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Allah named us Al-Muslimeen... |
Allah gave the
name 'Al-Muslimeen' to all those who would
submit to His Commands.
هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
...He named you all Al-Muslimeen...
Al-Qur'an, 022.078 (Al-Hajj [The Pilgrimage])
But some of us did
not quite like this name, which was given to us by Allah.
Some called themselves Ahl-e-Hadith and some liked to
be known as Ahl-e-Fiqh. Some Ahl-e-Fiqh called
themselves Hanafi, some Maliki, some
Shafi'ee, and some Hambli. Some Hanafi
liked to be identified as Barelvi and some
Deobandi. This was only with respect to Maddhab/Sharia.
With respect to Tareeqah, some identified themselves
as Chishti, some Naqshbandi, some Suhrwardi,
some Qadiri and so on. Muslims, the believers of One
Allah, were supposed to be one single Ummah, with only one
identity, Al-Muslim, as Allah had advised them in the
Quran.
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلا مِمَّنْ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while he
himself does good, and says: I am surely of those who
are Al-Muslimeen.
Al-Qur'an, 041.033 (Fussilat [Explained in Detail])
25-07-2005 |