The Reality of Unity=Part 11

UNITY WITH IMPURITY IS A DANGER TO PURITY ITSELF! 3. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Verily, Allah refuses to accept the Practice of a person of Bid'ah until he relinquishes his bid'ah". [Ibn Majah]. UNITY WITH ERROR ADDS DARKNESS UPON DARKNESS! 4. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Allah does not accept the Fasting, the Salaat, the Sadaqah, the Hajj, the Umrah, the Jihaad, the Fardh or the Nafil Ibadaat of the one who practices Bid'ah". [Ibn Majah]. UNITY UPON BASELESS FOUNDATIONS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE WHOLE SUPER STRUCTURE OF ISLAAM 5. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Whoever respects a person of Bid'ah has aided in the destruction of Islaam". [Mishkaat]. A COMPROMISE WITH SOME INNOVATION IN DEEN IS AN INNOVATION ON ITS OWN 6. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Allah has closed the door of taubah upon every Bid'atee". [Tibraani]. HE WHO IS SO CONFIDENT ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF HIS MISDEED THAT HE EXPECTS A REWARD FOR IT WILL NOT REPENT 7. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "He who innovates, misleading people into practices which displease Allah and His Messenger is equal in sin to all those who commit that misleading practice". [The Bid'atee Dalaalah]. UNITY UPON FALSEHOOD WILL PRODUCE A CHAIN REACTION LINKING AND LEADING FROM ONE LIE TO ANOTHER! 8. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "He who calls to Dalaal (error manifests which misleads others) will be equal in sin to all those who follow him (in this act of Dalaal)". [Sunnan Daarimi]. UNITING WITH BAATIL IS ITSELF AN ACT OF BAATIL AND FOLLOWING BAATIL IS ALSO BAATIL! 9. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "The people of Bid'ah are the dogs of the Fire". [Kashful Ghummah]. LET THOSE WHO UNITE WITH THE WRONGDOERS BE MINDFUL OF THE FATE OF THOSE WHOM THEY SYMPATHISE AND COMPROMISE WITH. It is also noteworthy that: a. UNITY CONCEIVED THROUGH EMOTIONS AND SENTIMENTS LIVE ONLY AS LONG AS THE TEARS TAKE TO EVAPORATE! b. UNITY BUILT UPON FOOD LASTS TILL THE COMPLETION OF THE DIGESTION (OR INDIGESTION) OF SAME OR TILL THE LINGERING OF ITS TASTE! c. THE LENGTH OF UNITY BUILT UPON SOME ACTION IS DETERMINED BY THE DURATION OF THAT PARTICULAR ACTION. In the words of Hadhrat Moulana Ashrag Ali Thanwi (Rahmatullah Alayh): Uniting on an issue of uncertainty is inevitable short-lived, lasting only till the disclosure of the FACTS of the uncertainty. Once the truth is revealed the temporary unity vanishes and is replaced by flashes of disunity everywhere. To achieve a complete and lasting unity is imperative of Muslims to remove all causes of major moderate and minor forms of disunity springing from beliefs, ibaadah, muaamalat and traits of personal character. The only way to do this is to discipline our lives to strictly adhere to the Deen of Allah and the Shariah of Islaam. The Rope of Allah is the only perfect solution which will certainly bring about flawless unity for the pleasure of Allah. Allah says "......And all of your hold firmly to the Rope of Allah and do not split up (among yourselves)" [Surah Imraan, verse 103]. Unity of Muslims will last only if it is properly based on the Islaamic Shariah, the "Rope of Allah". Any deviation from this rule leads to dissention, corruption and numerous divisions of disunity. Thus we find that it is only in the true Deen of Allah that unity can flourish and this is not the case with man-made laws. Haqq cannot be trimmed or watered down and still remain haqq. For the sake of so-called unity vain attempts are being made to combine haqq and baatil. This is an impossibility! There can be no half measures; just as half white upon half black turns greyish so will half haqq fail to survive upon half baatil, for haqq is TRUTH and baatil falsehood. This disuniting factor and differentiation between desirable and undesirable was established by our beloved Nabi Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) himself. Before Nabuwat the people were united upon kufr or disbelief. The Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) shattered this unity to such an extent that even a father was separated from his son; and it is the very same disunity which Allah Ta'aala mentions as GLAD TIDINGS in the following verse of the Qur'aan: "O you who believe! If you fear ALLAH, He will grant you a CRITERION (to judge between right and wrong). remove from you (all) evil (that may afflict you), and forgive you for ALLAH is the Sustainer of grace unbounded. [Surah 8 verse 29]. In this verse Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'aala referred to "FURQAAN" (i.e. the criterion to differentiate between Haq which is Truth and Baatil which is Falsehood) as a GLAD TIDING which results from Taqwa (piety). It is for this reason that the Qur'aan also is known as "AL FURQAAN": the differentiator between right and wrong (truth and falsehood). From this we can gather that the Qur'aan does not ALWAYS unite, but sometimes, it also disunites: Unity must be with those who remain steadfast upon Haq, and disunity against those who thrive on Baatil. The Qur'aan only urges unity for the betterment of mankind and not for the soothing of ones ill equipped conscience or the fear of losing a friend. It should now be very clear how grave the ERROR is on the part of those people who, when they see differences between two groups, criticized them saying: "What types of Muslims are you, to allow disunity between you?" and thereafter compel them to unite. This can only mean that the true followers of Deen have to move away from the True Path and adopt un-Islaamic ways (in order to "UNITE"). The serious wrong of this is quite manifest. Intelligence and Sanity demand that if there be some dispute between two people or two groups then, first and foremost, it is imperative to establish which party is on the right or Truth and which on the wrong or falsehood. Once the facts have been properly ascertained then those on the right, following the Truth, should not be hampered in any way. Instead they should be assisted against those on the wrong. The latter group must be stopped and prevented according to the Qur'aanic injunction: "Then fight you (all) against the one that transgresses until they comply with the command of ALLAH". [Surah 49 verse 9]. "If you do not have to time or ability to investigate and determine who is on the Truth and right, then you have no right whatsoever to enter into this problem. You should rather remain at your home and refrain from criticising either party for you have not investigated properly". [Ashraful Jawaab, vol 4 pg 112-115]. The solution for any sort of difference can easily be found if we apply the following directive of the Qur'aan: "O believers! Obey Allah, the Rasul and those in charge; If you dispute in anything, refer it to Allah and the Rasul (i,e, the Sharieh), if indeed you believe in Allah and the Last Day". [Surah NISAA, Aayat 59]. One who tries to please the people in an attempt to bring about unity which is not based on Islaamic Shariah will earn the displeasure of Allah and be finally humiliated and degraded by the very people whom he tried to please in the first place. Allah is All Powerful! Sunnats of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) which are co-incidently carried out by the kuffar as well should NOT be given up in the spirit of acting contrary to the kuffar and muskrikeen. We should rather consider their action as being similar to the Sunnat and not vice-versa. CONCLUSION It should be borne in mind that only that unity which is beneficial to Islaam is desirable whilst any disunity which is harmful to Deen is detestable. Similarly if some for of unity is harmful to Deen and the disunity beneficial then this disunity will be desirable. This is not difficult to understand because even in worldly matters people resort to the Law Courts to settle their disputes. When this happens nobody normally tries to intervene on the grounds that preceding with the Court Case would lead to disunity which is detestable. On the contrary a settlement is reached after the person who is on the wrong is made to accept what is right and prevented from persisting upon the wrong. If every form of disunity be regarded as detestable then both the parties, plaintiff as well as defendant, would be guilty of creating a disunity through their dispute and the Judge would have to pass sentences against both of them; but of course this never happens. (for a permanent solution there is never an attempt to arrange a COMPROMISE, for any truce which expects opposing ideas to unite is short-lived). Unfortunately, in the matters of Deen this important Rule and Principle of allowing Justice to replace Injustice is conveniently overlooked and the different groups are asked and expected to compromise by shedding even the justifiable disunity in the "Cause of UNITY". No attempt is made to investigate and rationalise the dispute to determine which side is standing on the Truth and which side is glorifying falsehood. Now when both Parties are ordered to reach an agreement then such a unity logically, will create any of three possibilities viz.: 1. The Party upholding Truth detaches itself from the correct Path and consents to falsehood i.e. the Pious connive with the sinners in their sinning and wrong-doings. 2. The wrong-doers give up their evil practices and become righteous. 3. Both sides agree to compromise by leaving off only part of their differences and achieve a form of disunited UNITY. Every sane and thinking person will realise that only the second possibility (mentioned above) is correct and means that the true followers of Deen have the right to be disunited with the wrong-doers and those who do not follow the Deen, whilst they (the wrong-doers) cannot claim any such right because it is their duty to unify with the righteous and the followers of Deen.

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