British Muslims or Muslims In Britain

British Muslims or Muslims In Britain 

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BRITISH MUSLIMS OR MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN?

Muslims who live in Britain are often asked about whether they feel British first or Muslim first, whom their allegiance is towards and how loyal they are to the country in which they reside. Some Imams in the UK have made statements saying that there is a long tradition of Muslims fighting for Britain from the time of the British Empire, who have even given their life for the sake of Queen and country and that there is in fact no contradiction between being British and Muslim and indeed it is even admirable and an Islamic character and duty to show support for the regime under which you live by being part of their army or police or helping them against Muslims calling for Shari’ah, because they grant you protection for your life and wealth. This booklet will highlight the grave errors in these ideas and expose them for the lies that they evidently are!

THE CONCEPT OF ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD

It is an essential element of any Muslim’s belief that there is a brotherhood of Muslims worldwide that is manifested in the statement of the Messenger Muhammad when he said that we are a unique Ummah worldwide, our land is one, our war is one, our peace is one, 

our honour is one and that any one of us can represent all of us.

The manifestation of this is to love for the sake of Allah those we are informed that we must love and to hate for the sake of Allah those we are told to hate, to ally for the sake of Allah with those who we told to ally with and to distance ourselves for the sake of Allah from those we are told to distance ourselves from. The same will also apply to concepts such as support and respect. The Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ) said that this is the strongest bond of belief.

The result of such brotherhood and love amongst Muslims should mean that for a practising Muslim any other bonds such as nationalism, tribalism, patriotism, interest bonds, bonds based on colour or race are either insignificant or merely ways to describe ones background and lineage.

The Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ) informed us that there is no difference between black or white, between the Arab and non-Arab, except on the basis of fearing Allah and hence abiding by his commands and prohibitions. In addition he said that no one of us is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself and that a Muslim is not the one who oppresses his brother, lets him down or hands him over to the disbelievers.

THE ISLAMIC VERDICT OF BEING IN THE BRITISH ARMY OR POLICE

The Army and police of Britain are a non-Islamic entity. It is completely prohibited for anyone to be part of such an entity since they protect the kufr (non-Islamic) entity of the British regime which is ruling by non-Islamic law. They therefore uphold its laws and protect its false sovereignty whereas sovereignty belongs solely to Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala). Moreover they are fighting with the American soldiers against Muslims. Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala) says in the Qur’an:

O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliya' (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliya' to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliya', then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong­doers and unjust). (Al-Ma'idah 5:51)

This alliance with the Kufaar (disbelievers) can be one of two; either they will be sinful if they stand with the Kufaar or they will become apostates if they engage in fighting against Muslims. Some Muslims in the British army participate with them in fighting against their Muslim brothers in Afghanistan. This is clear naked aggression against all Muslims, and Muslims are obliged to reject it and resist them as a matter of obligation to remove the occupation.

As for those Muslims who join the army, they will thereby be sinful and if any one of them fights side-by-side with the UK and US forces against Muslims, they will become apostates, being at war, as they are, with Islam and Muslims, and their life and wealth will no longer have the sanctity of Muslims under the Shari’ah. They will be treated like the disbelievers as clear enemies to Islam and Muslims. Moreover if they die in battle they will die outside of the fold of Islam, and they will never be dignified in their death nor buried with the Muslims.

Therefore we warn the Muslims wherever they are, particularly those Muslims in the British army, not to offer any support, moral, financial, militarily or physical in the onslaught against Islam and Muslims anywhere in the world, though the enemies may attempt to take Muslims onto their side. Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala) designated people in this Ummah that will direct others that go astray, May Allah protect us all.

And for those who go to fight Muslims in Afghanistan, remember that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade Muslims from pointing even a small knife at another Muslim, even as a joke, when he (ﷺ) said:

Abu Huraira narrated the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "None of you must point a weapon at his brother for he does not know whether the devil may draw it out while it is in his hand as a result of which he will fall into a pit of hell." [al-Bukhari (7072) and Muslim (2617)]

Let alone being involved in carrying machine guns, and driving tanks with the US and British army, arresting and imprisoning Muslims or fighting and killing them. Those from whose hand Muslims will never be secure, although the Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ) said:

“A Muslim is the one from whose hand and tongue his Muslim brother is secure

BEING A BRITISH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IS AN ACT OF APOSTACY

As for those ministers of the British parliament such as Khalid Mahmood and Seyeeda Warsi, they are apostates from Islam who help to rule and judge by other than what Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala) has revealed, as Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala) says in the Qur’an:

And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers. (Al-Ma'idah 5:44) [Sahih International]

These are the ones who play God in the parliament and therefore seek to challenge the sovereignty of Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala). Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala) is clear that only Islam can be implemented:

O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ), and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority. (And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ), if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination. (An-Nisa 4:59)

SPYING ON MUSLIMS OR WORKING WITH ‘PREVENT’ WILL MAKE YOU A KAAFIR!

As for those who are allied with the British regime and who take money to work for them as spies, whether through the ‘Prevent’ mechanism or as their police or as Imams in the mosques or so called leaders doing the British government’s bidding:

These people spy on Muslims, fight them and even try to deceive them. We ask them to give up their apostasy immediately. For Allah (Subhana wa ta'ala) says:

“And from mankind there are some who say: ‘We believe in Allah and the Last day’ while in fact they do not believe. They think to deceive Allah and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, but they perceive not.” [(Al-Baqarah 2:8)]

One of their deceptions is that they claim to be believers, yet they spy on Muslims or they go to fight them, or they report against them to the Kufaar. If they claim to do so as no more than a job or being ‘law abiding citizens’, we remind them of the saying of the Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ), who said: 

“Whoever earns a bite of food by reporting or spying on Muslims, Allah will feed him the equivalent in the hell fire, and whoever wears clothes earned from spying against Muslims, Allah will clothe him with hell fire.” [Sahih Al-Bukhari]