The Impact of Islamic Environment
I have this friend of mine whose daughter is only 7 years old but when ever some one rings the door bell the young girl quickly rushes in the bedroom to wear a head scarf. This is the impact of Islamic Environment at home. Another friend of mine has a huge drawing room furnishing not only sofas and a large dining table but also large show case filled with Islamic books rarely read. Books are not meant to be kept just like furniture and a status symbols for people to see. No wonder this friend of mine, inspite of having Islamic books could not manage to cultivate an Islamic environment .
It was an introduction of Islamic environment for the war captives of Badr that caused many of them accept Islam, while some of them were tied up to the poles of Masjid e Nabwi just observing the royal Islamic brotherhood and experiencing extra ordinary warm hospitality from the Muslims, for whom they had come to kill all the way from Makkah.
In my school days I had a Non Muslim friend who was also my neighbour. He used to visit us during Ramadhan, and got a chance to see Islam in our Iftar, , Eid, mutual dealings..... It took him just few months to become a Muslim and he is a practising Muslim till today. When he became a Muslim he was in Yemen as a helper in one of the companies. He recited the shahadah in the Masjid after the Jumuah prayers and experienced a warm hospitality by the localites. People flocked to greet him, welcome him, some one handed over a hundred dollar ntes quitely in his hand and went away without ebing noticed...... His own words " This welcome left a deep mark of Islamic brotherhood in my heart never to be rubbed off ....
Two decades back, the Mumbai airport was not a very safe place to catch a taxi as stories of passengers being robbed at a knife point or charged higher rates than normal rates were common complains.It was during those days that once I was at the airport to receive my editor and it was midnight when he walked out along with his family. My editor looked for a taxi but did not settle for any till he came across a Muslim taxi driver with a beard and a cap on his head. He quickly rushed to the taxi and hired it. On the way he pressed my hands affectionately and said:Nisaar, the Muslim taxi drivers with beards are the only fellows who can be trusted at midnight if you are with your family....They are relgiously honest and safe....
They are relgiously honest and safe! These words still echo in my mind, a certificate of merit awarded by a customer who had met the taxi driver for the first time yet he was aware of his honesty before he walked out of the airport. When I visited Surat for a lecture tour I was shown to a petrol pump that belonged to a Muslim who was famous for selling petrol with out adulterating it." People queue up and do not mind waiting" said my host. This was a mass approval of an honest Muslim merchant who was identified by h is religious values.
When was the last time that you or I were a part of an Islamic environment that promoted Islam through our dealings or are we merely like that book shelf with books for show but no one to use? Fortunately , Islam is not only talking big about Islam but a display of affection and security towards your fellow humans which reflexts your noble religion in your dealings with the people. Only then you have submitted to Allah other wise you have submitted to ....?
Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala prefers to speak and write on the behalf of humanity from Islamic perspective. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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