![]() The 20-point plan spells out all the precautions that will be taken, which sound about as reassuring as Nero’s fiddling. Praying five times a day, every day, in mosques will continue during the reign of Covid-19. Now they have convinced the PTI to enact a 20-point plan for dealing with an issue that should not be an issue at all if common sense prevailed. They have gotten constitutional amendments that deprive minorities of religious freedom, have resisted the rights of women, and even succeeded in forcing the federal government to not appoint a world-renowned economist as an adviser. This latter group’s religious leaders have succeeded in being influential throughout Pakistan’s history. Rigid fundamentalism in Pakistan continues to eclipse the use of reason to address modern day problems. No time of the year displays this more than the beginning of Ramazan, when we will once again celebrate its starting point on different dates purely because the religious right continues to resist being supplanted by the scientific method. The abandonment of human reason and adherence to scientific fact has been one of the chief victims of this movement. Religious teachings of community and charity help drive philanthropy and serve as important coping mechanisms in times of isolation.īut the peddling of blind faith, coupled with an irrational commitment to how things were done in the 7 th century, has led to the colossal detriment of this country. Faith is important in times of crisis as a fount of hope and optimism. It is an indictment against the triumph of blind faith over reason. This piece is not an indictment against faith. A stubborn fidelity to praying in mosques contradicts both these principles. And no Muslim holds a license to expose other members of the community to harm based on their own religious interpretation. Muslims are not supposed to succumb to a fatalist interpretation of religion devoid of common sense. The Prophet (peace be upon him) responded, “tie your camel, and trust in God” (Al Tirmidhi).įaith in Islam was never meant to be a suicide pact. Please share with friends and family, and encourage them to do the same.A man once approached the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked whether he should tie his camel or put his faith in God to protect it. SeekersHub Global strives – through the radiant light of Prophetic Example – to bring authentic Islamic education to our homes and communities to the Ends of the Earth. Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Saad Ash-Shafi’i Al-Azhari Al-Hasani was born into a family of scholars whose lineage goes back to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) through his grandson Al-Hasan ibn Ali (رضي الله عنه) in the northern Egyptian governorate of Monofiyyah, in the Nile Delta ![]() The sound of Allah Most High calling and inviting us to repair and strengthen our relation to Him. Who hears nothing but the sound of Ramadan. Who is blind and sees nothing but Ramadan. Try to love Ramadan like a person who is in real love. I hope that we can apply this meaning to this month of Ramadan. The love of prayer so occupied his heart, Allah bless him and give him peace, that he did not know anything or anyone, nor did he listen to anything or anyone except for the call to prayer and the words therein. The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, has been described in the Hadith by our lady Aisha, Allah be pleased with her, in which she was asked: “How did the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, behave when he was with his family?” She said: “He was with his family, but when the time for prayer came, it was as if he did not know us, and we did not know him.” We should be so deaf that we hear nothing but Ramadan. If we love the month of Ramadan, we should be so blind that we see nothing but Ramadan. Ramadan is a month the beginning of which is mercy, the middle of which is forgiveness, and the end of which is deliverance from Hellfire. They say: “Short is the path that delivers you to a friend.” When people go on Hajj and see the Kaaba it is as if they forget all the troubles, problems, and pains they had on their journey. When we are in the presence of the ones we love it is as if we forget the world and everything in it. If love can make us blind so that we so no faults or problems with our beloved. We listen to nothing but the voice of our beloved. If love can make us deaf so that we listen to none who criticizes our beloved. Ramadan is the month of siyam (fasting, and this word is relevant to the word samma (deafness). The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said:
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