Submitted by : qalamuddin on Strugle

It’s a modern world

It’s a modern world
All twists and twirls
Intermingling the truth and falsehood
Stealing – ala Robin Hood

The truth is questioned
Complicating the notion
Resulting in confusion
That is the fusion!

Which is fact, which is fiction?
Creating the friction
Increasing the tension
Muslim is the attention

We are confused
Played by other thus becoming obtuse
‘Its alright if you don’t pray’
As long you heart is not strayed!

This notion is dangerous
It will lead to you being treacherous
If you are not conscious
You will become obnoxious

Or another – It’s not the way you dress
As the modernists stress
As long as your heart is kind and good
It’s alright if you abandon the hijab – a protective hood*

Yes, we often hear this
There is something amiss
A Muslim A Modernist
The value of a humanist!

Islamic values become secondary
Muslims in a quandary
When our own values we question
Is that the option?

We are strayed most ample
Till we grapple
As we take others as sample
But we miss our own Islamic example**

In Islam the Truth stands clear***
The values it steers
Will lead to a happy hereafter
This is a Muslim endeavour****

Penned by Qalamuddin Dated: 3/11/2010

* Al-Quran 33:59 “ O prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

** Al-Quran 33:21 “Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern of (conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the praise of Allah.”

*** It is mentioned in a Hadith that Rasûlullâh sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: "The halâl is clear and the harâm is clear. In-between these two, there are many doubtful things. The person who abstains from these doubtful things has in fact safeguarded his Dîn and his honour. As for the one who consumes the doubtful things, he will soon consume that which is harâm. Similar to the shepherd who grazes his flock around the sanctuary of a king. It is highly possible that he will very soon fall into that sanctuary. Beware, every king has a sanctuary, and the sanctuary of Allah is all those things which He has made harâm. Behold, there is a piece of flesh in the body, if it is sound, the entire body will be sound. But if it is unsound, the entire body will be unsound. Behold, it is the heart."

Abu Hurairah reported that the messenger of Allah said: Verily Allah is pure. He does not accept but what is pure …..Then he mentioned about a man disheveled in hair and laden with dust, making his journey long and extending his hands towards heaven: O Lord! O Lord! while his food was unlawful, his drink unlawful, his dress unlawful and he was nourished with unlawful things. How he can be responded for that? (Muslim)

**** It is mentioned in a Hadîth that Rasûlullâh sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: "There isn't anything which will take you near to jannah and keep you away from jahannam except that I have ordered you to do it. And there isn't anything which will distance you from jannah and take you closer to jahannam except that I have prohibited you from doing it. Jibra’îl has informed me that no person will die until his sustenance has been completed for him even though he may receive it late. Fear Allah and try to restrict yourself in seeking your sustenance. Don't ever allow a delay in receiving your sustenance from seeking something through the disobedience of Allah. This is because it is the grand status of Allah that nothing can be attained from Him through disobedience, irrespective of whether it be your sustenance or anything else."