Should we condemn this Fatwa without reserve? As an Individual Muslim, I do, of course, most Muslims feel the same way. Here are the reasons; evil persists if good men do nothing about it. This fatwa goes against God’s will and Prophet’s charter and we need to do our part on speaking up, that is least we can do; to speak up.
“… If Allah had willed, He would have made you one nation (one belief), but that may test you in what He has given you; so compete in good deeds; then God will inform you about that in which you used to differ”
“God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers.”
[Quran, chapter 60/ verse 8]
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is (was) for the entire world, he initiated the Madinah treaty, he shared Allah’s words about respecting Jews, Christians and others, he also assured the right to believe and practice one’s faith, he also stood up and said he will defend Jews and Christians against a Muslim, if a Muslim were unjust to anyone.
The two Hadith quoted by Mr. Aurangzeb below do not reflect the ideals of Islam, or the voice of the prophet, hence need to verify its authenticity, even though it is quoted as authentic. According to another Hadith, Prophet Muhammad will stand up against a Muslims in favor of a Christian or a Jew for the sake of Justice. So, we should not buy into these Hadith, as they cannot be the words of the Prophet or Hazrat Umar. Justice is one of the fundamental values of Islam.
Most Muslims are afraid to speak up against false Hadith, due to the fatwa bombs and threats that come from a handful of Muslims who do not understand the freedom Islam is about.
You will find more and more Muslims speak out against fabricated Hadith and value the Hadith that respect and honor Allah’s creation, and believe that Allah alone is the master of the Day of Judgment. No one has a right to judge what is in one’s heart, only Allah knows and is aware of it (repeated over a dozen times in Quraan). Pushing God aside and usurping his authority amounts to shirk, or becoming a Demi God.
Fear none but Allah
it’s time to identify and make a list of fabricated Hadith, Alhamdu Lillah, if someone has done this, we need to keep track of it.
Mike Ghouse
Moderator
World Muslim Congress
You must realize that if Shaikh Abdul-Aziz Aal-As-Shaikh said something, he
would not make it up. He is a man who speaks with evidence.
It has been narrated by ‘Umar b. al-Khattab that he heard the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the
Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslims. (Sahih Muslim, Vol. 3, p. 965).
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in the last 14 hundred years did not say so about the Churches of Arab peninsula which are there since the beginning of Islam.
However to condemn Saudis whole sale or say that Wahabbi are terrorists is not
fair.
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The latest fatwa by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh came in the context of a response to a Kuwaiti civil society organization that proposed for the new Kuwaiti constitution, approved by parliament last week, a new article that would forbid the building of new churches in the country.
“First of all, Wahabbi muftis are not representing Islam. The world should know that the religion which is now being publicized in Saudi Arabia is not true Islam,” Ahl al-Bait World Assembly said in a statement published by Ahl al-Bait News Agency (ABNA) on Tuesday.
The statement added that the content of the new fatwa was against the commands of God as well as the tradition of Prophet of Islam Muhammad (PBUH) and his descendants and is, therefore, rejected not only by Shias, but also by Sunni Muslims.
Ahl al-Bait World Assembly noted that throughout its history, Islam has coexisted with Christians and Jews and such a fatwa has never been issued by the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), his progeny, and subsequent Muslim caliphs.
“Therefore, the grand mufti of Wahabbi has issued a fatwa which has no precedence in [Islamic] jurisprudential circles…and has never been issued by great scientific centers of Muslims…,” it said.
The Assembly stated that the fatwa is also a clear intervention in the internal affairs of other Muslim countries because the Saudi mufti has not confined his fatwa to Saudi borders but has included the whole Arabian Peninsula.
The Assembly also slammed the “deadly silence” of Muslim scholars in the face of such fatwa’s which distort the image of Islam.
“Aren’t scholars of various Islamic sects in Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula and other parts of the world supposed to react to such unprecedented fatwa’s which depict a distorted picture of Islam in the world?” it asked.
The Assembly criticized international human rights organizations as well as Western and Christian governments for their support of Wahabbi terrorists saying, “If you had not offered various forms of support to Wahabbi and Takfiri terrorists when they martyred Muslims in Iraq, Pakistan and Iran, today you would not be attacked in this manner.” >
Prophet Muhammad’s promise to Christians
An English translation of that document is presented below.
Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.
No compulsion is to be on them.
Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.
No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses.
Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.
No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.
The Muslims are to fight for them.
If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.
Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world).