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In our
previous chapter while discussing about punctuality of prayers,
we moved towards self-evaluation. If you think about it in the
moments of your leisure, you will see how much resemblance there
is between us and other nations. Self-assessment has great
significance in Islam. That is why Allah mentioned in surrah
Hashr reminding us to have His fear in heart, which is reminded
to us everyday in our fajar prayers by imam. This reminds us
that we should keep on evaluating and questioning ourselves
about what we have stored for our future and this process should
continue till death. However, how many among us think about the
meanings of these ayaat. Think about these and you will be safe
of all misdeeds.
There has
been a lot written about Allah's worship but human rights have
always been given less importance. Rather most of us even do not
know that it is the most important part of our religion. As I
have taken it up as my topic, so rights of Allah, with which we
are usually less aware, I would like to tackle here briefly so
that we can proceed to our main topic.
Let us talk
about the second pillar of Islam, the fasting. Month of fasting
(Ramadan) comes once in a year. From the Quran we come to know
it was a compulsion on all the nations before Muslims even on
Hindus. It prohibits us from all that is halal or legal things
for example eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. If you
stopped any one from wrong doing he will accept easily, but if
you want to stop from right thing even then a child will not
stop. But obey will of Allah specially will be rewarded for this
deed.
God says
reward is my responsibility and it is limitless. It is kind of a
refresher course, which in the words of Quran makes people
pious. Piety is the foundation of Islam but we should be pious
to Almighty who rewards it limitlessly if done with true heart
and sincerity. The purpose is not to give you hunger, rather it
is a matter of testing how much more piety have you gained
through it. Did you keep yourself away from bad thoughts and
deeds? Did you realize what hunger is and how it affects others?
If you realized this and gave food to others with this
realization, believe it that your fasting has been accepted and
you deserve the promised reward from God. Otherwise to keep you
hungry is not his goal; rather it is for all of you to gain
Piety. If you have not achieved what Allah wants of you, then
you have achieved nothing but hunger. As God said that your
prayers keep you away from all bad deeds.
Every
worship can be either Maqbool (accepted) or ghair-maqbool (not
accepted). If your worship is accepted, then you should not have
your previous faults. You should self-evaluate yourself to find
out which direction you are moving towards. It is like If
Aspirin is not curing your headache then, either it is fake or
you have not diagnosed the disease correctly. Here situation is
different as the doctor (Allah) and His medicine are not
returnable. As a doctor, the Almighty and His prescription are
both free of any kind of fault. Then where lays the fault which
is causing the problem? Self evaluate yourself and you will
find the answer. Care it and you will be successful in the
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