Essay On Islam Unity

UNITY

As I aforementioned earlier, unity, to put it light, is the state of being together and join by a way of interest, norms, share, and so on. When Muslims declare their Islamic identity, they must abide by the commands of Allah and His Messenger. These commands have deeply rooted in the unity of the Muslim Ummah. The Qur’an says: “And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided,” (Surah Ala-Imran, 101). According to Dr. Maqbool Hassan the problems of Muslim Ummah are what they create in their hands. The trends of these drawbacks are based upon the sectarian ethnocentrism (Hassan 2015).

In the Quran, Allah discourages the Shikak (disunity) because it is a disease which can easily spread among the Muslimeen and then might lead to irreversible illnesses. The concept of Unity in Islam is like brotherhood as Allah says in His Qur’an: “surely the believers are none, but brothers onto one another,” (Al-Hujurat, 10). If any dispute and dissent may arise among the Muslim people, an urgent solution must be employed to avoid the worsening of the situations. Allah continues by saying “So make a settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy.” (Al-Hujurat, 10). In the unity of the Ummah, the Messenger of Allah points out that the Ummah is similar to the body systems; the way they

These situations are appointed in order for Muslims aware of one another. The gathering of Muslims, in fact, builds a strong bond among them because Allah enjoined that with the purpose of feeling of Muslims in their habitual life. Moreover, the Muslim people may seek a mercy and forgiveness from their Merciful and Forgiver, Allah. The tribulations of Muslims are the real examples that caused the disunity of them when they abandoned the love, affection and compassion that were once among