Dear Readers,
Not to die as
an unbeliever, a believer must correct
his faith in accordance with the
information given by ahl al-sunnah scholars, must avoid from prohibitions, and
must fulfill the orders.
Avoiding from
prohibitions is called as "riyazat", fulfilling the orders is called
as "mudjahada". All of them
are called as servitude to Allah (worship).
# A believer must be between fear and hope
Believer must be between
fear and hope. If a believer have fear of Allah is understood from if he performs riyazat, and if he pins hope on Allah is understood
by if he performs Mudjahada.
But it should be remembered that all practice
of religion we have been performing for years can not correspond to even
benefaction of vision for only one hour
or breathing for a few minutes
granted us by Allah. That’s
why, a believer mustn't trust
his worship by a thought “I perform practice of religion permanently, all these practices
of religion are sufficient for me” and he must attempt to
gain his Creator’s consent with a full resignation.
Allah is the
creator of all realms. He has a full competence and
possession on its creatures. Allah is sole sultan and lord of all realms.
He has the power of perform, create or destroy whatever he wants, at any time.
Absolute sovereignty belongs to him. Nobody can call Him to account for
anything. But He can call everybody to account at any time. For this reason, nobody can be assure from torment of Allah.
It is ordered in a Qur’an verse that:
"For their Lord's punishment is
not a thing to feel secure from;" [Maarij, 28]
# It is
needed to have fear of Allah as
required
It is
required to avoid of expressions and behaviors exceeding the border of decency
in His religion (correct living rules set by Allah), which is a divine mercy
for us, and we should have fear of Allah as required. It is ordered in the
verses from the Qur’an that:
"Fear Allah as He
should be feared." [Al-i Imran, 102]
"so fear Allah, O ye
that understand; that (so) ye may prosper," [Maida, 100]
"Verily We have
directed the People of the Book before you, and you (O Muslims) to fear Allah." [Nisaa, 131]
"And fear Allah, and
know that Allah is strict in punishment." [Baqara, 196]
Rasulullah
(s.a.w.) ordered that:
"If you had known what I knew you would
laugh less, but you would cry more." [Bukhari]
# Believer doesn’t fall into despair from mercy of Allah
A believer shouldn't fall into despair
from mercy of Allah, considering his sins and his rudeness. Our Rab is fair, He
doesn’t persecute any one, and has endless
mercy. It is ordered in a Qur’an verse that:
"O my Servants who
have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for
Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
[Zumar, 53]
It is also ordered
in a hadith qudsi that:
"Even if my servant's sins are
so much that they could extend to the
heavens; but asks me for forgiveness, unless he falls in despair, I forgive him."
[Tirmidhi]
No matter
which the human is a believer or a atheist, cruel or a wild sinner, slave of
his self’s desires, must always take shelter of his Rab by repenting. The Creator
is vast merciful. Moreover, there is no
shelter for the human other than the Creator. No matter how long he lives, he returns
to his Lord. He mustn't wait for parting breath for repent.
# Repent is the door of salvation for a believer
Repent is the
door of salvation for a believer. It is ordered in the verses from the Qur’an
that:
"Seek
ye the forgiveness of your Lord and turn to Him in repentance; that He may
grant you enjoyment good (and true) for a term appointed and bestow His
abounding grace on all who abound in merit!" [Hud, 3]
"If any one does
evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks Allah's forgiveness, he will
find Allah Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." [Nisaa, 110]
Dear readers,
Restating
briefly, as a believer mustn't feel himself in safety on
the wrath of God, he shouldn’t fall in despair on Allah’s mercy. If he
feels between fear and hope, Allah makes him feel sure in safety about things
that he fears, and ensures him to acquire his hopes.
It is ordered
in the hadith that:
"If a believer feels between havf and reca (fear and hope), Allah dedicates
his hopes to him and makes him feel sure in safety about things he fears."
[Tirmidhi]
We hope that
our Lord makes us feel sure not dying as an unbeliever, makes us feel sure in
safety about things we fear, and dedicates our hopes.
# We mustn't do injustice and keep away from cruelness
Dear readers,
one of the things causing to die as an
unbeliever is cruelness.
For the purpose of explaining the cruelness, justice and beneficence, I want to give a simple sample. Suppose that
you and I bought a bread revealing equal amount of money. If I divide this bread into two equals part and
take half of it to myself and give you half of it, it means that I act in "justice"
to you. If I don’t divide the bread equally
and I take the bigger one and give you the smaller one, it means that I "behave cruelly" to
you. On the contrary, if I take
the smaller one and give you the bigger one, it means that I "vouchsafe” to you.
This is very
simple example, but it is a very good example making us to understand cruelty,
justice and beneficence very easily.
As seen from
this example, to do injustice by deforcing rights of others is
"cruelty", to act fairly protecting rights of others is
"justice", to give your own right to other people is "beneficence".
# Those behaving cruelty are disappointed
Allah has
forbidden behaving cruelty, and ordered to act with justice and beneficence. It is ordered in the verses from the Qur’an
that:
Relating to
cruelty and cruels;
"Allah guides not
those who do wrong." [Tauba, 19]
"Eternal: hopeless
indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back)." [Taha, 111]
"The blame is only
against those who oppress men with wrong-doing and insolently transgress beyond
bounds through the land, defying right and justice: for such there will be a
chastisement grievous." [Shura, 42]
"The recompense for
an injury is an injury equal thereto (in degree): but if a person forgives and
makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah: for (Allah) loveth not
those who do wrong." [Shura, 40]
"O ye who believe! Eat not up your
property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you traffic and
trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah
hath been to you Most Merciful! If any do that in rancor and injustice, soon shall We cast them into the Fire:" [Nisaa, 29-30]
# Justice is closer to godliness
Regarding
Justice;
"O ye who believe!
stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the
hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be
just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah. For Allah is well-acquainted with
all that ye do." [Maida, 8]
"Allah forbids you
not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out
of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those
who are just." [Mumtahana, 8]
"Allah commands
justice, the doing of good, and given to kith and kin, and He forbids all
indecent deeds, and evil and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive
admonition." [Nahl, 90]
Regarding beneficence;
“for the Mercy of
Allah is (always) near to those who do good.” [Araf, 56]
# We mustn't
help cruelty and cruels
It is ordered in the hadiths that:
"Who helps to a cruel, Allah inflicts that
cruel upon him." [Ajluni, Ibn-i Asakir]
"Allah gives somewhat a chance to cruel,
but when Allah grabs him, he can’t escape any more." [Muslim]
Dear
readers; cruelty, justice and beneficence
have such wider meaning that it is concerned with order established by
Allah.
Allah
established the divine order basing on fairness, and established the rules
basing on justice. If you don’t obey these rules established by Allah, and
violate them, it means that you behave cruelly. It is ordered in a Qur’an verse
that:
"Now then hath come
unto you a Clear (Sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then who
could do more wrong than one who rejected Allah's Signs, and turneth away
therefrom?" [Anaam, 157]
# The major cruelty
For this
reason, in the broadest sense, it is the major cruelty done against to the Creator
and creatures to live without taking into account the provisions established by
Allah. Atheists behave cruelly to themselves by rejecting the religion, a mercy
and benefaction of Allah, and also behave cruelly to Allah, by not subjecting
to His provisions. What a bad situation it is. We wish Allah (swt) to convert
them to Islam by His vast mercy.
Dear Readers,
Islamic
scholars informed that due to cruelty and injustice were so bad behaviors, it
was very difficult for them to keep their faith when they breathed their last
breath.
That’s why
you must avoid from injustice and cruelty not to die as an unbeliever when you
breathe your last breath.
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