Bismihi Ta`ala
*THE MODERATE UMMAH:PRIORITY TO HUMANS.Part 7.*
*We live in a world of evolution. Formerly, an Indian should leave his home several months before the Hajj season to complete the pilgrimage. Today, at any point on the face of the earth, one can go out one morning to arrive safe and sound in Jeddah the same evening of this day. The comfort of the travels has improved remarkedly compared with the old means of transports like the horse, the camel and the donkey. These means of transport were created objectively to transport man and his goods from one country to another. The Creator talk of it in the Qur’an that He has favored man over all his creations. In verse 17 of the Surah 70, God says that he has honored man and He carried him to the land and the sea and also granted him healthy foods:*
وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا
*By the way, Allah Ta`ala has given us all that we need to live, develop, move forward and live comfortably. To differentiate man from animals, Allah Ta`ala has sent down garment materials to clothe the human. (7:26)*
يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْآتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَى ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
*God says He created livestock animals to serve humans as a mount, a food source, and also a means of giving us the leather(6: 142)*
*So in the spirit of the creation of animals on earth, God wanted to put the human race in priority over others. Because know that the very purpose of creating animals are to serve humans. In fact all that is on earth has been created to serve humans. (2:29)*
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا
*So when there is a necessity of an experiment, then humans may use animals instead of humans according to shariah. Although the moderate shariah prohibit us to us animals merely to improve our aims of shooting.*
*So know that the human race is the favored specie on earth. The animals are at his service. But man was created to be in the servitude of the Creator: Allah Ta`ala (51:56) In short, all means were put at the disposal of the human race to serve God with more freedom and with greater comfort**The protection of the human species.*
*God wants to protect humans. The Quran speaks of a protective roof in the sky to protect humans against the dangers of space (21:32)*
وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفًا مَحْفُوظًا وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ
*Science has discovered several layers in the sky that protect us from the harmful rays of the sun and also against rocks of space: meteorites. Note that God has protected humans without exception of race, language or belief. Because He is God for all humans. At the end of time Yajooj and Ma-jooj-Gog and Magog- will emerge from their lands to invade the earth. Gog and Magog are an overpopulated human nation that was incarcerated in their walls ages now. When they will break open, they will invade the earth wildly. Their population have exceeded 100 times our population. They will drink water from lakes without leaving anything for humans. (Mustadrak Hakim) We will not be able to do anything against them. Even Jesus Christ and Muslims will retreat passively to the mountains of Sinai (Tur). Up there they will pray against the invaders Yajooj and Ma-jooj (Sahih Muslim) To protect the human species, Allah Ta`ala will make the Yajooj and Majooj die in a plague. Billions of bodies of Yajooj Majooj will be scattered around the globe. Allah Ta`ala will send birds to throw them into the sea. All this to tell you that the human species is much more important than the animals species that are in danger of extinction. And that we should rather do more to save human lives in the world indiscriminate of religion, colour or race*.
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