JIHAD

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significance. We must not just condemn terrorism but do something which has a decisive effect. We have to set a good example ourselves and educate others by kind acts etc. 

[8:72] Surely, those who believed, and emigrated, and strove with their money and their lives in the cause of GOD, as well as those who hosted them and gave them refuge, and supported them, they are allies of one another… [9:41] You shall readily mobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your money and your lives in the cause of GOD. This is better for you, if you only knew. 

Suicide bombers are generally the alienated, economically deprived and uneducated. Self-appointed mullahs indoctrinate them against those they presume guilty and then brainwash them into thinking they have a one-way ticket to Paradise where the 72 Houris await them. They propagate this as Jihad. The two main crimes they commit are: firstly, that they promote suicide. 

Murder, Suicide, and Illicit Gains Prohibited 

[4:29] O you who believe, do not consume each others’ properties illicitly― only mutually acceptable transactions are permitted. You shall not kill yourselves. GOD is Merciful towards you. 

[2:195] You shall spend in the cause of GOD;

do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction. You shall be charitable; GOD loves the charitable. 

Secondly, we have the wanton killing of innocent humans and malicious acts of destruction which are against the spirit of the humanitarian law of the Quran. A suicide act is one of cowardice involving deceit and treachery, not the traits of a true Submitter.

[5:32] Because of this, we decreed for the Children of Israel that anyone who murders any person who had not committed murder or horrendous crimes, it shall be as if he murdered all the people. And anyone who spares a life it shall be as if he spared the lives of all the people. Our messengers went to them with clear proofs and revelations, but most of them, after all this, are still transgressing.

The word “person” is mentioned here. The person may belong to any faith or perhaps have no faith at all. With regard to unbelievers God reveals [109:6] “To you is your religion, and to me is my religion.” Compulsion too is rejected by the verse [2:256] There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way. Anyone who denounces the devil and believes in GOD has grasped the strongest bond; one that never breaks. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

The Quran does not ask us to sit back and be stagnant but rather be dynamic and move swiftly to aid the less fortunate.

Higher Ranks for the Strivers

[4:95] Not equal are the sedentary among the believers who are not handicapped, and those who strive in the cause of GOD with their money and their lives. GOD exalts the strivers with their money and their lives above the sedentary. For both, GOD promises salvation, but GOD exalts the strivers over the sedentary with a great recompense.

Indiscriminate killing of humans regardless of when and where they take place must be unequivocally condemned. Our great religion is compassionate and respects the sanctity of life. Insha Allah, we have to wage a “Jihad” against sin, enforce the right and evict the wrong.

Alim

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The Winners 

[9:71] The believing men and women are allies of one another. They advocate righteousness and forbid evil, they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and they obey GOD and His messenger. These will be showered by GOD's mercy. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise. 

Treat Each Other Amicably 

[17:53] Tell My servants to treat each other in the best possible manner, for the devil will always try to drive a wedge among them. Surely, the devil is man's most ardent enemy.