Why the Kuffaar have an upper hand over us?

Why the Kuffaar have an upper hand over us?

Many people often ask the question, "If we (the Muslims) are the greatest nation as Allaah (swt) says in the Qur'aan, then why is it that we are so disunited, humiliated and weak…?" Indeed this is a valid question which every Muslim should be thinking about. And indeed Allaah does say in the Qur'aan:



كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

"You are the best nation ever raised up from mankind; you enjoin the good (order people to abide by Islaam) and forbid evil (all forms of kufr, shirk and bid'ah etc. such as Democracy and voting for the Kuffaar), and you believe in Allaah..." (EMQ 3: 110)

Therefore, the question which every Muslim must be asking should be similar to the one above. We are the greatest nation, no doubt. Allaah has blessed us with the Deen of Islaam - the Deen of Haq. Yet we are in a position nowadays which can never be attributed to a nation such as ours. So why is this? Why is our honour being violated, our sanctity being taken away, our lands being divided, Muslims being arrested and killed, the Sharee'ah not being implemented and the Kuffaar not being punished for their evil deeds? Is it because the Mosques are not full as the deviant Tableeghis claim? Is it because we are not doing enough dhikr with the lights off? Is it because we are not an educated Ummah? Is it because we are not integrating with the Kuffaar?

Many deviant and even apostate (ex-Muslims) try to claim the above, whilst deviating from the main cause of our decline. Muslims no longer wish to strive for this Deen. They wish to go to Jannah without any kind of struggle – something which is in complete opposition to what Allaah (swt) has promised; if you want Jannah you must sacrifice and struggle for this Deen.

Should we not be referring to the Book of Allaah and the messenger Muhammad (saw) and see what they say about our situation? It is quite a simple principle actually for any Muslim - why should we make assumptions about the reasons for our decline (with our own ration and desires), when we have the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the messenger Muhammad (saw) to refer to? Allaah (swt) says in the Qur'aan:



وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُمْ بِإِذْنِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الأمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا أَرَاكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنْكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

"And Allaah did indeed fulfil His Promise to you when you were killing them (your enemy) with His Permission; until (the moment) you lost your courage and fell to disputing about the order, and disobeyed after He showed you which you love (victory over the disbelievers). Among you are some that desire this world (the war booty) and some that desire the Hereafter. Then He made you flee from them (your enemy), that He might test you. But surely, He forgave you, and Allaah is Most Gracious to the believers." (EMQ 3: 152)

This verse is addressing an incident which occurred during the battle of Uhud, and there is a great lesson for all Muslims to learn from this historical event in Islaam. Allaah (swt) informs us that he did fulfil his promise to the believers until they disobeyed and disputed with one another. The messenger Muhammad (saw) ordered the archers (who were placed on the mountain) never to move from their position, even if they saw the Muslims being dragged across the earth. However, the Kuffaar were losing a great number of casualties due to the strategic placement of these archers, so the Kuffaar sought how they could lure them down from the mountain.

The Kuffaar decided to tempt the believers with booty and show that they are retreating from the battlefield. The moment the archers saw the booty and the Kuffaar running away, they ran straight for the booty - thus disobeying the command of Rasoul-Ullaah (saw). The kuffaar then regrouped and made a counter attack, killing approximately seventy top Mujaahideen.

Allaah tested the believers on this day and showed them that victory is not from numbers or strength; rather it is from Allaah (swt). And if we disobey the Ameer and the commands of Allaah he will test us by allowing the Kuffaar to have an upper hand over us, and unless we resist and rise against them, they will continue to have an upper hand over us, violate our sanctity and occupy our lands.

Therefore dear Muslims, unless we rise to get rid of the Tawaagheet the Kuffaar they will always have an upper hand over us – as a test from Allaah (swt). Many deviant sects try to put the blame on us or even on the Shaytaan. However, as people who refer to the Qur'aan and Sunnah, Allaah (swt) informs us that it is our fault for not ruling by the Book of Allaah and uprising against the Kuffaar and Tawaagheet. The apostate rulers want you to blame Shaytaan and yourselves as it suits them.

It is about time for us to think about the Ummah and the Deen of Allaah rather than ourselves, and work actively (day and night) to overthrow the kufr regimes and implement the best Sharee'ah – the Sharee'ah of Allaah. Beware that if you do not do this, you will die the death of Jaahiliyyah (like the Arabs before Islaam) and you have no excuse on the Day of Judgement.