Advice from the Shaykh to those who wish to stir up pre-Islamic tribalism among Muslims.
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The questioner : Currently, there is an attempt to stir up regional discord, meaning that this person is of Palestinian origin and that one is of Adrani origin, thereby inciting a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that may leave nothing standing.
The Shaykh : We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : In our capacity as Muslims, what is the role that we must practice and adopt to curb the escalation of this fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and thereby adhere to the path of truth?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a matter in which a person has no power except to spread correct Islamic awareness and to remind people of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hujurat 49:13] and that this tribalism and its incitement are only for the benefit of the disbelievers, including the disbelievers who have occupied the lands, where they want to implement the old English policy that says "divide and rule." They want to divide the Muslim from his brother by stirring up pre-Islamic tribalism and tribal fanaticism. So the Muslim has no role in this matter or any other except to remind people of the Shari'ah of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and that there is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah), and a fortiori, there is no superiority of an Adrani Arab over a Palestinian Arab, or a Hijazi Arab, or a Najdi Arab, or the like. This is the reality. The matter is in the hands of the state, and it is the state that must do the work that puts an end to the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). The first of that is that it seeks to make the Shari'ah the judge and make it a general ruling among Muslims as a system and law to which the great and the small, the prince and the lowly, and the like, are subject. - Excuse me, we have not prayed 'Isha' (the night prayer) and it is about to become the middle of the night -.
The questioner : Please continue, my master, but the other part.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : This is regarding the fact that no person has superiority over another except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). Now, is it not certainly the case that this land, whether a Palestinian or an Adrani is found on it now, in the Shari'ah of the Lord of the Worlds, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), that the land is not the property of anyone, is it not so?
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : Consequently, the presence of Muslims on it, regardless of their birthplace and the like.
The Shaykh : Likewise, this is from the words of Islamic lecturers always and forever, which is forgotten in such circumstances, even if only occasionally, that every Islamic land is a homeland for every Muslim. This is a fact in which no Muslim has any doubt at all. But if tribalism and pre-Islamic fanaticism enter, they overturn this Shari'ah reality and make it like scattered dust, unfortunately. Otherwise, there is absolutely no difference, I mean.
The questioner : If we understand this Shari'ah, the issue is eliminated from its foundation.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, it would have been.
The Shaykh : We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : In our capacity as Muslims, what is the role that we must practice and adopt to curb the escalation of this fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and thereby adhere to the path of truth?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a matter in which a person has no power except to spread correct Islamic awareness and to remind people of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you
يا أيها الناس إنا خلقناكم من ذكر وأنثى وجعلناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا إن أكرمكم عند الله أتقاكمIndeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.
إن أكركم عند الله أتقاكمThe questioner : Please continue, my master, but the other part.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : This is regarding the fact that no person has superiority over another except by taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). Now, is it not certainly the case that this land, whether a Palestinian or an Adrani is found on it now, in the Shari'ah of the Lord of the Worlds, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), that the land is not the property of anyone, is it not so?
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : Consequently, the presence of Muslims on it, regardless of their birthplace and the like.
The Shaykh : Likewise, this is from the words of Islamic lecturers always and forever, which is forgotten in such circumstances, even if only occasionally, that every Islamic land is a homeland for every Muslim. This is a fact in which no Muslim has any doubt at all. But if tribalism and pre-Islamic fanaticism enter, they overturn this Shari'ah reality and make it like scattered dust, unfortunately. Otherwise, there is absolutely no difference, I mean.
The questioner : If we understand this Shari'ah, the issue is eliminated from its foundation.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, it would have been.
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