Al-Qaul Al-Mahmood - Khalifatullah Mehdi

Al Qaul Al Mahmood
Hzt Syed Ali Yadullahi Makki Badey Miyan RH
Again Allah says: “Then, as for him who rebelled. And choose the life of the world. Lo; hell will be
his home” (79:37-39). In his Tafseer (commentary), Imam Razi RH relies on the tradition of Prophet
Muhammad SAS which says that the love for the world is the fountainhead for all sins. Hence, the two
attributes of rebelling and choosing the world guide a man to the height of depravity; he becomes an
infidel and qualifies for eternal torture. The basis for the attribute is that a person who has not indulged
in wickedness and had habits will not be admitted to Hell. Since this is the result of the love for the
world (or earthly pleasures), Imam Mahdi AS made it obligatory on his followers to give up worldliness,
lest they fall into Hell.
SOLITUDE
Among the commandments which Imam Mahdi AS made obligatory on his followers is seclusion,
solitude or staying away from the people. Allah has said: “….. devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly.”
(LXXIII: 8)(73:8). This means that one should break away from everything worldly and entirely devote
oneself to Allah. Further, Allah says: “And forsake those who take their religion for a pastime and jest,
and whom the life of the world beguileth.” (6:70). The verse calls upon (the followers) to give up the
company of “those people” because they made fun (of the religion). The verse makes it obligatory upon
the followers to stay away from people who made fun of the religion. However, it is not necessary that
one should ostracize himself from people who did not indulge in ridiculing the religion.
PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE
Imam Mahdi AS also made perpetual remembrance (Zikr-e-dawam) of Allah obligatory on his
followers, for Allah says: “When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing, sitting
and reclining.”(IV: 103) (4:103).
Imam Razi RH quoted Hazrat Ibn Abbas RZ as saying: “Remember Allah day and night, on land and sea,
in station or in journey, in health and sickness, in public or in private. In his Tafseer of Quranic Verse:
“Remembrance of Allah is the highest.” (29:45); he says that two points are to be noted here: First, that
Allah remembers you and His remembering you is of a higher degree than your remembering Him; and
secondly, remembrance of Allah is the most exalted among all other prayers.
Further Allah says: “And do thou (O reader) bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy (very) soul, with
humility and in reverence. Without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings, and be not thou of
those who are unheedful.” (7: 205).
In his tafseer, Imam Razi RH says that “there are no limited timings for the remembrance of Allah, it
is obligatory at all times. Remembering Allah in heart (Qalb in Arabic also means medulla, a part of the
brain) must be continuous and perpetual. One should not be neglectful of Allah even for a moment.
Allah says: “O ye who believe, celebrate the praises of Allah, and do this often.” (33:41). In his
tafseer, Mu’alim-ut-Tanzeel, Abu Muhammad Al-Husain Bin Masoud RH says that Allah has set a limit on
all obligations He has imposed on the people and there is no obligation without a limit. An obligation is
waived under certain circumstances when a person is not capable of performing it. But there is no limit
for remembrance (Zikr) and under no circumstances one is allowed to breathe without remembrance.
The solitary exception is a lunatic.
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