Allah (SWT) says in the Qur'an [EMQ Noor: 19]: "Verily, those who like that (the crime of) illegal sexual intercourse should be propagated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you know not."
The final Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: "No-one has come with what I have come with; except that people had animosity towards him."
What I would like to explain and Allah (SWT) is my witness, is in relation to what the Sun newspaper has recently mentioned, the newspaper which is well-known amongst those that promote pornography and blackmailing in Britain, who have falsely attributed accusations which unfortunately have also been portrayed by Arab and Western media outlets, claiming that I have a daughter who has a son, who works in night clubs and that her name is ‘Yasmine'.
On hearing this I was shocked and thought to myself that she can act as she wills. As for the claims that I allegedly funded cosmetic surgery, so that she can work as a strip dancer in night clubs, to this I seek refuge in Allah (SWT) which are all lies and fabrications.
All these vulgar accusations are completely fabricated and unfounded and cannot be accepted by any sane person without proof, except the one who is a kaafir (non-Muslim), or the one who is envious or the one who has a grudge against Islam and its people.
And this girl (if she does exist) has nothing to do with my family regardless. And indeed I never did and never will have any interview with those pornographic newspapers like the Sun or its associates, who continue to publish lies and fabricate stories and interviews against those Islamic activists and Mujahideen.
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The Sun newspaper is aware that in this day and age, it is quite possible to fabricate any accusation and attribute it to any Muslim activist without him having the ability to defend himself or his honour. This is even more so particularly when they discover that the Muslim activist is holding firmly onto his Islamic principles, that he will never arbitrate to the man-made law or to any man-made court, whether British or otherwise for whatever reason, because it is known that to arbitrate to man-made law is an act of apostasy which takes one out of the fold of Islam.
The truth is that my family comprises of six children (three males and three daughters); Muhammad (30 years old, married with 2 children); Yussra (27 years old, married with 3 children); Abdul Rahman (21 years old, married); Rukan (18 years old, married with no children); Rayah tul Islam (13 years old) and Bilal (10 years old).
It is known amongst my family and my beloved ones and my students that my family is a very conservative family with an Islamic upbringing that abides by the Islamic commandments and that none of them are engaged in any prohibited professions (according to Islam) or even those occupations which could cast doubt.
Indeed this is nothing but an orchestrated campaign against Islam and Muslims with strategic aims and dimensions, fulfilled by smearing my reputation and the reputation of my children to dent the da'wah which I hold firmly onto, the way that many others have attempted to do before (until today) and the same way others have done to the Messengers and Prophets of Allah (SWT) and their families, the scholars, the Islamic activists and the Mujahideen.
There is no doubt that the firmness of the da'iees and the ‘Ulama and the people of Jihad on the word of Haq (truth), i.e. Islam who propagate and sacrifice or even die for the sake of Allah (SWT) for it is the direct reason for all these misleading media campaigns, let alone the arbitrary and barbaric campaigns against Islam and Muslims.
By Allah (SWT), the one whom there is none worthy to be worshipped but Him, even if Allah (SWT) has destined and tested me with a daughter who might remove her hijaab, I will be free from her deed, as long as I am on the Deen of Islam and Islamic teachings. I ask Allah (SWT) for her to be guided while keeping distance from her, because Allah (swt) said,
"You (O Muhammad SAW) will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW), even though they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred (people)". [EMQ Mujadilah: 22]
As for defaming me, all I can do is to leave my affairs with Allah (SWT) and I ask Him (SWT) to take revenge for me and all the other Islamic activists and Mujahideen on the Day of Judgement and for Him (SWT) to empower us to establish His (SWT) Shari'ah.
And know my Muslim brothers, that we are living in an age where people have forgotten a lot of what the Shari'ah has brought, their gatherings will never be sweet until they violate the honour of active Islamic Scholars and the sincere Islamic activists and those Mujahideen for the sake of Allah (SWT), who support His Deen; the ones who strive to raise the banner of Islam, seeking nothing but to uphold the Word of Allah (SWT) and defeat the falsehood and its people.
Unfortunately, you will find many of the corrupted people rushing to violate the honour of Islamic scholars, Islamic activists and the Mujahideen and divulging their affairs and getting pleasure from talking about them in their gatherings and mocking their honour and repeating all of the lies and fabrications that have been rumoured about them.
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This is done to the extent that some of their tongues do not even fear to make up lies and throw accusations at them and repeat falsehood attributing it to them, which is by Allah (SWT) made up by the enemies of Islam and its opponents from the secularists, atheists and others, the one's whose hearts are being torn apart when they see the banner of Islam rising high and on its way to empowerment.
This is without a doubt the inevitable result of the struggle of those who call to Allah (SWT), very similar to when the Messenger Muhammad (SAW) was harmed by the non-Muslims and it had been said about him that he (SAW) was a magician, poet, priest, lunatic, liar and radical; the Messenger Muhammad (SAW) was even falsely accused in his honour.
In spite of all that, Allah (SWT) established His Deen and made Islam and the Muslims victorious even when the disbelievers hated it. But it is from His Almighty traditions to bring out from amongst the Muslims a group of hypocrites (munaafiqeen) at a time when Islam and the Muslims are given honour and dignity, claiming to be Muslims, but Islam is free from them.
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Their wish is to destroy Islam and whoever calls for it.
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So they took the path of hypocrisy as their Deen. And whoever takes this path, he has angered Almighty Allah (SWT), and has become from amongst the dwellers of the worst levels in the hell-fire.
There are many lessons for the Muslims that can be learnt from the incident of the slander, Allah (SWT) says in the Qur'an [EMQ Qaf: 37], "Verily, therein is indeed a reminder for him who has a heart or gives ear while he is heedful."
One of the lessons is that the path of da'wah and Jihad is a path laden with obstacles, pain and harm from the enemy. The Islamic activists have faced great plotting against them but it never deterred them from their Deen.
O my Muslim brother, the callers to Islam are always targeted, especially their leader Muhammad (SAW), who had many rumours spread about him and spreading rumours is a great and dangerous disease.
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It is as if they never heard the saying of Allah (SWT) [EMQ 24: 15] where He said, "When you were propagating it with your tongues, and uttering with your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, you counted it a little thing, while with Allah it was very great."
And His saying, [EMQ 6: 33] "We know indeed the grief which their words cause you (O Muhammad) it is not you that they deny, but it is the Verses (the Qur'an) of Allah that the dhaalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers) deny."
And His saying, [EMQ 3: 186] "You shall certainly be tried and tested in your wealth and properties and in your personal selves, and you shall certainly hear much that will grieve you from those who received the Scripture before you (Jews and Christians) and from those who ascribe partners to Allâh; but if you persevere patiently, and become Al-Muttaqun (the pious) then verily, that will be a determining factor in all affairs."
And the final Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said, "Enough of a lie it is for a man, to speak about everything he heard of, enough of a sin it is for a man to speak about everything he heard, how many words will make the hell-fire inevitable for the one who said it and a man will speak a word without verifying and he will go down the hell-fire (with it) 70 years because of it."
Finally, I say from amongst the tribulations and trials that this Ummah is facing, is to take the disbelievers as allies, while they are attacking and insulting our Deen, belittling our Prophet (SAW) and mocking us. Only the ignorant will take them as allies and this never occurred in the straight path of Allah (SWT), where the disassociation from the disbelievers and Shirk (associating partners with Allah (SWT)) has been so emphasised even before the belief in the Oneness of Allah (SWT), as He (SWT) said,
"Whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah, he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And Allah is the All-Hearer, All-Knower." [EMQ 2:256].
The people of kufr and apostasy and hypocrisy have left no means of mocking Allah (SWT) and His Deen and His servants and this is very clear in their actions, sayings, media and plotting, so to Allah (SWT) alone is our complaint and with Him (SWT) is our reckoning and He is the best to look after our affairs.
The servant of Allah (SWT) who is needy for the mercy of His Lord (SWT),
Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad Fostok
Lecturer at the College of the Teaching of Usul Ul Deen
27th Ramadhan 1429, 27th September 2008
Tripoli, Abu Samra, Lebanon
Tel: 00961 70957759
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