All praise is for Allāh, Lord of creation; may salutations of praise and peace upon the seal of the Prophets and Messengers. Thereafter,
I have been informed of the differing, resentment and hatred which has occurred between some of the brothers in Britain due to ethnic and racial bias.
I remind myself first, as well as my Muslim brothers, who all accept Allāh as their Lord, Islām as their religion, and Muḥammad ﷺ as their prophet and messenger; I would like to remind them of the great blessing that Allāh has bestowed upon us Muslims, that he has united us upon the word of Tawḥīd and following the seal of the prophets and messengers; that he made us brothers upon his religion.
This has been mentioned in his great Book, as he stated reminding us of his blessing:
{And hold firmly to the rope of Allāh all together and do not become divided. And remember the favour of Allāh upon you – when you were enemies and he brought your hearts together and you became, by his favour, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and he saved you from it. Thus does Allāh make clear to you his signs that you may be guided} [03:103]
Therefore, the obligation upon us all is to know the value of this blessing, to focus on uniting the word and, rejecting all forms of prejudice – ethnic, national, racial or tribal – which only stems from jāhiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance).
If anything occurs between us as brothers, incited by the prejudice of jāhiliyyah, the obligation upon us is to work towards reconciliation; to control one’s tongue, and to refrain from reacting to abuse with further abuse.
Otherwise, the result is only further intolerance and hatred; it results in corruption and harm, whose extent is only known by Allāh; it opens doors for those who have malice and oppose [the Da’wah] to provoke further discord and strife between Muslims, and to distort their reputation in the media.
So we must pardon and forgive; we must implement the command of the Prophet ﷺ who said,
Leave it, because it is malicious.
He said this when discord and anger occurred between the Muhājirūn (the migrants from Mecca) and Anṣār (the original residents of Madinah) from amongst his companions.
One of the Anṣār said: “…for the sake and honour of the Anṣār “. So one of the Muhājirūn replied: “…for the sake and honour of the Muhājirūn”
Then the Prophet ﷺ said,
Why this calling of jāhiliyyah ? Leave it, because it is malicious. [1]
The Prophet ﷺ also said:
Verily, Allāh has removed from you this pride of jāhiliyyah and boasting regarding ancestors. A person is either a pious believer or a miserable sinner. You are all sons of Ādam, and Ādam came from clay. Let the people stop boasting about their ancestors. They are merely fuel in Jahannam; or they will certainly be more worthless with Allāh than the beetle which rolls dung with its nose. [2]
The sermon of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ in his final pilgrimage was:
O people, verily your Lord is one, and your forefather was one. Alas, there is no virtue for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab over an Arab. There is no superiority for a white person person over a black person, nor a black person over a white person – except by taqwa (peity). [3]
This ḥadīth illustrates the meaning of the saying of Allāh,
{O mankind, we have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable of you with Allāhis the one who has taqwa (piety). Verily, Allah is all-knowing, all-aware} [49:13]
I ask Allāh, the most-high, to make me and you from his pious worshippers, whose basis for judgements and actions is taqwa and seeking the pleasure of Allāh as the basis for their judgements and actions.
Verily, he is the hears and answers supplications; for him is all praise in the beginning and end.
Written by your brother,
Abdulhaq Turkmani
6th Shawwal, 1439h
Corresponding to 20th June, 2018
Footnotes
[TN] The original title of the article was: “An Advice and Reminder regarding Brotherhood of Iman”; with the permission of the Shaykh, we changed the English title to: “Brotherhood, not Racism”.
[1] Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh; Collected by al-Bukhārī & Muslim.
[2] Narrated by Ibn ‘Umar; Collected by at-Tirmidhī.
[3] Narrated by ِAbu Nadrah; Collected by Aḥmad.
نصيحة وتذكير بالأُخوة الإيمانية
المرجع:
الحمد لله رب العالمين، والصلاة والسلام على خاتم الأنبياء والمرسلين.
أما بعد: فقد بلغني ما حصل بين بعض الإخوة في بريطانيا من الخلاف والنفرة والبغضاء بسبب التعصب للعرق واللون، فأحببت تذكير نفسي أولًا، ثم جميع إخواني من المسلمين الذين رضوا بالله ربًّا، وبالإسلام دينًا، وبمحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم نبيًّا ورسولًا؛ بالنعمة العظيمة التي منَّ الله تعالى بها علينا جميعًا ـ معشر المسلمين ـ فجمعنا على كلمة التوحيد واتباع خاتم الأنبياء والمرسلين، وجعلنا إخوة في الدين في كتابه العزيز، فقال تعالى ممتنًا علينا
{وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ} [آل عمران: 103]
فالواجب علينا جميعًا معرفة قدر هذه النعمة، والحرص على اجتماع الكلمة، ونبذ العصبية الجاهلية للعرق والجنس واللون والقومية
وإذا حصل بين الإِخوة شيءٌ يثير هذه العصبية الجاهلية فالواجب السعي في إصلاح ذات البين، وكف اللسان، وعدم مقابلة الإساءة بالإساءة
فإن هذا يؤدي إلى مزيد من التعصب والتباغض، وينتج عنه من المفاسد ما لا يعلم به إلا الله تعالى، ويفتح المجال للحاقدين والمعارضين لبث الشقاق والفتنة بين المسلمين وتشويه سمعتهم في وسائل الإعلام
فلا بدَّ من العفو والصفح والتسامح، والامتثال لأمر النبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حيث قال: “دعوها فإنها خبيثة”، وذلك لما حصل بين بعض المهاجرين وبعض الأنصار من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم خلافٌ وغضبٌ
فقال الأنصاري: يا للأنصار. وقال المهاجري: يا للمهاجرين. فخرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: “ما بال دعوى أهل الجاهلية؟ دعوها فإنها خبيثة”. [أخرجه البخاري]
وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: “إن الله قد أذهب عنكم عُبَيَّةَ الجاهلية وفخرها بالآباء، مؤمن تقيٌّ وفاجر شقيٌّ، أنتم بنو آدم ، وآدم من تراب، ليدعن رجال فخرهم بأقوام، إنما هم فحْمٌ من فحم جهنم، أو ليكونن أهون على الله من الجِعْلان التي تدفع بأنفها النتَن”. [أخرجه أبو داود وصححه شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية]
والعُبية : الكبر والفخر والنخوة. والجِعلان جمع: جُعَل، هي دويبة سوداء تدير الخراء بأنفها التي تدفع بأنفها النتن، أي: العذرة.
وقد كان من خطبة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في حجة الوداع:
يا أيها الناس، ألا إن ربكم واحد، وإن أباكم واحد، ألا لا فضل لعربي على عجمي، ولا لعجمي على عربي، ولا أحمر على أسود، ولا أسود على أحمر إلا بالتقوى. [أخرجه الإمام أحمد]
:ومعنى هذا الحديث في قول الله تعالى
{يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ}
فأسأل الله تعالى أن يجعلني وإياكم من عباده المتقين الذين يجعلون التقوى وابتغاء مرضاة الله معيارًا لأحكامهم وتصرفاتهم، إنه سميع الدعاء، له الحمد أولًا وآخرًا
كتبه أخوكم: عبد الحق التركماني
٦ شوال ١٤٣٩هجري
