Ghamidi's Views on Maulana Maudoodi.
He suffers from Total Misunderstanding of Maudoodi's
Writings.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi has attained fame in Pakistan and in
Muslim audiences in the West. His narrative fits neatly into
the global campaign against "extremism" though that is not
part of my discourse today.
Ghamidi has issued a series of well considered critiques of
the writings and thoughts of Syed 'Abul 'Ala Maudoodi. I was
under the impression that this must be a devastating
critique to have achieved extensive fame or notoriety. I
have studied just about all that Maudoodi wrote and am
disappointed in the critique Ghamidi has issued.
Here is the link to his first statement on Maudoodi.
YouTube.com/watch?v=fiNKw_oV4jw
He begins on shaky ground by claiming that what a prophet
says can get blown away ["payghambar jo kahe ga hawa may
tahlil ho jaye ga"] here and there, but the scripture that
is written down is more effective.
This off the cuff kind of statement by Ghamidi indicates his
carelessness about the devotion of the sahaba, r.a.,
[Companions of the Prophet, pbuh] to each word he said and
their efforts to retain and memorize what he said. This
statement alone would disqualify Ghamidi as a scholar of
Islam.
Even more egregious is Ghamidi's claim that the Qur'an was
sent in writing. After all his years of study, Ghamidi,
still does not know that the Qur'an was not given to the
Prophet, pbuh, in writing:
The Qur'an uses the term RECITE in various forms, such as
YATLU, TATLU, ATLU, YATALA. The role of the Prophet's, pbuh,
hadith, is best defined thus in Sura 2 verse 151:
"Allah has conferred a great favor on the believers, sending
among them a messenger from among themselves, who RECITES
[YATLU] unto them the Signs of Allah, and purifies them and
INSTRUCTS them in the Book and Wisdom."
The whole process was verbal, not in writing:
"Do not move your tongue concerning the Qur'an to make haste
therewith. It is for us to collect it [in your heart], so
you may recite it [quranu'hu], and when We have recited it,
follow its recital [quranuhu] Nay, more, it is for US to
expound it [through your tongue." [75:16-19]
The Prophet, pbuh, was not carrying a written Book around
with him. It was all verbal and became WRITING when the
Sahaba, r.a., wrote it down and memorized it. [These were
the people whom Ghamidi accuses of picking up hearsay.]
After these two initial disasters, Ghamidi goes into a long
winded critique [or complaint] against Maudoodi that
Maudoodi changed the entire direction of the DEEN by
emphasizing the externals. Ghamidi has in mind the
activities of jamaate Islami, the protests, the
demonstrations, the political statements, the emphasis on
law and procedure , the development of Islamic Law and
Constitution.
This is again a total misunderstanding by Ghamidi. He forgot
the CONTEXT of the political activities of Maudoodi and
Jamaate Islami. In my thirty years of teaching at an
American liberal arts college, I have helped generations of
students to realize that CONTEXT is essential to
understanding World Literature, the Development of the
Novel, the rise of Black Journalism and even
Shakespeare.
The CONTEXT of Maulana Maudoodi's movement was that Muslims
were enmeshed in the INNER spiritual life. The mystical
experiences connected to prayer, the INNER meaning of the
Qur'an, the KUSHAF of the Sufis, the miracles of saints, the
use of metaphors and poetic language were the staple of
religion..
Those who got western education soon left the religious
people behind and were well funded, installed in power,
praised and rewarded by the British.
The idea that Islam as a way of life is superior to the ways
of the west was not even whispered [except by Iqbal].
Muslims openly claimed that the ideas of an Islamic State,
Islamic Law and Constitution, were absurd. Jihad against the
British became unthinkable. Mirza Qadiani and Sir Syed
proclaimed the greatness and supremacy of the British
Raj.
In that CONTEXT, Maulana Maudoodi taught that Islam is a
COMPLETE WAY of life and to leave politics and economics out
of it would undermine the power of Islam. With the emergence
of Pakistan, the necessity to apply Islam to modern
situations became paramount.
That does not mean that Maudoodi changed the Islamic
narrative from spiritual and internal to external and
secular. There is hardly any writing of Maudoodi which does
not place the spiritual, INNER, aspect of Islam uppermost.
How could Ghamidi have missed it.! Even a random search of
Maudoodi's teachings indicates that the inner, spiritual,
being is primary. Without the inner spiritual power, the
external ability to STAND AGAINST STATE POWER would be
impossible.
Think of Maudoodi after being sentenced to death, awaiting
his execution, with the thread taken out of his pyjamas,
thinking of the blessings Allah had given him and the
importance of prayer. Think of his students recently
executed in Bangladesh who were only thinking of the INNER
life as they were taken to the gallows.
Here is a quote from the tafseer Maulana Maudoodi wrote on
al-Shams, chapter 91 of the Qur'an:
"In the first part of Sura Shams, [till verse 10], three
teachings are explained. One is that just like the sun and
the moon, day and night, the earth and the heavens are
different from each other and apparently contradictory in
their impressions and results, similarly good and evil are
different and contradictory to each other in their
impressions and results. Neither their appearance nor their
consequences can be similar.
Secondly, Allah Almighty has not simply left the human being
unaware after giving him the powers of the body and the mind
but through a natural intuition has given the human being a
sense in his sub conscious of good and evil, distinction
between right and wrong and the realization that good is
good and evil is evil.
Thirdly, that the future of the human being depends on what
he does with the distinctions between intention and decision
which Allah has placed within him and whether he uses these
to either enhance his good tendencies or to suppress them.
If he enhances his good tendencies, and purifies himself of
the evil tendencies, he will be successful. If he does the
opposite, and suppresses the good in him and emphasizes the
evil in him, he will be a failure. "
[Tafheem-ul-Qur'an by Syed Abul 'Ala Maudoodi; Volume 5,
Page 348]
Africa
Serious Al-Qaida Attack in Mali: 14 troops killed 18 wounded.
January 27. Al-Qaida raiders briefly occupied a camp of the
French-backed Malian military in the Timbukctoo area. It was
a disaster for the Mali regime. The president has cancelledf
a summit meeting he was going to.
Al-Jazeera reports that vast tracts of Mali are now under
control of al-Qaida.
Latest Khutba
Qur'an does not Discriminate Against non-Muslim Mothers.
Learn how to study the Qur'an.
[On the Sunday after this khutba, Muslims
from Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen, Masjid Inshira and others
mixed with Christians to condole with the sister whose
mother has passed away.]
On January 26, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma' khutba and
led prayers at Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore.
Here is an outline of the khutba to be distributed online
Inshallah:
Text: "And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his
parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him,
and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command),
"Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy
final) Goal." [The Qur'an 31:14]
We condole with the brother and the sister in this
congregation who have both lost their mothers recently. May
Allah give them patience and reward them for caring for
their mothers.
The Qur'an does not differentiate in the love and care we
should give to the mother regardless of their religion. Both
mothers in this case were non Muslims.
As long as our mothers do not teach SHIRK or support for
the oppressors, we must not show them any bad attitudes.
Even then we should continue to honor and respect them.
We earn great reward by serving our parents in their last
days when they are weak and unable to function normally. Be
extra kind and patient with them when they are frail and
Allah will give you a great reward.
These were the teachings Luqman gave to his son, and this
behavior is specifically mentioned in the sura of the Qur'an
which is named after Luqman, the great African sage who is
praised in the Qur'an.
Part 2:
Study the Qur'an and authentic hadith on a daily basis.
Remember that the Qur'an is the greatest book in all of
human history which transformed the tribal and brutal people
of Arabia into the best people in all of humanity: Kind,
generous, fearless and supporters of women and children.
Here are some educational tools to study the Qur'an. It's
not an excuse that we don't know Arabic. The Qur'an has been
translated into every language of the world. Read it with
translation.
Study it with the help of Hadith and Sunnah/seerah of the
Prophet, pbuh.
Select a scholar who can help you to understand what you
don't understand, especially in matters related to
Arabic.
The scholar you choose should be independent and not
linked to any government or financial group.
The same applies to hadith. We are not allowed to
interpret according to our wishes. The Prophet, pbuh, and
his Companions, r.a., understood the Qur'an.
Especially beware of scholars who emphasize race,
nationalism, classism and male dominance.
Allah is the Lord of all of us. We must not denigrate anyone
on the basis of current issues of race which are very
powerful in America.
Du'a: O Allah: Help us to unite on the basis of the Qur'an
and the Sunnah of Muhammad, pbuh.
PAKISTAN
Punjab University Incident
January 22:
A display for educational purposes
set up by Islamic students known as Islami Jamiate Talaba at
Punjab University was
attacked by secularist groups and
set on fire.
The attackers shouted provocative slogans calling for the
separation of the province of Baluchistan from Pakistan.
By the time Islamic students arrived to stop the damage to
the display, it was too late. However, they were able to
force the secularists to flee.
It appears that elements within the regime are trying to
create fake issues to create crisis situation at the
university. Jamiate Talaba has the support of students from
Baluchistan and Frontier but fringe groups are being used to
create separatist conflict.
[New Trend Report.]
Misuse of Zainab [7 yr old raped child] Tragedy for
Political Purposes.
Kasur.
There was outrage all across Pakistan when the body of a
child named Zainab was found in the small town of Kasur..
She had been raped and murdered. Crowds came into the
streets and fought with police. At one point the crowds
became uncontrollable and police opened fire killing two
people.
The protests and waves of anger do indicate that Pakistan's
sense of morality is very much alive.
However, some political elements used the tragedy to blame
the government and to create controversy against the
legitimacy of the government.
[The girl was from a school run by Tahir ul Qadri, who lives
in Canada, an opponent of the Punjab government run by
supporters of Nawaz Sharif.]
Some groups tried to use the tragedy against the existence
of Pakistsn itself. As these secularists are influential in
the media, they created the impression that children all
over Pakistan are being raped and murdered specially when
several other cases similar to those of Zainab turned
up.
Islamic groups are weak in media matters, specially in
English. In USA, for instance, tragedies similar to that of
Zainab are quite common but no one in the Muslim world has
the ability to challenge the legitimacy of America based on
the conditions of women and children in America.
War News
Iran
Tehran Times [January 27] reported a clash with IS fighters
in West
Iran. It claimed that 16 IS fighters were captured and
"some" killed.
No details given.
Afghanistan
Wave of Taliban Attacks.
IS group hit by US air force
January 27. A human bomber sent by the Taliban exploded near
the Interior ministry in Kabul. The powerful blast is
reported to have killed 95 people and injured 158. Scores of
military personnel are among the dead. The rest were
civilians from government offices as well as some of their
family members.
General Votel, chief of US Central Command, was in town but
the blast completely missed him though it was felt a mile
away.
President Trump has condemned the attack as have the
authorities in India, Pakistan and numerous other
countries.
Was this retaliation for a US drone attack which killed a
commander of the Haqqani network? Not clear yet?
January 26. A bomb attack in Kandahar killed a police
officer and wounded three.
A US drone entered Pakistan's North Waziristan area and
fired two missiles at a commander of the Haqqani network
killing him and 3 of his associates.
January 20 . The death toll in the mujahideen attack on the
Intercontinental hotel in Kabul has risen to 25, including
14 foreigners. Of these 4 are Americans, one an adviser for
Trump's presidential campaign.
The other foreigners were from Germany, Venezuela, Ukraine
and Kazakhstan.
A US air strike killed 10 civilians, 7 IS fighters, four
French converts to Islam and 3 Uzbek fighters. The civilians
were from Faryab province and had come to a village in
Darzeb district of Jawzjan province to negotiate with
Islamic State group for the release of an imam. While they
were having tea with the local commander of IS, the house
was hit by an air strike. [TOLO news, Jan.6] Those who
survived were wounded.
Reports indicate that scores of French converts to Islam,
including women, as well as a few Algerian volunteers have
entered Jawzjan province to help the IS group which has
taken over parts of the province.
Syria
Syrian opposition factions [FSA] join Turkish forces .
Stalemate as Regime, Iranian and Hizb artillery and Russian
air force bomb Islamic opposition.
Heavy fighting as ISIS inflicts losses on Regime and Kurdish
forces.
January 21-28
A major development in this week's fighting in Syria is that
factions of FSA [Free Syrian Army] have joined Turkey's
operation in the Afrin area in northern Syria. Afrin itself
is under Turkish air and artillery strikes but the Turkish
advance is speeding up owing to fighting on the ground
against YPG [Kurdish Communists] by Syrian mujahideen
FSA.
On January 28, the Turkish led FSA forces scored an
important victory when they captured Bersaya town and most
of Mount Bersaya northeast of Afrin. According to SOHR 66
YPG fighters and 56 FSA fighters have been killed in the
intense fighting which is going on.
Erdogan has signaled Turkish determination to advance to
Manbij in north central Syria which is controlled by YPG
with US support. Turkey has urged US troops to leave the
area.
The other serious fighting is around Damascus where the
regime's Hizb and Iranian allies with Russian support are
hammering Islamic townships of Douma, Herasta and numerous
others. The regime is unable to advance but indiscriminate
bombing and shelling, including ground to grund missiles are
increasing civilian deaths, including children, on a daily
basis.
The regime is holding on to the villages on the borders of
Idlib and Aleppo provinces which it captured from Tahrir
[al-Nusra] and allied groups.
ISIS is resisting regime attacks on the 85 villages it is
holding around Syria, including Yarmouk which abuts into
Damascus. Mortar fire from various groups lands in various
parts of Damascus held by Assad.
Near the Golan Heights, ISIS ally Jaysh Khalid ibn al-Waleed
is strongly entrenched in an area of 250 square
kilometers.
In extreme southeast of Deir ez Zor province, east of
Mayadeine, Islamic State fighters clashed with Assad's
troops on one front and SDF [Kurds backed by US] and
inflicted casualties.
Iraq
US air force and Baghdad Regime troops Hunting IS bomb own
troops.
Mass Grave Found. Scattered fighting west of Kirkuk.
January 26.
US air force in close support of regime mistakenly bombed
their allies, killing 8, a police chief and civilians. The
IS force they were targeting slipped away.
In Diyala province a mass grave of IS prisoners, more than
25, probably executed by Shia troops has been "discovered"
by regular regime troops.
Fighting is reported west of Kirkuk between Peshmarga
Kurdish troops and Islamic State fighters trying to
advance.
News Within the U.S.
Thousands of African Americans moving to Africa
Owing to Bigotry in America.
[Excerpted from al-Jazeera] [January 27]
Accra, Ghana - They have come from the big cities of San
Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Thousands of them. And
many refuse to return.
A new wave of African Americans is escaping the incessant
racism and prejudice in the United States. From Senegal and
Ghana to The Gambia, communities are emerging in defiance of
conventional wisdom that Africa is a continent everyone is
trying to leave.
It is estimated that between 3,000 and 5,000 African
Americans live in Accra, the Ghanaian capital. They are
teachers in small towns in the west or entrepreneurs in the
capital and say they that even though living in Ghana is not
always easy, they feel free and safe.
Take Muhammida el-Muhajir, a digital marketer from New York
City, who left her job to move to Accra.
She says she moved, because despite her education and
experience, she was always made to feel like a second-class
citizen. Moving was an opportunity to fulfil her potential
and avoid being targeted by racial violence.
ANALYSIS
CODOH commemorates the capture of Auschwitz by the Soviets
on Jan 27, 1945:
Auschwitz:
A Three-Quarter Century of Propaganda
Origins, Development and Decline
of the "Gas Chamber" Propaganda Lie
By Carlo Mattogno
During the war, wild rumors were circulating about the
infamous Auschwitz Camp: that the Germans were testing new
war gases there; that inmates were murdered in batches of
thousands in electrocution chambers, with gas showers, or by
pneumatic hammer systems; that living people were sent on
conveyor belts directly into cremation furnaces; that oils,
grease and soap were made of the mass-murder victims.
Nothing of it was true.
When the Soviets captured Auschwitz in early 1945, they
reported that inmates were killed on electrocution conveyor
belts that discharged their victims directly into huge
furnaces; that at least 4 million people were murdered
there. That wasn't true either.
This fundamental work by Carlo Mattogno explores the many
rumors, myths and lies about Auschwitz which mainstream
historians today reject as untrue but nevertheless many
believers still like to exploit. It also explains by which
ridiculous methods some claims on Auschwitz were accepted as
true and turned into "history," although they are just as
untrue.
Read this book free of charge at CODOH.com, or get a
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Guidance
What happens in the other world.
[From Sis. Yasmin.]
~THE DEAD WOULD BE SHOWN THEIR SEAT IN PARADISE AND HELL ~
"Every soul will taste Death, and you will only be given
your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he
who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has
attained [his desire], And what is the life of this world
except the enjoyment of delusion".
[Source~ 'Qur`an'~ Surat Ali `Imran 3~ A # 185]
Allah [Azza wa Jall] will say...
"What number of years did you stay on earth ?"
They will say...
"We stayed a day or part of a day.
Ask of those who keep account."
He (Allâh) will say...
'You stayed not but a little,
if you had only known '.
'Did you think that We had created you in play
(without any purpose), and that you would not be brought
back to Us'.
[Source:'Quran' Surat~Al-Mu'minun (23)~Ayahs #112~115]
Ibn 'Umar {RA} reported
Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying
'When any one of you dies, he is shown his seat
(in the Hereafter) Morning and Evening'.
'If he is amongst the inmates of Paradise
(he is shown the seat) from amongst the
inmates of Paradise ~{!}
and... if he is one from amongst the denizens of Hell
(he is shown the seat) from amongst ~the denizens of Hell
~{!}
and it would be said to him...
'That is your seat until Allah raises you on the
Day of Resurrection' (and sends you to your proper
seat).
[Source:-Sahih Muslim Book # 040~ Hadith # 6858]
#2/~Anas b. Malik (ra)~reported.
Allah's Apostle(may Peace be upon him) said:
" When the servant is placed in his grave and his
companions retrace their steps he hears the noise of the
footsteps...
then two [2] Angels come to him and make him sit and say to
him...
'What do you have to say about this person the Holy Prophet
'? (may peace be upon him)
If he is a Believer, he would say:
" I bear testimony to the fact that he is a servant of Allah
and His Messenger."
Then it would be said to him:
' Look to your seat in the Hell Fire, for Allah has
substituted (the seat of yours) with a seat in
Paradise.
Allah's Messenger ~ (may Peace be upon him) said...
he would be shown both the seats.
Qatada [Allah be pleased with him] said...
It was mentioned to us that his grave
(the grave of Believer) expands to Seventy (70)
cubits and is full with greenery until the Day when they
would be resurrected.
[Source: Hadith # 2~ Sahih Muslim Book 040 ~ Hadith # 6862
]
~MY 'SALAAMS' TO ALL~
Courtesy~ Sis Yasmin~
"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide
{Forever}
the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and
Honour"
{'Quran'- Surah Al-Rahman-55~ A # 26-27 }
