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The following is a refutation directed towards Imran Hosein.
Bismillahi Was-salaatu Was-salaamu Alaa Rasulillah, wa bad
After reading your work on Gog & Magog in the modern world, I deemed it
necessary to clarify the correct position of Ahlusunnah Wal-Jamaaah on this
topic; particularly because it constitutes part of our Aqeedah (belief). The
book has landed on fertile ground and resonates with the majority of Muslims
seeking an explanation of the current world affairs and it seems you have
taken advantage of this in your approach of tackling the subject; You look at
modern day events (from America & Israel) that are unfolding in our times
and make it binding to try to apply and allegorically interpret them by the
ayaat and ahadeeth. And with no textual proof from the sources of Islaam,
you deem it an obligation to explain the reality of constantly unfolding
mysterious events in effect fabricating mysterious interpretations from
the Quran and Sunnah and in turn deviating from the understanding of
those grounded with definitive knowledge (al-Ulamaa min ahlusunnah
waljamaah). And you label the interpretation of our pious predecessors as
some peripherally important comments made years ago which requires
development of fresh taweel (interpretations) and claim its better off
starting from scratch. This outrageous remark made against, whom the
Prophet (s) named, khayrun-Naas (the best of people sahaba of
Rasulullah, followers of them and their followers Sahih Bukhari) were both
best in practice and understanding the Quran and Sunnah. They were in thecompany of the Messenger of Allah who clearly explained the verses of Allah
unto them. Allah (swt) warns us in the blessed Quran that whosoever strays
from the way of the earliest believers and follows a way other than their way,
He (swt) will leave them in that path they have chosen and cast them to
Hellfire what an evil destination! [4:115].
To re-interpret the verses of Yajuj and Majuj from scratch is a complete
deviation from Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaaah in Aqeedah (belief). You mention
that Dajjal and Yajuj & Majuj have been long released into the world (page70) going against the consensus of Ahlussunah Wal-Jamaaah Scholars. You
refer to the believers who indulge in tasawwuf as seeing with two-eyes
both the internal and external whereas ad-Dajjal sees with only one-eye
that is the external (page xii)- effectively misinterpreting the hadith of
Prophet (s) who said ad-Dajjal awar, wa inna rabbakum laysa bi awar
Dajjal is awar (has a physical defect or is blind in one eye and not only one
eyed as is often mistranslated) and your Lord is not awar (indicating that
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Allah is perfect in his Attributes) In another narration in Sahih al-Bukhari the
Prophet (s) pointed his hand towards his eye and said ad-Dajjal is blind in
the right eye and his eye looks like a protruding grape clearly depicting his
blind eye as a physical attribute. You label the Wahabis as a Satanic-
Alliance with the West, yet you state the Shia scholars, those who slander
and curse the best of people the Prophets companions (May Allah be pleasewith them, & may the curse of Allah be upon those who curse them) as
more willing and receptive of your fabricated interpretations (page 40).
The book you have published primarily revolves around the verse from the
Blessed Quran in Suratul-Anbiyaa quoted below, which you (unfortunately)
bring an entirely new meaning to. You state that that town refers to
Jerusalem and since the Jews have returned back to that town that Gog &
Magog have hence been released.
Your translation & understanding of the verse is as follows:
There is a ban on a town (ie Jerusalem) which We have destroyed (and whose
people were then expelled), that they (ie. the people of the town) can never
return (to reclaim that town as their own) until Gog & Magog are released
and they spread out in all directions (thus taking control of the world while
establishing the Gog and Magog world-order) [Surah Al-Anbiyaa 21:95-96].
(book blurb)
The classical Arabic translation and understanding of the verse by Prophet
Muhammad (s) and his companions is as follows:
And a ban is laid on every town which We have destroyed that they shall not
return. Until Yajuj and Majuj are let loose. [Surah Al-Anbiyaa 21:95-96].
The Prophets (s) companion Ibn Abbas (ra) said it is enforced, ie. it has
been decreed that the people of each township that has been destroyed will
never return to this world before the Day of Resurrection (release of Gog &
Magog is a major sign of the Day or Resurrection), as is reported clearly
[through other narrations] from Ibn Abbas, Abu Jafar Al-Baqir, Qatadah and
others Tafsir Ibn Kathir Al-Baghawi 3:268, At-Tabari 18:525, Ar-Razi 22:191
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Bringing a completely different meaning to an (Aqeedah that was) already
established and understood ayah by the Prophet (saw) and his companions
would mean:
1. The Prophet Muhammad (saw) failed to prophecies that town as
Jerusalem and hence betrayed to deliver his message even though he
testified in front of all his companions by raising his index finger to the sky
and saying O Allah bear witness that I have fully delivered the message.
And because of his (saw) statement there is no evil that takes you closer
to Hell except that I have warned you about it. (Musnad, ash-Shafiee &
others)
2. The companions of the Prophet (saw) did not understand this verse even
though they were amidst the very one (saw) who was sent to explain them
the Quran in its entirety as Allah (swt) says we have sent down this Quran
to you (Muhammad (saw) so that you may explain to the people what was
revealed to them [16:44]
3. The first three generation of Muslims whom the blessed Prophet
Muhammad (saw) labeled the best generations in understanding the
religion were ignorant of such an important sign of the last Hour (the returnof Jews to their homeland), and hence the Quran.
4. The first generation of Muslims were united upon misguidance; because
the Prophet (saw) said his nation would not unite upon misguidance and not a
single one of them said that that town is Jerusalem or indicated that it may
mean other than what Ibn Abbas explained above; even though the Prophet
(saw) had predicted in numerous ahadeeth the prophecy of certain events to
occur at certain places (like the conquest of Constantinople) and Jerusalem
was as well known then as it is now. So we are left asking why the Prophet(saw) didnt correct the explanation of this verse by his companion Ibn Abbas
(ra) if he understood it wrong and he (Ibn Abbas) was illustriously labeled
turjumaan al-Quran the interpreter of the Quran by the Prophet (saw).
5. In that verse Allah uses the word ahlaknaa meaning we destroyed. There
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are other numerous ayaat from the Book of Allah that mention this word
together with qarye town or township ie. Surah Hajj [22:45] Allah says
And many a town/township (qarye) did We destroy (ahlaknaa) while they
were given the wrong doing so that it lie in ruins Ad-dahhak said [leveled
to] their roofs ie. their houses and cities were completely destroyed (Tafsir
Ibn Kathir). Again in Surah Ash-Shuaraa [26:139] Allah says So they deniedhim, and We destroyed (ahlaknaa) them meaning they continued to
disbelieve and stubbornly oppose the prophet Hud (as) so Allah destroyed
them and it is well known the means of their destruction being described in
more than one place in the Quran Allah sent against them a strong and
furious wind, a fiercely blowing wind that was intensely cold. (Tafsir Ibn
Kathir)
Again in Surah Yasin [36:31] Allah says Do they not see how many of the
generations We have destroyed before them? Verily they will not return tothem meaning do you not learn a lesson from those whom Allah destroyed
before you of those who disbelieved in the Messengers? They came to this
world once and will not return to it. This verse is in fact in the same format
to the verse quoted in Surah Anbiya [21:95-96] in which Allah says they will
not return but He (swt) adds until Yajuj and Majuj are released meaning until
the day of judgment draws near then Allah will resurrect them for accounting
as He mentions in the ayah right after that [36:32] And surely, all everyone
of them will be brought before Us. (Tafseer Ibn Kathir Vol. 8 P.192
Darusalem Publications). Interpreting a Quranic verse by another Quranic
verse is an established tradition of the Scholars of Tafseer. Wallahu alam.
Our point above is that in all the verses in which Allah states that He
destroyed (ahlaknaa) the townships it is always referring to a physical
destruction of the town (and its people) and we could not possibly apply that
to Jerusalem (since the Prophets arrival as you will see below).
Interesting to note is if we read Surah al-Baqarah ayah 259 it mentions a
town that was destroyed laying in ruin up to its roofs during the time ofProphet Uzayr (4th Century BC.) and that town was known as Jerusalem.
However the people of Jerusalem returned back to their town 70 years after
Uzayr died and it was reconstructed (Tafseer Ibn Kathir Vol 2 Page 39
Darusalem Pub.). This period was almost a century prior to the arrival of
Prophet Muhammad (saw) and there have been no known destruction of
Jerusalem since then. Let us say for the sake of argument that the verse of
Surah al-Anbiyas town [21:95-96] is referring to Jerusalem, and keeping in
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context with this verse (verses explain one another) if we apply the release of
Gog and Magog with the return of the Jews back to Jerusalem as that same
town- then they (Gog & Magog) would have had to be unleashed before the
arrival of Prophet Muhammad (saw). Such a statement would nullify the circle
hole opening up in their barrier as it wouldnt even have existed and also
nullify your Gog American/Israeli alliance and Magog Russia nationsexistence at that time.
To allegorically interpret destruction (ahlaknaa) in Surah Anbiya requires
proof from the Quran, all of which are in opposition to it as proven by the
Scholars of Tafseer above.
You mention that the Quran has declared that Allahs creation does not
change [Rum 30:30] (page 50) using this as proof that the sun will always
rise from the east and not possibly from the west. However if you use your
quotations from the Quran correctly in context of the verse, we are presented
with the overall bigger picture of its real meaning. The Scholars of Tafseer
like Ibn Kathir, at-Tabari and others have clarified that the verse So, set
your face towards the religion as a Hanif (pure worshipper). Allahs fitrah
(natural disposition) which He has created mankind. No change let there be
in Allahs Khalq, that is the true religion, but most men know not.[Rum
30:30] in reference to the word Khalq means religion. Other scholars
have interpreted this to mean do not change the creation of Allah, others
even as Allah made all of His creation equal with the same sound Fitrah.But the renowned opinion of the majority like Ibn Abbas, Ibrahim an-Nakhaai,
Said bin Jubayr, Mujahid, Ikramah, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Zayd all
said that the verse means the religion of Allah. Imam Al-Bukhari also said
this verse means the religion of Allah, and the religion, and the Fitrah is
Islam as is reported by the Messenger of Allah who stated no child is born
except in a state of Fitrah, then his parents change him to a Jew or
Christian (Tafsir Ibn Kathir Vol.7 P. 545 Darusalem Publications). Nobody
but yourself has fabricated such a solitary interpretation of this verse in order
to justify your weak point of view.
Secondly, Allah (swt) states that the sun is on its course until an appointed
term [Yasin 36:38] proving that the sun will indeed change its course and rise
from the west when Allah the All Mighty decrees. Furthermore this is
confirmed in a hadeeth recorded in Sahih Al-Bukhari it is narrated that when
the sun had set the Prophet (saw) said to Abu Dharr: Do you know where it
goes? He (Abu Dharr) said Allah and His Messenger knows best. He (saw)
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said: It goes and prostrates beneath the Throne (of Allah), and it asks for
permission, and permission is given to it. But soon it will prostrate and it will
not be accepted from it, and it will ask for permission but permission would
be denied, and it will be said to it Go back from where you came so it will
rise from its place of setting.
Thirdly as narrated in Al-Bukhaari (4635) and Muslim (157) that Abu Hurayrah
(may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: The Hour will not begin until the sun
rises from its place of setting. When it rises from its place of setting, all
people will believe, but on that day no good will it do to a person to believe
then, if he believed not before. And also Abu Musa Ashari says that the
Prophet (peace be upon him) said, Allah extends His Hand at night so that
He can forgive the sinner of the day; He extends His Hand in the day so that
He can forgive the sinner of the night. He will continue to do this until the sunrises from the West (the Day of Judgment) Sahih Muslim. And The Prophet
(saw) said: Whoever repents before the sun rises from its west, Allah will
accept his repentance. [Reported by Muslim].
The above ahadeeth indicates that tawbah (repentance) is only accepted
until the sun rises from the west. With your allegorical interpretation to mean
this sun to be a false western sunrise symbolizing Western secular
civilization with its scientific and technological revolution and its ever-
increasing dominance over the world (page 53) would, in our current time,imply that repentance is no longer valid and accepted by Allah (including
yours) because this western sun had risen quite some time ago.
You evaluate the authentic narrations from Sahih Muslim that clearly indicate
Gog and Magog to be released after Eesa (as)s descent as an apparent
contradiction, only because you refer it back to your own understanding of
Quranic verses and ahaadeeth (which you label a mountain of evidence);
establishing when (the events of) the hour will unfold.
You claim that the Quran sits in judgment on the hadith and not vice versa
by holding firmly to the Quran in preference to such misinterpretation of the
Hadith (page 52) indicating that it is the Quran that comes first even if it
means rejecting a hadith. Even though your claimed contradiction of the
hadith mentioning the release of Gog and Magog after Eesa (as) is based on
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your fabrication of the ayah in Surah al-Anbiyaa ]21:95-96] mentioned above
Id like to clarify an important principle in classification of ayaat against
ahadeeth and vice versa. In the event that we are faced with an apparent
contradiction from the Quran and authentic Sunnah, as a Muslim we must
accept and believe in both text. An example of this is the saying of Allah in
the Quran: ud khulul jannata bimaa kuntum tamaluun Enter intoParadise because of what you had done (from righteous actions) and the
Hadith of the Prophet (s) None of you would enter Paradise because of his
actions. On the surface this appears as an apparent contradiction but in
essence it isnt, and it is the deficiency of our understanding the text that is
at fault, and not the text itself.
You seek to find hidden meanings behind the ayaat of Allah to justify your
interpretations You state that the final-key to the Hour is with the return
of Eesa (as) because Allah has mentioned him as ilmus-saaah which inplain Arabic means that he (Eesa (as)) will be a known sign for the coming of
the Hour. But you bring yet another solitary interpretation of this verse to
mean that Allah marked the establishment of the hour (ilmus-saaah) with his
(Eesa (as)s) return and anything beyond that clearly cannot function as a
sign of the Last Hour (page 94). However the companions of Prophet
Mohammed (saw) like Abu Hurayra, Ibn Abbas (ra) and scholars from the
earliest generations like Mujahid (student of Ibn Abbas), Abu Al-Aliya, Abu
Malik, Ikramah, al-Hasan, Qatada, Ad-dahhak and others, as proven from the
many narrations of mutawaatir ahadeeth (the strongest type of hadith),
stated that this means One of the signs of the Hour will be the appearance
of Essa ibn Maryam (as) before the day or resurrection (At-Tabari 21:632 &
Al-Qurtubi 16:106 Tafseer Ibn Katheer). What is explicitly visible is your
methodology of interpreting the nass (text) to fit your understanding and
abandoning the methodology of Ulamaa from Ahlusunnah of interpreting
verses by other verses and ahaadith. Again we ask ourselves why the Prophet
(saw) didnt correct his companions when they understood this verse to be
one of the signs of the hour and not the final-key sign to the last hour, as
you claim.
You mention the muhkam (clear) and mutashaabih (unclear) ayaat of Allah
(swt), and that both Allah and those grounded in knowledge know the
mutashabih effectively using this as proof to justify your fabrications.
However you overlook an important principle of this verse which turns
against you in that you discard so much Muhkam (clear) text (from the
ahadeeth) which forms the basis of understanding the unclear (mutashabih)
text. And the ahadith are also part of revelation the Prophet (saw) has
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hole the size of his index finger and thumb closed together has opened in the
barrier of Yajuj and Majuj during his time and fabricate this is as proof of
their release that time. Or you leave the reader thinking that if the hole was
that small over 1400 years ago then it must mean that Yajuj and Majuj have
long escaped this barrier. And because you fail to find this barrier with your
trusty Google maps technology it must have been broken out from long ago(page 164). You state that the fact that we do not embark and seek to find
this barrier is evidence enough to state that it does not exist. It is a known
fact that on a daily basis, even though we are so technologically advanced,
we are still discovering new areas of the Earth which were not known before.
Nobody can testify that we have explored and discovered every square inch
of this Earth in totality (Google maps/earth does not display every square
inch of the Earth in detail). As time progresses we are faced with new
breakthroughs & discoveries from our planet. What we do believe in, is that
when the time comes, Allah will make known this iron and copper barrier, but
at this stage we are ignorant of its location. This argument is actually a claim
of the modern time orientalists (those who try to find faults with Islaam) that
ask the question of where this barrier is, trying to put doubts in the hearts
of the believers and their deen.
One also asks the question if you consider it as easy as scanning the earth
with the largest satellite probe to successfully spot this barrier? Or perhaps
Google maps might give us coordinates and travel directions to where the
barrier is (including travel time via land or air) so we can pay Gog and Magog
a visit to see how big the hole is hence knowing if the hour is near or not. Do
you think Allahs sings of the last hour are discovered in such a simple trivial
manner? The Prophet (saw) himself was completely ignorant of the hour so
who are we to discover one of its major sings so effortlessly with modern
day Google technology? We believe in what Allah and His Messenger came
with without re-interpreting their words it to suit modern day technology or
our own ever-evolving-limited intelligence.
The Prophet (saw) stated that I and the hour were sent like this [joining his
index and middle fingers together]. If we take the opening of a small hole in
the barrier of Yajuj and Majuj over 1400 years ago to imply that they must
have broken through the barrier by now then we must also take the above
hadith, which demonstrates no physical gap between his 2 fingers (even
closer physical implication) that the hour should have also been established
long ago.
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And how do we interpret the following hadith about the blowing of the horn
on the day of Judgement; Ibn Abbas narrates the Prophet (saw) saying How
can I relax when the one with the Horn has put the Horn in his mouth and
knelt down, listening out for the command to be given to him? Attabari
18:122. Again this was said over 1400 years ago one might think the horn
has already blown if we take the nearness and potential time frame of thishadith the same way of the hole in the erected barrier of Yajuj and Majuj
during the Prophets time. Hence we cannot use such timeframe speculation
as proof of the emergence of Yajuj and Majuj from the barrier.
In addition to this is the hadeeth reported by Ibn Maajah with a saheeh isnad
from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that
Yajooj and Majooj are digging every day until they can almost see sunlight,
then the one who is in charge of them says, Go back, we will dig againtomorrow. Then Allaah restores (the barrier) and makes it stronger than it
was. (This will continue) until the appointed time. When Allaah wishes to send
them against the people, they will dig until they can almost see sunlight, then
the one who is in charge of them will say, Go back, we will dig again
tomorrow, in sha Allah. This time he will say in sha Allah, so when they
come back (the next day), they will find it as they left it, so they will dig their
way out and emerge to attack the people. They will dry up water (by drinking
it, because of their great numbers), and the people will seek to protect
themselves from them in their fortresses. They will fire their arrows into the
sky, and the arrows will come back down covered in blood (as a test for
them), and they will say, We have defeated the people of the earth and
have gained the upper hand over the people of heaven. Then Allah will send
worms on the napes of their necks, which will kill them. The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: By the One in
Whose hand is my soul, the beasts of the earth will grow fat from their flesh.
(Saheeh Ibn Maajah, 3298)
It is clear from the above hadith that even though an opening in the barrier
may appear, Allah restores this back stronger than it was before until He
decrees for them to be released. The narrations make mention of Gog &
Magog firing arrows to the sky and it being returned back covered in blood
(as a test for them). Your modern day Gog & Magog World-Order
unfortunately dont quite fit into this description and you are forced to
allegorically interpret the arrows as them waging star wars. The arrows are
in fact real bows & arrows as proven in the authentic narration in Sahih
Muslim and Tirmidhi in which the Prophet (saw) states For seven years
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Muslims will build fires with Gog and Magogs bows and arrows.
In Suratul-Kahf Allah mentions the wall Dhul-Qarnan built will be dakkaa
(leveled to the ground) for Gog and Magog to be unleashed and they will
surge like waves on one another (18:98-99). The next statement (same
verse) establishes the trumpet be blown and beginning of resurrection. Thissequence is similarly confirmed by the hadith of Rasoolullah in Sahih Muslim
(which you implicitly reject) that states Eesaa (as) and the believers will seek
refuge in Mount Tuur after Allah unleashes Gog and Magog out to cause
destruction and then Allah will cause Gog and Magog to die and then the day
of resurrection to commence when He wills thereafter. But you mention this
hadith to be in opposition to your own interpretation of the Quranic verse.
In fact the hadith is in perfect harmony with the ayaat of Allah, if you but only
understand the verse in Surah Al-Anbiyaa [21:95-96] the same way Prophet
Muhammad (saw) and his companions understood it.
The hadith mentioning 999 out of every 1000 destined for Hell to be all from
Gog and Magog (also indicating their huge population) is mentioned in your
book and Gog & Magog are known to be an established tribe from the
progeny of Adam (as) as mentioned in the ahadith. However if Gog and
Magog are all destined for the Hell-fire as in the narration above and
according to your interpretation that Gog are all Anglo-American-Israeli
descent and Magog are all Russian descent people then we are left
wondering where the American, Israeli and Russian reverts to Islaam will be
in hell-fire? Nonsense! And if they are as you say the evil-alliance within
these nations you are making a statement which requires textual (notperceived worldly event) proof to distinguish who is and isnt from the Gog
and Magog. If it is primarily based on corruption then there are many nations
that have caused this and a physical description and attribution of them to a
particular tribe by Allah and the Prophet would make no sense. Allah
mentions them in the ahadith as a tribe/nation with a certain description
(wide faces, small eyes & reddish hair) that used to spread mischief on earth
and thus were barricaded by the wall built by Dhul-Qarnayn and there is no
distinction made within them at all they are only referred to as a complete
tribe that will cause corruption and destruction.
Besides this is the hadith reported by Sahih Muslim in which Allah (swt)
states: I have created servants of mine (ie. Gog and Magog) so powerful that
none but I can wage war on them. Allah explicitly states that nobody except
Him can wage war on these people. Not even Eesa (as) to whom Allah has
given the power to kill ad-Dajjal (the Anti Christ) can fight Gog and Magog but
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will flee with the believers from them to the mountain and only Allah will
destroy Gog and Magog by sending a disease on them as reported in the
hadith in Sahih Muslim. If it is as you say that Gog is the American/Israeli
Alliance and Magog is Russia (page 139) then we are left puzzled how the
Chechen Mujahideen (fighters) almost single handedly expelled the Russian
army out of their homeland. Not to mention the many freedom fighterscurrently waging war on Israeli/American occupation in Palestine, Iraq,
Afghanistan and elsewhere.
You state that the water level of Lake Tiberias in Jerusalem is just about to
dry out using this vague argument to validate the release of Gog and Magog.
However the hadith in Sahih Muslim clearly states their consumption from
Lake Tiberias to occur after the descent of Eesa (as) and death of ad-Dajjal
when Eesa (as) and the believers flee to Mount Tur and they (Gog and
Magog) are released the first of them will pass by the lake and drink out of itand when the last of them does he says there was once water here. The
hadith also clearly states both Gog & Magog will consume the water from this
lake together as they pass by it. It is reasonable to comprehend Israels
consumption of their homeland Lake Tiberias but questionable how America
and Russia (your claimed Gog & Magog counterparts) from such a remote
geographical distance are also consuming water from this Lake.
You mention the statement of our Prophet (saw) in Sahih Bukhari as saying
woe to the Arabs from an evil that has approached thereafter he (saw)mentions a hole in the barrier of Gog and Magog and you interpret this to
mean Gog and Magog will specifically target and persecute Arabs (page
133). However this expression is commonly used by the Arabs of that time.
Prior to making an important statement, they would start by mentioning an
affliction to befall them. Like the statements of the Prophet (s) may your
mother lose you! and may your face be covered with dust! or just simply
waylaka! (woe to you..) in many narrations, preceding before he would
mention a significant matter. The ahadeeth of Gog and Magogs corruption
indicate they attack all the people in general because of their statement as
authentically reported in Ibn Majah: We have defeated the people of the
earth and gained the upper hand over the people of heaven
Having written and compiled an entire book on this subject matter, it is
clearly evident how compassionate and attached you are to such a solitary
school of thought. In almost each chapter you make mention of your
attempted failure to convince those doubters and arguers that continue
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to stubbornly reject your opinion and that your critics will one day be
silenced when your prophecies are fulfilled these remarks obviously
suggest there have already been others that have approached and advised
you about this. However my statements are but a plain and clear small
naseehah insha-Allah from a brother of yours that will either be for you or
against you on the Day of Judgment. Anything that I have said that is correctis from Allah (swt) and anything I said that is wrong is from Shaytaan.
Wallahu Teala Alam. May Allah (swt) keep us upon the understanding and
path of the pious predecessors whom Allah is pleased with and they are
pleased with Him Ameen.
Subhanakallahumma wabi hamdik ash-hadu anlaa ilaaha illa anta,
astaghfiruka wa atuubu ilayk.