Muhsin Ibrahim
@muhsin234
First, I use the word "ideology" in its broader sense to
include 'non-ideological' thoughts like agnosticism and atheism. These two are
equally eerily on the rise amidst our people. It's chilling, to say the least,
reading a typical Hausa man denying the existence of, and cursing, Allah and
His beloved Prophet. The case of one Mubarak Bala has recently made
headlines. There are several others who have just yet to ‘come out of the
closet’, or have not got the guts he gets to declare their new found ‘religion’
to the public. This is largely, as I think, the failing of our Islamic scholars
for not widening the scope of their preaching to the contemporary, and very
troubling issues such as atheism. They concentrate their efforts to Sunnah vs.
Shi’an; or Sunnah vs. Dariqah (Sufism), or the like. Agnosticism and atheism
pose a rather an existentialist threat to all religions, not just Islam.
The wars in Syria and Iraq, and the emergence of ISIS, Boko Haram and
other bloodsucking so-called Jihadist groups, on the other hand, have exposed a
lot of ideologues, particularly on the social media. While some are sympathetic
towards those perverts' militancy and activism, others are not. The degree of the
support or the opposition varies to the extent it, perhaps unknown to those
supporters or detractors, often discloses their hidden ideology.
To be blunt, I am what you may call a WAHHABIST, though a misnomer, but
that's it. I however hate those murderers as I hate my death. I am 100% sure
that they are aberration of Islam; my writings published on this blog and
elsewhere are living proofs. Second, I maybe their victim as anyone else, for
to them, it is: “with us or against us”. It is only when you carry weapon and start maiming,
plundering and raping that will admit you into their circle. I am apparently
very unlike that, and, in sha Allah,
cannot be. Those people even slew some of our scholars: Sheikh Ja'afar Mahmud
Adam, Albani (Zaria), etc. So, there's no association between us save what some
ignorant people create.
It’s more disheartening as many others increasingly reveal themselves as SHI'ITES. But for their ideologically-encouraged and supported
deception (Taqiyya), majority of them
hide under the facade of neutrality and disparage Sunnis, or Wahhabists, if you
like, defend everything the Assad regime does in Syria, back everything Iranian and disparage everything Saudi Arabian, etc. I personally detest double-standard as I do a thief. That’s why I admire the candor of a Shi’ite
youngman named Aliyu Smith. Although he’s what he’s, we still remain ‘friends’
on Facebook and respect each other.
Sincerely, our future doesn't look bright the same way the Middle East's.
Tolerance, cosmopolitanism and respect for one another are slowly but surely
dying. They started from this, and now they are where they are: sharply divided
along ideological lines, killing one another daily. I hope and pray we don't
become like that. We are first of all humans, and then whatsoever way of life
one chooses to follow. I wish I had my way to make everyone follow the path of
the Rasool (S.A.W) and his trusted companions (R.A). Islam enjoins us to
correct wrongdoing in any of these three ways: (i) by hands (instituted
authorities do that); (ii) by words of mouth (which I do) and, (iii) or to feel
sad about it, which is the weakest of the trio options (I also do that).
I call on parents and all to be more wary of who their kids and younger
ones interact with on the social media, and what they read on the Internet. The
mention of the perverted ideologies is not exhausted. We recently had a
devastating experience in Kano when a renegade of Tijjaniyya (a Sufi sect)
openly cursed the Noble Prophet, Muhammad (S.A.W). Thus, the vigilance has to
go beyond online. We should also be tirelessly prayerful. May Allah guide us all
to the straight path, amin.
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