Turbulent times and the Eid

The Muslim world is celebrating the Eid in every nook and corner of the globe to commemorate the tradition with enthusiasm. But, as Muslims, it is entrusted with many responsibilities - social, ethical, economic, political, apart from the religious ones. And, in such turbulent times when many Muslims nations like Palestine are in a very difficult situation, our responsibilities become even challenging.

Due to the technological revolution and now being the global citizens, our responsibilities are vigorously manifold and cosmopolitan in nature. We cannot close our eyes from what is happening in other parts of the globe as the world has now shrunk to a global village.

In addition to it, it has been the tradition of our ancestors (Aslaf) to come to the rescue of the nations and communities when they were in dire need of any help. So, the time demands that Muslims, both at individual as well as at collective level, present the exemplary and commendable character to try their best to take the sinking boat out of the raging waters.

A tradition of the last prophet is that the whole humanity is like a body. If a part of the body is hurt, the whole body feels the pain.  I wonder, how the people across the globe generally and particularly the Muslim world are able to sleep when a whole part of their body is in deep trouble.  I sometimes doubt whether we are really humans who have been given the status of the “Ashraf ul Makhluqat”! Are we really the people who have been made into the best possible manner? Are we the humans for whom the angels envy?

In such turbulent times when the innocents are brutally killed, amputated, strangulated, stripped naked, put behind bars for evidently no crime and we, contrary are busy and engulfed in our day to day activities, trying hard to amass wealth, secure our future and the future of generations to come, making castles, buying new brands of cars, cherishing every luxury and still claim that we are the best of the people who have been chosen to spread the message of God in the world with our exemplary character.

I strongly hold unto the belief that the Prophet would hold us by our collar and drag us to the deepest of the hell. We say, what we do not. We believe, what we not strive for. We are brazenly hypocrites. And remember, hypocrites are the worst of the people before God.

The need of the hour is to join our hands and hearts to safeguard the helpless people all around the globe, transcending identities of caste, creed, color and religion. During these harsh times, it is the responsibility rather the obligation of every Muslim to help his fellow humans irrespective of their caste, creed, colour, region or religion.

Last but not the least, it becomes imperative that each and every institution must be used efficiently to serve the humanity at large in such tough times. Every individual has to play his role individually as well as collectively in the best possible way to somehow ease up some miseries of the destitute people. This is, in reality, the real spirit of goodness. And Ramadhan brings us closer to that goodness.