because when the nation of ‘Amaliqah disrespected the blessed wooden box, the wrath of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ befell on them that they were stuck in various types of problems and they were so sure that we are being punished and being inflicted with diseases because we disrespected the blessed wooden box. For this reason, they put the sacred wooden box onto a bullock-cart and sent it towards the settlement of Bani Israel so that they could get salvation from the wrath of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

Moreover, we learned from this parable that any nation is able to attain the mercy and blessings of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, as long as they remain obedient to Him. When they start to become disobedient to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and indulge in sins, then many problems of this life and the hereafter become their destiny, just like Bani Israel. As long as they were obedient to the Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام, were acting upon their sayings and were obeying their commandments, they were in great peace and tranquillity. But as soon as they turned away from the rules passed on to them from the Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام, disgrace and dishonour became their destiny. If we ponder over, the Muslims of today are in this very situation. For centuries, Muslims were dominant over the world and were ahead in every field. As soon as we moved away from acting upon the teachings and rulings of the Holy Qur’an and turned away from the Islamic rulings and obedience of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, we became involved in many types of difficulties and problems. And now the situation is right in front of us.

O the devotees of the Rasool! There is still time. If we act upon the Shari’at even today, we can attain salvation from our problems. By the blessings of acting upon Shari’ah, all discomforts can go away. By the blessings of acting upon Shari’ah, the walls of hatred can turn into an atmosphere of love. When the primary purpose of our creation is to worship Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, we are not free from the rules of Shari’ah and on the Day of Judgement, we will need to give accountability for every action of ours, then to be negligent of His worship, not giving due importance to His commands and to remain busy in the affairs of this world, are not wise decisions.

Sunnahs and etiquette of Miswak