Question
Gangsters Running Our Towns Please advise: What should Muslims do about the drug lords and gangsters running our towns in South Africa? They have hands in the entire criminal system from petty theft to murder. Some are Muslims and attend Jumuah Salaat. They donate to graveyards and mazaars. Police, politicians, and security companies are on their payroll. Community/vigilante patrollers are threatened. Some businessman benefit from gangster protection and political connections. What is the solution? When one gang boss or gang family dies, another takes his place.
Answer
The crime, anarchy, fitnah and fasaad engulfing us are the consequences of our own misdeeds, kufr, fisq and fujoor. The only solution is for Muslims to become obedient slaves of Allah Ta‟ala. Only then will Allah Ta‟ala eliminate the mischief and anarchy. Allah Ta‟ala says in the Qur‟aan Majeed:
"Fasaad (mischief/anarchy/ corruption) has appeared on the land and ocean as a result of what the hands of people have perpetrated so that Allah gives them a taste of what they have earned."
Besides moral reformation and spiritual elevation, the crime and anarchy will be incremental. There is no other solution besides obedience to Allah Ta‟ala. Even the law of criminals is a form of punishment from Allah Ta‟ala.
hometown city you will be a musaafir. As soon as you reach the boundary of your hometown, you become a muqeem even if you will just be passing through.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 06
- PDF page
- 5
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