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Prostration Not Praised

١٥ ديسمبر ٢٠١٤
Prostration Not Praised

-The "artist" "winner" prostrates in thanks to God -apparently!- at the moment of announcing his "victory" in Arab Idol! Just as the "Palestinian artist" did before him. -His prostration speaks for itself: (Thank you, Lord, for making me the best in a program of nudity, debauchery, and misleading youth and young women, turning them away from their religion)! (Thank you, Lord, for making me a tool in the hands of Satan, distracting Muslim youth and girls from defending our homeland Syria through dancing and singing)! -If he had prostrated to Satan, it would have been more in harmony with himself! -I think we will hear people say: "We must praise this prostration," "He is better than other singers," "Do you doubt that a man who prostrates like this loves God"!!! -They forget that ((God is good and only accepts goodness)) and that even the polytheists of Mecca had reverence for God in places more sacred than this, to the extent that they stipulated in the reconstruction of the Kaaba that no one should contribute money obtained through theft, usury, or unlawful dowry. This does not beautify these ugly sins that those who commit them prostrate with skill in an atmosphere where there is no hidden modesty! Rather, this prostration reduces the disgust of souls towards nudity and debauchery and covers its ugly face with an Islamic touch! -In 1955, Bourguiba announced that if he reached power, he would rule with secularism. Tunisia revolted, and the scholars objected, and things were still in their hands. A delegation of them went to his house: "Our hearts are full of him," as recounted by the Tunisian scholar Muhammad Al-Nayfar. At the door, the servant said: "Our master Habib is performing ablution!" So the man was still praying. The scholars were confused, and he came to them after praying! They asked him how he could make such a statement? He refused to let anyone doubt his faith and belonging, but oh, my masters, it was a tactic! The trick worked on the scholars, and they went out to the angry Tunisian people and reassured them that Habib was still on the covenant! After just one year, "independence" was achieved, and Bourguiba took over and did what the colonialists could not do in erasing the Islamic identity and fighting the religion of Islam! And remember: The hypocrites built a mosque! A mosque in which they prostrated to God. But it was harmful, so Allah the Almighty said to His Prophet: (Never stand in it) and commanded him to demolish it. -It is the emotions, people... we have lost them in many places. Therefore, the lesson is not in the prostration of thanks, nor in the resonant slogans. When the hypocrites raised the banner of Islam, Allah the Almighty said: ((And say, "Do good deeds, and Allah will see your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger and the believers, and you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do")).