بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful
الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله
Salutations and peace upon you, my master, Apostle of Allah
For some time there has been a diabolical conspiracy to spread the poison of feminism and Western/European culture in the Muslim Ummah. The hostile enemies of Islam are behind this conspiracy, but its success lies in their mantle being taken up by feminists and liberals within our own community. But unlike the latter, the former know quite well that feminism and its call to women's empowerment and liberation is the most effective weapon to weaken Islam and rip apart the fabric of Muslim society.
The leftists of various shades assert they are working for the sovereignty of the Muslim world from Neo-imperialism, but they too advocate for the false gospel of feminism and women's liberation which is more effective and faster at disintegrating Muslim society than any form of political subjugation by a foreign entity. It is shocking to me that today many if not most of the Muslims are more concerned with the geopolitical subjugation of the Muslims, whether it is through Zionism or the wars America is constantly waging in the Middle East, than they are with the moral corruption that runs deep in our societies and specifically the sexual immorality that is so widespread. The younger generations have by and large turned away from strict Islamic traditions and conservative values with regard to veiling, gender segregation and preventing exposure to Western pop culture.
Even those that identify with the conservative and traditional current cannot help but be stained by modernity and its "progressive" values. The form of veiling that is considered "Islamic" today, by and large, is in fact a significant departure from the letter and spirit of the Shari'ah, while the complete covering and seclusion of women is pejoratively dubbed "Talibanization". That is a manifest indication that in reality the forces of conservatism are on the retreat in the face of the feminist and liberal reformist onslaught.
Allah, holy and exalted is He, says:
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰ
Stay in your houses and do not make a display of the display of the former time of ignorance
(Surah 33, Ayah 33)
Islam not only teaches veiling and segregation of women, but encourages them to stay at home. The entire system of schooling, and the phenomenon of women having jobs and careers outside the home is contrary to the spirit of Hijab and modesty. In this regard I must admit that the only place where the spirit of Hijab and modesty is correctly being observed today is Afghanistan. Those who allege that it is not Islam but "backwards" Pashtun tribal culture are sorely wrong. It is the ethos of pure Islam which was once widespread throughout the Muslim World but today has become limited to the blessed land of Afghanistan, and perhaps a few other remote places like Yemen and Hadramawt.
I have no doubt that the repression of the Palestinians at the hands of the Zionist menace, and now their neighbors in Lebanon is largely due to the corruption of the womenfolk.
The poison of feminism and "women's liberation" has been totally harmful to the sacred institution of marriage, the bedrock of the family and therefore of society. The Arab attitude toward marriage was already one that perceived it more as contractual than sacred. Adding feminism and modern liberalism to the mix has resulted in nearly half of all marriages ending in divorce in Kuwait as an instance. Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, the Emirates and Lebanon are not far behind, where the divorce rate in these countries range from a third of all marriages to forty percent of them. This despite my Master the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, having said:
أَبْغَضُ الْحَلاَلِ إِلَى اللَّهِ الطَّلاَقُ
"The most hated of the Halal to Allah is divorce"
Contrast this with the divorce rate in predominantly Hindu India, which is 0.1%! And in neighboring Bangladesh it has not exceeded 1%. Some Arabs deride Subcontinental culture as un-Islamic, but at least with regard to its attitude on marriage it is surely closer to Islam. Muslims and especially Arabs should be ashamed of themselves that compared to Hindus we are a people who have made a mockery of the sacred institute of marriage.
A major factor in the skyrocketing divorce rates in the Muslim and Arab world is the granting of the key to terminate a marriage into the hand of the woman. Whereas the injunction of the Shari'ah is that only the husband may unilaterally divorce, and if a woman seeks a khul' her husband must willingly consent to it for it to be valid. The result is that so many of our women, who have separated from their husband without a valid khul' and then married someone else are in fact not in matrimony but living in adultery, producing bastard children!
Another issue is so-called "marital rape". Even in the United States, "marital rape" was not recognized and therefore not illegal in all fifty states until as recently as 1993. Islam, however, maintains that "marital rape" is an oxymoron, since marriage is an agreement to lifetime consent. This does not mean it is wise or ethical for a man to coerce his wife if she is unwilling, but that if he does so it can by no means be considered rape or a punishable crime. The Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, said that if a woman is called by her husband to the bed and she refuses him, the Angels continuously curse her till morning, and Heaven is displeased with her until her husband becomes pleased with her again. Note that he, peace be upon him, never advised the husband to simply coerce his own wife. He, peace be upon him, said:
إِذَا الرَّجُلُ دَعَا زَوْجَتَهُ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَلْتَأْتِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ عَلَى التَّنُّورِ
"If a man calls his wife to fulfill his need she should go to him even if she is (occupied) at the oven" (Jami al-Tirmidhi)
Therefore, unless a wife has a valid excuse such as having her period—in which state sexual relations are strictly forbidden—or illness, she must always answer the call of her husband.
The feminists argue that such attitudes are patriarchal and backwards, but in reality they are the recipe for a happy and successful marriage, upon which the family and society thrives.
This is not to totally exonerate the males of our community from responsibility for the rising tide of marital breakdowns and collapse of the family. In many instances they either share the blame with their wife for the souring of the marriage or are in fact exclusively responsible for it. Specifically, the laxity in religious observance—the five daily Salah—and staying away from those matters that are explicitly forbidden in our Religion.
There is an evil and filthy invasion of pornography into the homes and devices of some of the Muslims which often leads to the destruction of marital life. Allah says,
قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ
Say to the Believers to subdue their gaze and protect their private parts. That is purer for them
(Surah 24, Ayah 30)
But the men of our community openly and shamelessly stare at women in public. Some of them put forward the excuse that intently lowering their gaze when a woman addresses them will likely be perceived as rude or awkward. But is perceived rudeness and awkwardness in this brief worldly sojourn not preferable to having to hang one's head in utter shame and extreme terror before Allah on Judgment Day?
Apparently, domestic violence is a considerably serious problem in our community. The feminist passionately and loudly screams that even the slightest form of domestic violence calls for not only immediate breaking up of the relationship but also calling the police to arrest the husband and charge him with a criminal offense that should lead to imprisonment. Let no one think I am justifying any kind of domestic abuse, but the feminist response to it is just as—if not more—destructive. The priority must always be to salvage the marriage and the family, even if at times that seems like a remote possibility. Are there not better alternatives, in the long run, to terminating the marriage or involving the police?
Allah says,
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا إِن يُرِيدَا إِصْلَاحًا يُوَفِّقِ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا
If you fear dissension between them both then send an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from her family. If they desire reconciliation then Allah will bring about agreement between them both
(Surah 4, Ayah 35)
Thus the first and best course of action to solve the problem of domestic violence or abuse is always resorting to reconciliation by means of arbitration between the two families. Only in such an extreme scenario when the husband obstinately refuses to mend his ways despite the threat of breakup should his wife seek a nullification of the marriage in the courts.
Therapy and marriage counseling especially with the help of the elders and religious leaders of the community are better at mending the marriage and bringing about blessing in it as opposed to seeking its dissolution resulting in a broken family. Studies are fairly consistent in showing that single mother households often result in the children going wayward or becoming unsuccessful in life.
One need only look at the state of the family today in Western civilization, and especially the broken families in certain minority communities in the West such as Blacks and Indigenous people. The enemies of Islam are pushing this agenda of feminism in the Muslim world with the objective of having our state mirror theirs.
Thankfully, the phenomenon of producing children out of wedlock is still a major stigma in even the more liberal sections of our community, but who can say our proceeding generations will not stigmatize it? The feminist mindset is ultimately one that is skeptical and disapproving of the institute of marriage altogether. The more radical feminists seek to eventually abolish it forever, viewing it—and perhaps correctly so—as a fundamentally patriarchal social phenomenon.
We Muslims living as a minority in the West witness the destruction of the family and the spread of sexual immorality as a consequence of this civilization having swallowed hook, line and sinker the principles of feminism. But our low IQ brethren in the Muslim world pushing for "women's liberation" are intellectually incapable of appreciating the consequences of that which they call to for the institutions of marriage and family.
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