Bismihi Ta`ala
*WE ALL ARE IMMIGRANTS.*
Allah Ta`ala/God took the grand father and grand mother of human kind-Adam a.s. and his wife Eve/Hawa a.s.- from paradise and made them migrate to the planet earth. Later on, for a better living, human civilization scattered and migrated to fertile lands for an improved standard of life. The reason for migration is simple: a quest for fertile lands and hence a better living condition. Because life flourishes around river banks. And rivers change their trajectory time to time. No surprise that by the Sidratul Mutaha are the original sources of river Nile and Euphrates. Reported in Bukhari that Rasouloullah Swalallahou Alaihi Wasallam saw the sources of Nile and Euphrates up in the sky, by sidratul muntaha.
صحيح البخاري – (10 / 484)ورفعت لي سدرة المنتهى فإذا نبقها كأنه قلال هجر وورقها كأنه آذان الفيول في أصلها أربعة أنهار نهران باطنان ونهران ظاهران فسألت جبريل فقال أما الباطنان ففي الجنة وأما الظاهران النيل والفرات ثم فرضت علي خمسون صلاة فأقبلت حتى جئت موسى
Reported in Muslim shareef that Rasouloullah Swalallahou `Alaihi Wasallam said that these 4 rivers are originally from Jannah: Seyhan/Saros river(In turkey) OR Ganges of India, Goksun river(South of Turkey), Euphrates(Turkey, Syria and Iraq) and river Nile(Africa).
صحيح مسلم – (13 / 482)وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ح و حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَيْحَانُ وَجَيْحَانُ وَالْفُرَاتُ وَالنِّيلُ كُلٌّ مِنْ أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ
These 4 rivers are mentioned particularly for their beneficial water for human civilization and their Mubarak continuous flows.
مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح – القاري – (16 / 237)ويحتمل أنه سمى الأنهار التي هي أصول أنهار الجنة …الأنهار الأربعة التي هي أعظم أنهار الدنيا وأشهرها وأعذبها وأفيدها عند العرب على سبيل التشبيه والتمثيل ليعلم أنها في الجنة بمثابتها وأن ما في الدنيا من أنواع المنافع والنعائم أنموذجات لما يكون في الآخرة وكذا ما فيها من المضار المردية والمستكرهات المؤذية وفي شرح مسلم للنووي قال القاضي عياض رحمه الله كون هذه الأنهار)من الجنة أن الإيمان لهم ببلادها وأن الأجسام المتغذية بمائها صائرة إلى الجنة والأصح أنها على ظاهرها وأن لها مادة من الجنة مخلوقة لأنها موجودة اليوم عند أهل السنة وقد ذكر مسلم في كتاب الإيمان في حديث الإسراء أن الفرات والنيل يجريان من الجنة وفي البخاري من أصل سدرة المنتهى وفي معالم التنزيل روى ابن عباس أن الله تعالى أنزل هذه الأنهار من عين واحدة من عيون الجنة من أسفل درجة من درجاتها على جناحي جبريل استودعها الجبال وأجراها في الأرض وجعل فيها منافع للناس
Allah Ta`ala cares for the human kind. That is why He provides for nourishments down here.Droughts have always pushed civilization away from its pangs. That is why people have always migrated away from drought stricken areas. Fertile lands mean cultivation, wealth and comfortable living. My grandparents and your grandparents, our ascendants some point in history, did migrations somewhere, sometime. By the way, all our ascendants were male and female when cohabited together. I mean they were not homosexuals. Else me and you wouldn`t be around…So migration is a human necessity. During the process of migration of family of Abraham a.s., Makkah became alive through Hajirah as and his son Ismael as; and also Yemen people migrated and populated Madinah Munawarah. During the last centuries, people from Africa and Asia were either forced or deliberately migrated to many parts of the world.Lately, countries have raised their walls of borders which has caused great difficulties for those running away from poverty, droughts, suppression and ransacked economies by colonizers and the western abusing reigns. This should not be the case. More important than global warming and animal rights are the rights of humans. Humans are unfortunately pushed away like animals away from borders. The Muslim nations of the past have always welcomed migrants from around the globe. During the time of Rasouloullah Swalallahou Alaihi Wasallam, the muezzin announcer was an African, close to him were people from Iran, Rome and also mostly arabs. On the day of Eid, the Africans used to do exhibit their skills in public(Bukhari).
صحيح البخاري – (10 / 40)قالت وكان يوم عيد يلعب السودان بالدرق والحراب
If you want to discover Islam, then look for multi colours, multi races and multi languages standing closely in one row in prayer, irrespective of their wealth and social status. This attitude of welcome and equality made what we called the ‘’Islamic empire’’. If you are closing your borders to muslim migrants, then you are destroying the roots of the muslim international fraternity. Hats off to Turkey, Jordan and Pakistan, the champions of migrant hosts during our era. There should be more tolerance in welcoming muslim migrants. Muslim countries should co-operate to welcome war torn countries` citizens and also drought stricken countries.Allah Ta`ala instructed us the minimum etiquette of someone by your doorstep is politeness : ‘’As for the beggar, don`t scold him.’’(93:10)
أضواء البيان في إيضاح القرآن بالقرآن – (8 / 570)وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَر
Now contrast those pushing away immigrants with brutality. The beloved prophet Muhammad Swalallahou `Alaihi Wasallam said: ‘’The one who act with no mercy towards others will be deprived of divine mercy.’’(Bukhari)
صحيح البخاري – (18 / 428)قال حدثني زيد بن وهب قال سمعت جرير بن عبد اللهعن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال من لا يرحم لا يرحم
Rasouloullah Swalallahou `Alaihi Wasallam said: ‘’Don`t count when spending for Allah. Else He would also count when giving sustenance to you.’’(Bukhari)
صحيح البخاري – (9 / 46)حدثنا عبيد الله بن سعيد حدثنا عبد الله بن نمير حدثنا هشام بن عروة عن فاطمة عن أسماءأن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال أنفقي ولا تحصي فيحصي الله عليك ولا توعي فيوعي الله عليك
Closing barriers around us will definitely limit our local sustenance. There are barriers around borders in fear that immigrants will take our share in the economy and we will become poor. This fear is inculcated by Shaitaan. Allah Ta`ala says that we should not follow the Satanic inculcation of poverty.(2:268) Rather we should spend in the path of Allah. Helping people is as if helping the family of Allah Ta`ala:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ (267) الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَاللَّهُ يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً مِنْهُ وَفَضْلًا وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ [البقرة : 267 ، 268]
Acting brutally towards immigrants is one of the causes of global warming. To cool the anger of Allah Ta`ala, countries should spend upon immigrants:Rasouloullah Swalallahou `Alaihi Wasallam said: ‘’Sadaqah cools the anger of Allah Ta`ala and prevent a displeasing death.’’(Ibn Hibbaan)
صحيح ابن حبان – (14 / 121)أخبرنا محمد بن عبيد الله بن الفضل الكلاعي ، بحمص ، والحسين بن عبد الله بن يزيد القطان بالرقة ، قالا : حدثنا عقبة بن مكرم ، حدثنا عبد الله بن عيسى ، حدثنا يونس بن عبيد ، عن الحسن ، عن أنس بن مالك ، قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : « الصدقة تطفئ غضب الرب ، وتدفع ميتة السوء »
Immigrants by our borders should be welcomed like guests. At least we should look after them for 3 days minimum. The rest is sadaqah.Rasouloullah Swalallahou `Alaihi Wasallam said that it is incumbent upon every muslim to see to it that catering is done and hosting is done for people immigrated from their home land. This responsibility is the reaction of imaan on hosts.
سنن أبى داود – (10 / 192)حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْجُودِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ الْمِقْدَامِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أَضَافَ قَوْمًا فَأَصْبَحَ الضَّيْفُ مَحْرُومًا فَإِنَّ نَصْرَهُ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ بِقِرَى لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ زَرْعِهِ وَمَالِهِ
Hazrat Umar ra used to walk after Esha at night around the borders of Madinah Munawarah to look if there are travellers stranded in the borders to help and feed them. I suggest that each country should open a 3 kilometer safe area in their territories and then camp the immigrants, feed them, give them the necessities of living in the cold and then start a paper work to infiltrate them in the society in respective fields. Else to send them in a place where they can be welcomed. A country and host and others finance the immigrant expenses.I salute Turkey to sponsor the hosting of Rohingyas in Bangladesh. Such initiative is possible around the globe.We should tackle the issue of immigrants with utmost care under the protocol of sunnah. Beware that securing your borders against immigrants may squeeze your sustenance inside your territories. Because the earth and the sky are for Allah Ta`ala. Allowing them in would gush forth barakahs and rainfall Insha Allah Ta`ala. And the world will cool itself through the hosting and charities towards the immigrants.The sins in the homes have contributed to global warming. Rasouloullah Swalallahou `Alaihi Wasallam said: ‘’The HEAT of sins/fitnas will enter every muslim home’’(Tabrani)
المعجم الكبير – الطبراني – (15 / 35)حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بن غَنَّامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بن أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ النَّهَّاسِ بن قَهْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادٌ أَبُ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بن جَبَلٍ، عَن ِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ:”سِتٌّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ: مَوْتِي، وَفَتْحُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، وَأَنْ يُعْطَى الرَّجُلُ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فَيَتَسَخَّطَهَا، وَفِتْنَةٌ تُدْخِلُ حَرَّهَا بَيْتَ كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، وَمَوْتٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي النَّاسِ كَقُعَاصِ الْغَنَمِ، وَأَنْ نَغْزُوَ الرُّومَ، وَيَسِيرُونَ بِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بندًا تَحْتَ كُلِّ بندٍ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا
To cool the global warming, we need sadaqahs on refugees and immigrants.
Mufti Mackoojee