Hypocrisy and Abuse of Huqooq ul Ibad Is Suppression of Freedom and Rights Bestowed by God to Humankind, Indeed All of God's Creation
By
Arman Neyazi, New Age Islam
14 August
2021
Hypocritical
Mentality of Ours Has Transformed Us into Mechanically Controlled Hypocrites
Main
Points;
1. Allah the
Most Gracious has created a human being with a sense of freedom in his
personality trait.
2. It was all
beautiful and brotherly with no love lost among the people and the nations till
the advent of the 21st century.
3. Life is not
a 100 meters race but it is a test of our spiritual essence of brotherhood and
divine attributes.
4. May this
Independence Day celebration bring in us the understanding of the values of
Huqooq ul Ibad (other’s rights on us).
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Humankind’s
Turn to Hypocrisy
The world
at the moment has horrendous problems that are threatening to take humanity on
the verge of no return. The human being
is unable to understand how did this happen because it was all beautiful and
brotherly with no love lost among the people and the nations till the advent of
the 21st century. The twenty-first century brought a storm of scientific
inventions the most prominent among them being the invention of the internet.
Internet and information technology transformed the world into a village and
the residents of this village engaged themselves in a race of materialistic
supremacism.
This
21st-century materialistic race took a form of a 100 meters race in which no
competitor has time to take even a breath in a quest of reaching the mark of
glory. We, the human being forgot that life is not a 100 meters race but it is
a test of our spiritual essence of brotherhood and divine attributes. This
mentality of ours has transformed us into a mechanically controlled hypocrite.
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God's
Ingrained Sense of Freedom
Allah the
Most Gracious has created a human being with a sense of freedom in his
personality trait. Human beings love the freedom of speech, information,
thoughts and the acquisition of worldly possessions. This inborn freedom
bestowed upon them has been snatched from them with the advent of a
hypocritical mentality that has turned the sense of Huqooq ul Ibad into a
scratch.
Allah, the
Almighty has granted to a human being the right to live the way he desires. To
make this freedom a surety, the Holy Books have been revealed with all the
needed rules and regulations formulated by Allah, the All-Knower who knows all
the ins and outs of the worldly life from its inception to the end.
Humankind,
ingrained with the essence of independence and freedom and a constitution to
follow, has been bestowed upon with wisdom and intellect to understand and
follow the instructions for his betterment in his life hereafter. One who does
not obey the rules and regulations formulated by divinity neither does accept
his guilt nor asks for His forgiveness, is subjected to punishment by Him on
the Day of Judgment? The importance of freedom, the punishment of hypocrisy and
the abuse of Huqooq ul Ibad have all been time and again revealed in the Holy
Quran for the human being to use his wisdom and tread the righteous path shown
by Allah, the Most Gracious.
Ayat of
the Holy Quran Describing and Denouncing the Hypocrites
And when
it is said to them, “Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger,” you
see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion. - (4:88)
Give
tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a painful punishment - (4:140)
And when
it is said to them: "Do not make damage in the universe", they
answer: "We indeed make repairs." Remember, in fact, they are the
people who make damage, but they are not aware. - (Al- Baqarah: 11-12)
Surely
the hypocrites placed at the lowest level of hell. And you will never get a
helper for them.
- (An-Nisa: 145)
When
hypocrites come to you, they say: "We admitted that you truly are the
Messenger of Allah." And Allah knows that truly you are His Messenger, and
Allah knows that the hypocrites are really liars. They make their vow as a
shield then they block humans from the path of Allah. Surely it is very bad
what they have done.
- (Al Munafiqun: 1-2)
And that
He might make evident those who are hypocrites. For it was said to them, “Come,
fight in the way of Allah or (at least) defend.” They said, “If we had known
(there would be) fighting, we would have followed you.” They were nearer to
disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in
their hearts. And Allah is most Knowing of what they conceal - (4:61)
Prophetic
Tradition Denouncing Hypocrisy
'Abd Allah
ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported the Messenger of Allah as saying: Four
characteristics constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer hypocrite
(Munafiq), and anyone who possesses one of them possesses characteristics of
hypocrisy till he abandons it:
When he
talks he lies,
When he
makes a promise he violates it,
When he
makes a covenant he acts treacherously, and
When he
quarrels, he deviates from the Truth. -
(Sunan Abu Dawud 4688: Book 42, Hadith 93)
Narrated
Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The signs of a Munafiq are three:
Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie.
Whenever he
promises, he always breaks it (his promise).
If you
trust him, he proves to be dishonest. (If you keep something as a trust with
him, he will not return it.)" Another narration adds the words: "Even
if he observes Saum (fasts), performs Salat (prayer) and claims to be a
Muslim." - (Sahih al-Bukhari)
Narrated
Abdullah ibn Umar: Allah's Messenger said, "A believer eats in one
intestine (is satisfied with a little food), and a Kafir (unbeliever) or a
Munafiq eats in seven intestines (eats too much). (Sahih al-Bukhari)
It was
narrated from Ibn 'Umar that: The Messenger of Allah said: "The parable of
the Munafiq is that of a sheep that hesitates between two flocks, sometimes
following one, and sometimes following another, not knowing which to follow."
- (Sunan an-Nasa'i)
Hypocrisy
Killed Huqooq ul Ibad
Hypocrites
are those who live for themselves unmindful of the people around them. They
lose every sense of community or family relationships. They do not understand
they have some responsibilities towards the society that is responsible for
their upbringing. They tear apart the string that binds human relationships.
They are the hypocrites who promise the sky before reaching their goals and
forget the rights others have on them.
Abuse of
Huqooq ul Ibad is one of the most heinous abuse of freedom of human rights in
front of God. Every creation of God, the birds, the animals, the plants or any
other being in the environment has a sense of freedom ingrained in its soul
that should be respected at all cost.
We need to
have freedom from hypocrisy and hypocrites and bring Huqooq ul Ibad into the
lives of all those who have forgotten their Creator and that they have to
return to Him. Freedom from hypocrisy and resultantly from the negativities
spread in the environment will create a sense of spiritual ethics of pluralism
and compassion.
My Good
Wishes to my countrymen, wherever they are, on the 75th Independence Day with
the hope of maintaining our Idea of India that is Unity in Diversity. May this
Independence Day celebration bring in us the understanding of the values of
Huqooq ul Ibad (other’s rights on us).
And
Allah Knows the Best.
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Arman
Neyazi is a columnist with NewAgeIslam.com.
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