Heroic Stands by Shiekh Abu Nizhar Ash Shaami: The Ummah of Heroes

Our lives are a collection of stands taken. These stands are what will decide our status and value before Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgement. Heroic stands, which changed the course of history, produced events, and greatly influenced all who witnessed them or heard of them. Heroic stands, which we mention while living at a time when most stands, we see are those of humiliation and shame. Heroic stands, we mention them whose heroes are mentioned in the Quran, and the pages of the Seerah and our Ummah's past and recent history are overflowing with them. Heroic stands, which we mention in order to take lessons from. We mention them in order to receive flames of glory, optimism, and expecting good from Allah (swt), and to prove that our Ummah, by the permission of Allah (swt), is capable of bringing back the dignified stands which will fill the world with justice and light after it was filled with injustice and tyranny.

This is the Ummah of Khair (Goodness).  Brothers and sisters, our Ummah is carrying heroes in her womb. She is fertile and will never be sterile nor elderly. Her children make dignified stands which you barely find in the history of other people in the past or present. Stands of various kinds of heroism such that they covered all of life's fields and arenas; In Jihad as we saw with Qutayba bin Muslim Al-Bahili and Abdullah bin Unays. In the Dawah as we saw with At-Tufayl bin Amr Ad-Dawsi and the believer from the family of Yaseen. Heroics in spending like with Uthman and Abu Dahdah. Heroics in politics like we saw with [Abu Bakr] As-Siddeeq (ra). Heroics in stands taken by Faqeehs such as with Ibn Taymiyya and Al-'Izz bin Abdussalam. We saw the heroism of supporting the truth such as with Sa'd bin Mu'adh (ra). We learned from the heroics of Sayyid Qutb and Taqiyudeen An-Nabhani in leading the Ummah for change. We had stands by leaders such as Umar bin Abdulazeez (ra) and followers such as Ja'far At-Tayyar. Examples of stands which Allah (swt) loves and demands of us, the Ummah of Khair, to make. Allah (swt) demands us to have the heroism of the People of the Cave and the Hoopee of Sulayman and the stand of the believer of the family of Yaseen or the believer from the family of Fir'awn. As we saw, everyone can make heroic stands without any excuses. They were made by the weak such as Ibn Umm Maktoum (ra) just as the healthy did like Iyas bin Mu'adh (ra). They were made by men just like As'ad bin Zurara (ra) just as they were by women such as Umm 'Amara (ra) or the hairdresser of Fir'awn's daughter. In fact, they were even made by children like the boy of the ditches. And if we take a tour around the pages of these stands, we would fine shared characteristics in its heroes which we desire in our youth today and which the West with its media and institutions ardently works to destroy in the Muslim youth today. Chivalry, Iman, Being principled, Fervour for the sake of sanctities, supporting the weak, sacrifice, having pride in values. These have all become targets for the poisonous arrows of the West. This is why you find corrupt campaigns being waged in order to destroy these values such as CEDAW, "Women's freedom", "Safeguarding children", LGBQT, "Genderism", and the Abrahamic religion.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, Allah (swt) wants us to be heroes while the West wants us to be cowards without dignity, honour, or respect. Brothers and sisters, perhaps the most common thread between the majority of these stories and heroics is the presence of a leader, an Ameer, at the head of a state which produces such capabilities and employs them to serve the people and reach great heights. And this is what our Ummah is missing today. Without the presence of a leader, these heroics remain confined without there being a reality it can be executed in nor an arena in which there competition over it. And we know that our Ummah today is, by Allah (swt), capable of repeating the likes of these heroics and reviving those shining stances. This is because Khair will remain in the Ummah until the Last Day. Heroes, Ummah of the descendants of heroes... perhaps the most magnificent and greatest heroism today is the serious work to re-establish the promised Khilafah State. So, make the heroic stand which pleases Allah (swt) so that HE (swt) then puts the laws of nature in your service as He did for His heroes and raises your name just as He raised theirs. Come to make change since the world and those within it are waiting for an heroic awakening by the youth of the Muslims. Youth who reject Western culture, their rulers and filthy media, and who work alongside the heroes that are working to bring back the rule of Allah (swt) which will fill the world with light and justice after it had been filled with tyranny and oppression.

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