GLOBAL ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP
Customized Training Modules For Islamic Leaders by
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Thought & Action
Inverse Components
Opposites
Thought & Action
F EAR OF G OD -- O BEDIENCE TO G OD -- R EMEMBRANCE
OF G OD

Each Principle causes us to draw near to God
& His Grace (evidence of approval)

I
of these
P
Insufficient or
No Fear of Allah
Insufficient or
No Obedience to Allah
Insufficient or
No Remembrance of Allah define RELATIONSHIP in opposite or diminished terms unavoidable default status
All cause us to move away from God and His Grace
Results: little or no ‘strength of evidence’ of God’s approval (Conviction,
Sincerity); loss of Divine Guidance & Protection.

Inverse consequences 
C ANNOT BE AVOIDED
Heedless Leaders
S ELF –R ULE
MINUS DIVINE
PROTECTION

EAR OF G OD
Result: non-gestalt quality or insufficiency of thought and reflection  diminished Taffakur. 
Mindlessness
M EANING THIS PERSON DOES NOT FEAR THE LOSS OF G OD ’ S PROTECTION .
• automatically leans toward reductionist thought and the loss or dismissal of revelation. One draws further away from Allah and hence also from the grace of inspiration, which is diminished and in turn, causes the loss of divine guidance (protection from harm) -- Even in the face of great intellect
• Such people follow strong delusions
• This is a default process that determines the course of numerous schools of materialism; misapplication of science; promotes falsehood such as morality’s divorce from science or Humanism’s divorce of church and state.

‘T HIS PERSON ALONE ’

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES OF F IRST P RINCIPLE
 T HEY WHO FORGET TO FEAR A LLAH J OIN THE RANKS OF H IS E NEMIES
Examples : false religion of secular pluralism with its icons such as Olympic
Torch of the ancient religion of Mythras, or Egypt’s Eye of Horus, Pyramids (all
Freemasonic ideations -- kabala).
Results are forms of Tribalism or Politically-Correct Patriotism; the identitarian politics of sectarianism.
This lss of fear or reverence allows leaders to adopt ideations such as Humanism or Ecumenical Universalism — as warned against in surah Al-Baqarah vss 120,
145:
“Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with you unless you follow their FORM of religion. Say: “The Guidance of Allah―that is the (only)
Guidance.” Were you to follow their desires after the knowledge which has reached you, THEN WOULD YOU FIND NEITHER
PROTECTOR NOR HELPER AGAINST A LLAH ” I .
E . AGAINST G OD ’ S JUDGMENT

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES -- F IRST P RINCIPLE
Al-Anam vs 144:
But who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against
Allah, to lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guides not people who do wrong.
Hence, when leaders forget to fear God’s judgment or the loss of His Protection, the reality of akhira is veiled and failure rather than success is certain.
Leaders who adopt this position must then rely on
Machiavelli.

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES -- F IRST P RINCIPLE
This is an antithetical estate that is easily discernible:
The greater the pageantry presented by institutions under heedless leaders, the greater the loss of wise governance that preserves the ‘Fear of Allah’ for their people. ‘Fear of Man’ then begins to reign as was seen in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
For this reason Hadrat Umar removed Khalid from his post.
Why? Because opulence and elitism are hallmarks that announce the error:
Example from the Sunnah:
A silken Faruj was presented to Allah’s Apostle and he put it on and offered the prayer in it. When he finished the prayer he took it off violently as if he disliked it and said:
“T HIS GARMENT DOES NOT BEFIT THOSE WHO FEAR A LLAH . “
Vol 7, Book 72, Hadith 693, Bukhari

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES -- F IRST P RINCIPLE
Such leaders protect feudal estates as rulers of exploitation and power broking.
They marginalize servants of truth and institutionalize wickedness (ponerism) as examples that become ‘tradition’.
This is the ‘Way of Cain’ . . .
 The Second Principle, Obedience

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES -- S ECOND P RINCIPLE : D ISOBEDIENCE a) Divine Guidance (i.e. fitrah, revelation and inspiration) is required for man’s ability to discern good and evil.
b) Disobedience to God activates the inverse determinant or default status of Principle Two, which inevitably leads to forms of idolatry and chauvinist hero worship (self-worship)
c) Hero Worship: the essence of Humanism (The Way of Cain). d) Humanism deifies man, hence it is shirk .

R OMAN E MPEROR D EIFIED

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES -- S ECOND P RINCIPLE :
Key Words
 N O D UE D ILIGENCE S LACKNESS
TRUTH
DISTINGUISHED
F ALSEHOOD
F AVOR
H IS ENEMY
LIVE
WITH
I NSIGHT
 N O D ISCERNMENT
 N O G RACE
 N O J IHAD (A CTION )
 I NCORRECT CHOICES ( KNOWLEDGE )

The consequences of persistent disobedience are many but the main result is a specific SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS that promotes neglect of the nation’s better interests in favor of sociopaths who masquerade as shepherds of the flock and the hidden hand of wealthy elite who finance them
And thus have We made in every town the great ones to be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein [conspire ]; and they do not plan but against their own souls, and they DO NOT PERCEIVE .
Al’Annam 006.123

Life is Limited (Governed) by Divine Laws
O BEY - S UNNAH
( PROPHETIC S UPRA -W ORLDLY
A
UTHORIT Y E
.
G
. A
L
’K
IDIR
)
LEADERS
D ISOBEY H ARAM B IDAH
(W
ORLDLY
A
UTHORIT Y
)
DOMINION
Peace & Security
Maintained
Divinely Protected or
Forfeit - Non-PROTECTED
Spiritual
Determinism
L AW OF O BEDIENCE

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES OF T HIRD P RINCIPLE :
Forgetting the Remembrance of God:
The remembrance of God requires knowledge and far more than religious knowledge. It is the ability to correctly apply free choice towards what is good and this faculty depends on disciplines that establish metaphysical and physical templates (habits) for this purpose.
Hence, the ‘remembrance of God’ has a purpose: correct action :
There are several verses in the Qur'an that emphasize the importance of remembering the Will of God by saying "God
Willing," "God Knows best," "if it is Your Will," and so on. This is the basis for dhikr.
Sura 18 ayat 24 states that a person who forgets to say, "God
Willing," should immediately remember God by saying:
"May my Lord guide me TO DO BETTER next time."

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES OF S ECOND P RINCIPLE :
Quoted from Shaykh Abdallah b. Bayyah: W HY D ID THE W EST S UPERCEDE U S

( From Me d in a S pe e c h )
P OWER G race ( Favor )
R EMEMBER
S INCERIT Y
S e e n & Un s e e n ( Tawh id / Wh ol is m )
No S l ac kn e s s  Dil ige n ce ( work)
M ASTER OF ALL
R IGHT F OOTING
Hu m il ity ( Fe ar & Se ns e of S h am e )
Wal k  Dis ce rnme nt / I ns igh t /
( Righ t C h oice  Th ou gh t & Ac t ion)
H EREAFTER Unseen
C OMMAND IS S UPREME Law  cannot be circumvented
(No Escape : cat seeks opportunity)

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES OF T HIRD P RINCIPLE :
The inverse determinant or default status of this spiritual law is initiated by the lack of meaningful (i.e. knowledgeable) disciplines  form of ignorance . This is because ignorance inhibits discernment due to an absence of cognitive acquisition (learning); which, by definition, must also include purpose and completing purpose is contingent on knowledge.
If relevant remembrance of God were indeed practiced, this would follow:
1.
the discernment of good and evil, benefit and harm would
2.
allow knowledge of proper adab to surface to man’s consciousness as
‘ understanding ’ which would
3.
permit the capacity to assimilate and implement pertinent knowledge well enough to
4.
establish and maintain institutions and relationships that appropriately forbid evil and positively facilitate what is beneficial  A L ’H ISBAH
Hence : IGNORANCE IS A FORM OF
FORGETTING G OD THAT AIDS AND ABETS EVIL

I NVERSE C ONSEQUENCES OF T HIRD P RINCIPLE :
Forgetting the Remembrance of God:
… the disciplined life and piety are not complete when there is ignorance. Imam Buran al-Din, The Hidayah,
An immoral man of learning is a great evil, yet a greater evil is an ignoramus leading a godly life.
Both are a trial everywhere to whomsoever clings to his religion.
Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning
(Ta’lim al-Muta’allim Tariq al-Ta’allum), Imam Al-Zarnuji, Trns. G.E. von
Grunebaum and Theodur M. Abel, Starlatch Press, Chicago, 1947 & 2008.

Conclusion:
Slackness (laziness) in gaining knowledge & skill (no due diligence ) causes a lack of Discernment  one cannot tell right from wrong
Because one is ignorant ( incompetent )  cannot be guided because they have not improved the faculty of insight  cannot be obedient  cannot be on the ‘right path ’ because they cannot serve the Truth .
Hence, If leaders do not serve the Truth on the basis of these
Three Determinants of Spiritual Law the result is ??
 HARM WILL SURELY COME to their people

H ARM

Following
These Three Principles:
Fear
Obedience
Remembrance
Avoids default towards
the autonomous Inverse Effects
LEADERS
Maintain
Peace &
Security
Spiritual
Determinism

Peace & Security in Palestine, circa 1900
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The Spiritual Laws
Derived from these
Principles