18. MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE DEVIATED FROM THEIR TRUE STATE OF SERVITUDE ((UBUDIYYA) TO ALLAH
When I pondered on the condition of people I noticed that the majority of people are outside the fold of their servitude (‘ubudiyya) to Allah.
The majority of rulers acquire money from unlawful sources, and then spend it in an inappropriate manner, handling such money as if it is their own wealth and not Allah’s.
They go to battles under His Name but when they collect the spoils of war, they take it for themselves and grant it to their friends as they like.
The scholars whose poverty is severe and whose desires are strong agree with such actions and participate in their deeds.
Traders involve invalid contracts while laypeople indulge in sins and neglect the laws of Islam; if their wants are not answered they may say, ‘We are no longer interested in praying!’
Indeed, may Allah never grant such types of people as they also do not pay the charity (zakat) and abandon ordering people to do good {amr bi’I-ma’ruf). Some people’s punishments are postponed (ta’khir al-‘aquba), hence they become deceived, while some people rely on being forgiven (‘afu) and the majority’ of people have fragile faith {mutazalzal al-iman).
I ask Allah to let us die as Muslims.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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