Between Islam and Artificial Borders

It is often said to me when I mention the victims or prisoners of a Muslim country: "What about us in such-and-such country?".. "What about our prisoners?" So I would like to clarify to those followers who still do not know me: I do not see the borders between Muslim countries, and they have no impact on my conscience. I care for nothing except the saying of Allah the Almighty: (And verily this Ummah of yours is one Ummah, and I am your Lord, so keep your duty to Me). And if anyone shows enmity towards my Muslim brothers in any country because of their religion, then he is my enemy even if he carries me on his head, and even if he sings in the name of Palestine, from which my roots originate. That is because I believe in the saying of our Prophet, peace be upon him: (The blood of Muslims is equal, and they are one hand against others), and I see that much of our weakness, humiliation, and division stems from the lack of Muslims' commitment to this Hadith. Nationalities - when loyalty and disavowal are based upon them - do not concern me because he, peace be upon him, called it the "call of Jahiliyyah (ignorance)" and said: (Leave it, for it is rotten). I would not regress into Jahiliyyah after Allah honored me with Islam, nor would I raise over my head something that my Prophet, peace be upon him, clarified to me is merely a rotten carcass! For all of this, I measure my faith by holding myself accountable: Do I see any honor or preference for myself over a simple, poor worker whom injustice in his country forced to come to my country to work? I consider any hidden arrogance within myself to be a flaw in faith that requires seeking forgiveness and discipline, because our Prophet, peace be upon him, said to one who had remnants of it in his soul: (You are a man in whom there is Jahiliyyah). I do not subscribe to the saying "Love of homeland is part of faith" if homelands are defined on the basis of artificial borders, and loyalty and enmity are based upon them. Rather, my motto is: Wherever the name of Allah is mentioned in a land, I count that sanctuary as the heart of my homelands. I add further clarification regarding the scale of loyalty: that we do not hold the common people accountable for the crimes of their leaders. Whoever among the common Shia and their simple folk is searching for the truth with a sound heart, and is innocent of shedding Muslim blood, then we grieve for them and their children when we see what befalls them from our common enemies. We hope for guidance for them and ask Allah to unite us and them upon what the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his noble companions were upon. As for the one against whom the proof has been established yet he remained stubborn, and adopted beliefs that destroy the foundation of religion, or slandered the best of the Ummah, or supported injustice and assisted in shedding Muslim blood, then my disavowal of him is in proportion to his deviation and crime, even if he dresses in the attire of heroes. When I speak such words, I do not say them as a passing personal opinion that occurred to me, but rather it stems from my Sharia methodology, and I present it to those of knowledge whose religion I trust, seeking accuracy and avoiding straying or leading others astray. Such is the case with all other peoples; we do not generalize the sins of the wicked among them to all of them. The misfortune of Muslims in every country pains us, and we seek refuge in Allah from gloating over them or not caring about their affairs because of the actions of the wicked among them. Rather, we hope for them the same good we hope for ourselves. And Allah is the Guide to the straight path.