Ibn Sadique
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Originally posted by Ibn Sadique: *
**Antiobl * - The Arabs and ‘Bedus’ who are nationalists or racialists are no worse or better than Pakistanis who are nationalists or racialists.
Really, you don’t have anything to proud of Pakistani nationalism. There is always tension among the ‘nationalities’ within Pakistan. Sindi and Balouchi nationalists don’t want the Punjabis to settle within their ‘national borders’. The nationalist Muhajirs want all others to be out of Karachi. Maybe the Punjabis think that they are the real heart of Pakistan. In 1972 the ‘majority of Pakistanis’ [the Bengalis] opted out of being Pakistanis! It on record that for last 32 years you have left about 3 million plus fellow Pakistanis to rot in Bangladesh. They have been begging since but it seems that nobody wants to know or really cares.
Why you have you betrayed them? Are they lesser Pakistanis than you?
If you keep up with the news you will know that these nationalities within Pakistan can not even agree to share the river waters fairly. Each nationality is accusing the others of being cheats.
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What is the state of Muslims then for us to be proud about Islam? We, the immense in number, the immense in weakness. We the claimants to the final, true religion, we the most corrupt, the most decadent.
We are those who use chemical bombs on our own people. We are the ones who call in foreign armies to kill our own people. We are the ones who bomb masajid in the name of Jihad.
Muslims are the most backward, Muslims are the most corrupt, Muslims are the least educated. Why take pride in our relgion then?
Pakistan is the most advanced Muslim country. Inspite of being perpetually on the brink of bankrupcy, inspite of not being born overflowing with oil, inspite of all the corrupt rulers, misguided jihadists, foreign refugees, hostile neighbors, population explosion, our education system, our foreign professionals, our doctors, engineers, bankers, scientists are unsurpassed in the Muslim world.
Dont compare statistics or news my friend. There is FAR more to be proud about in Pakistan, than the broader Muslim world.
Islam and Pakistan are not competing ideas. They are complimentary ideas. I do not advocate this or that. I advocate both. Islam is my religion and Pakistan is my country.
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Any Muslim advocating for nationalism, whether he be a ‘Bedu’ Arab or a Pakistani, he is suffering from a deadly disease of Jahiliyyah [Pre-Islamic ignorance].
Prophet Muhammad (saw) has warned us [Muslims] against the ignorant asabiyyah [with all its types and forms Tribalism, Nationalism].... All of these are strong warnings from which the heart of a believer trembles because he believes that he will stand accountable before Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgment. Among these ahadith are:
"Allah (swt) took away the asabiyyah of jahiliyyah from you, and your boasting about your fathers. So, man is either a righteous believer or a corrupted non-believer. You are the children of Adam, and Adam is from dirt; let men quit their boasting of their own people,they are nothing but coal from the coal of Hell or they will be more humiliated in the sight of Allah more than the dung beetle that pushes dung with its nose." * * - Authentic narration by Imam Abu-Dawud
^ *“So, man is either a righteous believer or a corrupted non-believer.” * - means that you cannot be a Believer [Muslim] or a Nationalist at the same time. It’s either one or the other. The two cannot mix.
*Now choose what you want to be! *
Any Muslim, whether he is Arab, Pakistani or of any other nationality, takes pride in his nationality; according to Prophet Muhammad (saw) he is lower than a dung beetle.
Referring to all forms of Asabiyyah, nationalism, racism, and patriotism, Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, ** “Leave it. It is Rotten” ** - [Bukhari & Muslim]
Make up your mind, if you still persist in taking pride in your nationalism; you know where you stand according to the sayings of the Prophet (saw)?
You want to send Pakistani army to avenge the death of 2 Pakistanis? And yet you forget to avenge for thousands upon thousands innocents slaughtered in Kashmir, which is the Jugular Vein of Pakistan, for last 57 years.
The more you hit the keyboard the more you expose your lack of Islamic knowledge and your Pakistani nationalism is dubious too!
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Asabiyyah does not correlate directly to nationalism/patriotism. It correlates to chauvinism. Supporting your nation/tribe whether they are right or wrong. You may take pride in your nationality, until they go against Islam.
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The Prophet (s) said: Best among you is the person who defends his tribe till they do not commit a sin. [Abu Dawood, Sunan, hadith # 5130]