Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim – In the Name of Allah(S.W.T.) the most Beneficent, the most Merciful
On nights such as tonight, when we have lost someone so dear to us, someone so unique to the religion of Islam, we should remember what our Imam accomplished in his life, and try to emulate him. To follow a role model is common, and necessary in our lives, but the problem is in choosing the perfect role model to follow, and when we have a person with such a character as the Imam, where even the enemies could find no flaws, doesn't it make sense that we should make such a person a role model for ourselves?
For those who do not know, the 6th Imam, was the 6th spiritual leader after the Holy Prophet, and was also his 6th descendant through his daughter. Here is a link to a website where you can find information about who the 6th Imam was, as well as some information about his life.
He left us with many sayings which we should study and ponder upon, InshaAllah they will make us better people, here are a few:
"Indeed the cognition & knowing of Allah provides comfort in all terrors & frights. And it is the companion in all solitudes & loneliness & the light in all darkness & energy in all weaknesses & feebleness & the cure of all diseases & aliments."
"Be careful of your knowledge and see from whom you get it."
"Nothing follows a person after his death except three virtues & qualities.
a. The study & charity that he may have executed by the grace of Allah in his life & which continues on after his death.
b. And a decent & good advice (left over by him) which is put into practice (after his death).
c. A pious son who prays for him."
Thus Zuhair’s view: We should ponder on the teachings of our 6th Imam, and act upon them.
Please feel free to argue against this, or if you feel you know something that would be beneficial and is not present please do write a comment... InshaAllah Allah will guide us all to the right path!
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim – In the Name of Allah(S.W.T.) the most Beneficent, the most Merciful
Once Again, I would like to state that I am neither a very learned scholar nor do I claim that all my views are 100% correct. The purpose of presenting my views is thus for me and the other readers to be guided by debating, commenting or pondering on the topics and not by just reading them.
The human brain is complicated; the best way I can think of explaining its complexity is through this paradoxical quote; “If the brain were so simple we could understand, we would be so simple we couldn't.” by Lyall Watson: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/197
Many people have tried studying the way people think and the way they act under different circumstances. But most of the times the result is more of a generalization, and we would easily be able to find exceptions to their theories when looking at the general public.
The picture on the right is a single neuron in the nervous system, I copied it from http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/human_brain/, the site also contains very interesting information on the human brain...
I was thinking about my statement in an earlier post regarding the amount of logic the public has gained in today’s world… I wonder sometimes, how do we manage to have this amount of logic, and yet do some of the things we end up doing??
How can anybody with the slightest bit of logic go and kill a group of people for no VALID reason???
Why do we make life so complicated for ourselves? What do we gain from these things? do they really help us? what happens if I die while doing something illogical? What impact will it have on others? what impact will it have on me after death?
Lets come back to purpose of creation… Think hard; it’s really simple... do everything for one reason, one goal, one objective… Once you achieve that understanding within your life, you will find that those complications we have given ourselves don’t really matter all that much… They don’t really give us an important addition to achieving that goal…
I know so many people who smoke, but I am sure if I ask any one of them if they think smoking is good for them, every single one of them will say they know its bad, but they still do it!!
Where is this logic of ours??
What about Drugs? Murder? Lies? All the evil deeds that I would prefer not to even mention on this blog?? Yet the people who commit any of these acts, most of them have a similar brain, they have basic logic... its just that they choose not to follow it!
Even something like war... many times we find that a war could have been avoided in the past if somebody used logic to dictate his actions instead of acting on a whim! What is wrong with the people who do not see what is plain? do they think that thinking is only for leaders? or only for specialists? don't they understand that thinking is for every single human on this planet??
I heard this parable which describes our lives as being shut within a box, which we ourselves have created placing all the things we desire within the box, so that we don't need to see everything outside, because reality is painful at times...
If there are people in this world who realize that when someone saves your life then every single moment that has been granted to you after that is only because that person saved your life and thus they dedicate their lives completely to serve that person, why don’t we understand; why don’t we realize that every moment we live in this universe is only by the will of Allah; even the person who may have saved a life only did so due to Allah's plan... He has given us this time; without His decree which gives us life, we would not be alive and thus we need to use our lives to serve Him only!
Man has the ability to THINK, and if he uses this ability, he will come to some conclusions in life... In today's world, many have achieved this much... The problem lies in acting upon these conclusions! For example; I know God exists and that I should try to do what He deserves, but many times I find myself doing something without the intention that this is for Allah!
Logic dictates the following of a goal which makes sense and making sure all you do is for the purpose to achieve that goal... But human desire leads us away from sticking to this logic... what we need to do is to try to make sure that we only follow our desires to the extent that we are still achieving the goal... And if we manage to follow our logic we will even find that our desires begin to bend toward achieving the goal!
Thus Zuhair’s view: Many have still the need to follow what basic logic dictates!!
Please feel free to argue against this, or if you feel you know something that would be beneficial and is not present please do write a comment... InshaAllah Allah will guide us all to the right path!
