Shocking Truth In Australia

Weekly speech at Tableeghi Markaz, Masjide Amina, Tolichowki, Hyderabad
Published in Muslim Murasu, January 2012

We have two aspects about us. Allah has made us human beings. We are the best and special among all the creations. Allah invokes four oaths to proclaim the perfection of human beings. Surah 95, Tin, verses 1-4. Fig, olive, mount Sinai and secure land.
There are stronger and mightier creations than human beings. What sets us apart? What is the special merit we have that others don’t? Deen, Shariat, religion makes us special. Animals do not know any concept of halaal and haraam.
Religion is a blessing on us.
Surah 5, Al Maidah, verse 3. Religion is completed and blessing is completed. This is God’s religion. This is the honor showered on human race. “Al yawma akmalthu lakum deenakum va athmamthu alaikum nihmathi”.
The relation between man and religion is same as that between body and life. A body without life is of no use and is fit only to be buried.
Prophet has told that the whole human society is like a human body.
There will be pain all over the body if any part is hurt or injured. This will continue until there is life in the body. The same way, there will be association and coordination in the society as long as there is Deen in the society.
When any section in the society, be it women or youth or employees, lose religion in their lives, it will adversely impact the entire society. If hand or leg is paralysed, it will completely affect activities and movement. It will become useless to society and the person himself. They will have to endure immense loss and pain.
Allah won’t ask animals about where they drank water when they were thirsty. But human beings have to give account of all their deeds.
Deen means to permit some things and to forbid some things. Men have their necessities. But there are limits on what to eat, what to drink, what to see. They have been provided guidelines on what to do and what to stay away from, where to go and which places are to be avoided.
Animals do not have relations. They only know their mothers. They do not relate to fathers or uncles.
We had to stay in Australian city Perth for two days to do Tableeghi work. Australia is a country where immigrants outnumber natives. Muslims form a larger proportion among immigrants. People from Afghan have built mosques. They were religious people. But now their offspring have gone astray.
It was not easy for us to find Muslim names. We decided to contact schools. There were five schools there each with strength around 5000. We looked into the registries. Most of the students were registered using names of mothers. Names of fathers were not given.
Allah exalted position of human beings by gifting them Deen. But when they forsake Deen they will become worse than animals.
Surah 7, Al Araaf, verse 179 – they have hearts they do not understand with, they have eyes they do not see with, they have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle, they are even more misguided. “ulayika kal anam balhum alallu”.
Human society is languishing with troubles. This is the situation all over the world. They are yearning for guidance. They are looking for the truth. They are desperately searching for someone to guide them.
Muslim society came to guide humanity. But now they themselves have lost the way.
Second important aspect about us is to follow Prophet Muhammad. Quran does not praise Ummath (community) of any other Prophet. Quran has registered its praise for Prophet’s Ummath. Surah 3, Ala Imran, verse 110 – “Kunthum khaira ummathi ukrijath linnaas thahmaruna bil mahruf va thanhauna anil munkar”.
You are the best community. This is a huge mercy on us. When a person introduces himself as engineer or merchant or doctor, he is downgrading his position. He is humiliating himself.
Our only identity is that we belong to our Prophet’s Ummath. We have been gifted and exalted with a noble mission. That is Deen ki mehnath, work for religion. Allah did not give this job to any other Ummath.
Prophet’s Ummath have been greeted with many glad tidings. “Inmates of heaven will be assembled in 120 rows. 80 of those rows will be filled with my Ummath”. In another hadees, Prophets says that my Ummath came last but they will be the first to enter heaven.
What is the reason for this honor? It is the mission and concern that we have. Prophet says that he, who has no concern for my Ummath, does not belong to my Ummath.
In earlier times, Prophets did the work of bring discipline and honesty in the lives of their people. Each prophet was persecuted by the society when they undertook their mission. Prophets did not always come to convert others. Children of Prophet Yakoob are called Bani Israel. They were Muslims, but Muslims who had completely gone astray. Many prophets had to come to change them. It is difficult to change straggled Muslim than to convert a new Muslim. It is difficult to repair defunct objects than to create new objects. Prophets mostly came to mould the character of their own people and they were persecuted severely by their own lot.
Now we have been given the privilege of sharing the work that was once done by prophets. Allah has not brought change in human nature. They have natural attraction towards evil. Human beings are created from mud. They share their attributes with mud. If you labor on soil, you can get harvest, petrol, gold, water and energy. But if you ignore the soil, it is all enough to make it barren and futile. There won’t be any use.
If you toil on human beings, you can bring limitless goodness and benefits out of them. But if you fail to work on them, evil will surface and dominate. A beast will kill one goat and satisfy its hunger. But a man won’t be contented even after killing thousand men. His rage won’t come under control.
The coming of prophets has stopped. But the mission should continue. Surah 12, Yusuf, verse 108 – This is my way. I call you towards God; I and those who follow me. We have clear knowledge. “aduvvu ilallahi ala baseerathin ana va manithaba ani”. All those who have proclaimed Kalima are fit and eligible for this mission. Prophet’s concern is our concern. His mission is our mission.
Prophet involved Ummath on this job from the very first beginning. He exhorted every individual to come forward for this. Faith was preached in Meccah life. Abubakkar (rali) brought Faith and on the first day he brought five new comers to Prophet. “This is my earning for the day”. All of them are Ashre Mubashira, those who were promised heaven.