Concerning the Ten Obligations that Must be Discharged Before Pious Restraint (wara) can Acquire its Full Significance
The penitent cannot realize the full significance of pious restraint (wara) unless he recognizes that ten things are strictly incumbent upon him:
1. The first of these obligations is to guard against using the tongue for backbiting (ghiba), because He has said (Exalted is He):
And do not backbite one another. (49:12)
2. The second obligation is to avoid the tendency to harbor sinister suspicions (su az-zann), since He has said (Exalted is He):
O you who believe, you must avoid a great deal of suspicion, for some suspicion is a sin. (49:12)
And the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:
Beware of suspicion, for it is the most misleading source of information (akdhab al-hadith).
3. The third obligation is to steer well clear
of mockery and ridicule (sukhriyya), because He has told us (Exalted is He):
O you who believe, one group of people should not scoff at another group of people, who may be better than they. (49:11)
4. The fourth obligation is to lower ones eyes in the presence of things that should be treated as sacred (maharim), because He has told us (Exalted is He):
And tell the believing men to keep their eyes downcast (and to guard their private parts). (24:30)
5. The fifth obligation is to be true to ones word, because He has told us (Exalted is He):
And if you give your word, you must act fairly. (6:153)
That is, you must prove that you really mean what you say.
6. The sixth obligation is to acknowledge ones dependence on the gracious favor of Allah (Exalted is He), as a precaution against self-centered conceit, since He has told us (Exalted is He):
It is rather that Allah is treating
you with gracious favor, inasmuch as He has guided you to faith. (49:17)
7. The seventh obligation is to spend ones wealth on that which has true value (haqq), and not to spend it on that which is quite worthless (batil), because He has told us (Exalted is He):
And (among His faithful servants are) those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor parsimonious. (25:67)
In other words, they neither spend their wealth on sinful disobedience, nor withhold it from the support of worshipful obedience.
8. The eighth obligation is not to go seeking high-and-mighty status and prestige for the sake of self-aggrandizement, because He has told us (Exalted is He):
As for that Ultimate Abode, We shall assign it to those who are neither intent on high-and-mighty status on earth, nor on corruption. (28:83)
9. The ninth obligation is to observe the five ritual prayers (salawat) at the times prescribed for them
each day, following the correct sequence of bowing (ruku) and prostration (sujud), because He has told us (Exalted is He):
Be careful to observe your prayers, and (especially) the middle prayer, and stand obedient to Allah. (2:238)
10. The tenth obligation is to stick to the course prescribed by the Sunna (exemplary precedent set by Allahs Messenger, Allah bless him and give him peace) and the Jamaa (common practice agreed upon by the Companions of the Prophet, [Allah bless him and give him peace] during the time of the rightly guided Caliphs, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, [may Allah be well pleased with them all]) , since He has told us (Exalted is He):
And this path of Mine is straight, so follow it. Do no follow other paths, lest you be separated from His path. (6:154)
- Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Sufficient Provision for the Seekers of the Path of Truth (Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq
al-Haqq)
saiyed shahbazi
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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