affection, patience, good manners, respect for one's elders,
protecting the needy, and public spirit are excellent virtues bestowed
on a Muslim by the moral values of the Qur'an. These virtuesare
manifested in the best and most intense form in a Muslim who has a
sincere faith in andfears Allah and who is loyal to the Qur'an. A
Muslim who lacks any of these characteristics, or feels weak or
deficient in one or more areas, will strive to immediately to correct
and eliminate that deficiency, through fear and love of Allah, and to
acquire the moral valuesthat are most pleasing toHim.
These virtues are all manifestations of the warm and love-filled
spirit of the religion of Allah. When such virtues are lacking, the
result is a soulless, mechanical, harsh and frozen spirit. It is
obvious that someone who lacks the fervor of good moral values, who
does not excitedly strive for Allah's approval and who has turned into
a robot will have a cold and superficial view of Allah. It is also
clear that Allah will not be remembered with joy and passion and
profound fervor with such a perspective. A person will not be full of
the love of Allah and he will not feel or have a deep fear of Allah.
This perspective will turn a person away from the warmth of the
religion of Allah, it also causes one to forget that everything
happens by Allah's permission, that nobody has the power to do
anything unless Allah so wishes, that all ranks and stations belong to
Allah, that every minute of life unfolds as Allah wishes and that
nobody other than Allah has any power at all. Life for someone who
forgets these truths is a far cry from Allah's commandments, the moral
values of the Qur'an and the Sunna of our Prophet (saas), and all that
remains are "the facts of the life of this world." In that case, the
result is people who mayappear to be Muslims, who may perform their
religious obligations, but who in fact lack the soul of a Muslim. Even
more importantly, Allah forgets he who forgets Allah and arranges all
things according to the laws of this world.
For that reason, it is of the utmost importance for Muslims to protect
themselves against all indoctrination and conditioning that might lead
them to live cold and soulless lives devoid of beauty. The mindset
that depicts altruism, loyalty, respect, love anddevotion as
invaluable and portrays the opposite characteristics as modernity is a
devilish one that seeks to turn Muslims from the true essence of
Islam.
We must not forget that a conception of religion without soul, love or
warmth is not the Islam described in the Qur'an. It is not the Islam
that our Prophet (saas) and the Companions lived by.What makes a
Muslim valuable in the sight of Allah and other Muslims is first of
all, of course, faith and takwa, followed by moral virtues, altruism,
patience, kindness, affection, humility, respect for his elders, and
devotion to his Muslim brothers. All of these characteristics
andvirtues are stemming from his love of Allah. Muslims who know that
any weakening of these virtues may lead to a weakening of faith
muststrongly avoid falling into such a situation andmust always reject
any model far removed from the love of Allah, deep moral virtue, and
the joyof faith for the sake of modernity.
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