Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (Rahmatullahi 'alayh)
FISHERMEN
CAST THEIR RODS AND AWAIT A CATCH. Others cast nets and trap big shoals. The
spider spins its web and catches its prey. Nafs and shaytaan have also cast
their rods and nets, and they have also spun their webs.
Huge shoals
are being caught on M-Net, East-Net and other nets of shaytaan to
be found on television. Added to this, many, many more are captured and
entangled in the porn and other filthy websites on the Internet
or on social networks.
Health,
wealth and the most precious commodities of Imaan and Hayaa[1]
are sacrificed for a few moments of Haraam pleasure.
As a measure of protection, the computer should be kept in a place where
there is a lot of activity by family members. This will be a deterrent to the
person who finds himself weak before nafs.
Keeping the
computer in the family room or where members of the family pass by or spend
time, will restrain the person from visiting porn and other immoral and filthy
websites, Insha-Allah.
If the
person is in his office or elsewhere, where he will be alone when using the
computer, he should have a note placed above the screen, with bold writing:
ALLAH IS
WATCHING!!! or
‘WHAT IF?’
(i.e. What
if the Angel of death visits whilst engaged in Haraam?)
If the cellphone is the
temptation to view Haraam, then opt for a cellphone which is simple and does
not have those features which offer access to Haraam. Or have the same reminder
on your screen.
My Shaykh,
Hazrat Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ), had said in
poetry:
“If you hide
and commit sins,
Someone is
watching from above (Allah Ta’ala)…”
We should keep before us that our every
movement, our every word, our every thought and our every feeling are in the
Knowledge, Sight and Hearing of Allah Ta’ala.
The Mashaa`ikh have prescribed that we
reflect, ponder and keep before us the Aayaat (verses) of the Qur`aan Shareef:
وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ ط
“He is with you
wherever you are…”
[Surah Al-Hadeed 57 : 4 ]
and:
أَلَمْ
يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَرٰى ؕ
“Does he not know that Allah is watching (him)?”
[Surah Al ‘Alaq 96 : 14]
Allah Ta’ala says in Surah Qaaf :
وَلَقَدْ
خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهٖ نَفْسُهٗ جۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ
الْوَرِيْدِ ◌
“Indeed We have created man, and We know whatever thoughts
his inner self develops, and We are closer to him than (his)
jugular vein.”
[Surah
Qaaf 50 : 16]
May Allah Ta’ala grant us His Special Protection and the Taufeeq of giving up all sins.
[1] Hayaa : Modesty