Exhortation
It is our duty to know that:
After
confirming the Existence of Allah Almighty, His Oneness, and the greatness of
His many blessings which cannot be counted or enumerated, and the first of
which is guidance: that He (Glorious & Exalted) graced us with the blessing
of true monotheism and Islam, we are required to:
1.
Love
Allah (Glorious & Exalted):
Allah
(Mighty & Majestic) is the God Whom the hearts revere, Whom they feel
affection and love for, Whom they crave and long for, and why not?
He (Glorious & Exalted) created us,
after we did not exist. We were nothing, and He (Blessed & Exalted) graced
us with hearts, minds, souls, and bodies, in addition to the other blessings He
(Blessed & Exalted) bestowed upon us, which cannot be counted or
enumerated; indeed, even a single one of His (Blessed & Exalted) blessings
cannot be counted or enumerated.
He (Glorious & Exalted) is the One Who
bestowed on us guidance and mercy, guiding us to believe in Him (Glorious &
Exalted), in His Oneness, and in His prophets and messengers. It was He Who
made us the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind, the nation of the Seal
of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad (pbuh). And that's not all. He guided
us to love Him (Noble & Sublime), to love His prophet (pbuh), to love his
noble companions after him, and to follow them in creed and deed, due to their
adherence to the example and way of their prophet (pbuh).
Allah (Glorious & Exalted) described
Himself with Great and Beautiful Attributes and called Himself by the Most
Beautiful Names, for to Him (Glorious & Exalted) belong the Most Beautiful
Names.
Allah (Glorious & Exalted) is the
Beneficent, the Merciful. He prescribed Mercy for Himself, and that His Mercy
(Blessed & Exalted) shall precede His Wrath.
He (Glorious & Exalted) is the Truth;
He is never unjust to anyone, even to the weight of an atom or less, for Allah
(Glorious & Exalted) is the Truth and His Promise is True.
He (Glorious & Exalted) is the
Forgiving, the Most Loving, the Generous, the Giver, in addition to the other
Attributes of Allah Almighty and His Most Beautiful Names which He (Glorious
& Exalted) chose to call Himself for those who believe in Him, affirm His
Oneness, obey Him, follow His commands and avoid His prohibition.
From the Perfection of His Wisdom is that
He (Glorious & Exalted) is the Compeller, the Subduer, in addition to the
other Attributes of Allah Almighty and His Most Beautiful Names which He
(Glorious & Exalted) chose to call Himself for those who turn away from Him
and refuse to believe in Him, for those who associate partners with Him, who
rebel against Him, and who stop obeying Him and following His orders.
He (Glorious & Exalted) is the One,
the Unique, the All-Glorious, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise,
the Noble, in addition to the other Attributes of Allah Almighty and His Most
Beautiful Names which refer to His Absolute Greatness (Glorious & Exalted).
As such, it is our duty to love Allah Most
High, to vindicate Him, glorify Him, and magnify Him. We must not love anyone
or anything except for His sake (Glorious & Exalted), seeking His good
pleasure, and we must not hate or detest anyone or anything, except for His sake
(Glorious & Exalted), for fear of His punishment and painful torment. We
should not love except what Allah (Blessed & Exalted) loves, and we should
not hate except what He (Glorious & Exalted) hates.
Likewise, we should love the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) more than his own soul that resides in his body, because:
A.
The
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the most beloved of all creation to Allah Almighty
and he was the best example to be followed in worshipping his Lord (Blessed
& Exalted).
As such, it is our duty to love the
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) more than our own souls that reside within our bodies,
because he was the most beloved of all creation to Allah Almighty, for love of
Allah (Mighty & Majestic) is love of the Seal of His Prophets and
Messengers, Muhammad (pbuh).
B.
Allah
(Blessed & Exalted) made the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) a cause for our
guidance and the guidance of all His slaves to the clear truth, to that which
pleases Him (Glorious & Exalted) and brings them out of the darkness of
disbelief and idolatry to the light of faith and true monotheism.
C.
The
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) loves his people. He used to miss those of them who did
not see him.
And that is not all. He used to fear for
them as much as a person could fear. He would not leave any path of goodness
which would bring us closer to Allah (Mighty & Majestic) and His Mercy and
Forgiveness, except that he would order us to do it and urge us strongly. Nor
would he leave any path to evil which would lead us away from Allah Almighty
and His Mercy and Forgiveness, except that he would forbid it for us and drive
us away from it.
He did not rush to call down Allah's Wrath
on his people when they rejected him; rather, he saved this for the Day of
Resurrection (the Day of Judgment) so that he could plead for his nation
(pbuh).
2.
Magnify
Allah (Glorious & Exalted):
It is
our duty to magnify Allah Almighty in our hearts; then, we must magnify His
prohibitions and His rites of worship. Thereafter, we must fear Allah (Glorious
& Exalted) in secret and in public. We must obey Him, follow His commands,
and avoid His prohibitions, for the Most High has said, {…and whoever honors
the sacred things of Allah, then that is better for him in the Sight of his
Lord…}[Al-Hajj 22: 30] and {Thus it is. And whosoever honors the Symbols of
Allah, then it is truly from the piety of the heart.}[Al-Hajj 22: 32]
3.
Defend
Allah (Mighty & Majestic) and champion His religion:
Allah
Most High has said, {Oh you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allah,
He will help you, and make firm your foothold.}[Muhammad 47: 7]
Allah (Blessed & Exalted) bestowed His
grace upon us by making us believe in Him and in His Oneness, and in His
prophets and messengers. Therefore, it is our duty to defend Him (Mighty &
Majestic) by:
A.
Judging
by His Book (the Holy Quran), abiding by His laws, and following the example of
His prophet (pbuh).
B.
Following
His commands (Noble & Sublime) and avoiding His prohibitions.
C.
Keeping
His limits (Noble & Sublime) and honoring His covenants.
D. Championing His slaves, the true believers in Islamic
monotheism, in every place against their enemies—the enemies of the
religion—not taking into account the national alliances of the Days of
Ignorance or artificial geographical borders. There is no difference between an
Arab Muslim and a non-Arab Muslim. All are equal in Islam.
E.
Championing
His slaves, the true believers in Islamic monotheism, by advising them and
reconciling between them.
Allah Most High has said, {The believers
are nothing else than brothers. So make reconciliation between your brothers,
and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy.}[Al-Hujuraat 49: 10] in addition to
other methods of helping Allah (Mighty & Majestic).
It is also our duty to champion the
religion of Allah (Mighty & Majestic) by:
a.
Adhering
to it, and inviting others to it using all different methods of preaching which
are available to us in this day and age.
i.
By
printing books of preaching, Islamic law, Sirah (the Prophet's, pbuh,
biography), and the Prophetic Sunnah, in all different languages: Arabic and
foreign, and distributing them to Oriental Studies centers, public libraries,
and university libraries all over the world.
ii.
Starting
websites on the Internet devoted to Islamic preaching, in different languages,
and especially in English.
iii.
Starting
satellite channels, radio broadcasts and magazines that discuss Islam and
invite others to it, in all different languages, especially English.
b.
We
raise the banner of beneficial knowledge as our motto. We strive to be serious
in spreading and raising the level of religious knowledge of individuals in the
Muslim World and beyond, in various forms, from doctrine to scriptural
exegesis, jurisprudence, biography, and Islamic history.
We counteract the Western and communist
opposition media, refuting the false accusations they stir up.
We resist fake websites of the enemies of
Islam on the Internet that claim to belong to Islam in order to attack it, and
we raise awareness about them among the Muslims and others.
c.
We
follow the methodology of the Pious Predecessors. We follow their path, for it
is the path that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his noble companions walked.
We avoid misguided and misguiding sects and innovating Sufi groups who make
things up about the religion that appear over and over again, every day.
d.
We
know the reliable scholars of the religion—those that are agreed upon and
trusted—their esteem and the greatness of their stature, and we defend them and
come to their aid.
e.
We
defend this great religion—Islam—with everything of value: life, wealth,
effort, etc.
f.
We
praise Allah (Blessed & Exalted), day and night, for this great blessing
which He has bestowed upon us—that He made us true monotheists, Muslims, true
believers, devoted to the best religion, none other than Islam, which the Seal
of the Prophets, Muhammad (pbuh) came with. All praise be to Allah for the
blessing of Islam, and all praise be to Allah for the blessing of faith.
Oh Allah, send Your blessing and peace upon our
faithful messenger, the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad (pbuh).
Give him the highest place in Paradise, a rank above the rest, and send him to
the station of praise and glory which You have promised him.
Oh Allah,
send peace and blessing upon his household, his pure, elect companions, and on
those who have been guided by his example, who walk in his footsteps, and who
follow his Sunnah until the Day of Judgment.
And all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
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