Keeping a Jealous Eye on Honors
- Categories: Asceticism and Heart Softening -
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
All praise be to Allah alone,
and peace and blessings of Allah be upon him after whom there is no
other prophet.
Defeats of nations and
setbacks of people are not due to weakness of its financial power
or to its lack of military equipments, if a man figures it out on
that way, he is then suffering from immature thinking and poor
insight. Verily, nations are not developed -by the will of Allah-
but by the guarantees of the solid morals of the demeanors of men.
Rather, the messages of Allah have not been revealed but with
morals and the completion of these morals, after bearing witness of
the oneness of Allah and worshipping Him. "I have been sent to
complement the best of morals". [Authenticated by
Al-Albani]
An enemy stands helplessly
before good morals and people of lustrous desires fall down by
them.
When a society has a strict
system of morals, a disciplined set of behaviors, if its people
keep a jealous eye on the honor of the nation and of individuals
therein, and if pleasing Allah is redeemed superior to its
overwhelming lustrous desires, then its path is straightened in the
way of truth, perseverance, elevation and reform.
*
Morals, dear brothers, are not
something that can be gained by reading and writing, neither by
preaching or giving speeches. It is rather a rank; but ranks which
cannot be obtained -after the success of Allah and His mercy- but
by education and decorum, solidness and decisiveness, will power
and determination.
*O virtuous
brother: In your hands,
in this flyer there is a report that contains an accurate measure
of the measures of morals, a clear criterion of adjusting
behaviors.
It is the report about
jealousy. Jealousy O dear brother, may Allah preserve you.
Jealousy… Jealousy over honors and protecting the sanctuary of the
inviolable.
*O jealous
man, every wise man, but rather every virtuous chivalrous
man cannot accept but that his honor is worthy of praise and
glorification. He insistently seeks more and more to preserve his
honor as a conserved sanctity where no backbiters graze and no
licentious wander.
*
The man with noble honor
spends all precious and dear to defend his honor. Verily a brave
and chivalrous man offers his wealth to silence the tongues which
speak badly or obscenely about his honor. Verily indeed, a
chivalrous protects his honor with his money, as Allah will never
bless the money which is not spent on protecting
honors.
The matter is not only
confined to this, the jealous man sacrifices his life, does his
best, exposes himself to deathly arrows when he is attacked by an
insult tarnishing his dignity. It is easier for noble men to
experience body injuries and bloodshed so that minds become safer
and honors are preserved. Your religion has reached the peak
concerning this matter when your Prophet Muhammad, peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him, has stated that: "Whoever is killed
while protecting his honor then he is a martyr." [Authenticated by
Al-Albani]
*Dear brother,
may Allah protect you, by
saving its honor and dignity, the purity of religion and the beauty
of humanity are shown clearly. But with desecrating and humiliating
it, man descends to the lowest rank of animals`
bestiality.
*
Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him,
said: (when jealousy departs from the heart, love is made to
depart; rather the entire religion is made to depart.)
The companions of the
Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, have
been the most jealous men for their honors. It was narrated that
the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
has said one day to his companions: "If any one of you enters upon
his family and finds something that made him suspicious (about his
honor), he should ask for the testimony of four people", Sa'd ibn
'Ubada stood up and was affected by that and said: O Messenger of
Allah, do I enter upon my family and see what makes me suspicious
about my honor and then wait till I have four persons to witness
it?! No, by He Who has sent you with the truth!! If I see something
suspicious in my family (about my honor), I will cut the head to be
separated from the body, and I will beat with the sword with no
tolerance, and after that let Allah acts in any way He wishes with
me. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has
said: "Do you wonder about the jealousy of Sa'd!! by Allah I am
more jealous than him, and Allah is more jealous than me, and for
the sake of His jealousy, He has indeed forbidden Al-Fawâhish
(great evil sins, every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse)
whether committed openly or secretly…" [This Hadith and its origin
are in Bukhari and Muslim authentic books of Hadith.]
Whoever is deprived of
jealousy is deprived of the purity of life, and whoever is deprived
of the purity of life then he is degraded to be lower than a beast
of cattle. Only honorable men and women are praised for their
feeling of jealousy.
Pure life needs the will of
determination of the righteous, but the life of prostitution is
easily steeped and collapsed. And therefore, Paradise is being
surrounded by undesirable things and hell is being surrounded by
lustrous desires.
*
My Muslim brother: Verily, regret,
all regret and sorrow, all sorrow upon that which the civility of
this age has brought of the violent slaughter of honor and
loathsome burying alive of jealousy... Outrageous details of
adultery are presented through many means of mass media. It is
rather that we see a man and a woman committing illegal sexual
intercourse with its motives and erotic drives, they are seen
embracing vice; uncovered from the eyes of the audience and the
onlookers. The situation has altered for many people, for
individuals and families as well; till the degraded and the vile
have become the example and the role models to be followed. Their
thoughts, behavior and conduct have become the medal of pride, and
an epitome of manhood. O there is neither might nor power but with
Allah.
Imagine -may Allah protect and
preserve you- a malicious and a malevolent standing by the middle
of the road committing adultery openly as the beasts of donkeys and
pigs do -may Allah raise your position and purify your
hearings.
Have souls been dried out of
jealousy? Have they let shyness go? Has their radiance been
extinguished? Are people having cuckolds within? Are there among
them those who approve of immorality among their
families?
The jealous man does not know
to whom he can speak to!! Should he speak to the adulterers and
prostitutes? Or where are the nobles and the chaste?
It is a shameless declaration
of adultery and a boastful extravagance of impudence.
Evil songs, vicious films,
scandalous soirees, licentious stories, dissolute clothes, erotic
expressions and rakish movements: they are either audible, readable
or watched in shameless ways and situations in many countries and
regions except for those that Allah has mercy upon. They are
present on beaches and parks and in market places and roads. There
is no might or power but with Allah, and Allah (Alone) is
Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs (for
us).
Allah (Alone) is Sufficient
for us of the people who receive vice cheerfully, they wish if the
whole generation is brought up within the mire of viciousness, and
Allah (Alone) is Sufficient for us of those groups who wish that
straight nature and high chastity are buried under the
dust.
*
What is this affliction? How
can men of chivalry and women of chastity accept for themselves,
their children and their sons this devastating scum of innovations
of live broadcast and wide satellite channels?
Where has shyness gone? And
where has the chivalry been lost? And where is jealousy in the
houses that have prepared the environment of temptation for the
youth and have dragged them deeply to the swamps of deterioration,
and brought about inducers of vice which prompt them strongly to
sin and induce them mightily to adultery?
A noble woman had seen
alcoholic drinks, and then she asked: Do your women drink this?
They replied: yes. She said: by the Lord of the Ka'ba, they have
committed adultery.
*O dear
brothers, the path of
safety for those who want safety after believing in Allah, His
mercy and His protection is a thing that emerges from the house and
the environment. There are two environments: one that produces
humility and the other that produces sublimity. Some homes are
shaded by chastity and decency; others are full of indecency and
evil. Chivalry is not protected and honor is not saved but when the
young man and the young woman live in a decent home preserved by
the Islamic instructions, morals of the Qur'an and abiding by
modesty and chastity. A home where sexual motives and instruments
of evil vanish, a home which is purified of the forbidden
intermingling.
*Jealousy, jealousy,
O Muslims, the in-laws
of the wife are death itself, and be cautious about drivers,
servants, family friends, sons of neighbors, not to mention
suspicious doctors, dubious nurses. Be careful of being alone with
merchants and teachers at home. Beware that these people or the
like take a glimpse of the forbidden parts of women; this is the
intermingling where there is no available remedy for ethic-free
homes.
Have you contemplated -may
Allah grant you success- the reason why chaste women are described
as inattentive?
'Inattentive' is a mild and
kind description which embodies the innocent society and the pure
home in which girls are brought up as pure flowers who are ignorant
of evil, they are inattentive to the tarnished raffish
natures.
If this is the case, then
contemplate also how vicious pens and degenerate movies cooperate
to tear apart this veil of chastity, then they compete and race in
explaining vice, uncovering secrets, disgracing hidden things and
opening the eyes of children before the grownups; and evil indeed
are the burdens that they will bear!!
*Dear Muslim brother,
Dear Muslim sister: jealousy… jealousy. If you do not
feel jealous, be sure that your Lord is jealous and that there is
no one more jealous than Allah; and for that He has forbidden
Al-Fawâhish (great evil sins, every kind of unlawful sexual
intercourse).
*O Nation of
Muhammad, there is no
one more jealous than Allah when His slaves, men or women commit
adultery. Indeed Allah Almighty respites, but never forgets. If the
ordinances of Allah are wasted, then how household cheatings,
homosexuality, rapes, murders and assaults could be denounced? If
the ordinances of Allah are wasted, society will burst with evil
motives, it will be full of selfishness stimuli, and it will breed
feelings of envy and hatred, and thus only a few will survive the
corruption, the chaos and the bloodshed: {Would you then, if you
were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your
ties of kinship? (22) Such are they whom Allah has cursed, so that
He has made them deaf and blinded their sight. (23) Do they not
then think deeply in the Quran, or are their hearts locked up (from
understanding it)?}. [Muhammad 47:22-24].
Transliteration:
Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum
an tufsidoo fee alardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum
(22) Olaika allatheena laAAanahumu Allahu
faasammahum waaAAma absarahum (23)
Afalayatadabbaroona alqurana am AAala quloobin
aqfaluha
*O people with
jealous hearts: How
many forts of virtue there are to which proud people resort to feel
safe, thus they have become of the well-doers, and how many victims
there are that vice has that it led them to disasters and perils so
they have become losers.
Chastity and safety lie in the
shades of virtue, but shame and humility lie in the shade of vice.
The man has the upper hand in the family, and if he is weak, people
will be spoiled, if they are spoiled, they would lose virtue and
chastity, they would trade in honors, and they would become like
water in a wilderness where every dog puts its tongue into and
which is disturbed by every comer.
A young man came to the Prophet, peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him, and said: O Apostle of Allah,
give me permission to commit adultery, so people came to him and
started to chide him. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him, made him sit closer to him and said: "would
you accept it for your mother? He said: no, may Allah make me
sacrifice myself for your sake, the Messenger of Allah, peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him, has said: people would neither
accept it for their mothers. He has said: would you accept it for
your daughter? He said: no. He said: people would neither accept it
for their daughters" the Prophet kept asking the young man if he
would accept it for his sister, for his maternal aunt, for his
parental aunt, all that and the young man answers with no by Allah,
may Allah make me sacrifice myself for your sake. So the Prophet,
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has put his hand on him
and has said: "O Allah forgive him, purify his heart and guard his
chastity". After that the young man never looked around for any
adulterous thing. [Reported by Imam Ahmed from the Hadith of Abu
Umama, may Allah be pleased with him, Authenticated by
Al-Albani].
*O jealous men and
women, this is the
jealousy and this is the status of many people. Is it not the time
for Muslims to think again and fear their Lord, to be aware of
their responsibilities: boys and girls, men and women? May Allah
bestow success upon all to what He loves and to what pleases Him.
May Allah reform our condition and gather the word of Muslims on
the right way. May He guide us to the truth and the straight
path.
His Eminence
Sheikh: Dr Saleh Ibn Abdullah Ibn Hamid
Imam and
speaker at the Holly Mosque
Translated by Wathakker Website
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