As-salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.

We hope that Allaah is blessing you with strength in eemaan and an
increase in dedication to His beautiful Deen in these difficult times
all over the world.

We wanted to take a moment to remind all of our readers of some very
insightful comments made by Shaykh Saalih Al-Fowzaan:

"...It is not something light on us that the Muslims are being killed
and exiled, but it is not true concern for the situation of the
Muslims that we force ourselves to shed tears insincerely, or that we
fill the world with speeches and writings, screaming and wailing -
for verily this does not accomplish a thing.

Finding the real solution to the Muslims' problems requires us to
seek out the reasons that have led to the punishments afflicting the
Muslims at the hands of their enemies.

What is causing the enemies of the Muslims to gain and hold authority
over them?

When we look to the Muslim world, we do not see any serious
commitment to Islaam with most of those who ascribe to it, except the
few that Allaah has had Mercy on. What we see are Muslims by name
only, the 'aqeedah of most of them is lost. They worship other than
Allaah, calling on saints and righteous people, clinging to graves
and tombs, not establishing the prayer, not paying zakaah, not
fasting, etc. They are not fulfilling the basic obligations Allaah
asked of them, they are not even gathering their strength or
preparing physically to fight the disbelievers! This is the case
with the majority of those who ascribe themselves to Islaam - they
have lost their religion, so Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, caused
them to be lost..."

This excerpt is from one of the shaykh's very beneficial books,
Duroos Min Al-Qur'aan al-Kareem. Al-hamdulillaah, we began
translating the book this summer. You can find this article with the
rest of his words by following this link, in shaa' Allaah:

http://www.makkahnet.homestead.com/quraanlessons_1_1_importance.html

We hope you will take the time to review this very beneficial
information, as it will offer a great deal of assistance in
understanding our priorities in our current situation.

May Allaah reward you well.


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