of assembling the map, I began to assemble the picture of the man due to which, the map got assembled itself. (Maqsad-e-Hayat, pp. 29, summarised)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Who is the dirty fish of the pond?

Dear Islamic brothers, even today if everyone began striving to reform their inner and outer appearance, the distorted image of society would automatically get better. Today, we are very concerned about the distorted image of the society, but alas! In this desire, we have forgotten about our own picture. Today, the example is given that one dirty fish will make the entire pond dirty, however, no one thinks that they themselves might be that dirty fish which is contaminating the pond of society.

There is no doubt that the Holy Quran and Hadeeth and the accounts and statements of the saints of Allah Almighty transform the hearts; however, in the current age, meetings of discussion, talk shows and conferences are held and lengthy speeches are delivered by experts of various sciences and disciplines in which many hours are spent discussing and debating how to reform the society, yet the outcome is ‘the situation does not seem to be getting better’.

Today our state has become strange as well. We consider certain wrongs as bad but as for many other wrongs, let alone speaking ill of them, they are not even thought of as bad; e.g. the one who drinks alcohol, gambles and fornicates will be reprimanded and of course these individuals are bad but think for a moment! Is the one who misses Salah not bad? Is it not a sin to leave a Fard [obligatory] Fast of Ramadan without a valid Shari’ reason? Is lying not a bad thing? Is unlawful mixing not a sin? Is breaking promises not a bad thing? Is it permissible to backbite Muslims without a Shari’ permission? Is it not a sin to harm Muslims? Is oppressing the parents not disobedience of Allah Almighty?

Most certainly, all these are also wrongdoings; all these are also the actions that damage the society too, however, a number of people are unwilling to