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Disobedience and its consequences - By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
Disobedience
and its consequences
By Shaykh Ashraf Salah
Dear brothers and sisters in Islam:
To have a happy life, Muslim has to
obey Allah. Obedience of Allah will save him from the hell. In the other hand,
disobedience is dangerous and and will be discreditable in the Day of
Judgement, if not followed by repentance. Allah (SWT) says:
(يا أيها الذين
آمنوا أطيعوا الله ورسوله ولا تولوا عنه وأنتم تسمعون. ولا تكونوا كالذين قالوا
سمعنا وهم لا يسمعون)
"O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn
not away from him while you are hearing. And be not like those who say:
"We have heard," but they hear not." (8:20-21).
Disobedience means to do opposite than
(SWT) Allah wants from us. Good Muslim is aware of effects of disobedience and
he see wickedness of his sin as big as mountain. Thus, if any one does a sin,
he must repent, and resolve not to repeat it. And he should do a lot of good
deeds after sin for Allah (SWT) says:
(إن
الحسنات يذهبن السيئات ذلك ذكرى للذاكرين)
"Verily, the good deeds remove the evil
deeds. That is a reminder for the mindful (and those who accept advice)."
(11:114).
Dear Muslims:
If a man repeats deeds of
disobedience, it has bad influence to him. He will not get means of subsistence
and knowledge because they are gifts from Allah (SWT) which Allah (SWT) doesn't
give to sinners. He will loose respect of the people. Allah (SWT) will not
accept his supplication. Disobedience is as well as cause of disasters and
problems. Disobedience can stop gifts from Allah (SWT). We have to thank Allah
(SWT) for His generosity and not to be ungrateful. Allah says about it:
(وضرب
الله مثلاً قرية كانت آمنة مطمئنة يأيتيها رزقها رغداً من كل مكان فكفرت بأنعم
الله فأذاقها الله لباس الجوع والخوف بما كانوا يصنعون)
"And Allah puts forward the example of a
township, that dwelt secure and well-content: its provision coming to it in abundance
from every place, but it (its people) denied the Favours of Allah (with
ungratefulness). So Allah made it test extreme of hunger and fear, because of
that (evil) which they (its people) used to do." (16:112)
Dear Muslims:
There is no sin had been allowed to overpower a heart
except that it destroyed it. Sin destroys the present bliss and prevents the
coming one. We should then endeavour to examine ourselves and to beware of
fanciful desires, satanic insinuations, and evil ending for every word and glance
of ours is being recorded. We should reprove ourselves on our negligence and
thank Allah (SWT) that He prolongs our life. Hasten, my brother, to sincere
repentance for Allah is happy when His slave repents. Do not postpone your
repentance for whoever does that will not do any good deed. Among Luqmaan’s
admonitions to his son is: ‘O my son, do not delay repentance for death comes
suddenly. Then the prosperous one is he who struggles for his own soul and
prepares for his death before it comes.’
Dear Brothers And Sisters In Islam:
Some scholars
said, ‘Whoever puts his desires under his feet, Satan will be scared of him.’
Therefore make good use of your time, conquer your whims, call yourself to
account, abhor the evil, get prepared for the misfortunes of death and mend
your ways for your departure from this world is near. Whoever reforms the
remaining part of his life will have his past misdeeds forgiven but whoever
continues to sin in what is left of his life will be held responsible for his
former and later sins. Remember,
(يوم تجد كل نفس ما عملت من خير محضرا وما عملت من
سوء تود لو أن بينها وبينه أمدا بعيدا ويحذركم الله نفسه والله رؤوفبالعباد
“the Day when every person will be confronted with all the good
he has done and all the evil he has done, he will wish that there were a great
distance between him and his evil. And Allah warns you against Himself (His
Punishment) and Allah (SWT) is full of kindness to the slaves.” (Aal-‘Imran:
30).
Dear Muslims:
Fear Allah (SWT) and be dutiful to Him and remember
that we will one day leave this world for our everlasting abode which will be
either Paradise or Hell. We should get
ourselves prepared for that day:
(فمن زحزح عن
النار وأدخل الجنة فقد فاز وما الحياة الدنيا إلا متاع الغرور)
“So he who is drawn
away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise
has attained (his desire). And what is the life of this world except the
enjoyment of delusion?" (Aal-‘Imran: 185).
Dear Muslims:
Mans happiness and success lies in his
repentance to his Lord and his steadfastness upon the law of Allah (SWT) and
His religion for the entire duration of his life. It does not lie in being
distracted from working towards his eternal future by the urge to acquire the
beauties of this world. This is the way of the righteous and pious people whom
Allah (SWT) describes as:
(رجال لا تلهيهم تجارة ولا بيع عن ذكر الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة
يخافون يوماً تتقلب فيه القلوب والأبصار)
“Men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts
them from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of
zakaah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will (fearfully) turn
about.” (An-Noor: 37). Those who lived favourable lives will be held
responsible. Allah (SWT) says:
(ثم لتسألن يومئذ عن النعيم)
“Then
on that day, you shall be asked about the delight (you indulged in, in this
world).” (Al-Takathur: 8).
The Prophet
(PBUH) said, “People wake up in the morning; among them are those who are
selling their lives and there are those who are destroying their lives”.
(Muslim).
May Allah (SWT)
make us from those whose main goal in life is to please Him (SWT), bless, guide
and forgive us all. (Ameen).
