To The Youth Of The Muslim Ummah
15-03-2008
“Verily never will Allah change
the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own
souls)” [Quran 13: 11]
About Iraq:
Baghdad - this beautiful city on Tigris River - where today troops of the
aggressive forces are trying to surround it and defeat it. A capital for the
Islamic State and for the world, where Muslims ruled the world for hundreds of
years. Baghdad, the center of culture and sciences, where Christians and Jews
lived safe and sound with the freedom to practice their religion for hundreds of
years. Baghdad, the Arab Muslim city standing its grounds, in the old days
surrounded by the Mongol Tatar who violated its pure sacred land, slaughtering
its women and children, is being surrounded by the Tatars of today. Who claim
they come to rescue people from a 10-year old sanctions. Well, they were the
ones who imposed the sanctions in the first place and now that this is not
enough, now they claim to free those people by killing, destroying houses,
killing men, women and children, Those who say “Lord! Raise for us from thee one
who will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help!"
Do you know Muslim Youth that the sanctity and prohibition of the Muslim blood
is more than the sanctity of the Kaaba. And we should be afraid for Allah’s
judgment more of that on our sins and mistakes. “And you thought it to be a
light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah”
Do you know that we will be held accountable before Allah on what did we do to
our Islam and to our Ummah, but before we decide what to do to our brothers and
sisters in Iraq, you have to know that what we are suffering from today is not
just the crisis in Iraq but also it is the crisis of the past 100 years, the
Ummah is suffering from many diseases, mainly:
1. Being away from Allah and abandoning the heaven laws.
2. Scientific and technologic retardation
3. Morals and behavioral collapse
4. Following bad examples without having the vision of what to follow and what
not.
5. Division and looking for personal interests more than the interest of the
state and the Ummah
6. Wrong interpretation of Islam
As a result, our Ummah lost its consciousness, lost its awareness of its goals,
interests, and identity. This of course encourage its enemies to think low of us
and try to convince us that their vanity is truth and that their greed is fair.
Muslims are suffering from disappointment, despair in addition to confusion and
impotence.
So symptoms of the disease appeared in the body of the Ummah as the disease
affects a sick body. May be this social disease is more dangerous than the
physical illness because it affects the minds and stop the brains and causes
dullness of the emotions. That’s why the honest people of this Ummah are
screaming and asking how to get out, is there light in the end of the tunnel, is
there guidance after being lost. Is this reality going to change? We want to
change this spiteful reality.
But no change will happen to the Ummah's reality except by following the divine
social rule: This law is “Verily never will Allah change the condition of a
people until they change it themselves (with their own souls)” [Quran 13: 11].
This law is not an empty logo, but it is the only way to get out of the
hardships we are suffering. But no change will happen in our lives except if we
start by changing ourselves. The injustice that is being inflicted on Muslims
will not be removed except if we change ourselves. Now we may ask what is the
needed change in our souls:
Ten things should happen:
1. We should repent to Allah instead of disobeying Him.
2. Obedience of the Quran and Sunnah should replace the dullness.
3. Seriousness, manly behaviors, and high spirits should replace laxness,
laziness, and dullness.
4. Giving superior attention to scientific superiority and creativity should
replace thinking dullness.
5. Positivism should replace negativity.
6. Feeling to belong to the Ummah should replace western following.
7. Fruitful and important work should replace emptiness and wasting the time in
trivial things.
8. Comprehensive understanding of Islam should replace the misunderstanding or
the incomplete understanding.
9. Prioritization of the society and Ummah on individualism and selfishness.
10. Hope should replace despair.
These are not just nice words to move the emotions but they are the fundamentals
of the law of change “Verily never will Allah change the condition of a
people until they change it themselves (with their own souls)” [Quran 13: 11].
Everyday you might ask, what to do, this is the answer, change those 10 things
and wait for Allah’s victory. Allah will then change the history. Islam has
started with youth in your age. I feel that these 10 things are important and
they are the most important work for the youth of the Ummah. You are the most
people in the society capable of change. You have the enthusiasm, power, and
high spirits. With high sprits nations survive. If you change these 10 things
inside yourselves and they became dominant between the people, know for sure
that the reality will change because then you will have owned the law of change
“Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it
themselves (with their own souls)” [Quran 13: 11]
Verily Allah’s victory is near:
Allah says:- Allah has promised,"to those among you who believe and work
righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance
(of power)", [Quran 24:55]
- Allah has decreed: "It is I and My apostles who must prevail….” [Quran
58:21]
- "Their intention is to extinguish Allah’s Light (by blowing) with their mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it)" [Quran 61: 8]
- "We will, without doubt, help our apostles and those
who believe, (both) in this world's life and on the Day when the Witnesses will
stand forth," [Quran 40: 51]
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: "The Last Hour will not come
until the Muslims fight against the Jews and the Muslims will kill them until
the Jews will hide themselves behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will
say: Muslim, the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him."
And also the prophet said, “Allah showed me the size of my Ummah and it will
encompass the east and west of the earth."
Do you see all these Divine promises and prophetic prophecies? Doesn’t the land
belong to Allah and He gives it as inheritance to whomever He wants. Didn’t
Allah give victory to Muslims when they were true believers? Allah’s promise
never changes, for Allah never fails His promise.Your first battle is against
yourselves, if you win this battle, Allah will provide victory for your Ummah by
your hands. And never get frustrated or feel hopeless that it is so difficult or
impossible to get victory. “And they ask you when is it? Say hopefully it is
near.” And always remember that our Ummah’s biggest case is Palestine until we
liberate it, insya Allah.
What can we do for our brothers and sisters in Iraq?
1. Call on our Lord in humility to protect our brothers and sisters in Iraq and
Palestine.
2. Spread the knowledge of the Ummah’s affairs and problems through all the
available facilities, especially the Internet.
3. Boycott all the American and British products.
4. Financial help to the Iraqi people through all the legitimate channels.
5. Correspondence with all the newspapers, magazines and famous writers to keep
the idea alive all the time.
6. Correspondence with the embassies of the invading countries to protest in a
reasonable way.
7. Boycott all kinds of artistic work that invites the Ummah to wickedness or to
make it unaware of its urgent cases.
8. Contact our brothers and sisters in Iraq whether we know them or not, by
dialing 00964 then dial the code number for Baghdad 1, then 71, or 77, 51, or 55
then dial any 5 digits.
Finally, these recommendations are not the only thing and they will not solve
our problems. The solution is in your hands youth of the Ummah: “Verily never
will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves
(with their own souls)”.
By: Amr Khaled.
Submitted by a Mujahid