Dear Rabah
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Every true and proud Moroccan can only rejoice, thank God, and take pride as he sees the huge crowds, often as far as the eye can see, turning to God during Ramadan and Eid in mosques, public squares, stadiums, and streets... in Islamic countries and all over the world.

Old and young, men and women, leaders, officials, intellectuals, employees, administrators, professionals, and jobless individuals, in cities, villages, mountains, and deserts, in both poor and affluent neighborhoods... they embrace worship through fasting, prayer, night vigils, zakat, and charity... in a competition unmatched, with a display and manifestation that delights the onlookers and even attracts the interest of non-Muslims.

The world stands astonished at the strength of Muslims, their unity, and their moderation in worship and reverence for the rituals, which remain among the pillars of faith and manifestations of piety, along with an increase in giving, charity, good deeds, and solidarity. Accompanying this, many individuals, families, groups, and tribes embrace Islam, and hundreds of mosques are built and opened every year all over the world, with hundreds of billions spent on them in Islamic and non-Islamic countries.

On the Night of Decree and the day of Eid, the peak of the matter is reached and the greatest manifestation of religiosity and the sanctification of worship occurs, igniting all that is latent in the souls of faith, and its light spreads across the earth, except for a few who have a legal barrier, a compelling excuse, or an ideological stance against Islam and reject religion.

In this, the uniqueness of the Kingdom of Morocco stands out, which adheres to the Imarat al-Mu'minin and occupies a leading position globally in preserving the Holy Quran, building mosques, engaging in Umrah, organizing Ramadan nights and festivals, training imams and guides in Morocco and Africa, and welcoming scholars, preachers, readers, and imams from Islamic countries and beyond.

However, as much as there is joy and happiness in the firm faith in souls and the adherence of Muslims to their religion and its spread in the world, even in countries that fight Muslims and conspire against them!!! As much as we regret the weakness of piety in transactions and the spread of corrupt behaviors in work, management, and public facilities such as fraud, bribery, forgery, injustice, laziness, betrayal of trust, mismanagement of the country’s and people’s interests, poor treatment in society, spreading rumors, stirring up strife, disrespecting the law, breaking promises, earning unlawfully, violating the rights of people, heirs, orphans, workers, partners, unjustly seizing their wealth, poor quality, lack of cleanliness, mistreatment of neighbors and relatives, and the destruction of families... Sometimes, we find some areas in the diaspora inhabited by some Muslims— I say some so as not to generalize— where crime, deviance, and drug use spread, family cohesion collapses, and commitment to order, cleanliness, good neighborliness, and peace of mind diminishes.

Thus, bad morals, behavior, and transactions in social, professional, administrative, political, and other fields threaten all the good that comes from piety in worship and weaken the entire path of advancement and prosperity, endangering security and tranquility in society, opening the doors to treachery and infiltration, tarnishing the reputation of Muslims, and distancing non-Muslims from Islam, even among young Muslims themselves.

There are those who find no shame in being monotheistic and devoted, holding firmly to obligatory and supererogatory acts of worship while being corrupting and corrupting in state institutions and societal pathways.

Therefore, scholars, preachers, advocates, trainers, intellectuals, journalists, and influencers strive to increase their efforts, for which they are thanked, to instill piety in both worship and transactions together. Thus, the focus on correct communication, after establishing the creed and acts of worship, is on ethical development, behavior correction, and improving transactions.

Thus, the Muslim becomes a beneficial element of goodness and commitment that achieves the security of the state and society in our country as well as in the diaspora.

And thus, our countries and our nation, as well as humanity, reap the goodness from the mercy of Islam and the fruits of piety and the genuine goodness of Muslims is realized.

Our Messenger, peace be upon him, taught us the meaning of piety in its entirety and warned us of the great bankruptcy. He asked the companions, may God be pleased with them: *Do you know who the bankrupt is?* They said: The bankrupt among us is the one who has no dirham or property. He said: The bankrupt among my nation is one who comes on the Day of Judgment with prayers, fasting, and zakat, but he also comes having insulted this one, slandered that one, consumed the wealth of this one, shed the blood of that one, struck that one. So, he gives from his good deeds to this one and to that one. But if his good deeds are exhausted before he has settled what is owed from him, he takes from their sins, and they are cast upon him, and then he is thrown into the Fire.*

This is the true bankrupt, except for the one who repents to God, does good, and restores rights to their holders.

O Allah, protect us from bankruptcy and guide us to the straight path.