Muraqqa-e-Ibrat

Selecting this poem was an excellent choice. Many brothers write and complain of being involved in illlicit love affairs and ask for solutions to the problem. Many frequent porn sites and ask as to how will they be able to give up such practices. They hate the action that they involved in, hate themselves, but don’t know how to give up such practices. This poem is actually a ‘Taweez of lesson.’ If we listen to the advices contained herein, then looking at strange women and being involved in love affairs will be easily given up.

A lady had called yesterday and said that her husband is going to a nearby country for four days to play golf. She then says, “When I look at his phone then I realise that he is pulling wool over my eyes.” This is the result of having plenty of wealth but it is not spent in the correct channels. In fact, this is an Azaab. If wealth is spent correctly, it is a great Ne’mat of Allah Ta’ala.

In this poem is the solution and Islaah of that disease which our Sheikh R.A. used to say that almost the entire world is involved in, Muslims and Non-Muslims. Almost everyone casts lustful glances and even view the various porn sites on the net.

We are generally unmindful of this aspect. Whilst we are enjoying good health, we don’t think of the condition of a sick person. When enjoying our youth, we don’t think of the elderly. Whilst enjoying wealth, we don’t consider a man that is a pauper.

Today we had received an article by two people that had experienced the stampede in Mina. They had explained what happened. If we read it casually, we won’t take any lesson but if one reads it consciously then he will understand. They explain that it had resembled the day of Qiyaamah. Whilst we are young, we don’t think of consequences. If one thinks of the consequences then only will he take lesson.          

کتابی چہرے جو ہوں گے بینگن             تو ٹوٹ جائیں گے سارے بندھن

When beautiful (long faces) will become brinjals, then all connection will break.

Some people have round faces whilst others have long faces and different people prefer different faces. In the Pakistani newspapers where profiles are advertised the term ‘Kitaabi Shakal’ is used. These beautiful faces will one day turn into brinjals or like a paw paw that was smashed by a truck. A man that is involved in an illlicit affair with a woman (one’s wife is excluded as she is Halaal), should keep in mind that one day this very face will be like a brinjal.

A man that is busy involved with a woman connects to her over wattsup, e-mail, bbm, etc. When she turns old and her face becomes like a brinjal then all these means of connections will cease. In fact, you will want to break away from such a relationship then, but the other party will want to continue and will pester you. One should therefore think of the consequences.            

وہ شاھزادی لگے گی بھنگن                 اگرچہ پہنے وہ لاکھ کنگن

The princess will look like a street sweeper, even though she is wearing 100 000 bangles.

Today she is like a princess but soon she will be looking like the toilet cleaner. In those areas where there aren’t any flush system toilets these ladies carry the night soil from the houses. They don’t even care about their looks, cosmetics, etc. In our terms we can think of the refuse collectors. They don’t care about their dressing, wearing a three piece suit, combing their hair, etc. The woman that is beautiful like the princess today will one day resemble the lady carrying the night soil. A wise person doesn’t only think of the present but always considers the consequences. For example, we had a friend that was an acute diabetic. He couldn’t resist his Pepsi. He drank an entire litre of Pepsi and passed away the same day. He was concerned of his enjoyment at that moment. Doctors warn a patient and advise him to abstain from certain items due to one’s illness, but one ignores the advice and then suffers the consequences which are disastrous.

Many old ladies particularly the non-Muslims dress like young women with their minis and jeans. It looks so foolish, it is not befitting at all. She will finally look like a brinjal in the words of the poem so don’t waste all your efforts on her. We should make a connection with the Hur-ul-Ain whose beauty will be forever. A man that gets involved with other women has major problems at home with his house life being spoilt. On the contrary, a man that stays away from all forms of filth will have an enjoyable and pleasurable life at home. Your Halaal life becomes Jahannam and your Haraam life becomes enjoyable.     

 The greatest delusion and false enjoyment is the porn sites. One Alim wrote an excellent article wherein he proved the impermissibility of photography. The point that he indicated towards in proving the impermissibility of photography is that he said that people fulfil their lust and desire by looking at a nude woman on a porn site. Many married men write that they are involved in masturbation. It is inconceivable that a married man with a Halaal wife is masturbating. This is the result of these porn sites. He explains in his article that a man finally reaches that point where he worships the person in the picture. This is one of the main reasons that photography is Haraam as it leads to idol worship. A person shows respect to the picture which is then increased to the extent that it exceeds the bounds and finally reaches the point that one starts worshipping the picture.

A film is a story yet the viewer gets so excited. A particular person in Bombay watched a film ten times. He was asked, “You are watching the same film ten times?” He said, “There is a particular scene in the movie where a lady is about to undress and as she starts to undress a train passes by. One day the train will be delayed.” This is the level to which the mentality of a person drops.

وہ شاہزادہ لگے گا بھنگی                     اگرچہ کرکے آئے وہ کنگھی

The prince will look like a toilet cleaner, even if he comes after combing his hair.

In this there is a lesson for women. You consider the man that you in love with as so handsome, and you find him more good looking than your husband, or young girls having affairs with boys, you should all keep in mind that one day that person will be an old man. All the beauty and appeal will then be lost.   

یہ دانت ہل کر اکھڑ پڑیں گے                        لگائیں ان پر ہزار منجن

These teeth will be loosened and be uprooted, even though you apply a thousand toothpastes to it (brush the teeth).

A person experiences tooth ache at night. Where can he go? He suffers throughout the night. Finally, it will either fall off or he has to go for an extraction. A person took good care of his teeth and they look beautiful like pearls in a string yet they will fall out one day. Some elderly people have one old tooth which has turned yellow in colour. We should therefore think of the consequences of these things. If we think of these things then Allah Ta’ala will save us from these Haraam love affairs. Hadrat R.A. used to say, “My job is to pull out people from the romantic world that is drowning in the Atlantic ocean. Today, Shaytaan and all his agents such as the phone that is in one’s hand, the I-pad, lap-top, computer, etc. are all agents when abused.

This evil has extended so far that in one Masjid the Imaam has ordered that the curtains must be removed from the I’tikaaf tents. The reason being that people were busy watching porn in the last ten days of Ramdaan in the Masjid. If this is our condition now, what will happen when Dajjal appears. He hasn’t appeared as yet but the foreword (events that will occur prior to his coming) are almost complete. Nobody can resist with almost everyone falling into temptation.

Hadrat Maulana Mumtaaz-ul-Haq Saheb D.B. had explained how the Shias work on people and enter doubts into the minds of people. He explained how the Salafis, Qadianis, etc. work on people. This is the work of the Dajjal. How aren’t they stealing the Imaan of people? It is a matter of Jannat and Jahannam, Imaan and Kufr. It’s a matter of one’s eternal life. May Allah Ta’ala save us, our families, progenies, from the Fitna of Dajjal.

The base of working of these deviated sects are the modern schools, universities, and we regard it compulsory to send our children to universities whereas these are the breeding grounds of all these Fitnas. Nowadays seminars are held at these venues where one is required to pay to attend. Maulana Mumtaaz Saheb D.B. said that a certain Alim was asked, “How many Qadianis did you make into Sunnis?” He replied, “Don’t ask me that question. Ask me how many people I have saved from becoming Qadianis.” The moment a doubt enters a person, it is almost impossible for the doubt to leave a person. This is the level of danger of their literature which is sold in our bookshops. A person owning a bookshop wants to increase his sales and profits. The book covers which are so colourful appeal to a person. The book is written so well, yet there is poison hidden in between that creates this dangerous doubt within a person. May Allah Ta’ala keep us, our progeny and the entire Ummat with Imaan and take us with Imaan.  

There are those people that are actually involved in illicit affairs, watching pornography, casting lustful glances, etc. whilst there are others whose thoughts move in the same direction even though they not involved in illicit affairs. Some even experience these thoughts whilst performing Salaah.   

نہ سننا اے میر ان کی ہر گز                 کہ نفس و شیطان ہیں تیرے دشمن

Never listen to them, Sir! Nafs and Shaytaan are your enemies.

These women will even flatter you and speak innocently to you. Sometimes a call is made to a wrong number. The voice on the phone was so sweet and how seductively wasn’t she talking. Now, you think of calling and asking, can I help you? Who were you looking for? This temptation will certainly come to a person. The dressing, way of walking and speaking is so tempting. Those that have secretaries working for them, these secretaries literally put their face into the employers face. They have covered themselves with so much of perfume, how will a person ever save himself.

When you intend going to a particular office, there are ladies well trained as to how to receive you. They know your name before you even reach. You are so impressed that she knows you personally and addressing you by your personal name. Be careful! Don’t ever fall in the traps of these women.

The Nafs of a person leads him towards all forms of Haraam and sin, but Shaytaan has vowed to snatch the Imaan of a person. The Nafs prepares the ground for Shaytaan to do his work. Approximately 20 years ago, we were not exposed to this type of environment. We were not subjected to outside influences. Various countries have their embassies in our country now which propagate their deviated beliefs whether Shism, Salafism, Qadianism, etc. The net is not only the internet which is an international net but there are nets in all places to draw us. It is only Allah Ta’ala that can protect our Imaan. We make Dua for our children and watch the environment in which we putting our children. Who are they associating with and where are we sending them particularly for education. In the name of education, to gain a few coppers of this world, to live a life of comfort and ease, it should not happen that we lose our Imaan.           

لگا بڑھاپے سے مجھ کو فتّو                  اگرچہ پہنے ہوئےہے اچکن

Due to old age he seems like a Fattu (an insane person / haphazard), even if he is wearing a three piece suite (in our terms)

How smart wasn’t the same person in youth and now look at his condition.    

ہوئے ہیں پیری میں مثل بلّی                         جو تھے جوانی میں شیر افگن

In old age he has become like a cat (sick), which was an overpowering lion in his youth.

This is particularly addressed to the women. They shouldn’t be influenced by young men their handsomeness, their energy, strength, etc. Ponder about their condition in old age. Think of one’s death! Maulana Thanvi R.A has written that a person that thinks of death 25 times a day will be blessed with the death of a martyr. This is an easy prescription of remembering death. Think that my time of death has drawn close. The angels of death are descending from Jannat with the fragrance, Kafn, etc. of Jannat. A person is thinking of death by doing so but in a positive manner. You got the death of a Shaheed. Your Rooh is being extracted and you going to Jannat and the hurs of Janant. A man is losing his wife yet he is gaining so many Hurs, he is losing his house yet he is gaining so many palaces. This is an easy way to remember death. Now, by thinking of this 25 times a day, a person gets the death of a martyr.     

بچاو اپنی نظر کو اختر                       یہی ہے بس اِک طریق ِاحسن

Protect your gazes O Akhtar! This is the best way.

Hadrat R.A says that Allah Ta’ala has been so kind to us in the Quraan Sharif that he says,

قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَلِكَ أَزْكَى لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Say (O Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) to the believing men that they lower their gazes and protect their private parts (chastity).

The entire problem has been cut off from the root. The entire problem starts with the eyes. If the eyes are safe, there isn’t any porn, nor any illicit affairs or bad thoughts. It is so easy to protect the eyes. Hadrat explains, Wherever riots take place, the businessmen keep wooden shutters on their windows, and on being informed that rioters are approaching they simply pull down the shutters. If a person goes out to pull it down, it is possible that he may get caught in the cross fire. Similarly, the eyes have shutters over them to save your Imaan. To lower them a person doesn’t have to go out. If any of the agents of Shaytaan want to snatch away your Imaan, Allah Ta’ala hasn’t placed a button by your knee or ankle to close these shutters. By the click of a thought the buttons are closed. Hadrat quotes a poem in this regard,

وہ  سامنے آئے ہم نابینا ہوگئے     وہ  سامنے سے ہٹ گئی ہم بینا ہوگئے

She came in front, we were blinded. She moved away from the front, our sight was restored.

The eyes are even more than cameras. The camera only captures the picture yet the eyes captures the form and the internal of that form as well. So, close the eyes when a woman is passing by, and when you estimate that she is out of sight then open the eyes. If you see a women coming fasten your shoe lace even if you don’t have any shoe lace. In this way, save guard your eyes and you will be saved from a lot of Fitna. The command of protecting the eyes have been given separately for men and separately for women due to its importance. Many of us want the treatment, we taking treatment; we are regular with Tahajjud Salaah as well, but we are guilty of this. How many are even guilty of porn? The solution is to guard our gazes. May Allah Ta’ala grant us the Taufeeq.