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Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem. Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam), his Noble Companions and Family. Committed Muslims… Audio on http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/apps/podcast/podcast/37684 (01-21-2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGCvN068cY4
UNDERSTANDING ASABIYYAH - THE DISUNITING SOLIDARITY There are many events that take place and there is a lack of understanding of these events simply because the pertinent information is not there. What is taking place and what right now has many lines focused on it is the popular movement in … and hold tightly to Allah's cord/binding instructions that has been extended/given to you... (Surah Aal Imran verse 103) Habl in the English translation/language it is a rope/cord. If we wanted to go back to the genesis of the word- when you look at a rope, a rope is made out of strains of fibre together. So Allah, (and He knows best), is equating His instructions- one instruction at a time- when we put together the Qur'an and the Sunnah its like putting together fibres. All of these fibres put together are in a similar meaning to the rope that we speak about. So Allah is telling us … to fortify ourselves with these fibres of instruction that consolidate into this lifesaving extension from Allah- all of you, whatever Asabiyyah background you came from… (Surah Aal Imran verse 103) Whether you are from Quraysh/Hudhayl/Thaqeef/Aws/Khazraj- wherever you're from is all gone; now you become a new solidarity. This new solidarity itself can become an Asabiyyah. This is dangerous. We want you to understand this because it is very relevant to much of what happens in today's world around us that has no Qur'anic or Prophetic explanation to it because our minds have not probed these areas. We haven't thought about them. The Prophet of Allah says O people- verily the Sustainer is one and the father is one... This is in reference to Allah and to our common father Adam (alaihi as salaam), respectively. … and Arabiyyah, (this language of the Qur'an and the Prophet), is not to be referred to a father nor to a mother… meaning this is not to be understood as an ethnic/racial/bloodline issue. … rather it is the tongue, (meaning), the language therefore whoever speaks Arabic is an Arab. Now, because of the Asabiyyah, some people can't understand what the Prophet is saying. Just put your Asabiyyah- the tension/nervousness/partiality- that comes into play aside and understand this as the Prophet is speaking about it. The Prophet of Allah is pre-empting the Asabiyah that will originate from a language which means the racial/linguistic/ nationalistic and therefore the cultural Asabiyyah that comes from being an Arab and therefore an Arabian. This cannot happen. This should not happen. On a more practical citation, in the history of Allah's Prophet two individuals had got into a disagreement- one of them from the Muhajirin and the other from the Ansar. These are committed Muslims from the cream of the crop of committed Muslims- Al Muhajirin and Al Ansar (radi Allahu anhu). These are honorific components of the Prophet's society at that time. They got into a disagreement. They are not Angels/Ma'sums/beyond making mistakes. They made a mistake, but this mistake was a serious one. They were drawing water and because of who is going to draw first and how long they are going to stay there and whose turn it is and these things… What happened between them when these two individuals got into this personal conflict one of them said Ya lal Muhajirin and the other said Ya lal Ansar. One of them is calling on the Muhajirin to come to his support the other one is calling the Ansar to come to his support. Doing that was an Asabiyah- something that never should have occurred; but it did. Al Muhajirin and Al Ansar are favoured individuals in the Qur'an and Sunnah and history but can the concept of Al Muhajirin and the Ansar become an Asabiyyah? Yes and it did become on this occasion. So when this affair came to Allah's Prophet he said what is it? How come we hear the words of jahiliyah/pre-Islamic times? Then he said, (and this is in reference to this Asabiyah), part with it because it is foul- literally meaning- it stinks. In another hadith the Prophet of Allah says Allah has relieved you of the arrogance of jahiliyah and its pride in its ancestors/forefathers. This is another strike on this Asabiyyah. Another hadith from Allah's Prophet says whoever fights under a banner of this Asabiyyah… (that we are speaking about), here in this hadith ummiyah means a blind Asabiyyah- … who gets angry because of/promotes/solicits for this Asabiyyah and then this type of person dies he dies as if he died in a jahiliyyah/his death is a jahili death... Then the Prophet says he doesn't belong to my Ummah. This is a strong fact that people who even though they have Islamic appearances but if they have an Asabiyyah core they don't belong. Do you think/see/sense that this knowledge is alive and working in today's world? (Take a) look at/think of the Muslims you know? We go to Islamic Centres/Masajid it is very rare that we don't sense some type of Asabiyyah in them. So are they from the Ummah of the Prophet? Who sustains/finances/propagates/shelters/ protects that Asabiyyah? Ask yourself! You are reading Allah's words and listening to the Prophet's words and you don't understand what they mean in real life?! Now that being said we have a question, (and people ask this), "OK- what if a person likes his people?". You come from a certain race/ethnic group/nationality or what ever way you want to look at it; you think of yourself within that crowd of people – how ever way you think of that. Now, are you allowed to feel an affection for/like the people that you come from? We come from certain strands of people referred to in today's language as nationalities/cultures/ethnicities/races etc. These are blocs of people. Some of us, because of the way we are born and brought up, we have this feeling for the particular people we identify with. So the question is "can you have a good feeling for the type of people you consider yourself from?" The answer to that is obviously you can if the people you are identifying with didn't do you any harm or they didn't violate any of Allah's instructions and teachings from the Prophet- what's wrong with that? Just like you feel towards your family. Think about the larger bloc of people that you relate to as a family- "are you allowed to have affection for your family?" Of course you're allowed to have affection for your family. It's normal. That's one level and one issue but there's another level and another issue. "What if your family/this bloc of people are involved in one way or the other with what is called dhulm/injustice/ offensive character/ oppression? How do you feel then?" This is not a hypothetical idea. A contemporary person of Allah's Prophet by the name of Waafilah ibn Al Asqa came to Allah's Prophet because an idea like that was circulating in his head and he asked him O Messenger of Allah- is it considered Asabiyyah for a person to have an affection/love his own people. Qawm here can be very local and more regional; it depends on how you describe qawm. It could be a community/society/nation. The person, Waafilah, is asking the Prophet is it an Asabiyyah to have feelings of affinity with a person's qawm/people. The Prophet's answer was no, but it is/become of Al Asabiyyah for a person to support his own people when they are acting with a behaviour of dhulm/injustice/offense/ oppression. Do you hear that?! If those features are in this person's qawm and then he identifies with them, this becomes an Asabiyyah. Ok- now we go to the time when Allah's Prophet arrived at Yathrib, (we know it's very cold out here), and he put together a document called Wathiqah Al Madinah or Kitab Al Madinah- it's referred to al wathiqah/kitab. In this document, listen to the wording. We know the make-up of Al Madinah/Yathrib at that time. We had Arabian individuals, the major tribal set-up between the Aws and the Khazraj and the Yahudi factions who are all living in Yathrib and then Allah's Prophet arrives and this document is agreed upon. What does it say? Of course it's a long one but among what it says is a sentence in which Allah's Prophet by-passes all of the Asabiyyaat that were prevalent and defined society at that time and says the committed Muslims as well as the Muslims, (meaning even those Muslims who are nominal/less than living out their commitment), coming from Quraysh and Yathrib, in reference to Muhajirin and Ansar and whoever joins them and whoever catches up with them and struggles with them… Now listen to Allah's Prophet's words- these define action. It has nothing to do with race/nationality/ethnicity/culture/tribalism. None of these elements of Asabiyyah are included here. Do you here these words? … and who follows them, (this means whoever becomes in their behaviour/character or fits into the mould of the Muhajirin/Ansar), and whoever comes later on and joins and struggles with them… All of these are defining actions/attitudes; they're not defining colour/language or whatever. So all of this … constitutes one body of people. And Yahud- Banu Qaynuqa'/Banu An Nadhir/Banu Quraydah… The Prophet here was not giving recognition to the internal differences among Yahud. He could have said Banu An Nadhir constitutes one body of people. Banu Qaynuqa' constitutes one body of people. Banu Quraydha constitutes one body of people. No. Even in the writing of this statement the Prophet wanted to consolidate away from Al Asabiyyah the population of Yathrib, Al Madinah now. Yahud have their deen and the Muslims have their deen. If we take a look at today's world, (we can't help it, but we have to make the leap from 1,400 years ago to today), we had an open mind/heart that could envision the co-existence of the Muslims and Yahud in one political order. There was no inferiority complex here, there was no feeling here that "oh- well we don't have enough power." Remember, this was when the Muslims were in the first days of the Islamic State/Society before Badr/Uhud when the Muslims proved that they were a power. They spoke with this confidence and they were still inclusive. No Asabiyyah was going to interfere with them and no economic-financial-religious-cultural-intellectual Yahudi clout was going to interfere with their understanding of Allah and His Prophet. And as they say the rest is history. We know how that worked itself out. The Muslims were the ones who were knocking down Asabiyyah and Yahud were the ones who were inflaming it; and because Yahud could not co-exist with a non-Asabi society they winded up having to leave Al Madinah as we know from the particulars and details of the Seerah. There's another that element that the contemporary Muslim mind has not investigated with detail and that is Al Mawaali. There was a concept in the Arabian Peninsular called Al Mawaali. Al Mawaali is a word that is the plural of mawla. This word was given to a person that was extraneous to the tribes of These were more-or-less the freelance/free wheeling nomads who said "now we are committed Muslims"… (Surah Al Hujurat verse 14) Wait a minute. Hold your horses. You are committed Muslims?! What proof /struggle/record do you have that speaks and says you are committed Muslims? The ayah These nomadic/freelancing/free wheeling Arabians said "but we are committed Muslims"… (Surah Al Hujurat verse 14) They have no history/record/struggle/background to show/prove it and then they appear and say "oh we are committed Muslims." The ayah says These nomadic Arabians said "we have committed ourselves"; say to them "no you haven't committed yourselves, what you have become are legal/on paper, (as we say today) Muslims" and still up till now iman has still not penetrated your hearts… (Surah Al Hujurat verse 14) Now when you know there is a people like that your knowledge of this can trigger an Asabiyyah in you. You become Muta'assib/Asabiyy vis-a-vis these type of people. There's another type of people called Al Mu'allafati Al Qulubuhum. A Qur'anic concept/word … and these are the ones who you have to win over to Islamic commitment so you give them support/money/finances so that they can reconcile themselves … (Surah Al Tawbah verse 60) There is hope for them, they just need a little help so from the Muslim treasury money goes out to them. A Muslim knowing this can begin to develop a Asabiyyah against them. So when Muslims develop their own Asabiyyah, they don't develop it strictly because they are fanatics/come from an Asabiyyah background. No. It could be the best person in the world, but when he sees a discrepancy or when there is a distance between him and the other Muslim he begins to develop a Asabiyyah and we developed these types of Asabiyyahs until we reached the day that we are in today. Brothers and sisters, committed Muslims… We have today around 300 million people who don't even know who they are. We're sorry to say this brothers and sisters because this is not easy for me to say because in a sense "I'm one of them." We have around 300 million people in the world today who don't know who they are. This is not an easy subject matter to open up. They got rid of their original Asabiyyah, what ever that may have been and because of their attempted sincerity, (we're not talking about one individual/generation, we're talking about 300 million people in 1,400 years), they no longer have the Asabiyyah they had originally before they became committed Muslims. After they became committed Muslims they could no longer gel around their Islamic duty/obligations. Part of this 300 million people are the 10 million who the world is focused on now in This khutbah was presented by Imam Mohammad Al Asi on the occasion of Jum'ah on 21 January 2011 on the sidewalk of Embassy Row in |
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Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem. Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam), his Noble Companions and Family. Committed Muslims… Audio on http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/apps/podcast/podcast/35760 (01-14-2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Qq8YSuxIo
PRE-ISLAMIC YAHUDI AND ARABIAN ASABIYYAH Our human nature catches up with us sometimes. It catches up some of us most of the times. Some people develop some questions and the attitude of "why can't we who are in this life long struggle together be smart about the mission at hand." We're just summarising the type of inert ideas/latent thoughts that many/most of us from time-to-time/many times think about/ have a feeling for. We are not the first ones to go down this path. There have been others who are much better/more honourable in the sight of Allah than our humble selves who also had the same responsibilities/objectives that we carry/share. First and foremost amongst them was Allah's final Messenger. Let us cover an area with you now, (we know it is cold out here), that we hope will not consume extra time. The Prophet of Allah was at Aqaba, (that's a place there in the Then we had another Asabiyyah and that was the Asabiyyah of the Arabians. They had their Asabiyyah. In one instance Abu Sufyan who is one of the headhantials of Makkah at the time, (so to speak), meets with a person called Urwah ibn Mas'ud ibn Al Thaqafi. He was another headhantial/leading figure in Thaqeef- that was his tribal affiliation or At Ta'if where he lived. So Urwah ibn Mas'ud asks Abi Sufyan there's a lot of talk about this person Muhammad. What do you think/say about him? Obviously a person from At Ta'if is asking a person from Makkah because the person in Makkah is living the facts and the daily life and what is going on in Makkah. They exchange some of what they had heard and then Abu Sufyan asks Urwah ibn Mas'ud would you ever contemplate becoming a follower of Muhammad? Listen- just like you listened before closely are you from the clients of Yahud that the Prophet of Allah asked Al Khazraj indicating their Asabiyyah, here we have Abu Sufyan asking Urwah ibn Mas'ud can you see yourself following that person, (in reference to the Prophet)? He said I can never see myself acknowledging a Prophet who does not come from Thaqeef, meaning not from us. This is Asabiyyah. Us! What's us! Who cares about Tribalism/Ethnicism/ Racialism/Nationalism- all of these components of this conflicting Asabiyyah?! The Prophet was living in the middle of all of this. So there were two significant expressions of Asabiyyah in the Prophet's lifetime- scriptural Asabiyyah expressed by Yahud there and then and then tribal Asabiyyah expressed by tribes/power factions such as Quraysh/Ath Thaqif and the rest of these tribes within whom the Prophet was trying to explain his mission to real people in the world. Then we have the interests that have a way of gelling together elites/powerful individuals. The Prophet came with a message that was meant for everyone- whether they are powerful/wealthy or not didn't matter. The words of the Qur'an were reverberating in the society of Makkah and We want to favor those who have been disenfranchised, dispossessed of power or who are powerless in the World and We want to render and make of them- through their own efforts- … leaders and inheritors when they are involved. (Surah Al Qassas verse 4) These words did not sit well with those who were high up in society. "What are you saying? You mean your God is saying that He wants to favour those who don't have anything- the poor/dislocated/poverty stricken/hungry/displaced?! What is this?! No. No. No. Don't bother us with this." Brothers and sisters- this ayah, (provided people think and know what they are saying and listening to), irritates those who have power. (If) you come and tell them that Allah wants to favour/bring up the poor person around the corner there who doesn't have a home/shelter/money… No. They don't want to hear that. This is nothing new. In previous times people in the history of Bani Isra'eel said (in the) time of Talut just a regular person/ average individual in the eyes of the elites was plucked out of society and then became the commander/leader – no-no-no don't give us that! The words of the Qur'an eternalise this attitude. … and how can this person be our leader when we are more qualified to be the leaders than he is and besides, he doesn't have that much money/wealth ...(Surah Al Baqarah verse 247) These words in the Qur'an mean to us that this attitude is not going to go away. It was there thousands of years ago, at the time of the Prophet and it is here now. We have people who act like that. Now when we have these facts of life what do you do? Some people think they are jammed/can't get anywhere (so) they want to deal/traffic with these Asabiyyaat- "hey, let us give you a meter/yard and you give us a meter/yard so that we can get our act together." You know - this explains to us many of these people who used to be here for Jum'ah prayers twenty-five/thirty years ago. Where are they now? Some of them have their normal activities in life that take them away and that's understandable but those who are supposed to be in Islamic positions and who are supposed to have an Islamic mind/heart go traffic with those who occupy/steal the Masajid/Hurumat/sanctities of Allah?! We have these types of people. Why? Because they say "we want to get our act together." Well- who do we have as reference in all of this? Many people have different thoughts/ideas and they are entitled to that but who is their reference? Is it Allah and His Prophet or is it something else? The Prophet of Allah stood on principle and he did not give an inch to these Asabiyyaat. He did not relinquish some principle because of these Asabiyyaat but in our days/times that's exactly what we have. We have some people who think (this is) the best way to get things done and for us to begin to have traction with the people. They will not say/express this in public and we need not hear their words in public because their actions speak louder than any eloquent speeches that they may have prepared or can buy with their money! The Prophet of Allah stood on principle and Allah caused a change to occur. Allah will bring a respite and a breakthrough provided Muslims remain devoted to their principles. Don't loose sight of principles! Brothers and sisters- this is cold weather and we have no time to elaborate at length but please if you forget everything that was said don't forget that a Muslim does not/ will not surrender one scintilla/iota of his principle. Committed Muslims… In the course of the past week or so we have been privy to what appears to be the beginning of the unravelling of the proxy Zionist/Imperialist network in what is called the This khutbah was presented by Imam Mohammad Al Asi on the occasion of Jum'ah on 14 January 2011 on the sidewalk of Embassy Row in |
