The authority of so called “Israel” is trying to ban the Al-Aqsa Mosque from raising the call of prayer (azan). They claim the azan disturbs the “Israeli” settlers. They have been complaining for years about the azan, claiming it wakes them up in the middle of the night.
Furthermore, groups from the “Israeli” community want the Al-Aqsa Mosque to be closed until an “Israeli” soldier is released who was captured by Hamas in 2006. “Israel” has ripped Muslims from their homes and they want more of Jerusalem to accompany the growing number of Jewish settlers. This is forcing Muslim families to abandon their homes in Jerusalem.
“Israel” prohibits the prayer in Jerusalem to those over the age of fifteen from the West Bank. The only ones that are able to enter are over the age of fifty and ones who have special permits. “Israel” wants to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque and is slowly doing so. There are visual cracks in the mosque and these cracks are becoming larger due to the digging that is being done under the mosque. The “Israelis” keep digging claiming Prophet Sulayman’s temple is under the mosque.
Umar ibn Al-Khattab (ra) conquered Jerusalem paving the way for Islam to spread to Al-Sham. Another individual that again came to the rescue for Muslims and non-Muslims was Salahudeen Ayubi who expelled the European Christians from Jerusalem. Muslims, Jews, and Christians all lived in harmony under the Islamic rule. How does “Israel” repay the Muslims for their protection and allowing them to live in harmony? It does this by accumulating Jews worldwide and placing them in Palestine, banning the azan, torturing the Muslims living in Palestine, destroying their homes, and arresting men, women and children. Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:
لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوْا وَيُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفَازَةٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
“Those who exult in what they have done and love to be praised for what they have not done should not suppose that they have escaped the punishment. They will have a painful punishment.” [Al-Imran, 3:188]
And He سبحانه وتعالى says:
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ حَقًّا ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا
“Such people are the true kuffar. We have prepared a humiliating punishment for the kuffar.” [An-Nisaa, 4:151]
However, historically Palestine proves over and over that it always belonged to the Muslims. The first Qiblah in Islam was the Aqsa Mosque and was the second mosque to be built. The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ascended to Heaven on the day of Israa wal Mi’raj from Jerusalem. Salahudeen Ayubi conquered Jerusalem a second time and Muslims victoriously claimed the Holy Land. Muslims have had the right to Palestine for more than 1400 years.
Theodor Herzl , the founder of the Zionist Movement planned with the West to place the Jews into Palestine. However, before that Herzl asked the Khaleefah Abdul-Hamid II to give Palestine to the Jews but the Khilafah refused to spare one inch of the sacred land to the kaffir. Politicians claim it is Israel’s land that historically their Jewish ancestors lived in Palestine. However, strategically Palestine was the best location for the West so Israel can monitor the Muslims and allow them to never unify into one Ummah being a thorn in the heart of the Muslim lands.
Palestine is not for the Palestinians alone, it is an Islamic land and an Islamic holy site. Palestine can again be a part of the Islamic State with the help of the Khilafah. However, Muslims need to strive for the establishment of the Khilafah so Jerusalem can be returned to the Muslims. Muslims would never worry about any kaffir from banning the Azan to be called. Muslims would never face any borders hindering them from praying in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in the Islamic State. Muslims can listen to the Qur’an recitation before the Azan, which in many areas has also been banned. InshAllah, the Khilafah will be established soon and rid the oppressors from the land of the Israa wal Miraj.
إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَىٰ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
“Allah merely forbids you from taking as friends those who have fought you in the deen and driven you from your homes and who supported your expulsion. Any who take them as friends are wrongdoers.” [Al-Mumtahanah, 60:9]
Um Sundus
8-5-2011
Bayt Al-Maqdis