*Fear and Love*
Written by Naadira Chhipa
Muslims of the past generations may not have had so much of information or even easy access to knowledge of Islam but they never sugar coated Islam or tried to downplay the punishment of sins. Today we have so much of information that we could easily access, yet the fear of Allah is being extinguished from our hearts. Yes Allah is 'most merciful' and our beloved Allah’s Messengerﷺ said,
“When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, “My Mercy overpowers My Anger.”
(Bukhari)
And in the above we should find refuge and hope in the mercy of Allah not take advantage of it by intentionally going against the commands of Allah. For example homosexuality is haraam and an entire nation was destroyed by Allah for this reason, yet today we find Muslims supporting and even protesting for the right to practice homosexuality under the banner of 'don't judge'. Yes Allah is the only judge and nobody is superior to the next person, infact we could be the worst of sinners in private and that is between us and our Creator but again when we are promoting sin, publicizing and encouraging others to indulge in haraam then we justifying it by highlighting that Allah is most forgiving, most merciful. That sincere fear of the fire of Jahannum is slowly being extinguished from our heart, mind and souls. That fear of the wrath of Allah is disappearing from our lifestyles. The punishment for following our own nafs and desires has been forgotten as compared to the fear our grandparents and parents had in their hearts which was reflected in their akhlaaq and their lifestyles. Materialistic goals and worldly goals replaced Jannah goals. What is haraam is haraam even if the entire world is doing it and what is halaal is halaal even if one person is doing it.
We need to go back to understanding the simplicity of Islam and to balance the fear of Allah with the mercy and love of Allah.
May Allah guide us all. Ameen.
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