DO NOT CAUSE HARM TO OTHER PEOPLE: 27

ENTER ISLAM COMPLETELY

Hazrat Thanvi was so careful about not causing psychological distress to another person to the extent that he used to say that a person should never tell their three or four chores to do at the same time. That way they pass the burden of remembering all the chores and their order to their employee. Ideally the person should tell them to do one chore first, and only after they have completed that task, then give them the next task. This way the burden of remembering all the chores remains with the employer.

Alhamdulillah (Thank God) the teachers we learnt religion from, balanced all the facets of religion. They didn’t just follow Aqa’id (beliefs) or Ibadah (acts of worship) and neglect all other aspects of Islam. In the Holy Quran Allah Ta’alah says,

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوا ادۡخُلُوۡا فِى السِّلۡمِ کَآفَّةً (٢: ٢٠٨)

“O’ you who believe, enter Islam completely…” [2:208]

It shouldn’t be like we adopt only a few commandments of Islam like doing acts of worship, for example, Salah or fasting, but completely neglect the commandments about Ma’amlat (financial transactions), Ma’ashrat (ways of relating to people), and Akhlaq (internal purification) because these are all essential parts of Deen (religion).