What do we need to do to keep fighting evil forces, what should be our reaction to attacks on our faith and spiritual stability? As we all know this monster will keep raising its head every now and then. And this will keep happening till the Doomsday. So what should be our Amal that can keep us on the Sirat-e-Mustaqeem and allow us to die a death befetting a Momin?Whatever little I have heard from my Murshid, from my elders and whatever I keep reading and gaining through the articles and notes which are printed and published online, I have realised that the answer is in only one word - IQLAS-FID-DEEN i.e. PURITY IN FAITH or better still EXCLUSIVITY IN FAITH; in other words, your practices are exclusively for Allah e.g. when you pray then prayer only for Allah and not for any material gain or even to get Jannat. Pray so that you can have His Deedar.
Our compulsory duty (farz) is to practice our RELIGION only for ALLAH and our each and every action should be in conformity with IQLAS-FID-DEEN. In other words, our every single action has to be measured against it. This is the LITMUS TEST of SPIRITUALITY. We can test and understand each and every action of ours against this. If we pass then we are on the RIGHT track.
Differences do happen because our EGO blinds us to the REALITY as well as to the ALLAH'S CHOSEN PATH. It is very simple to understand - our chosen RELIGION is Islam, the final BOOK from Allah is the Holy Quran and our main guides are KHATAMAIN AS i.e. Prophet Mohammed SAWS and Khaleefatullah Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri Mahdi Al Maoud AS. It is we who are confused because we deliberately do not want to see and accept the reality. Our Desires, Our Nafs, Our Ego make us believe in things which are disruptive, disrespecting and digressing. Allah's beloved Prophet Mohammed SAWS and Khalifatullah Imamuna Mahdi Maoud AS have clearly explained to us how we should be conducting our lives and what is the MOST PREFERRED WAY then why are we so confused. Why do we have divisions? Why! Why! Why!
The root of all the problems faced by a Momin can be explained by only one thing - LACK of IQLAS in our SPIRITUAL PRACTICES. Our every action, which also includes our IBADAT, is supposed to be based on IQLAS. We are so deeply entrenched in world - most of us have king-size egos, we are deeply enamoured of the worldly life and its comforts and almost everyone has forgotten or is unaware of Hudood-e-Kasab. When our Ibadat lacks Iqlas, when our conduct of day-to-day life lacks Iqlas, when our conduct of our relationships lacks Iqlas, when our overall life lacks Iqlas then deterioration and degradation is bound to occur. When purity of action and intention is not there then how can we expect that more and more persons may not go astray or the problem of Nifaq and re-emergence of Murtids and Munafiqeens may not arise. We cannot just wish it all away. It will keep hurting us where it hurts the most. And we have only ourselves to blame for this sorry state of affairs.
It will be a classic case of running away from the reality if we blame all our problems on the Murtids and Munafiqeens. It is indeed a very easy thing to do. And if we do this and reach this conclusion then it will only reflect our collective cowardice. Its human to blame others than our own self. So before I tell my brothers and sisters, I am trying to follow this principle as best as I can. It is really a tough act to follow if we are not ready to sacrifice our NAFS. And every single moment I fight with my conscience. One's Zameer is always alive and kicking. Its we who try to suppress it and gag it. Once try to let it loose and see the changes you will see inside yourself. Weeding out does hurt but the pain that one endures is only temporary. Imagine our fear of this pain will lead us astray and we have to endure far greater pain of burning in Hell forever and ever. The choice is clear. It has been clear from the time Allah made this KAYNAT. Its we who ignore it.
All of us are comfortable in the thought that we are not going to die the next moment. We still have time to do what Allah has asked us to do. Plus Allah is Most Merciful so he will pardon our indiscretions, transgressions, misdemeanours, mistakes and gross violations of Shariat and Vilayat hudoods. The paradox is: we expect Allah to do what He has promised and we also believe that Allah's Benevolence and Mercy will always score over His Punishment; but how easily we forget our Duties and Responsibilites. Isn't that beautiful? It is this complacency and arrogance that we have to seriously guard against if we do not want ourselves to be counted among the unfaithful.
Let us do INTROSPECTION and see where we actually stand today in our lives. Are we at the Crossroads? Which Path should we take? What Advice should we follow? Who should be our Guide? And this INTROSPECTION needs to be constant and continuous. If we do it then we will avoid making mistakes. Yes I agree, we are not Masoom-anil-Khata but atleast we can try not to follow the Route to Disaster willfully with both our eyes open.
The TIME is NOW. Act NOW to safeguard your AAKHIRAT. Bring IQLAS in everything you do. Our every action should be for and only for ALLAH. Once we follow this simple rule in everything we do or attempt to do or even think of doing then we have taken a very big step forward. Indeed then, and only then, can we truly call ourselves a MAHDAVI.
May Allah make us Live like a MOMIN and make us Die like a MOMIN.
Ameen Summameen Ya Rabb ul Aalameen.
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