Please read this till the end before making any judgments.
Honestly, what has come of our ummah? Never have I seen more hatred, intolerance, and sectarianism in people than some Muslims on the internet. Just a few scrolls on r/islam and you see people claiming that Palestinians are being bombed because Allah is mad that they play music, draw living things, or have no beards. Somebody posts a picture with a drawing or a woman somewhere in it and the comments automatically light up like a fire, condemning the poster and initiating fatwa wars.
"I don't care what scholar X said, he's a sufi/salafi/(other sect name)"
"Do not follow scholar Y. He's clearly a (insert soft insult)"
"Maybe post this on r/progressive_islam / r/shia / r/Sufism (other Islamic subreddit) since you're following (insert scholar commenter disagrees with)"
Sound familiar?
Somebody posted a Palestine song and there were comments of people disappointed that not a "single fist-length beard" could be seen on any of the men. People calling each other Sufi, Salafi, Wahhabi, deviant, extremist, terrorist (ironically) and claiming the other person isn't even Muslim and that they should leave Islam because that will be better for the Ummah. I am so shocked. So utterly shocked.
And then there's the community on Youtube.
You have people like Yasir Qadhi, who some like Daniel Haqiqatjou, Farid Responds, and Saajid Lipham claim is a progressive heretic who's trying to reform Islam. Ironically, on the other hand, you have far-leftists claiming that the same guy is not a Muslim but an ISIS/Salafi extremist under a different label. You have the same institute/sheikh that's being criticized for being too liberal by some simultaneously being criticized for being Salafi/Wahhabi radicals by the other end. You have accomplished and respected imams and sheikhs like Omar Suleiman and Shabir Ally being hated on for being "liberal" and "feminist" and people like Daniel, Farid, and Saajid creating entire videos "debunking" and slandering them, all in the name of preserving the deen. "Yasir Qadhi's SHOCKING agenda to reform Islam!!" You have people who are self-proclaimed sheikhs speaking out against scholars with years upon years of experience. You see comments that mirror this sectarianism and hatred on almost every Islamic video and online forum
Why would anyone want to be part of our community?
Why would anyone look at Muslims and say "Damn that's a really peaceful religion, they sure are nice to each other despite disagreement"?
Did the Prophet PBUH not warn us of this?
Awf ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
خِيَارُ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ الَّذِينَ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَتُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَشِرَارُ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ الَّذِينَ تُبْغِضُونَهُمْ وَيُبْغِضُونَكُمْ وَتَلْعَنُونَهُمْ وَيَلْعَنُونَكُمْ
The best of your rulers are those whom you love and they love you, who pray for you and you pray for them. The worst of your rulers are those whom you hate and they hate you, whom you curse and they curse you
It was said, “Shall we confront them with swords?” The Prophet said:
لَا مَا أَقَامُوا فِيكُمْ الصَّلَاةَ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْ وُلَاتِكُمْ شَيْئًا تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَاكْرَهُوا عَمَلَهُ وَلَا تَنْزِعُوا يَدًا مِنْ طَاعَةٍ
No, as long as they establish prayer among you. If you find something hateful from them, you should hate their actions but not withdraw your hand from obedience
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1855, Grade: Sahih
Umm Salamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
سَتَكُونُ أُمَرَاءُ فَتَعْرِفُونَ وَتُنْكِرُونَ فَمَنْ عَرَفَ بَرِئَ وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ سَلِمَ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ رَضِيَ وَتَابَعَ
There will be rulers from whom you will see both goodness and corruption. One who recognizes their evil and hates it will maintain his innocence, but one who is pleased with it and follows them will be sinful
It was said, “Shall we not fight them?” The Prophet said:
لَا مَا صَلَّوْا
No, as long as they pray
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1854, Grade: Sahih
Is it not clear the Prophet PBUH valued unity over rebellion, cohesion over sectarianism, and warned against rebelling, physically or verbally, against those with authority among us?
And Allah said:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا لَّسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ ۚ إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Verily, those who have divided their religion and become sects, you have nothing to do with them. Their affair is only left to Allah, then He will inform them about what they used to do
Surat al-An’am 6:159
And Allah said:
مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
Turn in repentance, be mindful, and establish prayer. Do not be among those who commit idolatry, those who divided their religion and became sects, each party rejoicing in itself
Surat Ar-Rum 30:31-32
Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
لَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا
Do not hate each other, do not envy each other, do not turn away from each other, but rather be servants of Allah as brothers
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2559, Grade: Sahih
Tell me, my brothers and sisters, is it worth calling out so and so for x y z reason if it causes disunity, sectarianism, and division in our community? Is that the better way of approaching things than to speak to a brother or a sister you disagree with in private before publicly calling them out?
Hamdun al-Qassar, one of the great early Muslims, said:
"If a friend among your friends errs, make seventy excuses for them. If your hearts are unable to do this, then know that the shortcoming is in your own selves [ibid]"
And the words of Imam Jafar as-Sadiq
"If you find/see something you don’t like in a brother, try to find 1-70 excuses for him. And if you can’t find an excuse, say "There might be an excuse, but I don’t know it." "
Al-Dhahabî, speaking about the mistakes of the scholars, said the following: [Siyar al-A`lâm al-Nubalâ' (14/374)]:
If we were to discredit every person who made mistake in judgment or declare those people as innovators – people who are essentially of good faith and sincerely seek the truth – then scarcely would any of our scholars be spared.
"If you see a scholar speaking ill of another scholar, avoid him." - Imam Al-Ghazali
What then of those who aren't even scholars?
I am so utterly depressed. Never going online on any of these Islamic forums again. Please, for the sake of our own people, let us better ourselves in our conduct with one another and invite more people to this beautiful religion.
"O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers." [Qur'an 49:11]
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