The Saudi/Wahhabi literalists, unfortunately misinterpret the love the Muslims show for the noble Messenger (pbuh) as a bid‘ah (according to them, an innovation in matters related to the‘ibadat) and shirk. The fact that the Arabian Peninsula, so named by the noble Messenger (pbuh), has been renamed “Saudi” Arabia, as if the primitive clan owns the land, is the biggest form of bid‘ah and shirk. This simple fact, however, seems to have escaped the court ‘ulama and the equally obliging“professors” at some of their universities, because they do not consider the name of a territory to fall under the purview of what they in a reductionist fashion consider to be the ‘ibadat. Instead, their narrow interpretations are applied to ordinary Muslims who wish to follow the teachings of the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the noble Messenger (pbuh).
The recently planned destruction of the green dome and the Prophet’s (pbuh) tomb is not the first time the Saudis have brought up this subject. Only a few years ago (2007), the Municipality in Madinah changed the color of the green dome to silver. There are numerous other silver domes on the roof of Masjid al-Nabi. There is only one Green Dome; its color was changed in preparation for destroying it. The alleged plan was that Muslims would not identify a silver dome with the Prophet’s (pbuh) dome if it were destroyed since there are so many of them.
The Saudis may have succeeded in this sacrilegious act but for the fact that the people of Madinah realized what was planned and came out to protest. This was a rare example of courage in the face of the regime’s extreme brutality toward any form of dissent. The municipality was forced to repaint the dome back to its original green color under public pressure.
The Saudi regime has appointed ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sudais, who performs the duties of imam in al-Masjid al-Haram, to oversee the expansion project in Madinah. This is done on the pretext that huge numbers of pilgrims visit Makkah and Madinah each year and many Muslims have become attached to al-Sudais because of his Qur’anic recitation. The idea seems to be that most Muslims would not think that a prominent shaykh like al-Sudais would do something against Islam. But what does al-Sudais know about architecture? He may be a good qari but that does not confer upon him any special privilege in terms of architectural work or preserving the historic sites of Islam.
The Saudis have used the pretext of the expansion of al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah and Masjid al-Nabi in Madinah to indulge in the wholesale destruction of Islam’s historic sites. There are alternate ways to expand the facilities without destroying such important sites. The Saudis and their court ‘ulama, however, are motivated by very different considerations.
They actually do want to eliminate these important historical sites — 95% have been destroyed in Makkah, according the Washington-based Gulf Institute. That is why they are busy targeting the Prophet’s Masjid and tomb. It is revealing that everything related to ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Saud, founder of the Saudi “kingdom” has been preserved. Even the tip of the spear that he used to attack the Mismak Fortress and that broke and got stuck in the door, has been preserved. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz’s shoes, swords, and robes, etc. are all preserved. This is obviously neither a bid‘ah or shirk as far as the House of Saud is concerned but anything related to the noble Messenger (pbuh) that the Muslims respect is immediately denounced as bid‘ah and shirk.
Muslims should ask themselves whether the artefacts of Ibn Saud are more important than the final resting place of the noble Messenger of Allah (pbuh)? And who gave the Saudi regime the authority to make decisions on behalf of the entire Muslim Ummah? After all, the Haramayn (the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah) do not belong to the Saudi clan from Dar‘iyyah; these are the common heritage of the Ummah.
Would the Saudis succeed in their nefarious designs to destroy the Green Dome and desecrate the grave of the noble Messenger (pbuh) by relocating his body to Jannah al-Baqi‘? Let us glance at an episode from Islamic history. In the year 1162ce, Nuruddin Zangi was the ruler of Aleppo (part of present-day Syria). He was gallant, just and muttaqi. One night after performing tahajjud salah, he saw the Prophet (pbuh) in his dream. The noble Messenger (pbuh) pointed to two persons with fair skin and blue eyes, and said they were bothering him (the Prophet) so he (Nuruddin) should deal with them. He had the same dream three times consecutively.
Nuruddin called his trusted advisor Jamal al-Din and narrated the dream to him. The advisor told Nuruddin to immediately go to Madinah but to not mention the dream to anyone. Accompanied by a small contingent, Nuruddin hastened to Madinah and told the governor to gather all the inhabitants of Madinah for a feast in Masjid al-Nabi. Everyone was called and Nuruddin looked at each person’s face but could not find the two pale-skinned, blue-eyed people he had been shown in his dream by the Noble Messenger (pbuh). Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that there were two“pious” individuals that lived in a house not far from the Prophet’s (pbuh) tomb. Nuruddin went to the house but found only a few utensils there. He was perplexed but walked around until he stepped on a carpet under which the ground moved somewhat. Lifting the carpet, he discovered a tunnel that had been dug under the house and led to the Prophet’s (pbuh) grave. The two culprits, from Europe pretending to be “Muslims,” had come via Morocco and settled in Madinah. Their plot was to take the body of the noble Messenger (pbuh) away from its final resting place.
For this act of sacrilege, both were executed. Nuruddin then had a deep trench dug all around the grave of the noble Messenger (pbuh) and filled with molten lead so that in future nobody would be able to indulge in such a nefarious act. The two Europeans were non-Muslims; the Saudi rulers claim to be Muslims yet they dare to contemplate such insult to the Prophet’s (pbuh) body. There is little doubt that before they proceed with their sacrilegious act, they will be destroyed. The fact that they can even think of such a diabolical plan, however, exposes their hatred of Islam and the noble Messenger (pbuh).
The Saudi ideology of hatred has given the world such monstrosities as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Boko Haram, and now the takfiris of ISIS (the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) who have gone on a rampage in Syria and Iraq beheading and murdering innocent people. The takfiris are doing what the Saudi regime has done for decades inside the Kingdom: beheading ordinary people for minor offences while the thieving “royals” get away literally with murder. Human rights activists are also facing extreme oppression with more than 30,000 languishing in Saudi prisons after kangaroo trials.
The Islamic movement must take serious note of the latest Saudi outrage before it is too late. Muslims should also give serious consideration to the removal of this corrupt regime and its thieving members from power. The regime has brought nothing but shame to the name of Islam and Muslims.
The primitive clan that emerged from the darkest regions of Najd follows a narrow literalist interpretation of Islam that the overwhelming majority of Muslims completely reject. Yet by illegally occupying the entire Arabian Peninsula, including the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, the clan has shown visceral hatred for the noble Messenger (pbuh), nastaghfirullah, and Islam. Muslims are duty bound to rise up for the honor of the Prophet (pbuh) and Islam.
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Muslims should ask themselves whether the artefacts of Ibn Saud are more important than the final resting place of the noble Messenger of Allah?
Anglo-American Yahudi Saudis plan to destroy the Holy Prophet’s tomb
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