All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. United we stand, divided we fall. The message of unity. Unity is very important in any society, any group and any organization in order to achieve the goals of that particular entity. And Islam stands at top when it comes to unity. Islam commands unity among its followers. The unity of Muslims, worries the enemies of Islam. However, these worries are no more in the camps of enemies of Islam now. Instead, it is time for Muslims to worry about this. The reason is simple; there is no more unity among the Muslims and it is known to everyone. This lack of unity prompts the enemies of Islam to devise their strategies accordingly against Islam. But the irony is that Muslims remain unaware of their lack of unity. Either we are unaware of our lack of unity or we do not care about it. In either case, we stand on the losing end. Lack of unity among Muslims is one of the biggest issues that needs to be resolved by Muslim society of today. If a Muslim society is considered to be a body, then its unity is its health. And the reasons which do not let the unity stay firm are like the different diseases of the ego which attack the body soul and affect its heart health. There are lot of such diseases of nafs, ego spreading at a rapid pace and if not treated at an appropriate stage, may prove to be fatal for the body Muslim society of today. A clinical way to cure a body from a disease is to diagnose the disease and the causes which lead to it. Some acts / practices / ideologies of the ‘Period of Jahilliyah’, ignorance still remain among Muslims ego. Islam came and wiped off all the wrongs that existed during the ‘Period of Jahilliyah‘, arrogance. Islam showed the light of truth to the masses and removed the blindfold of ignorance from the eye of the people heart. After the revelation of Qur’an, the Haq, truth is clear to all. However, even then (even now) there are lot of such prohibited practices prevailing among Muslims of today. One of the worst among such practices that prevails in minds of some is ‘discriminating based on region, tribes, languages etc’; a horrible practice; a horrible disease in the ego, not good for the health (unity) of Muslim society. Islam does not give precedence to any Muslim over another based on caste, creed, tribe, colour etc. The Prophet (PBUH) said, It in a very clearly, in the farewell speech given during Hajj, that all Muslims are equal; an Arab has no superiority over a Non-Arab, nor does a white over a black, etc. But what a shame; Muslims still dare to fight among themselves based on these things. Muslims today, need to use their knowledge of language and their wealth to support other Muslims by means of imparting them the knowledge as well as helping the poor Muslims. Use their virtues for helping Islam and fellow Muslims in different fields of life. There is no need to criticize Muslims of other places. Use their might and superior social status for uplifting the inferior Muslims, instead of singing laurels about themselves. Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Prophet (PBUH) said, “Whoever rebels against obedience and splits away from the Jama’at and dies (in that state) has died a death of Jahilliyah. Whoever fights for no real cause, getting angry for the sake of tribalism, calling for tribalism, or supporting tribalism, and is killed, dies in a state of Jahilliyah. Whoever rebels against my Ummah, striking righteous and wicked alike, and does not spare the believers, and does not pay attention to anyone who has covenant of protection with the Muslims, he is not of me and I am not of him, (Hadith No. 4786 (1848), Book of Leadership, Sahih Muslim, Vol. 5). Who is the biggest contributors towards the disharmony among Muslims? The differences of so call scholars, might have started on smaller notes, but as of now, the rift is too big to be abridged easily. The number of sects is increasing day-by-day because so call Muslims dont follow School of thoughts, Ideologies etc. The great four school of thoughts, the four great Imams: Imam Abu Hanifa (the Hanafis), Imam Shafi’ (the Shafi’s), Imam Malik (the Malikis) and Imam Ahmed Humbal (the Humbalis). All these great Imams are respected by Sufis and Sufis pray for Allah’s mercy for their blessed souls. Sufi discussion ahead in no way tends to bias with any particular Imam. Further in no way does the discussion tend to find out a fault with teachings of any of these great Imams. Instead read it with an unbiased state of mind. Alhumdolillah; narrated that Jabir bin Abdallah (RA) said: Sulaik Al Ghatfani came on a Friday when Prophet (PBUH) was preaching (i.e delivering Khutba) and he sat down. He said to him, “O Sulaik, get up and pray 2 raka’at and make them brief.” Then he said, “If one of you comes on a Friday and the Imam is preaching, let him pray 2 raka’at (Tahayyat-al-Masjid) and make them brief,(Hadith No. 2024 (875), Book of Friday Prayer, Sahih Muslim, Vol. 2). Islam followers of a school of thought stick to their views. Moreover, they strictly advocate that one has to be in either of the one schools only; One has to be either a Hanafi or a Shafi’ or a Maliki or a Humbali, as per their ideology. Allah says: وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنْ كُنتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ “Do ita’at of Allah & Rasool-Allah (PBUH), if you are Mu’mineen.” (Aayah No. 1, Surah Al-Anfal, Chapter No. 8, Holy Qur’an). Every Muslim is supposed to do ita’at of Allah and His Messenger (PBUH) through one the four Ahl-Sunnah Wal Jamaah School of Thought. Follow Qur’an and Sunnah; in understanding in one of the four schools of thought Hanafis or Malikis or Shafis or Humbalis but not in according to the thought of Wahabis/salafis/ Ahl-e-hadiths, but Bareilwis. Use only one Ahl Sunnah Wal Jamaah school of Thought identity: alike Sufi Muslim. This will enable all of us to stay united. The only labels for the followers of Islamic Sufism found in Qur’an are Mu’mins [,pious Sufi Muslims]. مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ وَلا تَكُونُوا مِنْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ “(And remain always) turning in repentance to Him (only), and be afraid and dutiful to Him; and perform As-Salat and be not of Al-Mushrikin.” مِنْ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعاً كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ “Of those who split up their religion, and become sects, each sect rejoicing in that which is with it.” (Aayah No’s 31 & 32, Surah Ar-Rum, Chapter No. 30, Holy Qur’an). إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعاً لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ “Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects, you (O Muhammad, PBUH) have no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.” (Aayah No. 159, Surah Al-An’am, Chapter No. 6, Holy Qur’an). Islamic Sufism organization is blessed by Allah, when it is created with an intention of doing service to Islam, committed to this goals of Islam, originally intended to serve Islam, tend not to become a disease for the health (i.e. unity) of Muslim society, dont try to blame other organizations and try to prove you are superior, do not pass a fatwa against the head of another Muslim organization with out of full evidence from their literature, etc, and nor ruled them has a Kafir, shriky, biditee, grave worshippers, etc,. Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) said, “If a man says to his (Muslim) brother, ‘O Kafir !’, then surely, one of them is such.” (Hadith No. 6103, Book of Al-Adab, Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 8). Dont take up the responsible position of a Mufti by yourself & remember the disease of the ego-nafs has to be terminated, not spread it. No harm in developing an organization, but any such organization should base its teachings solely on Qur’an and Ahadith in according to one of the four schools of thought of Ahl-Sunnah wal Jamaah. There should be no personal aims but supposed to work as complimentary organizations, supporting each other, solely on the basis of Qur’an and Ahadith. Our vision and concept of Islam has to be correct, if not correct, then,the problems will remain; and we won’t be able to unite. Worship only Allah and complete submission to Allah. Following each and every order of Allah and Muhammad [s.a.w] by avoiding each and every thing that is prohibited by Allah & Muhammad [s.a.w], i.e. by following Qur’an & Sunnah completely. To follow Islam, a proper attention has not been paid about rights of kindred, about practices to be adopted in our commercial transactions, about the relationship between husband-wife, about raising our kids, about our daily lives, and about Muslim females abandon Hijab and proudly defend their act, etc.This is our concept of Islam now: limited, narrow and perverted. أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلاَّ خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُون “Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment. And Allah is not unaware of what you do,(Aayah No. 85, Surah Al-Baqarah, Chapter No. 2, Holy Qur’an). We need to change our selves to know the the way Islam; we need to understand what Islam stands for, what Allah wants us to do and follow His words (i.e. Qur’an & Sunnah) in each and every aspect of our life. Do complete submission to Allah. وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً وَلا تَفَرَّقُوا “And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. Qur’an), and be not divided among yourselves…” (Aayah No. 103, Surah Aal-Imran, Chapter No. 3, Holy Qur’an). Thus, we need to cure all the ego diseases, to have good Muslim society’s health is common: by strict adherence to Qur’an and Sunnah. Depends on Allah, not today so call self made, scholars for understanding the religion? After having seen the differences between different sects scholars and different organizations/scholars, where should a common Muslim go? To Pious Sufis: Who should the common Muslim approach to understand his queries about the religion? Pious righteous Sufis, who Follow Allah and His Messenger (PBUH). يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلاً “O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (PBUH), and those of you who are in authority. If you differ in anything among-st yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger (PBUH), if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination.”(Aayah No. 59, Surah An-Nisa’, Chapter No. 4, Holy Qur’an). Therefore, there is harm in following any scholar, or any organization or any sect, as far as all of them claim to teach, preach and act as per Qur’an and Sunnah but in real reality they dont, do so, It is our responsibility to check each and every fatwa given by so call man made scholars in light of Qur’an and Ahadith- judge by Qur’an and Sunnah and the one in line with Qur’an and Sunnah through being in one of the four school of thought of Ahl-Sunnah Wal Jamaah are to be accepted, rest are to be rejected. Similarly, if any of the fatwas of any of the scholars contradicts Qur’an and/or Sunnah, then it has to be rejected without any second thought. Don’t even give a thought about how great the scholar or how famous the organization is. “Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yamin (RA): The people used to ask Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) about good, but I used to ask him about evil for fear that it might overtake me. Once, I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (PBUH)! We were in ignorance and in evil, and Allah has bestowed upon us the present good; will there be any evil after this good?” he said, “Yes.” I asked, “Will there be good after that evil?” He said, “Yes, but it would be tainted with Dakhan (i.e. the little evil).” I asked, “What will its Dakhan be?” He said, “There will be some people who will lead according to principles other than my Sunnah. You will see their actions and disapprove of them.” I said, “Will there be any evil after that good?” He said, Yes, there will be some people who will invite others to the gates of Hell, and whoever accepts their invitation to it, will be thrown in it.” I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (PBUH)! Describe those people to me.” He said, “They will belong to us and speak our language.” I asked, “(O Allah’s Messenger, PBUH)! What do you order me to do if such a thing should take place in my life?” He said, “Adhere to the main body, group of Muslims and their chief [, Ahl-Sunnah Wal Jamaah].” I asked, “If there is neither a group nor a chief?” He said, “Keep away from all those different sects, even if you had to bite (i.e. eat) the root of a tree, till you meet Allah while you are still in that state [of Iman].”(Hadith No. 3606, Book of Virtues, Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4). Dear brothers and sisters, Islam calls for unity. All the unacceptable acts / practices (i.e. the diseases) harming the unity of Muslim society (i.e. the health of society), all diseases should be abandoned. All Muslims are brothers in Islam, as Allah says in following verse: إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ “The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islam). So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy.”(Aayah No. 10, Surah Al-Hujurat, Chapter No. 49, Holy Qur’an). Think… think again… and again… Are we treating each others as brothers? Sisters? Are we fulfilling the responsibilities towards brothers & sisters in Islam ? Islam tells us to keep unity among ourselves but also to safeguard the unity. Every Muslim has to be an ambassador of unity and peace. Whenever any of us come across a situation where two Muslims (people or groups) have a dispute over a certain matter, it is responsibility of all Muslims to get together to solve it by all means and to make the two disputed parties (or people) united. وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنْ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِنْ بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الأُخْرَى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّى تَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ “And if two parties or groups among the believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them both. But if one of them outrages against the other, then fight you (all) against the one that which outrages till it complies with Command of Allah. Then if it complies, make reconciliation between them justly, and be equitable. Verily, Allah loves those who are equitable.”(Aayah No. 9, Surah Al-Hujurat, Chapter No. 49, Holy Qur’an). All the diseases of ego-nafs are dangerous for the health of Muslim society (i.e. its unity), need to be eradicated. Whoever tries to harm the unity of Muslims should be dealt with . It was narrated that Ziyad bin Ilaqah said: I heard Arfajah say: I heard Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) say, “There will be Fitnah and innovations. Whoever wants to divide this Ummah when it is united, strike him with sword, no matter who he is.”(Hadith No. 4796 (1852), Book of Leadership, Sahih Muslim, Vol. 5). Be united.And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude God’s favor on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren;and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire,and He saved you from it. Thus doth God make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided(The Glorious Quran 3:103). Obey Allah and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and do not quarrel among yourselves lest you lose heart and your momentum disappear. And be steadfast. Allah is with the steadfast. (8:46). As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with God: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did.(6:159). Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever prays like us and faces our Qibla and eats our slaughtered animals is a Muslim and is under Allah’sand His Apostle’s protection. So do not betray Allah by betraying those who are in His protection.”Volume 1, Book 8, Number 386: (Sahih Bukhari). Nu’man b. Bashir reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever.Book 032, Number 6258: (Sahih Muslim). Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales. and do not look for the others’ faults, and do not do spying on one another, and do not practice Najsh, and do not be jealous of one another and do not hate one another, and do not desert (stop talking to) one another. And O, Allah’s worshipers! Be brothers!”Volume 8, Book 73, Number 92: (Sahih Bukhari). Narrated Ubaida: Ali said (to the people of ‘Iraq), “Judge as you used to judge, for I hate differences (and I do my best ) till the people unite as one group, or I die as my companions have died.” And narrated Sad that the Prophet said to ‘Ali, “Will you not be pleased from this that you are to me like Aaron was to Moses?”Bukhari Volume 5, Book 57, Number 56: Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (Peace be Upon Him)said, ” Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously; and whoever believes in Allahand the Last Day, should unite the bond of kinship (i.e. keep good relation with his Kith and kin); andwhoever believes in Allah andthe Last Day, should talk what is good or keep quite-Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 160: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: When ‘Ali was in Yemen, he sent some gold in its ore to the Prophet. The Prophet distributed it among Al-Aqra’ bin Habis Al-Hanzali who belonged to Bani Mujashi, ‘Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, ‘Alqama bin ‘Ulatha Al-‘Amiri, who belonged to the Bani Kilab tribe andZaid AI-Khail At-Ta’i who belonged to Bani Nabhan. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, “He gives to the chiefs of Najd and leaves us!“ The Prophet said, “I just wanted to attract and unite their hearts (make them firm in Islam).” Then there came a man with sunken eyes, bulging forehead, thick beard, fat raised cheeks, and clean-shaven head, and said, “O Muhammad! Be afraid of Allah! ” The Prophet said, “Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Allah). He trusts me over the people of the earth, but you do not trust me?” A man from the people (present then), who, I think, was Khalid bin Al-Walid, asked for permission to kill him, but the Prophet prevented him. When the man went away, the Prophet said, “Out of the offspring of this man, there will be people who will recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game, and they will kill the Muslims and leave the idolators. Should I live till they appear, I would kill them as the Killing of the nation of ‘Ad. Bukhari Volume 9, Book 93, Number 527: May Allah forgive us and guide us to the right path, Ahl-Sunnah Wal Jamaah Sufism Thought…Ameen. The Khalifa of Azad Kashmir, the world greatest Grand Genuine Pir Shaykh Murshid Dervish Fiqeer Sufi Sultan Mahmood Qadiri, Naqshbandi, Chisti,Suhrawardi,Awais al-Qarani Tariqah only pass Qur’an, Sunnah & Sufism knowledge to all kinds of humans in correct unity of humanity. Never forget in your Dua’s, the greatest Grand Genuine khalifa pir shaykh murshid dervish fiqeer sufi sultan Mahmood qadiri, naqshbandi, chisti, suhrawardi, awais al qarani tariqah spiritual sufi of Sufism.
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