Calling to Islam - the duty of every Muslim
Muslim With Mission
Author: By: Dr. Taalib Alb
While all the messengers appointed by Allaah were charged by Him with
the responsibility to disseminate the revealed guidance with which
they were entrusted, their respective nations too, were called upon to
share in the fulfilment of Allaah's orders. Allaah reminds us in the
Holy Quran with (what means): "And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allaah
took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying]:
'You must make it clear [i.e., explain it] to the people and not
conceal it.'..." [Quran: 3:187]
The position of the Muslim Ummah (nation), in this respect, is clear
in the Quran, where Allaah states (what means): "You are the best
nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right
and forbid what is wrong..." [Quran: 3:110]
Thus, Allaah Almighty has honoured this Muslim Ummah by appointing it
to share in the noble cause of its Prophet by inviting people to
follow the straight path. The Quran further stresses (what means):
"The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They
enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong..." [Quran: 9:71] while:
"The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin
what is wrong and forbid what is right..." [Quran: 9:71]
Hence, the truth emerges clearly that to enjoin what is right and
forbid what is wrong constitutes a fundamental difference between a
believer and a hypocrite, who pretends to be a believer when he is
quite the reverse. Consequently, all members of the Muslim Ummah, men
and women alike, are individually responsible to further the cause of
Islam with the zeal, determination and sense of sacrifice of the
Prophet and his companions .
That the Companions did their utmost, individually and collectively,
to convey the light of Islam to all people, even outside the Arabian
Peninsula, is demonstrated by the lengthy and dangerous journeys they
took, reaching the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Great Wall of
China in the East. Countless distinguished companions breathed their
last in faraway and foreign lands preaching Islam, for which their
sacrifices knew no bounds.
At this point some commonplace misconceptions ought to be cleared. To
call all peoples of the world to Allaah is the duty of every
responsible and conscientious Muslim. Since there is no priesthood in
Islam or sacerdotal class among Muslims, the duty of the call to
Allaah cannot be transferred to an ill-conceived and imaginary group
called the 'men of religion.' In Islam everyone is a man of religion
and every man will be accountable to Allaah as to whether he fulfilled
his obligations sincerely and to the best of his abilities or not. The
following verse of the Quran should be very enlightening in this
respect; Allaah says (what means): "Say: 'This is my way; I invite to
Allaah with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allaah;
and I am not of those who associate others with Him.'" [Quran: 12:108]
Thus, anyone who rightly claims to be a follower of the Prophet
cannot evade his duty to call people to Allaah.
The following prophetic traditions amply elucidate this point: "Let
those who witness inform those who are absent." [Al-Bukhaari] The word
'witness' here is taken to mean anyone who possesses some Islamic
knowledge. The Prophet is also reported to have said: "Preach on my
behalf, even with just one verse (i.e. verse of the Quran)."
Therefore, one need not be a profound scholar or a great jurist to
call others to Islam. No doubt a person well-versed in Islamic
sciences would be able to speak more authoritatively and would be in a
position to explain matters of religion to the minutest details.
However, a high level of scholarship is not a prerequisite to call
others to Islam. Everyone's effort has a definite gap to fill. A
Muslim scholar will address his counterpart with a refined style and
scholarly content, while a Muslim layman will have to reason with his
equals in practical terms, each having a role complementary to the
others.
Every individual of the Muslim Ummah is obliged to be actively engaged
in whatever way he can to guide people to the right path and support,
morally as well as materially, those who labour to discharge this
responsibility. A common misconception that found appeal even among
earlier Muslim generations and which still lingers on to this day
stems from failure to comprehend the meaning of the following Quranic
verse in the proper context (which means): "O you who have believed!
Upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone
astray will not harm you when you have been guided..." [Quran: 5:105]
In all honesty and fairness, the above verse does not connote, by any
stretch of imagination, that a so-called pious or saintly person may
absolve himself of the responsibility to call mankind to truth simply
by thinking that evil would not knock at his door, on account of his
being pure and peaceful. Regardless of how pious one may appear to be,
he can never equal the Prophet or excel his companions in their
moral perfection, sincerity of worship and religious devotion.
None of the Prophet's companions ever dreamt of resigning from the
noble task of inviting the nations of the east and the west to eternal
bliss and salvation offered by Allaah through Islam. It was precisely
to correct this wrong notion about the aforementioned verse that Abu
Bakr issued the following warning: "O people! Indeed you read this
exalted verse and put it in a place other than its own. Whereas I
heard the Apostle of Allaah saying: "Indeed, if people see a cruel
person and they do not restrain him, Allaah may punish all of them.""
The Ansaar (inhabitants of Madeenah who welcomed the Muslim
immigrants) had gone through great material sacrifices in support of
the Islamic cause. When Allaah granted victory to the Muslims after
their long struggles against the polytheists and they conquered
Makkah, some of the Ansaar felt satisfied. Now that Allaah had
bestowed His favour upon the believers and had crowned their noble
efforts with a glorious and decisive victory over their opponents,
they thought it justified for themselves to return to their much
neglected trades and palm groves. Thereupon, Allaah the Most High,
revealed the following verse (which means): "...And do not throw
[yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction..." [Quran 2:195]
Which clearly meant that a believer would be exposed to the gravest
danger if he were to abandon the struggle in the way of Allaah and
confine himself to routine Islamic duties such as Salaat (prayer),
Sawm (fasting), Zakaat (alms-giving), and the like. Abu Ayyoob Al-
Ansaari was among the distinguished Companions. According to some
sources, he was one hundred and ten (110) years old when he
participated in the first Muslim siege of Constantinople (Istanbul)
where he died a martyr. Considering his old age, his younger friends
would sometimes recommend him to rest for a while, to which he would
reply: "Are you telling me to throw myself into destruction?"
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[Excerpts from: Proceeding of the Fifth International Conference of
WAMY on "Islamic Da'wah". Held at Nairobi, Kenya 20-24 April 1982]
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Four Stages of Islamic Treachery: Islamist Tactics Towards Non-Islamic
Societies
by Anonymous
01 Sep, 2007
Based On The Evidence Of 1200 Years Of Islamic History
Introduction:
FACT #1:
The goal of Islam is the subjugation of the entire world to Islam
through the establishment of a global Islamic rule and the eradication
of all non-Islamic populations, cultures, religions, thoughts,
knowledge, symbols, traditions and ways of life.
This goal is non-negotiable in fundamental doctrines of Islam and in the
eyes of true Muslims.
FACT #2:
Islamists will not stop their assault (open or clandestine) on the
non-Muslim world as long as they have not achieved Islamic rule.
FACT #3:
IN ISLAMIC TEACHING, THE END ALWAYS JUSTIFIES THE MEANS: Islamists have
no respect for the rules, laws or values of the non-Islamic world, to
them only the rules of the Islamic world are legitimate. In their mind,
when they destroy the non-Islamic world then the rules will change to
Islamic rules, laws and values.
FACT #4:
ISLAMISTS CONSIDER TREATIES WITH NON-MUSLIMS AS NON-BINDING. When in
non-Muslim countries they will pretend a social behavior as a cover up
to their true intentions of domination over the non Muslim world.
TIP: When it comes to Islamists, ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO, NEVER WHAT
THEY SAY: Lying, treachery and deceit are the Islamists' tactic of
choice in their jihad of conquest of the non-Muslim world. This tactic
(AL-TAQIYYA, or religious deception, pretending to be friends of the
Non-Muslims in order to strengthen themselves against them) is a
commonly practiced by Islamists. DECEPTION IS THE KEY TACTIC EMPLOYED BY
ISLAMISTS.
FACT #5:
As a rule of thumb to get the truth from any Islamist, simply reverse
what they say to a non-Muslim.
FACT #6:
The founder of Islam, MUHAMMAD WAS AN ISLAMIST.
Whether you able to face or ignore this harsh reality is beside the
point, you will inevitably face its truth on the day you find yourself
within the killing zone of Islamists.
Stages of Islamization
STAGE ONE: INFILTRATION
* First migration wave to target non-Muslim society.
* Appeal for humanitarian tolerance from the target non-Muslim society.
* Characterized by professed tolerance of others and their beliefs.
* Attempts to portray Islam as a peaceful religion and Muslims as
victims of misunderstanding and racism.
* Images of women and children used to portray Muslims.
* Establishment of mosques as power bases (today globally funded by
Gulf countries oil revenue). (Mosques are safe havens for Jihadi
recruitment and subversive projects).
* Muslim leaders promote large push for increased Muslim births in
target non-Muslim society to increase native Muslim population.
* Misrepresentation of their intentions or aims as a cover up for
clandestine operations.
STAGE TWO: CONSOLIDATION OF POWER
* Proselytizing efforts increase.
* Establishment and recruitment of fundamentalist Jihadi cells.
* Efforts to convert alienated segments of the population of target
non-Muslim society to Islam.
* Revisionist efforts to Islamize history.
* Efforts to destroy all evidence of incriminating historical
evidence and sources that reveal true character of Islamism.
* Intellectual Jihad to discredit non-Muslim culture.
* Assault on cultural assumptions and icons of the non-Muslim
world, such as democracy, law and science.
* Increased dissemination of anti-western propaganda and
anti-western psychological warfare.
* Efforts to recruit allies who share similar goals (Communists,
socialists, anti westerns activists, anti-globalists, anarchists).
* Alliances with the enemies of the Western society particularly
anti capitalism leftists. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
* Attempts to indoctrinate children to Islamist viewpoint. Efforts
to infiltrate education system to propagate pro-Islamic points of view.
* Increased efforts to intimidate, silence and eliminate non-Muslim
intellectuals and leaders.
* Efforts to introduce blasphemy laws into non-Muslim society in
order to silence critics.
* Continued focus on enlarging Muslim population by increasing
Muslim births and migration to target non-Muslim society.
* Use of first and second generation Muslim citizens of target
non-Muslim society as Jihadist foot soldiers and public fronts.
* Use of charities to recruit supporters.
* Use of crime and fraud to obtain funds to finance activities.
* Covert efforts to bring about the destruction of non-Muslim
society from within.
* Development of Muslim political base in target non-Muslim
society. Efforts to penetrate political and legal structure of country
so as to support Islamic growth from within.
* Use of bribes and blackmail of non-Muslim authorities to get them
to disregard establishment of subversive activities.
* Islamic Financial networks strengthened to fund political growth,
large acquisition of land and resources by any means. (Today they are
funded by Muslim charities; Gulf countries Oil revenue and criminal
activities).
* Highly visible assassination of critics aimed to intimidate
opposition.
* Tolerance of non-Muslims diminishes and greater demands are
placed upon Muslims to adopt strict Islamic conduct.
* Clandestine amassing of weapons and explosives stores in hidden
locations in target non-Muslim society.
* Continuous and covert attacks and challenges against target
non-Muslim society leaders and religious symbols.
* Overt disregard and rejection of target non-Muslim society's
legal system and culture.
* Efforts to undermine and destroy power base of non-Muslim
religions such as Jews, Christians, Hindus or Buddhists in target
non-Muslim society.
* Efforts to destroy the social structure of the country and bring
the downfall of non-Muslim government.
* Use of Islamic gangs in campaign of fear and terror against Jews,
Christians, Hindus and non-Muslims to reduce their populations and
influence in the target non-Muslim society.
STAGE THREE: OPEN WAR WITH TARGET NON-ISLAMIST SOCIETY'S LEADERSHIP AND
CULTURE
* Large-scale destruction of population, assassinations, killings,
bombings.
* Intentional efforts to spread chaos in the target country to
undermine its government and culture.
* Acts of barbarity and fierceness as a deliberate policy intended
to foster submission of opponents.
* Open and covert efforts to cause economic collapse of the society.
* All opposition, no matter what kind, is challenged and either
eradicated or silenced.
* Widespread ethnic cleansing with Islamic militias.
* Rejection and defiance of target society secular laws or culture.
* Murder of all opposition political, religious and intellectual
leaders of target society.
* Murder of all moderate Muslim intellectuals who envision other
alternatives to radical Islam.
* Toppling of government and usurpation of political power.
* Imposition of Sharia law.
* Mass execution of non-Muslims, ethnic cleansing.
STAGE FOUR: ISLAMIC THEOCRACY
* The Qur’an and the Sharia becomes the "law of the land. "
* All non-Islamic human rights cancelled.
* Freedom of speech and the press eradicated.
* All Religions other than Islam are forbidden and destroyed.
* Enslavement and genocide of non-Muslim population.
* Destruction of all evidence of non-Muslim culture, groups and
symbols in country.