Rollercoaster...
What a day...The day started out with news that Zarqawi was killed in Iraq. Obviously his methodology to expunge the lands of Iraq of these occupation was a methodology that I dont agree with nor condone. The rules of warfare in Islamic Law clearly disallow terrorism as a means of Jihad, period.
But then why am I sad?
As a muslim we know that our message is that of mercy and compassion to all that exists: Humans, animals, plants, land, everything. It is our responsibility as Muslims to love for our brother what we love for ourselves.
So why would I love to see my brother in Islam have 2 500 pound bombs dropped on his head?
No matter what sin this brother commits he is still my brother and it is my responsibility to do whatever I can possibly do to get him to stop what he is doing. For me to cheer and rejoice that he was killed is absolutely unacceptable. We should be saddened that this brother of ours chose this methodology and (to our knowledge) was killed on such a path.
Do we not know the story of the man who killed 99 men, and then sought out Allah's Mercy and Forgiveness! Do you not know that on his search for this forgiveness he killed another servant of Allah because he told him he could not be forgiven for his sins? Do we not know that this murderer died on his way to seek maghfiraah and was accepted into Jannah because of his striving to seek Allah's pleasure?
How could we be happy that our brother in Islam was killed doing something that could land him in Jahannum wa naudhubillah? Where is our brotherhood?
Do we wish to please Allah or do we wish to please the kuffar?
If we wish to please Allah then we pray that Allah swt guides our brothers to the right path, forgives them their sins, and grants them Jannah because has hideously dispicable the crime of terrorism is, we should not wish hellfire on our brothers. We should wish that Allah accepts whatever they have put forward in good and allows them to be within His Mercy.
posted by Iboo LaL @ 10:17 PM
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