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Let us have the taqwa of Allah
Subhaanahu Wata‘aala as He
should be feared by obeying all of
His Commands and avoiding all of
His prohibitions. May we all attain
the blessings and happiness in this
world and the Hereafter.
Today, let us remind ourselves
of a tragedy that befell upon this
ummah in the last century. This
tragic incident is known as “an-
Nakbah” which means “The
Catastrophe”. This tragedy had
occurred on the 15th of May
1948.
In the afternoon of May 14th
1948, the Union Jack (flag) was
taken down in Palestine and
replaced with the “The Star of
David”. On the following day,
the illegitimate state of Israel was
first declared by its first Prime
Minister, David Ben Gurion.
This horrendous tragedy was
not only the plan of the
International Zionist
Organization, but had the
formal approval of the Western
superpowers and United
Nations‟ backers, namely Great
Britain and the United States.
This event witnessed the
expulsion of 800,000
Palestinians from their
homeland into various refugee
camps until this very day. Their
population has risen to over 5
millions and until today they
have not received proper justice
and defense including from the
Muslim states.
If we feel that the Nakbah
tragedy is irrelevant to us, then
definitely there is something
deficient in our worldview as a
Muslim. What is the basis for
this?
What is significant is the direct
consequence of the abolition of
the concept of one ummah, only
to be replaced with the concept
of “nation state” that was
coerced through several
hundred years of colonialism of
the Muslim ummah.
The only ummah that is
acknowledged by al-Qur‟an is
the only one ummah, as Allah
Subhaanahu Wata‘aala
mentions: “And indeed this,
your religion, is one religion,
and I am your Lord, so fear
Me.” (al-Mu‟minoon 23:52)
Such profound and deep-rooted
effect of the “nation state”
ideology that was introduced by
the colonialists that the Muslims
today no longer recognize those
living beyond the geographical
boundaries as their own Muslim
brethren that must be defended
and protected. Furthermore,
there are even sentiments of
degradation upon other Muslims
of different ethnicities. Due to
this rupture, the unity of the
ummah was demolished, and
essentially that has been the
intent of the enemies of Islam.
The enemies of Islam realized
that the foundation of the
Muslim ummah does not lie
within their economic wealth or
natural resources, but instead
within the strong bond of
brotherhood that is built upon
solid ‘aqeedah.
When the ‘aqeedah is corroded
from their identity, then that
bond of brotherhood that was
firmly built has been
dismantled. As a result, it
became easy for the Muslim
lands to be conquered and
colonized one after the other.
Furthermore, colonialism
continued to lay out artificial
political borders that ended up
in 50 independent Muslim states
and 19 others that are co-joined
with non-Muslim lands.
These Muslim states are only
separated by straight lines that
can be drawn with a ruler, such
in the case of Egypt, Sudan,
Libya, Tunisia, Maghribi, and
other Arab states. Also, the
same scenario with Jordan,
Syria, Iraq, and Palestine.
Moreover, the same for
Malaysia and Indonesia which
had been separated by a straight
line across the Straits of
Malacca in 1824 resulting from
the agreement between the
British and the Dutch. As a
result, the 69 Muslim states
having the population of 1.6
billion is unable to defend their
own brethren in Palestine. In
reality, Palestine is surrounded
by the rich Arab Muslim states
whom are blessed with natural
resources but yet seemingly
unable to take any actions.
The unconcerned attitude and
complacence of the Muslim
ummah towards their brethren in
Palestine is graver than being
just the failure of fulfilling their
need. Palestine is more than just
another territory under the non-
Muslim control.
More significantly, it is a Holy
Land for the Muslims. Perhaps
the Muslim ummah has
forgotten that there are three
Holy Lands in Islam. On top of
Makkah al-Mukarramah and
Madeenah al-Munawwarah,
the third one is actually Bayt al-
Maqdis (al-Quds) which houses
Masjid al-Aqsa. It was the
transit place for Prophet
Muhammad sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam during the incident of
al-Israa‟ and Mi„raaj.
Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam had informed us of
the noble status and virtue of
Bayt al-Maqdis for the Muslim
ummah. This is evident from
various ahadeeth mentioning its
virtues.
Praying in Masjid al-Aqsa is
rewarded 500 times as
compared to praying elsewhere
(other than Masjid al-Haram
and Masjid an-Nabawi).
The Nakbah tragedy was well
planned since 1897, followed by
the British invasion of Palestine
in 1917 that was approved by
the British Parliament after
heavy Jewish lobbying. This
allowed the Jews to enter
Palestine as stipulated in the
Balfour Declaration 1917 and
further dividing Palestine into
Arab and Jewish states per
Resolution 181 of the United
Nation in 1947. Finally, the
aggression and invasion by the
Jewish terrorists in 1948 to
illegally seize the Palestinians‟
lands marked a dark spot to
their grief and pain until today.
The establishment of the illegal
state of Israel in 1948 had paved
way for the complete takeover
of Palestine in 1967. In that
year, Israel had conquered
Gaza, West Bank,
and East of Bayt al-Maqdis
(which houses Masjid al-Aqsa).
Masjid al-Aqsa was surrounded
and controlled by the Jewish
Zionists until today. They had
plotted various plans to
demolish the mosque including
the arson attack on
21st August 1969, and placing
demolition devices underneath
the mosque‟s structures. They
had dug up a tunnel underneath
the mosque and erected their
temple there. All these events
had failed to trigger the Muslim
ummah to collectively fight in
freeing the Holy Land as it was
done by Salahuddin al-Ayyubi
when freeing Bayt al-Maqdis
from the grasp of the Crusaders.
Even more disheartening is the
attitude of some Muslim leaders
towards the Palestinian cause.
While the Palestinians in Gaza
are under tremendous siege that
even led to casualties, they
chose to keep mum on the
matter. The Gazans are faced
with a blockade and denied
access to electricity, food
supply, medical supply, and
other essentials of daily life
needs. Even the supply of
chlorine for water treatment has
been denied. Today, many
patients have died due to power
outages in the hospitals and the
lack of medicine for the
treatment of chronic illnesses
such as kidney failure, diabetes,
and cancer. This does not
include those that have been
heinously murdered in their
homeland by the Israeli military
attacks.
The number of casualties from
Israeli guided missiles and
artillery attacks in the month of
April (2011) alone were more
than 20 people.
Indeed, the Promise of Allah is
True. None can stop or deny
the Will of Allah. Today, we
have witnessed how the Arab
regimes that betrayed their own
brethren in Palestine, have
collapsed and humiliated by
their own people one by one.
Those regimes, inheriting the
administrative policies of the
United States while protecting
Israel, in the end came crashing
down in disgrace. In this
context, on the authority of Abu
Hurayrah radiyAllaahu ‘anh:
Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam had said: “A group of
my ummah will not cease to
fight (jihaad) at the gates of
Damascus and at the gates of
al-Quds and its surroundings.
The betrayal or desertion of
whoever deserts them will
not harm them in the least.
They will remain victorious,
standing for truth, until the
Final Hour rises.”
(at-Tabaraani:da‘eef, the mutawaatir
version does not mention Damascus and al-
Quds)
We remind the Muslims that the
issue of Palestine is not a
political one but one that is
directly related with our
‘aqeedah. What answer would
we present in front of Allah
Subhaanahu Wata‘aala when
the Muslims are allowing
their brethren to be oppressed,
humiliated, starved to death, and
even inhumanely massacred by
the Israeli terrorist regime?
In the hadeeth of Mua„dh ibn
Jabal radiyAllaahu ‘anh:
Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam said:
“Allah Almighty will grant
you strength in conquering
ash-Shaam after my passing
away. The men and women
will defend the lands there
until the Last Day.
Whoever among you that
chooses to stay along the
coasts of ash-Shaam or al-
Quds will remain in jihaad
until the Day of Reckoning.”
In the hadeeth of Abu Umamah
al-Bahili radiyAllaahu ‘anh:
Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam said:
“A group of people from my
ummah shall remain steadfast
to the truth; they will continue
to fight in obedience to the
command of Allah and remain
dominant over their enemies.
Those who will oppose them
shall not do them any harm —
except for hardship and
hunger. They will remain in
this condition until victory (or
that the Hour overtakes
them).” He sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam was asked, „O
Messenger of Allah, where are
they?‟ He sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam replied, „In al-Quds
and its precincts.
(Ahmad and at-Tabaraani: hasan lighayrihi)
These ahadeeth narrated from
the words of Rasulullah
sallAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam
indicated the fulfillment of his
prophecy as the truth that was
predetermined by Allah
Subhaanahu Wata‘aala.
Today, we are very fortunate,
because the Companions had
only received the news from
Rasulullah sallAllahu ‘alayhi
wasallam but we are actually
witnessing the fulfillment of
those prophecies.
Indeed, such grave loss if we do
not take heed and benefit from
these events to strengthen our
imaan and certainty in fighting
and struggling in the Way of
Allah.
“And the disbelievers
planned, but Allah planned.
And Allah is the best of
planners.”(Aali-„Imraan 3:54)
بارك هللا لي ولكم فى القرآن العظيم ونفعني
ل كر الحكيم وتقب اكم بما فيه من األيات والذ وإي
ميع العليم ه هو الس أقول . مني ومنكم تالوته إن
قولي هذا وأستغفر هللا العظيم لي ولكم ولسائر
المسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات
األحياء منهم واألموات فاستغفروه
حيم ه هو الغفور الر .إن
O Allah,
The Most Merciful, we thank You for all Your Mercy and Pleasure that enable us to
enhance and strengthen our Islamic states, especially
Selangor, as a developed and peaceful state.
O Allah,We beg you to increase our good practice, strengthen our unity, grant us prosperous life, enrich us with beneficial knowledge, flourish our souls
with noble character, return our youngsters to the right path,
save us from Your biggest test such
as deluge, drought, epidemic,
dispute and division, poverty
and others so that this country
will be more prosperous and
blessed by You.