'Muslims' attack Luton Dawah Stall

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6392580.ece

Assalaamu Alaykum all,

above is a link to a distressing story of the so-called moderate muslims of Luton attacking the Dawah Stall there.

Subhanallah this may seem distressing, that they would stoop to attacking those calling to Allah but didn't the Quresh attack the believers in Makkah and attempt to destroy them in Medina?

If you study the life of all the prophets, indeed major scholars who revived islam in their day, you will see there comes a time when their Dawah is beginning to be successful and the Kuffar and Munafiqeen move from a position of rediculing the da'ee to physically attacking him.

We seem to be reaching this time in the UK now, and instead of learning to stand together as in the story of the three bulls the munafiqeen in the muslim community have instead began to call the da'ee the trouble maker, not themself.

And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah and the last day; and they are not at all believers.

They desire to deceive Allah and those who believe, and they deceive only themselves and they do not perceive.

In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie.

And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the land, they say: We are but peace-makers.

Now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not perceive.

Translation of the Quran, 2:8 - 2:11

There were munafiqeen in the time of our beloved prophet Muhammad (saws) and in just the same way many Masaajid congregations and indeed committees are have a munafiq present, who will report back to the kuffar, take their side and unfortunately when such individuals get into positions of power they will use it to aid themselves and their kuffar allies and bend the jahil muslims to do their bidding for them.

May Allah (swt) guide this ummah, keep us strong and firm on the right path, guide the youth away from the filthy kufr and nifaq of these false leaders and towards the trusty hand hold given by the genuine leaders of islam in the uk, ameen.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

Saw something amusing today...

Assalaamu alaykum all,

I was out handing our leaflets outside jummah today regarding why voting is haram and a form of shirk, the one taking part in it associating a partner with Allah as he alone has the right to legislate and if anyone gives that right to another then he has taken them as a taghoot and has become a muskrik.

ok so far, not much funniness going on...

but on the way home what did i see?

the local polling station signs are up already, right outside the gates of the local hindu temple, so the people will get to go into the mushrik place of worship to cast their vote and take their MEP's and other elected representatives as partners besides Allah.

Assalaamu alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

A baby is born...

Assalaamu Alaykum all,

been a while since I last posted but have some excellent news, no not a real baby as such, but just as good as with us being able to welcome Brother Muhammad into the deen who said his shahadah with us on the Dawah Stall in the city centre we do.

Mashallah, we didn't even really need to talk him into it, he just saw our banner and said it was something he had been thinking about for a while and wanted to become a Muslim.

So we checked he believed in the 6 articles of faith, mashallah yes he did so we just went ahead and did the shahadah there and then on the stall, he then went home had a shower and when we had finished doing the stall for the day we went to meet him and spent a few hours teaching him a few basic things about salaah and seeing he was welcomed correctly into the local masjid.

Alhamdulillah, they were more than good, all the brothers giving him hugs, from the oldest of elders to the youngest of the madrassa kids, really was a boost to your imaan to see such brotherhood displayed as unfortunetely so many masaajid fall down in the responsibility towards new muslims.

He is getting lessons now most nights, and has an excellent memory, picking up the arabic very quickly and already wants to come out on the stall and help us call others to Islam, mashallah it is good to see someone so strong in the deen so quickly.

Now when someone embraces Islam, they are as sinless as baby, we don't believe in all that original sin crap the christians beat themselves up with, so bro Muhammad is now as sinless a new born child, all his sins wipes clean and gone.

We should all remember that whilst we are waiting to make hijrah enjoining the good and forbidding the evil in society are fard upon us, dawah is fard upon each according to our ability and public dawah is a fard kifiyyah responsibility upon us all that is not done anywhere near enough.

Some people think Dawah is difficult, ok it isn't easy but to give Dawah to a non-muslim is easy compared to a muslim, you don't need knowledge of usul fiqh or anything other than a basic knowledge of tawhid, Sheikh bin Baaz once said whomever knows Surah Ikhlas has enough knowledge to give dawah but yet most muslims in the west leave Dawah to mufti saab, but mufti saab usually never leaves the masjid so I guess that means dawah never gets done.

We all need to start taking our obligations to do Dawah seriously, just go and call your neighbours, work colleagues, fellow students, anyone and pretty soon you'll get the hang of it. You'll get asked questions you have never heard before but just have the courage to say politely I don't know but take their number and go find out for them.

Maybe if we all get busy enough the land we are living in right now might end up being Darul Islam, stranger things have happened in history.

So please all make Dua for brother Muhammad, that Allah swt keeps him strong and firm on the straight path, that he makes him successful in this life and more importantly the next and that he makes us all strong Da'ees firm upon his message of Tawheed to mankind, ameen.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

Oman - a good land to make Hijrah to?

Assalaamu Alaykum,

been a long time since I did a country profile for Hijrah purposes but here are my thoughts on Oman, a country hardly anyone knows about much less considers for Hijrah.

please bare in mind these are my thoughts based on my research but you may have totally different views based on your research and experience so if you disagree with anything let me know because I don't want to misguide anyone.

1. How easy is it to practice the Deen and to what level, also how practicing are the people there?

From what I can tell more people seem to be practicing than many other countries, women cover usually, men as well and praying five times a day is the norm with the promotion of the five pillars by the ulema there.

Oman is unusual in that it is 55% Ibadiyah, then a large minority Ahlus Sunnah, then a smaller Shi'a minority.

Ibadi's are as far as I can tell Ahlul Qibla, i.e Muslims but not of the saved sect, but have some strange rationalist beliefs and are very strict on the five pillars, believing it is kufr to abandon them.

There have been no reports of disappearances, torture, mistreatement etc of those calling to the deen of Allah, unlike in most other arab lands so seems at first glance to be a better place for making Hijrah than many other places.


2. Autopsy allowed or not?

Autopsy is not the norm, usually only when the Royal Omani Police decide there is some suspicious circumstances in the death will an autopsy take place and even then a letter from the British Embassy will usually be respected to stop this from happening.


3. How easy is it to move to this land and how easy or difficult is it to get citizenship?

Need a tourist or work visa to travel there, with little or no chance of getting citizenship but you can remain if have savings or children are supporting you. So would need financial stability to remain in this country or have the kids married and working here to remain long term.


4. What are the employment prospects like for someone like me, an English speaker with no degree?

Like most simular arab nations, the international companies want English speakers which is the normal language for such places, as well as this good opportunities in teaching English.


5. What are the medical facilities like for residents and citizens?

From my own checking the system is private but subsidised for citizens and some residents, would need to check the status of this before moving there to find whether the Job I was doing fell under subsidised medical care or not.


6. What are the other benefits like for residents and citizens?

Good benefits but only for citizens.


7. What is the general culture like there?

Culture is quite steriotypically Arab but they've tried not to become too westernised and hang onto their islamic roots more. They also have a reputation of being hospitable to outsiders unlike some gulf countries.

The cost of living is also much lower and they haven't gone for the boom or broke economic model of many gulf countries, keeping things more moderate and tame.



8. What are the environmental conditions like?

Any sea level rises will cause moderate damage but not too severe and no widespread coastal damage. The country also has a great deal of arable land and a fishing industry and with little tourist industry makes it quite alot more attractive economically when the oil crash comes or this countries oil reserves run out.


9. How stable is the country?

Seems very stable for a muslim country, no border disputes or any disputes so wars very unlikely.


Conclusion

In conclusion it looks very good, stable, not prone to the widespread damage we are likely to see elsewhere with global warming, sea level rises etc.

Seems a better option than many places due to the character of the people and country but issues of not being able to settle perminently unless the kids are there working also.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah