This particular treatise has been an influental and significant book with many of the contemporary Islamic groups intent upon forming an Islamic state. Herein, the author draws severel parallels between the form of idolatry in time of the Messenger (salallahu ‘alayhi wasallam), and that which the apostate regimes have instituted from fabricated laws and methodologies of falsehood in the land of the Muslims, which are main obstacles to formation of such a state. In doing so, he touches upon the very basis of Tawhid and the obligation of the slave not only to hold these false deities with contempt inwardly – be they idols made of stone, or trees, or stars or the man-made legislations – but outwardly as well. And while most Muslims are familiar with the concept of having enmity towards the polytheists, and their false deities, within their hearts, there seems to be a lack of awareness regarding the outward enmity and what is required to be demonstrated in terms of aggression and hostility and warfare. And so, the author points out, although most Muslims are aware of certain aspects of the events of Ibrahim’s life, may the blessings of Allah be upon him, the various points of his Millah, in terms of his enmity towards the people of Shirk and Kufr and his taking them and that which they worshipped as enemies, both inwardly and outwardly, remain unclear to most. Therefore, the reader is encouraged to pay close attention, throughout the book, to the Shaykh’s points because, although there are many excellent books available in English regarding Tawhid, this particular aspect has not been covered in the detail that it deserves for the English reader.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:43:38 +0000
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