Our Muslim names, Islamic dress and our prayers are like the sign board found outside a shop, which informs us that inside this shop, sweets, chocolates, biscuits, cakes, fruit, etc. are stocked and sold. The person reading the signboard thus expects to find what has been advertised outside, inside that shop. What would be the reaction of the person if he or she finds cow dung, horse manure and cats droppings inside, instead of sweets and chocolates ?
In a similar vein, our beautiful Muslim names and Islamic garb informs others that inside our hearts there is certain merchandise in the form of firm Imaan in Allah Taala and love for His Beloved Rasool e. One expects to find therein, the attributes of trustworthiness, honesty, sincerity, forgiveness, charity, Taqwa (piety), zuhd (asceticism), sabr (patience), shukr (gratitude), etc. These are the qualities and traits a person expects to find in his social dealings with us.
Our beards, kurtas, turbans, tasbeehs, the cloak, purdah, etc. are all additional signs which lay more and more emphasis on the above. What would be a persons reaction, when instead of these virtues, he or she finds arrogance, pride, malice, greed, jealousy, etc.?
Shaykh Yunus Patel (rahimahullah) Haqq Islam)
Shaykh Muhammad Saleem Dhorat (hafizahullah)www.shaykh.org
Any good that exists in the heart will make its effect apparent, just as a bottle of musk emits its fragrance.
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posted by ummi taalib on 1st November 2012 - 0 comments
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