the atheists, and the Christians. Such people allocated some of their newspapers to fight Islam, obliterate its great rituals, and misguide and confuse people of weak insights and foolish minds. Moreover, Cairo newspapers committed many other crimes, shameful acts, Mukaffirat (major sins whose perpetration lead to disbelief), and contradicted Islam. Many of such newspapers called to heretic Socialism and Communism that imply oppressing the slaves of Allah (Exalted be He).
They misguided and confused people by claiming that Socialism and Communism conform to Islam. On the contrary, such ideologies are against Islam for Islam makes people's souls, wealth, and lineages unlawful to each other. Islam respects the wealth of individuals and groups and guards and protects it by cutting the hand of the thief, killing those who wage war against Allah (Exalted be He) and His Messenger (peace be upon him) and do mischief in the land if they kill, and cutting off their hands and their feet on the opposite sides if they only commit theft.
I will quote here the Hadith of the noble Messenger (peace be upon him) in which he said in the occasion of the Farewell Hajj on the day of Day of Sacrifice (10th of DhulHijjah): Your blood, your property and your honor are as sacred to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours in this month of yours in this town of yours... (Agreed upon by Imams AlBukhari and Muslim).He (peace be upon him) also said: Whoever takes a span of land unjustly, his neck will be encircled with it down seven earths on the Day of Resurrection. (Agreed upon by Imams AlBukhari and Muslim)
And: Whoever misappropriates the right of a Muslim by taking a false oath, Allah will condemn them to the fire of Hell and will forbid Paradise for them. A person asked: O Messenger of Allah, even if it is something insignificant? He replied, 'Yes, even if it is the twig of the Arak tree.' (Related by Imam Muslim in his Sahih 'authentic' Book of Hadith).Besides, Allah says in the Glorious Qur'an: O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent.
And: And eat up not one another's property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully. Moreover, the master of all creatures (our Prophet, (peace be upon him) narrated Allah's saying: O My servants, I have made injustice unlawful for Me and made it unlawful for you, so do not wrong one another... In addition, he (peace be upon him) said: The property of a Muslim is unlawful to others, unless (the property's owner gives it) willingly.
There are many Ayahs (Qur'anic verses) and Hadiths to the same effect. All the messengers of Allah (peace be upon them all) agreed in their various previous Shari`ahs (Divine laws) that the wealth, life, and honor of a Muslim must be protected except for a just cause. Muslim scholars agreed on the same. Nevertheless, callers to Socialism and Communism
and their supporters in injustice and transgression make peoples' wealth and lives lawful with no right reason and abandon the Qur'an and Sunnah. Had they confessed their injustice and transgression, this would have been a lesser evil in the sight of Allah (Exalted be He) and the believers. On the contrary, some of them while indulging in the unconcealed injustice and plain Kufr ascribe their Marxist practices, communist behavior, and atheist and Kafir ways to Islam. Their followers confuse and deviate people by alleging that Islam supports such false ideologies.
Verily, Allah (Glorified be He), His Messenger (peace be upon him), and Din (religion) are free from any such claim. Mighty is the word that comes out of their mouths [i.e. He begot sons and daughters]. They utter nothing but a lie. , (They are) deaf, dumb and blind. So they do not understand. He (Glorified be He), the Most Truthful, also says: Have you (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) seen him who has taken as his ilâh (god) his own vain desire? Would you then be a Wakîl (a disposer of his affairs or a watcher) over him? Or do you think that most of them hear or
understand? They are only like cattle nay, they are even farther astray from the Path (i.e. even worse than cattle). Whoever claims that Islam approves of injustice, oppression, and assaulting the sanctity of Muslims is a deviated Kafir, who is untruthful to Allah (Exalted be He), His Messenger (peace be upon him), and His Shari`ah.
Likewise, whoever denies Hudud (ordained punishments for violating Allah's Law) such as that of theft and so on, and claims that Hudud are not established by Shari`ah as callers to atheism amongst the Communists etc. is a stubborn Kafir because of their denial of Allah's saying: And (as for) the male thief and the female thief, cut off (from the wrist joint) their (right) hands as a recompense for that which they committed, a punishment by way of example from Allâh. And Allâh is AllPowerful, AllWise.
On the other hand, whoever claims that Marxism/Communism is Mubah (permissible), that it conforms to Islam, or that it is better and more merciful than Islam is one of the worst and most deviated Kafirs (disbelievers). Verily, nothing is better than Islam and no judgment is more just than that of Islam. Whoever ascribes injustice to Islam degrades it and fabricates lies against it.
In this regard, Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: It is only those who believe not in the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh, who fabricate falsehood, and it is they who are liars. And: And say not concerning that which your tongues put forth falsely: "This is lawful and this is forbidden," so as to invent lies against Allâh. Verily, those who invent A passing brief enjoyment (will be theirs), but they will have a painful torment. Allah lies against Allâh will never prosper.
(Glorified be He) portions out between people their livelihood and raises some of them
There are many Ayahs to the same effect. Accordingly, all Muslims have to fulfill their duties towards the poor amongst them while being content with doing so. They have to be merciful with the poor and be kind to them so as to carry out what Allah (Exalted be He) has made Wajib on them, to seek His mercy, to beware of the wrath of Allah, and to block the means to Fitnahs (trials), corruption, Kufr, and atheism.
Giving Zakah and charity to the poor is also a means of being thankful to Allah (Exalted be He), seeking more of His bounties and graces, and humiliating the Kafirs and atheists, who think badly of Islam and assume that Shari`ah ignores the poor and neglects their rights. Verily, their view is wrong and their bargain is lost for they were untruthful to Allah (Exalted be He) and thus, they deviated from the straight path.
O Muslims, fear Allah, follow Islam in your words and deeds, be merciful to the poor amongst you, and fulfill whatever Allah has made Wajib on you such as Zakah and other similar acts of worship, in order to gain happiness and salvation and be safe from Allah's wrath and painful punishment in this world and in the Hereafter. May Allah (Exalted be He) set aright the affairs of all Muslims and grant them sound understanding of His Din, and guide their leaders to His Straight Path. I ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) to raise the flag of Jihad (fighting/striving in the Cause of Allah), and to subdue the people of Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship), Kufr (disbelief), and atheism. Verily, Allah (Exalted be He) is able to do whatever He likes. May Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon His slave and Messenger Muhammad, his family and Companions!
DeputyPresident of the Islamic University, AlMadinah AlMunawwarah `Abdul `Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz