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[Huzzy_786]

Jazakallah for your responses but on the other hand she a long with the other brother in some of her videos say these kinds of things:

 

[~Zaria~]

^ 'Darul Youtube' has certainly produced too many 'muftis' over the years......


As the brother keeps saying: 'Make duaa'.......that Allah gives us hidayat from those who are rightly guided.

Ameen.

 

[جوري]

Are we not backbiting & casting doubt on her intentions with this thread? two wrongs don't nullify each other. We talk about her awra and voice and disregard the fact that the awra of our women is being exposed and defiled on daily basis in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and now even in the u.s we submit our women to naked body scanners--she has only given her opinion and not posed herself as a scholar!
I agree with much of what she says despite her young years and her unpolished methodology. All she's saying or what I have concluded from the above is that we should focus less on ancillary topics as the core of Islam and pay attention to the more pressing issues!
It is like my aunt the other day complaining about the price of something when her body is riddled with cancer. Obviously she can't deal with one reality so she makes an issue of a non-issue.
We keep losing lands, people and credibility and that's all many wish to focus on. We haven't batted an eyelash over the death of Anwar without crime or trial and it keeps happening with Babar Ahmad and Munir Farooqi whose property is about to be seized under new concocted laws and his family made homeless and tons of others whether in Gitmo or Abu Gharib.. and we think well it won't happen to us, believe me it can and it will. Who in our midst hasn't been touched by this in some way? I'd like to know unless you live like a complete westerner and the only thing identifying you as a Muslim is some foreign passport that no one sees.
We're filling the streets with our blood and children and still some of us are acting like it's happening in some movie.. it has become so common that we're entirely desensitized.. desensitized when they urinate on our dead, burn our book, rape, pillage, murder our children and invade our lands.
I don't see how it is a bad thing to march up to a gathering and say, hey, do you have any idea what's going on?
Because frankly I too am dumbfounded by the complacency of the ummah that's almost two billions strong.

 

[Abz2000]

i put together a video on tarbiyyah, it seems this young lady is hurt by what she sees happening to the ummah and is showing her frustration,
she is also jolting us up
here's how Abu Bakr (ra) dealt with the unruly warriors, and she sure is a warrior!

i don't like women who start fights for their men, but a lady who spurs on the men regain their dignity and make the word of Allah the highest in my opinion is worthy of respect despite faults which will smoothen out with time.

 

['Abd-al Latif]

Bro Abz, the point is being missed here. Her actions aren't exactly spurring as they are immature. Maybe you argue that what she did was out of passion, I say it was out of a hype because of the lack of proper sense of direction in her efforts. Your sense of rejuvenation to do something about the present situation will therefore only last as long as the hype remains. I'm not trying to argue here, but I'm trying to make sense of how a spontaneous and perhaps even reckless stunt pulled by an overzealous teenager is the kick that is needed for 'men' to 'regain their dignity' and to raise awareness of tribulations faced by our brothers and sisters around the world. I wonder here what kind of 'men' were actually awoken by someone who broke a number of rules in the Qur'an and Sunnah during a sacred time on a Friday and what dignity they were able to derive from an action that disrupted the place where men and women gathered in large numbers to remember Allah.

Men and women in Islam will not gain dignity by spontaneity and haphazardness. Men and women in Islam will achieve dignity in Islam when one has taqwa of Allah when no one is watching, when one follows the example of the righteous in all their affairs and takes all their guidance from the texts of the Qur'an and Sunnah. When one follows Islam inwardly and strives to be sincere, hastens to fulfil and perfect what is obligatory and runs from what is forbidden and disliked, all of which will result as a manifestation in his actions and in his speech, it is this that will cause the greatest change. When one has taken upon himself to change himself first he will see a change happening around him. And this clear when Allah says:

"Verily! Allâh will not change the condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of) themselves" (Qur'an 13:11).

This understanding isn't achieved by temporary highs and emotional nasheed-filled videos, it is achieved by knowing Allah and His religion, knowing the reality of one's self and being aware where one stands with regards to his religion and where he must go to in order to attain the understanding of the knowledge he has learnt and of its wisdom.

When one has a grasp of this understanding, he will remain firm in his commitment to Allah by His will and will not sway left or right but will remain firm and resolute in his conviction to uphold the name of Allah at all times. He will thence witness a change with those close to him, his family and friends, who will be moved and inspired by the firmness in his belief. And when Allah causes the family to come close to Him, the society follows and with this comes the collective effort of Muslims whose efforts are more likely to create a change; who ask themselves not only what it is they are doing, but why and how they are doing it – whose pleasure it is they seek; whose reward it is they desire so intensely and whose face they so desirously seek; who were those who were successful in overcoming these tribulations and how did they do what they did.

It is this that will give the men and women dignity in Islam; following the commandments in the Qur'an and Sunnah closely, striving to fulfil all what one must fulfil and striving hard not to fall short in his efforts.

'Umar ibn Khattab (r) retorted to the sahabi who told him to wear better clothes and to mount his riding beast instead of his slave when receiving the keys to Jerusalem as: "Allah gave us honour and dignity through Islam and if we seek honour and dignity in any other way Allah will humiliate us."

[FONT=PDMS_IslamicFont]إِنَّ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ وَٱلۡمُسۡلِمَـٰتِ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ وَٱلۡقَـٰنِتِينَ وَٱلۡقَـٰنِتَـٰتِ وَٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰدِقَـٰتِ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرَٲتِ وَٱلۡخَـٰشِعِينَ وَٱلۡخَـٰشِعَـٰتِ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقَـٰتِ وَٱلصَّـٰٓٮِٕمِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰٓٮِٕمَـٰتِ وَٱلۡحَـٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمۡ وَٱلۡحَـٰفِظَـٰتِ وَٱلذَّٲڪِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرً۬ا وَٱلذَّٲڪِرَٲتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةً۬ وَأَجۡرًا عَظِيمً۬ا[/FONT]

Verily, the Muslims (those who submit to Allâh in Islâm) men and women, the believers men and women (who believe in Islâmic Monotheism), the men and the women who are obedient (to Allâh), the men and women who are truthful (in their speech and deeds), the men and the women who are patient (in performing all the duties which Allâh has ordered and in abstaining from all that Allâh has forbidden), the men and the women who are humble (before their Lord Allâh), the men and the women who give Sadaqât (i.e. Zakât, and alms), the men and the women who observe Saum (fast) (the obligatory fasting during the month of Ramadân, and the optional Nawâfil fasting), the men and the women who guard their chastity (from illegal sexual acts) and the men and the women who remember Allâh much with their hearts and tongues. Allâh has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise). (33:35)

 

[Abz2000]

i agree with you brother in the fact that she is very reactive,
but what i mean is that she raised a very valid point which she would not have bee able to raise after jumu'ah, and most likely would have been ignored.
that she raised an awareness that it is an imam's duty to make the situation of the ummah clear to the ummah from the islamic viewpoint rather than them having to take it from cnn and fox and bbc.
it is sad that our leaders (imam means leader) are heedless of what's going on in the ummah and are compartmentalizing us and even telling us to snitch on fellow believers on behalf of the government in order to combat a very vague and broad term which they have labelled "extremism", and they have made that label mean anything they like - including people who practice and call for fardh islamic practices - where do you think this is going?


And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying],
"You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it."
But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price.
And wretched is that which they purchased.
Quran 3:187

 

['Abd-al Latif]

i agree with you brother in the fact that she is very reactive,
but what i mean is that she raised a very valid point which she would not have bee able to raise after jumu'ah, and most likely would have been ignored.
that she raised a awareness that it is an imam's duty to make the situation of the ummah clear to the ummah from the islamic viewpoint rather than them having to take it from cnn and fox and bbc.
it is sad that our leaders (imam means leader) are heedless of what's going on in the ummah and are compartmentalizing us and even telling us to snitch on fellow believers on behalf of the government in order to combat a very vague and broad term which they have labelled "extremism", and they have made that label mean anything they like - including people who practice and call for fardh islamic practices - where do you think this is going?

Akhi, here is where I still disagree with you. Let's ask ourselves why our leaders are corrupt. If the Muslim masses don't practise Islam, what do we expect our leaders to be like? The beacons of light have not always been chosen as leaders. If the people are upright our leaders will be upright; this is what the knowledgeable men and women are working towards – getting people to change themselves and become better, upright Muslims by practising Islam. And this is also where proactivity comes in. True righteous Muslims don't wait for news to come to them, they seek the news of their brothers and sisters themselves and take the right steps to deal with it. Muslims shouldn't be people who just find problems and complain about it but we have to be people of solution. Anyone can spot a problem but the act of getting the community of Muslims together and using the resources we have to make a change is what very few Muslims actually do.

Among the small acts that we can do is to give donations to the organisations that are set up to support the Muslims and their families in need; this is a form of jihad (i.e to support the Muslims by our wealth). Many of these organisations help the families of those in Guantanamo and help fund projects to raise awareness of Muslims in need among many other crucial projects.

We can complain about our leaders and their oppression all day long but until we worship Allah properly and become righteous Muslims we will not be able to make the change that we desire to see. And of the most fruitful blessings of striving to uphold the commands of Allah is that we will see the change that we so eagerly desire come about by our own hands.

 

['Abd-al Latif]

Jazakallah for your responses but on the other hand she a long with the other brother in some of her videos say these kinds of things:

The messages that they are sending in their videos are technically correct, but how they are sending them is wrong and perhaps even sinful – especially this one. Islam first starts with the self and a lack of attention towards another doesn't reflect the reality of how one feels about the suffering of others. If one is not correct within one's self nor his family, what good is one trying to achieve by reaching out to rest of the world when one's very own foundations are flimsy or even non-existant? What foundation is one going to impart if they have no establishment of foundation for themselves first?

Du'aa is among the best acts of worship, and I fear that the brother and sister in this video will give out the wrong message to people, discouraging them from du'aa while doing all sorts of actions without thinking or even being ready for it.

Shaykh Uthaymeen (r) says the following:

Those who are involved in the blessed Islamic awakening of today must not allow their emotions to carry them away. Here I am referring to those kinds of emotions that hinder one from sound reasoning, from working in harmony with the teachings and principles of the Shari'ah. If one does not confine his emotions to sound reasoning and to the principles of Shari'ah, his emotions will lead him to recklessness, whereby more harm than good will result. And this is why we should be farsighted in our approach.

I do not mean, however, that we should endorse falsehood or remain quite while falsehood is being perpetrated; instead I am saying that we should enter houses through their doors – that we should try, as much as we can, to tread the path of wisdom in removing and eradicating any given falsehood. Although it might take one longer to tread upon the path of wisdom, the results achieved by so doing so are pleasing to all.

I exhort my younger brothers who are part of the present Islamic awakening to be prudent, to be farsighted, and to consider every matter sensibly and judiciously before they take any action. Simply put, they should always act and behaving according to the teachings of the Shari'ah, and in order to do that, they should contemplate the Messenger's :saws1: wisdom in performing da'wah to the way of Allah or in removing evil, so that they can take him as their ideal – and what a blessed and wonderful ideal he :saws1: is!

So I say the following to my younger brothers who are a part of the present-day Islamic awakening:

If we want to arouse the Muslim Nation from its present slumber and state of heedlessness, we must proceed on a studied course, based on sound set of principles. We must adhere to sound principles if we want judgement in all matters to be with Allah only and if we want to establish Allah's religion upon the earth and upon Allah's slaves; a goal that is lofty indeed, but a goal that cannot be achieved through emotions alone. Therefore, we must control our emotions, keeping them within the proper boundaries set by the Sharu'ah and by sound sense.

 

[MustafaMc]

Shaykh Uthaymeen (r) says the following: If we want to arouse the Muslim Nation from its present slumber and state of heedlessness, we must proceed on a studied course, based on sound set of principles. We must adhere to sound principles if we want judgement in all matters to be with Allah only and if we want to establish Allah's religion upon the earth and upon Allah's slaves; a goal that is lofty indeed, but a goal that cannot be achieved through emotions alone. Therefore, we must control our emotions, keeping them within the proper boundaries set by the Sharu'ah and by sound sense.

I agree with this statement. We indeed live in difficult times and it is not wise to get carried away by emotion without a solid foundation of iman and basing one's actions on the example of Muhammad (saaws). While it is very upsetting to me what the West has done to destroy Iraqi, Afghani, and Palestinian societies along with the millions of people who have been killed or injured and forced to leave their homes as refugees, the deeper injustice is the control that the West has over the predominantly Muslims countries through their global monetary and banking institutions. What comes to my mind is someone trying to remove the effect of a huge tree shading their garden by fervently whacking away at the branches with kitchen knife when instead they should be using a chain saw on the trunk.