3. THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THIS SYSTEM
This Qur’anic order stood in opposition to all other unchallenged systems and theoretical philosophies. It did not allow its principles and teachings to remain as theories in one’s head, or ideas confined to books, or words not going further than the mouths of men. On the contrary, it instituted ways to establish them, to strengthen them, and draw profit from their effects and results. It compelled the Ummah which believed and owed allegiance to it, to guard their duties making them a must. Omission from these duties and giving in to whimsical desires is simply unacceptable. Indeed, it rewards the worker, and punishes the negligent, such that it removes him from the boundaries set by the Islamic society and casts him in to an abyss. The most important duties which this order has placed as a protective fence to establish its principles are the following:
a) Prayer, dhikr, repentance, duaa’, etc.
b) Fasting, chastity, warning against luxury.
c) Zakah, alms giving, expenditure for benevolent purposes.
d) Pilgrimage, travel, journeying, discovery, and investigation of Allah ‘ s Kingdom .
e) Procurement, work, and the prohibition of begging.
f) Jihad, fighting, outfitting fighters, and caring for their families and interests after their departure.
g) Commanding the good and giving sound advice.
h) Forbidding evil, and intervention when it takes place and against its perpetrators.
i) The obtaining of education and knowledge by every male and female Muslim in the various disciplines of life, each one in what suits him best.
j) Sound manners and behaviour and assiduous cultivation of high moral values.
h) Striving for physical health and control of the senses.
k) Social responsibility of both the ruler and ruled, in social welfare and obedience.
A Muslim is compelled to fulfil these obligations and put them into practice as the Qur’anic order has set them out. He must not slacken in performing any of them, for they have all been specified in the Noble Qur’an, and have been unequivocally illustrated in the deeds of the Prophet (PBUH) his Companions and those who followed them in doing good, with simplicity and clarity. Every deed, establishes and affirms one or some of the principles cited above all of which came to benefit mankind by virtue of their results and effects.
Source: IslamBasics by Hassan Al-Banna
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