In
recent years, Muslim women in India have publicly raised issues of unfair
treatment at the hands of their unjust husbands, triggering wider debates on
the reform of Muslim personal law in a secular country. As it happens, an unscrupulous husband makes an oral pronouncement or a simple declaration of 'Triple Talaq’ by sending an e-mail/mobile phone text message/WhatsApp/Facebook/Twitter posts, etc.- to his wife and such a communication would apparently result in instant and irrevocable divorce, valid for the purpose of the Muslim law. For, ‘Talaq-e-Bidd’at’- an irregular form of divorce under Muslim Law- does seem to allow men to simply evade their marital obligations with their wives and to end the spouse relations without any regard for the ethical framework of the Qur’an and the Ahadith on matrimonial justice. Indeed, a grave distortion of the Islamic institution of divorce has been created in recent times by rotten husbands, leading to an unfortunate public perception that a Muslim husband may put away his wife at his mere caprice. Seeking to prohibit and penalize this kind of deviant practice -‘Talaq-e-Bidd’at’- that is tilted against Islamic values, women’s rights and gender justice; India recently announced a new national legislation entitled the ‘Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Sunday, August 4, 2019
'Dawa': Care People, Speak Wisely
Dawat-i-Allah– Invitation to Allah: Part IV
Who is a Dai-i-Allah ?
A Dai-i-Allah is
a person who has made the promise to invite people to Allah, and as long as he
makes that promise, as long as he takes that determination, then he does it
faithfully all the time, all lifelong. And until his last breath he remains a Dai-i-Allah.
It is this type of Dai-i-Allah that the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam must
have/ produce. And we must also do the work of Dawat-i-Allah with great
intelligence.
The Types of Intelligence Needed
By the quality of
intelligence, we understand that, firstly we must take a look at history and
through historical narratives, we must come to the conclusion that the remedy
against all adversity in this area lies in giving and increasing our friendship
towards others. It is at this time that people will accept our words [our
message in the Dawat-i-Allah]. If not, they will not accept it.
A second type of
intelligence, its second quality, which most of the time we put aside, is that
we have to talk about the time [the appropriate time] and the situation [we
are] because every word is better in its current situation and context. If
someone is worried about his work or his mind is busy with other things – he’s
lost in thought - and you get to the task of giving him the [divine] messages,
then that will not have any effect on him because it is not the moment to give
him this message. This person’s situation does not allow him to receive this
message. You also need to know that if a person develops disgust for this
message, even though what you are presenting to him is a good thing, then he
will not be happy. Everyone to whom you are presenting the message in this
situation will not appreciate the message. So, think that if the way of
presenting [the message] does not take over this disgust, then the Dawat-i-Allah
will yield nothing. The work we have to do is a very fragile work. By adopting
the model of the Prophet (sa), we must become a blessing for others; and to
reach this end, we must speak with wisdom; we must use wise words.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
A Dear Prayer for All Hajjis
O Allah, the
call has been given,
And Your servants are coming to You,
To Your Glorious & Holy House,
To accomplish that very deed which represents
The Ultimate proof of their love and submission to You.
And Forgiveness and Your Love and Mercy
Is what we seek;
Rush to Your servants, O Allah
And accept their Hajj;
Inspire their hearts to remain true to the promise of
Reform throughout the rest of their lives,
And O Allah open my way to You,
So that the treasures of Your Kingdom may be
Always at my reach,
To distribute to Your sincere and devoted servants.
May they also accede to Your nearness,
And taste Your Love and
Give them the ability,
To communicate with You,
Their hearts connected with You,
And Yours with them,
And enlighten them, O Allah
To be truly submissive to You,
In all aspects of the word;
A Muslim am I, O Allah,
By Your Grace and Mercy;
Bless my Muslim brothers, sisters and children,
Who have forsaken everything to come to
Your Holy Ka’aba,
To accomplish the fifth pillar of Islam,
To accomplish such a worship,
Which shall Insha-Allah see
to their
Glorious elevation in Your Sight and Paradise,
Be it in this world and the hereafter,
Forever.
O Allah, accept this plea,
And bless us all in Your way,
Under Your righteous Guidance,
And cherished in Your everlasting love,
And protect us always from the accursed Satan,
And all forms of evils which exist within us,
And all around us. Ameen.
.....By Hazrat Muhyi-ud-Din Munir A. Azim, Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, 24 July 2019. First appeared in Le Mauricien and can be viewed here.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Divine Revelation of 20 July 2019
DIVINE REVELATION
After
Tahajjud prayers
Saturday
20 July 2019
17
Dhul-Qaddah 1440 AH
After performing his Tahajjud prayers in the
early morning of Saturday 20 July 2019, while being fully conscious, Hazrat
Khalifatullah Munir A. Azim (atba) was meditating on and praying to Allah when
he remembered those who left the Divine Manifestation. He felt sorry for them
and was asking Allah how can such people turn their backs to His truth,
especially those who were with him since the beginning of the Divine
Manifestation and who noted down and witnessed so many divine signs and manifestations?
Just then, Allah revealed to him [in Arabic & Creole]:
Fatawakkal ‘alallaah. Innaka ‘alal-Haqqil
mubeen. Innaka laa tusmi-‘ul-mawtaa wa laa tusmi-us-summaddu-‘aaa-‘a izaa
wallaw mudbireen. Wa maaa anta bihaadil-‘umyi an-zalaalatihim. ‘In tusmi-u
‘illaa may-yu’-minu bi-Aayaatinaa fahum Muslimuun. Wa izaa waqa-‘al-Qawlu
‘alayhim ‘akhrajnaa lahum Daaabbatam-minal-‘arzi tu-kallimuhum ‘annannaasa
kaanuu bi-‘Aayaatinaa laa yuuqinuun.
Translation [English]:
Put your trust in Allah ; you
are indeed upon the clear truth.
You will not be able to make the dead hear,
nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs
retreating.
And you cannot guide the blind from their error.
You will only make
those who believe in Our Signs and who submit [as Muslims].
And when the word
befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking
to them [saying] that the people were, of Our Signs, not certain [i.e. They had
doubts in Our Signs].
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