Godmen and Godly Men
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 6:04 pm
I am a sunni muslim and was surprised to read the comments of people on this board. I always thought of Bohras as very soft people.
What I fail to understand every now and then is how could people fall for Godmen like the Sayyidnas and some of the living bhagwans amongst the Hindus like Rajneesh and that curly haired sai baba. Few days ago I saw a picture of a computer engineer from Chennai standing in front of Jaylalitha's idol and doing arti. The present Bohra community very much resembles that picture.
I mean the best part of being a muslim is that there are no intercessors between you and Allah.
We sunnis have so many maulanas and muftis etc. but we are free to dislike them and evn condemn them. Only a handful are taken for a ride by some fake leaders like Bukhari. I do not know of any sensible muslim who praises Bukhari. I do not on the other hand even understand these reformist bohrsa also. They are more into media and publicity and debate over issues than doing something about it. If they really intend a reform from within then why don't they do some real dawat and tabligh like rasullah and the sahba did. Rasullah did not sit in a room and write leaflets about the evils of the sociiety and distribute it to people but instead he went door to door person to person and gave them the dawat of the oneness of allah. What I am saying is instead of challenging the Sayyidnas why don't the reformists set an examlple themselves. Don't lament the leaders as it will only infuriate thier followers and make them stronger, Instead people should see you in the mosque five times a day, people should see you levaving a meeting, function, gathering as soon as the tiem for salat comes. People should see you following the example of rasulallah SAW day in and day out, resulting in some godly or god-fearng men. Seeing you the size of these godmen will autamtically increase.
I always thaught on the same lines after the babri Mosque incident and then also this latest Gujarat incident. If being a muslim is about having faith in the fact taht only Allah can help if we follow his comandments then lets do it. Allah is the same Allah as he was for the sahaba and the prophets, so if Allah changed the quality of fire for Ibrahim(pbuh) or gave victory to 300 sahaba over 1000 quresh then why won't he help us if try to have the level of faith that these people had. By Allah if after babri mosque demolition instead of unruly anger and rioting the muslims of India did just one thing i.e. fill the mosques with musallis fiev times a day, even 1/4 of he people that come for juma started coming to the mosques 5 times Allah would have put fear in the hearts of those intended to harm us. This would have been non-violence at its best.The mere sight of a crowd of muslims going towards the mosques 5 times a day would have been enough to scare the hell out of everyone and would surely ahve been a source of hidayat too for others.
What I fail to understand every now and then is how could people fall for Godmen like the Sayyidnas and some of the living bhagwans amongst the Hindus like Rajneesh and that curly haired sai baba. Few days ago I saw a picture of a computer engineer from Chennai standing in front of Jaylalitha's idol and doing arti. The present Bohra community very much resembles that picture.
I mean the best part of being a muslim is that there are no intercessors between you and Allah.
We sunnis have so many maulanas and muftis etc. but we are free to dislike them and evn condemn them. Only a handful are taken for a ride by some fake leaders like Bukhari. I do not know of any sensible muslim who praises Bukhari. I do not on the other hand even understand these reformist bohrsa also. They are more into media and publicity and debate over issues than doing something about it. If they really intend a reform from within then why don't they do some real dawat and tabligh like rasullah and the sahba did. Rasullah did not sit in a room and write leaflets about the evils of the sociiety and distribute it to people but instead he went door to door person to person and gave them the dawat of the oneness of allah. What I am saying is instead of challenging the Sayyidnas why don't the reformists set an examlple themselves. Don't lament the leaders as it will only infuriate thier followers and make them stronger, Instead people should see you in the mosque five times a day, people should see you levaving a meeting, function, gathering as soon as the tiem for salat comes. People should see you following the example of rasulallah SAW day in and day out, resulting in some godly or god-fearng men. Seeing you the size of these godmen will autamtically increase.
I always thaught on the same lines after the babri Mosque incident and then also this latest Gujarat incident. If being a muslim is about having faith in the fact taht only Allah can help if we follow his comandments then lets do it. Allah is the same Allah as he was for the sahaba and the prophets, so if Allah changed the quality of fire for Ibrahim(pbuh) or gave victory to 300 sahaba over 1000 quresh then why won't he help us if try to have the level of faith that these people had. By Allah if after babri mosque demolition instead of unruly anger and rioting the muslims of India did just one thing i.e. fill the mosques with musallis fiev times a day, even 1/4 of he people that come for juma started coming to the mosques 5 times Allah would have put fear in the hearts of those intended to harm us. This would have been non-violence at its best.The mere sight of a crowd of muslims going towards the mosques 5 times a day would have been enough to scare the hell out of everyone and would surely ahve been a source of hidayat too for others.