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Mahdaviah Insight (A Publication of Mahdavia Islamic Center of Chicago ) Mahdaviah Insight (A Publication of Mahdavia Islamic Center of Chicago ) November 2017 (Safar/Rabi ul Awwal, 1439 H) | Vol. 3, Number 5 Editorial: Our Legacy? In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Inside this issue: Alhamdulillah, we are Mahdavis today because our elders have left a legacy of Iman and spirituality, a path in the right direction to reach the ultimate destiny, a volume of knowledge, both formal and informal, that can guide us from time to time to make right and difficult decisions. What would be our legacy for the next generation? A serious thought on this question is the need of the hour. What are we leaving behind us for the younger Editorial 1 people? Are we giving them a set up where they can find answers to some of their religious questions? Are we teaching them why we are Mahdavis and why we are different from others? We have never said any- thing bad for other faiths or other points of views unless and until we were challenged with the question of Intoxication 2 our faith. Several voluminous books have been written to defend our faith and answer the questions raised by others. Today we do not have time to talk to our kids about Mahdaviah faith. This problem is some- what different in the West where we do not have institutions built to protect and safeguard our faith. We have a substantial amount of Mahdavis living in some of the places in United States and Canada but un- fortunately, there is no attempt to institutionalize our activities as a community, a community representing Silsila 3 a separate sect of Islam. Prayer of a 4 Alhamdulillah, there are many Mahdavis in the West with much stronger faith than in other places but Child commonly we hear from people that how we are different from the mainstream Islam? While they and we believe in the same Qur’an, the Prophet SAS, the Islamic Shari’ah, the way we practice is also same so why and where is the difference. The difference lies in accepting the advent of Imam Mahdi AS, who was born in 847H. He is the Caliph of Allah and Prophet Muhammed SAS himself gave him the name of Mahdi and Recipe of the 4 asked the Ummah to go and make covenant with him even if you have to crawl on Ice, if you hear about Month his advent. Is this hadith not sufficient for us to understand the importance of the advent of Mahdi AS? SAS Urdu Poetry 4 It is important to note that Allah commanded us not only to obey the Messenger but also to follow him. In one of the verses of Qur’an Allah says, “He, who obeys the Messenger, has indeed obeyed Allah, …” (4:80). Yet another place Allah says,” Obey God and obey the Messenger….(5:92). In the early period of Islam, the Quresh said that they also love Allah and they installed idols in Kaaba only in love of Allah. Allah responded to their claim with the Qur’anic verse: “Say (O Muhammad to mankind): "If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (i.e. Muhammad), Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Al Qur’an, 3:31) SWT Therefore, Allah responded by saying that if you (Quresh) love Allah, you should follow (Ittiba) Prophet Muhammad SAS, then Allah will love you. Allah could have said that if you love Him, you should Editorial Team reject all the idols but Allah put a condition of Prophet’s following as an acid test of Allah’s love. When 1. Zareen Syed the same Prophet Muhammad SAS asked the Ummah to go and make the covenant if you hear about the Editor-in-Chief advent of Mahdi AS, why people do not obey, and do not follow such an important instruction of the Prophet SAS. Can we obey the Prophet on certain things and remain disobeyed on others? Is this the Ittiba of the Prophet when we ignore some of his commands and accept some? Despite the fact that we have the MICC has an Editorial Team same Qur’an, the Prophet, the Shari’ah, but if we are not accepting or even giving a secondary importance and a Review Board to AS ensure the quality of the to the acceptance of Mahdi , it means our obeying and following (Ittiba) of the Prophet is in question. AS publication. The religion of Islam includes both Nabuwat and Vilayath. Imamuna Mahdi said that he was sent by Allah SWT to present the teachings of Vilayath. How can you get the Faiz of Vilayat without accepting the The Newsletter, being a collaborative noble personality of Mahdi AS who was sent by Allah to present and explain those teachings? project, will also be available at www.miccusa.org, www.promisedmehdi.com, promisedmehdi yahoo group, and Our lives are too busy, some of us might be interested in carrying out our legacy to the kids but they don’t Promised Mehdi facebook page. have time to spare. It is therefore imperative to set up institutions (Mahdavia centers) in at least two or The authors are responsible for the three US cities where substantial number of Mahdavis are living. These centers can carry out the responsi- contents of their article; editorial board may or may not agree with the bility of teaching our faith to our younger generations. It is already late and if we further delay this, we opinions expressed by authors. may lose our future generations to go astray for which we will certainly be accountable before Allah SWT. Editorial Team Email: [email protected] | www.miccusa.org Mahdaviah Insight November 2017 page 2 Intoxication In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most The pride makes a man egoistic. It is the pride Merciful only that brought down Iblis from being teacher Quote from the of angels to the one who is humiliated and dis- The Webster dictionary has defined the word graced. Let’s refer Qur’an: “(Allah) said: "What Article) “Intoxication” as “an abnormal state that is essen- “The drunkenness of the tially a poisoning, a condition of being drunk, a prevented you (O Iblis) that you did not pros- trate, when I commanded you" Iblis said: "I am world includes the pride of strong excitement or elation”. It is also clear that the word intoxicant doesn't apply only to alcohol. It better than him (Adam), You created me from material wealth, the pride of means anything that poisons the body and soul and fire, and him You created from clay." (Allah) being superior to others, the that takes away the capacity to understand. said: "(O Iblis) get down from this (Paradise), it pride of being highly is not for you to be arrogant here. Get out, for Let’s look at how this term is being used in Qur’an. you are of those humiliated and disgraced." (Al educated and a scholar of no Allah says: “O you who have believed, do not ap- Qur’an, 7:12-13) match, the pride of being a proach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying…. (Al Qur’an, 4:43). highly successful person in Most of the commentaries of Qur’an has taken the Islam is a religion that is compatible with the the community, the pride of meaning of “intoxicated” as the state of mind after human nature. Initially, the drunkenness was not prohibited but slowly as the faith in Islam got being famous, the pride of taking an alcoholic drink or one who has consumed alcohol. We generally see the slogans in our daily life stronger among the believers, it was eventually being in the news more often, that says, “Don’t drink and drive”. With the con- declared as prohibited (haram). Allah says, “O the pride of being published sumption of alcohol, a person loses the ability to People who Believe! Wine (all intoxicants), and gambling, and idols, and the darts are impure – in the social media either in drive a vehicle and reaches your destination. If this is true for the material world, how can we remain in- the works of Satan, therefore keep avoiding them the form of pictures or toxicated and drive to reach our spiritual destination so that you may succeed. The Shaitan only de- videos. ” because prayer (Namaaz) is also a journey that takes sires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in us to reach our destination of seeking Allah’s near- your midst by means of intoxicants and games of ness. However, on this spiritual journey, one has to chance, and to keep you off from the remem- be free from all kinds of intoxicants, and not just the brance of Allah and from prayer. Will you then alcohol. Let’s look at what Mahdi AS has said about desist? (Al Qur’an, 5:90-91) ———— intoxication in the above Qur’anic verse: It is clear from the above that the intoxicants Al-Qur’an Naql: It is narrated that Imam Mahdi AS, while explicating take away our sense of understanding, we don’t the Qur’anic verse, “O ye who believe! Draw not near unto realize what we are doing and what we are say- (Following prayer when you are drunken”, he AS said, “The drunken- ing, whether we are on the right path or have SAS ness (Sukara) here also means the drunkenness of the gone astray. So how can we remember Allah in a Muhammad ) world.” (Naqliyat Bandagi MiaN Abdul-Rasheed RZ, 213, state of intoxication, when remembrance of Al- page 117(Englsih version)) lah has been reminded time and again in the “Say (O Qur’an and for us (mahdavis), it is one of the Muhammad to We, as Mahdavis, believe that Imam Mahdi AS is the obligatory acts of Vilyath (Zikrullah).
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