Islamic Revival

As millions of Muslims travel to Makkah this month to perform Hajj, we congratulate them on their journey, and ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to bless them with the completion of their obligation. May Allah سبحانه وتعالى shower His سبحانه وتعالى rewards and blessings upon them and return them home safely. The Ibadat of Hajj is an amazing event where millions of Muslims gather from around the world: wearing the same clothes and exerting their effort to fulfill this pillar of Islam. Contemplating upon the Hajj, our attention is drawn to one of the vital issues of this Ummah. Muslims with different backgrounds, from distant places, speaking different languages and of different colours and cultures; all come together to the same place and at the same time to perform an act of worship out of total obedience and submission to the one and only ilah: Allah سبحانه وتعالى. As all the differences disappear, Hajj illustrates the unity that Islam naturally brings about to Muslims. Islam makes it an obl

Rabbi calls on Muslims to separate religion and politics The UK ’s Chief Rabbi has called on Muslims to get used to living as a minority in Britain and to learn to separate religion from power. Lord Sacks said that neither Muslims nor Christians had yet learnt the lessons inflicted on the Jewish people by the Babylonian exile. “One of the great advantages of being Jewish is you know how to sing in the minor key,” he said. “We have had 26 centuries of experience ever since the Babylonian exile of living as a minority in the midst of a culture that does not share our views. Christianity and Islam have not had that experience.” He said that Christianity had learnt toleration but only after 100 years of “knocking the hell out of each other all over Europe ”. “I have no doubt that Islam will work its way through to the essential situation that Judaism arrived at and Christianity, namely the substantive separation of religion from power. But there’s no quick way of getting there. It is q

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Question:  We say in the book Al-Takattul Hizb on page 4 (page 1 in English version) at the bottom of the page: "Those in charge of the Islamic movements called for Islam in a general and undefined manner..." Our questions here are: 1- What is the meaning of calling for Islam in a general and undefined manner? What are some examples of this? 2- What are the evidences indicating that it is impermissible for Islamic movements to call to Islam in a general and undefined manner? Answer:  Performing the Da'wa in a general manner means that it is not crystallized or defined, and does not prevent things external to it from entering it. Its doors are open, and any external thoughts are free to enter under the excuse of "not contradicting it", or that they contain "benefit," or other similar excuses. He who is without a crystallized thought (Fikrah), clear concepts, and defined goals for their Da'wa will n