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"O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians
as 'Auliya' (friends, protectors, helpers etc.), they are but 'Auliya' to one
another. And if any amongst you takes them as 'Auliya' then surely he is one of
them. Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the Zalimun (polytheists and
wrong-doers and unjust)." 5:51
"O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your
enemies (i.e. disbelievers and polytheists, etc.) as friends, showing affection
towards them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth
(i.e. Islmic Monotheism, this Qur'n, and Muhammad ), and have driven out the
Messenger (Muhammad ) and yourselves (from your homeland) because you believe in
Allh your Lord! If you have come forth to strive in My Cause and to seek My
Good Pleasure, (then take not these disbelievers andpolytheists, etc., as your
friends). You show friendship to them in secret, while I am All-Aware of what
you conceal and what you reveal. And whosoever of you (Muslims) does that, then
indeed he has gone (far) astray, (away) from the Straight Path. 60, 1.
"Should they gain the upper hand over you, they would
behave to you as enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues
against you with evil, and they desire that you should disbelieve". 60, 2.
"Neither your relatives nor your children will benefit
you on the Day of Resurrection (against Allh). He will judge between you. And
Allh is the All-Seer of what you do". 60, 3.
Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in
Ibrhim (Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: "Verily,
we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allh, we have rejected
you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever,
until you believe in Allh Alone," except the saying of Ibrhim (Abraham) to his
father: "Verily, I will ask for forgiveness (from Allh) for you, but I have no
power to do anything for you before Allh ." Our Lord! In You (Alone) we put our
trust, and to You (Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is (our)
final Return, 60, 4.
Certainly, there has been in them an excellent example
for you to follow, for those who look forward to (the Meeting with) Allh (for
the reward from Him) and the Last Day. And whosoever turn away, then verily,
Allh is Rich (Free of all wants), Worthy of all Praise. 60, 6.
Perhaps Allh will make friendship between you and
those whom you hold as enemies. And Allh has power (over all things), and Allh
is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 60, 7.
Allh does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly
with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive
you out of your homes. Verily, Allh loves those who deal with equity. 60, 8.
It is only as regards those who fought against you on
account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive
you out, that Allh forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend
them, then such are the Zlimn (wrong-doers those who disobey Allh). 60,9
O you who believe! Take not as friends the people who
incurred the Wrath of Allh (i.e. the Jews). Surely, they have been in despair
to receive any good in the Hereafter, just as the disbelievers have been in
despair about those (buried) in graves (that they will not be resurrected on the
Day of Resurrection). 60, 13.
O you who believe! Take
not for 'Auliya' (supporters and helpers) your fathers and your brothers if they
prefer disbelief to Belief. And whoever of you does so, then he is one of the
Zalimun (wrong-doers, etc). 9:23
Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into
two parties about the hypocrites? Allah has cast them back (to disbelief)
because of what they have earned. Do you want to guide him whom Allah has made
to go astray? And he whom Allah has made to go astray, you will never find for
him any way (of guidance). They wish that you reject Faith, as they have
rejected (Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take
not 'Auliya' (protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of
Allah (to Muhammad ). But if they turn back (from Islam), take (hold) of them
and kill them wherever you find them, and take neither 'Auliya' (protectors or
friends) nor helpers from them. 4:88-89
Those who take disbelievers for 'Auliya' (protectors or
helpers or friends) instead of believers, do they seek honour, power and glory
with them? Verily, then to Allah belongs all honour, power and glory. 4:139
O you who believe! Take not for 'Auliya' (protectors or
helpers or friends) disbelievers instead of believers. Do you wish to offer
Allah a manifest proof against yourselves? 4:144
Muslims Behold! verily on
the friends of Allah there is no fear nor shall they grieve. 10.62; Those who
believe and (constantly) guard against evil. 10,63.
As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah His
Apostle and the (fellowship of) believers it is the fellowship of Allah that
must certainly triumph. 5, 56.
Those who believed and adopted exile and fought for the
faith with their property and their persons in the cause of Allah as well as
those who gave (them) asylum and aid these are (all) friends and protectors one
of another. As to those who believed but came not into exile ye owe no duty of
protection to them until they seek your aid in religion it is your duty to help
them except against a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual alliance: and
(remember) Allah seeth all that ye do . 8, 72.
Let not the believers take for friends or helpers
unbelievers rather than believers; if any do that in nothing will there be help
from Allah; except by way of precaution that ye may guard yourselves from. 3,
28.
Verily, your Wal (Protector or Helper) is Allh, His
Messenger, and the believers, - those who perform As-Salt
(Iqmat-as-Salt), and give Zakt, and they bow down
(submit themselves with obedience to Allh in prayer). 5:55
The Prophet (s)
said, "'ulama ummatti ka anbiya'i Bani Isra'il" which means "the scholars of my
Nation are like the prophets of the Bani Isra'il." And the Propet (s) said in
another hadith "al-'ulama warithat ul-anbiya," (Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi) which
means "the scholars are the inheritors of the prophets." Therefore it is
difficult to see a way in Islam which allows one to discard scholars and
scholarship.
Abu Hurayra narrated that Rasuulillah (saw) said
(hadith Qudsi), " Whoever harms any of my Deputies, I shall declare war on him.
The striving of my Servant to please Me does not receive a reward greater than
that of fulfilling what I have commanded him to do. My servant volunteers in his
perseverance, offering supererogatory devotion to please Me and to earn my Love.
Once I cast My love upon him, I become his hearing with which he hears, his
sight with which he sees, his hand with which he exacts justice, and his foot
that carries him. Should my servant pray for something, I will answer his
prayers and should he seek refuge in me, I will protect him. Indeed, there is
nothing that I have decreed, which I hesitate to do for the sake of a believer
except causing him to experience death. He dislikes it, and I hate to displease
him, but I have thus ordained."
`Umar ibn Al-Khattaab once found Mu`adh ibn Jabal (ra)
sitting and crying near the Grave of RasuuluLLah (saw). He asked him, " Why are
you crying?" Mu`adh said, " I remember something RasuuluLLah said : "The
slightest ostentatiousness is Shirk, and whoever harms any of Allah`s Deputies
has surely earned Allah`s Wrath."
`Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (ra) said, " Some of Allah
blessed servants are neither Prophets nor Martyrs, they are special People, who
on the Day of Reckoning, the Prophets and the Martyrs will envy them for their
ranks and nearness to their Lord. " Someone asked, " O RasuuluLLah , who are
they, and what kind of deeds do they perform so that we may love Them as well?"
RasuuluLLah said, " They are People who love one another in Allah, even though
they have no consanguineous ties, money to exchange or worldly business to
barter with. I swear by Allah on the Reckoning, their faces will be effulgent
lights and they will be raised on Pulpits of Light. They will not be subject to
fear when the creation is seized by the awesomeness of the Day of Resurrection,
nor will they be subjected with sorrow when the rest of creation will be seized
by it." He then recited << Surely, Allah`s Deputies are not subject to fear nor
shall they grieve>> (Quran 10:62).
Or have they taken (for worship) Auliy' (guardians,
supporters, helpers, protectors, etc.) besides Him? But Allh, He Alone is the
Wal (Protector, etc.). And it is He Who gives life to the dead, and He is Able
to do all things. 42:9 And whoever takes Shaitn (Satan) as a Wal (protector or
helper) instead of Allh, has surely suffered a manifest loss. 4:119
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