A buzurg (holy man) once said that Muslims these days have limited Islam to a few rituals. If they start praying 5 times a day, they start thinking that they have fulfilled their religious duty, if they start paying Zakat they start thinking that they have become Waliullah (Allah's friends) and if they have performed Hajj too then they start waiting for the divine revelation to come. The buzurg said that there are so many other parts of Islam which Muslims today are not even aware that they also need to be practiced if one wants to become a complete Muslim.
The buzurg further said that there are five main facets of Islam.
The first is Aqai'd (beliefs). This include believing for example that Allah SWT is the only one and true God and Muhammad SAW is his last prophet. Most Muslims are aware that this is an essential part of Islam.
The second is Ibada't (prayers). These include offering salah, fasting, paying Zakah and performing Hajj. Again most Muslims know that these are an integral part of Islam.
The third is Ma'amlat (financial transactions). Most Muslims today are not even aware that Islam has very clear rules about which financial transactions are halal (permissible) and which are not. They don't know that in the famous Fiqh book Hidayah, only one third of the chapters are about Aqai'd and Ibada't, and two thirds are about Ma'amlat. One regularly sees overtly quite religious people lying easily to take someone else's money, not returning other people' money, lying in business to increase their profits, doing second jobs in times which they have contracted to do one job, and not even realising that the money they are earning this way is haram (impermissible) and that Rasool Allah SAW has said something like that there is a person whose body is fed with food bought from income of haram, he is wearing clothes which have been bought form haram income, and yet he wonders why Allah SWT does not answer his prayers.
The fourth is Ma'ashrat (ways of living). These include clear rules about how to relate to other people and how to do one's best to never cause undue physical harm or emotional distress to any human being, regardless of their religion, social class or status.
The fifth is Akhla'q (internal attributes). Just like their are Do's and Don'ts for the body like pray salah, do not lie or steal, similarly there are Do's and Dont's for the mind for example develop Tawazu (opposite of Takabbur which means thinking of oneself as higher than everyone else), do not develop Takabbubr. There are clear Quranic and Hadith injunctions about these internal attributes too and these are as obligatory as praying salah and not eating pork.
Until a Muslim begins to learn and to try to practice all these facets of Islam he/she can not become a complete Muslim.
The buzurg further said that there are five main facets of Islam.
The first is Aqai'd (beliefs). This include believing for example that Allah SWT is the only one and true God and Muhammad SAW is his last prophet. Most Muslims are aware that this is an essential part of Islam.
The second is Ibada't (prayers). These include offering salah, fasting, paying Zakah and performing Hajj. Again most Muslims know that these are an integral part of Islam.
The third is Ma'amlat (financial transactions). Most Muslims today are not even aware that Islam has very clear rules about which financial transactions are halal (permissible) and which are not. They don't know that in the famous Fiqh book Hidayah, only one third of the chapters are about Aqai'd and Ibada't, and two thirds are about Ma'amlat. One regularly sees overtly quite religious people lying easily to take someone else's money, not returning other people' money, lying in business to increase their profits, doing second jobs in times which they have contracted to do one job, and not even realising that the money they are earning this way is haram (impermissible) and that Rasool Allah SAW has said something like that there is a person whose body is fed with food bought from income of haram, he is wearing clothes which have been bought form haram income, and yet he wonders why Allah SWT does not answer his prayers.
The fourth is Ma'ashrat (ways of living). These include clear rules about how to relate to other people and how to do one's best to never cause undue physical harm or emotional distress to any human being, regardless of their religion, social class or status.
The fifth is Akhla'q (internal attributes). Just like their are Do's and Don'ts for the body like pray salah, do not lie or steal, similarly there are Do's and Dont's for the mind for example develop Tawazu (opposite of Takabbur which means thinking of oneself as higher than everyone else), do not develop Takabbubr. There are clear Quranic and Hadith injunctions about these internal attributes too and these are as obligatory as praying salah and not eating pork.
Until a Muslim begins to learn and to try to practice all these facets of Islam he/she can not become a complete Muslim.
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