Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
A brick which is just lying on
the ground has got no real value to anyone. However, if that same brick is used
in the building of a house, it secures its value according to the house. The
brick will have more value if it used in our local Masjid and will increase in
its value, if used in the Jame Masjid of our town. …What to say if it would be
used in the Haram of Madinah Sharief or in the Haram
of Makkah Sharief?
Similarly, these sheep, goats,
bulls, etc. are ordinary animals. Once their Nisbat (connection) is
established with Qurbani – with the great sacrifice of Hadhrat Ibraheem
(Alaihis salaam) and with the Command of Allah Jalla Jalaaluhu, their value
multiplies. Their Nisbat enhances their
worth.
The rewards that these animals
hold will be multiplied further on the Day of Qiyamah, as has been related in
the Hadith: “When a person slaughters a
Qurbani animal, he is forgiven at the fall of the first drop of blood, and
verily, the animal shall be brought forward on the Day of Judgment with its
blood, meat, limbs, etc. and shall be
increased in weight seventy times, and then placed on the scale of deeds.”[2]
By the same token, if a person
keeps a horse for the Cause of Allah Ta’ala, the horse establishes a special
connection (Nisbat) with Allah Ta’ala. Taking care of such a horse brings
tremendous rewards. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Radhiyallahu 'anhu) related that Rasulullah Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam said: "If someone
keeps a horse in Allah's Cause, motivated by his faith in Allah and his belief
in His Promise, then he will be rewarded
on the Day of Resurrection for what the horse has eaten or drunk, and for its
dung and urine."
In another narration,
Rasulullah Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam said: “…He to whom the horse will be
a source of reward is the one who keeps it in Allah's Cause (prepares it for
battle) and ties it by a long rope in a pasture (or a garden). He will get a reward equal to what its long
rope allows it to eat in the pasture or the garden, and if that horse breaks
its rope and crosses one or two hills, then all its foot-steps and its dung
will be counted as good deeds for its owner; and if it passes by a river and
drinks from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner
even if he has had no intention of watering it then…”
If this is the position of these animals in the Sight of Allah Ta’ala, what then of man himself, if he establishes Nisbat with Allah Ta’ala?
Man has been created from the earth, from dust.
“And of His signs is that He created you
from dust…”
[Surah
Ar-Rum 30 : 20]
If man makes an
effort, striving against his nafs, obeying Allah Ta’ala, carrying out righteous
deeds seeking the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala, the sand of his body will gain in value.
Our Shaykh,
Hadhrat Moulana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahib (Rahmatullahi 'alayh) had explained that the
Ahlullah, the Auliya Allah have made the dust from which they have been
created, valuable, through the blessings
of their Nisbat with Allah Ta’ala. Whilst millions
remain heedless and negligent of Allah Ta’ala, these special servants become
most valuable and beloved to Allah Ta’ala, through this special Nisbat.
Hadhrat Moulana (Rahmatullahi
‘Alayh) likened mankind to glass bottles, which costs a few Rands or Rupees. If
a bottle is filled with an expensive Itr (scent), the bottle becomes as
valuable as the amount of scent poured into it. …We find that some Itr is
priced at hundreds of Rands, some even more than a thousand Rand. The value of the
bottle depends on the amount of scent it contains. Similarly, the value of man
increases or decreases according to what fills his heart. If the Noor of Imaan
and love of Allah Ta’ala and Rasulullah (Sallallaahu 'alayhi wasallam) fills his heart, his value increases, in Allah
Ta’ala’s Sight. This is the lamp which
lights up the path to Allah Ta’ala - to salvation, success and great rewards.
If the darkness of Kufr fills his heart, his value is lost. If a person dies in this condition, Aakhirah is lost. Nothing is gained. May Allah Ta’ala safeguard us all.
May Allah Ta’ala grant us the understanding and the Taufeeq to strive to attain that special Nisbat, whereby we too become valuable and beloved to Allah Ta’ala.
By Hadhrat Moulana Abdul Hamid Sahib (Daamat Barakaatuhu)
[1]
Ibn Majah
[2]
Kanzul Ummaal
