In the Name of Allah, The Subtle, The Irresistible.
LESSONS FROM THE NEWZEALAND MOSQUE SHOOTING [MASJID AL NOOR & LINWOOD ISLAMIC CENTRE]
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All praises and adoration belong to Allah, The Irresistible, The All Knowing. We beseech Him, we seek His help and guidance. Verily, whosoever Allah guides, none can misguide and whosoever Allah leaves to his misguidance, none can guide, we ask Him to envelope His Messenger with His peace and blessings. We ask Allah to grant us the sweetness of faith, patience and forgive our shortcomings.

My brothers and sisters in the Deen, I salute you with the best of greetings, As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. May Allah brighten your precious faces.

As to what follows, the incident that occurred on the 15th of March, 2019 in Al Noor Masjid and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, Newzealand during Friday Prayer is of no doubt a tribulation to the Muslim Ummah, a cataclysmic fracture to the core of the ummah. However, our belief as Muslims, is to return the affairs back to Qadar and to the Decider of affairs and take beneficial lessons from it.

We must know that Allah will not leave the Ummah to itself as to what He says:

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِمۡ فَجَآءُوهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْۖ وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيۡنَا نَصۡرُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

And indeed We did send Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW) to their own peoples. They came to them with clear proofs, then, We took vengeance on those who committed crimes (disbelief, setting partners in worship with Allah, sins, etc.), and (as for) the believers it was incumbent upon Us to help (them).-Surah Ar-Rum, Ayah 47

LESSONS TO BE LEARNT

1. PERFECTING OUR INTENTIONS:
The Messenger of Allah was reported to have informed Abdullah bn Umar, where he said:
On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (ra), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (saw) took me by the shoulder and said, “Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.”

And Ibn Umar (ra) used to say, “In the evening do not expect [to live until] the morning, and in the morning do not expect [to live until] the evening. Take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.”
[Bukhari]

It is important, brothers and sisters, that we set aright our intentions at all time, for we do not know which act and deed will be our last. It will surely be an act that will be the last, the brother who pronounced the adhan (the call to prayer), the one who stood at the entrance never envisaged that, that would be their final act of worship. It is never how we started it, it is how we end it. So brothers and sisters, I admonish you and myself, to learn to purify our intentions mainly to seek the pleasure of Allah.

2. THE TIME AND PLACE OF DEATH IS ONLY KNOWN TO ALLAH:

Allah says:
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفۡسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّؤَجَّلٗاۗ وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَاۚ وَسَنَجۡزِي ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
And no person can ever die except by Allah's Leave and at an appointed term. And whoever desires a reward in (this) world, We shall give him of it; and whoever desires a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give him thereof. And We shall reward the grateful
-Sura Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 145
that is to the occurrence, as for the place, Allah says:

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسٞ مَّاذَا تَكۡسِبُ غَدٗاۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسُۢ بِأَيِّ أَرۡضٖ تَمُوتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرُۢ
Verily, Allah! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. Verily, Allah is All-Knower, All-Aware (of things).
-Sura Luqman, Ayah 34

When the time has come for someone to die, anything will kill him.

Should anyone say that if they had stayed at home and keep watch of their safety that they would have been saved. We remind such person of the sayings of Allah in Surah Aal-Imran:154-156.
Our belief is that it was their time and Allah has made it happen in a place of worship. We ask Allah to expand their graves, cloak them with His mercy and grant them the reward of martyrdom.

3. ALLAH HAS TAKEN ACCOUNT OF IT:

It is ponderous that we must know that Allah will revenge the blood of a muslim for it is sacred. Allah says:

وَمَن يَقۡتُلۡ مُؤۡمِنٗا مُّتَعَمِّدٗا فَجَزَآؤُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ خَٰلِدٗا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِ وَلَعَنَهُۥ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُۥ عَذَابًا عَظِيمٗا
And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein, and the Wrath and the Curse of Allah are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him.
-Sura An-Nisa', Ayah 93
The taken of the life of anyone, a believer or a non-believer is prohibited except in a just cause. What about the blood of Muslim that Allah has made sacred? We should leave the affairs to Allah, He surely knows the best way to carry out His plans.

4. THIS AFFECTS THE MUSLIM UMMAH:
Every Muslim should feel this pain, loss and tribulation. The ummah is a single body, the messenger of Allah said: .

Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of the believers in their affection, mercy, and compassion for each other is that of a body. When any limb aches, the whole body reacts with sleeplessness and fever.”

They are part of the ummah and whatever befalls them befalls us. Our heart should be with them, supplicate to Allah for them, show sympathy to their families and ask Allah to save the Ummah from similar tribulations.

5. ISLAM AT THE LATER END OF THE WORLD IS LIKE GRASPING A BURNING COAL:

The Prophet of Allah informed us that the religion will be devoured, like a food in a bowl and every nations will gather around it to take their share. Holding on to the true tenets, that is where success lies. So brothers and sisters, if you are targetted and labelled as a fundamentalist, rejoice and be glad for you are upon what is right and true; but be wary of going towards extremism for that is destroying. Hold on to the line of the Shariah and do not waver, listen and ponder over this verse of Allah that says:

وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِي مُسۡتَقِيمٗا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمۡ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ
"And verily, this (i.e. Allah's Commandments mentioned in the above two Verses 151 and 152) is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V. 2:2)."
-Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 153

6. THEY HAVE GONE WITH THEIR DEEDS:
Allah says:
تِلۡكَ أُمَّةٞ قَدۡ خَلَتۡۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبۡتُمۡۖ وَلَا تُسۡـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
That was a nation who has passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned, and you of what you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do.
-Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 141

O my beloved brothers and sisters in the deen, they are gone to account for their deeds and actions in this world. We don’t know what our end will be, we should take heed and learn and prepare for ours, for it is inevitable and it will come when we do not perceive.

7. WE SHOULD NEITHER WEAKEN NOR SLACKEN:
Allah says :

قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ سُنَنٞ فَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Many similar ways (and mishaps of life) were faced by nations (believers and disbelievers) that have passed away before you (as you have faced in the battle of Uhud), so travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allah, and disobeyed Him and His Messengers).
-Surah Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 137

هَٰذَا بَيَانٞ لِّلنَّاسِ وَهُدٗى وَمَوۡعِظَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ

This (the Quran) is a plain statement for mankind, a guidance and instruction to those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V. 2:2).
-Sura Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 138

وَلَا تَهِنُواْ وَلَا تَحۡزَنُواْ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَوۡنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

So do not become weak (against your enemy), nor be sad, and you will be superior (in victory) if you are indeed (true) believers.
-Sura Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 139

إِن يَمۡسَسۡكُمۡ قَرۡحٞ فَقَدۡ مَسَّ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ قَرۡحٞ مِّثۡلُهُۥۚ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمۡ شُهَدَآءَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

If a wound (and killing) has touched you, be sure a similar wound (and killing) has touched the others. And so are the days (good and not so good), We give to men by turns, that Allah may test those who believe, and that He may take martyrs from among you. And Allah likes not the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).
-Sura Aal-E-Imran, Ayah 140

Do not be downtrodden, do not slacken in your acts of worship. Allah will give victory to His people and grant them way out of every difficulty.

8. WE HAVE A MAULAH:
It is important that we learn that Allah turns event and that does not in any way mean that Allah has abandoned us. We have a maulah and they have no maulah.

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوۡلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَا مَوۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ

That is because Allah is the Maula (Lord, Master, Helper, Protector, etc.) of those who believe, and the disbelievers have no Maula (lord, master, helper, protector, etc.).
-Surah Muhammad, Ayah 11

9. WE SHOULD RETURN BACK TO ALLAH:

Islam will be victorious but our victory and success will come only if we do not engage in the sins committed by the disbelievers. Umar bn khattab said to the soldiers that:

“You must know that our victory came not because of our strength or numbers but because we do not commit sins that they disbelievers perpetrate, for if we were to commit it, we will not have upper hand over them.


We ask Allah to not make our generation like us, pardon our misdeeds and grant us a way out of every difficulty.

Jazakallahu khayran
Wa salaamun alaykum,
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Lesson to be learnt :

MUSLIMS DONT HAVE THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE.

[quote author=SilasNwude post=76877970]zanku zalahi inihalli inihallahu sibiri na ala otu walaka salaka Insha'Allah amin[/quoted

The first 3 ppl that commented have no sense, i am christian an i condemn the killings of innocent muslims

Jazakumullah khaeran

And up till now, no one has tagged him a "terrorist"; if he had an Arabic name and if he had gone on a killing spree in the church, mass-murdering Christians, he'd have been called an Islamic terrorist.
Islam has always been peace, even at the face of endless oppressions. Only a hypocrite will continue to say otherwise.

Jazakumullahi khairan

javasoft:
Jazakumullah khaeran

And up till now, no one has tagged him a "terrorist"; if he had an Arabic name and if he had gone on a killing spree in the church, mass-murdering Christians, he'd have been called an Islamic terrorist.
Islam has always been peace, even at the face of endless oppressions. Only a hypocrite will continue to say otherwise.

religion of peace or wetin I hear

Excaperx:
The man is a hero. Never welcome a Muslim into your land

Allah will pay you accordingly

jazakallahu bi khair

Whites don't apologise for the crimes of other whites but if a Moslem or black person had committed that crime,everyone would expect the group to apologise for the crime/s of the individual/s involved

Nice one OP,

This really got me thinking and i had to research ways on how to protect oneself in such a situation and i came across this video- Please watch, learn and share!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67wWNa6eazo

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