Misikiti, Ya Zamani Na Ya Sasa - Nafasi ya Msikiti | Quran Course

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Misikiti, Ya Zamani Na Ya Sasa

The Mosques, Past And Present

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Ulinganisho mfupi kati ya hali ya misikiti yetu siku hizi na ile ya Salaf wema unaonyesha kwamba zamani walikuwa wakijikita katika kiini na si mwonekano wa nje, ilhali siku hizi sisi huelekea kujikita katika mwonekano wa nje na kupuuza nafasi muhimu ya msikiti.

A brief comparison between the state of our mosques nowadays and that of the righteous ancestors reveals that in the past they used to concentrate on the essence and not the appearance, whereas nowadays we tend to concentrate on the appearances and disregard the essential role of the mosque.

Kila kitu kinaonekana kuwa kinyume chake: nafasi ya msikiti ilidhibitiwa na kuwa mahali pa kuswali sala tano za faradhi tu, kisha milango yake ikafungwa. Matokeo yake, msikiti umetengwa na maisha, chini ya bendera ya kutenganisha dini na maisha ya kidunia. Serikali, wahubiri na washauri walichukua usukani na kuanza kutenda kwa kufuata miongozo iliyotolewa na watawala ili kurudia kauli mbiu yao ya ‘hakuna siasa katika dini’, wakidai kuwa wao ni maulamaa ambao hawana chochote cha kufanya na siasa, ilhali Uislamu ni dini, na mifumo ya kisiasa, kiuchumi, kijamii na kimahakama ni sehemu isiyotenganishwa na Uislamu.

Everything seems to be the opposite, the role of the mosque became restricted to the establishing of the five prescribed prayers, and then it would shut its doors. Consequently, the mosque has become isolated from life, under the banner of separating the deen from temporal life. Governments preachers and councillors took centre stage and began acting according to guidelines issued by the rulers to reiterate their slogan of ‘no politics in religion’, claiming that they are the clergymen who have nothing to do with politics, even though Islam is a deen and the political, economic, social and judicial systems are an integral part of Islam.

Leo tuna msikiti wa Kipakistani, msikiti wa Kisiria, msikiti wa Kiajemi, msikiti wa Kikurdi, msikiti wa Kituruki na kadhalika. Pia tuna misikiti inayomilikiwa na makundi mbalimbali ya Kiislamu, vyama na Madhehebu mbalimbali ya fikra, na kila moja inazuia nyingine kubeba Ujumbe kwa visingizio, huku ikificha sababu halisi, ambayo ni tamaa ya madaraka, uongozi na mamlaka, na kutosheleza silika ya kuishi. Haya yote yanatokea leo katika misikiti yetu licha ya ukweli kwamba misikiti ni ya Allah (swt) na si kwa kundi hili au chama hiki au utaifa huu au jamii hii maalum. Allah (swt) anasema: "Na kwamba misikiti ni ya Allah, basi msimshirikishe Allah na yeyote." [TMQ 72:18] Kwa hiyo, inapaswa kusisitizwa, hasa kwa makundi na vyama vya Kiislamu na Maimamu, kwamba wamche Allah katika misikiti Yake, na kufungua milango ya misikiti kwa Waislamu wa kweli, kwa wanazuoni wenye elimu, kwa wale wanaosujudu, kwa wale wanaoshauri juu ya dini na wale wanaoshughulika na kurejesha mfumo wa maisha wa Kiislamu. Ndipo tu jina la Allah (swt) litatawala kwa ukuu katika misikiti, na watu wataamrishana mema na kukataza maovu, na kujishughulisha na mambo ya Ummah. Hapo tunaweza kusema kwa uhakika kwamba misikiti imerejea katika nafasi yake halisi, ambapo dini na jina la Allah (swt) vimerejea kuwa juu kabisa.

We have nowadays a Pakistani mosque, a Syrian mosque, a Persian mosque, a Kurdish mosque, a Turkish mosque and so on. We have also mosques belonging to various Islamic group, parties and Schools of Thought, and each one prevents the other from carrying the Message with excuses, while concealing the real reason which is the yearning for power, leadership, and authority, and the satisfying of the instinct of survival. All this is taking place today in our mosques despite the fact that the mosques are for Allah (swt) and not for this group or that party or that nationality or that particular race. Allah (swt) says, “And that the mosques are for Allah so do not associate with Allah anyone.” [TMQ 72:18] Therefore, it must be stressed, especially to the Islamic groups and parties and the Imams, that they should fear Allah in His mosques, and to open the doors of the mosques to the sincere Muslims, to the learned scholars, to those who prostrate, to those who advise on the deen and those who are engaged in re-establishing the Islamic way of life. Only then will the name of Allah (swt) reign supreme in the mosques, and people will enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, and take concern themselves with the Ummah’s affairs. Then we can safely say that the mosques have resumed their rightful role, where the deen and the name of Allah (swt) are once again the highest.