In the Name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Our
Priorities (Allah
- OR - Shaitaan)
By
Irshad Mahmood – Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
Without
Following the Quraan we may never succeed neither in this world nor on
the Day of Judgment:
We MUST
have to find immediately, what are Our Priorities, Allah - OR
- Shaitaan, Islaamic Activities - OR - Non-Islaamic Activities,
before it gets too late? Let us start investigating where we went wrong.
On
Allah wish OR on our own wish:
Have you seen him who
chooses for his
god his own lust (wish)? Would you then be guardian over him? Or do you
think that most of them hear or understand? They are only like a
cattle, NO, they are straying farther off from the path,
(Al_Quraan_025.043-044)?
(Don’t go according to
your own wish,
it is a very dangerous shirk, Enter into Islaam Completely by going on
Allah’s wish and by following the Quraan 100%)
Saving
Lives OR constructing big Buildings OR building Masjids OR Kiswat
al-ka'bah etc.:
When Abraha attacked
Kabaa people
left Kabaa to save their lives, (Ref: Al_Quraan_105:001-005). When
Prophet Muhammad (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) life was in danger, He migrated to
Madinah and left Makkah which has Kabaa in it for ever and ever,
without thinking to go back. When humanity is in danger, Rulers (Kings,
Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief of Defense Personals and
their sub-ordinates etc.) don’t deserve to have luxuries, don’t deserve
to have extra benefits and don’t deserve to go for Picnic / Honeymoon
etc., and wasting billions of dollars instead of spending in saving
lives without any discrimination. Saving a Life is like
Saving the Whole World, (Ref. Al_Quraan_005.032). My
Salute to all those Non-Muslims Countries who have opened their doors
for Muslims on Humanitarian ground without any discrimination,
while many other Muslim Countries have closed their doors for their
fellow Muslims. Many Muslims are killing their fellow Muslims in the
name of Islaam. Many Muslims are cheating their fellow Muslims in the
name of Islaam. Your
Hajj, Qurbani/Sacrifice, Salaat, Namaaz, and other Worshiping will be
lost if you are cheating/killing/robbing etc., in the name of Islaam
and fundamental teaching of the Quraan is to save humanity without any
discrimination, (Ref. Al_Quraan_107:001-007, 102:001-008). Hajj is Fard once in
Lifetime.
Saving
Lives OR Mass Murdering Animals in the months of Dhul Hijjah:
Muslims do
Sacrifice/Udhiyah/Qurabni/Sadaqah at different occasions and often
confuse and are mixed up. Each and every case is totally different and
need to understand correctly in the light of the Quraan and Authentic
Hadeeth. Sacrificing/Udhiyah/Qurbani
is linked with performance of HAJJ only and the place of
Sacrificing/ Udhiyah/ Qurbani is ONLY near Kabaa in Makkah. Muslims MUST not Mass
Murdering Animals in the months of Dhul Hijjah in other parts of the
world.
Perhaps in same price of single piece of meat, you may feed one person
at one time and this way you may save much more lives than feeding just
one piece from which no one can fill their stomach. Stop Genocide of
Animals in the name of Islaam. Remember: Sadaqah is a different issue.
Friday
Speech (Khutba):
Friday Speech (Khutba)
is also Fard while 2
rakaat Sunnah Salaat is Sunnah. Many people, when they go for Friday
Prayer, the Friday Speech (Khutba) has already started, even then they
offer 2
Rakaat Sunnah Salaat and neglecting the Friday Speech which is FARD.
Can 2
Rakaat Sunnah be offered later after FARD, in this situation? Always
try to be in the Masjid well before the start of Friday Speech
(Khutba). The Language of Friday Speech (Khutba) should be in the
language in which the majority of people can understand, otherwise it
will be like giving lectures to trees and stones, which don’t
understand our language. In every Masjid there should be a regular
session to teach Arabic for FREE to those who don’t understand Arabic.
During
Ramadan, increase more Sunnah Prayer OR increase FARD as well as Sunnah
Prayer in a balance:
The reason for us to be
the Best
Ummah is because of Doing Good to Humanity. Let us do more Charity
Works in Ramadan. Help your Relatives, Friends, Neighbors, Refugees and
other Needy people more and more during Ramadan, BUT do not forget them
after Ramadaan, since no one can live without Foods for Eleven Months.
United
Muslim Ummah OR Divided Muslim Ummah:
In Indian sub-continent,
generally we
say, two Mullah (religious expert) Chicken will become Haraam. What it
means that if you ask a Fatwa (Ruling) regarding a critical matter with
two Ulemaas, there is a very high possibility that it will be
controversial and you will be hanging in between. Now we have several
sects, which is the main case of Divided Muslim Ummah. Please read my
article on “Perfect Unity” for the Unity of Muslim Ummah. If you are
not coming towards perfect unity then, may be you are the problem with
the Unity of Muslim Ummah.
United
Worshipping Method OR Divided Worshipping Method:
Allah is one, Muhammad
(Peace-Be-Upon-Him) is one, and Quraan is one, how come our worshipping
method is divided. Maybe this is the main reason, why present Muslim
Ummah is so divided. Lets come to United Worshipping Method, please
read my article on Worshipping Method.
Global
Islaamic Calendar OR Divided Islaamic Calendar:
Years, Months and Days
are GLOBAL
while Salaat Time is Local. The day JUMA is GLOABL while its prayers
time is Local. Let us unite on Globalization and celebrate our Eid and
Ramadan Globally. Please read my article on Global Islaamic Calendar
and Global Lailat ul Qadr.
Remember, The very First
Lailat ul
Qadr was according to Makkah al-Mukarramah ( مكة المكرمة) Calendar and
it was Globally for the whole Muslim Ummah.
Islaamic
Activities OR Non-Islaamic Activities:
Let us get involved in
more and more
Islaamic Activities and gradually stop all Non-Islaamic Activities,
Uplift the Education among Muslims and Enter into Islaam Completely.
Additional
things to do:
Sponsor an orphan.
Subscribe to at least
one Muslim Magazine.
Subscribe to at least
one Islamic Group on the Internet.
Go to Masjid at least
once a week for Salaah.
Give your children an
Islaamic Education.
Buy books, cassettes and
videos on Islaam.
Adopt a convert to your
family and always keep in touch with them.
Give the gift of the
Quraan to Non-Muslims, who are interested to read it.
Go to one Islaamic
Convention a year with your family.
Eat only Halaal Food
from Halaal Income.
Create an Islaamic
Environment in your home.
Say,
Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all)
for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, (Al_Quraan_006:162).
May Allah help us to
CORRECT all our PRIORITIES, AMEEN.