To the Muslims we have only one very simple thing to say: Understand and fulfil the responsibilities and duties that fall upon you by virtue of your being Muslims. You cannot get away with merely affirming that you are Muslims and that you have accepted God as your only God and Islam as your religion. Rather, as soon as you acknowledge Allah as your only Lord and His guidance as your way of life,
you take upon yourselves certain obligations and duties. These obligations you must always remain conscious of, these duties you must always endeavour to discharge. If you evade them, you shall not escape the evil consequences of your conduct in this world or in the Hereafter. Our Prophet muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam forewarned us about an onslaught of tribulations and discord near the time, when the mankind will be in its last era. He said: “Time will pass quickly, good deeds will decrease, miserliness will be thrown (in people’s hearts), Fitan will appear, and there will be much Al-Haraj.” The Sahabah enquired: “O Messenger of Allah! What is Al-Haraj?” The Prophet (sa) replied: “Killing! Killing!” (Bukhari)
