HIS ADVISES TO HIS SON FROM THE HOLY QURAN
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ABOUT EYES:
And the responsibility of
the eyes is to refrain from looking at things that have been
forbidden by Allah (SWT), because Allah, the Almighty says:
‘Tell the faithful men to cast
down their looks and to guard their private parts”.
(24:30)
According to Imam ‘Ali (a.s.), this verse refers
to prohibition of looking at the private parts of other people (men
& women). Our ‘Ulama (Scholars) have clearly stated that it is
Haraam (forbidden by the Shari’ah) to look at the private parts of
other people regardless of whether they are of the same sex or
opposite gender. Infact, looking at the other parts of one’s body
with the intention of lust and sexual pleasure is also Haraam.
However, a husband and wife can look at each other and there is no
problem in this.
ABOUT THE HEART & THE TONGUE:
And the responsibility of
the heart is to remain steadfast in faith. Allah (SWT) says:
‘Say: We have faith in Allah,
and that which has been sent down to us…’
(2:136)
After believing in One God, the heart of a
faithful must remain steadfast in belief and faith, and submit
itself totally to the will of Allah (SWT). In other words, one must
strive to abstain from ideologies and practices that pollutes and
creates adverse effects on one’s Imaan.
At another place Allah
(SWT) says: ‘And speak
kindly to people’. (2:83)
The tongue is considered as the spokesman of
one’s heart. It therefore must represent the true nature of what is
hidden in the heart. Belief and faith in Allah (SWT) dictates the
tongue to be polite and offer kind words. Simply put, all the vices
of the tongue such as rudeness, abusiveness, false accusations,
slanders etc denotes weak faith in Allah (SWT) and such people have
been condemned.
Allah (SWT) says: ‘He
who disbelieves in Allah after he has believed – save he who has
been forced (to do so), while his heart remains firm in faith – and
opens (his) breast for disbelief, upon such shall be Allah’s wrath
and there is a great punishment for them’.
(16:106)
When it became apparent
that some people had declared ‘Imaan’ (faith) by their tongues yet
their hearts were void of same, Allah (SWT) said,
“…such as those who say, ‘We
believe’ with their mouths, but whose hearts have no faith…”
(5:41) At another
place, He (SWT) says, “…and whose
hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah”. (13:28)
Yet at another place, He (SWT) says,
“…and whether you disclose what is
in your hearts or hide it, Allah will bring you to account for it.
Then He will forgive whomever He wishes and punish whomever He
wishes.” (2:284) It is
important that the tongue translates the true feelings of the heart.
Any contradiction between them denotes existence of
‘Nifaaq’ i.e.
Hypocrisy. Therefore, if we verbally claim belief in Allah (SWT) and
in His message, our hearts should be at conformity with the same and
through actions of other organs, we must prove that we believe in
Allah (SWT) with all sincerity.
ABOUT THE HANDS & LEGS
The duty of the hands is
to restrain from extending to unlawful things. However, if the hands
are used in accordance to the commandments of Allah (SWT) then there
is no problem in it. Allah (SWT) says,
“O you who believe! When you
stand up for prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the
elbows, and wipe a part of your heads and your feet upto the
ankles…” (5:6)…The
duty of the legs is that they should be used to walk in the
obedience of Allah (SWT) and they should NOT be used to walk on
paths of His disobedience. This is because He (SWT) says,
“Do not walk exultantly on the earth.
Indeed you will neither pierce the earth, nor reach the mountains in
height. The evil of all these is detestable to your Lord.”
(17:37-38) Allah (SWT) says,
“Today We shall seal their mouths and their
hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bare witness
concerning what they used to earn”. (36:65)
From all these it becomes known that on
the Day of Judgement, the bodily parts and organs will testify
against its owner.
These are the duties that
Allah (SWT) has made incumbent upon all your bodily parts and
organs. O my son! Fear Allah (SWT) and use your bodily parts in His
obedience and to acquire His pleasure. Beware! Lest Allah (SWT) sees
you disobeying Him and absent from His obedience. If you do this
then most certainly you will be among the losers!
Keep reciting the Holy
Quran and act upon its teachings. Whatever has been made obligatory
therein, fulfil them and follow its laws. Be particular about lawful
and unlawful stated therein; its enjoinment to good and forbiddance
to evil; Perform the ‘Tahajjud’ (night prayer) and keep reciting
from it (Quran).
All these are acts that
Allah (SWT) has commissioned His servants with. It is therefore
obligatory upon all Muslims to glance at their commission (Quran)
and if possible, recite atleast fifty verses from it every day. Know
that the stages of Paradise are in accordance to the verses of the
Holy Quran. On the Day of Judgement, people shall be told to recite
the verses and progress through its different stages until they
attain the highest stage of the prophets afterwhich there shall be
none”. (Man Laa Yahdhuruhul-Faqeeh /
Quran-o-‘Itrat)
mulla@almahdi.org.uk