By
Arman Neyazi, New Age Islam
15 May 2021
Our
Selfless Fight To Save The World Of Its Danger Of The Century By Asking Allah,
The Ash-Shaafee For Cure And Sympathy Will Heal Us Of All Our Wounds
Main
Points:
1. Kindness
Begets Kindness.
2. Human Beings
Must Forget Their Differences
3. We Need
Selfless Fight Against Covid-19 To Save The World Of Its Danger Of The Century.
4. News reports
from around the world are soothing and reassuring that humanity is at work
against the pandemic.
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Kindness
Begets Kindness
Need of the
hour is extending our helping hand towards our brethren and making them feel
wanted by one and all. The ravaging Covid-19 has left many kids and
septuagenarians without anyone to look after them. Human beings are looking
towards human beings for the show of brotherhood asking them to bring their
humane qualities, that all of us have as an ingrained and inborn trait, to the
fore and make this unfortunate incident turn into a reward for them in this
world and the life hereafter. We, all worship our creator and our Creator loves
them and has special rewards for those who love His creation. There have been
innumerable occasions where we have noticed even wild animals helping other
animals, that they used to feed upon, in their time of need. We are human
beings, the best of creation, ‘Ashraful Makhluqat’, therefore we must prove
that and come out of all other religious, caste and creed considerations and
help each other recover their miseries.
We know that "kindness begets kindness". Consider the
following beautiful Hadees in this regard:
It is mercy which Allah has lodged in the heart
of His slaves, and Allah is Merciful only to those of His slaves who are
merciful (to others). Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1284
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Let Us
Forget Our Differences
We are born
with difference ingrained in our personalities and it is from Allah, the Most
Merciful as He says:
....and made you into races and tribes, so that
you may identify one another. (Surah Al-Hujurat- 13) — Mufti Taqi Usmani
It is
Allah’s wisdom that He created made us into races and tribes but the human
being has always been commanded to respect the brotherhood and the differences
among us. This is one of the most appropriate time to forget our differences
and unite against the difficult days we are facing. We will have enough time,
‘Insha’Allah’ to talk, to discuss our various religions and decide who among us
is right or who is wrong but before that, we have to pray for humanity to be
cured and act to save humanity first.
Selfless
Fight To Save The World Of Its Danger Of The Century
Our
selfless fight to save the world of its danger of the century by asking Allah,
the Ash-Shaafee for cure and sympathy will heal us of all our wounds. We should
take all kinds of precautions like medical treatment and have faith in Allah,
the Ash-Shafi (The Healer) for the cure of our illness. Allah, the All-knower
is very well aware of the pain and grief His creation is facing today and
promises respite and rewards in the world and hereafter to them for their
resolve of patience during the time of adversity. The Holy Quran says:
Surely We will test you with a bit of fear and
hunger, and loss in wealth and lives and fruits, and give good tidings to the
patient. (Surah
Al-Baqarah - 155) — Mufti Taqi Usmani
... who, when calamity befalls them, say,
"Verily, unto God do we belong and, verily, unto Him we shall
return." (Ayah
al-Baqarah:156) - Muhammad Asad
Consider
the following Ahadees that establish the norm that there is no illness without
cure and no matter how serious or as harmless as pricking of a thorn it is, it
expiates the sufferers' sin and there is a cure of every kind of disease:
No tiredness, exhaustion, worry, grief,
distress or harm befalls a believer in this world, not even a thorn that pricks
him, but Allah expiates some of his sins thereby. (Sahih Al-Bukhari)
Allah has sent down the disease and the cure
and has made every disease the cure.
(Sunan Abi Daoud)
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Read: Islamic Approach Towards Right To Life And Its Applicability In The
Times Of Covid-19 Pandemic
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Pains
and the Sufferings of the Prophets of Allah and
His Chosen Servants And Their Cure
Various
tribes and communities and so much so that even Prophets and His The chosen
servants have been put to test by Allah, the Most Merciful as He says in the
Holy Quran in Surah Al-Baqarah, ‘Surely We will test you with a bit of fear and
hunger, and loss in wealth and lives and fruits. In the end, all those who did
not lose their faith in God and patience were cured and will be rewarded in
their lives hereafter. We must have patience in His graciousness, kindness and
being Ash-Shaafee. Consider the following Ayat and have faith in God that the world
will be cured of the illness brought by the devastating Covid-19, as And
none is like Him. (Surah Al-Ikhlas - 4) - Muhammed Ali.
The world
will also get respite from the present dangerous situation as Prophet Ibrahim
(AS), got a respite from his adversities. For them the Holy Quran has the
following Ayaat:
“…Who
created me, and He [it is who] guides me. And it is He who feeds me and gives
me drink; and when I am ill, it is He who cures me; and who will cause me to
die and then bring me to life; and who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on
the Day of Judgment.”
(Quran 26:78-85).
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Read: Overcome the Fear of Pandemic, Feeling of Helplessness and Depression
- The Islamic Way
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The human
being must rest assure that the graciousness, the mercy and the kindness of
Allah, the Almighty will, Alhamdulillah, cure us of the illness Covid-19 has
brought, as the Holy Quran says in the above mentioned Ayat, ‘and when I am
ill, it is He who cures me;’.
The news
reports from around the world are soothing and reassuring that humanity is at
work as all the noble souls among us are contributing towards the cure of the
ailment of the human being around the world irrespective of the religion,
region, caste and creed, and colour of our skin.
May Allah,
the Most Merciful and the Ash-Shaafee bless the world with cure from the
sufferings we are in today, tomorrow and always. Ameen
And
Allah knows the best.
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Arman
Neyazi is a columnist with NewAgeIslam.com.
URL: https://www.newageislam.com/islam-spiritualism/covid-19-ash-shaafee-cure-quran/d/124829
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