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What must be known about Islam – Book Sample

By Muhammad bin Ali Al-Arfaj

Completeness of Islamic Sharia Law

1)            It is clear that Allah Almighty sent His Prophet Muhammad to mankind as a mercy from Him and as a favor – to take them out of the levels of darkness and to bring them into the light – by His permission – and to guide them to the straight path.

2)            Before the advent of the Prophet. the Arabs were in a state of ignorance and misery, for they worshipped idols, buried young girls alive, shed blood for the most trifling reasons, and often times, for no reason at all. Their lives were constrained and limited; they sought judgement in their affairs with fortune­tellers and false deities.

3)            Then Allah Almighty sent our noble Prophet and through him, Allah removed them from the layers of darkness and brought them into the light – removed them from the darkness of disbelief and polytheism and brought them into the light of faith and Tawhid, from the darkness of ignorance and thought­lessness to the light of knowledge and forbearance, from the darkness of oppression and injustice to the light of justice and benefaction, from the darkness of disunity and discord to the light of harmony and agreement, from the darkness of selfishness and despotism to the light of humbleness and mutual counsel, and from the darkness of poverty and tension to the light of richness and wellbeing. Indeed, Allah All-night removed them from the darkness of death – for they were nothing more than the walking dead- to the light of a happy life:

Is he who was dead (without faith by ignorance and disbelief) and We gave him life (by knowledge and faith) and set for him a light (of belief) whereby he can walk an10ng men, like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism and hypocrisy) from which he can never come out? Thus, it is made fair seeming to the disbelievers that, which they used to do. ((6:122))

Through the Prophet ?’ Allah Almighty completed the religion and completed all good and lofty manners in man. The Prophet ordered the people to worship none but Allah alone, without associating partners with Him, and he ? ordered them to be dutiful to their parents, to join ties with relations, and to show generosity to the poor and needy. The Prophet ? said:

Indeed, Allah has written Ihsan (doing good deeds and doing them in a good way) upon all things. ((Muslim (2: 1548)))

Regarding matters that they disagreed about, the Prophet ordered them to seek judgement with Allah Almighty and His Messenger

The more knowledge one gains about Islam, the more will he honor and revere it, which is why the Companions – who had a more complete knowledge of the religion – adhered better to its teachings, from its major aspects to its more minor of details. It is most strange today to find that the majority of people have turned away from the teachings of Islam (which is complete), opting to replace them with man-made laws, laws that are clearly contradictory, laws that not only allow injustice, but legislate it as well. And that is why those laws are constantly changing: each new person that comes thinks that his view of justice and order is better than the views of those who preceded him; and so, the process continues as long as laws are derived from the weakness and foolishness of weak minds.

The Islamic Shari’ah, on the other hand, is applicable and suitable for all times and places: fourteen hundred years have passed, yet because of its completeness, lslam establishes rights for all areas and levels in society. Anyone who is just – even if he is from the opponents of Islam – must see that lslam provides a peaceful, safe, and comfortable life for its adherents in this life, with laws that are applicable and suitable to individuals, societies, and governments.

Much have we heard and read that attests to this, for some of the Orientalists who write to establish the truth and not to pursue political objectives admit that the development of modern Europe stemmed from the light of Islam in Spain and from the books that they stole from Muslims during their wars with them in the East and West.

Taylor, a priest, said, “Indeed Islam spread throughout Africa and wherever it spread, virtues spread with it. Generosity, virtue, and mutual support are from its influences while bravery and courage are from its results.”

Kuntainz said, “Muslims are distinguished from others by the noble characteristics and lofty manners that the admonitions of the Qur’an have stamped onto their souls and onto the souls of their parents; others, on the other hand, are bereft of all of that.” He also said, “From the greatest of qualities that a Muslim is distinguished by is his self-dignity; in times of hardship and of ease, he sees that honor and dignity are only for Allah, His Messenger, and for himself. ”

Hanotaux, the Foreign Minister of Finance in his time, said, “This religion of lslam stands on strong pillars and supports; it is the only religion that allows for throngs and flocks of people to enter it. The strong inclination of people to adhere to the religion of Islam is stronger than other such inclinations in any other religion. Indeed, Islam has crossed the threshold of every populated region and has spread throughout the lands.”

This is what some of the Orientalists have to say about Muslims:

As soon as Muslims turned away from the teachings of their religion, becoming ignorant of its rulings, and choosing, instead, contra­dictory laws made by men, corruption spread among their ranks; prevarication, hypocrisy, mutual hatred toward one another became rampant. They lost their unity and became ignorant about their present and future situation. They became heedless of what benefits them and what harms them, and they became satisfied with the life of merely eating, drinking, and sleeping. And so now, they do not compete with others in the pursuit of virtue and superiority. Yet when one of them is able to harm his brother, he is not negligent in inflicting that harm.

Many Orientalists have spoken much to this effect: that Islam is all-embracing and comprehensive in providing benefits for its adherents and in warding off evil, and that were the Muslims to truly adhere to their religion, they would be the most advanced nation with the happiest adherents; however, because they wasted, they have become lost, and they are satisfied with merely having Muslim names.

We do not, however – and all praise is for Allah – need their testimony to establish the greatness of Islam. We merely mention their testimonies because the adherents of Islam are weak. in their understanding and application of their religion, and because some of the enemies of Islam have grasped that which the Muslims do not perceive.

While some of those enemies extol the completeness of Islam, Muslims have turned to systems and laws that are contra­dictory in their very nature. Without a doubt the true religion that guarantees to provide for the needs of all of mankind is Islam: the religion of true loftiness, of true justice, of civilization and freedom in its truest sense, of action, of mutual love and cooperation, of knowledge, and of encouragement to all noble professions and trades. Islam is not limited to rulings about worship and dealings; it embraces all aspects of life, all matters that can benefit mankind, and it is suitable for every place and time until the Day of Judgement.

It is sad to note that Muslims are ignorant of the truth they have with them; many Muslims, unfortunately, have turned against their own religion, attacking it at every turn, and many have come to prefer the people of the west to Muslims. Such people think that it is religion that has caused them to fail behind-how wrong they are! They have caused themselves to fall behind only by neglecting the teachings of their religion. Satisfied with laziness and ignorance, they live in a state of confusion.

From the greatest ways of deviation is to claim that the laws of Islam do not provide for the needs of all, and that people need laws derived from other sources to govern their daily problems; how can a Muslim make such a claim! And does not such a claim suggest disbelief in this verse:

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