Martyrdom

[George 911-V8]

The Ideology of Martyrdom is Spreading in Islam!!!!!! By Abu Dharr

'When Asked what He Loves Best in this World, Abu Dharr Said: I love Death'
'This is Why the Infidel Americans Want to Change the Curricula that Edify Believers'

"Muhammad's nation is not the first in this [path of martyrdom]. The Prophet Muhammad said: 'I swear by him who holds my soul in his hand [that is, Allah], I wish that I should fight for Allah and be killed and come back to life, and fight, and be killed, and come back to life, and fight, and be killed.' And he repeated that time and again. [This was said by] the Prophet, who is of the faith of Abraham."

"The ideology of martyrdom is spreading now in our [Islamic] nation, praise be to Allah, Lord of the universe; and it exposes the [falsehood of the] People of the Book and of those who claim that it is their prerogative to be close to Allah in the hereafter on the Day of Judgment, and especially [the falsehood of] the Jews who claim that they are God's deputies on earth - but they are lying.

A Muslim May Not Pray for the Soul of an Arab Security Force Member Killed by Islamists

"'The Believers fight for Allah, whereas the infidels fight for the taghut. Fight the allies of Satan. Indeed, Satan's cunning is weak' [Koran, 4:76]. To pray for such people in mosques makes a mockery of the religion of Allah, because it misleads people and makes them believe that these are fighters for Allah, whereas [in fact] they kill Muslim men and women unjustly.

"Allah said: 'Do not make a mockery of the words of Allah, and remember the favor He has bestowed upon you, and what He has revealed to you of the Book and Wisdom whereby He exhorts you' [Koran, 2:231]. But they remember neither the Book nor the wisdom. They remember only the checkbook and the trivial [payment] for which they accepted appointments to join the cadres of agents."

'What Unites All of These Operations is Their Love of Death for the Sake of Allah, Their Burning Desire to Meet Allah'

'Allah Made this World as a Wide Gate Leading to the Glory of the Hereafter for the Believers, and They Understand this'

"Allah made this world as a wide gate leading to the glory of the Hereafter for the believers, and they understand this. This world is a gate to the Hereafter; and death is a gate to a tunnel leading to paradise or to [another] tunnel leading to hell, and they want to take the tunnel leading to paradise. This is the meaning [of martyrdom] in their understanding. They are not the first on this path. It has been walked previously by the prophets and the righteous ones.

"Here is [the example of] Abraham, who said to his son: 'Son, I have seen in my dreams that I am to slaughter you,' and his son answered, Father, do what you are commanded. You will find me, if Allah pleases, steadfast' [Koran 37:102].

"Here is [the example of] Abu Dharr was among those who, when asked what they love best in this world, said: 'I love death.' He said, 'I love illness, I love hunger, and I love death.' [5] The Prophet asked him: 'Why do you love that which by nature other people hate, Abu Dharr?' And he answered: 'I love hunger because when I am hungry my heart becomes gentle; I love illness because when I am ill my sins decrease; and I love death because when I die I shall meet my Lord.'

"Pay attention to these ideas and pay attention to the perverse ideas which the infidels want to force upon us today as they forced them upon themselves [thereby] losing both this world and the next.

"The truth is, oh servants of Allah, that God established this strategy not only with regard to our faith that we shall meet Allah after death, but also in regard to strategic matters. He established it as a strategy for the believer in his life too. And that, for the believers only. The Prophet said: 'He who dies defending his faith is a martyr. He who dies in defense of his honor is a martyr. He who dies in defense of his property is a martyr. He who dies to ward off injustice is a martyr.'

"Look how he enumerates the various types of martyrs, so that the nation of Islam shall not be in humiliation. The other nations who do not have this approach are lost. For example, the red Indians and others: when the stick was waved at them they abandoned their principles. On the other hand, this nation is destined to exist until the Day of Judgment, and he who leaves the path and makes himself lowly, loses the way and will have no direction."

'The True Believer Sees The World-to-Come as Though Through a Sheer Fabric, as Though He Hears the Voices of Paradise, and He Longs for It and Yearns for It'

"That is because the true believer sees the world-to-come as though through a sheer fabric, as though he hears the voices of paradise, and he longs for it and yearns for it. He weighs things with both the scales of this world and the next, not only the scales of this world. He overcomes desires and stiffens his resolve not to be entangled in dubious matters, and then he triumphs and dies a good death. This is what the infidels and the hypocrites do not understand. They do not understand those who love death because it is the gate through which they meet the Lord. The believer knows that he is married to both this world and the next. This world and the next are [like] two wives [married to the same man]; if he makes one of them happy, it is at the expense of the other. If a man gives charity from his wealth, it is for the hereafter and it affects him [adversely] in this world. If he goes to fight in Jihad, it is likely that his business will be damaged and he may be separated from his family, but it is done for the sake of the world-to-come. But if he does nothing about the world-to-come, and engages himself completely in this world, this is at the expense of the world-to-come, and the world-to-come will be angry with him because of it."

'The Infidels do not Love Death because They have Ruined Their World-to-Come'


'This is Why [the Infidel Americans] Want to Change the Curricula that Edify Believers'

"That is why they want to change the curricula, the curricula that edify believers, the curricula that educate people to persevere. They will never achieve it. They can win the sympathy of the hypocrites and those who apostatized and those whose hearts are sick, but they have no power over the believers, because Allah protects them and gives them his blessed protection. This is Allah's rule: Do not be deceived by this world, do not be deceived by temptations: 'Let not the fortunes of the disbelievers in the land deceive you. Their prosperity is brief, and then hell shall be their abode. What an evil resting place!' [Koran, 3:197-8]. This is the rule of Allah.

"Remember, oh servants of Allah: Why do your brethren want to perform operations of martyrdom? Why was Abu Al-Walid killed this week? Why are there so many martyrs among us? Because we are a nation graced with Allah's mercy. Because with every Shahid Allah saves seventy of his family members who were destined to go to the fires of hell. This is a nation graced with Allah's mercy. Many are the members of our families who are destined to go to hell for neglecting their prayers, for abandoning religion or for committing forbidden acts and they need the intercession of those Shahids and the intercession of those who know the Koran by heart."

'Read the Koran, Understand its Ideas - Keep it in this World so that You will Inherit Paradise, so that You will be among the Blessed, so that You will be Shahids, so that You will be with the Righteous and the Prophets'

"I remind you, oh believers, and I remind you too, oh infidels, to visit the graveyards in order to come to know the house of the truth, the first residence of both the people of paradise and the people of hell. This is the sole truth, from which you are now trying to escape. Visit the graveyards to know what will happen to you. This can happen at any moment. Oh believers, visit them. The Prophet has left with us two moral advisers - one silent, the other one speaking. The silent one is death, and the graveyards remind [us] of him. The speaking one is the Koran. Do not debase yourselves, read the Koran, understand its ideas. Keep it in this world so that you will inherit paradise, so that you will be among the blessed, so that you will be Shahids, so that you will be with the righteous and the prophets.

[350HP930]

Christianity is built on martyrdom too.

I guess the quesiton is which religions do not suggest self sacrifice as a means of fighting for their faith?

[Moneyguy1]

The world is like a verdant garden.....filled with fruits and nuts.

[George 911-V8]

I just find this religion "Islam" a little strange..

GG

[350HP930]

I feel that way about all brands of supersticion that people call their faith and religion.

[Moneyguy1]

All religions are a little strange but some are stranger than others.

The Old Testament depicts a vengeful God

The New Testament urges self sacrifice

The Quoran..Well, it depends on whose interpretation you follow..

I have a problem with religion, but not with Faith. However, according to the Bible, God created all things, since before creation, the universe and everything in it did not exist. Therefore, how did evil get created if God is all good? What went wrong in the mix?

Not trying to bait anyone. But this has always bothered me. It almost seems as if there has to be two sides like a coin. There is light, there is dark. There is male, there is female. There is good and there is evil. Therefore, two aspects of the Almighty. To me, that concept is frightening.

If there is a rational answer to this conundrum, I would be glad to read it. If there is a source of theological rationale, please list it.

[CamB]

This appears to be an edited version of this guys speech. I would be well surprised if he is considered the voice of the majority of Islam. He seems more like a dangerous radical.

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Area=sd&ID=SP76204