Question
My husband and I were having a discussion regarding the flotillas for Palestine. He is of the opinion that there isn’t any real benefit in Muslims participating as he believes that the aid will be intercepted and won’t reach the poor people of Gazza. Meanwhile I think that these people Muslim and non-Muslims are actually taking up an initiative and are risking their lives to help the Gazzans while we, myself and my husband included, are doing almost nothing to help and continue to live lavishly, eat lavishly and spend lavishly and still we feel the need to criticise those who are actively trying to help out. What is the correct thought?
Answer
Hypocrisy is evil and stems from one’s fictitious belief of righteousness. If you feel so strongly about the correctness of the participating in the flotilla merrymaking jaunts then why are you indulging in comfort and why are you still eating lavishly and why are you spending lavishly. The least you can do, if you are honest, is to show your solidarity by abstaining from lavish food, spending lavishly and living in comfort and pleasure. Abstain from all of this.
While you castigate others who do not join the flotillas, you do not criticize yourself for your hypocritical stance. From the perspective of the Shariah it is not permissible for Muslims to join these kuffaar-fabricated flotillas. Kuffaar methods which are accompanied by violations of the Shariah are never permissible.
Firstly, what is the motive of these flotilla kuffaar? The intention is not to deliver aid to the brutalized Muslims of Gazzah. The flotilla people have 100% certitude that their boats will not be able to deliver the smattering of ‘aid’ which are on the showpiece boats merely for cosmetic purposes. Since it is a forgone conclusion that all of the characters on these flotilla boats will be arrested and kicke
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