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ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

ASSIGMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDES

CAUSES OF DISUNITY AMONG MUSLIM UMMAH

SUMITED TO: MADAM FARWA

SUBMMITED BY:TAHREEM RAUF BUTT

REGESTRATION NUMBER: 638/FSS/M.A.PS,IR/F-11

CAUSES OF DISUNITY BEFORE ISLAM

  All the muslims around the world make one muslim ummah. Islam as a

religion defines muslims any where all over the world as brothers. No one is superior tothe other.All are equal. When islaim emerged the most common problem of the arabs was

disunity. They were again and again overthrown by the surrounding non arabs. Also

among them there were fought unlimited and repeated wars. The basis of war were noteven defined they may be on killing of a person or may be if one's horse drank water 

from others pool.

UNITY OF MUSLIMS

UNITY ACCORDING TO QURAN

We do not need to look any further than the realm of Islam to find out the aspects of 

unity.it can be found easily through the holy Quran and hadith.As it is said in Quran

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"And hold fast, all together, by the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves;

and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you, for you were enemies and He unitedyour hearts, so that by His grace you became brothers"(3:103)

It is clear from the above ayeh that Allah (SWT) has made unity an obligation for all

Muslims, irrespective of their opinion.Unity of the Muslim Ummah has an important

objective of establishing and spreading Islam. without a state of unity an Islamic Ummah

cannot live in peace and harmony . A single united ummah can only be actualized when

all follow one political, social and ideological path, and fall under one law, one system of 

economics, etc. Establishing such an ummah is a duty whose burden is shared by all

Muslims. Allah says in the Quran:

Indeed this Ummah (Community) of yours is one community, and I am your Lord. So

worship me 21:92.

It is an obligation on Muslims to strive for a single Ummah, same as they are obligated

on a basis of Tawhid to worship one God.Another lesson learnt from this verse is

regarding the unity of the Ummah itself. The phrase (Ummah Wahidah) is the answer to

the question,"what is unity?"

forms of unity that appear in the Quran next t tawheed are:

1-Unity of the Ummah

2-Unity of all those who follow the heavenly books, which stated by the Holy Quran

(Say, 'O People of the book! Come to a word common between us and you: that we willworship no one but Allah, and that we will not ascribe any partner to Him...) Q: 3:64

3-Unity of all religions: (where the Holy Quran Says}:

He has prescribed for you the religion which He had enjoined upon Noah and which We

have(also) revealed to you, and which We had enjoined upon Abraham, Moses and Jesus,

declaring, 'maintain the religion, and do not be divided in it...) Q: 42:13.

And the other verse where the apostle and the faithful declare,

(...We make no distinction between any of His apostles).Q: 2: 285

4-Unity of humanity:

(O mankind! Indeed we created you from a male and a female, and made you nations

and tribes that you may identify yourselves with one another.) Q:49: 13.

UNITY ACCORDING TO SUNNAH

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Perhaps it may be said that the sermon of the messenger given in the early days after the

Emigration encompasses all these forms:

"O mankind! Surely you have only one Lord and your father is one. Each one of you is

from Adam, and Adam is made of clay. Indeed the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is

the most God wary among you. There is no preference for an Arab over a non-Arabexcept due to his taqwa (God wariness).

PROBLEMS FACED BY THE DIUNTY OF THE MUSLIM

UMMAH

Also there exist many hurdles facing a disunited society regarding teh spread of Islam.In

addition, a consequence of disunity is that the Ummah becomes weak, suffers from lowmorale and wastes energy addressing minor problems. This of course leads to personality

conflicts and hatred or tension,.Above all this ,the enemies of islam rejoice and continueto implement their 'wicked' plans against the Ummah.

CAUSES OF DISUNITY AMONG MUSLIM UMMAH

The fundamental causes of disunity are: Siyasat (Politics) of a perilous nature, political

exploitation of MADHAB (School of Jurisprudence, theology, or thought), and

nationalism The worst enemies of Islam are from within - The Reverend AmosBrown said in no uncertain terms that America must ask herself what she hasdone either wittingly or unwittingly to incur the wrath and hate of peoplearound the world. Muslims on the other hand, generally prefer to attack theWest as the sole reason for their problems when the truth is we are bankrupt

as a religious community and our spiritual bankruptcy has led to our inabilityto even deliver the message of Islam to Westerners in a time when they weregiving us platforms to do so

Pakistan We Have Selective Islam - The biggest factor that drove people likeme away from religion was the selective Islam practised by most of itspreachers. In other words, there was a huge difference between what theypractised and what they preached. Also, rather than explaining thephilosophy behind the religion, there was an over emphasis on rituals. I feelthat humans are different; to animals whereas the latter can be drilled,humans need to be intellectually convinced. That is why the Quran constantlyappeals to reason. The worst of course, was the exploitation of Islam for

political gains by various individuals or groups

muslims silent While Muslims Die - The Muslim world has been exposed for itsimpotence, incompetent leadership, lack of Islamic honor, dignity, courage,and hypocritical support for Palestine, Chechnya, Kashmir, and even theAfghan refugees

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in self-introspection are being labelled traitors, while protestors say toomuch public self-criticism will divide their community, play into the hands of those they call "Muslim bashers" and weaken their efforts to influence U.S.foreign policy

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and their families. Pride in poverty rather means that they should beprepared to become poor in the way of God and truth and if andwhen they do become poor they should not be ashamed of theirpoverty but feel proud of it.

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