Tag: Uniting the Ummah
Is Differing a Mercy – How Do We Unite the Ummah?
There are groups that attack other groups, groups that have split away from other groups. There are Islamic organizations calling to a methodology, another organization calling to a different methodology, there is also a difference in focus of various islamic groups. Muslims are fairly united upon the recognition of the fact that the ummah of Muḥammad (ﷺ)- meaning the Islamic nation today is in a state of distress, it is in a state of torment, it is in a state of weakness. Every Muslim or most Muslim organizations have their own idea and methodology with regard to rectification and with regard...
Islāmic Unity Is Only upon the Way of the Prophet (ﷺ)
A discussion about unity and its correct Islamic context in light of the many calls from partisan politically-minded Islamic groups to unite upon differences (in creed, methodology etc.). Is this even possible? Is this what our messenger (ﷺ) called us to? What did the early Islamic scholars and imāms call to unity upon?
The Evils of Plotting and Disunity
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ۚ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allāh (i.e. this Qurʾān), and be not divided among yourselves, and remember Allāh’s Favour on you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that, by His Grace, you became...
The Real Solution to Disunity in the Muslim World
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ۚ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allāh (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allāh’s favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became...
Weighing the Affairs
Indeed all praise is for Allāh. We praise Him, we seek His aid and we ask for His forgiveness. And we seek refuge in Allāh from the evils of our own souls, and our evil actions. Whosoever Allāh guides, then none can misguide him; and whosoever Allāh misguides, then none can guide him aright. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allāh alone, having no partners, and I bear witness that Muḥammad ﷺ is His servant and Messenger. After that:
Indeed, in patiently bearing their tyranny lies the wiping away of sins and...
Questions and Answers Concerning Muslim Unity
Splitting up (tafarruq) is not from the Religion, because the Religion commands us with unity, and to be one jamāʿah (community), and one Ummah upon the ʿaqīdah of tawḥīd, and upon following the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
Al-ʿAllāmah Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān
A Single Ummah
Splitting up is not from the Religion, since the Religion commands us with unity and that we should be a single Jamāʿah and a single Ummah upon the ʿaqīdah (belief) of Tawḥīd (i.e. to single out Allāh alone for worship) and upon following the Messenger ﷺ.
The Obligation to Unify the Ranks
Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-’Uthaymīn – hafiẓahullāh – said:
“From the sincere advice which I hold to be necessary in the Religion to give to the youths, a word which I hope that Allāh – the Most Perfect, the Most High – will cause to be of benefit, and it is: That they should...
