Project Unity Sect: A sect to unify and revive the Muslims inshaAllah
Introduction:
Why unity through a new sect? Why not within existing sects?
Because existing sects are no longer tolerant sects. They
have become sworn enemies to each other. Happy to do takfeer on each other and
start killing and annihilating each other. So creating a new sect has become a
possible way to address the unity problems that we have. We can try it and see
if it helps improve things. If it does then very good, and if it doesnt then we
can leave it and search for another way. Even if it fails it may give us some
benefits from the experience of trying. And having thought about it i think it
may turn out to be a good way, Allah knows. But I wanted to release it to the
general populace of muslims to see what they think. Some will say this is bid'aa
(bad innovation) and thus completely unacceptable, while others may be willing
to think about it and suggest improvements etc. So its like doing a shura
(consultation) with the ummah on this matter. To see what the ummah says.
What about the issue of 'reviving' that the title mentions?
Here are my ideas on 3
key areas:
1- Focus on Truth searching
To focus on the search for Truth rather than the search for
Islam. If we look deeply at Islam we will find that it instructs the human to
search for the truth. Why are they here? Why did the Creator create them and
put them on this planet? What is their role here etc? This is the fundemantal
aim of each human (or should be). But today, for muslims, this aim has been
subverted by the many false sheikhs and false scholars into simply seeking
kowledge about a particular religion. And as a result we have lost our way and
divided ourselves significantly. But if we return to the essence of what Islam
teaches, which is seeking truth then I believe we can come out of the darkness
of division and into the beauty of searching for truth in this vast world that Allah has created.
Summary : Truth is above religion. Religion is below truth.
And one of Allah's names is alHaq (The Truth). Allah is
above everything. Everything is below Allah. So searching for Truth is like
searching for Allah. Searching for Allah is the whole point we are here. When
you think deeply that is. (see the hadith Qudsi where Allah says he is a secret
and created us to discover him).
2- Deep thinking.
To be a good Muslim involves using our minds. Thinking.
Being curious and asking about things. And so is the secret to learning. A
learner must first be curious and want to know. Without this thirst how can you
have the desire? As a result a good muslim becomes a deep thinker. Thinking
about all kinds of things. Who is Allah? What is Allah? Is the Quran really
from Allah, and so on. A good muslim is not a stupid person who acts like a
sheep and follows someone who calls themselves a sheikh or scholar just because
he has the dress of a sheikh or scholar. A good muslim looks beyond the
appearance and asks what are the qualities of a good sheikh and what are the
qualities of a false one. So that he or
she is able to prevent himself falling for the lure of the false sheikhs that
are unfortunately plentiful today.
Furthermore they would not just read the Quran uncritically.
But instead would examine every single verse to try to see how it relates to
this real world. Going deep into its understanding so that he can say that they
have a good understanding of the guidance and be sure that it is the guidance. How
many of us look at the quran in this way? We are not actually encouraged to do
this. Why is that?
Nowadays being able to recite it in one of the standard ways
is deemed enough, and its as if you have achieved some amazing achievement.
Even though you may not understand what you have recited. This is our reality
unfortunately. What a situation !
3- Remove blind following of Sheikhs
Blind following is not allowed in Islam. Because this is
what the people of the book did in the past , they followed their priests
blindly, and in clear verses in the Quran, this was described as shirk. But it
seems we have fallen into this in this age. (And there is a hadith that
confirms this, saying that we will follow the path of the people of the book).
So this point is so fundemantal that if we just solved this matter things would
improve considerably i believe. The reason is because we have so many priests
(false sheikhs) that are busy misguiding the ummah due to the sheikhs' ignorance of true Islam and due to them being
used for political reasons to keep the ummah divided and unaware of truth. The
corrupt rulers we have control those corrupt sheikhs that we see and so put
corruption inside us whenever we listen to them. When we do not know the
qualities of a good sheikh and a bad one then we get duped very easily and
think that our sheikh is a true sheikh. True sheikhs teach that we should
question what they say and not accept their statements blindly (they are very
few in number). False sheikhs tell you never to think on your own. And warn you
that it may be haram or lead to kufr or shirk etc. ie they scare you from
thinking so that this way they can easily control and brainwash you. They will
want to do your thinking for you. They are just political tools, used to blind
us from truth. So that we dont question whats going on in the ummah in terms of
corrupt leadership and division etc. They want to keep the borders between us
and the sectarian infighting and hatred. This is their job.
The current tenets of the Unity Sect
1. To unite as many muslims together we need to unite as many
sects together. I think this can be achieved by minimizing the number of
criteria needed to define someone as muslim. The smaller the number the bigger
the umbrella that covers us all and thus unites us. And these criteria must be
the most important criteria of Islam. And these will most definitly be in the
Quran in the form of the clear verses that the quran refers to as Um-ulkitab
(The mother of the book). Verses like there is only one God. That muhamed is
the Messenger, After life, Angels , Books of Allah and so on. Verses that are
not clear will not be used. As for hadith, only the clear concepts of the
mutawatir hadiths would be used. Mutawiter is the same level of authenticity as
the Quran i believe. ie it is 100% authentic because this is how the Quran is.
All other hadiths will not be used as criteria. And since the mutawatir hadiths
are only about 50 or so i believe (the rest are more than 100 thousand i think),
then its probably not going to bring anything that the quran doesnt already
have. So basically I am saying that only the clear verses of the Quran will be
used for Aqueeda matters relating to determining if someone is regarded muslim
or not. And this should therefore remove much of the takfeer that exists
between us and bring us back into brotherhood inshaAllah. This is the idea.
So what that means is if for example you dont believe in
Jesus peace be upon returning then this is fine. You dont become kafir or
sinful because its not a clear cut thing that he will return from the Quran.
Same with the Mahdi. For the shia, the issue that imam ali peace be upon him is
not stated clearly that he must be the khalifah so therefore not believing that
does not make someone kafir or sinful, as is their claim. So in this way these
small issues, that have today become major big issues, can be removed and
ignored and allowing us to be muslims together once again. Muslims are free to
believe whatever they want as long as the main clear verses of the Quran are
believed in. Is that a good way of going about it? You tell me.
Comments from the Muslims
Below I will put comments/Questions from the Muslims who
have engaged with me so that people can benefit inshaAllah.
I am amazed at this post. Yes I totally agree on almost all the points mentioned, but the main thing that if anyone thinks that they know the solution to unite all the religions better than Allah swt and His Messenger our beloved master Hadrat s.a.w is totally wrong. All the signs were given about the later days and the solutions, if anyone thinks that by ignoring them they can do better than they are on a confrontation course directly with Allah swt.
ReplyDeleteFirst read what the signs of the later days were and it's solution that were given then with an open mind look at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and you will see that this IS the Unity Sect that was started by no other than Allah swt HIMSELF.
Every point that you have raised is actually from the tenets of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This is nothing new and not only has the Unity Sect started but it has reached Millions in every corner of the world. This sect was started by Allah swt and enjoys the blessings of Allah swt, any sect started by man who thinks Allah swt needs their help is just another Sheikh looking for fame.
I don't think so.
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