Our Value & Protection - By Hazrat Maulana Abdul Hamid Is`haq Saheb (Daamat Barakaatuhum)

[amaturrahmaan]

Bismihi Ta’ala

 

 

THE SUNNAH : OUR VALUE AND PROTECTION

P‘RICE’LESS ADVICE

 

 

 

In today’s times, the methods of rice harvesting, cleaning and production are more advanced, with different and upgraded machinery. The rice we purchase today is well packaged and clean.

 

 

In previous times, when we purchased rice, we would find tiny stones, straw and little twigs with the rice. The merchants sold rice like this and we bought the rice, knowing well that the little stones were weighed with the rice.

 

 

 

After purchasing the rice, we kept that rice in glass jars or storage containers, as a measure of protection, until we intended to cook it. …The stones and twigs were not only priced with the rice, but they were protected as was the rice. They drew the same value and protection because they ‘kept company’ with the rice.

 

 

Even though the stones had no value, they found value and protection with the rice. When the rice was cleaned, these particles were picked out and thrown aside. …Even today, when rice is cleaned, these stones, the straw, etc. are separated and thrown out. A de-stoner is used, and it serves the same purpose - to separate the stones, dirt, and other materials from the grain. On the one end of this machine, is the grain which has been cleaned. On the other end, the stones, straw and dirt, which have been separated, are collected – to be thrown away.

 

 

Once these stones, hay, straw, etc. are thrown out, they immediately lose value. People trample it. ...Cats, dogs and other animals walk over it; even relieve themselves on these stones, hay, etc. … because there is now no worth attached to it.

 

 

Our likeness is of the tiny stones, straw and little twigs that are found with the rice we purchased.  So long as we were joined to the Sunnats – we were priced as the Lovers of Allah Ta’ala and His Rasool (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam). And we were also recipient to Allah Ta’ala’s Protection.

 

 

As long as we had Dien and we had Sunnah in our lives, we were protected and honoured by Allah Ta’ala. When we separated ourselves from Dien and Sunnah, when we went the route of sins, transgression, Bid`ah, modernism and other ‘isms’, which have no share in Islam – it was a choice we made, which threw us out of the Protection of Allah Ta’ala. Our value was lost, our protection was no more and our honour was replaced with dishonour.

 

 

Now we have the enemies of Islam – people, whom Allah Ta’ala has declared His enemies and our enemies – people who live their lives in rejection and rebellion to Allah Ta’ala…

 

 

‘O People of Imaan! Do not take My Enemies and your enemies as friends, 

inclining towards them with love. Verily, they have rejected the truth 

which has come to you (from your Rabb)…’

[surah Mumtahina 60 : 1]

 

We have such people trample upon us, murder our weak, elderly and children, rape our women, raze our homes and unjustly imprison our men. The oppression is so compounded, words fail – yet is seems as if there is no one to even sigh over this. This is the outcome of alienating ourselves from Dien and Sunnah.

 

 

Islam, as a religion and way of life, is easy and perfectly practicable in every time.  For each and every Ummati, there is the ray of hope, the opportunity to salvage that honour of being an Ummati, and that promise of success – if only we connect with Dien and Sunnah.

 

 

If we do, we will become recipient to that Special Divine Protection, our value will increase and we will become the beneficiaries of Allah Ta’ala’s Promises:

 

 

 

“Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and perform righteous deeds, that He

will, of surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power),

as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion – the

one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change

(their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace:

‘They will worship Me (Alone) and not associate anyone with Me.’

If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.

So establish Salaah (Prayer) and give regular Charity (Zakaah);

and obey the Messenger that you may receive mercy. ”

[surah Nur 24 : 55 / 56]

 

 

From another angle, and considering the analogy of rice, it is a well-known fact that rice is a staple food which is consumed by billions and which is considered a vital grain for human nutrition. Millions depend on rice for their survival, with many consuming rice every day of their lives.

 

 

In relation to this fact, the Sunnah is the staple food for the soul. And the Sunnah encompasses every good and noble deed, including abstinence from all sins. This is vital for the soul’s nourishment and improvement. With it, the spiritual heart and the soul thrive. Without it, Imaan will suffer impairment and the soul will weaken.      

 

 

Added to this, Allah Ta’ala’s Love and Forgiveness are binding for the one who follows in the footsteps of the Beloved (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam):

 

 

“Say (O Muhammad (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam)) : If you do love Allah, follow me. 

Allah shall love you and forgive you your sins;

And Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.”

[surah Aal-Imraan 3 : 31]

 

 

 

Hazrat Maulana Abrarul Haq (RA) has explained that every Sunnah is ‘ashal’ (most simple), akmal(perfect), ajmal (most beautiful).

 

 

Hazrat Maulana Umar of Palanpoor (RA) had mentioned that on practising and living the Sunnah, a person becomes recipient to Rahmat (Mercy), Barakah (Blessings), Hidayah (Guidance) andMuhabbat (he becomes beloved to Allah Ta’ala and to the people).

 

 

May Allah Ta’ala give us understanding and the Taufeeq to appreciate every single aspect of this beautiful way of life called Islam, and to practise upon the Sunnah on every breath and moment.

 

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