Expand Your Hearts

Maulana Mujibur Rahman Bakavi speech at Vadapalani Vijayaragavapuran Masjid
Published in Muslim Murasu, March 2012

People are living in small circles. Disunity and differences are causing fissures in heart. Qad aflaha man thazakaahaa. He succeeds whose hearts harbors Allah’s fear. Everyone should have soulful relation with God. A person will succeed if his heart is filled with God. You will not succeed if your small heart is populated only with wife, parents, kids, relations and native people. Hearts should not become seats of dirt, rage, vengeance or violence.
The name ‘Allah’ will render my life, relations, wealth and luxuries as valueless. Human sacrifices are believed to bring fortunes. We read in newspapers about neighbor kids being sacrificed. People offer sacrifices believing the words of astrologers who themselves are struggling for a better life. There are people who offer human sacrifices solely for selfish motives.
Knife did not cut. But the love for kid vanished. Ibrahim (alai) did not have a child until 90. Some scholars place this age at 98. Anyone will be happy to have a kid at 98. They will show all their love for this kid. “I will offer my life for Allah. I will offer the life of my kid that I got at the age of 98 if that pleases Allah”. Islam has withstood all these times and survives to this day by the sacrifice.
Today, sacrifice has given way to narrow life for relations. Some go even further and are trapped in a life of 'my home, my wife, my kid'. Universal brotherhood has shrunken to a minimum life for family. Muslims should come out of these small rings. Muslims all over the world worship one God. Other communities also should get this opportunity. When will this happen. Bal thuhfiroonal hayatha duniya val akhiratu khairun va abka. This world will perish. The next world is eternal. Family should be prepared for eternal life. Universal outlook, love for all communities, affection and broad-mindedness will bring floods of happiness in your homes. Allah will gift His forgiveness when soul departs body. Family members should remember kalima when they are in their death beds. That is real success. Let us expand our hearts and thoughts.