بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Lebanese Parties and the Ignition of Sectarian Strife
Serve the Survival of the Political Class!
(Translated)
The streets in Lebanon have erupted at the call of a group of Lebanese parties and political parties - in riding the wave of the demonstrations and directing it to other than its aims of livelihood demands - to disarm the Party of Iran in Lebanon, turning the street into a clash mixed with sectarian sedition, which was represented by some ignorant followers who committed a manifest lie by insulting the mother of the believers, Sayyida ‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her,
[إِذْتَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّناً وَهُوَ عِندَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ]
“When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous.” [An-Nur: 15]. Then matters escalated causing tensions between the two factions in the country “Sunni and Shia”, followed by attack and retreat with shootings, in the capital Beirut and its surroundings specifically, as if the country entered the fire of civil war, or this is how its torchbearers want it to be understood, in the context of messages exchanged through street mail and people.
An old and renewed crisis with two parties attempting to drag the country to a formation that suits their dreams, it started this time by a message on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, by the excellent Mufti Jaafari Ahmed Qablan, on the "death of the National Pact and the Ta’if Agreement, and the necessity of establishing a new political and social contract", calling for "dropping the sectarian version." No opposing position was released by the Party of Iran and the Amal movement, followed by the Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Raie, on Sunday’s sermon 5/31/2020 by saying: "It is necessary to defend this entity under the leadership of the state, its legitimacy and its army, and that no component of power should monopolize it," refusing – what he said: "That the process of developing the regime turns into an excuse to eliminate Lebanon," while mobilizing and provoking the Christian nerve in all its colors, in order to defend their acquisitions in this entity, supported by the secularists among the Muslims who are also hostile to the party of Iran.
The absurd scene ends, in this already meager entity, keeping the frightful memories of people alive, fearing for themselves, their families and their children, and for the remaining crumbs of their money, which lost its value in the crisis of the Lebanese pound's decline, leading the country towards starvation, due to the clumsy policies of successive governments that made the country drown into a debt that touched the edge of one hundred billion dollars.
Oh People, All People in the Country:
First: What you see and hear is nothing but a storm in the country’s tea cup, whose corrupt politicians want to keep it on its sectarian structure, which preserves their gains, and keeps it like a farm that brings them and their followers spoils, at the expense of your livelihood, and all these people know in certainty, that the structure of the country, and the nature of its entity, is not in their hands, but in the hands of their masters, especially America, which manages this entity, from a building in Awkar, and here is Lebanon and its parties, sitting waiting for America to achieve the manifestation of its agreement with Iran, because the interior is one, between America and Iran, the circuit in its orbit, in order to know how they will move in the country according to America’s principles, its agents, followers, and those panting after its mirage.
Second: We say and repeat it: This meager entity that is so-called a country does not achieve any interest for its people, nor any form of political, economic and social stability, all because of its sectarian division... And recently, for example but not limited to, how appointments only pass through the gate of sectarian division, and not based on efficiency, and how a power station is fueled, Selaata we mean, only because there must be a “Sunni” station, a “Shiite” station, and a Christian station, and not because the country needs it, at least in the foreseeable future! Even if this causes more debt to the state treasury and its public money!!!
Oh Muslims, the Locals of this Country:
For how long will you live in these historical crises (Sunni-Shiites), from which you will gain nothing?! Your swords have not been spared from them, so let your tongues be spared, because you are not new to those corrupt people of your skin, who lead you, until some of you strike the necks of others over a matter that is nearly a thousand years old, used by the wicked corrupt politicians, who breathe ruin and destruction, fitna-waking in order to fuel and mobilize you so you ignite a conflict and shed Haraam blood! Thereafter the same politicians themselves say to you: "Control yourselves," this easily, indeed, because they are as the Messenger of Allah (saw) described, in the Hadith narrated by Hudhayfah bin Al-Yamaan (raa): «دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، مَنْ أَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهَا قَذَفُوهُ فِيهَا»“There will be callers at the gates of Hell; whoever responds to them they throw them into it.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us.” He said: «هُمْ مِنْ جِلْدَتِنَا، وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا»“They will be from our people, speaking our language.”
Yes, we do not underestimate the sanctities and honour of our Prophet and his family, peace and blessings be upon him and them all, or his companions, may Allah be pleased with them, who every reasonable, devout Muslim defends without paying attention to sect, but not for the sake of the corrupt misguided people. A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about fighting in the way of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, a man who fights out of rage or out of family pride. He raised his head towards him-and he did so because the man was standing and said: «مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ»“Whoever fights so that the word of Allah be exalted fights in the way of Allah.”
[هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ]
“Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures]” [Al-Haj: 78], not “Sunni” and not “Shiite”, and if the Muslims had rule and a state, it would have searched for the transgressors, and those who placed or spread such ideas, Muslim or Kaffir, even if they were on the far reaches of the earth, then whoever even thinks of attacking the Muslims and their sanctities, would be punished, held accountable and deterred.
Then Oh you Scholars, Sheikhs and Wise Leaders,
There have been promising and reassuring voices that the goodness of this Ummah will never end, in accordance with the hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family:
«مَثَلُ أُمَّتِي مَثَلُ الْمَطَرِ، لَا يُدْرَى أَوَّلُهُ خَيْرٌ أَمْ آخِرُهُ»
“The parable of my Ummah is that of a rain; it is not known if its beginning is better or its end.” However, the time has come for you to shake off the dust of non-radical actions, and pay attention to serious, radical and meaningful work with those working for the unity of the Ummah, who are working to establish an Islamic State, a Khilafah Rashidah (rightly guided Caliphate) on the method of Prophethood, under which the Imam, the Caliph, unites the Ummah’s opinion, lifts dispute from the Ummah, and strikes at the hands of everyone who attacks it both internally and externally, so what are you waiting for?!
In conclusion, there is no solution to the problem of Muslim countries in general, and this fragmentation, hidden Fitna, and tampering with people's security. Rather, there is no solution to the problem of the capitalist world, its greed and its abhorrent racism, and its attempts to make the country and its people a prey for it, its agents and its followers. There is no solution but a radical change represented in an Islamic state, a Khilafah Rashidah on the method of the Prophethood, for which Hizb ut Tahrir works, day and night, that will liberate the country and people from the colonial Kaffir, its agents and followers.
There is no solution to the problem of Lebanon, except that it joins this wave of change, with the Ummah in general, and with Al-Shaam in particular, so that the branch returns to its origin, a rich branch in the state of Muslims, and under the authority of Islam and its people, so the residents of these countries, Muslims and non-Muslims, enjoy the justice of Islam, which they were blessed with for many years, before the colonial Kaffir West came,
[وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيباً]
“and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon.” [Al-Israa: 51]
H. 18 Shawwal 1441
M. : Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Hizb-ut-Tahrir
Wilayah of Lebanon