Da’wah in Trinidad: Part 3

This part is for those considered as Students of Knowledge or as the public would term it ‘those that did not graduate’. This group of brothers are the most criticized out of the bunch and are seen as unqualified fitnah mongers by many of the Muslims. And what is the reason that they are not qualified?:

Is it because these brothers did not graduate from Islamic Universities? 

My answer to this is no. Because the same people who claim that these brothers are not qualified to give da’wah are themselves ignorant of Islam. These are the same people that go to the classes of the Ikhwaan Ul Muslimeen listening to the lectures of the so called Muslim intelligencia  who unfortunately can’t even recite Surah Al Faatihah properly. They also go to the classes of certain ‘Maulanas’ and ‘Muftis’ who know nothing about the Arabic language and deliberately mislead people. So what is their motive behind making statements such as these?

They make these statements because they are not on the quest for truth. Rather they are on the quest to satisfy their desires. And I say that this is rather pathetic and unfortunate on their part.

The other group that spreads this misnomer are their colleagues who have graduated themselves. But why do they say it?

Is it because they see that these brothers have nothing of the truth with them? No that is not that case. Rather the case is that many of them want to gain or remain in positions of power and prestige among the common Muslims.  Therefore, they themselves say things to satisfy the desires of others and seek to put down those who try to establish the Sunnah if fear of their status being diminished in the sight of others.

From what I have known about many of these brothers that fall into this category of being Students of knowledge is that many of them are strong in terms of sticking to the Sunnah. And they also try to introduce others to the words of the major scholars of Islam and try to create a connection between them and the common Muslim. Apparently the two aforementioned parties do not consider this as a righteous action. This is because the first party finds it upsetting that they are unable to follow their own desires and the second party are unable to jostle for positions of authority that they held previously.

Therefore, to these two parties of brothers I give them some food for thought to fill their stomachs with. Did the people of Makkah see the Messenger (Salallahu alaihi wa sallam) as a ‘qualified’ individual? If one reads the Qur’an one will realize that this wasn’t the case. In fact the Mushrikeen said that if an angel came they would have believed in the message. Allahu Musta’aan.