---- Islam Vs Communism ---- [ Are they Compatible? ]

Intro:

Islam is a universal religion which is embraced by one quarter of the population of the world. In fact the followers of Islam are spread all over the world from the Far East to the Far West.

Many thinkers in the world who studied Islam carefully believe that Islam is a natural barrier against communism

Principles of communism


The main principles on which communism is founded are:


1. — The Denial of the existence of God.

2. — Life is absolutely materialistic and has no spiritual background.

3. — Abolition of private ownership.

4. — Nationalization of all resources and its control by the State.

5. — Replacing the inland trade by rationing cards.

6. — The adoption of Lenin’s theory of wages which says:

"Form everyone according to his ability to everyone according to his needs."





In light of Islam


Hence, It is thus clearly shown that the idea of communism is based on a purely materialistic basis.

According to communism the whole universe has no supreme power behind it. It has no God who created it.

The denial of the existence of God is a common belief for all communists. All the Russian pioneers to the space denied the existence of God.

Karl Marx as one of the founders of communism declared that there is no God and that the message of communism is to abolish religions.

Hence, as Muslims who believe in God Almighty, we can clearly see that by the denial of the existence of God, communism contradicts and ignores real morals and spiritual values and kills the incentive in man to evaluate and respect all non-materialistic ideas.

It thus makes man nothing but a tool in a big factory and kills the humane side in him!

Thus we see that communism is based almost and foremost on a very false assumption, namely, that man is nothing but a body without a soul.

In so doing communism is defeating its own aim and is anti-nature itself.

Islam does NOT support anything that is "anti-nature"

Man is composed of a body and. a soul and any regime who ignores anyone of those two sides of man is apt to fall. Human beings can never tolerate to be treated as animals, nay, but as tools in a big factory!

Hence, In this respect, we find that communism is quite alien to Islam, which is based on a belief in one Almighty God Who created. both our eternal souls and mortal bodies. Islam as such caters for both the soul and the body.



In fact, according to Islam, we are humans due to our souls rather than to our bodies! Correct?

So, the essence of life for a Muslim is his strong belief in God, the Most Merciful the Most Beneficent. He is the Lord of the worlds and the Creator of the universe, to Him everything belongs and unto Him everything ends.

It is beyond communists to appreciate the great effect of the belief in God on human souls. Even to the present day after these long years of spreading communistic principles in Russia, the communists were unable to extinguish completely the instinct of belief in God among all the Russians.

Moreover, in communism this world is the ultimate goal of every communist. All his deeds end by his death.

He is only responsible to the human authorities and is governed by human laws.

The Muslim, on the other hand, like I said: believes that this world is only a beginning to an eternal life. To him it is like a farm for the other world and he is going to reap in the other x world what he cultivated in this world. His incentive to behave properly and act correctly and to be noble in all his deeds is not due to the human laws as much as it is due to the fear of God and the great hope to lead a peaceful and decent life in this world an in the hereafter.

Like I said, that is a big reason for Islam to reject communism or any such systems because it goes against the religious doctrine God Almighty has ordained us with and also goes against the very values of human society, weakens the very fabric of human justice and so on....who better knows whats good for us and whats bad for us as human beings than God Almighty?

Thus we see that the motive to act properly in Islam is within the human being himself. For this reason the individual in Islam is more conscientious and his behavior is governed by more eternal, continuous and spiritual values.

From the above mentioned facts we see how Islam stands clear from communism and would lead, to bring up more humane individuals!

Now tell me, isn't that more important, constructive and "JUST" to this world and the wonderful human beings that inhabit it, rather than creating superpowers that bring nothing but threat and harm?

In fact a true Muslim is not only a good citizen of his own country but also a good citizen of the whole world. To him the human society at large is nothing but a great international family of the whole universe as im sure you know!

Moreover, taking an even closer look at all this, we'll see tht Communism is quite contradictory to Islam because in the Islamic society there is no room for any other "ism" may it be communism, Nazism or Fascism.

Any system of these various systems of government can never thrive under the rule of Islam, as it is in great conflict with its principles. The reason for this conflict is not far to seek.

According to Islam all the Islamic laws derive their existence and power from the wisdom of the Creator of the whole universe. In the meantime the communistic laws derive their existence from those fallible creatures who worked them and thought them over!