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The pagans of yesterday can be scorned at for their idolatry and insanity, but they could just as well, scorn at today's idol of ‘liberty’, under whose name thousands of unborn foetus are agonisingly torn out of their mothers’ wombs.
Al-Subki and al-Qarāfi would use the term Fāsiq in reference to scholars who flatter debauched authorities, despite such a title usually afforded to those who commit major sins.
Just one more gesture of kindness, just one more piece of litter taken off the pavement, or just one more mention of Allah's name, could have tipped the balance.
How did the scholars of Islam expose the historical alliances between ‘fraudulent scholars’ and ‘evil leaders’ to preserve their independence and maintain their integrity and impact on society?
Worship can also be a choice, but in so far as our recognising our little worth or capability when it comes to changing the universal order, submission is inevitable.
Seeing the variability in the types and natures of people, it follows that self-idolism, as one exhibition of Liberalism will ultimately create ideologies or ‘isms’ numbering about as many as its adherents.
Such knowledge is to bring our estimation of the Creator, closer to what it ought to be before submitting to His Might and Majesty. Who or what else could fathomably be ‘worthy’.
After the previous nations which were given the Covenant of God failed and rejected the last Messenger, they forfeited their position as guardians of the Sanctuary. Now, this responsibility inescapably sits with the only lasting and enduring tradition of Truth and Justice – Islam.
In fact, most of the scholars of the Salaf remained extremely apprehensive concerning having any relationship with those in charge. They would consistently warn of getting too close to those in power... Imam al-Shāfi’ī (d. 204AH) is the founder of the Shāfi’ī school of jurisprudence and whose collection comprise his own musnad (Musnad Al-Shāfi’ī), which was compiled from his various works. … Continue reading Scholars That Rebelled Against Tyranny (Part 3 of 3)
Many scholars participated in an attempt to depose ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwān and his deputy of Iraq, al-Hajjāj b. Yūsuf, taking the pledge upon Allāh’s Book and the Sunnah of his Messenger to depose the ‘imams of misguidance’. The period of the Tābi’īn witnessed an unprecedented level of Muhaddithūn-led revolts against tyranny. This era saw the Revolution of … Continue reading Scholars That Rebelled Against Tyranny (Part 2 of 3)
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