Faith Without Hypocrisy? or Hypocrisy Without Faith?

Faith Without Hypocrisy?

or

Hypocrisy Without Faith?

Response to Iqubal Hydal’s Statement in The Trinidad Express

Dated 25th Sept. 2017

In the Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

“And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, headcover, apron), and to draw their veils all over Juyûbihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allâh to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.” (Quran 24:31).

The statements made by Iqubal Hydal to suggest that the Hijab is not a mandate of the Quran and the immediate response and course of action by the Muslims came as no surprise for we are told by our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, “…There will come a trial which will appear… During this trial, a man will be a believer in the morning and an unbeliever by evening, such that people will be in two camps: the camp of faith without hypocrisy and the camp of hypocrisy without faith…

It is appearing that Hydal and his entire group is bent on exposing that hypocrisy. It appears when the Caliph al-Mu'tasim commanded and deployed a massive army to retaliate against the Romans who at the time invaded Malatya, in honour of a Muslim sister who cried out "Wa Mo'atasimah" which translates to "O Mu'tasim", after being captured and unveiled by the Romans has not taught us any lesson when it comes to our Muslim Sisters...

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) contacted Iqubal Haydal and spoke with him regarding his statements. He was quick to point out that even though he is commending the sister (WPC) for challenging the authorities in seeking her right to religious freedom and observance, he is of the opinion it’s not a mandate of the Qur’an.  He further went on to say it is his opinion that it would have been more appropriate for the WPC to fight for the right for all police officers Male and Female to attend the Jumu’ah on Fridays. He said he is not against the wearing of the Hijab, however he is sensing a level of hypocrisy by his critics asking how many of them supported the Muslim WPC, sighting also the sisters who attend the masjid are most times inappropriately dressed.

The statements of Iqubal Hayal will none the less certainly throw open the doors of compromise to those Muslim Brothers and Sisters who are not prepared to stand firm on this issue. This together with our hypocrisy would however weaken our resolve and so would lead to the eventual stripping of all our religious practices.

I am yet to see the rationale of the Muslim response compounded with the fact that in this country we have had so many cases regarding the Hijab, that have been adjudicated and so many before the courts awaiting trial and judgements. How many Muslims are aware of this? How many Muslims are supporting these sisters?

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) have told Hydal, he has intensified the flames of discord between the Muslims and his group.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) also told Hydal, more importantly, he needs to address the Muslim community of this country and thoroughly explain his group’s position on Islam and Muslims as it relates to the Qur’an and The Sunnah and That, he should make it clear where he stands on this issue as this would obviously affect him and his group.

Umar Abdullah

Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)

Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253

Date: September 26, 2017

 

Do Not Feel Sad Because of the Behavior of the Jews and Hypocrites. The Jews Alter and Change the Law.

"O Messenger (Muhammad )! Let not those who hurry to fall into disbelief grieve you, of such who say: "We believe" with their mouths but their hearts have no faith. And of the Jews are men who listen much and eagerly to lies - listen to others who have not come to you. They change the words from their places; they say, "If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, then beware!" And whomsoever Allah wants to put in Al-Fitnah [error, because of his rejecting the Faith], you can do nothing for him against Allah. Those are the ones whose hearts Allah does not want to purify (from disbelief and hypocrisy); for them there is a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a great torment." (Qur'an 5 : 41)

This verse refers to those who devoted all their capacities and efforts to ensure that the status quo ante of Jahiliyah remained intact, and that the reformative mission of Islam should fail to set right the corruption that had come down to them from the past. Disregarding all moral scruples, these people used the vilest methods against the Prophet (peace be on him). They deliberately suppressed the truth and resorted to lying, deceit, treachery and low cunning in order to frustrate the mission of the Prophet (peace be on him) who was engaged in a tireless struggle actuated by absolute selflessness and benevolence, and who sought the welfare of all human beings, including that of his opponents. All this naturally hurt the Prophet (peace be on him). A sincere person must feel heartbroken when he sees men of low moral character, driven by ignorance, blind selfishness and bigotry, resort to vile methods in opposition to his mission, which is actuated by charity and goodwill towards all men. Hence the purpose of Allah's directive here is not to ask the Prophet (peace be on him) to abstain from this natural feeling of grief but rather that he should not allow such feelings to undermine his morale and that he should persevere in his task. As for the opponents of the Prophet (peace be on him), in view of their low morals, their mean conduct was not at all contrary to expectations.

( ..."We believe" with their mouths but their hearts have no faith...) This has two meanings. First, that since such people are slaves to their desires they cannot have the least interest in the Truth, falsehood alone gratifies them. It is with falsehood alone that they like to fill their ears, for nothing else quenches the thirst of their souls. Second, it is the same love of falsehood which motivates them when they come and spend some time in the company of the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Muslims. They want to distort whatever they see or hear, to taint the facts with their fabrications, and then circulate them among those who have had no contact with the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Muslims in order to scandalize them.

( ...And of the Jews are men who listen much and eagerly to lies - listen to others who have not come to you...) This also has two meanings. First, that they socialized with the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Muslims in order to pry into their affairs and communicate them to the enemy. Second, that they went about collecting information to try to slander them. Their objective was to create misgivings about the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Muslims among those who were unacquainted with them.

They deliberately tamper with those injunctions of the Torah that do not accord with their desires, and by altering the meanings of the words occurring in the text they deduce laws that suit their interests.

This refers to the Jews who went about telling the ignorant masses that they should follow the teachings of the Prophet (peace be on him) only if they conformed to the teachings of the Jews.

(they say, "If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, then beware!") It was reported that this part of the Ayah was revealed about some Jews who committed murder and who said to each other, "Let us ask Muhammad to judge between us, and if he decides that we pay the Diyah, accept his judgement. If he decides on capital punishment, do not accept his judgement.'' The correct opinion is that this Ayah was revealed about the two Jews who committed adultery. The Jews changed the law they had in their Book from Allah on the matter of punishment for adultery, from stoning to death, to a hundred flogs and making the offenders ride a donkey facing the back of the donkey. When this incident of adultery occurred after the Hijrah, they said to each other, "Let us go to Muhammad and seek his judgement. If he gives a ruling of flogging, then implement his decision and make it a proof for you with Allah. This way, one of Allah's Prophets will have upheld this ruling amongst you. But if he decides that the punishment should be stoning to death, then do not accept his decision.'' There are several Hadiths mentioning this story. Malik reported that Nafi` said that `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "The Jews came to Allah's Messenger and mentioned that a man and a woman from them committed adultery. Allah's Messenger said to them, What do find of the ruling about stoning in the Tawrah) They said, `We only find that they should be exposed and flogged.' `Abdullah bin Salam said, `You lie. The Tawrah mentions stoning, so bring the Tawrah.' They brought the Tawrah and opened it but one of them hid the verse about stoning with his hand and recited what is before and after that verse. `Abdullah bin Salam said to him, `Remove your hand,' and he removed it, thus uncovering the verse about stoning. So they said, He (`Abdullah bin Salam) has said the truth, O Muhammad! It is the verse about stoning.' The Messenger of Allah decided that the adulterers be stoned to death and his command was carried out. I saw that man shading the woman from the stones with his body.'' Al-Bukhari and Muslim also collected this Hadith and this is the wording collected by Al-Bukhari. In another narration by Al-Bukhari, the Prophet said to the Jews, (What would you do in this case) They said, "We would humiliate and expose them.'' The Prophet recited, (Bring here the Tawrah and recite it, if you are truthful.) So they brought a man who was blind in one eye and who was respected among them and said to him, "Read (from the Tawrah).'' So he read until he reached a certain verse and then covered it with his hand. He was told, "Remove your hand,'' and it was the verse about stoning. So that man said, "O Muhammad! This is the verse about stoning, and we had hid its knowledge among us.'' So the Messenger ordered that the two adulterers be stoned, and they were stoned. Muslim recorded that a Jewish man and a Jewish woman were brought before Allah's Messenger because they committed adultery. The Messenger of Allah went to the Jews and asked them, (What is the ruling that you find in the Tawrah for adultery) they said, "We expose them, carry them (on donkeys) backwards and parade them in public.'' The Prophet recited; (Bring here the Tawrah and recite it, if you are truthful.) So they brought the Tawrah and read from it until the reader reached the verse about stoning. Then he placed his hand on that verse and read what was before and after it. `Abdullah bin Salam, who was with the Messenger of Allah , said, "Order him to remove his hand,'' and he removed his hand and under it was the verse about stoning. So the Messenger of Allah commanded that the adulterers be stoned, and they were stoned. `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "I was among those who stoned them and I saw the man shading the woman from the stones with his body.''

Allah's will to put someone to the test means that Allah confronts one in whom He sees the growth of evil with the opportunities of doing just that, so that he experiences the struggle between good and evil. If the person is not yet fully inclined towards evil, his moral health improves and his latent potentialities for resisting evil are revived. But if he has become excessively inclined towards evil, and goodness has been totally crushed from within his being, then every such test is bound to entangle him still more tightly in evil. The well-wisher is now powerless to rescue him. It might be added that not only individuals but also nations are put to this kind of test.

Allah did not will that their hearts be purified for they themselves did not want them to be purified. It is not Allah's way to deprive of purity those who love it and strive for it; but Allah does not wish to purify those who do not seek their own purification.

A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Students to stand and . ..

Professor : You are a believer in God, aren't you, son ?


Student : Yes, sir.


Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?


Student : Absolutely, sir.


Professor : Is GOD Good ?


Student : Sure.


Professor : Is GOD ALL -POWERFUL ?


Student : Yes.


Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?


(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella. Is GOD Good?


Student : Yes.


Professor : Is Satan good ?


Student : No.


Professor : Where does Satan come from ?


Student : From . . GOD . ...


Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?


Student : Yes.


Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything.Correct?


Student : Yes.


Professor : So who created evil ?


(Student did not answer)


Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?


Student : Yes, sir.


Professor : So, who Created them ?


(Student had no answer)


Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you. Tell me, son . .. Have you ever Seen GOD?


Student : No, sir.


Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?


Student : No , sir.


Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD,Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?


Student : No, sir.I'm afraid I haven't.


Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?


Student : Yes.


Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?


Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.


Professor : Yes, Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.


Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?


Professor : Yes.


Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?


Professor : Yes.


Student : No, sir. There isn't.


(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )


Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat,White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further afterthat. There is no such thing as Cold. Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat. We cannot Measure Cold. Heat is Energy. Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.


(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre)


Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?


Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?


Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . . But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?


Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?


Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.


Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?


Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.
You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?


Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course,I do.


Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?


(The Professor shook his head with a Smile,beginning to realize where the Argument was going )


Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor, Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?


(The Class was in Uproar )


Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?


(The Class broke out into Laughter )


Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it,touched or Smelt it? . . . No one appears to have done so. So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that You have No Brain, sir...
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?


(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)


Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.


Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly ! The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving..


NB: I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so . .
You'll probably want your Friends /Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you? Forward them to Increase their Knowledge. . . or FAITH.


By the way, that student was Albert Einstein.