The best Provision and Trading during Hajj
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
Stage – 1, Verses – 197b & 198a of 286, Section
– 25 of 40 (Part - 2)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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And whatsoever good ye do Allah knoweth it. And make provision
for yourselves (Hereafter); for the best provision is to ward off evil.
Therefore keep your duty unto Me, O men of
understanding.
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Wa maa taf-‘aluu min khay-riny-ya’-lam-hullaah. Wa tazaw-waduu fa-‘inna khay-razzaadit-taqwaa.
WattaquuNii yaaa-‘ulil-‘al-baab.
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Lesson
It was tradition in
the Arabs during the times of ignorance that whenever they used to proceed for
performing Pilgrimage, they did not take the requisites of the journey, used to
go Penniless and begged from the people in the pathway. It was considered sign
of grandeur near to them. Even some people used to spend lavishly their entire
capital at the time of departing for Pilgrimage. They had invented this false
practice themselves intentionally. Anyhow it was not the part of worship. This
thing is Not acceptable to God Almighty because doing so, others have to suffer
burden.
God Almighty
commanded: Make provision for yourselves (amount for your necessities of the Hereafter)
at the time of proceeding for the Pilgrimage. You shouldn’t put your burden
upon any other. Allah Almighty knows your intentions and minds. He doesn’t like
apparent exhibition and formed purity. So if you will bring the provisions for
journey, it is neither a sin and nor against the goodness.
There is no doubt
in it that the real thing is “to ward off evil” that is to say; keeping away naturally
from the badness and being inclined towards the goodness, so we should fear God
Almighty always.
To ward of evils
means that we should obey entire Commands of God Almighty with full sincerity,
honesty and obedience. Every work should be performed for His pleasure. In every
trouble, pain, calamity, distress or misfortune, only He should be supposed as
The Supporter and only He should be called for salvation. He should also be
thanked in ease and comfort. Every work should be started and finished with His
(God Almighty) name. We should seek His help in all fields of life. Only the
lawful methods should be chosen for deciding all matters and should refrain
from the forbidden. We should keep in view the fear of God Almighty every time.
It is the “ward off
evil” about which we have been instructed again and again in the Holy Qur’an,
because it is very important in the life of a Muslim. The human life is filled
with hopelessness, distress and failure due to forgetting it. So the mankind should
try every time to attain perfection in the “Fear of God Almighty” (Taqwaa).
The Pilgrimage is the best source to produce Taqwaa in oneself.
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It is no sin for you that ye seek the bounty of your Lord (by
trading).
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Laysa ‘alaykum junaahun
‘an- tab-taguu fazlam-mir-Rab-bikum.
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Lesson
Fazlan – (the Bounty of Lord) literally it means “excessive,
too much, more”. Here it signifies towards the profit from trading, business,
wealth and property. This word has been used in these meanings many times in Holy Qur’an.
A Companion of Holy
Messenger (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) Ibn Abbas (God
Almighty be pleased with him) says that during the times of Ignorance ‘Akkaaz, Majnah and Zul-Majaaz were
very big markets. During the days of Pilgrimage, trade and bargaining was at
high level. After embracing Islam, the people considered that it is not
reasonable to trade during the days of Hajj. They thought that the merchants
who either bring their commodities to the bazaars of Minaa and Makkah or
those camel drivers who bring their camels to Muzdalfah, Arfaat and Minaa for
selling, their Hajj is not acceptable because where trade has entered, there is
no worship anymore. Allah Almighty revealed this verse to remove this
misunderstanding and cleared this matter until the Last Day (the Day of Resurrection)
that Islam is not against wealth, property or worldly things but It is against
the acts which make any individual careless from thinking about the religion
and the Doomsday.
As Islam is the
Guarantor of prosperity and success of the Day of Resurrection, likewise; It
desires also the people’s worldly prosperity and welfare. And this
characteristic exists in Its every kind of worship. Even the parts of Ablution,
Prayers, Congregational Prayers, Fasting, Zakaah (Poor-due)
and Hajj increase the human’s worldly, material, physical, economical and
political prosperity and welfare along with increasing his spiritual power.
The Muslims, who
come from far flung areas for performing Hajj, move by land routes, air and sea.
The People of Islamic nation get together from different parts of the world. At
this occasion; there can be gotten uncountable economical and commercial
benefits. Keeping in view these things, Holy Qur’an permitted
it that the Pilgrims’ real purpose of this Visit should be Hajj only and if
they do some trade also along with it, then it is not a wrong or sin. However
it is necessary that the trade shouldn’t become the object.
Saying the sentence
of mir-Rab-bikum it has been told also that which
livelihood or benefits you get, these aren’t the result of your personal
efforts or labor. It is the Bounty of Allah Almighty only. He gives you with
His blessings. Therefore, bear in mind during trading and business that
whatever benefits you will get, is from God Almighty.
Every that work; which is
performed by any individual in accord with Commands of God Almighty and he doesn’t
disobey Him, Islam counts it a worship and doesn’t say it against the religion.
The things, from which; Islam forbids, are - hoarding, raising prices, unlawful
trading and illegal business.
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