Earning from Haram!
Engr! Shahid Siddique Khanzada
This habit has always
been with me since childhood and the environment of my home was also in
an Islamic environment, in which especially the obligatory prayer of the
prayer room, every member of the family had to follow it, wherever it
was necessary, it was mandatory to respect and be polite to their
elders, but every member of the family respected them, but I used to
spend more time in the service of the elders. Whenever I met elders in
my neighborhood or home, whenever I met any elder with respect and
honor, they would give me many prayers and whenever I got the courage, I
would often ask them questions about religion and the world, that poor
man would satisfy me with his vast knowledge and knowledge and my
knowledge would often increase. One day, a simple and good teacher
(Sheikh) gave his student a short awareness campaign to avoid the
forbidden. If we look at today's biggest schools, colleges, and
universities, even those who educate the new generation are lagging
behind them. Now, apart from educating the children, what are they
training the children? How are the educational institutions fostering
freedom? Whether the government or the parents have also surrendered
themselves? Whose fault is it? We can draw this conclusion ourselves.
When I was with my teacher (Sheikh), we started working as laborers.
After working all day, my teacher would save the money we earned for two
meals and give the rest to charity. One day I asked him the reason for
this wisdom, he smiled and said: You work with me for eleven months, I
will give you the answer after that. I worked for eleven months. When my
task was completed, my master said to me: "You go for wages today. If
the work starts, you will fall ill in the morning, not work all day,
take your salary in the evening and come back." I followed the Sheikh's
orders, and without any excuse of stomach pain, I lay down all day, took
a nap in the evening and came to the teacher. The teacher said: Now,
save the money for the food of the day and give the remaining amount in
charity. You can be sure that it was the first day of the ninth month
when my heart did not want to give charity. I ate my fill that day, but
my hunger was not satisfied. I locked my room for the first time that
night. I slept soundly but my sleep was not complete. The next day, my
body smelled and I had to put perfume on my clothes for the first time
and for the first time, I did not feel pleasure in prayer. I told the
Sheikh all my complaints. He laughed and said: Son, this is the
perfection of Haram. Haram takes away all the blessings of your life,
you turn from a human being into an animal. My teacher said: Son, haram
always increases your appetite. It increases your sleep, it creates an
odor in your body, it narrows your heart, it narrows your thinking, it
spreads your sleep and it takes peace from your soul. My Sheikh told me:
Today, you will be in a state of 40 days of prohibition. In those 40
days, you will be inclined towards gambling, you will backbite, greed
will come into your heart, you will deceive others, and the desire to
become an emir will arise within you. I went to the mosque and asked the
teacher: What should I do if I want to avoid these evil effects of
prohibition? He said: "Fast and choose silence. These two will purify
you from within." He nodded and said: I am telling you what I have
learned after forty years of asceticism. This universe is a box, a thick
lid of mystery is on this box, this lid opens with a great name. And
that great name is Halal, increase the Halal in your life, and the box
of the universe will open and move." I asked: “And what is the
definition of haram?” He said: “Anything in this world that creates
greed in your heart after seeing, hearing, tasting, or touching it is
haram. People, avoid this haram, it will make your existence a
graveyard, it will empty you from within, it will destroy you, it will
make you worthless, in your home, in your neighborhood, and in the whole
world, then you will have no importance in society. And the splendor of
your face will disappear. |