Nationalism


Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “He is not one of us
who calls for asabiyyah, (tribalism/nationalism) or who fights for
asabiyyah, or who dies for asabiyyah.” [Abu Dawud]

On one occasion during the time of the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa
sallam), a party of Jews conspired to bring about disunity in the
ranks of the Muslims after seeing the Aus and Khazraj harmonious with
each other within Islam. A youth from among them was sent to incite
remembrance of the battle of Bu'ath, where the Aus had been victorious
over the Khazraj. He recited poetry to stir their feelings, remind
them of their past differences, and bring about division between them.
As a result there was a call to arms. When the news reached the
Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) he said, "O Muslims,
remember Allah, remember Allah. Will you act as pagans while I am
present among you, after Allah has guided you to Islam, and honoured
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. [The Roots of Nationalism In
The Muslim World]

Islam is a religion that abhors racism, ethnicism, tribalism, and its
newer version, nationalism. Differences of language, colour, cuisine
and accent were meant to add flavour to life, not to be used to
ridicule or fight each other. The past couple of centuries have seen
wars between different ethnic groups on a scale unprecedented before.
The rise of nationalism has resulted in bitter conflict between groups
that had lived for centuries in harmony. It has set the world on fire
and resulted in pandaemonium.

While Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has prohibited nationalism, Muslims
are killing one another and aiding non-Muslims to kill their brothers
and sisters in Islam, in the name of saving their own "country". This
is despite the fact that such "countries" have no legitimacy in
Allah's eyes for the reasons that 1) in none of these is Allah's law
held wholly superior to man made law, and 2) there is only one country
to which all Muslims belong, i.e. Dar-ul-Islam. Muslims, for thirteen
centuries were one bloc, under one leadership, in the name of Allah
(subhana wa ta'ala). When you cut an elephant into 100 pieces you
don't get one hundred elephants, instead you get a bloody mess.
Incited against each other using nationalism, this is what the Muslim
Ummah has become.

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