DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGAL AND TRUE ISLAM

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGAL AND TRUE ISLAM

       Legal Islam

In the juristic and legal Islam, what is in the mind of a man is not cognizable nor can it be perceived but only his verbal affirmation is noted as also the fact whether or not he manifests within himself those essential signs which are necessary to confirmation. If anybody affirms by word of mouth belief in “ALLAH”, His messenger, the Qur’an, the Hereafter and other requirements of faith and then fulfils those necessary conditions which provide a proof of affirmation by him, he will be admitted into the Islamic fold and all dealings with him will be conducted as with a Muslim. But this position is limited to temporal life and provides from the worldly point of view a legal and cultural foundation on which is raised the Muslim society. It’s outcome is no more than that all those who on this affirmation are admitted into the Muslim society should be accepted as Muslims. Nobody from among them should be called Kafir; every one of them should have legal, moral and social rights on others; they should have marital relations among them; there should be distribution of inherited property, and other civil relations should operate.

       True Islam

However, the salvation of man and his judgment as a Muslim and a Momin in the Hereafter, as well as his inclusion among the favoured slaves of “ALLAH”, are matters which do not depend on this legal affirmation by heart, and wholly entrusting oneself to “ALLAH” with full volition. Whatever is verbally affirmed in the world is meant for the Qadi of Shari’ah and for the general people and the Muslims, because they can see the exterior only. But “ALLAH” peers into a man’s heart and his interior, and sizes up his Iman ‘ALLAH’s” criterion of judging a man’s position is whether his living, his dying, his loyalties, his obedience and servitude, in short his life entire achievements, were meant for ‘ALLAH’ only or for someone else? If these were solely for “ALLAH’ then he will be adjudged as Muslim and a Momin, and if these were for someone else, then such a person will neither be a Muslim nor a Momin. Whoever falls short of this criterion, will, to the same extant, be lacking in Iman and Islam, no matter he may be reckoned among the lofty Muslims of his world and may be holding any high status whatsoever.

With ‘ALLAH’ the only estimable thing is whether or not you have spent in His way all that He has given you. If you have done this, you will be granted privilege which is given to those who are loyal and render what is due in the matter of servitude. And if you exempted anything from the sphere of servitude then your affirmation of being a Muslim, which implies that you have wholly dedicated yourself to “ALLAH”, will be a false claim which can hoodwink the world and beguile the Muslim society into assimilating you and thereby granting you all the rights of Muslims in the world, but God can’t be deceived to assign a place for you among His faithful. If you will ponder over the difference between the legal Islam and the real Islam, which I have explained to you, you will know that their results will be greatly different from each other not only in the Hereafter but also in this world. Muslims of your and today can be divided into two categories.