(One of the signs of faith is striving against the enemies of Allah and hating them) I will strive against Your enemy as long as You keep me alive *** And I will make fighting them my constant habit *** And I will expose them before the assembled people ***
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The Shaykh :"I will strive against" This phrase is the answer to the oath in his saying:
"By the right of Your favor" meaning: By what You have bestowed upon me, I will do such and such.
"I will strive against Your enemy as long as You keep me alive *** And I will make fighting them my constant habit"
May Allah reward him with good. Yes, and this is a sign of faith: that a person strives against the enemies of Allah and never loves them. For if you love the enemies of Allah, it necessarily entails enmity toward the close friends of Allah, is that not so? As the poet said:
"You disobey Allah, and you" Yes.
"Do you love the enemies of the Beloved and claim *** Love for Him? That is not possible"
It is necessary that we harbor enmity toward every enemy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If we do not do so, then our loyalty to Allah is not sincere. Yes, he says:
"I will strive against Your enemy as long as You keep me alive *** And I will make fighting them my constant habit
And I will expose them before the eyes of the people *** and I will flay their skin with my tongue"
(may Allah be pleased with him). Expose them before the assembled people, and tear their skins, meaning their skins, with my tongue, meaning by the truth I clarify which refutes their falsehood.
"By the right of Your favor" meaning: By what You have bestowed upon me, I will do such and such.
"I will strive against Your enemy as long as You keep me alive *** And I will make fighting them my constant habit"
May Allah reward him with good. Yes, and this is a sign of faith: that a person strives against the enemies of Allah and never loves them. For if you love the enemies of Allah, it necessarily entails enmity toward the close friends of Allah, is that not so? As the poet said:
"You disobey Allah, and you" Yes.
"Do you love the enemies of the Beloved and claim *** Love for Him? That is not possible"
It is necessary that we harbor enmity toward every enemy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If we do not do so, then our loyalty to Allah is not sincere. Yes, he says:
"I will strive against Your enemy as long as You keep me alive *** And I will make fighting them my constant habit
And I will expose them before the eyes of the people *** and I will flay their skin with my tongue"
(may Allah be pleased with him). Expose them before the assembled people, and tear their skins, meaning their skins, with my tongue, meaning by the truth I clarify which refutes their falsehood.