Attacks On Imam Zaid Shakir

The mob of hyenas, led by Daniel, is now trying to bring down Imam Zaid Shakir , but remember :

‎ليس كل من ينبح عليه الكلب لصاً
‘Not everyone the dog barks at is a thief.’

What the Imam Zaid Shakir said is: acts of Qawme-Lut are forbidden. We cannot support or advocate for something that is forbidden in our religion. But because we as Muslims live in a secular society of America, we recognise that they have been given the right to do what they want by the secular states.

That’s all he said…… a person with even a couple of active brain cells could have deduced this – even from the short clip!

They bark: “he should speak out against it!”, but didn’t he clearly say: it is FORBIDDEN?!

Are you struggling with basic English?

Or do you want him to write this on his forehead?

The Imam is a civilian, not a law-enforcement officer. He is living in America, not in an Islamic land. The Islamic law can only be applied by the leader of a Muslim state, not by citizens. It cannot be applied in the land of non-Muslims. Vigilantism and mob-justice has no place in Islam.

These are the basic ABC’s of religion, which they cannot comprehend. It’s like the proverb: ‘Deaf dogs bark at the wind.’ [کوڼ سپی باد ته غاپي]. Because they lack knowledge, they attack the truth, perceiving it to be something else… like a deaf dogs perceives non-threats as threats.

It’s not the Imams fault that this guy ‘doesn’t know his elbow from his knee,’ [لا يعرف كوعه من بوعه].

He needs to remember that the honour of people has a sanctity and that the flesh of scholars is poisonous [لحوم العلماء مسمومة].

This is harsh but, if you show no mercy, you will be shown no mercy: من لا يرحم لا يُرحم

Have some shame, he was one of the early Imams in America, who laid the foundations of Islamic communities there. He did so much for the Muslim community, before these kids were even embryos. So to come out and accuse this Imam of endorsing Qawme-lut activities, while he clearly said it’s forbidden, this is not insaaf.

Those who do not respect our elders are not from us.

Stop weakening your own ranks. Stop cannibalising and attacking your own. Stop the witch-hunts. Stop making a hole in the ship in which we all are sailing.

By attacking these big personalities, he’s seeking attention and wants to trigger a response:
قيل للمتنبي : فلان يهجوك..
أجاب المتنبي: هذا صعلوك يريد أن أرد عليه فيدخل التاريخ!!
It was said to al-Mutanabi: “such and such person is mocking you!”
Al-Mutanabi said: “this loser wants me to respond to him, so his name goes down in history!”

If he thinks what Imam Zaid Shakir said in America is outrageous, what does he say about this:

1- Imam Maalik said 1,200 years ago:
‎وقال مالك : ليس للرجل أن يمنع امرأته النصرانية من أكل الخنزير وشرب الخمر والذهاب إلى الكنائس إذا كانت نصرانية
“It is not for a [Muslim] man to prevent his Christian wife from eating pork or drinking wine or from going to church as long as she is a Christian.”
[“Al-Mudawanah”, 2/220].

2- Imam Al-Dasuqi says:
‎ إنما كره مالك ذلك في بلد الاسلام لأنها تتغذى بالخمر والخنزير وتغذي ولده بهما وهو يقبلها ويضاجعها وليس له منعها من ذلك التغذي ولو تضرر برائحته ولا من الذهاب للكنيسة
“Imam Malik disliked this type of union [marriage between a Muslim and a Jewish or Christian woman] in Islamic countries because she will drink wine, eat pork and also feed her child with it. He will also be intimately close with her. Technically speaking, he cannot prevent her from these acts, even if the smell of it irritates him. He also cannot prevent her from going to the church.”
[“Hashiyah’, 2/268].

3- Imam al-Nafrawi says:
‎وإنما كره نكاحها في بلاد المسلمين لأن الزوج ليس له منعها من أكل الخنزير ولا من شرب الخمر ولا من الذهاب إلى الكنيسة، وهذا يؤدي إلى تربية الولد على دينها
“Marrying them is disliked in Muslim lands because the Muslim husband cannot prevent her from eating pork and drinking wine. Nor can he stop her from going to the church. These things lead her to bring up the children on her religion.”
[‘Al-Fawakih al-Dawani’, 2/19].

4- Ibn Humam al-Hanafi wrote 500 years ago:
‎وإذا أتلف المسلم خمر الذمي أو خنزيره ضمن قيمتهما
‎الخمر لهم كالخل لنا ، والخنزير لهم كالشاة لنا ، ونحن أمرنا بأن نتركهم
“If a Muslim damages the wine stocks or pigs of a non-believer living under covenant with us, the Muslim has to pay compensation for these damages. Wine for them is like vinegar get for us. Pork for them is like lamb for us. We are commanded to leave them to their ways.”
[“Fath al-Qadir”, 9/358].

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Does giving them permission to indulge in these Haram acts mean the Muslims endorse these practices???

‎أليس منكم رجل رشيد
???