Main cause of the failure of Muslims

[sister herb]

Here are many scholars whose spread the message of islam using videos. How this is possible if making videos is the main reason for failure of muslims?

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And what is this failure we are talking about? Could someone explain it?

 

[ardianto]

When I was kid my ustadz told me that as Muslim I must care on orphans and poor people. This is an order from Rasulullah. But after I grew up I see a reality that makes me feel very concerned. Majority of Muslims do not care to orphans and poor people!. They enjoy their luxurious life while their neighbor are dying in hungry.

This is just one of many realities in Muslim world that I have seen. I have seen Muslim who use Islam only to justify their wrong action. I have found ulama who issued fatwa only to satisfy the ruler. I have found Muslims who reject ukhuwah (brotherhood) and call other Muslims as deviant. I have seen .... I have found ......

There are many problems among ummah that really make Muslims fall into failures. But why we must forget these problems and regard that this failure caused by picture?. Ulama have different opinions in the matter of photography and video, but ulama have only one voice in the matter of helping orphans and poor people. Muslims are obligated to help orphans and poor people.

So, why can't we tolerate the different opinion on photography and video, and start work together to help the orphans and poor people?.

 

[OmAbdullah]

Its true that taking or creating pics of OBJECTS WHO HAVE SOULS are haram. And will be punished both who create or snap and other who been pictorized BY HIS OWN WILL.
I asked from my grand teacher today about it.. and he said it haram, i knew it was haram. But to confirm i asked from my grand teacher

Jazaka Allaho khaira for saying truth.

 

[OmAbdullah]

When I was kid my ustadz told me that as Muslim I must care on orphans and poor people. This is an order from Rasulullah. But after I grew up I see a reality that makes me feel very concerned. Majority of Muslims do not care to orphans and poor people!. They enjoy their luxurious life while their neighbor are dying in hungry.

This is just one of many realities in Muslim world that I have seen. I have seen Muslim who use Islam only to justify their wrong action. I have found ulama who issued fatwa only to satisfy the ruler. I have found Muslims who reject ukhuwah (brotherhood) and call other Muslims as deviant. I have seen .... I have found ......

There are many problems among ummah that really make Muslims fall into failures. But why we must forget these problems and regard that this failure caused by picture?. Ulama have different opinions in the matter of photography and video, but ulama have only one voice in the matter of helping orphans and poor people. Muslims are obligated to help orphans and poor people.

So, why can't we tolerate the different opinion on photography and video, and start work together to help the orphans and poor people?.

Assalaamo alaikum,

jazaaka Allaho khaira for good statement, but only 2 points from me:

1. The thread is started about the Muslims who do care about orphans and the poor, who abstain from hearing music, who are careful about hijab of adult females, who protect themselves from haram earnings, and who apply the laws of Allah in their families and houses. That means that they try their best to keep away from all those evils that the Muslim Ummah has fallen into. But they consider pictures lawful and thus go into troubles.

2. If the scholars differ about pictures, does Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم have any position in the sight of the Ummah???????????????????

Now no body has the right to fight with me. By Allah, excluding a few posts, all of the other posts of this thread have proved that the writers don't care about the saying and commands of the Final Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم otherwise they would have stopped arguing as soon as they read the 3 ahaadeeth about the pictures.

Is this not the worst fall of this Ummah that most of its members brutally reject the Commands of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم only because His Commands contradict with their lust desires.

The result is that the Ummah is in a very weak and disgraced state now, but think about the Al Aakhirah and let us fight ( all of us ) against nafs amaarah so that we and you do not fall in the ever-lasting Hell.

 

[MuslimInshallah]

Assalaamu alaikum,

Mmm, I'd like to preface my remarks by noting that I do not have a TV in my house, nor have I since the age of 20. After much consideration, I felt that its harms outweighed its benefits. I also don't generally take many photos. I prefer to live life rather than see it through the lens of a camera or screen of a phone. (mildly) However, I have seen some movies over the years, and since getting connected with the internet, I have seen youtube clips.

Is it wrong to watch any movies, take any photos, watch any youtube clips? I do wonder and ask myself this. (smile) As I wonder and ask myself about many things that I do. I think it's incumbent on a Muslim to keep checking in with his/her heart and keep looking for knowledge. All our lives.

However, I am very open to having someone disagree with me. Because I believe that while Allah's Word is Truth, and that His Prophet spoke truly… my interpretation of these sources may be only partially correct, or even incorrect.

The truly great scholars were not at all keen to pronounce fatawa. They understood the great burden that is placed on those who think to inform others of what is, or is not, God's Will. They understood that they would be held accountable for all that they said.

Which is why they used to end their opinions with the phrase: and only Allah truly Knows. (smile) This is my translation. (serious) Because Allahu a'lam doesn't mean Allah Knows better or best. Better and best are comparatives. And as nothing can compare with God… how can we use comparatives? This Arabic phrase is very unusual. It sounds almost incomplete… until you analyze what it is trying to convey: which is: only God Knows. We foolish humans don't Know. We have some dim understandings, like pale ghosts in the Radiance of His Living Light. But only He Knows.

Some things are very clear in the Qur'an. Be good to people. Be kind. Be just. (mildly) But how can we be good, kind and just in our daily lives? This is not always so clear. We must make the effort to figure out how to try to apply Allah's Teachings in our lives.

Are videos or photos THE reason Muslims are not doing well in this worldly life? Well, it seems to me that this is debatable. As is the interpretation that any video or photo is forbidden. Perhaps you are right on both points. (mildly) But perhaps you are only partially right? Or perhaps you are rather off the mark?

I don't know. Only Allah truly Knows. If you believe that all images are forbidden and you live your life accordingly, I completely respect your convictions and the effort you are putting into them. (mildly) But if someone disagrees with you, and tries to live their life in line with their own true convictions, then I also respect them.

May Allah, the Abaser and the Exalter, Help us to struggle towards Firdaws.