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My Advice
to Muslims
by S.A.Rehman
It Is Not Enough To Be
Good; One Must Also Show The Right Path To Others Who Might Otherwise Do
Evil.
Dear Muslims!
You know that to eliminate all kinds of vices from the world and to
promote good is the responsibility of every Muslim. Allah, the Lord of the
universe, says: "You are the best Ummah who have been created to show
the right path to the people. You command for doing good and forbid from
doing evil, and you have faith in Allah"
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has also said that everyone amongst you is a
caretaker and is responsible for his subordinates on the Day of Judgement.
Rulers will be answerable for the citizens of their state, every family
head will be accountable for the members of his family and will be asked
as to what he did for their reformation, education and better life. He
will be asked as to whether he forbid them from adopting the bad ways, and
helped them in leading a pious life or not. The Holy Quran has called this
task as "Enjoining (People) To Do Good and Forbidding (Them) >From
Doing Evil."
Respected Muslims! The world history reveals that until Muslims performed
the task of commanding the people to do good and barring them from doing
evil, the pious people remained dominant in those societies and there was
peace and tranquility and satanic forces were subdued. But, when this
collective responsibility was designated only to clerics, and
the common Muslims ignored this task, in spite of the efforts of the
clerics, waywardness spread quickly. A wave of offenses, terrorism,
tyranny, evils, sins, ignorance and anarchy engulfed almost every segment
of life. Disorder, commotion and chaos were on the rise in the world
society, wrecking the peace of all mankind.
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has warned of this danger in these words: "I
swear to the Lord Who is the Master of my soul
(it is your duty that) you must enjoin (the people) to do good and forbid
(them) from doing evil, otherwise, the day is not far when Allah Almighty
will unleash His wrath on you, and then you will pray (for help) to Allah,
but your prayers will not be answered." (Trimdi)
The world is facing disaster upon disaster every day and people are
expecting a major catastrophe. The deeds that have been forbidden by God
are being committed openly. The evils are increasing, while the virtues
are fading out gradually. Tyranny, oppression and carnage are going on,
liars and cheats are overcoming. Terrorism, bribery, corruption, evil,
nudity, vulgarity and wickedness have assaulted the world. It seems we
have reached inferno before the Last Day. History tells us that such a
situation arises when people are being cursed by God.
It is feared that members of the previous generations will be accountable
for their individual deeds on the Day of Judgment, but present generation
will be thrown as a whole into hell after a collective prosecution,
because the nobles of this generation remained as silent spectators
instead of restraining the wrongdoers from committing, cruelty, sins and
misdeeds.
The Divine punishment to an ancient civilization seconds this fear. There
were three groups during that period. One was of knaves, the second was of
the people who did good deeds but did not halt the disobedients from
transgression. The third group was of the people who followed the Divine
doctrines as well as restrained others from disobeying them. When God
cursed the nation, the people exempted from this torment were those who
had been observing the limits fixed by their Master and were stopping
others from wrongdoing as well.
There is another but similar happening. The residents of a town had been
engulfed by an ocean of sins. However, there was a noble man who was
always busy in worshipping God, but he did not bother about persuading
others to give up their bad ways. When God ordered the angels to destroy
the town, He said: " Overturn the town on the person who was anxious
to save himself from the Divine Punishment, but was not endeavoring to
save others from it".
I request the virtuous people of the world that they should not only
depend upon their prayers to save themselves from the Divine Punishment;
rather they should lead the Evil Doers and followers of Satan who have
gone astray, to the right path. They should undertake this task against
Evil Doers with full determination. Only then will their virtues and
prayers save them from the Divine Punishment.
S.A.Rehman
Peace Activist
Pakistan |
