Aslam

Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

The Muslim must realize that there is a difference between

defending Islam before Muslims, which is done by quoting from the Qur’aan

and Sunnah and other reliable sources, and defending Islam before

non-Muslims who do not believe in the sources of sharee’ah, so we have to

address them on the basis of reason and common sense.

In order to answer this question we should realize that such

things could not be said by a Muslim who believes in the sharee’ah of Islam,

and that such words undoubtedly constitute kufr and heresy. Based on that,

it is obvious that the people who said this are not Muslims and do not

believe in sharee’ah, rather they are kaafirs who do not believe in Allaah

or in the religion of Islam. So we should debate with them on the basis of

reason, therefore we say to them the following:

This claim can only come from one who hates and is jealous of

the religion of Islam, for jealousy and hatred only come to a person when he

sees an obvious blessing, which gives rise to hatred and envy in his heart.

When those who came up with this claim saw the Muslims and the obvious

blessings that they enjoy such as peace of mind and tranquility of heart,

and the rare occurrence among the Muslims of evils such as adultery and

alcohol consumption, and the low numbers of Muslims afflicted by physical

and mental diseases which are rampant among them (the non-Muslims), such as

AIDS and other illnesses, and when they saw the glowing history of the

Muslims and how they were masters of the world when they adhered to Islam,

and other manifest blessings to which everyone attests, and they saw how

many people were becoming Muslim every day throughout the world, that upset

them and they feared the spread of Islam, but they could not resist it

except by using the feeble trick of slander.

Intelligent people agree that anyone who makes a claim has to

produce evidence to confirm the truth of what he is saying, otherwise it is

to be rejected and thrown back in his face. Where is the proof of their

sinister claims?

If an intelligent man is told that some person managed to

convince many people, numbering in the billions, of a specific idea, and

that they followed him in that, or that a man on his own was able to succeed

in the elections – for example – or to convince the people to vote for him,

this intelligent man would attest that this person was brilliant and

intelligent and wise. So how about out Prophet Muhammad (peace and

blessings of Allaah be upon him) – may my father and mother be sacrificed

for him – whom the Arabs and non-Arabs followed, whose message of Islam

spread everywhere and whose message with which Allaah sent him has remained

strong until our own times, facts which are attested by everyone? Even those

who make these sinister claims believe this deep in their hearts, but their

envy and hatred have made them blind.

Many of the enemies of Islam, such as the Orientalists who

study Islam, affirm the virtues of Islam and the status of our Prophet

Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and they testify

that he was wise and perfect. When enemies testify to the virtues of their

opponent, this carries great weight.

The Muslim should not pay any attention to these people with

ulterior motives who lay in wait to attack Islam and its followers, and try

to undermine Islam. Islam is not affected by the slurs of such people or by

their praise either.

And Allaah is the Guide to the Straight Path.