As-Salamu alaikum
Greetings of peace to everyone.
Many Muslim governments, groups and individuals have taken an un-
Islamic path and are trying to do what non-Muslim governments,
groups and individuals are doing. It is a competition in sin and
Muslims are losing. About fourteen hundred years ago, one of the
most beloved person of the Muslim ummah, Umar bin Abdul Aziz wrote a
letter to a military commander and said:
“Sin is even more dangerous than the ruses/tricks of the enemy.
Amirul-Momineen bids upon Mansur that instead of taking fright of
his enemy, he should fear transgressing the limits of Allah T’ala.
We overcome our enemies in the battlefield only because of their
vices and sins, for, had it not been so, we would not have had the
courage to face them. We can not deploy troops in the same numbers
as our enemies can do, nor do we possess the equipments they have
got. Thus, if we equate ourselves with our enemies in misdeeds and
transgressions, they would undoubtedly gain a victory over us by
virtue of their numerical superiority and strength.”