Islamic Revival

Al-Bukhari narrated on the authority of Junada b. abi Umayyah who said: We went to ‘Ubadah b. as-Samit when he was sick and we said: May Allah (swt) guide you. Inform us of a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (saw) so Allah may benefit you from it. He said, the Messenger of Allah (saw) called upon us and we gave him the Bai’ah, and he said, of that which he had taken from us, that we should give him the pledge to listen and obey, in what we like and dislike, in our hardship and ease, and that we should not dispute the authority of its people unless we saw open Kufr (kufr buwah) upon which we had a proof (burhan) from Allah. The hadith was reported by At-Tabarani as “kufran Surahan (open kufr)”, and as “unless the disobedience of Allah is bawahan”. It was also reported by Ahmad as “unless they order you of ithmin bawahan (open sin)”. 'Awf Ibnu Malik Al-Ashja'i said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say: 'The best of your Imams are those whom you love and they

Muslim residence in a non-Muslim land is not a new phenomenon to Islamic Law. Indeed one finds mention of laws pertaining to such domicile scattered unevenly within the pages of classical juristic works. However, such treatment was brief and circumstantially limited and understandably since Muslim migration to the West from the 1980’s onwards is different in respect to its magnitude, scope and perhaps even in nature from what historians have recorded in past eras and centuries. In the past Muslim presence in dar al-harb was either due to sojourns for the purpose of trade, conversion of non-Muslim residents of dar al-harb or a Muslim land was conquered by non-Muslims and these categories have been dealt with by the jurists. However today we have Muslims making the West their home. Bernard Lewis described the situation as, ‘a mass migration – a reverse hijrah – of ordinary people seeking a new life among the unbelievers is an entirely new phenomenon which poses new and major problems. Th

بِسْمِ الله الرَّحمَنِ الرَحيم O Muslims of Pakistan! This Rajab, 1428 AH, you face unprecedented losses and trials. You count your dead and frantically search for your missing after the siege of Lal Masjid. Fear descends upon you due to the lack of security, and even your army and police forces are not safe in the descent into lawlessness. You face ever-increasing economic hardships and even your most beloved possession, Islam, is the target of a strong Western cultural campaign. The system of rule that has been imposed upon you has failed you, you despise your rulers and they despise you because of your loyalty to Islam. In fact, this Rajab, not just in Pakistan, but throughout the Islamic Lands, the Muslims are counting their losses and suffering new trials. The kuffar have fallen upon you throughout the Islamic Lands, in Afghanistan, in Bosnia, in Chechnya, in East Timor, in Gujarat, in Kashmir, in Palestine, in Somalia and in Iraq to name but some. They have occupied your lands, s