Islams Reformers

the name of Islam, which are incompatible with the knowledge
derived from âyats and hadîths and written in the invaluable books
by the Ahl as-Sunna scholars, means to attempt to spoil and
demolish Islam from within.
“We invite all beliefs equally and to the same liberty. It is the
Muslim government’s duty to protect the freedom of belief. All the
compatriots have equal dues from the sources of income. Personal
possession is limited; it is society’s right to get the extra propety.”
(Page 79)
These thoughts of his are also diametrically opposed to Islam.
Above he said that Islam should be spread, and here, he wants
every religion to be given freedom. His words do not make sense.
In fact, he strives to change Islam into socialism and communism.
We have already answered these words of his a few pages earlier.
“Whenever necessary, the government may get
unconditionally from well-to-do individuals as much money as it
needs for the protection of society.” (Page 87)
We have given detailed answers to these wrong thoughts of his
in the fifty-second paragraph.
“If zakât does not suffice to do these, the government gets the
extra property which the rich have and hands it to the poor.” (Page
92)
If Sayyid Qutb, instead of imputing these socialistic thoughts of
his to Islam, propounded put them as his own, perhaps he would
have been able to find a place for himself among the youth, who
have already been confused amidst various currents. But, his
disguising himself as a religious man and attacking the Ahl as-
Sunna scholars and his misrepresenting his own thoughts as Islam
disgrace him in both this world and the next, and make him a
target for the vengeance of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Please read the fiftysecond
paragraph!
With the following words, he altogether stripped off his mask
and displayed his abominable ideas:
“Islam is a force that runs to gift freedom to all people on the
earth with no regard to the variety in their religious beliefs. When
this force meets with aberrant forces, it is its duty to struggle and
annihilate them.” (Page 203)
He holds the unbelievers in dâr al-harb and Muslims equal and
considers it as a duty to struggle so that unbelief, which Allâhu
ta’âlâ calls foul and dirty, may spread and attain freedom. This is
what he thinks of jihâd, which is done in the way of Allâhu ta’âlâ.
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