SLIDING DOWN THE ABYSS OF MORAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION – DOOMED IN THIS DUNYA AND THE AAKHIRAH
The Respected Professor Hoosen Vawda of Durban has quite frankly stated the truth by highlighting the pandemic of multifarious vices which is not only ruining and destroying the Islamic Morals of the Muslim community, but in the wake of the avalanches of evil, corruption and immorality comes the deracination of Imaan.
The gravity of the vice and immorality sweeping the Muslim community comes within the purview of the Qur’aanic Warning:
“When We intend to destroy (the inhabitants) of a Qaryah (town / city, etc.), then we command its affluent people (i.e. grant them unfettered freedom) who then plunge into (flagrant) immorality in the town. Then the decree (of Athaab) becomes established on them. Then We utterly destroy them.”
(Al-Israa’, Aayat 16)
However, before deracinating a community and utterly destroying it, Allah Ta’ala sends reminders in the form of lesser punishments to jolt the criminals into realization so that they may abandon their folly which will lead to their doom in both worlds. Thus, the Qur’aan Majeed says:
“Most assuredly, we shall give them to taste of the lesser punishment, not the greater punishment for perhaps they will then return (to the Path of Rectitude –Siraatul Mustaqeem).
If Muslims who are afflicted with the lesser punishment opt to remain blind and fail to understand the writing on the wall which is represented by the lesser punishment (Al-Athaabal Adnaa), then as sure as night follows day, the Greater Athaab (Al-Athaabal Akbar) will apprehend them and relegate them to history by means of unbearable punishment either in the form of natural disasters or the tyranny of kuffaar rulers. Such is the Way of Allah Azza Wa Jal. Confirming this Sunnah of Allah Ta’ala, the Qur’aan Majeed states: “Never will you find a change for Allah’s Sunnah.”
THE PROFESSOR’S REVELATION AND NASEEHAT
Recently, I am seeing the following challenges, in increasing numbers:-
1. Severe opioid as well as other street drugs addiction, ranging from 17 year olds to grandfathers, daughter-in-laws’, fathers, Alims and even Huffaz. The problem is so deeply entrenched, that parents are now having drugs delivered to their homes. Mothers are so addicted that they are ignoring their 2 year old babies.
Certain, rehabilitation institutes are themselves subject to corruption, as well as some places of learning are also using these expensive drugs.
