in such a wacky world nowadays,as religion is often looked down,separated by men's arrogance from their worldy life affairs,we found it so if not trifle hard to commit to islamic shariah totally.whille some say readily,'islam is my way of life'.this word is a consequence of our iman.proving that we do believe in Allah is a matter between Allah and ourselves alone.noone but Allah alone knows how our iman is..."do men think that they will be left alone on saying,'we believe',and that they will not be tested?
We did test those before them and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who
are false"
(Qs.Al ankabuut:2-3)
people,and they include muslims,think of islam and muslims variously from one to each other.
some are proud to be the muslims and they prove their pride to Allah by committing to islam until they give Allah their everything i.e.energy,mind to think,money,and soul--irrespective of what others think,say or do to them.some others are shy of their real identity as muslims and only take islam partially not totally.
some also think that there is no radicalism,moderation,and liberalism in islam and muslims.but some others believe that this kind of three terminologies of division among muslim do exist.
does it exist?
yes it does exist in the reality of non islamic such as communist and capitalist life system.
but does it exist in the sight of Allah and islam ?
in the Qur'an,hadith,or in the day of judgement,neither Allah will call muslims radical,moderate,and or liberal ones but He only calls them muslims and mu'mins nor ask them if they belong to liberalism,moderation or radicalism.he won't ask them either if they're sunni,shi'a,nahdatul ulama(NU),muhammadiyah,etc
sadly,some of us are nowadays bamboozled with this kind of complicated terminology that made some other innocent ones get mixed up about islam and muslims plus their activities.
it may be true that it's we who made islam seem difficult to understand.while Allah doesn't mean to give us troubles with islam and our brothers in islam.
"He has chosen you and has imposed no difficulties on you in religion"
(Qs al hajj (22):78)
we can neither judge ourselves to be better than others nor judge others to better than us.Allah alone is the best judge of our iman's quality.
proof of faith sounds difficult but Allah brought islam down with no difficulties but as the only solution to mankind's problems in all aspects of life.
all we must do while we live is :
* do amar ma'ruf nahi munkar/dawah both to our family,neighbours,and society including government as a part of this ummah.coz dawah is also an obligation from Allah upon those who call themselves muslims.
* we should think about our self-betterment in the world and the day of judgement.coz Allah loathes those who can only say what to do but they don't do what they say.
don't get bamboozled by finding others' faults and forgetting ours own.but remember that islam also obliges us to remind one each other of the truth through dawah/amar ma'ruf nahi munkar.
proof of faith in Allah may sound difficult but we must be sure that Allah brought islam down with no difficulties but merely as the only solution to our life problems in all aspects of life.islam is always number one and the toppest.but the revival and or decline of this ummah is dependant on the muslims...
so muslims,wake up!
our today's long slumber can be our biggest sin in the hereafter.
may Allah guide us to prove our iman to Him and to be ideal muslims in the world and the day of judgement...
love and fear Allah!
