Arsalan
14-03-07, 10:37 AM
SERENITY FOUNTAIN
(HUZUR PINARI)
www.serenityfountain.org
www.huzurpinari.com
(Our websites are updated daily.)
WE SHOULD HOLD FAST TO THE TRUE RELIGION
AMR-I MA’RUF
(Please see below for glossary)
WE SHOULD HOLD FAST TO THE TRUE RELIGION
Hadrat Yűsuf Nebhânî says in his booklet Khulâsa-t-ul-kalâm:
Man forms a liking to his settled tendencies. He does not want to cease from doing them. When he is born, for instance, he gets used to sucking milk, and hates to get weaned. As he grows, he becomes accustomed to his home, to his quarter, to his hometown. It becomes very difficult for him to part with them. Later on, he becomes wont to his shop, to his profession, to his scientific branch, to his family, to his language and religion, and hates to part with them.
Thus various communities, tribes, nations come into being. Then, a nation’s love of their religion is not the result of a realization that their religion is the best of religions. A wise person should study his religion, compare it with other religions, find out what religion is the true one and hold fast to it. For, adherence to a wrong religion will drift one to eternal disasters and everlasting torments. O man, wake up from oblivion! If you say, “How do I know what religion is the true one? I believe that the religion I am accustomed to is the true one. I love this religion,” then you should know that “Religion means to obey the commandments and prohibitions which Allah has sent through Prophets.” These injunctions are men’s duties to their Rabb (Allah) and to one another.
AMR-I MA’RUF
The basis of the Islamic religion is to learn and teach îmân[1], the fard[2] and harâm[3]. Allâhu ta’âlâ has sent Prophets (’alaihimussalawâtu wattaslîmât) for this purpose. When these tenets are not taught to youngsters, Islam will be demolished and annihilated. Allâhu ta’âlâ commands Muslims to do Amr-i ma’rűf. That is, He says, “Communicate and teach my commands.” And He commands them to do Nahy-i anil-munkar. That is, He says, “Communicate my prohibitions and do not condone their being done.”
Our Prophet said, “Teach Islam to one another! If you give up Amr-i ma’rűf, Allâhu ta’âlâ will send the worst among you upon you and He will not accept your prayers.” And he said, “The reward that is given to all worships when compared with the reward given for the ghazâ (war in the way of Allah) will be as much as a drop of water compared to an ocean; and the reward given for ghazâ, versus the reward given for Amr-i-ma’rűf and Nahy-i-munkar, is like a drop of water versus an ocean.” It is for this reason that Ibni Âbidîn says at the end of the fifth volume, “The thawâb for a fiqh savant’s helping Muslims is more than the thawâb of jihâd.”
[1] îmân: faith, belief, beliefs of Islam; kalâm, i’tiqad.
[2] fard: an act or thing that is commanded by Allâhu ta’âlâ in the Qur’ân al-kerîm.
[3] Harâm: an action, word or thought prohibited by Allahu ta’âlâ.
(HUZUR PINARI)
www.serenityfountain.org
www.huzurpinari.com
(Our websites are updated daily.)
WE SHOULD HOLD FAST TO THE TRUE RELIGION
AMR-I MA’RUF
(Please see below for glossary)
WE SHOULD HOLD FAST TO THE TRUE RELIGION
Hadrat Yűsuf Nebhânî says in his booklet Khulâsa-t-ul-kalâm:
Man forms a liking to his settled tendencies. He does not want to cease from doing them. When he is born, for instance, he gets used to sucking milk, and hates to get weaned. As he grows, he becomes accustomed to his home, to his quarter, to his hometown. It becomes very difficult for him to part with them. Later on, he becomes wont to his shop, to his profession, to his scientific branch, to his family, to his language and religion, and hates to part with them.
Thus various communities, tribes, nations come into being. Then, a nation’s love of their religion is not the result of a realization that their religion is the best of religions. A wise person should study his religion, compare it with other religions, find out what religion is the true one and hold fast to it. For, adherence to a wrong religion will drift one to eternal disasters and everlasting torments. O man, wake up from oblivion! If you say, “How do I know what religion is the true one? I believe that the religion I am accustomed to is the true one. I love this religion,” then you should know that “Religion means to obey the commandments and prohibitions which Allah has sent through Prophets.” These injunctions are men’s duties to their Rabb (Allah) and to one another.
AMR-I MA’RUF
The basis of the Islamic religion is to learn and teach îmân[1], the fard[2] and harâm[3]. Allâhu ta’âlâ has sent Prophets (’alaihimussalawâtu wattaslîmât) for this purpose. When these tenets are not taught to youngsters, Islam will be demolished and annihilated. Allâhu ta’âlâ commands Muslims to do Amr-i ma’rűf. That is, He says, “Communicate and teach my commands.” And He commands them to do Nahy-i anil-munkar. That is, He says, “Communicate my prohibitions and do not condone their being done.”
Our Prophet said, “Teach Islam to one another! If you give up Amr-i ma’rűf, Allâhu ta’âlâ will send the worst among you upon you and He will not accept your prayers.” And he said, “The reward that is given to all worships when compared with the reward given for the ghazâ (war in the way of Allah) will be as much as a drop of water compared to an ocean; and the reward given for ghazâ, versus the reward given for Amr-i-ma’rűf and Nahy-i-munkar, is like a drop of water versus an ocean.” It is for this reason that Ibni Âbidîn says at the end of the fifth volume, “The thawâb for a fiqh savant’s helping Muslims is more than the thawâb of jihâd.”
[1] îmân: faith, belief, beliefs of Islam; kalâm, i’tiqad.
[2] fard: an act or thing that is commanded by Allâhu ta’âlâ in the Qur’ân al-kerîm.
[3] Harâm: an action, word or thought prohibited by Allahu ta’âlâ.