The Cause of What Has Befallen the Muslim Ummah Today
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Question:
Is what has befallen the Muslim Ummah today, in terms of illness, epidemic, and the return of this bitterness, a warning from Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
Yes, what has befallen the Muslims is, without doubt, due to their own actions. If they had returned to their religion, corrected it, and implemented it, especially in matters of creed, they would have achieved victory over their enemies, just as their predecessors did. When they established tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and worship, upheld the religion, and reformed themselves, Allah granted them victory and support against their enemies. When some deficiency occurred, some defeat occurred. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), along with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), at the Battle of Uhud: when a slight deviation occurred from some of the Companions, a great disaster befell the Muslims. Seventy of them were martyred, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had his cheek gashed, and the ring of his helmet sank into his head (peace and blessings be upon him). He fell into a pit dug by the polytheists, and this was due to a single deviation by some of the Companions when they were ordered to remain on the mountain, but they left the mountain and descended, so defeat befell the Muslims.[Ali 'Imran 3:152] If this happened to the best of creation, how much more so for those after them? Allah the Glorious and Exalted said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:30] He the Exalted said regarding the Battle of Uhud: [Ali 'Imran 3:165] So what befell them was only from themselves, due to the deviation that occurred from some of them.
Compare the state of the Muslims today with what happened to some of the Companions at the Battle of Uhud, and you will see the great difference. And were it not for the forgiveness of Allah the Exalted and Exalted, something more severe than this would have befallen the Muslims. We ask Allah to support His religion, to exalt His word, and to return the Muslims to their religion with a correct return. Yes.
Is what has befallen the Muslim Ummah today, in terms of illness, epidemic, and the return of this bitterness, a warning from Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
Yes, what has befallen the Muslims is, without doubt, due to their own actions. If they had returned to their religion, corrected it, and implemented it, especially in matters of creed, they would have achieved victory over their enemies, just as their predecessors did. When they established tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and worship, upheld the religion, and reformed themselves, Allah granted them victory and support against their enemies. When some deficiency occurred, some defeat occurred. The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), along with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), at the Battle of Uhud: when a slight deviation occurred from some of the Companions, a great disaster befell the Muslims. Seventy of them were martyred, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had his cheek gashed, and the ring of his helmet sank into his head (peace and blessings be upon him). He fell into a pit dug by the polytheists, and this was due to a single deviation by some of the Companions when they were ordered to remain on the mountain, but they left the mountain and descended, so defeat befell the Muslims.
And Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then he turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you
وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا أَرَاكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْAnd whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍWhy [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uhud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves." Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
أَوَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَٰذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌCompare the state of the Muslims today with what happened to some of the Companions at the Battle of Uhud, and you will see the great difference. And were it not for the forgiveness of Allah the Exalted and Exalted, something more severe than this would have befallen the Muslims. We ask Allah to support His religion, to exalt His word, and to return the Muslims to their religion with a correct return. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-11-التوحيد يا عباد الله|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:20)
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