Why is There No Storm in Your Ocean?

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1 As-Sahab Presents Why is There No Storm in Your Ocean? A Message For The Muslims of India From Maulana Aasim Umar (May Allah protect him)

2 و All praise belongs to Allah alone. May peace and blessings be upon the Final Messenger (peace be upon him). As for what follows, I firstly seek the refuge of Allah from the cursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Allah (swt) says: و ن م شر ك ه ال و ل و ك ر ظ ر ه ر لى هع ال ی كل ه ل لى ه ل ر و ی ی ا و ل و ال ي ا ر س و It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad ) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), that He may make it (Islam) superior over all religions. And All-Sufficient is Allah as a Witness. (Al Fath: 28) Allah (swt) says: ا ي ن الله بم ان ته وا ف فا ن ا ی ع مل و ن ی كل ه ك و ن ف ن ة ي وی و ن ال بص ير" ا ل و ق ا And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah. But Allah (swt) says: ٢٥١ if they cease, then lo! Allah is Seer of what they do. (Anfal: 39) و لو ي الله و م ين العل فرلىع ي س ا ب ع ل ع ال يا ب ر و ل و ی الله ف And if Allah did not check one set of people by means of another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief. But Allah is full of Bounty to the 'Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists). (Al Baqarah: 251) The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah has saved two groups of my Ummah from the hellfire; the group that will invade Al Hind (the subcontinent) and the group that will be with Eesa (A.S), the son of Mariam. It is narrated on account of Abu Hurrairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) also said:

3 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) promised us the conquest of Al Hind (the subcontinent). If I am able to join it, I will spend on it my wealth and my life. If I am killed, I will be the best of martyrs and if I return, I will be Abu Hurrairah, the freed one (i.e. from hellfire). The falcon flew from captivity, telling the birds Strike yourself against the prison bars, fly drenched in blood If you have faith in your strength then do not beg For you will regret knocking at the jailer s door in this age Will the land of Delhi not give birth to a Shah Muhadith Delhvi who may once again teach the Muslims of India the forgotten lesson of Jihad and inspire them to take to the battlefields of Jihad? Is there no successor left of the group that drenched itself in blood at Balakot, who possesses the spirit of rising in rebellion against a system based on disbelief and offering one s life for Allah? Is there not even a single mother in Uttar Pardesh who may sing those lullabies to children after listening to which they grow up to stage the battleground of Shamili instead of heading to bazaars, parks and playing fields? Have the successors of Shaykhul Hind discarded emigration and Jihad forever? Has the land of Bihar become so barren that it is unable to prepare even a single group of the like of the Mujahideen of Azeemabad? Which infidel s evil glance has afflicted the land of Bengal that history is yet to witness another Siraj ud Daula? The Muslims of southern India, it seems, have totally forgotten those words of the lion of Mysore which still cause the infidels to tremble in fear: A single day s life of a lion is better than a jackal s life of a thousand years. What has afflicted the land of Gujrat, where the cries of Takbeer were raised against Kufr and Shirk, that today although the cries of Takbeer are still being raised, but Somnat does not tremble in fear? These are the questions that a student of history must rightfully ask the Muslims of India. Today, when the call of Jihad is being raised all over the world and Muslims of every region have started Jihad in their lands to eradicate the system based on

4 disbelief, the leaders of the global Jihad have the right to ask not just the scholars but also the ordinary Muslims of India: Where are the Muslims of India whose history is witness to the fact that they have in every age raised the banner of truth against the enemies of Islam? Where are the scholars of India whose predecessors, despite suffering the worst possible ordeals, did not abandon Jihad against the enemies of Islam? Why is it that the Muslims of India are totally absent from the fields of Jihad? O youth of the Ummah, O slaves of Muhammad (peace be upon him) in India: the grandeur of the Jamia Masjid of Delhi reminds you of your past. The Red Fort standing in front of the Jamia Masjid- the same Red Fort on which the Muslim flag fluttered for centuries- today sheds tears of blood on your subjugation to the Hindus and your cold-blooded slaughter in riots. Is the symbol of your victory- the Qutb Minaret- not sufficient to convey this message to you that it is the mosque that should forever rule the land on which Muslims have stepped even once? The mosque and those who worship in the mosque should be dominant there. They should be the rulers there because it is they who believe in Allah while everyone else has rebelled against Allah. Those who rebel against Allah can never become rulers over those who believe in Allah. They can never rule over them. The enemies of Allah can never be more honourable than the friends of Allah. How can anyone scare you from bloodshed and being ethnically cleansed? You are the ones who have staged the battlefield of Panipat not once, but several times. Allah has given you reason. Decide for yourself, what was better for you: the blood that was shed in Panipat or the riots in Ahmadabad and Soorat? Are those who bow their heads in submission to America wiser or those who confronted the Pharoah of the age in the battlefield of Shamili? Are those who accepted offices and positions in return for turning over Muslims into slavery your ideals or those who willingly went to the gallows for your freedom and honour? Are the former your ideal or those who spent their entire lives in the

5 prisons of Malta, who were impaled on burning iron rods, put at stake their madrassahs, and sacrificed their positions? O Muslims, weakness should not be your excuse! My Muslim brothers, this is something to reflect on. Life is not about keeping intact one s breath. Life is all about honour and zeal. Nations never breathe their last as long as they maintain their honour and zeal. However, if these two elements are missing, then a nation dies its own death, even though it may outwardly appear to be alive and continues to live on for another thousand years. This is the profound secret that the lion of Mysore wanted you to understand: a single day s life of a lion is better than the jackal s life of a thousand years. If religious freedom means performing a few acts of outward worship while living in the slavery of Kufr, then don t forget that those Godly men of Delhi and Lucknow, who left their homes to embrace martyrdom fighting against the infidels at Balakot, also enjoyed this freedom. The Mujahideen of Shamili also enjoyed this freedom. However, the jurists and scholars of hadith of the age confronted the British in the battlefield of Shamili! O youth of the Muslim Ummah, Allah (swt) says in the Noble Quran: م ين ٢٥١ العل و لو ي الله و فرلىع ي س ا ب ع ل ع ال يا ب ر و ل و ی الله ف And if Allah did not check one set of people by means of another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief. But Allah is full of Bounty to the 'Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists). (Al Baqarah: 251) This means that had it not been for Jihad, the earth would have been filled with corruption. Nothing on this earth would have remained in its natural condition. Without Jihad man strays away from the purpose of his existence. His blood is spilt. Injustice prevails everywhere. The weak are denied their right while the strong behave as if they are gods. The rich enslave the poor. My Lord has said, The earth would indeed be full of mischief. In other words, everything will leave its natural state. Allah (swt) created mankind in a state of nature. He gave

6 them the religion of nature. The enemy of mankind- Satan- and his cohorts want to turn the world away from its natural state so that the earth is filled with corruption. Don t forget that there is no bigger corruption on earth than running the world by man-made systems instead of the way ordained by Allah (swt). If this happens, corruption will overcome everything. Let alone man, even birds and animals will face extinction. The earth will stop to grow its produce. Why? This is so because the earth is Allah s earth. It obeys the orders of Allah (swt). If instead of ruling by Allah s book on this earth, decisions are made according to man-made constitutions if any system other than the system of Allah is enforced on it, the earth will writhe in pain. It will flush dark in its rage. Mountains will tremble in fear due to disobedience of His commands on this earth. When the people of this world leave their Ruler and Sustainer and accept America and Britain as their Ruler, then even the oceans will be enraged. Today, the laws passed by America or the United Nations are enforceable, while no one even pays scant attention to the laws of Allah (swt)! If Jihad is not performed, everything on earth would be filled with corruption. Listen! Not only man not only birds and animals not only will crops and water be filled with corruption, but even flowers will be derived of their scent! Flower buds will be deprived of their beauty. Fruits will lose their sweetness and taste. Neither pure milk will be available, nor pure water. Yes, not even pure water! After emptying water of its natural properties, mixing chemicals in it, and bottling it, you will be made dependant on it. What my Lord has declared is so accurate: The earth would indeed be full of corruption Even air, the basic condition for life, will not remain in its natural state. If you leave Jihad if the Caliphate no longer remains in this world if the Islamic system does not remain in this world if the natural system does not remain in this world if this world is not run according to the Book of Allah (swt) that the Creator of the Universe revealed on His beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) to eliminate

7 all unnatural systems from this world and establish the natural system, i.e. the Caliphate then the earth would indeed be filled with corruption. He says: It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad ) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), that He may make it (Islam) superior over all religions. It is He Who has sent His Messenger with this guidance and this system based on the Truth. He sent him with this life style based on the Truth that He may make it superior over all religions. Every system that is opposed to this, every lifestyle that is opposed to this must be eliminated and Islam should be made dominant over it. In case any power becomes a hurdle in this path, we have been given a clear order: And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah. Fight those who try to obstruct this system until their strength is decisively broken and their dominance is brought to an end. After this, let the way of life in the entire world be according to the Quran. However, don t force any infidel to recite the testimony of faith. This is his own choice. It is up to him to decide whether to become a Muslim or practice his old religion. However, since this earth is Allah s, therefore, it is necessary to establish Allah s system on it. It is necessary to do this so that even the disbelievers can live a natural life and the earth is saved from corruption. If you abandon Jihad or do not fight in the way of Allah, the Caliphate will cease to exist. The entire world will be filled with corruption. Everything on the earth and inside it will be corrupted. Remember that you will pray in the mosques, but you will hear the sound of music even during prayers, since the system of Satan dominates the earth. There will be such corruption on the earth that even the environment will not be able to retain its purity. It will be polluted and altered. The children will disobey their parents. The earth would indeed be full of mischief! The brother will kill the brother. Motherly love will be taken away from mothers. Everything will be corrupted. Even love will not be pure. Neighbourhoods will be full of mischief. The honourable segment of society, i.e. the scholars, will be humiliated. My master (peace be upon him) has

8 described this corruption in very concise and accurate words. He (peace be upon him) said that there will be prophethood first. It will remain for as long as Allah (swt) wishes and then Allah will bring it to an end. He (peace be upon him) said that after this there will be Caliphate according to the Prophetic methodology. It will remain for as long as Allah (swt) wishes, then this too will be brought to an end. After this stage there will be tyrannical kingship. It will remain for as long as Allah (swt) wills, then this too will come to an end. Next, the stage of corruption on earth will come, after which the Caliphate will be established. It must be kept in mind that the period after the break-up of the Ottoman Caliphate is the age of corruption on the earth. There is corruption everywhere. Trade has been corrupted by usury. The judiciary has been filled with corruption by man-made laws. This hadeeth of the Prophet (peace be upon him) gives this glad-tiding that the Caliphate will be established after this stage and thus the world will be purified of corruption. The corruption on earth would come to an end. The earth would start giving its produce once more. Prosperity will return to the world. The weak will be provided justice and the deserving will get their rights. There will be such prosperity that no one will be left to receive alms or charity. O those who love the Prophet (peace be upon him)! Is the time not near when we will see with our own eyes the sayings of our master- the Prophet (peace be upon him)- being fulfilled? The Caliphate is about to be established once more in this world. The slaves of Muhammad (peace be upon him) have come to the battlefields to offer their lives for the establishment of the Caliphate. The biggest obstacle in the establishment of this system- i.e. America- is licking its wounds in Afghanistan. Those who sacrifice their lives for the sake of Allah (swt) have reduced, with His help, America s technology to ruins. After Iraq, the black flags of Khurasan are heading for Syria. In Syria- the land of Prophets; the land of blessings and victory- the Mujahideen with black flags have established their bases for the

9 establishment of the Caliphate. Allah (swt) has endowed this Jihad with such blessings that in a short span of time the Mujahideen have reached a stage where they are on the verge of liberating the Sunnis from the oppression of the Nusairis. America and other powers of the disbelieving world are in a state of shock as they see their plans fail. With the help of Allah (swt), Al Qaida and other Mujahideen have taken the leadership of this movement in their own hands. Several groups have gone to Syria from Afghanistan and are leading the Jihad there. O those who have ruled India for eight hundred years! O those who lit the flame of Tawheed in the darkness of polytheism! How can you remain in your slumber when the Muslims of the world are awakening! If the youth of the Muslim world have joined the battlefields with the slogan of Shariah or Shahada and put their lives at stake to establish the Caliphate, how can you lag behind them? You were the ones who engaged in Jihad to save the Ottoman Caliphate. If Muslims from Philippines to Morocco are hopeful, then you have no reason to be despondent! Rise! Awaken! Participate in this global Jihad to give a final push to the collapsing edifice of America. This Jihad does not limit itself to any specific region. Rather, lives are being sacrificed in this Jihad to defeat America and its allies everywhere. My Muslim brother! Step forth! The norms of governance are not new for you. For centuries you taught the world how to rule. You have been the flag bearers of the honour and glory of Muslims for centuries. Rekindle that spirit once more! Bring to life that storm once more that raged in your hearts! The time has come to ignite the lava that you have suppressed in your hearts since 1875 with the flame of Jihad. It is time to show these claimants of divinity that the blood of Muhammad bin Qasim still runs in your veins. It is time to show them that Muslim mothers still narrate the tales of Ghauri and Ghaznavi to their children. It is time to show them that the legend of Aurangzeb still awakens the

10 conscience of the Muslims of India and the famous remarks of the lion of Mysore still exhort the Muslim youth of India to die a death of honour. Today, Muslims all over the world have arisen against this system of disbelief. The arenas of Jihad are now eagerly awaiting the Muslims of India. The arenas of Jihad are waiting for the Muslim youth of India. They are awaiting the sons of Aurangzeb and Tipu. Keep in mind: the disbelieving world wants to destroy us at all costs, whether by committing massacres, burning us alive, looting our wealth or violating the honour of our daughters and sisters. The disbelieving world wants to destroy Muslims everywhere; whether by bombing them, carrying out drone attacks, keeping them shackled in poverty or by instigating riots. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Kufr is a single nation. Therefore, they shed crocodile tears only to deceive us. Otherwise, in reality they are all united against us. They are all unanimous on destroying our generations and turning them away from religion. The calls of Jihad are proclaiming from every corner of the Muslim world that a new dawn has broken for the Muslim Ummah. The honourable sisters who fasten explosives to their bodies and penetrate the ranks of the enemy are inspiring you to awaken your zeal. They are sending this message to their brothers in India that Allah (swt) has put such tremendous strength in Jihad that even forty two countries of the disbelievers cannot defeat it. America, with all its drones and satellites, is safe neither in the Pentagon nor in Bagram. Only a few martyrdom-seeking youth can destroy their secure installations with the help of Allah (swt). Just take a look at what is happening in Yemen and Iraq. Take inspiration from the war songs echoing from the land of Euphrates and Tigris. Listen to the echoes of Takbeer coming from Afghanistan. Your brothers, adorned with weapons, are offering their lives in the battlefields. They are selling this life for the sake of paradise. They include children, adults, the elderly, even your

11 mothers and sisters. They are all waiting for you. They are all with the Muslims of India. I swear by the Lord of Muhammad (peace be upon him), if you only rise for Jihad once, the Mujahideen from Morocco to Philippines will stand shoulder to shoulder with you. Mujahideen from Makkah, Madinah, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, and from every corner of the world will come to help you, just as they have helped the Muslims of this region earlier in history. The land of Afghanistan is waiting for you to call for help. You will see that where your tears fall, the Mujahideen will offer their blood there. The hands that try to harm you will be cut off once and for all. I swear by the Lord of Hunain, the Mujahideen will turn the dwellings of those who burnt your children and women alive into the battlefield of Panipat. Just invite your brothers for once. They will sacrifice everything for you because they have sold their lives that the Ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him) gets its honour back and frees itself from the slavery of man to deliver itself into submission to Allah (swt) alone. They have set out on this path so that the Ummah declares rebellion against the system of the disbelievers and moulds its life according to the system of the Prophet (peace be upon him). O sons of Muhammad bin Qasim! O successors of Aurangzeb and Ghaznavi, rise and head for the fields of Jihad before the veil of any sister is snatched from her before Muslims are horded up to be burnt alive again. Head for the arenas of Jihad to establish the system of the Caliphate once more! Join the forces of global Jihad! Allah (swt) will help you. Allah (swt) will give you courage! If you take up this path, Allah (swt) will honour this nation because of you. Our last prayer is that all praise belongs to the Lord of the Worlds.

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