And who are more unjust than those who
forbid the approach to the mosques of Allah lest His name should be mentioned
therein, and strive toward their destruction? (2: 115)
No Muslim can be denied the right to enter a mosque and offer prayers, and
even to attend a function therein. This is a basic human right which Allah gave to His
servants, and nobody has the right to hinder other people from invoking Allah,
and to show Him their devotion in those places of worship.
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Moreover, it is to
be specified that the verse refers to the fact that nobody can be hindered from
entering the Mosques of Allah for any act of worship. A
mosque is Allah’s and thus it is not the property of any person, though its
management is done by people who are supposed to be Muttaqun – God-fearing! When people cease to be Muttaqun, and defy the laws of Allah,
they bring upon themselves a sure damnation, and Allah has promised that in the
Hereafter, their punishment will be great.
The
subject matter of this verse is very true in the case of the persecutions faced
by the believers of the Divine Manifestation in this era. All prophets in one
way or the other passed through the same situations, suffering from being
forbidden access to the Houses of Allah.
DURING THE GOLDEN ERA OF ISLAM
The
Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) suffered a lot in the hands of the Quraish who
persecuted and boycotted him and his followers so much so that access to the
Ka’aba was quasi-impossible, especially for the grand pilgrimage, the Hajj. And
if ever they were spotted near the Sacred Mosque, then the people of Mecca, in
occurrence the Quraish would inflict much hardships on the innocent servants of
Allah and believers in the Divine Manifestation of their age. Even the Holy
Prophet of Islam was not spared!
In
March 628 AD, the Meccan troops stopped Muhammad (pbuh), the best of mankind
and prophets and forbid him from entering the Sacred Mosque along with his
companions for the lesser pilgrimage, i.e. Umrah.
They tried to humiliate him, but the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) trusted Allah
and the promise He extended for the grand victory of Islam. And today by the
grace of Allah, this victory is palpable in every way in the form of the Jamaat
Ul Sahih Al Islam which Allah has secured for the preservation of the glory of
Islam in its entirety.