In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Our enemy is not our own kind -- Muslims or non-Muslims. The true enemy of mankind is the Shaytan. This is very ancient conflict, continuing since the time when Allah, the One free and far removed from all defects, created our father, Adam ('alayhis-salaam), and what occurred between him and Shaytan is well known. This conflict will be intensified or diminished depending on the slave's closeness to or distance away from his Lord.
We have been forewarned as our father and our mother has been forewarned.
وَنَادَاهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٢٢ ....[Qur'an, Al-A'raf 7:21]
...And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?" (22)
So let this be a warning for us, and its opposite be glad tidings. We must not leave any way for Shaytan to enter upon our hearts through our actions, granting him neither full nor partial access. Indeed his deceptions are many and his traps abundant.
So beware of this, and do not let Shaytan trap you with his snares and his tricks, and your impregnable fortress against him is the constant remembrance of Allah.
Shaytan won't sit still until he sees us just as doomed as him, and be his companions in Hellfire.
From Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah (radiyAllâhu ‘anhu) who said that Allâh’s Messenger said:
“Indeed Shaytan has despaired that those who pray should worship (him) in the Arabian peninsular, however (he seeks) to provoke animosity between them.”
Shaytan will cause animosity between men and women, men and men, women and women, siblings, husband and wife, in-laws, friends, leaders, nations, and so on. Unrest is everywhere -- nasty divorces, child custody battles, domestic violence, adultery, family disputes, neighbor disputes, landlord tenant disputes, hate crimes, killings, wars...
Perhaps a word which one does not realize allows to escape from his tongue and it falls upon one of the servants of Allah, or a mistake he makes, perhaps this will cause a great fire to blaze in the hearts of the brothers. Shaytan desires this the most and it causes him to be joyful and happy.
Part of that animosity is actually done in the name of Islam. The most beautiful Sunnah of the Prophet (salAllâhu ‘alaihi wa’sallam) is made so ugly, distorted, mutated and presented as the Sunnah. But it is actually nothing but the opposite of the Sunnah. The worst and the most poisonous propaganda against Islam, unfortunately, is not being done by non Muslims, but it is done at the hands of Muslims, whether knowingly or unknowingly. People would say the most satanic things against their fellow Muslims.
From Abdullah ibn Mas’ood (radiyAllâhu ‘anhumaa) who said:
“How will you be when you are covered by a trial in which the young grow up and the old become infirm. If anything of it is abandoned it is said: The Sunnah has been abandoned. It was said: When will that occur, O Aboo Abdur Rahman? He said: When your scholars pass away, and those ignorant amongst you become many; when those who recite amongst you are many, but those who have understanding of the religion are few; when your leaders are many, but those who are trustworthy are few; when this world is sought with actions of the Hereafter; and when knowledge is sought for other than the Religion.”
So the means of escape is to follow the example provided for us. Indeed obeying and following Allah’s Messenger (salAllâhu ‘alaihi wa’sallam) is the greatest escape from the trials which envelop us.
So learn, and act, and fear Allah and obey Him that you may be shown mercy.
Allah has given us a special gift that no other creation were given, not even the angels, that is, Allah Himself taught our father, Adam, names and attributes of things.
وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ﴿٣١[Qur'an, Al-Baqarah 2:58]
And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful." (31)
What we each has is a piece of that revelation. As a result, humans can take the raw material of this earth and design and produce things. Use that for our mutual benefit and not to harm or kill each other.
Remember, Shaytan is forever lurking to carry out his promise against mankind.
قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ﴿١٦﴾ ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُم مِّن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَائِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ ﴿١٧[Qur'an, Al-A'raf 7:16-17]
[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path. (16) Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]." (17)
Learn the Sunnah and apply them in your lives for that is a sure way to making this world a better place. If you don't get to see it in your lifetime, at least you have done your part and hopefully you won't be held accountable for the corruption on this earth, inshaa Allah.
May Allah grant us safety and well-being and protect us from the evil whispers from among the jinn and mankind. Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wassallam.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazak Allahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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