By Ghulam Ghaus
Siddiqi, New Age Islam
13 June 2019
There are certainly war-related rulings in the
Quran and Ahadith, but they are contextual and relevant only for preventing
oppression, curbing religious persecutions and gaining religious rights. It
will be injustice for any “Islamist or Jihadist groups” to apply them to a
pluralistic country, especially India, where people of different religions
coexist with all their respective religious freedom and civil rights. Moreover,
Indian Constitution also guarantees security from religious persecutions; it
will be unfair for anyone to take the law in their own hands to punish the
persecutors or go to join the “Islamist” groups such as ‘ISIS’ which itself is
a group of transgressors, oppressors and religious persecutors.(Related
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We have been saying it repeatedly that the concept
of Islamic war, which is fought by the State of Islam, is fully confined to
repelling religious persecutions, whether committed by believers or
non-believers, and not against all Kuffar. Therefore, we find in the
Quran the allowance to coexist with non-violent Kuffar, disbelievers or
non-Muslims in peace, as God Almighty says in the Quran, “And if any one of the
polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may
hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is
because they are a people who do not know.” (9:6)
In a pluralistic society where non-violent people
of different faiths coexist enjoying their respective rights under the
constitutional laws, it will be sheer injustice, from Islamic perspective, to
encourage war or unfair retaliation. In such a society of pluralism, the
primary goal of Muslims and non-Muslims should be to raise echoes of peace,
tranquility, tolerance, kindness and compassion.
The faithful Muslims who want to devote their life
to the cause of God Almighty must develop it with the sense of general command
of mercy, kindness and compassion towards all creations of Allah Almighty,
regardless of religion, caste, race, culture and colour.
A number of Ahadith (sayings of the Prophet peace
be upon him) teach Muslims to adopt approach of general mercy, kindness and
compassion towards all creations. Some of them are as follows;
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) is reported to have said, “Almighty Allah does bestow His Mercy
upon a person who is not merciful upon the people” (narrated by Jareer bin
Abdullah, Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)
Hazrat Abu Hurairah
said that he heard Abul Qasim, the Truthful and the Deliverer of the Truth
(peace be upon him) saying, “Mercy is not removed but from a wretched person”
(Musnad Ahmad, Tirmidhi)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Rahmaan (Allah) has Mercy on those who have mercy. Be
compassionate to those on the earth and He Whose Divine Authority is over the
skies, will be Merciful towards you”. (Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi reported from
Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “He who shows no mercy upon our children and shows no respect
to our elders, and he who does not command righteous deeds and he who does not
forbid evil, is not from amongst us”. (Tirmidhi reported it from Ibn ‘Abbas)
It is reported from
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that if a young person respects an elderly
person due to his old-age, then Allah will appoint for him, one who respect in
his old-age.
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “It is from the signs of Respect for Allah, to be respectful to
an elderly Muslim, and to respect one who bears the Qur’an (i.e. a Hafiz), who
is neither Ghaali nor Jaafi, and to be respectful to a Just
Ruler”. (Abu Dawud reported this Hadith from Abu Musa)
The words ‘Ghaali’
and ‘Jaafi’ refer to those who exaggerate and do not focus on the accuracy of
the words or those who recite merely for showiness. So this hadith asks us to
be respectful towards those Huffaz of the Quran who are neither Ghaali
nor Jaafi.
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “A believer (Mumin) is a sanctuary of affection, and there
is no good in that person who neither shows any affection nor receives any
affection” (Imam Ahmad and Baihaqi reported it on the authority of Abu
Hurairah)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Whosoever fulfils the need of someone in my Ummah with the
aim of making him happy, he has pleased me and whosoever pleases me has
pleased Allah, and whosoever pleases Allah, Allah will enter him into Heaven
(Jannat)” (Baihaqi reported it on the authority of Hazrat Anas)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Whosoever redresses the grievances of an aggrieved person,
Allah will have seventy three blessings and absolutions recorded for him.
Through one of them, all of his issues will be set aright and with the
remaining seventy two, his status will be elevated on the Day of Judgment”
(Baihaqi reported it on the authority of Hazrat Anas)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “All believers (Muminin) are like one person (i.e. one
body). If his eye is inflicted (by illness), then his entire body is ill and if
there is an illness in his head, then his entire body is ill” (Sahih Muslim
on the authority of Nu’man bin Basheer)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “A believer unto another believer is the example of a solid
structure, that part of it gives strength to other parts of it. He (peace be
upon him) then intertwined the fingers of his one hand to the fingers of the
other hand. In other words, Muslims too, should be united in the same manner as
the fingers are entwined”. (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim reported it on the
authority of Abu Musa)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Assist your brother, be he the oppressor or the oppressed!’
Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allah!
If he is oppressed then I will (surely) assist him, but if he is the oppressor,
how should I assist him?’ He
said, “Stop him from committing oppression. In this way you will be helping him”.
(Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Mulsim on the authority of Hazrat Anas)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “A Muslim is a brother unto another Muslim. Neither should he
oppress him, nor should he quit assisting him and one who is there for his
brother in a time of need, Allah is there in his time of need. Whosoever
removes a single difficulty of a Muslim, Allah will eliminate for him one
difficulty from the difficulties of Judgment (Qiyaamat), and that person who
veils the secrets of another Muslim; Allah Almighty will veil his secrets on
the day of Judgment” (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim on the authority of Ibn
Umar)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “I swear an oath by Him in Whose Divine Control is my life, a
servant is not a true believer unless he loves for his Muslim brother that
which he loves for himself” (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim reported it from
Hazrat Anas)
Hazrat Tameem Daari
reported narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Deen (Religion)
is to wish-well (i.e. to be supportive and loyal)’. He said it thrice. We asked
“Who should be loyal to?”. He (peace be upon him) said, “Allah and His
Messenger and His Divine Book and the Learned leaders of the believers and to
the Muslims in general” (Sahih Muslim)
Hazrat Jareer bin
Abdullah says, “We pledged the oath of allegiance at the hands of the Messenger
of Allah (peace be upon him) to establish Namaz, give Zakaat and to be
supportive (i.e. caring) to every Muslim” (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Treat each person according to his status’. In other words,
approach each person as it is befitting his status. Do not deal with everyone in
the same manner, but in doing so, one must take heed not to belittle or
embarrass anyone else”. (Abu Dawud reported this Hadith from Hazrat Ayesha –
May Allah be pleased with her)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “A good person amongst you is one from whom there is
expectation of good and from whose mischief others are spared. A bad person
amongst you is one from whom there is no expectation of any good and from whose
mischief others are not spared”. (Tirmidhi and Baihaqi reported this hadith
on the authority of Abu Hurairah)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “The entire creation is dependent on Allah and the dearest
to Allah is the one who is kind towards all those who are dependent upon Him”
(Baihaqi reported it from Hazrat Anas)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Always remain in the fear of Allah wherever you may be, and if
you commit any wrong, then thereafter do that which is right. This righteous
deed will cleanse it and approach people with good manners” (Tirmidhi reported
it on the authority of Hazrat Abu Zirr) – May Allah be pleased with all
companions!
A regular Columnist with
NewAgeIslam.com, Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi Dehlvi is an Alim and Fazil (Classical
Islamic scholar), with a Sufi-Sunni background and English-Arabic-Urdu
Translator. He has also done B.A (Hons.) in Arabic, M.A. in Arabic and M.A in
English from JMI, New Delhi. He is Interested in Islamic Sciences; Theology,
Jurisprudence, Tafsir, Hadith and Islamic mysticism (Tasawwuf).
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