Still Waiting for a leader - by S Roman Ahsan

STILL WAITING FOR A LEADER!

By S Roman Ahsan 

- 10th December, 2018 - 2nd Rabi Al-Akhar, 1440

It is not easy to understand and embrace a new set of ideologies if we have spent our entire life chasing an altogether different dream but then we should not claim perfection!

True Muslims hate not just Godlessness but extremism in all forms. The latest is that our national leader disappoints once again. Imran Khan is saying repeatedly that he wants to create Madinah State but he is unnecessarily giving land to Sikhs in Pakistan to build their hotel etc to complement them in their religious rituals. 

This is not the way of our Dear Prophet (pbuh). You should give religious freedom to minorities and protect their worshipping places but never strengthen the Non-Muslims in their religious practices so much. Instead, as a Muslim, you should invite them to truth of Islam for the only true religion is Islam (Islam is perfect, the Muslims are not). But you are rather fortifying the Sikhs to follow their own religion which denies Oneness of God i.e. Almighty Allah.

Let the same old benefits for Sikhs prevail in Pakistan and no need to go to extremes with such measures to prove ourselves as peacekeepers. Sikh pilgrims from India have been accommodated in Pakistan before also since ages. You want to create peace and friendly ties with neighbouring countries? It should not be at the cost of our final abode in afterlife!

You are also trying to please Hindus by cutting cake on Diwali when it is a basic belief of a Muslim never to participate in the religious festivities of Hindus as those are based on paying tribute to their false gods and goddesses. By doing so, one acknowledges their false gods. You need to fear Allah and get your basic concepts of Islam right before you keep repeating like a parrot that you want to create a Madinah State. Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest sin in Islam and we have to be very careful in this regard lest we offend our Lord, Almighty Allah.

The first responsibility of the Muslim is to believe in One God i.e. Almighty Allah. Shirk is not merely a “sin;” it is the absolute worst sin. This is because it is disbelief in the existence of One God.

If a person commits shirk, then he does not believe in Allah. How so? It’s because Allah has attributes. In order to believe in Allah, you must believe in His attributes. Among those attributes are attributes of Oneness and Absolute Uniqueness (ie. He has no similarities of any kind to anything else). But if a person commits shirk, then he believes that there is something similar to Allah in at least one of Allah’s attributes. And by believing that, he has failed to believe either in Allah’s Oneness or in Allah’s Absolute Uniqueness. (Explanation by Ian Hunt, B.A. Islamic Sharia Law & Islamic Creed).

We Muslims believe in Islam as the culmination of the final message of the Almighty foremost. Our thoughts and actions should be governed by the principles of Islam. Imran Khan’s ignorance and arrogance has shown that he is not really keen about enforcing Islamic way of governance in Pakistan. And he is not making any efforts to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong as per Islam. He is mostly surrounded by hardcore secular associates with little interest in Islam except for few. Our information minister for example is devoid of basic teachings of Islam which speaks volumes on how some important positions have been allocated. The masses in Pakistan are fools and easily turned on by glamour and rhetoric.

We have to wait in Pakistan for a mighty Muslim leader to take charge in future who would work for the glory and supremacy of Islam in sha Allah in all spheres while not shunning principles of due compassion for all. Yes, we are still waiting and we have to pray for that on regular basis!