Islam is complete. Are we complete Muslims too?
I was surfing and a comment on another website triggered a couple thoughts in my mind.
Allah told Muhammad (PBUH) that he had completed the religion Islam. Basically, every Muslim has a direct link with Allah and we, as Muslims, don't need any saints or priests to interceded on our behalf. As Muslims, we can ask directly from Allah what ever we want.
Now, why exactly do the Maulvi hazraat think that they are authorized or capable in any way to act as an intermediary between individual Muslims and Allah? An Imam has a very specific purpose but why do we even let them overstep that purpose and let them have so much power over us? Why is this phenomena so socially and culturally ingrained in us? Perhaps it is weak belief in Islam itself which causes us to not believe that our own prayers reach Allah as much as the prayers from some Maulana in the mosque?
Datta darbar in Lahore is a reason for people with weak beliefs to come and further weaken their beliefs. Personally, I wouldn't even twitch if they razed Datta Darbar to the ground.
The mistreatment of women in countries in the subcontinent is well known. Islam is often used as an excuse by Muslims who commit heinous crimes in the name of honor. Exactly which honor is it that one gets by killing one's own brother/sister? We conveniently forget religion when we want to. For all accounts and purposes, I can state that Islam is merely a tool for many people in Pakistan. Use it, throw it and then use it again whenever the need arises. Have we ever thought why this attitude is so prevalent here?
When will we get it through our thick skulls that being a Muslim by birth gives us no special leverage against newly converted Muslims who have actually studied the religion and know what they are talking about?
/rant
This is mostly a semi-rhetorical rant. Ignore or comment/discuss as you like.
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Last edited by Asad : 08-12-2007 at 12:12 PM.
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