Ghibbat- Part IX
Last
week I told you about my own experience, and I also gave you the
example of those who are sincere in their joy and desire to do
similar work as that of their brother and this is not jealousy. And I
have also explained to you about those who are jealous by citing a
Hadith of Nabi Kareem (pbuh) which is found in the compilations of
Hadiths of Muslim and Bukhari, in chapter Kitab-ul-Adab
and reported by Hazrat Abu Huraira (ra).
So
if a person has [If you have] this contentment [pleasure for others’
success & joy] in him [in you], then while thanking Allah (swt)
you should benefit from this joy, and the advantage that is mentioned
here is that you have to compete with others in good deeds, in good
works. And it is as a result of this desire which has been created
that it has been said that if you find some good in someone, then try
to surpass him in this good action. This is not forbidden, but
jealousy means that you seek to change one’s beauties into evil,
into bad deeds. It is nowhere mentioned that human nature is bad. No!
Because it is the creation of Allah. If man (human) uses his nature
correctly according to the situations that arise, this is what we
call high and excellent qualities, admirable qualities, and good
actions.
So,
there is the desire to exceed a person, but it should be done only in
the accomplishment of good deeds [Fastabikul
Khairaat], but you should not do this
by changing his good qualities into bad qualities [by portraying his
good deeds as bad deeds], or you seek such defects in him that he
does not even have, or you seek his weaknesses [such weaknesses that
he indeed has] and you spread this news everywhere. So when you do
all this, you do it because of jealousy and the Quran does not give
you permission to do this at all.
Then
it has been said not to develop enmity, and like I just openly said
that it is because of certain animosity that jealousy is created.
And
this happens when someone has some good qualities in him or Allah has
given him some blessings and this causes you pain [to see his
success], so as a result of this you develop jealousy, but it is more
precisely your enmity which brings about this jealousy. At that
moment, a brother cease to become the brother of another one, even if
he calls him brother, but in his heart he does not have that love
that he should have had for a brother. In the depth of his heart
itself [in its foundation] there is a certain animosity. So, it has
been pointed out that there should be no jealousy and enmity at all
because in human psychology there is not a greater expert than Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh); there has not been any and there shall be no one
else who shall be expert like him on these matters [and concerning
his seal of prophethood as well]. One is deeply astonished to find
that his little advices hold profound points of [explanations in]
human psychology. These are the points that Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh)
wanted to explain and we need to understand all these well. It would
be necessary for all of us – the servants of Allah – to live as
brothers like Allah asked of us. Then it has been said that the
Muslims are brothers and no one should commit any injustice or do any
harm among us/ their Muslim brothers like them.
But what do we see today?
We
find that brothers cause harm, commit injustices against their own
brothers. Often you find a brother commits injustice on his own
brother whereby he takes control over his wealth and he does not do
anything to share this wealth [like Allah has commanded] and if he
has a superiority in his work, then he does nothing to help his
brother to get there too [i.e. to get a mundane job or even in the
spiritual field as well]. He humiliates and belittle him and as a
result of this, many relationships are spoiled and we do not get any
unity and uniformity which should have been present in Islam for us
to make progress, and it is unfortunate that in Islam we remain
deprived of this unity.
So
this deed has brought such bad results that causes harm to everyone
as a whole. I have analysed this in general, be it at the level of
religion of Islam as a whole and even at Jamaat level wherever there
has been the manifestation of jealousy, hatred, disagreement, where
there has been splits, there itself progress has stopped and
declination has started; they did not know how
to control themselves.
That
is why I don’t want that we, in the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, we
become like this – that all these unislamic things take place. [No
!] I want all my disciples to live like brothers. That is why I take
great pains [I go to great length] to explain you these things in my
series of sermons on the subject. If after I have done such a Khutba, and I hear that such things have
transpired [in the Jamaat], this will pain me a lot. I will suffer a
lot because Allah (swt) has blessed us and raised us in this era to
revive His divine teachings, so if there are such things [these
evils], how will we be able to give the divine messages to others? If
among us there are such bad qualities, and where there is no peace
among us, if there are disputes, fights like the other people, then
there shall be no difference between us and them.
Sometimes
because of trivial matters, families may separate, brothers may
separate with sisters. Look at my own example, how my brothers and
sisters separated from me; however before, we all lived in harmony,
peace, and mutual understanding. All the things which pertain to
religion, they used to seek advice from me. In all familial spiritual
programs, be it a Daras,
duah, to
give away a Sadqua,
etc., they used to consult me. Today what happened? They have all
separated from me, such a separation where boycott has been applied
and I was not invited in any family function and even the weddings of
nieces, and nephews who were deeply attached to me like my own
children. [What did I do?] I did
not steal
anything from anybody, neither their wealth nor their rights, and I
have not fought
with anybody. It is only because I was receiving divine revelations
and thus the Khalifatul-Massih
at that time (2000-2001) took sanctions based on a false report of
his ex-so-called Amir, and I was expelled from the Nizam-e-Jamaat.
The sanction had not been taken because I committed a fraud in the
Jamaat, or even because I declared myself atheist, etc. It is only
because Allah (swt) chose me and gave [and keeps giving] me
revelation, that’s all !
At
the head of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya [mainstream] there is a Khalifa;
so what did he understand from the teachings of Hazrat Muhammad
(pbuh)? And the Ahmadis take him as “divinely-guided” but when
you look at the reality of the situations that have happened and that
continues to happen, where they are trampling on the teachings of
Allah and His Messenger (pbuh), you understand then that all this
started with jealousy and arrogance, like in the time of Hazrat Adam
(as), where Iblis manifest [an unhealthy] jealousy for Hazrat Adam
(as) and consequently he went forward to react arrogantly with Allah.
So,
it’s jealousy which has
ignited all this, and thus look where this has led the Jamaat Ahmadiyya
[mainstream], in what baseness the corrupt and jealous people have
dragged it, i.e. in the mud. Now it has become a dry and thin Jamaat
just like sometimes people who have cancer become. So when a Jamaat
is solid and united, where those at its head do not harbour any
hatred, jealousy and where there is no spiritual illness, then this
Jamaat shall thrive.
An
example of a spiritual malady is that of a person who gets diabetes,
and thus if he does not control it properly, then this diabetes shall
dominate him, and this shall definitely bring a lot of complications
in his health. Likewise in the case of someone who is jealous, this
jealousy thus brings many complications in him: Hatred is developed,
as well as [bad habits like] “Ghibbat”
(backbiting) - eating the flesh of his
brother, creating disorder so that the
others develop hate for the victim that the jealous person has
targeted. So, like Nabi Kareem (pbuh) has said, “Beware
of jealousy [envy], for it devours good deeds just as fire
devours wood or grass.”
So,
as the Khalifatullah of this era, this is my message for my dear
disciples, starting with those who are responsible at the head of the
Jamaat [i.e. the office bearers] that you should be united and stick
together and you should be brothers in the way that Allah (swt) and
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) want to find you [us all]. When this will
become a reality, behold! I am very sure [confident] that there shall
be a great spiritual revolution everywhere, wherever the Jamaat Ul
Sahih Al Islam is established, and even if those Mullahs come and put
all their efforts into making you [you, my disciples] abandon the
Divine Manifestation, renounce your belief in this humble servant of
Allah and leave the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, they shall not be able
to succeed in their plan, in their satanic plans. They can use all
kinds of strategies, even death threats, but still they shall not be
successful [in their evil scheming], Insha-Allah.
This is because your love for Allah and His Deen,
your love for His Jamaat and for His servant is so firm and solid
that they shall encounter lots of difficulties to uproot this love,
and they shall not be successful in this plan of theirs. [parable]
Only a few herbs that are not well-rooted in the earth, which are
above the earth,
which shall be easy to
uproot. [i.e. those with weak faith].
What
I mean, those whose beliefs are very weak - so as not to say that
their belief is zero - it is those who will join hands with these
Mullahs, and at that moment they will make great statements to the
extent of putting their face on Facebook,
etc. [i.e. social media], to declare that: “We
have left the Divine Manifestation; we have left this Jamaat and now
I am [we are] in my [our] comfort; people take good
care of us as well”.
All this caring is only short-lived. After extracting all information
[concerning the Jamaat of Allah] from you [they shall abandon you to
your fate] for their aim was just to remove you from here, but
unfortunately, when you let yourselves be influenced by them, you
lose the love of Allah and all your good deeds are wasted.
On
the other hand, those who have firm faith, they neither let
themselves be tempted, nor are they frightened, and come what may
they are just like one same body who grips firmly the rope of Allah
and say, “No to division, no to hate,
no to jealousy.” They are united as
spiritual brothers under the leadership of a spiritual father. In a
house also, it is like this. In a family or a Jamaat it is like this;
sometimes there are disputes whereby each member [concerned – in
the conflict] show that he is the one who is right and the other one
is wrong.
So,
I am addressing myself to those who in the truth [concerning
situations of life], who are right; even though you are right, but
act as if you are the one in the wrong and the other one is right [to
avoid disputes]. It’s a remedy that certainly works. If you really
have some love for the Divine Manifestation, for Allah and Allah’s
chosen Servant, then concede defeat [accept that you are wrong] so
that peace prevails. Insha-Allah
you will see that Allah (swt) will Himself open the path of peace
wherever you are and you will live your life in peace.
So,
due to lack of time, this is a subject that I will continue
Insha-Allah
in my next Khutba. May Allah bless you all and help you understand
this very important subject. It is a subject that concerns our life,
and our way of living for a better family life, and a better temporal
and spiritual society. Insha-Allah,
Ameen.
---Friday Sermon of 13
December 2019~16
Rabi’ul Aakhir 1441 AH delivered by Hadhrat Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (atba) Saheb of Mauritius.