Question:
What causes divide the Muslims, despite Islam's call for unity?
Mufti: Khaled Abdel Moneim Rifai
Answer:
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of God, his family and companions and followers, and then:
The beholder of the affairs of the Muslims today, wounding him sorrow and grief and what was mentioned in the case of Muslims, of humiliation and differentiate the delay, the reality does not require proof, and as Connie has causes that bring, and most important of these reasons:
First, the reasons internal to the Muslims themselves, the most important:
- Far from religion, and their followers traditions of Jews and Christians has told us so truthful and trustworthy peace be upon him said: "When you enter into, and you take hold of cows, and have approved farming and abandon Jihad, Allah upon you then to buy until you return to your religion" [Narrated by Abu David and horses, and narrated by Abu Sa'eed al-Bukhari narrated from the Prophet peace be upon him said: "You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you Shubra inch cubit, until even if they entered a lizard's hole they will follow them."
- Innovations in religion: with the effects of bad, which is the most important difference and division, and the resulting enmity and hatred; the Almighty said: {and do not follow the ways separate you from His path} [cattle: 153], and said: Verily, those who divide their religion and become sects, not them in something} [cattle: 159], and said: {And be not of the idolaters * of those who divide their religion and become sects, each party rejoicing with their} [rum: 31.32.
- Love of the world: one of the most important reasons divide the Muslims and fought them and their differences.
- Ignorance is also one of the greatest causes of parting, told Him that he punished the Christian band; because of forgotten science, he says: One of those who say: Christians taking their charter Vnoi fortunate than they said it Vogrina them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection and will Enbihm is what they make } [table: 14] Imam al-Tabari said: "When they left the Christians who took their covenant to fulfill Bahda, luck, which was entrusted to them about my situation and Nhia, lured them enmity and hatred.
There is no doubt that disperse mean dissociation passions, and may be of the whims of personal belongings and worldly making faith his income, and not purely for the sake of God, and this is what we see today is that each group of teams that belong to Islam, is in fact not adhere to the rules of Islam, nor fixed origins.
Second, external causes: they are many, especially in the period dominated by colonialism on the country of the Islamic world; The work of the principle of "divide and conquer"; Vzra border problems between more countries, and revived in the souls partisanship ethnic among the peoples of the country's colonial; Calveronah, Phoenician, Babylonian The Assyrian and so on.
The right way to correct any deviation in the march of the Islamic nation, and its exit, which is the humiliation and domination of the enemies is:
- Refer to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, and it was Ancestors in the centuries charity and Beyond; said peace be upon him: "I left you, whether Thompsktm it will not go astray, the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger" [Narrated by Muslim and others], he says, may Allah bless him him: "You have my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs after me, stick to them, and cling tightly to it, and beware of newly invented matters; updated every innovation, every innovation is misguidance" [Narrated by Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah].
- Integrity and dimension of the reasons for the band and consistency to the method of God.
Then given to the fragrant biography of the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him and his companions and followers, and follow the way of life in the service of Islam and make the effort and Almahjh in order to defend it; to be the word of God is the Supreme.
If we do that we are united, and condemned us to this world; this is what's requirements of God Almighty to enable the Muslims in the land; the Almighty said: {God's promise to you who believe and do good works to Istkhalvenhm in the earth} [Nur: 55], and the Almighty said: {and support Allah who supports him that God to strong Aziz [al-Hajj: 40].
It should be noted that it is now the nation is an exceptional case, and, God willing, will return to normal, and in sight at the gospel of the blessed awakening in the lute, praise be to Allah, and Allah knows best.
Quoting Refer site.