[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Aimen Dean [@AimenDean](/creator/twitter/AimenDean) on x 38.6K followers Created: 2025-07-13 14:36:31 UTC To the young, unwise, and often foul-mouthed uneducated Muslims attacking the Gulf states - or people like me - for not supporting Hamas, or for criticizing it, and for daring to suggest that their actions may be misguided: Let me make something clear. Islam began in our beloved Arabian Peninsula. We were its first custodians. We learned it not through hashtags or social media influencers, but through heritage, scholarship, and lived history. So forgive us if we don’t take lectures on Islam from Western-based teenage Muslims - or from keyboard warriors in Pakistan or Bangladesh - who speak as if Palestine were the sixth pillar of Islam. Having a different political perspective does not negate one’s faith. And here’s why: 🕌 Theological Foundations X. No Obligation to Support Folly Yes, Islam obliges us to support the oppressed, but not to support actions that lead to greater destruction and oppression, or that are driven by recklessness. God says: “And do not throw yourselves into destruction with your own hands.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:195) Fighting a nuclear-armed state with glorified RPGs is not bravery, it’s strategic suicide and irresponsible leadership. X. Shari’a Prioritizes Maslaha (Public Interest) Great scholars like Al-Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyyah emphasized that public welfare and harm prevention (dar’ al-mafasid) are among the highest priorities in Islamic governance. If supporting a militarized cause will lead to nuclear retaliation, regional collapse, and mass civilian death, then withholding support is not betrayal - it’s mandated prudence. X. Wala’ and Bara’ (loyalty/solidarity) ≠ Unquestioning Loyalty Loyalty in Islam does not mean blindly supporting Muslims who act in defiance of Shura, reason, or wise counsel. If a group chooses a path that endangers the entire Muslim world, we are not religiously bound to march alongside them into ruin. X. The Prophet ﷺ Accepted Peace. Even When It Seemed Unjust At Hudaybiyyah, the Prophet ﷺ signed a treaty many companions saw as humiliating. That was strategic wisdom - not performative resistance. 🌍 Geopolitical Reality: We Warned, They Ignored X. We Warned Hamas, They Embraced Iran Gulf states urged moderation, unity with the Palestinian Authority, and a path to peace. Instead, Hamas: •Took power by force in 2007 •Executed fellow Palestinians •Aligned itself with Iran and Hezbollah •Rejected every Arab peace initiative Now they want us to pay the price for their decisions? X. Palestinian Leadership Fragmentation Is Self-inflicted Why should our sons die when the Palestinians themselves cannot even unify their leadership? The Qur’an teaches that every community is accountable for its own choices. Chaos is not a cause, it is a failure of leadership. 🧠 Reason Over Emotion Being Muslim ≠ Supporting Every Conflict Gulf states contribute billions in humanitarian aid, reconstruction, and diplomatic support. That’s real solidarity. Not hashtags. Not slogans. Not tweeting “Free Palestine” from the comfort of Europe while calling others traitors. If war is so righteous, go fight it yourself - but do not recruit our children to die for your failed strategy. We support justice. We support the oppressed. But we do not support madness, especially when it drags the entire region into the fire. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [influencers](/topic/influencers) [hamas](/topic/hamas) [dean](/topic/dean) [Post Link](https://x.com/AimenDean/status/1944405584133964071)
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Aimen Dean @AimenDean on x 38.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 14:36:31 UTC
To the young, unwise, and often foul-mouthed uneducated Muslims attacking the Gulf states - or people like me - for not supporting Hamas, or for criticizing it, and for daring to suggest that their actions may be misguided: Let me make something clear.
Islam began in our beloved Arabian Peninsula. We were its first custodians. We learned it not through hashtags or social media influencers, but through heritage, scholarship, and lived history. So forgive us if we don’t take lectures on Islam from Western-based teenage Muslims - or from keyboard warriors in Pakistan or Bangladesh - who speak as if Palestine were the sixth pillar of Islam.
Having a different political perspective does not negate one’s faith. And here’s why:
🕌 Theological Foundations
X. No Obligation to Support Folly
Yes, Islam obliges us to support the oppressed, but not to support actions that lead to greater destruction and oppression, or that are driven by recklessness. God says:
“And do not throw yourselves into destruction with your own hands.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:195) Fighting a nuclear-armed state with glorified RPGs is not bravery, it’s strategic suicide and irresponsible leadership.
X. Shari’a Prioritizes Maslaha (Public Interest)
Great scholars like Al-Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyyah emphasized that public welfare and harm prevention (dar’ al-mafasid) are among the highest priorities in Islamic governance. If supporting a militarized cause will lead to nuclear retaliation, regional collapse, and mass civilian death, then withholding support is not betrayal - it’s mandated prudence.
X. Wala’ and Bara’ (loyalty/solidarity) ≠ Unquestioning Loyalty
Loyalty in Islam does not mean blindly supporting Muslims who act in defiance of Shura, reason, or wise counsel. If a group chooses a path that endangers the entire Muslim world, we are not religiously bound to march alongside them into ruin.
X. The Prophet ﷺ Accepted Peace. Even When It Seemed Unjust
At Hudaybiyyah, the Prophet ﷺ signed a treaty many companions saw as humiliating. That was strategic wisdom - not performative resistance.
🌍 Geopolitical Reality: We Warned, They Ignored
X. We Warned Hamas, They Embraced Iran
Gulf states urged moderation, unity with the Palestinian Authority, and a path to peace. Instead, Hamas: •Took power by force in 2007 •Executed fellow Palestinians •Aligned itself with Iran and Hezbollah •Rejected every Arab peace initiative Now they want us to pay the price for their decisions?
X. Palestinian Leadership Fragmentation Is Self-inflicted
Why should our sons die when the Palestinians themselves cannot even unify their leadership? The Qur’an teaches that every community is accountable for its own choices. Chaos is not a cause, it is a failure of leadership.
🧠 Reason Over Emotion
Being Muslim ≠ Supporting Every Conflict
Gulf states contribute billions in humanitarian aid, reconstruction, and diplomatic support. That’s real solidarity. Not hashtags. Not slogans. Not tweeting “Free Palestine” from the comfort of Europe while calling others traitors. If war is so righteous, go fight it yourself - but do not recruit our children to die for your failed strategy.
We support justice. We support the oppressed. But we do not support madness, especially when it drags the entire region into the fire.
XXXXXX engagements
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