By: T. Ansari
Personal satisfaction is very important for any person regardless of what race one is originally from. Everyone is born through the same procedure, and everyone goes through the mother's womb in stages, then after is birth, then growth to an adult, it does not matter what status one has, or how much wealth one has, but everyone dies the same, and when one is dead no wealth will ever put the soul back in the body, regardless what amount one would pay to buy back life for an hour, it is impossible.
During one's life time, when one is going to school, college, university what degree, or wealth one has earned, or marriage, but every soul is unsatisfied. How can anyone satisfy his soul?
If one goes to a church for example, it would be very decorative inside, with items such as a piano, statues of Jesus and Mary, cross, and many other materialistic things. It also would depend what quality and brand name dress one is wearing, or what jewelry or watches one is wearing, and there is tough competition in the neighborhood, and when one donates money, it shows all the neighbors what status that individual has, and how poor or rich he or she is, it has become like a community club with all competition with friends and relatives, instead of giving relief to the soul, it becomes a tension for that individual and family members, and to look down in front of others if one's status is found to be lower than everyone else. The same exact thing is going on in Sengog these days, and the name of the individual's who donated are clearly printed, to show who is the hero and who is the zero. And when one goes to any temple, Hindu, or Buddhist, or any other religious temples with lots of decoration with varieties of statues, and the same status problem.
When an individual wants to show himself at home and how religious he is, he has to show his love towards his god, by using expensive marble, gold, ect, and the status comes in again.
Death has become so expensive and painful now for people to burry, the person has to find a loan to bury his loved one. Requiring a minimum of $10,000-$15,000.00 for a mid-classed person. Some at the news of the death of there mother and father do not want to even hear it, because they will have to undergo all these expenses. Church, or temple ceremony and a feast for the people. In today's world, all religious things have become a very big business if one can focus it. All religious priests, and monks, are getting richer and richer, and one cannot leave one of there children for even a short time, they are many stories about child abuse found very commonly in the churches, temples ect.
Then where can the person find the actual satisfaction his soul deserves?
Did anyone ever realize, for our bodies' satisfaction and desires, we work so hard to look good, and to live, eat the best. Many have goals in there life to satisfy there body for example, houses, cars, and all other materialistic things.
No one ever realizes, when one's soul departs from the body, everything related to this world become useless. That is why everyone in this world, is always unsatisfied for his worldly desires, which will never be fulfilled until death, however everything is left behind after death, now the question rises, what is one achieving for his or hers' unsatisfactory soul?
The soul comes from Allah, and stays in this world for a temporary period of time, then returns to the creator, and the body decades and stays in the world.
How does Islam answer all of these questions?
Islamic laws apply to the soul, regardless of color, status, looks, wealth ect. The benefits are applied equally to the soul regardless of status, and how?
When any individual practices Islam, there is no special requirement. When one goes to the mosque, or is performing prayers, the soul is praying and seeking help from the creator, and is directly communicating with the creator, because the soul is unseen, and the satisfaction is unseen also, any practicing Muslim will witness, no matter how rich or poor any individual is, but he would be fully satisfied by practicing Islam. When one goes to the mosque, there is only plain carpets regardless of status, race, wealth, look, color all individual's are in one line. Even the King, or any other person, if he comes late during the prayer ceremony that King would stay back of the line, there is no special sitting place, everyone sits on the floor and bows to the creator together.
There is no statues, no pianos, or any other material, because if any material is satisfying the individual that means the creator who created that soul, and who is the owner of the universe is unable to satisfy the person, but that piano, or statue, or material is able to. The question is how can this material can satisfy the soul?
When one gives charity in Islam, if the right hand gives, then the left hand should not be able to know it, if one shows off then that charity is not acceptable.
If any individual thinks of himself as handsome, or beautiful, and that his clothes are more finer then anyone else's, any kind of pride, that is the time to ask forgiveness from Allah, who has granted that person the status. And he is trying to tell the other person less than him, so that person would become unthankful to the creator.
When who sleeps with a full belly, but his neighbor or friend sleeps with an empty belly than that individual has to answer his creator. Anyone who performs good deeds, who is looking at the reward from this world, there will be a great punishment, because the return of the reward does not come from the people, but comes from the creator, because every individual depends on Allah, who is the provider for everyone.
In Islam whoever has knowledge, regardless of color, status, wealth ect. is the most respected. No material can attract any practicing Muslim, except his creator, and the Prophet's examples, and the companions. No one has any rights in Islam, to cheat anyone regardless of religion, or race.
In Islam, it is important to have a very attentive lifestyle, for the person to be in full senses, not to be fooled by anyone, or to be harmed and that is why Islam forbids alcohol. So everyone one is in senses, and never can be fooled. Because most of the people's lifestyles and families, and children have become disturbed because of Alcohol. People try to have lots of money to satisfy there soul, they gamble, lotteries, race courses or any other form of gambling. Because the after result is only suffering for the family, and the children.
Satan has many different ways to misguide individual's to try and keep them busy in this world, and there greed is never ending. And that person is ignoring his creator, and everyone is thinking, that they are making there status for themselves and there children. Islam forbids interest, because whenever a loan is taken in order to buy a house, car, or furniture, after they work for interest, the husband and wife, come home and sleep only, and they look at there properties with happiness, and the rest of there life they are paying interest, and after the house is paid off, when the couple reaches to the age of 65, when the life slows down, and it is time to leave this world, which is the ending of this life, and maybe a few years they live loan free and after they go back to where there soul has come from.
All of these things are disturbing, and making mental disasters. Someone is dying out of stress, or heart attacks and unhappy souls, and Satan (Shaytan) shows the soul different ideas to keep them busy towards movies and TV. Day and nigh hard work goes out of the hand if one looses there job, when they are unable to pay there loans. installments, they loose there down payments ,and the rest of the money paid if one is unable to pay the installments in two months. And that individual then gets a lawyer's letter from the mortgage company, to pay off the entire amount owed. One who is unable to pay regular installments, how can that individual pays in one shot. If he goes to other lenders, the computer record shows bad credit, then he is unable to get a loan, because that individual has no job and a bad credit. Why does Allah (SWT) give us the knowledge not to be attracted by this world, not to disturb the soul, and to have a real peace of mind. People get life insurances, which is another scam and how? Because once someone is dead, that individual is leaving money which was not worked and sweat for, and whoever gets this money will blow it out in no time, easy comes and easy goes, and whatever dirty things or wrong actions are done the punishment will go to the dead person who left the money behind, and they are not depending on there provider, who is the provider of everyone.
Most of the people have an idea after death what will happen to the loving wife and children, so whomever is depending on the money instead of Allah, that money will never bring happiness, except building enemies from the relatives and friends.
Whomever depends on Allah, Allah opens there doors, and there life becomes easy just like our beloved prophet's father passed away before he was born, and he was six when his mother passed away. And look at the Prophet today, Allah has left him as an example for us as the most respectable, with the highest respect and status, which no one had ever, and no one will have. The real satisfaction to the soul comes from the provider's realization.
And if you sit down today, and start realizing and thanking his favors today, and comparing it to someone less than you, you will find yourself to be lucky out of a million others. And you will see how much the soul will actually be satisfied.
When one starts to loose the favors of Allah, for example if one looses one hand, he would be thankful that there is still one hand left. Or if someone looses one leg, than he starts to thank Allah that he still has one leg left. Or someone looses one eye, then he becomes thankful to Allah for one eye functioning. And this is the satisfaction of the soul, to realize the creators favors, and to obey his laws.