No, my dear, Jerusalem from Ramallah will make all the difference.

 

January 9, 2018

No, my dear, Jerusalem from Ramallah will make all the difference.

Whoever says that is either ignorant or a traitor. If you were a traitor, I would not bother myself to respond to you because you are simply a traitor to your religion and your country. But if you were ignorant, I would say to you:

If Ramallah was the first of the two qiblas that Muslims faced in their prayers, then I would agree with you and say that it wouldn’t make much of a difference.
Even if Ramallah was the third of the two holy sanctuaries to which one travels, and not to any other, and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Do not travel except to three mosques: the Sacred Mosque, this mosque of mine, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” Then I would agree with you and say that it would not make much of a difference.
Even if Ramallah was the cradle of the prophets and messengers and the place from which guidance was sent to humanity to worship God alone, then I would agree with you and say it wouldn't make much of a difference.
Even if Ramallah was the place of the Prophet’s Night Journey (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was mentioned in the Qur’an in the words of God Almighty: “Glory be to Him who took His servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed.” Then I would agree with you and say it wouldn’t make much of a difference.

I hope that before you say Jerusalem is not different from Ramallah, you remember the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “After me, my nation will be enveloped by trials like pieces of a dark night, in which a man will become a believer in the morning and an unbeliever in the evening, or a believer in the evening and an unbeliever in the morning. Some people will sell their religion for a small worldly gain.” You must know that Jerusalem deserves suffering and the sacrifice of our blood and money in order to regain it, and regaining it is not only the responsibility of the Palestinians, but the responsibility of every Arab and Muslim in every corner of the earth.

Do not sell your religion for worldly gain, and remember that you will only remain in this world for a short time, and you will be held accountable for words that you think will not make a difference or be worth anything, but in the sight of God Almighty they are a great matter.

Tamer Badr 

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