Prioritizing Importance

Many times you will find quotes of the Salaf from the times of the Tabi'een and the Atba’ Tabi'een often speaking about sufficing oneself with ‘Ibādah, seeking ‘ilm, reciting Qur'ān etc. And these quotes are very popular nowadays compared to the sayings of the salaf on Islamic reform.




You see, during the time of the Tabi'een and the generation after that, Islam was still pure - the sahābah directly learned from the Prophet ﷺ, the tabi'een directly learned from the sahābah and the atba’ at-tabi'een directly learned from the students of the sahābah. These 3 generations tasted the pure unadulterated Islam, and whenever innovations tried creeping in there were men of knowledge and action who quickly sought to overcome such issues.
They already had an Islamic Empire under which they lived, enjoying the justice of Shari'ah.




You will seldom find any reformist movements in the 2 generations after the sahābah because they already had the foundations of the Imamate laid down for them by the sahābah - Islam was at that time a blooming flower in its peak. And thus you find their quotes on focusing more on personal reform than social reform.




But in our times, that isn’t the case. Unlike the first 3 generations of Islam, Muslims today suffer from a huge problem of identity crisis. They have left their religion behind in pursuit of the Western culture. And this admiration of the disbelievers and their culture has led to the crumbling of the most fundamental concepts of the deen and a distortion in people’s understanding of Tawheed.




In today’s era, merely talking and preaching about self-reform is not sufficient. We must speak about social reform as well because it is a more pressing need. And by Allah talking will do no good without actions. The Muslims are humiliated everywhere, they have lost their sense of honour, Ahlus Sunnah are being oppressed from every corner, the crusaders have entered the Holy Lands of Haramayn, Al Quds is still under Zionist control, our Ulama are locked away behind bars, idolatry has been reintroduced into the Arabian Peninsula, Muslims are being bombed from left right and center, and you want to talk about merely looking into Bukhari and Muslim, reciting Qur'ān, praying the fardh and khalas this is sufficient?




Lā Wallāh, this is not sufficient. This isn’t the attitude of the Muslims neither is this the manhaj of Sahābah رضي الله عنهم. They never stayed silent in the face of injustice and oppression. Self-reform in this era is not sufficient because we will be asked on Yawmal Qiyāmah about what we did to aid this mighty deen when its ummah was bleeding from every side.




So my brothers and sisters, prioritize. Prioritize what you learn and prioritize in what you preach. There must be a balance and the utmost importance should be given to tawheed and that which is necessary to wake this ummah from its heedlessness and bring back the honour to Islam and the Muslimeen.

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Self Reform and Social Reform must be done simultaneously. Your self reform should be putting you in the first row defending/aiding Muslims

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‎Ḥasan al-Baṣrī ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ said:

‎“Some people have modesty in their clothes but arrogance in their hearts.”

‎[Attawada’ Wal Khumool (pg.90)]

Al-Hasan Al-Basri رحمه الله

‎"Sincere repentance is that you hate the sin just as you used to love it and that you seek for forgiveness for it whenever you remember it."

‎Tafsir ibn Kathir, 8/169

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~ ގަލަންދާނު

Yusuf 12:87
‎يَٰبَنِىَّ ٱذۡهَبُواْ فَتَحَسَّسُواْ مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَاْيۡـَٔسُواْ مِن رَّوۡحِ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَاْيۡـَٔسُ مِن رَّوۡحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ

"O my sons! Go you and enquire about Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother, and never give up hope of Allah's Mercy. Certainly no one despairs of Allah's Mercy, except the people who disbelieve."

‎އޭ އަހުރެންގެ ދަރިންނޭވެ! يوسف ގެފާނާއި، އޭނާގެ أخ އާގެ خبر އެއްވޭތޯ ތިޔަބައިމީހުން ދާށެވެ! އަދި اللَّه ގެ رحمة ން ތިޔަބައިމީހުން اميد ކަނޑައިނުލާށެވެ! (ހަަމަކަށަވަރުން، كافر ވިމީހުން މެނުވީ، اللَّه ގެ رحمة ން اميد ކަނޑައެއް ނުލާނެތެވެ.)

“The Muslim Is Just Like a Bee!”

The Muslim, a believer in the lethal society he lives in, that’s filled with the poison of corruption and havoc all over, spreading rapidly, should forbid the evil and enjoin the good. In a society that seeks nothing else but to corrupt the innocence of the people and tare down the pureness and justice system of the Shari’ah, leaving no remanence of goodness and sparing none, he should stand steadfast like a bulwark. The comparison of a believer especially in such circumstances - as our beloved Shaykh Musa Jibril always taught and embodied - is supposed to be like that of a bee, all the time giving honey - spreading good wherever it goes. He is supposed to be an agent for the preservation of virtues and modesty, goodness and faith wherever he goes, and eliminate the vices.

- Shaykha Umm Musa حفظها الله
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It is narrated by Imam Tirmidhi through acceptable (Hasan) authority from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ said: "It is from the beauty of a person's Islam that they do not meddle with what does not concern them."

‎Ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله said:

‎“I so wonder at those who favour sins and prefer the joy of a moment that will leave him with endless regret that never departs the heart of a believer, even if he is forgiven for it.”

‎[Captured Thoughts | Pg. 825]

Imām Mālik bin Anas رحمه الله:

‎“Indeed the wives of the Ṣaḥābah sought the Hereafter, so they did not care about the poverty of their husbands”

‎Ṣaḥīḥ Fiqh al-Sunnah 4/403

‎Shaykh ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

‎"Whoever continuously abandons the Sunnah prayers, then this shows a weakness in his religion."

‎[Majmū' al-Fatāwā, 23/127]

As-Sajdah 32:12
وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ نَاكِسُواْ رُءُوسِهِمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ رَبَّنَآ أَبۡصَرۡنَا وَسَمِعۡنَا فَٱرۡجِعۡنَا نَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

And if you only could see when the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) shall hang their heads before their Lord (saying): "Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back (to the world), we will do righteous good deeds. Verily! We now believe with certainty."