Are We Muslims? by Shaikh Muhammad Qutb

Page:01 ARE WE MUSLIMS Shaikh Muhammad Qutb
Page:02 About the Book Why has Islam, once the excellent model of human life, degenerated into sheer mechanical gestures that are sometimes performed through simple 'intention' (an- niyya) or not performed at all? It is pathetic to hear or see that despite such relapse, we still proudly boast our identity as being true Muslims. Why has Islam, once the fairest constitution on the face of the earth that governed the economic, social, political, spiritual, ideological, emotional and behavioural life of the Muslim man, been reduced to a mere host of emotions that are divorced from reality? A Muslim person may -if ever-be impregnated with these emotions whilst living in the so-called Muslim society, yet he is neither moved by the evil acts he witnesses nor feels the urge to stop them. A Muslim person may -if ever- be infused with these emotions, yet he ironically does not behave like a Muslim both in his private and public life. For instance, his customs, opinion, purpose and everyday conduct have nothing to do with Islam whether at the level of the relationship between two individuals, the relationship between the individual and the group, the relationship between the individual and the state or the relationship between the ruler and the ruled. الفردوس ISBN 1-8742633-5-3 ARE WE MUSLIMS? AL-FIRDOUS AL-FIRDOUS LTD. www.al-firdous.co.uk 201614 £5.95 $11.00