-----Original Message----- From: TSidd96472 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elainegem1; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kk2ny; Imamlatif; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:46:43 -0500 Subject: Fwd: THE EID GIFT FOR THE UMMAH
Respected Brothers, Assalamu Alaikim Cogratulations for completing month long fasting in Ramadan and cementing your relation with Allah but what lies in the lot of Ummah is our guess only. I have envisioned the way I see this world today. You may add your perspective and complete the picture. and then resolve what to do next? Shamim Siddiqi -----Original Message----- From: TSidd96472 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:18:52 -0500 Subject: THE EID GIFT FOR THE UMMAH Mohtram Javed BHAI, ASSALAMU ALAIKUM This evening I wrote tro you that I will not be able to send you any thing but Alhamdulillah, later on computer worked. So the article is here. You may find it thought oroivoking. Kindly confirm receipt. Shamim Siddiqi In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful THE EID "GIFT" FOR UMMAH [Shamim A Siddiqi, New York] Eid Day is the day of rejoicing and of greetings to each other. In a Hadith of Rasulullah (S), it is called the "Day of Reward". Its narration goes as follows: "Sa'd bin Aws Ansari narrates from his father, Aws Ansari ® that Rasulallah (S) said, "When the day of Eid comes, the angles of Allah take position at the corners of each street and declare, "O the Believers! Proceed to your Lord Who is very merciful, tells you about the good deeds, favors you with Tawfeeq to practice them and then award you with big rewards. He ordained you for Traviah and you did it, He ordained you to fast during the daytime and you fasted, you followed the directives from your Lord, now come and pick up your prizes." When the people complete their Eid prayers, an angle announces, "O the people! Your Lord has pardoned you, so returned to your homes with flying colors. This is the reward of Eid day and this day is known in the word of angles as the "Day of Reward." (Hadith # 50 - The Provision for Akhira) In fact, it is the solemn reward of Allah (SWT) to individual Muslims and Muslimah who fast during the month of Ramadan for the sake of Allah with Iman and evaluating what it demands in life with an acute sense of accountability. The quantum of individual reward depends on the quality of Sawm. They get it as declared by Allah but the fate of Muslim Ummah no where is budging an inch from its precarious condition. It means our fasting, out Traviah, or Qayam and Infaq are neither cementing our relation with our Allah nor are we getting our relations cemented with the society. As such, the Barakah of Ramadan is not visible in the body politics of the Ummah. Its condition stands tormented, and ravaged. It is valueless. It is just like shuttle cock and everyone is playing with its fate in the manner it suits him. All the powerful nations of the world are playing with its destiny. Under these conditions the Muslim Ummah is celebrating "EID - 2005" under very odd and extremely miserable condition. It has lost its leadership role in the community of nations. Its followers are condemned by its adversaries as the "terrorists". It stands "captivated" partly by its own despotic rulers, kings and Sheikhs and partly by its adversaries, including the mono-superpower of the time. Natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, famine, draught, cyclones and mud slides are rampant every now and then. The people of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir are under extremely miserable condition in the aftermath of recent earthquake of October 8, 2005. Afghanistan and Iraq have already been fully occupied by the USA whereas Iran and Syria are under the constant threat of USA-Israel. The Gulf States and the Muslim countries of North Africa are within the pocket of America and the Muslim countries of Central Asia are suffering under the tutelage of neo-communist despotic regimes. The Muslim countries of the Far East, BD, Malaysia and Indonesia are Muslims in name only. They are harping on the tunes of the West and towing down the lines of "War on Terrorism" of President Bush on their respective people. Leaving aside the political subjugation of the Muslim world as pinpointed above it is systematically being enslaved in different other aspects of our collective life. Briefly it can be described as follows. Socially, it is imitating the liberal and free-for-all cultural values of the West and its immoral practices. Muslim societies are fast being infested with dance-drink-disco culture. Sanctity of our family life is in jeopardy. Rate of divorce is multiplying as in the West. Perverted sexual behaviors are visible everywhere. Gay marriages are being celebrated openly. Liberal lifestyle is overshadowing. Even the EID parties are organized and celebrated in clubs and private houses on the pattern of Christmas or New Year's night fever. Visit to any Muslim society in the cities and cosmopolitan towns will give the impression that you are in London, Paris or Washington, presenting the picture that Allamah Iqbal articulated in this couplet: "Hamiyat nam tha jiska gayee Taimur kay Ghar say" [What was called modesty has departed from the house of Taimur] Economically, each Muslim country is running under the grip of interest based capitalistic system. No where the self-sustained social welfare system of Islam is visible. All means of exploitation that Islam prohibits are the effective means of livelihood of Muslim masses. Interest bearing foreign debts are surmounting and multiplying in billions every year, giving leverage to the lending countries to interfere in the internal affairs if the debtor countries, fast heading towards total economic slavery in the forthcoming age of Globalization and increasing role of market economy. The above scenario produces a very grim picture of Muslim Ummah from Casablanca to Jakarta and from Sana'a to Samarqand. This is the picture that Ummah faces on this Eid Day. It, therefore, cannot be pronounced as the day of rejoicing when the entire body of the Ummah is bleeding fast and stands mutilated everywhere from its head to toe. We will be failing in our duty if we say" Happy Eid" or "Eid Sayeed" to our fellow Muslims till we are able to free the entire Muslim world from the clutches of the foreign occupation and un-Islamic influences at each front and we are able to establish the system, the Deen of Allah in Muslim countries that guarantees the basic needs of every Muslim and Muslimah along with effectively introducing total equality and freedom for all who live under its domain. That would be the happiest Eid for each Muslim and let us all commit ourselves to struggle for it on this Eid Day. That would be the real Gift of Eid for this Ummah, Muslim Ummah is waiting for those precious moments for centuries together and that Day of Eid is yet to be born. Shamim Siddiqi Contact E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] November 1, 2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." 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