I always repeat “guide us to the straight path” and as such why wouldn’t I change? Change is the lesson that helps to keep up with the new, to move from the natural and traditional to independence and diligence, to respond to instinct…when all the world is changing from its natural state while the opinions of mankind renew. As the Prophet Mohammad said “Oh my Lord! turn my heart to the proven heart of your religion” he is also the one who said “My Lord guide me to the right path among the disputed ones, with your permission”. Mecca is not a city, the era of the prophets is not the era of the wise Caliphs, Shafei when he was the scholar of Egypt was not the same when he became the scholar of Iraq, Ibn Taimia transformed much in his blessed life, in Sharia (Law) do is before don’t, mercy before severity, enticement before intimidation. I always want to observe myself more than observe others, recognise my own shortcomings before recognising their shortcomings. The sky changes its clouds, the river changes its water, the earth changes its skin, the sun each day has a new horizon, and when I pause when everything is moving it means that I am at a standstill, alone. Five years of seclusion isolated me from the influence of the masses, gave me freedom, moved me from oppression to fulfillment, from reclusiveness to life, moved me to see the bright faces and read the positive side of others. When I got out, I came out to find the ‘sector’ had changed towards violence and it must have been clear that if I were to lead I would break it. Can I follow you and you teach me what was learnt from the wise, but can I follow you on what you have given me? No, no I can’t comprehend it because I have the most precious thing, I have freedom. No one wants to confiscate freedom, not the leaders and not the followers. So I continue on my journey and if I stumble, yes I stumble, and stumble, but I try and get up quickly. I take pride in that my greatest reward is my steadfast and profound faith in Allah, the glorified and almighty, my love and good faith in Him, I place all my worries, pain and suffering in his hands when I pray. I imitated some of the respected Scholars in, for example, banning photography, but allowing it where there was need or necessity, but on the inside I would ask myself how? If the Prophet truly cursed their actions, how could this thing be used as a means of calling to Allah? And it is one of the biggest sins? Now with the changing reality, we don’t find, or almost never find, those that say with the prohibition of photography without having a new discussion about it, but reality is that what imposes it. It takes the courage of the legal scholars to open the gates of acceptance, to open an exchange from which others wait to break their courage. Yes, I changed, because if I say in my forties what I repeated in my twenties that would mean I lost 20 years of my life in vain
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 07:23:24 +0000
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