Maktabah Al-Imām Al-Ghazālī

  A young 26-year old Mujahid from one of the provinces of Afghanistan explained what had motivated him to fight in Jihad. He said that he was a student before the American invasion. When the Americans invaded his land, his mother called him and said to him, “Son, you were in your cradle when your father became a martyr. Your father was martyred by the Soviets. When your father's body was lying on the ground, I went to pick up his gun - the gun with which he used to fight the Soviets. I have safely kept that gun until now. Today, the American forces have invaded our land.” She placed the gun in his hand, took hold of his collar and said, “Until the invaders are in our land and until you are alive, you will not put this gun down. If you do, I will grab you by your collar on the day of Qiyamah.” Lessons: 1. The West and even some modern Muslims regard such women as ignorant and uneducated. But, they are by no means uneducated and ignorant. They produced generations of mujahideen who ...

  The first step of deviation is to give preference to one's own views instead of accepting the teachings and principles of one's elders and pious predecessors. This is such a door that opens the door of deviation, then, the final stage is disrespect and insolence towards the Ambiya 'alayhim as-salaam, the blessed Sahabah radiyallahu 'anhum. Then, it goes ahead, leading to interpolating the Noble Qur'an, giving a new sequence to the Noble Qur'an, and drawing incorrect conclusions from the Ahadith.  Is this not all happening today? 

  On one occasion, Mawlana Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi rahimahullah said, "The issue has come on the tongues, so I shall say it. As long as we stayed in Iran, we did not experience enjoyment in Salaah. We did not feel any spiritual progress. As we departed from there, then in the plane it seemed as though a flood of spirituality had come over us." [Majalis Hasanah p.497]