A word from the Shaykh explaining the main cause that led to the weakness of the Muslims, with a discussion and dialogue about explaining the way out of it.
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The Shaykh : The day we truly become believers [Ar-Rum 30:4-5] Now we must mention some of the problems that the Islamic world falls into, and we are part of it. With one or two hadiths, we see whether this hadith applies to us or not. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I think you have certainly read and heard this hadith to its end.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : What do you think? Does this hadith not apply to us in all its clauses? If you trade with 'inah, which is a type of riba, and today riba is widespread from the state to the people, correct?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay.Sunan Abi Dawud 3462Sahih (Al-Albani) Meaning you are occupied with the worldly life: crops, milk, and so on. Sunan Abi Dawud 3462Sahih (Al-Albani) When did we abandon jihad in the cause of Allah? Today, it has been a long time, hasn't it?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay.Sunan Abi Dawud 2486Hasan (Al-Albani) It is conditional in the Arabic language: if you do such and such and such, what is the answer? Sunan Abi Dawud 3462Sahih (Al-Albani) Meaning the Jews. Therefore, may Allah reward you. Slowly, slowly. Do not seek to fight the Jews.
"And strive against the self and Satan, and disobey them, and if they offer you sincere advice, then suspect them."
We must now suspect ourselves. We believe that Allah did not allow the Jews, who are the most humble of nations by the text of the Noble Qur'an, to dominate us, unless we have become under the most humble of nations. Do you see that our Lord wronged us?[An-Nahl 16:118] And therefore, if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says in clear Arabic: We want to lift this humiliation that has settled among us and befallen us. What is the cure? It is mentioned in the hadith. The prescription is clear and evident. But we are like a patient who stands before a great doctor, as they say, and he presents him with a clear prescription. He takes it and puts it on the shelf instead of treating himself, working, and applying it. This prescription, and he increases in illness upon illness until destruction comes to him, and he has the prescription. And so are we today. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), with the guidance and the clear, illuminating Book that He brought us, has described the cure for us: that this humiliation, if it occurs, cannot be lifted except that you return to your religion. So the prescription is described, and it is up to us only to apply it. I say, using the Syrian expression: "Start shaking your shoulders." By working, that is enough.
The questioner : What is it? You are saying, "Calm down a little."
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : You, who are adopting this viewpoint, wait another 600 or 700 years.
The questioners: Hehehe.
The questioner : We are telling you, let us shake our shoulders. You say, "No."
The Shaykh : I am the one who says this. Hehehe.
The questioner : You are the one who says, "Leave it to the consequences."
The Shaykh : It is a big problem. I am saying, I want to shake my shoulders.
The questioner : Shaking your shoulders is not shaking my shoulders.
The Shaykh : Hehehe. I want to act according to the Book and the Sunnah.
And that day the believers will rejoice (5) In the victory of Allah
يومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر اللهAnd Allah helps whom He wills.
والله ينصر من يشاءIf you trade with 'inah and take the tails of cows and are content with crops and abandon jihad in the cause of Allah, Allah will impose upon you a humiliation that He will not remove from you until you return to your religion.
إذا تبايعتم بالعينة وأخذتم أذناب البقر و رضيتم بالزرع و تركتم الجهاد في سبيل الله سلط الله عليكم ذلا لا ينزعه عنكم حتى ترجعوا إلى دينكمThe questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : What do you think? Does this hadith not apply to us in all its clauses? If you trade with 'inah, which is a type of riba, and today riba is widespread from the state to the people, correct?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay.
When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen
إذا تبايعتم بالعينة و أخذتم أذناب البقرhold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah)
و أخذتم أذناب البقر و رضيتم بالزرع و تركتم الجهاد في سبيل اللهThe questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay.
Narrated AbuUmamah: A man said: Messenger of Allah, allow tourism for me. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The tourism of my people is striving in the path of Allah, the Exalted.
و تركتم الجهاد في سبيل اللهAllah will make disgrace prevail over you
سلط الله عليكم ذلاThat He will not remove from you until you return to your religion.
لا ينزعه عنكم حتى ترجعوا إلى دينكم"And strive against the self and Satan, and disobey them, and if they offer you sincere advice, then suspect them."
We must now suspect ourselves. We believe that Allah did not allow the Jews, who are the most humble of nations by the text of the Noble Qur'an, to dominate us, unless we have become under the most humble of nations. Do you see that our Lord wronged us?
And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.
و ما ظلمناهم و لكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمونIf you do such and such and such, Allah will impose upon you a humiliation that He will not remove from you until you return to your religion.
إذا فعلتم كذا و كذا و كذا سلط الله عليكم ذلا لا ينزعه عنكم حتى ترجعوا إلى دينكمThe questioner : What is it? You are saying, "Calm down a little."
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : You, who are adopting this viewpoint, wait another 600 or 700 years.
The questioners: Hehehe.
The questioner : We are telling you, let us shake our shoulders. You say, "No."
The Shaykh : I am the one who says this. Hehehe.
The questioner : You are the one who says, "Leave it to the consequences."
The Shaykh : It is a big problem. I am saying, I want to shake my shoulders.
The questioner : Shaking your shoulders is not shaking my shoulders.
The Shaykh : Hehehe. I want to act according to the Book and the Sunnah.