bismillahir rahmanir rahim.

salam alaikum.

you have once again proved
that the real enemies of islam
are not from outside the ummati of Prophet Muhammad(saws)
but they're from within.
shaykh Hisham Kabbani never even mentioned
any of your organization's name
in his informative and bold speech.
such was his decency and Wisdom.
but you couldn't help revealing your true identity
and prove it so crudely..
the exact same facts, that he was stating
about the violent and arrogant nature of
'some' so called muslim organizations!

if you show such behavior to a person
who is known as a Sufi, a Saint of God,
to millions of people, not just muslims, around the world,
what can others..in your language..the non-believers expect from you..
as representatives of the muslims in usa!!

islam is love..not hate..
islam is peace..not war..
islam is tolerance..not spreading action alerts..!
islam is learning to understand..not le arning to misinterpret..
islam is spirit and matter..not the voice of threat..
islam is forgiving..not backbiting.

you and i both pray to the same God,
so does every other religious people,
from every other religions across the universe,

if Allah is not differentiating between us,
showering the same amount of sun-light, rain, his infinite mercies,
who are you and i to say he's good and he's bad!

why you put your step to judge other people
when you can't even judge yourself!

judging others..is none but God's job,
let Him do His work..
and let us do ours..

dont you realize that by judging others..
it is none but you..
who are committing shirk..
as you want to be the Judge..yourself..
and interfere with God in His office!! "when you are content to be simply
yourself
and dont compare and compete
everybody will respect you"

"the master doesn't try to be powerful
thus he is truly powerful
the ordinary man keeps reaching for power
thus he never has enough"

"when a superior man hears of the way
he immediately begins to embody it.
when an average man hears of the way,
he half believes it, half doubts it.
when a foolish man hears of the way,
he laughs out loud.

if he didn't laugh,
it wouldn't be the Way!"

"all streams flow to the sea
because it is lower than they are
humility gives it its power.

if you want to govern the people
you must place yourself below them.
if you want to lead the p eople,
you must learn how to follow them."

"a great nation is like a great man
when he makes a mistake, he realizes it
having realized it, he admits it
having admitted, he corrects it
he considers those who points our his faults
as his most benevolent teachers
he thinks of his enemy
as the shadow that he himself casts"

please try to realize that it gives us pain,
to see all these fitnas and all the debates you are causing
by cursing and accusing one of your own.

we, as muslims want to live this short life on this earth in peace,
we want to follow you, who claims to be the leaders of the ummat.
and so it gives us pain, when we see the teachers using obscene language
wasting their precious time in backbiting
and throwing muds on their fellow teachers

learn to coexist with other idealogies, that's islam.
live and let live.

believe what you believe and let us believe what we believe.

just as you have the right to preach what you believe is true and just,
so do we.

listen to your hearts,
'cause its the only one who never lies.
and ask your heart if shaykh hisham wants to harm you, or to protect you,
if he wants to mislead muslims or to guide them.

what's his benefits in misguiding others?

no matter how big a wise person or ulama you are,
there will always be a greater ulama or wiser person than you!

once you learn to accept the differences,
you'll begin to see the real islam.
how beautiful and peaceful this religion is.

dont take out your dagger and try to threaten others who dont abide by
you.
there's no end of that.
someone else will come up with a bigger dagger. and so what!
what solution will it bring?

if you think of yourself as the true representative of the muslims,
be honest with yourself,
show this nation what real islam is.

leave your ego.
learn how to control it.
dont listen to it anymore.

your ego is the one who asked you to do all these at the first place.
each one of us has one and truly none other than saitan governs that.

once you learn to differentiate between your ego and your heart,
you'll be enlightened!

and then you'll begin to see
that there's no issue where one human being differs from another
but we all are the same
coming from the same source
living in the same world,
with the same dreams and thoughts
returning to the common source. .that all the issues only point out that
we're all the same,
belonging to the same God,
and you'll feel the love for all human beings
and even for all creatures in the universe
and for non-living beings.

this universal love
is the message of islam.

so please dont hurt us anymore.
let us follow you.
be our true leaders.
share our common love.

let us stop extremism of any kind
no matter who commits it
no matter where,
in which locality,
by which group of people.

let us shake our hands
let us pray in the same line
infront of the same God
remembering the same Prophets
and the same friends of Gods, who only teach us how to love
and nothing more
and nothing less
and for no earthly benefits.

because they're are truly men of God
all they ever need is God
and they have HIM in their hearts
long before you begin to question them.

so it is not them who need us.
but it is us who need them.

you cant learn how to drive a car by reading a book.
you need a helper, a guide to do that.

if you go to the motor vehicle office and tell them
that i've finished reading this book and
so i want to take the road test now..
they'll laugh their brains out at you!

when you can't even learn how to drive without someone else's help..
how can you imagine to learn God with someone else's help!!!

is that anymore easier than driving a car?

there's no shame in saying that
there's someone else better than me in this or in that..
there's someone else who knows God much better than i do..
'cause he's trained in the art and science of how to reach God..
all his life..he's tried to do nothing other than that..
while you and i have other things to worry about..
ask your heart..
look for the answer..

just learn how to realize and learn from your mistakes.
and your sky will be sunny and clear again

just learn how to realize and learn from your mistakes.
and your sky will be sunny and clear again
and so will be your heart!
you'll feel just as innocent as a new born..
who knows nothing and want to learn everything there is to know!

may Allah keep us all hungry for wisdom.
insha'Allah all these disputes will be over before you know.

salam alaikum

jehan ali
new orleans
louisiana
usa

now, this is what another brother has to say to you.
please read carefully before you begin to judge another again!!


>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 01:20:20 -0600 (CST)
>From: Zeeshan Ali <ali@eco.utexas.edu>
>To: AMA <ama@hypersurf.com>, AMC <amc@amermuslim.org>,
>     CAIR <sshakir@cair-net.org>, ICNA <info.@icna.org>, ISNA
<syeeds@isna.net>,
>     MPAC <heshamreda@aol.com>, MSA <msa-shura@msa-natl.org>
>Cc: Dilshad Fakhroddin <staff@sunnah.org>, staff@sunnah.org,
>     Hedieh Mirahmadi <hedieh@islamicsupremecouncil.org>
>Subject: You owe an apology to Shaykh Hisham Kabbani and the community
>
>Directors of the aforementioned organizations,
>Assalamu Alaykum,
>
>I have been following the incidents since your statement of condemnation
>of Shaykh Kabbani's speech came out. After going through all the
>documents I must say that you distorted truth to the extreme and to
>say the least, made a very irresponsible move by issuing such a
statement.
>It would be evident to all after reading the text of the State Department
>speech that it is NOT Shaykh Kabbani, but you, the seven organizations,
>who have led the American Muslim community to a fitnah. Instead of
>contacting Shaykh Kabbani and his organization first, why did you try to
>stab him at the back? The answer to this question can not but point to
>your biasedness toward a specific ideology and your allegiance to
>its propagators.
>
>It is quite striking that widely known organizations like you can do this
>sort of an underhand trick against a scholar of immense stature and
>international repute. I think by doing so you have lost all credibility
>whatsoever to represent the community anymore.
>
>Moreover, I have noticed from time to time, hate mails and statements
>carrying profanity issuing forth from some of your networks. The language
>of these mails are so low and abusive that one shudders to think that
>they could come from any Muslim, let alone people who claim to serve the
>cause of Islam. A friend pointed out to a web page which is set up solely
>for slandering Shaykh Kabbani. It is full of the same sort of vulgarism
>that are present in those statements coming from "msa-net". What do MSA
>think they are teaching to young Muslims? These statements and postings
>even contained offensive language against the great Scholars and Saints
of
>the Golden Islamic past. Do they not fear Allah's wrath? How can these
>come out under the banner of MSA? Who do these organizations represent
>then? Well not thousands of Muslims like me for sure.
>
>I as a Muslim living in the US bear witness to the outstanding
>scholarship and leadership ability of Shaykh Kabbani. He is providing a
>much needed platform for the believers of Ahlus Sunnat wal Jama'at in
>this country. Besides his tireless effort to promote unity among the
>ummah, of which the highly successful Unity Conferences are glittering
>proofs, he has authored numerous books of high standard. His Encyclopedia
>of Islamic Doctrines is a phenomenal work, a major opus where he has
>compiled and presented for the first time in English language the
>classical and authentic documents supporting the traditional beliefs and
>practices of Sunni Islam as are followed all over the world. The Shaykh,
>along with a handful of other individuals, also pioneered to bring the
>essence of spirituality back to the large spectrum of Islam in America,
>without which it would remain incomplete.
>
>In the contrary to what your condemnation statement wanted us to believe,
>Shaykh Kabbani actually saved the majority of peaceful Muslims from being
>labelled as extremists. The US state department is not so dumb as to miss
>this point. Your whining is therefore completely in vain. You may incite
a
>few emotionally charged and ill-informed individuals and cause fitnah,
but
>you can never resist the truth from coming out.
>
>We are going to abstain from financially or physically contributing to
any
>of these 7 organizations from now on, and will tell our countless
>relatives and friends who live in the US to do the same as well, until
and
>unless we see a MAJOR change in their outlook and attitude in future. An
>unconditional apology to Shaykh Kabbani and ISCA and to the American
>Muslim community in general would be indicative of such a change.
>Anything short of that would prove your unwillingness to work for ALL
>muslims as opposed to a small faction of Muslim whose ideologies dominate
>your organizations.
>
>This is a protest letter. And I refuse to be involved in any sort of
email
>tag, spamming or harassment.
>
>Wassalam,
>Zeeshan Ali,
>Austin, TX.
>
>
>

jehan ali/qazi tania ahmad
university of new orleans
new orleans, LA 70148, USA

email: jehanali@collegeclub.com,
       qazitahmad@collegeclub.com
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