WANT TO SUCCEED? Live By Allah's Commands & Prophet's Teachings!

 

Want To Succeed?

Live By Allah's Commands

And Prophet's Teachings!

(M. Javed Naseem)

Salam wa rahmatu-Allah to all readers all over the world. I came to Madina al-Munawarah (Saudi Arabia) today, this Friday morning, overwhelmed by different feelings. This is the blessed city of the blessed Prophet of Allah (Muhammad, s.a.w.) who was designated as mercy for the world and mercy for the mankind; who was a model of good conduct, great character and a role-model for all believers in this world.

We mourn the plight of Muslims all over the world, especially in Palestine, Libya, Syria, Sudan and Yemen, etc. We regret the rôle of all powerful Muslim countries that are doing nothing to improve the situation and stop the genocide and destruction of Muslims towns. They have failed the Ummah and the Ummah itself has failed to live by the Book. In our capacity, we can pray to Allah the Almighty only; and that's what I am doing now on this trip in the last years of my life. May the Most Merciful Allah, the Almighty, respond to the cries of the desperate Muslims all over the world and answer our prayers in the best possible way with mercy and forgiveness. Aameen.

Allah the Almighty commands us to remind the believers of His Message and His Commands. We Muslims are in this delapidated condition because we have deviated from the 'right' path and are doing good things only to show off, to take pictures and put them on social media or to decorate our pages and albums. We have lost the purpose, the essence and the sincerity of the purpose. We chase the superficious things and leave the most important substance. We have become simply hypocrites or the 'Munafiqeen', as put it in Islamic terms.

In this situation, I would only dare reminding the believers of some verses of the Quran, the True Message of the Supreme Creator of the universe to His creation – we the mankind. At the same time I would remind Muslims of some excerpts from the last sermon of Hajj of the Prophet (s.a.w.) who was declared the best role-model for us by the Almighty.

First of all, if we claim to be Muslims, we should also know what is Islam. Islam is righteousness. Islam is surrender to the will of Allah/God – unconditional submission. You do what Allah permits you to do and you don't do what Allah forbids. Period. Now, to answer your question as to what is righteousness ? Here's Allah's definition of the righteousness in the Quran and there is no better definition of piety than that.

لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ

'Righteousness is not in turning your faces

towards the east or the west. Rather, the

righteous are those who believe in Allah, the

Last Day, the angels, the Books, and the prophets;

who give charity out of their cherished wealth to

relatives, orphans, the poor, ˹needy˺ travellers,

beggars, and for freeing captives; who establish

prayer, pay alms-tax, and keep the pledges they

make; and who are patient in times of suffering,

adversity, and in ˹the heat of˺ battle. It is they

who are true ˹in faith˺, and it is they

who are mindful ˹of Allah˺.'

(al-Quran 2:177)

Islam is the Deen or religion of Allah and it is based on righteousness. It was the same Deen or religion that was practiced by all Prophets and Messengers of God, from Adam to Muhammad (peace be upon them all). Prophets Noah, Abraham (Ibrahim), Moses and Jesus also practiced ad preached the same Deen or religion, although it was called differently in the languages of their times. The Bible says :

"The Lord works righteousness and

justice for all who are oppressed".

(Psalm 103:6)

Now, here's what the 'best role-model for the mankind', Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) told us in his last Hajj sermon, Khutbah Hajjat-al Wadaa, delivered at Arafat (Makkah), in the year 632A.D. Or 10^th Hihjri.

"O people! Allah says: 'O people! We created you from one male and one female and made you into tribes and nations, so as to be known to one another.' Verily, in the sight of Allah, the most honored among you is the one who is most pious (God-fearing). There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab and for a non-Arab over an Arab; nor for the white over the black nor for the black over the white, except in righteousness (God-consciousness)."

“All mankind is the progeny of Adam and Adam was fashioned out of clay. Behold! Every claim of privilege, whether that of blood or property, is under my heels except that of the custody of the Kaabah and supplying of water to the pilgrims”.

“Behold! All practices of the days of ignorance are now under my feet. The blood revenges of the days of ignorance are remitted."

“All interest and usurious dues accruing from the times of ignorance stand wiped out"

“O people! Verily your blood, your property and your honor are sacred and inviolable until you appear before your Lord, as the sacred inviolability of this day of yours, this month of yours and this very town (of yours). Verily, you will soon meet your Lord and you will be held answerable for your actions”.

“O people! Verily you have got certain rights over your women and your women have certain rights over you. It is your right upon them to honor their conjugal rights, and not to commit acts of impropriety, which if they do, you are authorized by Allah to separate them from your beds and chastise them, but not severely, and if they refrain, then clothe and feed them properly”.

“Behold! It is not permissible for a woman to give anything from the wealth of her husband to anyone but with his consent”.

“Treat women kindly since they are your helpers and are not in a position to manage their affairs by themselves! Fear Allah concerning women, for verily, you have taken them on the security of Allah and have made their persons lawful unto you by words of Allah”.

“Beware! No one committing a crime is responsible for it but himself. Neither the child is responsible for the crime of his father, nor is the father responsible for the crime of his child”.

“Nothing of his brother is lawful for a Muslim except what he himself gives willingly. So do not wrong yourselves”.

“Verily, I have left among you that which will never lead you astray, the Book of Allah, which if you hold fast, you shall never go astray”.

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BE MERCIFUL TO OTHERS So That You Receive Mercy!

 

Be Merciful To Others

So That You Receive Mercy!

Compassion Is God's

Gift To Humanity

(M. Javed Naseem)

Allah's Messenger, Muhammad (s.a.w.), had an examplary character. He was the best role-model for us. He was full of mercy, compassion and patience. He never lied in his life and also never did injustice to anybody. He was patient in every situation and people never saw him in a rage or anger. He was always calm and composed and never abused or rebuked anybody. Such a high level of morality is so hard to achieve. While talking to others, he always put a smil on his face. And that's why the Almighty Allah praised him for his decent manners and conduct.

“And you (O Muhammad) are on

an exalted standard of character!”

(al-Quran 68:4)

Allah the Almighty is our Creator and we are His children. He is like a father to us but He loves us almost 100 times more than a mother. He is full of compassion and mercy for us. His mercy encompasses the entire universe. Being His creation, we inherit compassion, love and mercy. But sometimes we lose those qualities because we get a bit unreasonable in our anger and rage.

Mercy and compassion are the most important virtues of a Muslim or a good human being. As a matter of fact, those are the divine attributes of Allah (God) and are also considered the best qualities of a person. All religions consider mercy and compassion as the most important elements of a believer's character. In the Quran, every chapter is opened with the name of Allah, the "Most Gracious, Most Merciful," Our Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) was declared as a "mercy to the worlds," or mercy to the mankind. The Quran is full of teachings that urge believers to show mercy to all creatures, linking human kindness to divine mercy, emphasizing forgiveness and universal care over cruelty.

Muslims are commanded to be merciful to all people (Muslim or non-Muslim) and creatures, not only to the fellow believers. There's a saying: 'If you show mercy to those on the earth, Allah will show mercy to you on the Day of Judgment.' And that includes showing kindness to the sick, the poor, the elderly, children, enemies, and even animals. Actually, hope in Allah's mercy encourages humans to seek forgiveness and extend it to others.

Love is an ocean with no limits and if you drown in it, you’ll live forever – in the hearts of others whom you loved. You can’t see love, just like you can’t see Allah. But you can feel love the same way you can feel Allah's presence and creation everywhere. Allah is infinite Love and Mercy. And if you have these virtues in your character, you are blessed because they come from Him. It also means that you are connected with the Infinite. You are really blessed!

Love and mercy originate from Allah. We, being His creation, need love and mercy not only from Him but also from the fellow human beings. This is something that binds us together. Our children also need love, affection and special attention – actually more than the adults. We are like the leaves and branches of the 'Love Tree' that holds us together. Allah the Most Merciful declares in the Quran:

'And one of His signs is that He created for you

spouses from among yourselves so that you may

find comfort in them. And He has placed

between you compassion and mercy. Surely

in this are signs for people who reflect.'

(al-Quran 30:21)

Long time ago, I read a beautiful story about a child's love for her parents. A man once saw his 3-year old daughter trying to gift-wrap a small box with golden foil. He saw the child trying again and again, wasting a lot of foil as she was trying to wrap up the box but could not handle it perfectly. The man was not happy with what he saw and he reprimanded his daughter angrily for wasting foil. Money was tight and times were tough. It was the month of Ramadan and the 3-year old was probably preparing some Eid gifts for her friends. Eventually, the little girl finished packing. The next day she brought the gift to her father and said,

‘This is for you, Daddy. Happy Eid Mubarak!’

The man was embarrassed by his earlier over-reaction when he snubbed the little girl. He felt ashamed but put a smile on his face and hugged the girl thanking her for the gift. But the moment he opened the box he got mad with anger again. The box was empty.

‘What the hell…..?’, he screamed at the girl. ‘Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside the box? How could you…..?’

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, ‘But Daddy, it is not empty at all. I blew one hundred kisses into the box. They are all for you, Daddy.’

The father was devastated. Tears started running on his cheeks. He put his arms around his little girl, hugged her and begged for her forgiveness. He regretted that every time he got mad and said or did something unpleasant to hurt the child's feelings; while the child was doing innocently whatever she thought was good to please her father.

If you are short-tempered and get upset over every little thing, you'll be regretting a lot in your daily life. Friends and family members would always try to avoid you. Dont' make any decisions while you are mad or upset. An angry mind cannot think straight and positive. Angry people lack tolerance and want to punish others for their smallest fault or lapse while, at the same time, ignoring their own faults and lapses.

There's an old saying : ‘The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger/rage.'

The Prophet (s.a.w.) has been reported to have said: 'The best among you is the one who has the best manners (conduct).' Good conduct or manners are the most important quality of a Muslim. Allah the Almighty has declared in the Holy Quran that the Prophet (s.a.w.) had the best manners (conduct). Therefore, he was the best role-model not only for Muslims but for the entire mankind.

“You have indeed in the Messenger of Allah

a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for any one

whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and

who engages much in the Praise of Allah.”

(al-Quran 33:21)

Now, getting back to the story! Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. Her father was devastated. He kept the gift box by his bed for many years and whenever he was down, discouraged or demoralized, he would take out one imaginary kiss from the box and remember the love of the child who had put the kisses there. That box was a great source of consolation.

We need love to survive, and for that purpose we need each other too. We are social beings and prefer to live in community or groups. Each one of us has been given a gift box filled with unconditional love and countless kisses from our children, family members, friends and neighbors. There is simply no other possession that anyone could hold dearer or more precious than that. It's a real treasure. We humans should be grateful to Allah, the Most Merciful for that. Do we appreciate and give thanks to the Almighty for that?

“Lo, your Lord is full of bounty for mankind,

but most of them do not give thanks.”

(al-Quran 27:73)

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GREEDY ZIONIST BILLIONAIRES Are Pursuing The Agenda To Control The Entire World

The Real Terrorists

Greedy Zionist Billionaires

Are Pursuing The Agenda To

Control The Entire World By

Fear, Death & Destruction

Injustice, Greed and Corruption

Created Unfair Distribution of

Wealth Which Is The Cause of

All The Problems of The World

(M. Javed Naseem)

When people react against injustice

and aggression, they are labeled ‘terrorists’

by the elite mafia, and are punished,

even killed.

There cannot be peace without justice! Social justice is the core of any economic system in a society that enjoys peace and prosperity. The world has seen the Free Market Economy (the Capitalism) as well as the Socialism (or Communism). And they have both failed mankind miserably. One is accused of too much freedom while the other is criticized for too much control. There is a limit to everything and there is no such thing as ‘total’ freedom. The lines are drawn and laws are made to enforce those lines or limits. Both economic systems (Capitalism and Communism) looked good on paper (in theory) but both brought crisis after crisis for the lower and middle classes. Only the rich could benefit from them and became richer; the millionaires became the billionaires and they still want more. There is no end to it.

On the other hand, the poor are getting poorer; the middle class is disappearing and the society can easily be categorized as the rich or the poor. The question is: Why did both systems failed? The answer is very simple but the so-called experts don’t want to admit it. They find faults in the other system. The truth is that the CORRUPTION caused both systems to crumble. Corruption means injustice; it means dishonesty and disparity; it means lawlessness; it means no discipline, no competent accountability; and eventually it means unfair distribution of wealth which results in poverty for the majority and riches for a very small minority. The man is getting more and more greedy. And more greed means more and more corruption.

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The Real Terrorists:

When the richest 1% owns more than half of 

the world’s wealth; when the 1% controls the lives 

of the 99%; when the 1% enjoys happy lives and

bring misery & poverty to the majority of the people,

they are the real terrorists with no compassion.

It also means that the system is not

working and needs immediate reforms.

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The wealthy or the super rich are known for their hidden wealth in Swiss banks or the off-shore foreign havens. According to a report published by the famous bank of Switzerland, Credit Suisse, the world’s five richest men own more than half of the world’s wealth. In other words, each one of those five people owns more wealth than almost 1.5 billion people of the world together. Amazing, isn’t it?

Most of the world’s super-super-rich are Americans. We the American people created the Internet, developed and funded Artificial Intelligence, and built a massive transportation infrastructure, yet we let just a few individuals take almost all the credit, along with hundreds of billions of dollars.

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos have done little that wouldn’t have happened anyway. All modern U.S. technology started with — and to a great extent, continues with — our tax dollars, our research institutes and our subsidies to corporations.

The False Promise of Philanthropy

Many super-rich individuals have pedged the majority of their fortunes to philanthropic causes. But how much of that is for the real cause? They create Funds and Foundations to save their wealth for their families and evade taxes. Let's not forget that American billionaires all made their money because of the research and innovation and infrastructure that make up the foundation of our modern technologies. They have taken credit, along with their massive fortunes, for successes that derive from society rather than from a few individuals. It should not be any one person’s decision about the proper use of that wealth. Instead a significant portion of annual national wealth gains should be promised to education, housing, health research, and infrastructure. That is what Americans and their parents and grandparents have earned after a half-century of hard work and productivity.

All those filthy rich billionaires who are plundering the world's resources and are working towards the hegemony of the world claim to be the people of the Book, i.e., Jews or Christians. But in truth they are simply greedy and dishonest hypocrites.

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The Bible says:

“Rich people who see a brother or sister in need,

yet close their hearts against them, cannot claim

that they love God.” – (1-John 3:17)

“Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need

clothes and don’t have enough to eat. What good

is there in your saying to them, ‘God bless you!

Keep warm and eat well!’, if you don’t give them

the necessities of life?” – (James 2:15-16)

“Learn to do right. See that justice is done — help

those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights,

and defend widows.” – (Isaiah 1:17)

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Then there are those filthy oil-rich Arabs who are living luxury lives, wasting millions on extravagant lifestyle, shopping, women and tourism, and beating the drums of Islam at the same time. They are also hypocrites (Munafiqeen). The Almighty Allah has clearly told all Muslims that the poor have a share in their wealth. Islam emphasizes on the fair distribution of wealth and requires to create a society based on social justice and compassion.

The Quran says:

'Righteousness is not in turning your faces

towards the east or the west. Rather, the

righteous are those who believe in Allah, the

Last Day, the angels, the Books, and the prophets;

who give charity out of their cherished wealth to

relatives, orphans, the poor, ˹needy˺ travellers,

beggars, and for freeing captives; who establish

prayer, pay alms-tax, and keep the pledges they

make; and who are patient in times of suffering,

adversity, and in ˹the heat of˺ battle. It is they

who are true ˹in faith˺, and it is they

who are mindful ˹of Allah˺.'

(al-Quran 2:177)

'Those who spend their wealth [in Allah 's way]

by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they

will have their reward with their Lord. And

no fear will there be concerning them,

nor will they grieve.'

(al-Quran 2:274)

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