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 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt, 6th Jumaadal Uulaa. (Saturday, 11th of December 2021).

TRIBALISM AND NATIONALISM IS NOT PART OF ISLAM. Bismillah.

Let's continue from the reminder yesterday:

There are many examples in the Seerah where the Messenger of ALLAH (sallahu alaihi wasallam) had rebuked those who upheld nationalism. On one occasion, a party of Jews conspired to bring about disunity in the ranks of the Muslims after seeing the Aus and Khazraj within Islam. A youth from amongst them was sent to incite remembrance of the battle of Bu'ath where the Aus had been victorious over the Khazraj, and he recited poetry to bring about division between them. As a result, there was a call to arms.


When the news reached the Messenger of ALLAH (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), he (saaw) said,

"O Muslims, remember ALLAH, remember ALLAH. Will you act as pagans while I am present with you after ALLAH has guided you to Islam, and honored you thereby and made a clean break with paganism; delivered you thereby from disbelief; and made you friends thereby?"


When they heard this, they wept and embraced each other. This incident clearly highlights how the Messenger of ALLAH (saaw) rebuked any form of tribalism. ALLAH (swt) then revealed,

"O you who believe! Fear ALLAH as HE should be feared and die, not except in a state of Islam with complete submission to ALLAH. And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of ALLAH (i.e. Qur'an), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude ALLAH’S favors on you; for you were enemies and HE joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace you became brothers; and you were on the brink of the pit of fire, and HE saved you from it. Thus, ALLAH makes HIS signs clear to you that you may be guided." [Surah Al'Imran (3); ayah 102-103]


It is narrated by Qatada that Ibnu Abi Hathim said that in the verses quoted above ALLAH (swt) has ordered the Muslims to hold fast to the book of ALLAH, HIS Deen, and to HIS covenant, and HE has forbidden the Muslims to divide amongst themselves and to dispute with each other. To be continued in Shaa ALLAH. May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and protects us from any form of tribalism. Aameen.

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