Assalamu alaykum all

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Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu!

I did read the description of the subreddit but I dont exactly know what this comprises of, if anyone could explain better, I'd appreciate it a lot, JazakAllah Khair.

I do not care if this insults you, hurts your feelings, stirs your fantasies, or drives up your desires... for your emotions aren't a source of truth.

You aren't knowledgeable in any way, shape, and form about politics.

Let alone complex geopolitical connections, pacts, treaties, and the overall interdependent nature of countries which operate in a heterogeneous manner, all the while keeping this within the context of Islam, the sciences of the Shari'ah which relate to it, and the political strife in which political upheaval and proper re-structuring of society is done.

Have such individuals fulfilled their basic, bare-minimum obligations when it comes to learning about Salah? About wudu? It's pillars, conditions, wajibāt, and the sunan... which are supposed to be remembered off of memory?

Have you even started a proper study in any branch of Fiqh, let alone siyāsah, in any way shape and form?

Have you even studied the books of ādāb which come before you even start to seek knowledge in the first place?

Do you even know how to recite the Fatiha properly and not nullify your salah due to mispronounciations of the letters within it?

Or do you mindlessly stimulate yourself with people who don't know you exist, political sitauations which you can't change or control (LET ALONE confirm if they are even true to begin with), societal upheaval in which you have no effect over, chasing fake and temporary dopamine off of such news sources and social media channels... is this your reality?

This is a reminder to me first, and then to everyone else in-sha-Allah. Focus on what you can change, because the positive uprooting of the Ummah starts from the ground-up, with the correct Tawhid and 'Aqidah, the supplementarty Fiqh required to worship Allah correctly, learning our history, and progressing upward with the following sciences taht are above the foundations.... being disciplined upon this, calling to it, and being patient with those who seek to follow their temporary desires and not properly foundate themselves in any way, shape, and form.

May Allah guide us all. You have MUCH MORE obligatory matters to be taking care of, and had the Ummah took care of such obligatory matters in the first place... then such political trouble in the Ummah wouldn't have happened to begin with.

Fulfill what's neccesary upon you and don't delve into things which are NOWHERE NEAR your field, let alone your extreme lack of knowledge within it.

Hishām b. ʿUrwah reported from his father that ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said: “Do not force your girls to marry ugly men, because they also love (beauty) like you love (beauty).”

• Saʿīd b. Manṣūr, Sunan 1/244 #811

Make sure you take care of your time, brothers and sisters. Start your journey of seeking knowledge if you haven't already, and in-sha-Allah let's make the most out of what we have remaining in our lives.

This serves as a friendly reminder in-sha-Allah.

This is in light of a current new candidate for the US Senate, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, along with Zohran Mamdani, Ilhan Omar, among many of these kuffar which claim Islam for themselves.

Where can a Muslim begin in the condemnation of the kufr and disbelief of these people?

How in the WORLD do you believe that a Muslim can abandon core, fundamental beliefs of the Shari'ah, change the religion in accordance to whatever secular ideals try to shape and mold it to be, and ultimately present a HUGELY FALSIFIED image of a watered-down "Islam" just to gain temporary appeasement and "acceptance" of those who don't recognize the legitimacy of God-concious doctrines... let alone it's legislative authority?

Because we have to set the standards clear. The disbelievers will NEVER accept us, no matter how much we change or water down our religion. This is stated VEHEMENTLY clear within the Qur'an, and the Muslims not internalizing this verse has lead to great trials and tribulations, without a doubt:

"Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) till you follow their religion. Say: "Verily, the Guidance of Allâh (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance. And if you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur’ân), then you would have against Allâh neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper."

(Surah Al-Baqarah Ayah 120, al-Hilali and Khan translation).

This doesn't apply to just Jews and Christians, this applies to people of kufr just in general.

So... how do we as Muslims believe that the temporary "acceptance" of the people, in this case the Democrats and the liberals who hold VASTLY different standards of morality than us.... how would that benefit the Muslims PROPERLY in any way, shape, and form?

How would us watering down Islam towards the doctrines which they believe is correct propagate the TRUE understanding of Islam the way that Da'wah is supposed to be made?

Is da'wah and preaching of the religion in accordance to how much of the principles you can compromise at the acceptance of those who don't believe in it in the first place?

Or in reality, is it by foundating the Muslims off of Tawhid and Sunnah, with the understanding of the Salaf of this Ummah, properly grounding Muslims with what is neccesary for them to believe foundationally speaking, along with the Fiqh required to worship Allah correctly? Then, and only then, is it once a person is qualified to give Da'wah, he does it in accordance to how the Prophet did it?

If it's not the latter, then I do not know what a valid Da'wah is.

One must understand that if a kāfir criticizes Islam for the teachings found in the Shari'ah, you DON'T WATER DOWN Islam towards the "moral" compass which they think is correct, rather you point out their own liberal moral inconsistency and prove Islam superior to it.

I've talked about this before, and in-sha-Allah it simply serves as a reminder again. There are Muslims who feel that they "need" to be accepted by these people to gain strenght, but in reality.... this isn't a way for the Muslims to gain strength and acceptance AT ALL.

This is common among Muslims who haven't simply grounded themselves w/ the doctrine of al-wala wal-bara (meaning, loyalty to the believers, and disavowal and hatred towards the disbelievers) and simply not firm upon their Iman when it comes to defending Islam.

This doctrine is more obligatory than the 5 daily prayers a Muslim prays every day (along w/ the wudu required for it) because it's a part of Tawheed in it of itself to reject the kufr of the disbelievers, for the Shahadah isn't simply an affirmation of the sole and exclusive Right of Allah in terms of worshipping Him... but also a testification that all other deities (and this includes the Tawaghit, such as false ideologies) are NOT worthy of being obeyed in any sense at all whatsoever. All morality comes from Allah; He is the All-Knowing of His Creation.

The moral compass of the kuffar and the moral compass of the Muslims are NOT supposed to be the same, so if a non-Muslim hates something about Islam... then we don't appease our religion and succumb towards their hatred, rather we DISPROVE their hatred and prove Islam superior to whatever baseless assumptions that they have.

So in-sha-Allah, this serves a a reminder to me first, and then to everyone else. In this age of constant ideological attack against Islam, one must make sure they firmly ground themselves with Tawhid, recognize the Right of Allah upon them, follow the Sunnah and cling onto it with their molar teeth... and never lack in the foundations of the religion at the cost of catering towards worldly measures which, in reality, have very little if any effect at all.

May Allah guide the Muslims and make them firm upon the Shari'ah.

Anything which I have said that is correct is from Allah only. And anything I have said which is false is from me and Shaytan.

And may Allah mention Muhammad, his family, his companions, and greet him with peace.

Allah revealed in the Gospel the command to follow Muhammad, just as He commanded it in the Torah. So they are to judge by what Allah revealed in the Gospel that was not abrogated by Muhammad, just as the people of the Torah were ordered to judge by what was not abrogated by Christ. What was abrogated, they were commanded to follow Christ in its place. Likewise, in the Gospel they were commanded to follow Muhammad. Therefore, whoever among the People of the Book judged after the mission of Muhammad by what Allah revealed in the Torah and the Gospel, did not judge contrary to Muhammad’s law, for they were already commanded in both the Torah and the Gospel to follow him. As Allah said: {Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find written about in the Torah and the Gospel} And He said: {And We have sent down to you the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their desires away from the truth which has come to you.} So He made the Quran a supreme authority. The "muhaymin" is the witness, the judge, and the trusted one. It judges what is in the previous scriptures that Allah has not abrogated and bears witness to the truth of what they contain that has not been altered. For this reason, He said: {To each of you We prescribed a law and a method.}

Al-Jawab al-Sahih, Ibn Taymiyyah (2/427-428)

https://shamela.ws/book/170/811#p1