The Road to Victory - 3. The third element: Feeling responsible

The Muslim has to feel responsible for his Ummah and obligated towards other Muslim brothers and sisters. The companions of the Prophet felt this huge responsibility after the death of the Prophet peace be upon him. If Allah had not implanted this deep feeling of responsibility in the companions’ hearts, the light of this religion would have never reached us. If we don’t have the same feeling, this religion is not going to reach our children. Only then Allah will replace us with people whom he loves and they love, who will be responsible enough to deliver the religion to our children.
“O ye who believe! If any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.” (5:54)

This responsibility has to be mainly carried by religious scholars. They cannot abandon this duty just because they are being persecuted or because injustice has been inflicted on them. The consequences of fleeing the responsibility are more dangerous and harder than any torture or threats. Running away from this task carries the loss for all humanity.

Allah has destined the current blessed awakening of Islam. As our Prophet peace be upon him said, “Islam started strange and will return to being strange”. In its second return, we should follow the same principle used by the Prophet’s companions to establish this great nation “No Escape”.