PIETY IS GOOD BEHAVIOR TO OTHERS & NOT APPARENT WORSHIPPING Sheikh “Muhammad Abduh”(1849-1905) the grand Egyptian & most Islamic countries official edict/Mufti in his time wrote that as per Quran , the context & aim of the Islamic religion is not the apparent worship practices of praying or fastening , but the gist & aim of the religion is the welfare & happiness of mankind in the here life & after life . Thus the pious people are not defined pious unless they treat the people in good manner & work for the interest & good of the society , otherwise they are not pious . Quran states لَّيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّـهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَالسَّائِلِينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُوا ۖ وَالصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَحِينَ الْبَأْسِ ۗ أُولَـٰئِكَ -الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا ۖ وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ2-177 Translation is “Piety or Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west(for praying) , but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous”----- We see from the verse that ALLAH has defined piety or righteousness in the belief of what should be believed in that is ALLAH , then spending money in the right place then in praying , then mentioned money spending once more in form of Zakat , after that mentioned the fulfillment of promises & patience in poverty & sickness & hardships & during battle, & those are the truthful in their piety , which means that piety is not piety unless it included all the preceded . Quran لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِن شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّـهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ3-92 Translation is “Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.”------ We see from the verse that the person is not counted pious until the people have a share of his wealth , so those who are doing a lot of praying & fastening & apparent worshipping practices but causing harm to people & creatures are not to be counted at all as pious but are counted to be obscene & not moral & violators to the Allah commands & boundaries . Quran states 107-7 فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ﴿٤﴾ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ ﴿٥﴾ الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاءُونَ ﴿٦﴾ وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ Translation is “So woe to those who pray who are heedless of their prayer those who make show [of their deeds] and withhold assistance or help to others”-------- There is a hadith that I see it -in my opinion-as one of the few true hadith because it complies with Quran. It says that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) stated “الدين المعاملة’ translation is the Religion is the behavior i.e. if u have good religion then u behave good to others .. THE CONCLUSION IS THAT WHAT REALLY DISTINGUISHES THE TRUE BELIEVERS FROM THOSE NON TRUTHFUL LYING BELIEVERS IS THAT THE TRUE BELIEVERS ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR JUSTICE , MERCIFULNESS & BEING GOOD & SERVING & HELPFUL BY ALL MEANS TO THE PEOPLE & SOCIETY Lastly I invite you to kindly like & share my newly born page https://facebook/sheikh.muhammad.abduh About Muhammad Abduh , plz go to arabnews/node/341054 & britannica/EBchecked/topic/892/Muhammad-Abduh
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:42:46 +0000
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