ASSALAMU ALAIKUM
Dear All !!!
We are drowned in sins. Those who disobey Allah, cannot be His Friends whilst committing
sins and living a sinful life. We should make a firm resolution, now, here from
today we want to become the Friends of Allah
and we want to remain the Friends of Allah
until our departure from this world. Allah is the best friend, because His
Friendship will be beneficial, not only in this world but also in the
Hereafter.
How can one become the Friend of Allah
Ta'aalaa? Who is the Friend of Allah? 1 urge
you to listen carefully to what Allah says
in the Glorious Qur'aan:
Behold!
Verily on the Friends of Allah there will be
no fear, nor will they grieve. (They are) those who accept Imaan and adopt Taqwaa. (10:62-63)
Indeed,
the Friends of Allah Ta'aalaa, will neither
fear nor grieve. They will remain in peace and contentment. Who are they? They
are those who accept Imaan and after accepting Imaan, adopt Taqwaa.
The way and the method of becoming a Friend of Allah Ta'aalaa is to accept Imaan, i.e. to believe
in everything that was brought to us by our Beloved Rasool
sallallahu alayhi wasallam
without a shadow of doubt.
Only
those are true Believers who believe in Allah
and His Messenger and thereafter they do not doubt. (49:15)
Thus
the Friends of Allah Ta'aalaa are those who
accept Imaan in what was sent by Allah through His Beloved Rasool sallallahu alayhi wasallam,
and after accepting Imaan they adopt Taqwaa.
Taqwaa
What is Taqwaa? Allaamah Sayyid Mahmood Aaloosi Baghdaadi Rahamatullahi alayh
, quoting
a couplet, defines Taqwaa very beautifully:
Abstain from all sins, minor and major, that is Taqwaa
Never undermine a minor sin, because the mountains are made
up of small pebbles.
Abstaining
from all sins - major and minor - is Taqwaa.
And one who adopts Taqwaa will become the
Friend of Allah. Today, when we begin to
commit a sin, we say to ourselves, 'is this a major sin or a minor one? If it
is a major sin, I should abstain from it and if it is a minor sin, then it
doesn't really matter.' Our elders and pious predecessors have said that every
sin whether minor or major is a sin in the Eyes of Allah.
Why? Because it is disobedience to the Creator:
disobeying the Creator
Who has given us eyes;
disobeying the Creator
Who has given us a tongue;
disobeying the Creator
Who has given us ears;
disobeying the Creator
Who has given us life;
disobeying the Creator
Who has given us health and wealth;
disobeying the Creator
Who has given us wife and children;
disobeying the Creator
Who has honoured us with Imaan;
disobeying the Creator
Who has created us in the Ummah of the sovereign of both worlds, Muhammad-ur-Rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
A believer,
one who has love for Allah
Ta'aalaa,
one who intends to become a Friend of Allah cannot commit
sins - major or minor, because it is disobedience to Allah.
Abstaining from all sins, both major and minor, is Taqwaa.
And, never undermine the minor sin. Do not think that if I commit this sin it
does not really matter; it is only a minor sin. Why? Because the mountain that
you see in front of you has been made up of small pebbles. If the small pebbles
can make up a mountain, then the minor and small sins will lead a person to
commit major sins.
Reward For Taqwaa
Those people who accept Imaan and adopt Taqwaa, (they
abstain from sins and follow the Commands of Allah
in the light of the teachings of the beloved Rasoolullah
sallallahu alayhi wasallam
), how will Allah reward them?
For
them are glad tidings, in this world and in the Hereafter - there is no change
in the Words of Allah. This is indeed the
supreme triumph. (10:64)
Another Meaning Of Taqwaa
What is Taqwaa?
To abstain from sins.
And what is the meaning of abstaining from sins?
To perform A'maali Saalihah (good deeds). For those people
who abstain from sins and perform good deeds, there are glad tidings, both in
this world and in the Hereafter. Those who accept Imaan and perform good deeds
and adopt Taqwaa, Allah
will make them the rulers in this world.
Allah has promised to those of you who accept Imaan and
perform good deeds that He will definitely make them the rulers in the earth.
(24:55)
Solution To Our Problems
Today we
are trying to solve the problems of Kashmir, Somalia, Bosnia, Albania and
Palestine. Here is the solution! If Allah
Ta'aalaa is our friend, (if we strive as an Ummah and make friendship with Allah), then there are glad tidings for us in this
world and in the Hereafter. If Allah is
ours, then this world is ours and the Hereafter is ours. An Urdu poet has very
beautifully said:
If you (Allah) are not mine, then nothing is mine
If you
are mine then everything is mine - the heavens are mine, the earth is mine
If Allah is not mine then nothing is mine. I have a
Mercedes but if my relationship with
Allah is not strong then that Mercedes cannot profit me in this world or the
Hereafter. I am a millionaire, I own factories, I am a political leader, I am a
community leader, but my relationship with Allah is not strong, then these
worldly positions cannot give me success, neither in this world nor in the
Hereafter. How beautifully it has been said.