WHY MUSLIMS ARE IN BAD CONDITIONS?

“We think if we can make all our own choices and do our own thing the way we want, we will be free. But the opposite is true. By trying to be self-governing, we are attempting to take God’s place as the ruler of our lives. We can never succeed at creating happiness because we are the created, not the Creator.”
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. Everything that is happening to Muslim Ummah happens for a reason and that reason is what brings about the present condition of Muslims all over the world. Prophet was sent to deliver a message from Almighty Allah so that we will not go astray. He came and warned about the consequence of disobeying Allah in order to have happiness, but all fell on deaf ear and we continue living in agony.
The various predicaments Ummah is facing presently in different forms and color are as a result of adoring eight things over three things which we have been warned against. War in the Middle East, Mass killing and destruction of life and properties in the Muslim world wouldn’t have occurred if we have heeded. Allah says, [O Muhammad), tell them, " "If your fathers (1) and your sons (2), and your brothers (3)and your wives (4), and your near and dear ones(5) and the wealth (6) which you have acquired and the trade (7) you fear may decline and the homes (8) which delight you-if all these things-are dearer to you than Allah (1) and His Messenger (2) and the struggle (3) in His Way, then wait till Allah passes His judgment on you. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people (Quran 9 vs 24)"
Today, youths are not ready to participate in Islamic struggle for fear of their parents; fathers are overwhelmed with fear of not being a good parent to their children and dedicate the whole life for personal interest; youths are also engulfed by fear of what brothers and relatives will say when they are participating in what will not bring them instant fortune; the wealthy ones fear of their wealth being declined when they are spending in the cause of Allah or being involved in Islamic struggle. These are what dearer to the present Muslims than obeying the call of Allah or following the path of the prophet and struggle for Islamic revival and that is the reason why we are being inflicted with pains and left in this horrible state.
The warner has come and gone but he had left behind two things for us ( Quran and Hadith), if we cling to them we will never go astray. In it is guidance and light.