Why nationalism is haram in islam

In any case I would keep a couple of things in mind: "country" or "nation" are abstract and artificial notions to divide humans and have no basis in reality. A country is just a few lines that have been drawn up by some men, very akin to two men creating two different idols and saying "this is my god and that is yours. It is reported in the Sunan of Abu Dawud from the Prophet SAWS that he said: He is not of us, the one who calls to partisanship; he is not of us, the one who fights for partisanship; and he is not of us, the one who dies on partisanship.

Nationalism in the sense that I involve in some activity which is benificial to my countrymen and is not harming people of other nationalities is ok. I would refer to writings if Dr. Allama Iqbal who said, one of the biggest "ilaah" idol of this era is "nation state". No wonder today people in one country are ready to kill people of other nationalities gor their interests.

I think the difference is between living and non living things. We can love living things only. Land and property are for human beings to utilise them and not to love them. Human love is only for God, His prophets and His mankind. May be I am wrong but I think love of land is a kind of Shirik.

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Learn more. What is the view of Islam on Nationalism and Patriotism? Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 4 months ago. Answer in the light of Qur'an and Sunnah. Nationalism in the sense of chauvinism means excessive devotion to a nation, a colour, a race or an ethnic group like Arab nationalism is a sort of Jahiliya ignorant beliefs of the pre-Islamic era. It is prohibited in Shariah as the person's adherence and devotion should stem from right creed and piety.

The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam said: "There is no preference of an Arab over a non-Arab, or a non-Arab over an Arab, or a white person over a black one, or a black person over a white one except by piety.

In fact, all people are from Adam and Adam is from sand" [ Ahmad and al-Baihaqi ]. The Prophet S who founded the classless and universal society of Islam, actually brought various nations together and removed their tribal hues.

Nationalist forces and tribal prejudices stood stubbornly against this revolutionary message of Islam, and served as a barrier against its expansion. Those factors made the Qureish and other nations of the time take a posture against the Prophet of Islam. They protested why the Quran did not descend upon a select man of Mecca and Tayef.

As the Quran says:. Arab tribes with their limited tribal vision wondered why the Prophet S did not belong to their tribes and whether he intended to establish the superiority of his own tribe.

In horsemanship we are their rival and in generosity their equal. How is it now that they claim prophethood and revelation? By God, we will not accept Muhammad as a Prophet. The same racial and tribal prejudice made the Jews who had long been waiting for the advent of such a Prophet, to stand against Muhammad.

Thus they refused to accept the truth and were worried why the Prophet S was a descendant of Ismail and not of the Israelites. So they united the pagans and polytheists against the believers in God. Kindling the flame of national feeling was the wickedest weapon of the Medinan hypocrites against Islam. In one case, one of their leaders, by bringing up the question of the Battle of Beghath, managed to get the two great Muslim tribes of Owss and Khazraj into conflict, when the following verse was revealed:.

Abdullah bin Abi, a leader of the Medinan hypocrites was a loyal nationalist, and constantly instigated the people of Medina, in favour of nationalism, saying:. They are like dogs which are fattened to assault us. If you stop helping them today, they will flee.

And God's are the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand. They say: If we return to Medina, the mighty will surely drive out the meaner there from; and to God belongs the might and to His apostate and to the believers but the hypocrites do not know.

Thus, one sees the dangerous dimensions of the opposition to Islam based on tribal and national sentiments. It becomes clear with what has been said so far, that next to paganism and polytheism, the prejudice of blood, land, ancestors and tribe is the greatest enemy of Islam. The Prophet S fought strongly against it until he removed these barriers in the way of the divine ideology of Islam.

The hostility between national prejudice and Islam is not anew phenomenon. It began with the advent of Islam. Tribe worship tribalism and tribalistic sentiments have always been a threat to Islam. The nationalist Arabs take pride in their being Arab, not in being Muslims. An Egyptian thinks of his Pharaoh.

A Turk tries to show his connection with Chengiz and Halaku. An Indian makes heroes of the mythical Hindu figures, and instead of going to the well of Zamzam, he seeks the River Ganges.