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AND SUDDENLY IT BECAME ALIEN!

AND SUDDENLY IT BECAME ALIEN!
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Once upon a time, we would be so happy to meet family members, near and extended. We knew the ahaadeeth about keeping family ties, the punishment for breaking them. We were aware of the rewards of kindness to relatives. We understood the khidmah and care of our elderly and especially our parents to be very important.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” it suddenly became alien.

We stopped meeting family as we could “spread” the virus to them, or them to us.

We even left our elderly parents on their own as they were “high risk” and we didn't want to put our beloved parents at risk now, did we?

Meanwhile they were yearning for our company, they struggled to do all things by themselves, they didn’t have anyone to care for them, massage them, and show them love and do khidmah for them.

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Once upon a time, we would make musaafahah as we knew it’s a sunnah that removes hatred and sheds sins.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” it suddenly became alien.

We stopped shaking hands as we could contract covid from someone who had the virus on their hands, leaving us deprived of minor sins being forgiven.

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Once upon a time we knew that Islam is absolutely perfect in cleanliness and purity, from wudhu, to ghusl, to miswaak, to washing hands all on the recommended sunnah times.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and suddenly it became alien.

We became “carriers of germs” and started using  (doubtful) sanitisers to purify our hands.

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Once upon a time, we would announce the nikaah and have it in the masjid on blessed days, when many people were attending the jamaa’ah.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” it suddenly became alien.

We don’t have many people at our nikaah and walimah’s anymore to say aameen to the du’aas and bring barakah as guests, because gatherings are “spreaders”.

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Once upon a time when a person was sick, we would fulfill the rights we have over a fellow Muslim and visit them, make du’aa for them, ask them to make du’aa for us as their du’aas are accepted.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” it suddenly became alien.

We don’t visit a sick person (anyone with covid) as they are contagious and others are ‘vulnerable’.

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Once upon a time, if a person was on their deathbed, we would sit by them, read for them to ease the sakaraat, burn lobaan and do talqeen for them.

But then covid came, and suddenly it became alien.

The muhtadhar lies there all alone (esp in hospitals according to protocols), in agony, with no ease from the Qur’aan being recited, no one to give courage and remind them of the kalimah, no blessings of the pious.

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Once upon a time, if a person passed away, we would visit the house of the deceased to make ta’ziyah, we would sit and read the various zikrs, read Qur’aan on the marhoom’s behalf, and go for the janaazah.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” it suddenly became alien.

Now we say “inna lillah” and send a message or give a phone call of condolences. Barely people attend the janaazah because it’s a gathering, and very few go for ta’ziyah.

Is this how heartless we’ve become?? 
Do we not realise one day, we too will pass away, do we not want people to send esaale thawaab for us too? Do we not want people to attend our janaazah and read upon us too? Do we not realise we will need every bit of esaale thawaab?

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Once upon a time, a person would go to the masjid, to the place of rahmah, the best of places! He would perform his salaah there - fardh, sunnah and nafl. He would make ibaadah in the best of all environments. 

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” deen and the way we do ibaadah suddenly became alien.

We shoo people away that come solely for Allah’s pleasure to the place that attracts the Mercy of Ar-Rahmaan, we do not allow them to come for more than a certain time, we do not let them worship Allah in His Own House,because making His ibaadah on His House is a means for “super spreading”. Who are we, the lowly insaan with absolutely no worth compared to Allah, to stop people from doing their ibaadah in the masaajid??

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Once upon a time, the men would fill up the sufoof so no place is left for the shayaateen.

But then covid came, irrational fears engulfed us, and under the banner of “precautions to save lives” how we do ibaadah suddenly became alien.

Now there are gaps upon gaps for the shayaateen to enter!

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Covid came, the media filled us with fear, and in that fear and ‘admiration’ for the governments, we abandoned our deeni a’maal in order to “save lives” and made our own deen alien to us. Astaghfirullah, na’oothubillah!

Do you see how we have submitted to the world and its dunyawi leaders, instead of Allah, as a Muslim (viz one who submits fully to Allah) should do?

Do you not see how they are changing the way we do our ibaadah?

Do you not see how they are making us indifferent to our beautiful deen so in future it will be so much easier for them to remove it from us completely?

Do you see how we have abandoned not only nafl and sunnah practices, but also fardh?

Do you not see the attack, the continuous attacks, on Islam and our imaan?

Do you not see how they are using the factor of fear to control us and make us abandon our beautiful teachings and Islamic practices by making us puppets?

May Allah open our eyes and safeguard us, our families and progenies from the attacks on Islam, make us of outstanding akhlaaq, give us the taufeeq to support one another, and keep us firm in imaan, always. Aameen.