In order to form the
Ummah, it is essential that everyone's efforts should be directed towards unity and avoidance of division. It is narrated in a
Hadith of the
Rasool :saws1: that on the day of reckoning a man would be brought who had performed
Salat, Saum, Hajj and
Tableegh every thing in the world. But he would be subjected to chastisement because some of his utterances had created division in the
Ummah. He would be told that first he should undergo the punishment for his word which harmed the
Ummah. On the other hand, there would be another person who would have dearth of
Salat, Saum and
Haj etc. in his account and would be scared of
Allah's wrath. But he would be bestowed upon with enormous rewards. He himself would enquire which of the deeds was fetching him the favours. He would be told that on certain occasion he uttered something, which prevented a possible destruction in the
Ummah and caused integration and averted disintegration. All that was being given as the reward for the word uttered by him.
In the formation and deformation, integration and disintegration of the
Ummah, the greatest role is played by the tongue. It unites the hearts as well as tears them away. A wrong utterance instigates a quarrel and complete disruption, while another utterance becomes a source of unity and joins the disrupted hearts. Therefore, the most important requirement is to have a control on tongues. This is possible when the slaves of
Allah have a persistent consideration that
Allah is present with them at every time and every place and listening to all their utterances.
There were two clans amongst the
Ansar, viz.
Aus and
Khazraj. An age old enmity and quarrel existed between them. When the
Rasool :saws1: migrated to
Madinah and the
Ansar entered into the folds of
Islam, then by virtue of the
Rasool :saws1: and
Islam, their age-old quarrel turned into mutual love and affection. Seeing this, the Jews conspired to make them once again hostile against each other. In a gathering where persons from both the clans were present, a conspirator arrived and started reciting provocative verses related to their old enmities. First a hot exchange of words took place between them and then the swords were drawn out. Someone informed the
Rasool :saws1:. He rushed to the place and said, 'Do you intend to start a bloodshed amongst yourselves while I am present with you?'. He gave a very brief but touching sermon. Both the parties realized that they were instigated by the Satan. They cried and embraced each other and the following verses of the
Quran were revealed:
يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ وَلا تَموتُنَّ إِلّا وَأَنتُم مُسلِمونَ ﴿١٠٢﴾ـ
O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam. [3:102]
O
Muslims! Fear
Allah as He should be feared and remain a perfect
Muslim and obedient slave of
Allah till your last breath. When someone remembers
Allah at every moment and is afraid of His anger and punishment and always obedient to Him, then the Satan would not be able to mislead him and the
Ummah will be saved from division and evils.
وَاعتَصِموا بِحَبلِ اللَّـهِ جَميعًا وَلا تَفَرَّقوا ۚ وَاذكُروا نِعمَتَ اللَّـهِ عَلَيكُم إِذ كُنتُم أَعداءً فَأَلَّفَ بَينَ قُلوبِكُم فَأَصبَحتُم بِنِعمَتِهِ إِخوانًا وَكُنتُم عَلىٰ شَفا حُفرَةٍ مِنَ النّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِنها ۗ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّـهُ لَكُم آياتِهِ لَعَلَّكُم تَهتَدونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾ـ
And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided. [3:103]
Hold
Allah's rope i.e. His sacred book and His
deen with full collectiveness and with the quality of
'Ummat-hood'. Be firm on this and do not split on the basis of nations, regions, languages or any other account and do not forget the kindness of
Allah that He brought to an end the enmity in your hearts which persisted since ages and created love in your hearts and made you brothers. And while fighting amongst yourselves you were standing on the brink of hell and were about to fall into it when
Allah held you back and saved from the hell. The Satan is with you and the remedy is that a group amongst you may be there whose sole purpose should be to invite people towards good deeds and stop them from all evils and destruction.
وَلتَكُن مِنكُم أُمَّةٌ يَدعونَ إِلَى الخَيرِ وَيَأمُرونَ بِالمَعروفِ وَيَنهَونَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحونَ ﴿١٠٤﴾ـ
Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity. [3:104]
There should be a group in the
Ummah whose sole job and aim should be to invite towards
deen and everything that is good, to put in efforts for imaan, to move on the path of good, on
Salat, on the remembrance, on the knowledge brought by the
Rasool :saws1:, to save from evils and sins so that the
Ummah remains an
Ummah.
وَلا تَكونوا كَالَّذينَ تَفَرَّقوا وَاختَلَفوا مِن بَعدِ ما جاءَهُمُ البَيِّناتُ ۚ وَأُولٰئِكَ لَهُم عَذابٌ عَظيمٌ ﴿١٠٥﴾ ـ
Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful penalty,- [3:105]
Those who, inspite of these advices, follow Satan and walk on divergent paths to create differences and disrupt the
'Ummat-hood' of the
Ummah, will be heavily punished by
Allah.
All the teachings of
deen are directed towards unity and integration.
Salat unites.
Saum unites.
Haj unites the nations, the countries and people of different languages. The
Halaqas of
Taleem unite. Respect
(Ikram) of
Muslims, mutual love and exchange of gifts, all these things unite and lead to
Jannah. On the day of judgement, all those who would have strived for these deeds will have shinning faces. Contrary to this, creating mutual enmity, jealousy, backbiting, slander, disgrace, humiliation and hear-burning, all these things cause a disunity and disintegration and lead their doers to hell. They will have their faces blackened on the day of judgement.
يَومَ تَبيَضُّ وُجوهٌ وَتَسوَدُّ وُجوهٌ ۚ فَأَمَّا الَّذينَ اسوَدَّت وُجوهُهُم أَكَفَرتُم بَعدَ إيمانِكُم فَذوقُوا العَذابَ بِما كُنتُم تَكفُرونَ ﴿١٠٦﴾ وَأَمَّا الَّذينَ ابيَضَّت وُجوهُهُم فَفي رَحمَةِ اللَّـهِ هُم فيها خالِدونَ ﴿١٠٧﴾ـ
On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some faces will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be black, (will be said): "Did ye reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith."
But those whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will be in (the light of) Allah's mercy: therein to dwell (for ever). [3: 106, 107]
My brothers and friends! Numerous verses were revealed when the
Yahood tried to instigate differences among the
Ansar and brought the two clans opposite to each other. In these verses, the mutual differences and quarrels have been termed as acts of
Kufr and warning has been given for chastisement in the hereafter. At present the efforts is being made all over the world to shatter the
'Ummat-hood'. The only remedy and antidote is that you get involved in the effort of
Rasool :saws1:. Bring the
Muslims to mosques. Therein talk of
Imaan may be given,
Halaqas of
Taleem and
Zikr may be arranged, consultation for the effort of
deen may be made. People from different classes, communities and different languages may join these works on the pattern
of Masjid of the
Rasool :saws1:. Then the
'Ummat-hood' will come into existence. Protect yourself from the deeds which may provided a chance to Satan to sow the seeds of division. When three persons sit together, they may keep in mind that the fourth with them is
Allah. When four or five persons sit together, they remember for sure that the fifth or sixth person with them is
Allah. He is listening and looking whether they are talking of integrating the
Ummah or disintegrating it; backbiting, slandering or conspiring against anyone.
This
Ummah was formed with the blood and starvation of the
Rasool :saws1:. Now we are splitting it on insignificant accounts. Remember, even the grip for neglecting the
Salat of
Jummah will not be as strong as that for disintegrating the
Ummah. If
'Ummat-hood' comes in the
Muslims, they will never be disgraced in the world. Even the powers of America and Russia will bow to them. And the
'Ummat-hood' will come into existence when the
Muslims act upon أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى المُؤمِنينَ i.e. every
Muslim adopts humbleness and humility with other
Muslims [5:54]. This is to be practiced in
Tableegh. When the quality of أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى المُؤمِنينَ comes into
Muslims they will be certainly أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الكافِرينَin the world, i.e. dominant and powerful against the disbelievers, whether they are from Europe or from Asia. My brothers and friends!
Allah and the
Rasool :saws1: have strictly forbidden all those activities, which may inculcate differences in the hearts and create disunity. Since whispering between two or four persons enables Satan to create suspicion in the heart of others, it is prohibited and termed as Satanic act.
إِنَّمَا النَّجوىٰ مِنَ الشَّيطانِ لِيَحزُنَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَلَيسَ بِضارِّهِم شَيئًا إِلّا بِإِذنِ اللَّـهِ ۚ وَعَلَى اللَّـهِ فَليَتَوَكَّلِ المُؤمِنونَ ﴿١٠﴾ ـ
Secret counsels are only (inspired) by the Evil One, in order that he may cause grief to the Believers; but he cannot harm them in the least, except as Allah permits; and on Allah let the Believers put their trust. [58:10]
Similarly humiliating, mocking and jesting are also forbidden.
يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا لا يَسخَر قَومٌ مِن قَومٍ عَسىٰ أَن يَكونوا خَيرًا مِنهُم
O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former) [49:11]
Digging for faults of others and to mention someone's actual short comings before others i.e. backbiting are also forbidden. Backbiting is to describe someone's actual evils before others.
وَلا تَجَسَّسوا وَلا يَغتَب بَعضُكُم بَعضًا ۚـ
And spy not, neither backbite one another. [49:12]
Humiliating, mocking, spying on others and backbiting; all these things break the
'Ummat-hood' by creating a division. All these things are prohibited. Respecting and honouring each other, which unite the
Ummah, have been enjoined. Expecting ones own respect from others is prohibited because this does not form the
Ummah rather ruins it.
Ummah will be formed when everyone decides about himself that he is not worthy of respect and therefore does not seek respect but gives respect to others considering them worthy of it.
When self-sacrifice will be rendered then the
Ummah will be made up. When the
Ummah will be made up then the honour will be gained. Honour and dishonour are not in the frame of Russia and America. But they are in the hands of
Allah and He had laid principles and regulations. Any individual, nation, family or class, which follows the principles and performs the deeds for shining, will be made to shine. Those adopting the path of destruction will be punished.
Yahood, who are the progeny of Prophets, violated the rules, so
Allah kicked them to pieces. The
Sahaha RAA, who were the off springs of idolaters, adopted the principles meant for shining, so
Allah made them shine.
Allah has no kinship with anyone. He has principles and regulations.
Friends, devote yourselves whole heartedly for this efforts so that the
Ummah of the
Rasool :saws1: may regain the
Ummat-hood. The true faith and
imaan may come into it. It may become an
Ummah having
Zikr, Tasbeeh and
Ta'leem, prostration before
Allah, performance of services
(Khidmah), tolerance and respect & honour for others. It may become an
Ummah devoid of slander, disobedience, disgracing, mocking, spying and backbiting the brothers and friends. If this effort is made, in the way it ought to be, even at a single place; it will spread all over the world.
Now arrange to combine people of different nations, regions, classes and languages and send them in the path
of Allah and get the adherence to the principles.
Insha-Allah the work for the formation of the
Ummah will be done, and Satan and
nafs will not be able to cause any harm.
Source:
http://www.islamibayanaat.com/Englis...KandolviRA.pdf