Islamic Civilization Part 1- Sheikh Tariq Suwaidan

-notes by Sr.Hanin

There are different types of laws that govern us Muslims

1. Quran Laws
-we have to read the Quran to discover the laws that govern us

-these include:
-civilization laws
-sunnah-laws that govern the universe
-laws that govern human interaction
-laws that govern the heart-laws that govern the tongue
-There’s never an end to civilization because civilization is governed by laws
-Quran says “look for the laws and history” (missing the verse and chapter)
-if it was not for the struggle, the people on earth would be spoiled
-Law: “surely Allah does not change the status of the people until they change themselves”

2. Historical Laws

a. Civilizaiton fall and rise according to laws not coincidently
-there are always laws that govern them

b. Great products don’t make great civilizations-ex. Dubai- nice, beautiful, and with amazing architecture, but doesn’t bring any civilization

-its products won’t bring great civilizations

-compare Umar’s products vs. Andalus- Andalus had much greater products, but Umar’s civilization was much greater

-we can’t looks at products as civilization- if we do, it will cause failure

c. Civilizations can become sick. If not treated they will die

-muslim civilization today is sick, but not dead. We need to treat it with the right medicine for it to become better

-the western civilization has great products but it is still sick. We need to treat it, but first we need to treat ourselves

-we to have mana3ah- immunity

-muslims today don’t have immunity. This is causing us to dissolve into the western society. This happening by only following their products, not civilization since both the West and the Muslims don’t have it.

-We can increase Immunity by two sources:

1. the quality of the intellectual system you bring into the world

-ex. Moguls didn’t have a great intellectual system, so they adopted the religion of Islam to gain more.

2. the percentage of people who inderstand it, and adhere to it

-through all the events and tapes we listen to we should gain intellectualization and apply it and spread it

-its not products that change the world, it’s words

-ex. During the years of the Khulafaa “Al-7arb Tabda2 be Al-Kalam”- War begins with words

-we need to bring words and intellectual systems

Principles of Islamic Civilization

1. Harmony between faith and logic-there’s no contradiction between Islam and logic. They both work together and are always together.

2. Harmony between worship and Life

-There’s no separation between life and worship. Worship is everywhere

-If someone, took food and put it in the mouth of his wife, he will be rewarded- Prophet (PBUH)

-Christianity created a system in which life is separated from worship

-secularization- church is separated from everything else

3. Our faith pushes us to produce

-if you are truly faithful, then you produce and build

-Umar (Radia Allahu Anhu) saw a man praying in the masjid all the time. This is a man who spends all his life in the mosque. Umar once asked “who brings food for him?” His companions answered “his brother”. Umar said “His brother is better than him”

4. Harmony between this life and hereafter

-you goal shouldn’t be just to DO for the sake of Allah, but we should also LIVE for the sake of Allah. We should first live and build for the sake of Allah. Dying for the sake of Allah comes second

5. Harmony between science and faith

-you can’t separate science from faith, but that what the Western civilization did. It separated education from church-thought they could build a civilization that way.