[WWW FUG-BR] MY ADVICE TO MUSLIMS Dt: 01/9/2007

[S.A.Rehman]

MY ADVICE TO MUSLIMS:

It Is Not Enough To Be Good; One Must Also Show The 
Right Path To Others Who Might Otherwise Do Evil.

Dear Muslims! 

You know that to eliminate all kinds of vices from 
the world and to promote good is the responsibility 
of every Muslim. Allah, the Lord of the universe, 
says: "You are the best Ummah who have been created 
to show the right path to the people. You command for 
doing good and forbid from doing evil, and you have 
faith in Allah" 

The Holy Prophet (SAW) has also said that everyone 
amongst you is a caretaker and is responsible for his 
subordinates on the Day of Judgement. Rulers will be 
answerable for the citizens of their state, every 
family head will be accountable for the members of 
his family and will be asked as to what he did for 
their reformation, education and better life. He will 
be asked as to whether he forbid them from adopting 
the bad ways, and helped them in leading a pious life 
or not. The Holy Quran has called this task as 
"Enjoining (People) To Do Good and Forbidding (Them) 
>From Doing Evil." 

Respected Muslims! The world history reveals that 
until Muslims performed the task of commanding the 
people to do good and barring them from doing evil, 
the pious people remained dominant in those societies 
and there was peace and tranquility and satanic 
forces were subdued. But, when this collective 
responsibility was designated only to clerics, and 
the common Muslims ignored this task, in spite of the 
efforts of the clerics, waywardness spread quickly. 
A wave of offenses, terrorism, tyranny, evils, sins, 
ignorance and anarchy engulfed almost every segment 
of life. Disorder, commotion and chaos were on the 
rise in the world society, wrecking the peace of all 
mankind. 

The Holy Prophet (SAW) has warned of this danger in 
these words: 

"I swear to the Lord Who is the Master of my soul 
(it is your duty that) you must enjoin (the people) 
to do good and forbid (them) from doing evil, 
otherwise, the day is not far when Allah Almighty 
will unleash His wrath on you, and then you will 
pray (for help) to Allah, but your prayers will not 
be answered." (Trimdi) 

The world is facing disaster upon disaster every day 
and people are expecting a major catastrophe. The 
deeds that have been forbidden by God are being 
committed openly. The evils are increasing, while the 
virtues are fading out gradually. Tyranny, oppression 
and carnage are going on, liars and cheats are 
overcoming. Terrorism, bribery, corruption, evil, 
nudity, vulgarity and wickedness have assaulted the 
world. It seems we have reached inferno before the 
Last Day. History tells us that such a situation 
arises when people are being cursed by God. 

It is feared that members of the previous generations 
will be accountable for their individual deeds on the 
Day of Judgment, but present generation will be 
thrown as a whole into hell after a collective 
prosecution, because the nobles of this generation 
remained as silent spectators instead of restraining 
the wrongdoers / terrorists from committing cruelty, 
sins and misdeeds. 

The Divine punishment to an ancient civilization 
seconds this fear. There were three groups during 
that period. One was of knaves, the second was of the 
people who did good deeds but did not halt the 
disobedients from transgression. The third group was 
of the people who followed the Divine doctrines as 
well as restrained others from disobeying them. When 
God cursed the nation, the people exempted from this 
torment were those who had been observing the limits 
fixed by their Master and were stopping others from 
wrongdoing as well. 

There is another but similar happening. The residents 
of a town had been engulfed by an ocean of sins. 
However, there was a noble man who was always busy in 
worshipping God, but he did not bother about 
persuading others to give up their bad ways. When God 
ordered the angels to destroy the town, He said: 
" Overturn the town on the person who was anxious to 
save himself from the Divine Punishment, but was not 
endeavoring to save others from it". 

I advise the virtuous people of the world that they 
should not only depend upon their prayers to save 
themselves from the Divine Punishment; rather they 
should lead the Evil Doers and followers of Satan who 
have gone astray, to the right path. They should 
undertake this task against Evil Doers with full 
determination. Only then will their virtues and 
prayers save them from the Divine Punishment.

S.A.Rehman
Peace Activist
PAKISTAN