept the
“reality” of gods besides Allāh.
It is not sufficient to pray, “and I seek Your protection against
the tribulations of the false Messiah, the Dajjāl..” Implicit in the Du‘ā’ is
for us to open our eyes and save ourselves from entrapment.
Allāh save us all.
سليمان الكندي
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