Doha, 20 Rabi Al-Akhir 1434 AH 2/3/2013 AD

Dear brothers in Malaysia, Respected Brother Mr. Anwar Ibrahim and brothers in Peoples Justice Party, May Allah protect them all, Respected Brother Sheikh Abdul Hadi Bin Haj Awang and brothers in Islamic Party, May Allah protect them all, Respected Brothers in Chinese Association,

I greet you with the Islamic salutation. May peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you!!

I take this opportunity to extend the most beautiful greetings and the purest regards to you and pray to Almighty Allah to show you the right path in all your affairs, guide your steps, help you achieve more of goodness and righteousness for the benefit of Islam and Muslims in general and the sisterly Malaysia in particular, and to keep them all under His care and attention, give them peace and help them achieve development and progress and propagate social justice. My dear brothers, Malaysia has a great place in our hearts and we sincerely love its people. Malaysia is our hope to achieve a moderate, civilized, advanced, contemporary Islamic model. We have followed up its renaissance ever since it began. We followed up its sons who came from Malay to Al-Azhar, and we are still following up the youth of ABIM and Islamic Party and the supporters of the call towards Islam and towards development and peace. We were dismayed by the split that occurred in the past in UMNO Party followed by serious and unfortunate abuses faced by Mujahid Brother Mr. Anwar Ibrahim who had become the second person in Malaysia, as he was the partys Vice President as well as Deputy Prime Minister. We seek reward from Allah for the plight and falsehoods he was subjected to, and which were exposed later on so that Allah justifies truth and proves falsehood as false, distasteful though it be to those in guilt. A lot of Malaysians took position against this blatant falsification and this fraudulent falsehood. Among them was the courageous Islamic Party which stood by truth and stood beside the Peoples Justice Party headed by Mr. Anwars wife. Chinese Association also allied with them rejecting the fraud and fabrication.

We, the Islamists in Arab world and we, at World Federation of Muslim Scholars, were so happy and pleased with the position taken by the Malaysian Front which united and helped one another in righteousness and piety and did never cooperate on sin and rancor, insisting to build and not to destruct and to stick together and not to divide. It vowed to support Anwar Ibrahim and oppose those who did injustice to him with their lies and falsehoods until Allah helped the truth and exposed the falsehood to the world. Thats why we were very happy by the stance taken by this front which allied with Anwar Ibrahim, supporting him in his position. This front has been taking steady steps with a straight approach to achieve Malaysias blessed goals in past years. It did not back off or refrain from this united stance. It continued with this solidarity, cohesion, consultation and constructive cooperation, knowing that Allah helps those who are united and Allah is the third among two partners if they are united and cooperate with each other. But if they oppose each other or a breach of trust occurs between them, Satan comes in between them. Hence we emphasize the importance of unity in Islam which is well known to you. This religion is based on the belief in oneness of Allah and oneness of the people in their goals and acts. This community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord; so hold Me alone in fear (Al-Muminun: 52). Thats why Allah has made it a religious obligation and it is a realistic need too. Allah says And hold fast, all together, by the rope (which Allah stretches out for you) and be not divided among yourselves (Ali-Imran: 159). Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancor (Al-Maida: 2). The Holy Quran has also warned strongly against division and disunion. Describing the magnitude of its criminality, Allah says, Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful penalty (Al-i-Imran: 105). Also, Allah has described its grave worldly implications, saying, And fall into no disputes, lest ye falter and are no longer held in awe (Al-Anfal: 46). Prophet Mohammad, Peace be Upon Him, said, Do not create divisions amongst you, for your predecessors perished after they created divisions. Al-Bukhari has narrated this Hadith. Because of this great principle, Prophet Aaron kept patience after his people started worshipping calf, fearing division that could destroy them and tear them apart. Quoting Prophet Aarons words while he was talking to Prophet Moses, Peace be Upon Him, Allah says in Holy Quran, Aaron replied: O son of my mother! Seize me not by my beard nor by the hair of my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, Thou has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not respect my word (Ta-Ha: 94). These verses of the Holy Quran and quotes from Prophet Mohammads Hadith are well known to you. Also you are well versed with the effects of unity and unison and consequences of division and disunion experienced by previous nations as well as our Islamic nation. We only wanted to remind you, as reminding is always beneficial for the believers. Allah says in Holy Quran, Keep on exhorting them, for exhortation benefits the believers (Adh-Dhariyat: 55). Also, we wanted to offer advice which was taught to us by Prophet Mohammad, Peace be Upon Him, when he said, Religion is all about being

sincere in offering advice, so we (companions of Prophet) asked: To who O Prophet of Allah? The Prophet replied: To Allah, His Prophet, His Book, and to Muslim leaders and common Muslims. Muslim has narrated this Hadith. So there is no Muslim who is too small to offer an advice and there is no Muslim who is too big to be given an advice. We know that one can avoid failure in this world and hereafter only by exhorting one another to hold fast to the truth and to steadfastness. As Allah says, I swear by the passage of Time! Man is surely in a state of loss. Except for those who believe and do good deeds and exhort one another to hold fast to the truth and who exhort one another to steadfastness. (Surah Al-Asr) Based on this, I sincerely appeal you, O Malaysian brothers, by God, from the core of a lovers heart, along with supporting Sharia and logical substantiations, to continue what you were doing and not to deviate from it. Be united and dont create divisions. Remain cohesive and dont break up into many. Be mutually supportive and do not disintegrate. Because a Muslim is like a building for the other Muslim; each block of it binds the other. I appeal you for the sake of Allah and in the interest of Islam and Muslims and also in the interest of all sections of Malaysian people to be united in one rank, like a solid cemented structure and to solve all your minor problems that stand in your way by yourself and through mutual understanding, because you represent the bright future of Malaysia. I advise you to abide by the agreements and contracts reached by you among yourselves and not to cancel them, because Allah says, O Ye who believe! Fulfill all your obligations (Al-Maida: 1). And Allah says in another place in Holy Quran, Fulfill every promise, for every promise will be enquired into (on the Day of Judgment) (Al-Isra: 34). I advise you to study all outstanding issues through consultative committees to be formed from the constituent parties of the Front, because consultation leads to goodness. One who seeks good ness doesnt fail, and one who consults doesnt rue. This was the method adopted by Prophet Mohammad, Peace be Upon Him, and his noble companions. Allah says, They conduct their affairs by mutual consultation. (Ash-Shura: 38) And Allah ordered his Prophet the same as He said in Holy Quran, Consult them in the conduct of affairs (Al-i-Imran: 159). I believe that Anwar Ibrahim, with his history, experience, wisdom, struggle, patience, endurance since his early youth till today and for the love he gets from the kindly people of Malaysia, whether they are Malaysians or Chinese, deservers to be on top of the list to head the government and to be at the helm of the countrys leadership. He is the right person to be in this top position and he is capable of performing what is required at this juncture for the sake of Malaysias development and progress in all aspects . This is what you have agreed upon in the past. All the advocates of truth must help him and stand by him so that they earn Almighty Allahs help. As Allah says, Allah will certainly help those who help His cause. Verily Allah is immensely Strong and overwhelmingly Mighty (Al-Hajj: 40).

I stand by my scholar brothers who love you and pray for your help and support and are waiting for the good news of unity, harmony and concord among the brothers at the earliest. I advice you O my brothers and stress that you remain united in one bloc in such a manner that each one of you loves, for his brother, what he loves for himself and hates for him what he hates for himself. That is where all the goodness lies for you, your brothers, your country and all those who love you. Do not allow division to enter your ranks, because it leads only to destruction and devastation. The Muslims around the world, whether in the east or the west and whether in Arab countries or abroad, are behind you. They support you, commend you and pray for you. And before all that, you have Almighty Allahs support and help. Every help comes from Allah alone. Surely Allah is Mighty and Wise (Al-Anfal: 10). May Allah bless you and guide you to do what is good and wise for you, your people and your country in your religious and worldly affairs. May He unite you on the right path, widen your means of livelihood, provide you with food lest you go hungry and save you from fear. (O Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way) (AlKahf: 10) May peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you!!

Mohamed Y. AlQaradawi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering College of Engineering Qatar University