The Relish Of
Faith & its Important Demands:
“ It is recorded in the tradition from Abbas.b.Abdul Mutalib (RA) that
the prophet (SA) has said “ He has truly relished his faith who is happy with
his belief that Allah is his Lord, that Islam is his Way of life, deen , and Muhammad
is Allah’s messenger for him,”
From Anas (RA) : “ He who possesses three qualities shall have tasted
the sweetness of his faith : that Allah & his messenger he loves, he loves
only for Allah’s sake; and going back to unbelief is as unpleasant to him as
the thought of being thrown into fire.”
These 2 Ahadees emphasis some of the most salient features of a true
believer : that a muslim should believe to the very depths of his heart - - -
the truth of belief being such belief as flows in his veins. He should not
think he is a Muslim merely because he is born of Muslim parentage or lives
amongst Muslims, but because he looks upon Islam as a great blessing, accepts
Islam from the core of his heart, and is happy and content with Allah as his
lord God and with his messenger, & thinks of this as a great treasure in
itself. He who does so will never look upon any worldly pleasure as sweeter.
The foremost demand of faith is that one should love none more than
Allah & Allah’s Messenger - - - neither parents nor offspring, nor office
nor officer nor ruler ship nor empire nor wealth - & should channelize all
his relationship towards Allah. That is, if he loves anyone, it is because one is related to Allah, is dutiful in prayers, devotes his time to remembering
and speaking of Allah and serving religion.
This is the basis of love. Similarly,
if he dislikes anyone, it is because one is not concerned with Allah and the
Messenger of Allah (RA).
His faith should be so firm that his belief in the punishment of
unbelief should be as if the fire of hell were before his eyes and an
unbeliever was being thrown into it. Rather that transcending the thought of
reward and punishment, he should feel that one who adopts unbelief is like
being thrown into a fire, because rejection of him, his prophets and his books,
who has given existence and endowed life, is as great a folly as willfully jumping
into a fire. Punishment for unbelief is hell but for an educated person, who is
familiar with Allah’s creative power and that he is lord and owner, to adopt
unbelief is no less than hell itself. This distinction requires careful
thinking
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