Travel Light to Reach Faster!!!

A journey is always a beautiful experience as it enjoins that we are going to discover some new things, meet new people, renew old associations and reach a new destination. The whole thought is so exciting and exhilarating that it enthralls the whole existence in the process.

It is always advisable to travel light in order to encounter lesser obstacles in reaching the desired destination. Less baggage means less hassle and also that much less worry. If such travel advisory is applicable to the  multiple journeys we undertake during our lifetime in this mortal world then will it not be highly recommended or absolutely must for our journey which takes us to Union with Allah? This is one journey which is on going as well as continuous. Sadly we forget that we are perpetually traveling every minute and every second. Our every action and word is altering the course of our journey - either they take us faster, through a shortcut, to Allah or make us wander aimlessly in a labyrinth.

Our perpetual journey started with our birth and will continue even after our death. Only difference will be that some will reach the desired destination and some will get derailed and fall in a deep pit where they will burn till eternity.

Boarding card for this journey was taken even before we were born and  is only valid for our flight to the city of Death . Once the Death Station is passed the onward journey is totally dependent on what we have carried with us. The customs and checking starts at the Death Station. Immigration is very strict and our credentials are thoroughly checked. Nothing escapes sharper-than-laser scans as everything is pre-recorded during our journey. Every movement and every utterance is religiously noted and entered. So meticulously organized is this whole process that there is no room for any error. A well-oiled process which is highly impressive and awe-inducing.

The baggage are the associations which we form during our life - our parents, our siblings, our friends, our well-wishers, our enemies, our relatives, our society, our various acquaintances, our teachers, our religious and spiritual guides, our children and even our pets, if any. We need to understand that whichever of these associations are helpful and necessary we should keep them; we should know whom to give more importance; we should be aware of what should be our attitude towards them and also how we allow ourselves to be perceived by them.

Imagine we are at an airport or at a railway station. Our capacity to carry easily is only one suitcase or one handbag but we are carrying more than that. What will happen? We will stumble, halter, maybe fall or knock ourselves over.

Thus we are able to travel faster, without getting tired and inviting unwanted aches and pains, if we carry only what is absolutely necessary. To the contrary,if we carry 4-5 pieces of luggage then we will be in deep discomfort and will be dragging ourselves. We probably may fall down sometimes or stumble at the least. Instead of enjoying the journey we will be cursing, fuming and fretting under our breath. We will shout if anyone pushes us by mistake. We will abuse and create a scene.

Just ponder at our life's journey. How many unwanted baggage are we carrying? Are all of them necessary? The more baggage we carry the more excess baggage charges we end up paying. Is it wise?

So my dear friends, travel light as it allows us to reach our destination faster and in a manner befitting the only journey we are supposed to plan well. Let us discard the unnecessary baggage. Why burden our mind and body unnecessarily. Let us only carry the baggage called Zikrullah and see where we reach. Let us follow the Faraiz-e-Shariath and the Faraiz-e-Vilayath scrupulously and we will see many beautiful sceneries on our way, each inviting, attractive and mesmerizing.

Here it may be right to remember what Mahdi Maoud AS has said about our eventual stepping into afterlife: "Banda ye haath sey deta hai aur Allah woh haath sey leta hai".

True import of that powerful statement lies in the fact that those who follow, in letter and spirit, the life of Afzal-ul-Anbia, the last Prophet of Allah, Prophet Mohammed SAWS and Khaleefatullah Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri Imamuna Mahdi Maoud AS will not have to give any account and Allah will accept them with open arms. The more money and other baggages we carry, the longer it will take for auditing of our accounts.

According to a Hadith of Prophet Mohammed SAWS Prophet Suleiman AS will have to wait for 500 years to enter Paradise as he needs to present account of his massive wealth bestowed by Allah SWT.

A Faqeer, a Tarik-ud-Duniya who follows the dictum of Imamuna AS that "Momin Zaqeera Na Kunad" i.e. he does not hoard anything and is totally dependent on Allah SWT, will have nothing to show or get audited off. His immigration will be faster and he will be allowed to enter absolutely fast.

Let us stop and think for a minute. Those who achieve Deedar (Vision) of Allah SWT would have reached their destination even before the "supposed" destination has arrived. How? Will it not be right to say that, that  is in fact "the" destination? Answer is simple and enlightening.

May Allah allow all of us to live and die a death befitting a Momin. Ameen Summameen. Ya Rabb ul Aalameen.

Khudahafiz O Nasir