Desires are placed in a person in order to test him
Submitted by Mohammed Gilani on
It is absolutely necessary that a person has the desire of sin within him in order to be tested. Whilst living in Germiston, we were once having a discussion where a certain Mutawalli (trustee of the Masjid) who was approximately 50 years old said, “I haven’t received any traffic fine up to this day.” We were all surprised that he never received any fine for any offence whatsoever. Thereafter he told us that he never drove a vehicle.
Our Sheikh (Rahimahullah) says, “If a person goes to the graveyard and says that what great Buzurg are here in the graveyard as they never commit a sin.” They do not possess the ability to commit sin. An achievement is when a person is able to sin yet he doesn’t sin. In fact a person that has greater desire of sin becomes a greater Wali of Allah Ta'ala when he abstains from sin. When such a person abstains, he gets a higher wage from Allah Ta'ala in the form of Wilaayat (friendship of Allah).
Abstaining from Haraam
Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) advised Hadrat Abu Hurairah (Radiyallahu anhu),
اتق المحارم تكن اعبد الناس
Abstain from the forbidden acts you will be from amongst the
greatest worshippers (of Allah Ta'ala). This Hadith indicates that abstaining from sin is the greatest
Ibaadat. Our Sheikh (Rahimahullah) explaining this point says, “You will never find any boss or employer that tell his workers he will give the highest wage to the one that doesn’t work.” However this is the announcement of Allah Ta'ala as committing sins is also work.
In another couplet our Sheikh says,
لا الہ مقدم ہے کلمہ توحید میں I
غیر حق جب جائے تب حق آجاے
In our fundamental Kalimah, the first thing mentioned is “Laa”
which means “No”. In other words one should remove all the
negative things from the heart. The Haraam desires that a person
possesses should be removed from the heart. When sins are
removed from the heart then Allah will enter the heart. You
won’t even have to invite Allah Ta'ala into the heart rather He will
automatically come into the heart.
Cleansing the heart
Whilst having meals we held a glass with our messy fingers. The
outside of the glass has marks of the curry so we say that the
glass is dirty, and this dirt is not even on the inside. You will
never serve water to any person in such a glass even though the
finger marks are on the outside. When this is the case with a
glass, how can we then expect Allah Ta'ala Who is most Pure to enter
a heart that is dirty inside. We should cleanse the heart and Allah
will come into the heart. When Allah Ta'ala enters the heart then
everything will change in our lives.
A short while ago the lights went off. We were all quiet and
waiting. The moment the lights were turned on we felt quite nice
and comfortable once again. Similarly when Allah Ta'ala enters the
heart then all the darkness that we are involved in will vanish.
You will still be the same Ahmed or Yusuf or Ismail but you will
see things that you weren’t able to see before.
(Hazrat Moulana Abdul Hamid Ishaq Saab Daamat Barakaatuh)