عن النعمان بن بشير رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله
عليه وسلم: « مثل
المؤمنين في توادهم وتراحمهم وتعاطفهم مثل الجسد إذا اشتكى منه عضو
تداعى له سائر الجسد بالسهر والحمى » . رواه
مسلم،
An-Nu ‘mān bin Bashīr رضى
الله عنه narrated
that Rasūlullāh صلى
الله عليه و سلم said:
The
example of the believers in regards their mutual love, mercy and affection, is that
of the body. When a limb of the body suffers, the rest of the body responds
with sleeplessness and fever. [Muslim]
Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Bosnia, Burma, Syria….. the list
of wounded suffering limbs of the body of al-Islām
grows ever longer. Allāh knows
best, but it seems naïve to think that no more limbs will be added to this
blood drenched list.
Each time another limb of Islām’s
wounded body is bitten and mauled by Satan’s wild dogs, we witness the fulfilment
of the above words of Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه و سلم. Irrespective of geographical location and ethnicity, the Ummah
invariably feels the pain and each reacts according to his or her capacity.
Some render financial assistance; some sacrifice their time; and some are not
satisfied until they earn the highest stages of al-Jannah through the supreme
payment of their lives.
Truly this
feeling which Allāh has placed in our hearts, is a unique miracle
of Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه و سلم and must remain an outstanding feature of this Ummah. Those
nations which have not as yet blessed with Islām may indeed
form alliances and assist each other, but never do they experience the, “mutual
love, mercy and affection…” which is the legacy of our Nabī صلى الله عليه و سلم. Thus Catholic France declared war against a Germany dominated
by Protestant militant Prussia, solely for political reasons and not out of any
intrinsic love for fellow Catholic Poland. Emotions which are natural to the Muslims are
alien to them.
Whether in
worldly matters or spiritual, complacency leads to degeneration. Progress is
not an option, but a non-negotiable requirement. Rightly we bandage and tend to
cut fingers and hands, the limbs of Islām, but why is it that we never heed our
head – Arabia? It really boggles the mind that in a myriad different ways the
Satanic Saudi regime continuously stabs at the head of Islām, yet there is hardly a whimper from the same Ummah which would not
tolerate a far lesser insult to the dignity of Islām, if perpetrated outside the sacred soil of Arabia.
Why has this contradiction arisen? It is my view that
globally, the Muslim leadership (countries, communities and organisations) has
vested financial and other interests in the Saudi regime. The common Muslim can
inshāallāh be awoken to his or her responsibility if the facts
are excavated from the darkness which self-interest has flung them into. I
believe that it is long overdue that this Ummah turns its attention to its poor
neglected head and not only its limbs.
I hope to join the
ranks of the few who speak the bitter truth about Islām’ head, occupied by a British installed regime which
now worships America as Lord. I have spoken on this matter at Jumu‘ah talks and
will inshāallāh write further. May Allāh guide my tongue and hand and
purify my heart. May He awaken this long slumbering Ummah.
سليمان الكندي
