LIMITS (LAWS) ARE SET To Maintain Peace & Justice In The Society.

 

Limits (Laws) Are Set To

Maintain Peace & Justice

In The Society.

Allah has drawn the line between Halal

and Haram. Freedom, liberty, rights

and everything else has limits.

(M. Javed Naseem)

يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ ٱدْخُلُواْ فِى ٱلسِّلْمِ كَآفَّةً

وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَاتِ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

“O you who believe! Enter Islam completely,

and do not follow the footsteps of Satan!

Surely, he is an open enemy for you.”

(al-Quran 2:208)

Allah, the Supreme Creator, has described the Quran as “Furqan”. Furqan means something that distinguishes or separates. The Quran separates the Right from the Evil (Wrong) and the Truth from the Falsehood. It draws the line and that line refers to the limits (boundaries) – 'Hudood' in Arabic – set by the Almighty to maintain justice and peace in the world. There are many modern Muslims, rather liberals, who rationalize the commands of Allah and interpret them to suit their own viewpoint. The West always try to promote such liberals as 'scholars' of Islam and give them the maximum coverage in the media. In exchange for material benefits and free publicity on international level, these so-called scholars (or hypocrites?) try to please their masters/promoters with dangerous edicts (Fatwahs) and create rifts, sectarianism and chaos among Muslims.

'Liberty' or 'freedom' and 'women's rights' are the favorite subjects of such scholars. They redress the Western cultural traditions and liberal views and cover them under Islamic cloak. Some years ago, they arranged a ridiculous cultural circus and called it 'liberal' or 'reformed' Islam. A mixed (both men and women) prayer (Salaat) session was organized in a Christian church and most American TV channels were invited to cover it. Modern Muslim men and bare-headed (no scarf or Hijab) women stood side by side, intermingled and mixed, in the same row (Saff) to offer prayer, while a modern woman with a short haircut led the prayer as Imam. It was given a lot of coverage and publicity by the corrupt Western media.

Liberty and Freedom are the two most abused words in the Western culture. People do any stupid thing; sy anything vulgar; and commit any indecent act in the name of liberty and freedom. But on the other hand, the West has introduced rules and laws to maintain peace and order. Those rules and laws certainly define the limits of liberty or freedom. There is a limit to everything and there’s wisdom in it! If something has no limits and no discipline, it’s chaotic.

There’s ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ for everything, for every system. The sense of justice (right or wrong) normally springs from the base of ethics, morals and values. The Supreme Creator (Allah), Who created us humans, also gave us a code of conduct or ethics telling us what is right and what is wrong. He drew the line and set the limits for us. Those limits are called the ‘Hudood’ in the Quranic language.

تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلاَ تَعْتَدُوهَا وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ

حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُوْلَـٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّالِمُونَ

“These are the limits set by Allah. Therefore, do

not exceed them. Whosoever exceeds the limits

set by Allah, then, those are the transgressors.”

(al-Quran 2:229)

Man is generally a transgressor, a violator of the rules who crosses the limits all the time. He always tries to justify or rationalize that transgression or the breach of limits. But there are still people out there who love discipline/order and respect the limits because there is peace and justice in it. It all depends on how strong your Faith is, how deeply you believe in moral values, and what place you give Allah (and His commands) in your life.

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Don’t try to free yourself from all limits,

rules and disciplines! That’s not freedom!

Try to free yourself from desires that

keep you tied to the ground!

That’s real freedom!

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RUMI
Think that you are gliding out
from the face of a cliff like an eagle!

Think you’re walking,
like a tiger walks by himself in the forest!
You’re most handsome when you’re after food.

Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks!
One is just a voice, the other just a color.

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The culture of nightingales and peacocks! That's the correct description of the Western culture offered by the Sufi saint and scholar Rumi. That's the glittering culture of colors and sounds, dance and music.

But there is a lot more to life than colors, sounds, dance and music. Islam offers a better way of life – a complete package of life. It offers everything but within limits. You take it as a whole or you leave it. You cannot choose some parts you like and leave those you don’t like. You have to take it as a complete package and abide by it.

وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُ

يُدْخِلْهُ نَاراً خَالِداً فِيهَا وَلَهُ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

“Whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger

and transgresses the limits set by Him, He shall

admit him to the Fire, where he will remain forever.

For him there is a humiliating punishment.”

(al-Quran 4:14)

If you feel embarrassed by ‘Hudood-Allah’ – the limits set by Allah between Halal and Haraam, Good and Evil – then you are in the wrong place. You should leave Islam and join those liberals or hypocrites who put no limits to freedom but still obey the laws enforced by the Police Force, limiting their wild activities. They know that even freedom and liberty have limits. It means that your freedom or liberty ends where my freedom or liberty starts.

In the country of the free – America – somebody was dancing in the street screaming ‘viva la liberte’ (long live liberty!), ‘I love freedom’. People gathered around him joining the fun. The dancing man punched somebody on the face and his nose started bleeding. The injured man screamed back:

Listen you moron! Your freedom ends where my nose starts!

And that's the purpose of introducing the limits to liberty and freedom.

So, everything has its limits and that’s why we have laws, rules & regulations to maintain certain discipline, justice and order. Those limits are very important, rather essential, to maintain a peaceful society based on social justice.

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