al-muqaddimah/Prelude
Allah states:
“The Qur’ān was revealed during the Month-Of-Ramadhān: within it is Guidance for Humanity.”
“And, Humanity was created flawed/weak.”
“And never let your hatred, against any People, prevent you from behaving justly.”
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.2, V.185; Chpt.4, V.28; Chpt.5, V.8)
The Following-Article is a Sharh/Commentary on a Previous-Articles I’ve authored, regarding the Religio-Spiritual Biases of Muslims based upon whom they deem “Worthy” vs. “Unworthy” to become Muslims.
https://gbwrites.com/2023/11/14/spiritualblackmail/
There’s too many People whom’re addicted to Spiritual-Blackmail. I’ll explain what I mean. Ever so often, specifically if/when any Popular/Famous-Person becomes a Muslim: both Muslims & Non-Muslims alike have this Disgusting-Habit of attempting to either “prove” that they’re not really Muslim, or attemoting to impose Unjust/Unrealistic-Expectations upon them because they’re now a “Muslim-Celebrity”. Particularly amongst Non-Muslims: the Aforementioned-Tactics are used directly to pontificate/promote Islāmophobia. One of the Other-Things which Muslims & Non-Muslims do is project the Mythos/Pseudo-Narrative, that only Certain-People and/or Certain-Types/Kinds of Persons can be Muslims. This is 💯%-Untruth/Dishonesty.
https://gbwrites.com/2022/09/15/onlyallahguides/
We, as Makhlūq/Creation, don’t get to be Gatekeepers of al-Islām, to “choose/decide” who gets to become Muslim vs. who doesn’t. No…only Allah solely gets to decide who’s worthy of Guidance vs. who isn’t. As Muslims, we must remember something crucially important: al-Islām is al-Hudā/Hidāyah (Guidance) for Imperfect-People. And, since All-Humans are Inherently-Imperfect, this means that al-Islām is for the Entirety of al-Insān/Humanity.
https://gbwrites.com/2023/01/04/abysmalmoments/
It’s literally like anytime/everytime a Popular/Famous-Person ends-up being a Muslim: there’s always this “Pressure” imposed upon them, that they somehow must be an “Ideal-Muslim” as soon as they become a Muslim. And/or worse yet: there’s this “Pressure” imposed upon a New-Muslim to be “Morally-Perfect” even prior to them being a Muslim. Nigga…that’s literally the Point of becoming a Muslim, because one needs to become Morally-Correct. How dare any of us “expect” anyone who was never a Muslim before to be Islāmically-Upright?!!! That-Mindset/Mentality literally defies Moral-Intelligence. Moreover, there’s this Callous-Mentality that Certain-Muslims only accept Persons they personally like as Fellow-Muslims. al-Islām isn’t an “Exclusive/Secret-Society”, it isn’t a “Social-Club”, it isn’t a “College-Fraternity/Sorority”, etc. None of us have the Islāmic-Entitlement/Justification, to “deny” anyone being a Muslim.
https://gbwrites.com/2022/01/30/everyonedeservesguidance/
I honestly get Sick&Tired of Muslims whom impose these Unjust/Unrealistic-Standards for Muslim-Reverts whom became Muslim like 5mins. ago. There’s People who’ve been Muslim for 2-3 Decades whom’re still Religio Fuck-Ups. There’s Persons whom’re Muslim-Born & have been Muslim their Entire-Lives & they’re still Religio Fuck-Ups. We’ve all got Goofy-Shit, Baggage, etc. So, none of us are Islāmically-Entitled/Justified to “expect” anyone to be the “Ideal-Muslim” when we ourselves never strive to be “Ideal-Muslims”. Furthermore, there’s Certain-Muslims whom’ll imply that one must be “Sinless” prior to being a Muslim. The Entire-Point of being a Muslim is to rid one’s Self from Sinning…there’s just so/too many Fake-Knowitall Bozos around here.
https://gbwrites.com/2022/04/29/onlyallahownsguidance/
We, as Muslims, don’t “own” al-Islām. It’s simply that we utilize al-Islām to worship/serve Allah: the Creator/Lord of al-`Ālamīn/the Universe. Only Allah alone possesses Ownership/Monopoly over Guidance. And, it’s honestly never up to us, as per whom gets guided vs. whom doesn’t. Literally, all the Time: Certain-Muslims just can’t wait to be judgmental against anyone whom they despise whom becomes Muslim. The Modern-World, via the Social-Media Age, serves as an Ultimate-Proof of this. All Online, there’ve been Unjust-Criticism against Certain-Muslims…even to they Extent that there’ve been Muslims who’ve audaciously/arrogantly dared to ask Allah to not guide Persons whom they’ve Personal-Biases against.
https://gbwrites.com/2022/09/15/onlyallahguides/
I’ve literally had Online-Discussions/Debates with Muslims & Non-Muslims alike, surrounding the Issue of People claiming that only Specific-Kinds/Types of Persons are “eligible” to become Muslims. This is especially the Case, if/when the “Muslim-Celebrity” has a Sinful-Lifestyle/Past. How many of us (as Muslims, as Humans, etc.) actually truthfully/honestly state/claim validly that we don’t sin?!!! #IllWait Like I always tell People:
It’s easy to judge People, when our Sins aren’t Public-Knowledge.
There’s a Difference between Judgment & Judgmentalism.
Judgmentalism always exposes whom we truly are.
As Muslims especially (All-Humans generally): we typically are only jydgmental if/when there’s Persons whom do the Sins we don’t/don’t want to do. Most-Persons whom do Evil-Shit that we do/like to do, then conveniently the Judgment against them is Non-Existent. That’s literally an-Nifāq/Hypocrisy by default/definition.
I’ll detail a Mathl/Example of what I mean:
The Average-Muslim is only Anti-Homo, because the Vast-Majority of Muslims, the Muslim-World, etc. will never be Team-Homo…not because al-Liwāt/Homosexuality is Mahrūm/Islāmically-Prohibited.
The Existence of “Muslim-Celebrity” Culture itself is a Whole-Problem. It’s literally no different than/from al-Imma`tiyyah/Groupie-Culture. Ironically, Muhammad had stated: “Don’t be an Imma`ah (Dick-Rider, Groupie, etc.).”
(at-Tirmidhī)
The Same-Persons whom disregard the Validity of a Celebrity’s Maqām/Status as a Muslim:
They try to connect with them.
They attempt to get Photo-Ops with them.
They try to invite them on their Platforms for Interviews.
They attempt to invite them to Muslim/Islāmic-Events to display the Illusion-Of-Inclusion.
They attempt to use/manipulate their Celebrity-Status for their own Agenda-Based Objectives.
etc.
You’re nobody, unless/until somebody wants to use you.
I’ll conclude with this:
Whomever out there is Muslim already, regardless of Societal-Rank: Fuck everybody else’s Opinions about you & just be Muslim. Because, trust me: Most-People whom’re judging you are probably worse than you.
Whomever out there is Non-Muslim, but is interested in learning about al-Islām: Fuck everybody else’s Opinions & learn about al-Islām. And, may Allah guide you.
Gareth Bryant
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