Al-Muwahhid

In the Name of Allaah, Most Gracious Most Merciful,

 In a time when the word ‘freedom’ is thrown left and right, and forced down the throats of the Muslims, and used as a justification for war in the Muslim world, the question arises to some, what is freedom?

 Freedom, as stated by Western idealogy, consists of the pursuit of one’s own interests, ideas, and desires with as a little constraint as possible. It emphasizes the ‘will’ of the individual, as opposed to the ‘will’ of society.

 This is not true freedom, as its results are witnessable to any person. Individuals in the West are bound by status quos, peer pressure, ‘moral bias’, aggressive media, constant bombardments of advertisements and resprensations of whats worshipped by the majority. The soul of westerner is put in a harsh, painful, and unmerciful position, in that it must take the constant bombardment of ideas, arrogance, and the glorification of desires, all without any guidance from the Lord of the Heavens and the earth.

Is this freedom?

 Is it freedom when the basis of society runs upon an atheistic principle of capitalism, which is based upon a supposed innate ‘trait’ in human beings to seek after the ‘al-mighty’ dollar bill. And likewise, the implied fear of poverty that western capitalism is established upon can be seen by anyone.

 Is this freedom?

Can one be free when his fear, trust, hope, love is scattered amongst a multitude of materialistic pursuits?

Is one free when his mind, heart, and soul, are constantly bombarded with how others think, feel, believe, act, behave, all out of their own desires and limited perspectives?

Can one be free when all he can see is the narrowness of wordly things, worldly pursuits, and lowly meaningless things like money, sex, and desires which disappear with the death of humanity?

 The reality is, true freedom, is established upon laa ilaaha illa Allaah (there is no god but Allaah). It is a declaration of freedom from every servitude except unto the Creator, Controller, and Sustainer of all that exists. There is no power or strength except with Him, and true freedom lies in believing this, and actualizing this in one’s heart, statements and actions.

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِالَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ

“Is not Allah Sufficient for His slave? Yet they try to frighten you with those (whom they worship) besides Him! ”

The false disbelieving concept of ‘freedom’ portrayed by the West tells the human being clearly, in plain terms, recognizable to everyone, that Allaah almighty, unto whom perfect attributes Belong, and who created every human being, is not sufficient for that human being. But rather, under the banner of ’secular democracy’, the west forces the people to believe that Allaah, their only Lord and sustainer, is not sufficient for them, but rather they must refer judgement to other than Him, and put their trust in other than Him.

 This is not freedom, and this brings absolutely no peace of mind to an individual, so much so that if you were to observe any westerner and talk to them, it is rare that you will find even one that has real peace of mind, but rather is soul is attached and enslaved to a multitude of things, usually being at the top of the list, wealth, for it is the drive of any society.

This is the likeness of those who commit shirk with Allaah:

 وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاء فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِي بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ

“and whoever assigns partners to Allah, it is as if he had fallen from the sky, and the birds had snatched him, or the wind had thrown him to a far off place.”

Ibn al-Qayyim comments:

‘So ponder over this example, and how precise it is in describing the state of he who commits shirk with Allah, and place his hopwe with other than Him. In this example, it is as if He has drawn a comparison between the exaltedness, vastness and nobility to tawhid to that of the skies… and HJe has compared between he who leaves tawhid and iman to one who falls from the skies to the lowest pits, where there is nothing but ocnstriction and pain. And the birs that tear him to peaces and break his bones apart are the shayatin, which Allah sent upon him to agitate him, and to take him to his place of destruction. So every single shaytan has a piece of his religion and heart, just like every bird has a piece of his bones and flesh. And the wind that blows him to a remote, desolate place, is his very desire, which is what carries him to throw himself to the lowest of all places, and fall from the skies.’

This description is completely applicable to the hopeless, painful, constricting nature of Western society. How it appeals to the desire of the human being and he is dragged into a pit of self-enslavement, by which the shayatin amongst men constantly eat away whatever dignity is left of him.

And we ask Allah to make us from amongst those who are truly free, and submissive to Him alone.

-Brother against Baatil

The Weight of Tawhid

Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that Allaah’s Messenger (sws) said; “Musa (alayhi al-salam) said, ‘O Lord! Teach me something I can remember you and call upon you with!’ He (Glorified and Exalted be He) said, ‘O Musa! Say: ‘La ilaha illa Allaah” (none has the right to be worshipped except Allah).’ He said, ‘But all of your worshippers say this.’ He (glorified and exalted be He) said, ‘O Musa! If the seven heavens and what is in them other than Me, and the seven earths were in a pan (of the scale) and La ilaha illa Allah was in another pan, then La ilaha illa Allah would outweigh them.”

The tesetimony of La ilaha illa Allah is recited by Muslims daily, yet has become simply a word of the tongue devoid of its necessary implications. This statement, this testimony of tawhid, outweighs the heavens and the earth.

Likewise, shirk , however small of an occurence it may be, is a severe matter that can not be taken lightly. Allah ta’ala censures those who assign a ’son’ to Him, saying:

تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدّاً

“Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains Hadda”

أن دعوا للرحمن ولدا

That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah).

Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn `Abbas said concerning this statement:

“Verily, the heavens, the earth, the mountains and all creatures — except for humans and Jinns — are frightened by the associating of partners with Allah. Creation will almost cease existing before the association of partners with Allah, due to His Greatness.”

There is not a single entity in the creation, but that it prostrates itself to Allaah

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ
“See you not that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and Ad-Dawab (moving living creatures, beasts, etc), ”

There are also those amongst men who prostrate themselves willingly and actualize tawheed in their life:

وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنَ النَّاسِ

“and many of mankind…”

Yet, still many amongst mankind are those who refuse to prostrate:

وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَابُ

“But there are many (men) on whom the punishment is justified…”

Are such people worried about honour or status, or that he will be misguided into destruction?

وَمَن يُهِنِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ

“And whoever Allah disgraces none can honour him…”

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ

“Indeed, Allah does what He wills.”

The tremendous lie(s) of the West

The tremendous lie of the West, or perhaps the tremendous lies, due to the existence of so many, contradicts the very fundamental that the universe is founded upon, this fundamental of tawheed (la ilaaha illa Allah),

And from amongst their horrendous lies are:

1) Democracy, in that, the law, the rule, should be for the people, and the final judgement rests in the people. Such obvious falsehood contradicts the very foundation of this universe, the very truth of existence, have they not pondered upon the statement of Allaah:

وإليه يرجع الأمر كله

“and to Him return all affairs (for decision).”

2) Secularism: the idea that the religion should be separate from the state. Is not Allah , the Most High, the Most Great, whom no state, governent, or organization can do anything against? Have not these liars pondered upon the statement of Allaah:

والله غالب على أمره ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

” And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not.”

3) Individualism, or the idea that people should express their own individual passions and ideas regardless of anything else(that is of course if it doesnt contradict what the government sets down as prohibitions for them, based upon the will of the people!)… Have they not heard the statement of Allah:

وَاللّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ

“And Allaah knows, and you know not.”

These are just a few from the many lies that the west bases itself upon, contradicting the very foundation of existnece in their disbelief and denial of the Lord of the Worlds.

And from the proofs that such people use, to justify their unbelief, are sciences and worldly experiences that constitue the dhaahir of wordly life, all the while ignoring the very One who created all of this! Allah says:

يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِراً مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ

“They know only the outside appearance of the life of the world (i.e. the matters of their livelihood, like irrigating or sowing or reaping, etc.), and they are heedless of the Hereafter.”

Where is our Baraa’?

Where is our baraa(disavvowal) from such dispicable paganism and unbelief? Where is our clear stance against against kufr, and our clear upholding of Islaam, as was taken by all of the Messengers of Allaah. Where are we, in comparison to Ibrahim (alayhe salam) and those with him when they said to their people:

إنا برآء منكم ومما تعبدون من دون الله كفرنا بكم وبدا بيننا وبينكم العداوة والبغضاء أبدا حتى تؤمنوا بالله وحده

“Surely we are clear of you and of what you serve besides Allah; we declare ourselves to be clear of you, and enmity and hatred have appeared between us and you forever until you believe in Allah alone” [surah mumtahinah aayah 4]

A concern uttered by some panzies

There are some amongst the Muslims who say that this methodology of baraa from shirk and its people is an innovation by the sect known as the ‘Wahhabis’. And it wont be long before they are quick to accuse you of being a wahhabi. Their main concern is represented in such statements of theirs like:,

“\All you wahhabis say is Shirk shirk shirk, Bid’ah bid’ah!”

Is being concerned about shirk something to be censured for? Is being concerned about the unforgivable sin(in the sight of Allaah) something to be looked down upon for? Is constantly warning about, waging war against and being afraid of falling into this reprehensible sin, upon which the heavens and the earths are too frigtened to commit, an act of extremism and paranoia(like you say)?

Was Ibrahim (alayhe salam) a Wahhabi when he made du3a to his Lord (saying):

واجنبني وبني أن نعبد الأصنام

“save me and my sons from worshipping idols”

And Allaah, the Most High, knows best.

-Brother Against Baatil.