What is Hamas and who are Hamas people?
We have always heard of people who have sold their souls to the Devil, but we have hardly heard of people who have sold their souls to Allah in return for being awarded Jannah (paradise) and Allah's Pleasure. Among those rarely heard of are Hamas members who never fear their enemies even armed to teeth, let alone criticisms of skeptics or condemners. They are people who have focused exclusively on and devoted their entire lives to liberating the Holy land which was praised by Allah the Lord of the Worlds in His Glorious Book the Qu'ran. They have turned their backs to pleasures of life and, instead, opted to live under firings and attacks, as well as the blockade imposed by their enemies and friends, with the former pounding them day and night and the latter being unable to do anything.
Many historians have failed to name the periods of history which witness splits within the Muslim nation. To get out of this dilemma, they prefer to name such periods after the name of the prominent ulema or mujahedeen or any one(s) proved to be sincere to Islam and its Nation. The Seljuk era, for instance, is well known in the history of Islam. While their rule did not dominate the whole Muslim world, their period of rule , however, was the cream de le cream of that part of the Islamic history, and so were the eras of the Zinkeyyeen (named after Emad Eddin Zinki), the Ayyoubids (named after Nagm El Din Ayyoub) and the Memlukes. These eras witnessed unity among limited Muslim nation countries. However , the historians could only put the names of those Muslim dynasties on top of the periods when they existed, even though such dynasties did not rule much of the Muslim world at the time.
Given this aforementioned historical notion, I do not rule out that our era will be named (Hamas" reign, and the historians now may ignore many and many of the governments and regimes, and , instead, they will highlight Hamas as a group which has assumed the mission of liberating Palestine from the Jews. Besides, if the group maintains its jihad, sincerity , giving and ideology, I do not rule out that it will be the middle ground around which the Muslims will rally under one banner after a long time of disunity and schism, given that Allah is All Able.
Unlike Arab rulers, Hamas' leaders prefer not to live in palaces and castles at a time when the people are suffering pains and coming under blockade.
Hamas members are indoctrinated Qur'an and Sunna, the history and the reality around it, in a way that makes them understand meanings of jihad and truce, laws of war and peace, mechanisms of fighting and negotiations; they also learn to do all their best while leaving their affairs to Allah.
In short, they are people whose sole mission is to restore the Muslim Nation's once great glory and dignity, as well as the honor which the Nation has lost amid periods of imperialism and despotism alike.
Therefore, We pray that Allah award them His pleasures and paradise.
How happy I feel that I was born in their era! Whenever I find myself sunk in grief and pain for the ordeals in which the Muslim world countries come under- which could cause a lot of depression or despair, I immediately go and open the history and reality of Hamas, reviewing some chapters of its honorable track record. This reinvigorates hope into my heart , and this in turn gives me a momentum for more power, more energy and a stronger will as well. This feeling always happens when one reads biographies of mujahedeen, reformers and Ulema.
We actually get greater momentums when reading the history of Sahaba and Tabe'een, as well as the biographies of Alp Arslan, Nour el Din Mahmoud, Salahuddin and Qotoz. We also get the same momentum for faith and good deeds when we review the biographies of Bukhari, Muslim, Shafie, Ibn Hanbal, and Al Ezz Ibn Abdul Salaam and Ibn Taimeya.
The same result also shows clearly when we study the lives of Ahmed Yaseen, al Ranteesy, Abu Shanab, Akl and Yahya Ayyash, as well as Haneya and Meshal and al Zahhar and other heroes of the Nation.
But this does not just mean that they are infallible people or that they are sinless like prophets, since I know that they are humans who may make mistakes or mix up priorities. They may also succeed and fail, but, on the whole, their lives give their Muslim Nation a sense of pride.
This aforementioned glory should be met with honor and appreciation on the part of all Arab and Muslim peoples. But , alas, it is met by with a fierce war on the part of Arab newspapers and government television programs, a media war that one cannot find in the Jewish media outlets themselves! We also see in media outlets owned by Arab states those who throw suspects on and groundless allegations against this group, with some accusing it of loyalty to Iran while others labeling its members as power hunters; some also claim that the group does not read the events deeply, as if the wise in this age is the one who has raised the white flag and surrendered to his enemy unconditionally. !!
This position is a shame but it is not that surprising, since there are hypocrites in every age!!
The hypocrites which I mean are those who bear Muslim names and live in Muslim lands and may perform some kind of worship like prayers or fasting but they harbor spite and hatred in their hearts to Muslims even more than that in the Jews and Christians and atheists. Concerning the disbelievers, they have publicly said that they hate faith and the faithful, but the hypocrites are too cowardly to say this, so they live in perplexity, bewilder and paradox. They pray while they hate the prayers, and witness that no deity but Allah while they abhor the monotheists, and they live in the Muslim lands while they seek to surrender them to the enemies of the religion of Islam.
So, the people with such aforementioned mentalities and moody mindsets hate the mujahedeen and the faithful, and embark on attacking and mercilessly criticizing them, seizing the opportunities to trap them or mar their images.
This fifth column was even in Medina with the Messengers of Allah, SAWS, in spite of the clear proofs and signs of the sincerity and miracles of the Messenger, SAWS. They saw the honored Sahaba wholeheartedly devote themselves to doing favor in all its forms. Instead of admiring this good example, they started to harbor hatred against them, mocking at them and speak ill of them. For example, if they saw a rich Muslim sacrificing his money, they said" this person seeks show off" and if they saw a poor man sacrificing money as possible as he could, they said" what is the use of this little money in the face of an enemy with a big state and army"?. It means that they decided to criticize all acts of the believers and sought every logic justification "in their own point of view" to certify their allegations and prove the authenticity of their say.
Allah, SWT, stated this in His Glorious Qur'an when He said" Those who ridicule volunteer believers who give charity, and those who can find nothing to give except their modest incomes. They ridicule them, but Allah will throw back their ridicule on them and they shall have a grievous penalty", al Tawba ayah 79.
Now the hypocrites in our age ridicule those who stage jihad, although those mujahedeen do one of the duties ordained by Islam. They ridicule their primitively made rockets although they did all their best to make them. Those hypocrites ignore the question: what made the mujahedeen resort to such rockets"? The answer which the hypocrites know well is that the Arabs around them are denying them access to their modern rockets and state- of- the art weapons; they have even denied them staples without which one cannot live. !
Those hypocrites do not worry me any more, since Allah promised to punish them in the same way" Allah will throw back their ridicule on them and they shall have a grievous penalty", and He said" The hypocrites think they are overreaching God, but He will overreach them", al Nesaa , 142. The hypocrites do not frighten me, but what I fear is that some believers listen to their suspects or ignorance, which, God forbids, could make them influenced by these falsities promoted by the hypocrites. What worries me is that these falsities could dissuade the believers from supporting and backing the mujahedeen, especially that Allah warned the believers, saying" and among you, believers, there are those who listen to their falsities" al Tawba , 47. It means that there are believers who could listen to the hypocrites and may even listen so much that they could believe them. This shows clearly when we find some of the faithful of this Nation echo such false rumors and circulate them, which poses a big threat to our rank, given that our unity is the key factor of our victory.
Before throwing suspects on an honorable group like Hamas or any other heroes and strugglers, we have to look at those leaders and media men who throw suspects at them and tell them that " you have done nothing although you rule over peoples and you have sufficient capabilities, weapons and ammunition, and you have sway over media outlets and politics! Tell them also that "before you ridicule those who do their best, ask yourself what you have done!"
As to Hamas, I address them saying" well done, Hamas! You have offered jihad and sacrifice and giving. We are proud of your way of thinking , knowledge and action, and I pray to Allah to help you continue sincerity and steadfastness.
O, our Lord! Whatever we offer to those people, we will not give their due right, so we ask You to reward them for the best. Our Lord! We pray to You to help them keep sure footed, and to make a success of their shootings and support them in the face of their enemies,
Amen.
May Allah restore glory to the Muslim Nation,

Dr. Ragheb Elsergany

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