Fikr for Imaan and Deen
Venue: Masjid Taqwa, Pietermaritzburg
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ (125 النحل)
Give dawat to the way of your rabb….
كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤول عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ(الحديث)
“Each one of you is a shepherd, and each one shall be questioned regarding his flock.”
It is Rabi ul Awwal andwe say we want to follow our Nabi ﷺ. After the heart wrenching incident of Taa’if, when some grapes and water were given to our Nabi ﷺ, then even in that condition Nabi ﷺ didn’t leave the sunnah and recited bismillah. The person who brought the grapes, accepted Islaam through this action. After all the takleef that Nabi ﷺ went through in Taa’if , one person accepted Islaam. Nabi ﷺ still made duaa for their Imaan. After everything,the Fikr was still there, that the people must have Imaan. Do we have that Fikr for our own children, leave alone every body else? If any chores of the wife are not done, the husband will question her but he does not question the lack of his primary duty which is the protection of the Imaan and deen of his family.The Hadeeth states that all of us will be questioned. If we are the Head of the family or an employer or in position of authority, our primary concern must be the state of our own Imaan and the imaan of our fellow ummatis.
