Hayaat al-Muslimeen

INTRODUCTION

Rasulullah ( saws ) said:

"Verily, Allah will send for this Ummah at the beginning of every century a person who will renew (reform and renovate) for it the Deen. "

Hadhrat Hakimul Ummat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (rahmatullahi alayh) wasone such Mujaddid (Reformer) as is mentioned in the hadith of Rasulullah(saws ).The condition of the Ummah at all levels and in all spheres of life is dismal anddeplorable. The Ummah is grounded in the quagmire of decadence. It's state of dishonourable existence is indeed heart-rending to those who understand the value of Islam and thetrue position of the followers of Islam. The way of life of the Ummah in present times and the Islamhanded down by Muhammadur Rasulullah ( saws ) fourteen centuries ago are entities widelydivergent and pole apart. There is extremely little affinity between the present Ummah and the Islamof the Sahaabah of Rasulullah ( saws ). Spiritually, morally, culturally, socially and politically, theMuslim Nation has fallen to the lowest ebb. The Muslim Nation is bankrupt in all spheres of its lifein relation to Islam.The pitiable condition of the Nation of Islam besides its stagnation in the morass of corruption anddegeneration in which it flounders, is its steady sinking into greater destruction. The Ummah issmitten with some incapacitating disease which had destroyed its moral and spiritual fibre, whichhad sapped its lifeblood and which has made Muslims the slaves of the kuffaar. The disease hasbrought the Ummah crashing from its position of grandeur and glory which once was its capital.The former grandeur of the Ummah was raised on the foundations of the highest kind of spiritualityand morality. This spirituality and morality which constituted the springboard from which theUmmah of Islam took off in its flight of glory to attain the loftiest pedestals and pinnacles of grandeur and power, was the Rope of Allah -- that Hablullaah stated in the following aayat of theQur'aan Shareef:

"And hold on firmly all of you onto the Rope of Allah and do not split up (among yourselves). "

Since the Ummah, in the truest sense of the command, in its early stages gripped this Hablullaahwith might and power, it took hold of the powerful and unbreakable Divine Bond stated in thefollowing aayat:

"Verify, they grabbed hold of a powerful handle; there is no break for it. "

But, alas! The disease has ruined the Ummah. The Ummah is lying sprawled and prostrate, not inSujood, but on it's Face at the feet of the kuffaar to be buffeted and manipulated in the conspiracy tofulfil the desires of the kuffaar. No longer is the Ummah holding on to the Rope of Allah.In Hayaatul Muslimeen or the Life of the Muslims, Hadhrat Hakimul Ummat diagnosis the diseaseof the Ummah and provides the prescription and the remedy for the sure cure of the Ummah. Theprescription is the result of the diagnosis of one who has been sent by Allah Ta'ala for this purpose.Page 1of 146Hayaat al-Muslimeen11/5/2009http://books.themajlis.net/book/print/419

The remedy offered is not a personal concept, not some new-fangled product of the human mindgone astray. It is the remedy given by Rasulullah (saws). It is then this divine prescription which thegreat Mujaddid offers.Since the disease has gripped and blinded the Ummah at all levels, this prescription offered inHayaatul Muslimeen is for the entire Ummah. It is in fact the true and only panacea for the ills of theUmmah. It is the one and only alchemy of happiness and success for this Ummah which althoughfollowing the norms and cultures of the kuffaar, still positively asserts its allegiance to Allah AzzaWa Jal. Since Hayaatul Muslimeen is written for all Muslims, Hadhrat Hakimul Ummah hadendeavoured to keep it as simple as possible so that the Muslim masses may easily comprehend.Simplicity is the thread which runs throughout the book. Infact, the greater portion of the book consists of Qur'aan and Hadith narrations, for it is the Qur'aan and Hadith which were thefoundations on which the superstructure of Islam and the Ummah's glory were erected by theSahaabah ( ra ).The remedy offered by Mujaddid Hadhrat Hakimul Ummat (rahmatullahi alayh) is simple, divine,the one and only cure, the certain cure for the Ummah if only the Ummah can rise to the occasionand accept the remedy!MUJLISUL ULAMA OF SOUTH AFRICAP. O. Box 3393, Port Elizabeth, 6056.South Africa.

TRANSLATION OF THE KHUTBAH

All praise is due to Allah Who has revealed in His Kitab:

(What!) Is he who was dead, then we gave him life and created for him a light with which hewalks among people, the same as one who dwells in darkness, unable to emerge from it?

Salaam and Durood upon His Rasool whom He ennobled with His Kalam (Speech -- theQur'aan). And, Allah Ta'ala says:

"Similarly have we revealed to you (Muhammad) a Rooh (i.e. Wahi) of Our Command."

He (Muhammad) called his Ummah to the munificent thawaab of it (Wahi). Allah Ta'ala says:

''O people of Imaan! Answer Allah and the Rasool when they call you towards that which willenliven you."

Muhammad (saws) steered the Ummah towards the lofty and glorious heights of Wahi. AllahTa'ala says:

"They (the true Believers) -- Allah has established Imaan in their hearts and has aided themwith a Rooh (spiritual power) from Him."

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Verily, Allah Ta'ala says:

''Whoever practices righteousness be it male or female, and he (or she) is a Mu'min, most assuredly We shall grant him (or her) a prosperous worldly life and (in the Aakhirah) Weshall reward them for the virtuous deeds they practised."

And, Allah Ta'ala says:

"Whoever turns away from My Remembrance, verily for him is adversity (even beforeQiyaamah, i.e. in the grave) and We will resurrect him blind on the Day of Qiyaamah. "

Regarding the people of Jahannum, Allah Ta'ala says:

"Neither will they die therein nor will they be alive. "

Thus the life in the Fire will be a life of misery in which there will be no comfort andprosperity. Although that life will not be death, it will also not be life.On the basis of these Qur'aanic aayaat and numerous others, the authoritative (Muhaqqiqeen)Mufassireen have asserted that true spiritual life and the life of the Hereafter as well as theworldly life are rights which belong exclusively to the obedient servants of Allah Ta'ala. Thisconclusion is manifest from the many Qur'aanic verses. Inspite of the clarity of this issue ourMuslim brethren have become grossly forgetful of it and behave as if they have never heard of the basis and proofs of this claim of the Mufassireen. Their indifference is so stark that onegains the impression that this matter and its proofs never even crossed their minds.The two kinds of existence mentioned earlier are the worldly life and the life of the Aakhirah.Regarding the Aakhirah, they (our brethren) do recognise to a degree that it is exclusive forthe obedient servants of Allah Ta'ala. But, in so far as the life of this world is concerned, thethought of it being the exclusive right of the obedient servants of Allah Ta'ala is exceptionallyremote from their minds. Thus, throughout the world we observe avalanches and mountains of hardship and misfortune continuously descending and crashing upon Muslims. Despite thiscalamitous situation, the causes and the remedy have not occurred to anyone. Those whoattempt to devise some remedy for this state of degradation and plan to salvage the situationare confronted with utter and total failure because they have failed to diagnose the disease. Anerroneous diagnosis results in an erroneous prescription of a remedy. Hence, the diseaseinstead of curing deteriorates more and more.The natural consequence of such erroneous, misguided and unprincipled plans and schemesdevised to extricate the Ummah from the morass of degradation is nothing other than thedeterioration of the disease.However, it is seen that failure upon failure does not deter the misguided diagnosers whointransigently believe in the rectitude of their prescriptions of error.The cause of this practical ignorance and misguidance is intellectual ignorance. Thesepractitioners do not fully acknowledge the Divine declarations of the Qur'aan and Ahadithwhich have pinpointed the root causes of the calamities which have overtaken the Ummahwith such disastrous consequences as we behold. They proclaim that they have Imaan in them.Page 3of 146Hayaat al-Muslimeen11/5/2009http://books.themajlis.net/book/print/419

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