Did Prophet Muhammad Warn Us of ISIS ?
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“কোরানের নিবিড় পাঠে এটা স্পষ্ট যে, আইএসের মতো দলগুলোর কর্মকাণ্ড ইসলামের বিধি-বিধানের সম্পূর্ণ পরিপন্থী। কোরানে একটি হত্যাকাণ্ডকে ‘পুরো মানবজাতিকে নির্মূল করার’ সমতুল্য বলা হয়েছে (সুরা মায়েদাহ) এবং ফিৎনাকে (নৈরাজ্য, বিশৃঙ্খলা) বিবেচনা করা হয়েছে হত্যার চেয়েও গুরুতর অপরাধ হিসেবে (সুরা বাকারা)।
“ইসলামে শান্তি, ন্যায়বিচার ও মানবাধিকারের উপর গুরুত্ব দেয়া হয়েছে। বিবেকের স্বাধীনতাকে সর্বোচ্চ গুরুত্ব দেয়ার পাশাপাশি ধর্মত্যাগ ও ধর্মনিন্দার (ব্লাসফেমি) জন্য ইহজাগতিক শাস্তি নিষিদ্ধ করা হয়েছে।”
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আজিজ হাসান,
আজিজ হাসান,
Did Prophet Muhammad Warn Us of ISIS ?
In separate
attacks last week, ISIS terrorists killed 39 tourists at a beach
resort in Tunisia Kuwait
This feature is
shared across all terrorist groups operating in the name of Islam. The vast
majority of the victims of the Taliban, for instance, are also Muslims.
Hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed just in the last few years. And I
have lost many close friends in similar attacks on the Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan Indonesia Bangladesh Afghanistan America
So when some
anti-Islam critics keep doggedly associating the faith of us Muslims with the
acts of our tormentors, we call them out for their insensitivity.
I
do not disagree that part of the motivation for religious extremism is rooted
in perverted interpretation of scripture by radical extremists. However, it is
dishonest to label the vast majority of Muslims who reject such interpretations
as non-devout or "nominal."
An
honest study of the Quran shows that groups like ISIS act in complete
defiance of the injunctions of Islam. The Quran, for instance,
equates one murder to the elimination of the whole human race (5:32 ), and considers persecution and disorder on earth as an
even worse offense (2:217). It lays emphasis on peace, justice and human
rights. It champions freedom of conscience and forbids worldly punishment for apostasy and blasphemy.
A study of the
traditions of the Prophet Muhammad also demonstrates that he warned us of the
rise of religious extremism in this age in astonishing detail.
1,400 years ago, he
prophesized that a time would come when nothing would remain of Islam but its
name, nothing of the Quran but its word, and that many "Mosques would be
splendidly furnished but destitute of guidance" (Mishkatul Masabih). In
these latter days, the true spiritual essence of Islam would be lost, and
religion, for the most part, would be reduced to a ritualistic compulsion. He
foretold that the clergy would be corrupt and be a source of strife during
these times.
How true this is of
the extremist clerics in parts of the Muslim world that abuse the pulpit to
preach division and hate.
He
also went on to describe terrorist groups such as ISIS that would try to
hijack the Islamic faith. At this time of dissension, he said there would
appear "a group of young people who would be immature in thought and
foolish." They would speak beautiful words but commit the most heinous of
deeds. They would engage in so much prayer and fasting that the worship of the
Muslims would appear insignificant in comparison. They would call people to the
Quran but would have nothing to do with it in reality. The Quran would not go beyond their throats, meaning they wouldn't
understand its essence at all, merely regurgitating it selectively. The Prophet
then went on to describe these people as "the worst of the creation."
As if this outline
wasn't clear enough, another tradition in the book Kitaab Al Fitan reported by
Caliph Ali, the fourth successor to Prophet Muhammad, describes these people as
having long hair and bearing black flags. Their "hearts will be hard as iron,"
and they would be the companions of a State (Ashab ul Dawla). Interestingly, ISIS refers to itself as
the Islamic State or Dawla. The tradition further mentions that they will break
their covenants, not speak the truth and have names that mention their cities.
The ISIS caliph, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, comes to
mind.
Prophet Muhammad
furiously and painfully described these evildoers, and admonished Muslims to
beware of their evil and fight it. "Whoever fights them is better to Allah
than them," he proclaimed.
Reflect on this
critical point. Whenever ISIS kills in the name
of Islam, claims to follow the Quran, or uses the Holy month of Ramadan to
spread anarchy across the globe, know that Prophet Muhammad explicitly warned
us of these imposters, and entrusted us to root them out.
The only people who
refuse to reflect on this point are ISIS, ISIS sympathizers and
anti-Islam extremists who want the world to believe that ISIS is legitimate.
Intelligent people,
meanwhile, see Prophet Muhammad's prophetic wisdom and thus remain united
against both ignorance and extremism.
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rights advocate
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