Secularism and its dangers -II

Believers in secularism deal with the aspects of faith and worship
according to what Allaah Wants, but- at the same time- they legislate
rules other than the rules set by Allaah Almighty. In fact, this is
the reality and the basis of Shirk )associating partners with Allaah(,
because the people of Jaahiliyyah )the pre-Islamic paganism( did not
object to the existence of Allaah. Allaah Says )what means(:"And if
you would ask them: 'who created the heavens and the Earth', they
would say: 'Allaah.'"]Quran 31:25[
They also used to have some acts of worship, as Allaah Says )what
means(:"And they assign to Allaah from that which He created of crops
and livestock as a share."]Quran 6:136[ Yet, with all of that, what
was Allaah's ruling regarding such a community? Allaah ruled that they
were disbelievers, and considered these acts collectively to weigh
nothing on the scale of Islam.
That is why long battles took place between them and the Messenger of
Allaahand the fight became intensely aggressive until they could not
settle it but with physical fights, with the sword as the judge.
The subject and the cause behind all of these long aggressive battles
was nothing but that one statement, "La ilaaha illa Allaah". A
statement that the Prophetinsisted on and propagated to the furthest
extent and people of Jaahiliyyah refused to the furthest extent.
From the first instant when the Prophetcalled them to "La ilaaha illa
Allaah", the immediate answer was as Allaah Says in the Quran )what
means(:"Has he made the gods only one God, indeed this is a strange
thing."]Quran 38:5[
The issue was very clear in their minds, that committing to this
statement meant rejecting firmly and giving up completely everything
else besides Allaah. Everything that they were worshiping such as:
idols, the Taghoot of leadership, the tribe, magicians and traditions,
all had to be dropped and they had to completely submit to Allaah
instead. This meant taking all matters, whether minor or significant,
big and small in judgment to Allaah Alone, with no partners.
Likewise, nowadays we have among us those who say that they are
Muslims but they refuse to accept a relationship between religion and
dealings in the worldly life, particularly when it comes to dealing
with money and materialistic issues.
Among us these days are people who are highly educated with PhD's from
different universities of the world and the first questions they
impudently ask are: "What does Islam have to do with our social
behavior? What does Islam have to do with men and women intermingling
on beaches and places of entertainment? What does Islam have to do
with the way women dress on the streets? What does Islam have to do
with women driving cars and mixing with men and her personal freedom
in traveling alone and dealing and running her own affairs?" This,
indeed, is a call towards atheism, because it rejects what Allaah has
revealed in His Book regarding superiority of men over women. Some
question, "What does Islam have to do with releasing the sexual aura
through any means, be it adultery, fornication, or anything else? What
does Islam have to do with the 'civilized' people and what they do"?
So what is the difference between these people and the disbelievers
among the people of Shu'aybwho said to him )what means(:"Does your
religion command you that we should leave what our fathers
worshiped?"]Quran 11:87[ These people question and strongly reject
religion interfering with economics. They reject any connection
between financial dealings and religious faith and morals, saying:
"What does religion have to do with dealing with usury? What does
religion have to do with sly cheating and stealing as long as no one
catches you? What does religion have to do with politics and the
ruling of countries?"
They shamelessly say that if religious morals were to interfere with
the economy they will corrupt and ruin it. Therefore, they are not any
better than the people of Prophet Shu'ayb were.
In today's world, we have a state of ignorance that is worse than that
of the pre-Islamic period, but it claims knowledge and civilization.
Its advocates accuse those who connect between religion and human
social behavior, politics and the economy of being backward and rigid,
labeling them as fundamentalists and extremists.
Is this not the reality of the campaign of those who claim to be
Muslim from the secularists who have corrupted the people and the
land, saying: "Religion and belief is for Allaah, but governing the
land is for the people", i.e. separating state from religion?
It is the habit of hypocrites and secularists who claim to be Muslims,
to not openly reject and show their enmity to Islam. They use the
weapon of the illusion of being Muslim until the time of battle, when
they take the Muslims by surprise.
For that, these hypocrites from among the secularists and, those who
are like them, launch a campaign to deceive the largest possible
number of Muslims and to diminish the small number of people that
might expose, interfere and intercept what they are doing.
Those who campaign in the interest of secularism, while practically
trying to extract Islam from its roots, slowly try to gain the means
of the media to get to masses.
Secularism was born and emerged out of Jaahiliyyah and it is clear
disbelief. This fact is not hidden and there is no doubt about it.
Those who call for secularism create doubt and confusion deliberately.
They know that there is no place for this Jaahiliyyah in the lands and
countries of Muslims, unless they are deceptive and confuse the masses
of Muslims through their false campaigns that conceal the reality from
them. They hide from the common people the matter of their religion.
They instigate the common people and the masses of Muslims against the
sincere and the righteous who call for Islam, those who warn them of
the danger to their religion and their families and expose the reality
of secularism.
The fight that has been initiated against the Muslims of Ahlus-Sunnah
Wal-Jamaa'ah by these misguided sects who claim to be a part of Islam,
must not be taken lightly.
The most dangerous of these have always been the attack of sects with
concealed faith, like some deviant sects who have been supported by
international monetary forces of the disbelievers to destroy the
people of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah. Since the people of Ahlus-Sunnah
Wal-Jamaa'ah are the real and practical danger to these international
forces, their forts are internally endangered by the secular powers
that collated against them from the inside and that fight them both
covertly and overtly. This represents the core of the battle between
Islam and disbelief in this modern time.
The most dangerous phase of this struggle is uncovering the reality of
this evil secular ideology and exposing it to Muslims, so that the way
of the criminals who try to deceive them and confuse them with regards
to their religion becomes clear to each of them.
Isn't it time for the people of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah to be
careful and cautious of these dangers that surround them from inside
and outside, and endanger them in this life and the hereafter?
Isn't it time for many of them to give up their old battles and settle
petty differences and concentrate their force, power and efforts to
confront these challenges?