Deen & Responsibilities

I want to share with you today some words, of Mumtaz ul Fuqaha, Huzoor Muhad’dith e Kabeer Hazrat Allama Zia ul Mustafa Qaadiri Amjadi (Allah protect him), and thereafter I wish to ask some questions, first to myself and then to you.

The Shaykh says, Almighty Allah has made the Deen very simple. However, within these simplicities, there are certain hidden responsibilities. Now, examine these responsibilities, and after doing so, explain to me what is difficult and what is simple. Almighty Allah has set out our responsibilities based on the different levels of our strengths and all these responsibilities are within us in different levels. Allah has blessed us with the power of thought (rationalization) which is regarded as one of our inner strengths. It is on the basis of the ability and power, that our fundamental action is our Imaan. This (to bring Imaan) is our basic and fundamental responsibility and our second duty is to acknowledge it and to practice. Thereafter, the branches of Imaan and Islam are numerous amongst which is to love the people for Allah and to make enemies for the sake of Allah. It should also be remembered that whatever duty one performs for Allah should be done with utmost sincerity, and whenever you notice that you are becoming engrossed or trapped in that which causes you to become a victim of your desire (nafs), then you should abstain from such thoughts. All other things related to the faculty of thought, fall within the same category.

Now, after looking at these words of the Great Muhad’dith, let’s ponder upon our lives, and see how much we really put these faculties which Allah has blessed us with, to real use!

How much sincerity do we really have in all which we do? How often are we caught and trapped by our Nafs? Let’s ask ourselves this question on a daily basis, ‘What is the level of my Imaan? And am I a victim of my desires, or am I an obedient servant of Allah?’

sag e Mufti e Azam

Muhammad Afthab Cassim Qaadiri Razvi Noori

Imam Mustafa Raza Research Centre

Durban, South Africa