The Never-Ending Series of Problems for Muslims: A Matter of Concern
By Dr
Yusuf Rampuri
31 December
2022
Translated
into English by Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi, New Age Islam
Reasons Why
Muslims Are Openly Condemned And Characterised As Immoral And Barbaric
Main
Points
1. Muslims
currently have a miserable social life. Some pervasive evils in their society
are what are causing their decline.
2. The division
and chaos among Muslims have shattered the cohesiveness of the whole Muslim
world.
3. Sincere
worship is no longer practised in the Muslim community.
4. Morals are
rapidly declining, while bad temper, poor behaviour, and bad temper are all on
the rise.
5. Why is Muslim
society being openly condemned and characterised as extremely immoral and
barbaric?
6. Everyone in
the Muslim community must be exhorted to lead a simple life in order to promote
equality, balance, and peace among the people
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When we
examine the roles played by Muslims in a variety of sectors of life and hear
and read reports of their failures and tragedies, the only question that arises
in our minds is: What is the sphere in which Muslims have not failed? Where
should they concentrate their efforts to succeed, where should they show
steadfastness, and where should they grow in these circumstances? It is claimed
that problems appear continuously and from all sides, making it difficult to
find a solution. But the opposite is
also true: there must be a solution to the maze of problems, and when it is
attained, the maze will untangle itself.
If the
Muslims are to put an end to the never-ending cycle of problems and repel the
relentless attacks of trouble and failure, they must now discover a clue that
will make everything clear and leave no room for doubt. In general, though, the
discovery and recovery of any aspect of human existence has its place and can
pave the way for success in a variety of other fields. For complete success,
all sectors of life require effort and hard work. From this vantage point, we
can see that sociology is one of the many disciplines and parts of human
existence whose success may be used to forecast the success of other facets of
human existence.
It is
indisputable that Muslims currently have a miserable social life. Some
pervasive evils in their society are what are causing their decline. When it
comes to this, the division and chaos among Muslims have shattered the
cohesiveness of the whole Muslim world. There are groups among Muslims at every
level, regardless of what the issue is—educational, political, economic,
religious, family-related, or rooted in a particular region. The issue is how
to create the way for the success of the Muslims when there are such divisions in
Muslim society.
The
simplicity of social life paints a lovely picture, yet even at this level, the
picture of Muslim civilization is fading in colour. People feel it is important
to display their cherished job or their reputation, which is the scenario of
artificiality and fabrication. Showing off can be found everywhere, from eating
and drinking to large gatherings and celebrations. Various fashions are being
embraced in terms of attire. Muslim men and women dress strangely and
shriveledly in an effort to be attractive. They do not understand the extent to
which Islam's directive to conceal certain organs has been carried out.
Furthermore, sincere worship is no longer practised in the Muslim community.
Looking closely at Muslim society now, one cannot conclude that simplicity is
still present.
Morals are
rapidly declining, while bad temper, poor behaviour, and bad temper are all on
the rise. This is the reason why Muslim society is being openly condemned and
characterised as extremely immoral and barbaric. Even though these facets of
social life are highly significant, there is a lack of education, training,
seriousness, and discipline in the Muslim community. A significant issue among
Muslims is their low level of education, because in any community, the ideal of
seriousness and modesty cannot be realised without education. In terms of
cleanliness, Muslims are well known for having a poor sense of hygiene. Their
communities are squalor-filled and their drains and roads are not clean.
Additionally,
there is no decorum in the homes. That is accurate, right? Although there is no
such thing as impurity or filth in Islam, denying this is equivalent to denying
the fact that the majority of Muslim villages and localities are dirty. In
contrast to this situation, we learn from reading about Islam that
"purity" is referred to as "half faith."
Everyone in
the Muslim community must be exhorted to lead a simple life in order to promote
equality, balance, and peace among the people as well as safeguard society from
the detrimental consequences of extravagance and outward display. For instance,
a marriage should be consummated swiftly and easily to avoid costing the
parents money. However, unnecessary ceremonies are adopted in Muslim society on
the occasion of marriage while the Islamic commandments are utterly
disregarded.
As part of
the dowry, women are also given dozens of pricey outfits, jewellery made of
gold and silver costing millions of rupees, and other luxury items. The food
feast for neighbours and others, as well as the wedding procession (Baraat)
including hundreds of people, are lavishly arranged. The parents of daughters
are so compelled to spend thousands or millions of rupees on the marriage of
their daughters. Additionally, a lot of unsettling and bizarre things and
situations occur in conjunction with marriage.
Islam made
marriage simpler, but Muslim culture has made it more challenging and
expensive. A poor and backward person is finding it increasingly difficult to
arrange a marriage for their children.
In
addition, contemporary Muslim society does not meet the needs of human values
or nature. Things like lying, breaking promises, being dishonest, and
committing fraud are becoming more and more common in Muslim society. People
freely tell lies without consequence, breach their commitments without worrying
about repercussions, and cheat without it being seen as a sin. Even when
beatings and killings occur for the most trivial of causes, they are not
socially punished.
Muslims are
now more than ever experiencing inferiority complexes and complaints, which is
a grave issue in Muslim society. Muslims of today can be seen complaining
against others, but they do not believe that their issue is the result of their
own mistakes. As a result, they look to others for righteousness and
reformation rather than identifying and correcting their own inadequacies. It
goes without saying that someone or a community cannot be changed by someone
else if he himself is not prepared to address his own flaws and improve his own
condition of affairs.
Similar to
this, it takes hard work and self-sacrifice to achieve success and growth.
Given the circumstances, Muslims must pay attention to all facets of social
life and make reformations where they are necessary. They will achieve success
in other areas of life in addition to the social sector by doing this, and they
will progress in that direction.
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Urdu
Article: The Never-Ending
Series of Problems: A Matter of Concern مسائل کے لامتناہی سلسلے : لمحۂ فکریہ
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