March to the Holy Land - Part 3

 

Humanitarian Aid

The flotilla was seized. Those aboard were arrested and taken to the occupied lands. Four were deported and the rest remains in prison. These prisoners are from other sovereign countries who should demand their release. After all, they were captured in international waters. Were things to be on a knife’s edge, you would think that someone might suffer a cut, but the knife may appear blunt. It, being a blunt object, can yet cause considerable damage. It may be that this will all disappear into the background without much fuss and bother.

The next issue on the agenda is the supposed impending conflict with Iran. Every effort is being made to take the focus off Gaza. Yet people are dying by bombing and gunfire. Now, as the situation become dire, starvation becomes the cause of death for many. Shall we not be reminded and then remind others too of the words of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ when he said: ‘O people! Spread (the greeting of) Salam, feed others, uphold the ties of kinship, and pray during the night when people are sleeping, and you will enter Paradise with Salam.” – Sunan ibn Majah – Sahih. Feed others. Of course, there are people on our doorstep, and they must be fed. Are we not doing this sufficiently that our donations are not reaching the people of Palestine neither? In case you misunderstood, nothing happens except by the permission of Allāh. Sometimes, you look at the situation and you ask whether Allah is rejecting us. The people of Palestine are role models in patience and perseverance. Such are the people of Paradise. Our humanitarian aid is not merely shouting at others, but that we learn a few things. Repentance is the perfect starting point. To repent, you need to acknowledge your faults. Reflect, repent and perhaps through that Allāh will make us part of the solution and not merely onlookers. Learn sabr, learn patience.  Learn Quran and do not, in even an atom’s weight, make fun of it. Learn the sunnah. Understand history.

Allah tells us in Quran 2:214 that we will be tested. How much of a test are we undergoing now. How reliant and dependent are we on Allāh. Shall we not immerse ourselves in being solution oriented such that Allāh will answer us “indeed, the help of Allāh is near”. There is an enemy out there who is setting the scene for Ad-Dajjal, the Antichrist. That will be the most difficult time since the creation of man. Allah knows when this will happen. A hint though, is that this will happen when the world is filled with evil and corruption. Plant that one seed now and turn the tide on corruption and evil so that perhaps the advent of ad-dajjal is delayed. And with all this effort, may Allah at least grant that the humanitarian aid reaches the Palestinians in good order and safely.

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