Saturday, June 20, 2015

The Fast of Body and Soul: Virtuous Living and the Blessings of the Madanī Environment

Fast of hands

Fast of hands is that they only be used for virtuous acts such as touching the Holy Quran in a state of purity and shaking hands with pious people. The Noble Rasūl صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم has said, 'When two persons who love each other for Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ shake hands and recite Ṣalāt on Rasūl their previous sins are forgiven before they leave.' (Musnad Abī Ya'lā, pp. 95, vol. 3, Ḥadīš 2951)

If possible, stroke the head of an orphan affectionately as one will be rewarded for every single hair he strokes (boys and girls are considered orphans as long as they are minors. As soon as they reach puberty, they will no longer remain minors. A boy may reach puberty between the age of 12 and 15 while a girl between the age of 9 and 15).

Beware! Never misuse your hand in oppressing someone, taking bribery, stealing, playing cards, flying kites and shaking hands with women (one should avoid shaking hands even with a young attractive beardless boy in case of lust, but do not hurt him, evade him with proper strategy).

Hamayshah hāth bhalāyī kay wāsiṭay uṭhayn
Bachānā ẓulm-o-sitam say mujhay sadā Yā Rab!
Kahīn kā mujh ko gunāhaun nay ab nahīn chaurā
'Aẓāb-e-nār say bahr-e-Nabī bachā Yā Rab!
Ilāhī aik bhī naykī nahīn hay nāmay mayn
Faqaṭ hay Tayrī hī raḥmat kā āsrā Yā Rab

May my hands always stretch out towards good
Save me from cruelty and oppression, Yā Rab
My sins have ruined me, bringing trouble for me
Save me from Hellfire for Prophet's sake, Yā Rab
Not a single virtue is in my book of deeds, Almighty!
I have pinned all my hopes on Your mercy, Yā Rab

Fast of feet

Fast of feet implies using feet for permissible and good acts such as walking to Masjid or the shrines of saints رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ عَلَيْہِم, visiting scholars and pious people, attending Sunnah-Inspiring Ijtimā', calling people to righteousness, travelling with Madanī Qāfilahs in the company of righteous people and helping the needy. If only we would ever walk towards Makka-tul-Mukarramah زَادَہَا اللہُ شَرَفًا وَتَعْظِيْمًا and Madina-tul-Munawwarah عَلٰی سَاکِنِہَا اَفْضَلُ الصَّلٰوۃِ وَالسَّلَام, Minā, 'Arafāt, Muzdalifah and perform Ṭawāf and Sa'ī. Never misuse feet in walking towards cinemas, bad company, playing or watching chess, ludo, cards, cricket, football, videogames, table football etc. If only we would walk towards Madīnah uttering the word 'Madīnah.'

Rahayn bhalāyī kī rāhawn mayn gāmzan har dam
Karayn na rukh mayray pāon gunāh kā Yā Rab!
Madīnay jāyāln phir jāyāln dobārah phir jāyāln
Isī mayn 'umr guzar jāye Yā Khudā Yā Rab!
Baqī'-e-Pāk mayn madfan naṣīb ho jāye
Barā-e-Ghawš-o-Razā Murshidī Ẓiyā Yā Rab!

May I always tread the path of good
May my feet never turn towards sins, Yā Rab
May I go to Madīnah again and again
And meet my death in Madīnah, Yā Rab
May I be laid to rest in Baqī' Pāk
For the sake of Ghawš, Razā and Ẓiyā, Yā Rab

Dear Islamic brothers! In fact, we can attain the real blessings of fast when we make all of our body-parts fast, otherwise we will not gain anything apart from thirst and hunger as Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالَٰی عَنْہُ has narrated that our Beloved Rasūl صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم has said, 'There are many people who attain nothing but thirst and hunger from their fasts and there are many people who acquire nothing from their Ṣalāh except staying awake.' (Sunan Ibn Mājah, pp. 320, vol. 2, Ḥadīš 1690)

Therefore, those who do not prevent their body parts from committing sins despite fasting, fail to acquire the real spirituality of fast and those who stay awake till late night gossiping, chatting or playing different games, get nothing but the loss of their health and time in addition to causing difficulty for their Hereafter.

Job in Karachi Electric Supply Company

Dear Islamic brothers! If you want to acquire the real spiritual pleasure of fast and develop a Madanī mindset, please join the Madanī environment of Dawat-e-Islami, a global & non-political religious movement of the Quran and Sunnah and travel with Madanī Qāfilahs in the company of the devotees of Rasūl in order to gain knowledge of Sunnah.

سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ! There are great blessings of Sunnah-Inspiring Ijtima’ and Madanī Qāfilahs. A responsible Islamic brother of Orangi Town Bāb-ul-Madīnah, Karachi gave an account in which he mentioned how he joined the Madanī environment and how he found a job due to the blessing of Dawat-e-Islami. He has stated: ‘I began to attend the weekly Ijtima’ of Dawat-e-Islami as a result of the invitation of an Islamic brother in 2003 but I was not regular. I was upset due to unemployment. An Islamic brother persuaded me to join the Madanī Qāfilah course in Faīzān-e-Madīnah, the global Madanī Markaz of Dawat-e-Islami, situated in Bāb-ul-Madīnah, Karachi.

اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ! The company of the devotees of Rasūl greatly influenced me, enabling me to realize the aim of my life. After the completion of the Madanī Qāfilah course, some of my friends informed me about the vacancies announced by K.E.S.C. (Karachi Electric Supply Company). They all had already applied and suggested that I also do so. Even though I was not so hopeful to get a government job due to corruption, nepotism and bribery in our departments, but I also applied for job owing to their insistence. I took a written test, gave an interview and then underwent a medical test.

Surprisingly, I was the only one who succeeded at every stage despite the fact that there were a lot of influential candidates. On the occasion of the final interview, my family insisted that I wear a shirt and trousers but I had given up wearing those types of clothes due to the blessings of the Madanī Qāfilah course so I went in a white Shalwār and Kameez.

When the officer observed my religious appearance he asked me a few religious questions that I answered quite easily because I had learnt them in the Madanī Qāfilah course. اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I got the job without bribery and any one’s intercession. My family was astonished to see the blessings of the Madanī Qāfilah course and the Madanī environment and they developed a liking for Dawat-e-Islami, اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

At present, اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ I am serving Sunnah as a Nigrān in my area, inspiring people to travel with Madanī Qāfilahs and practice Madanī In’āmāt.

Nawkrī chāhīye, āyīye āyīye Qāfilay mayn chalayn, Qāfilay mayn chalo Tangdastī mītay, dūr āfat hatay Laynay ko barakatayn, Qāfilay mayn chalo

If you need a job brother, do not aimlessly wander Come and don’t bother, travel with Madanī Qāfilah To avert deprivation and remove tribulation To gain benediction, travel with Madanī Qāfilah

صَلُّوْا عَلَی الْحَبِیْب صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

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