By V.M. Khaleelur Rahman, for twoCircles.net
The Chennai Shia Youth organized a seminar on “Hajj – The Symbol of Universal Unity” on Saturday, 4th December 2010 in Chennai to highlight the importance of unity among Muslims based on the holy Quranic verse , surah Al-hujurath 49-10, “Surely the believers are none but brothers unto one another, so set things right between your brothers and have fear of Allah that you may be shown mercy.” It was well attended and highly successful.
Maulana Mufti Salahuddin Mohammed Ayub sahib, Chief Sunni Qazi, Tamil Nadu, Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Mehdi Khan sahib, Chief Shia Qazi, Tamil Nadu, Maulana Syed Niyaz Ahmed Jamali sahib, Principal, Jamalia Arabic College, Chennai, Maulana Mohammed Yousuf Rashaadi sahib, Imam-e-Jamaat, Masjid-e-Fidayan, Perambur, Chennai, and Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan sahib, Imam-e-Jamaat, Masjid-e-Hussainy, Perambur, Chennai were the prominent speakers who addressed the gathering stressing the need for unity among Muslims belonging to different schools of thought. The tone and tenor of the learned speakers was “the believers are but a single brotherhood”.
The speakers particularly the two Qazis said that during the Hajj pilgrimage we see the beautiful spectacle of Islamic brotherhood among the people belonging to different language, colour, culture, creed and community coming under one platform, happily and enthusiastically chanting “ Labbaika Allahumma labbaika laa shareeka laka labbaika – innal hamda wan na’mata laka wal mulka – la shareeka laka ( here I am O Allah, here I am, there is no partner for you, here I am, verily all praise for you and every bounty is from you and all domination is yours – you have no partner). There is no question of Sunni, Shia or any other sect there and all are considered just one ummah – community and this spirit should be there among all Muslims everywhere in the world. It is not proper to think that Shias and Sunnis are different people.
The Shia Qazi Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Mehdi Khan sahib made it clear that the revolution of Imam Ayatullah Khomeini (RA) is an important one which has saved not only the Muslims, but the world as a whole from some further disasters apart from the illegitimate occupation of Palestine by Israel, the U.S. invasion and brutalities perpetrated on the people of Iraq (for the non-existent so called weapons of mass destruction) and on the unfortunate people of Afghanistan (for Osama bin Laden).
He said that the history is replete with instances of the enemies of Muslims and Islam who wanted to weaken the Muslims by different tactics. He strongly emphasized that if the Muslim ummah is united as per the instructions of the holy Quran such as – waatasimoo bihablillahi jameeawn walaa tafarraqoo – hold tight to the rope of God and be not divided among yourselves – it can not only liberate their lost lands from the occupation of evil forces but also save themselves and the world from other state sponsored terrors. He wondered why a Sunni cannot pray in a Shia mosque and vice versa. The Shia Qazi also said that our maslaki differences have landed us in troubles in many countries particularly in Pakistan where even mosques are not safe from bomb attacks and actually they have become a normal phenomenon there. He was extremely sorry for all these unfortunate state of affairs and wanted all to realize their follies, settle the problems amicably and try in their own way to work for remedial measures among them for the sake of Allah and His deen –Islam. “We are all one” was the sum and substance of his power packed and highly informative speech.
The Chennai Shia Youth have shown the way for all to think that we are all Muslims first and only then Shias or Sunnis. There is an urgent need for more such meetings everywhere to inculcate the feeling of brotherhood among all sections of the Muslim community.
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