So how do you create a balance between deen and duniya whilst still living an islamic and good life.
i mean you cant cut urself off from the world and be lost into deen , i dont mean dt in a bad way ( forgive me god ) and obviously you cant be too lost in duniya and forget deen.
any ideas comments people.
please i dont need any negative against religion or duniya answers plz
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Avoid immoral acts (harmful to anyone in any way). Enjoy acts you honestly think/ feel are good, but maintain limits of your religon. Seek truth sincerely, consider everyone's advise but accept logic & apply it with wisdom (considering situation, time & place). Pray to Allah for guidence & protection from rigidity/ extremism.
p.s. thorough knowledge of "Rules in ones Belief System" & "Way of living of ones ideal" is must for a balanced life.
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Every act of a Muslim is abadat , being a Muslim is 24x7x365 job and your reward is paid 24x7x365.
If you are a student you are performing the abadat of bettering your and other's life when you will use your training and skills you learned as a student, so it is abadat. If you are sleeping as a contended Muslim you are being rewarded for it because you are sleeping so that you can wake up with a new vigor and fresh for performing your Islamic duties. So if you are a Muslim there is no Dunia , it is all Deen. If you are driving a Taxi , or if you are doctor when you are at your job you are performing abadat because you are earning halal living.
The very basic and easy pre-conditions is that you are a Muslim true to your belief and you take care that all your acts are within the basic framework of Islam. In Islam deen is not the name of performing your salat at prescribed times , or performing other mandatory Islamic rituals only. Your every moment is deen. Yes performing salat is mandatory and performing other abidah when they become mandatory is a Farz and your deen will not be complete without them. Some people will make you to believe that if you are running a big business then you are involved in Dunia and are away from Deen. No if you are running your business with honesty and the business itself is halal it is also deen. When you use your money for betterment of your life and the life of your family and then life of your neighbors and the life of your fellow citymen and then your follow countrymen Allah will reward you doubly once for using your skills he gave you for earning halal money and then for spending it on all the right places and for the right cause.That is why Islam does not seperate the deen and dunia.
Allah says in Quran when you are done praying say his tasbeeh if you are standing or lying down. That is your deen and that is your dunia to keep him in mind whatever you are doing, this practice makes everything you do Deen , and Dunia also becomes Deen this way.
Wallah Alim Bis sawab. Allah knows the best.
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Every act of a Muslim is abadat , being a Muslim is 24x7x365 job and your reward is paid 24x7x365. If you are a student you are performing the abadat of bettering your and other's life when you will use your training and skills you learned as a student, so it is abadat. If you are sleeping as a contended Muslim you are being rewarded for it because you are sleeping so that you can wake up with a new vigor and fresh for performing your Islamic duties. So if you are a Muslim there is no Dunia , it is all Deen. If you are driving a Taxi , or if you are doctor when you are at your job you are performing abadat because you are earning halal living. The very basic and easy pre-conditions is that you are a Muslim true to your belief and you take care that all your acts are within the basic framework of Islam. In Islam deen is not the name of performing your salat at prescribed times , or performing other mandatory Islamic rituals only. Your every moment is deen. Yes performing salat is mandatory and performing other abidah when they become mandatory is a Farz and your deen will not be complete without them. Some people will make you to believe that if you are running a big business then you are involved in Dunia and are away from Deen. No if you are running your business with honesty and the business itself is halal it is also deen. When you use your money for betterment of your life and the life of your family and then life of your neighbors and the life of your fellow citymen and then your follow countrymen Allah will reward you doubly once for using your skills he gave you for earning halal money and then for spending it on all the right places and for the right cause.That is why Islam does not seperate the deen and dunia. Allah says in Quran when you are done praying say his tasbeeh if you are standing or lying down. That is your deen and that is your dunia to keep him in mind whatever you are doing, this practice makes everything you do Deen , and Dunia also becomes Deen this way. Wallah Alim Bis sawab. Allah knows the best.
Excellent answer
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Every act of a Muslim is abadat , being a Muslim is 24x7x365 job and your reward is paid 24x7x365. If you are a student you are performing the abadat of bettering your and other's life when you will use your training and skills you learned as a student, so it is abadat. If you are sleeping as a contended Muslim you are being rewarded for it because you are sleeping so that you can wake up with a new vigor and fresh for performing your Islamic duties. So if you are a Muslim there is no Dunia , it is all Deen. If you are driving a Taxi , or if you are doctor when you are at your job you are performing abadat because you are earning halal living. The very basic and easy pre-conditions is that you are a Muslim true to your belief and you take care that all your acts are within the basic framework of Islam. In Islam deen is not the name of performing your salat at prescribed times , or performing other mandatory Islamic rituals only. Your every moment is deen. Yes performing salat is mandatory and performing other abidah when they become mandatory is a Farz and your deen will not be complete without them. Some people will make you to believe that if you are running a big business then you are involved in Dunia and are away from Deen. No if you are running your business with honesty and the business itself is halal it is also deen. When you use your money for betterment of your life and the life of your family and then life of your neighbors and the life of your fellow citymen and then your follow countrymen Allah will reward you doubly once for using your skills he gave you for earning halal money and then for spending it on all the right places and for the right cause.That is why Islam does not seperate the deen and dunia. Allah says in Quran when you are done praying say his tasbeeh if you are standing or lying down. That is your deen and that is your dunia to keep him in mind whatever you are doing, this practice makes everything you do Deen , and Dunia also becomes Deen this way. Wallah Alim Bis sawab. Allah knows the best.
Subhanallah an excellent reply... the part in the bold; the statement is so concise yet comprehensive at the same time, Mashalllah. :
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Very nice sharing Mirch, good words of wisdom (MashaAllah).
I would like to add here that our "Intentions" are the key to whatever we do.
Following is the example of how intentions can raise the degree of a man even though he is doing "almost" the same act as others are doing.
A man sleeps at night with an intention of going to a bad place in the morning.** (Might not gain anything)**
A man sleeps with the intention of waking up in the morning to go to work and gain halal Rizq (Every second of his night is counted as Ibadah (praying), by the angels)
A man sleeps at night " The Sunnah way "(on right side facing Ka'aba) with Niyyah ( intention) of waking up in the morning to offer salah, recite Quran and go for Halal Rizq ( Every second of his night is counted by the angels as an ibadah (praying) of even higher degree).
See, how much difference intentions make.
p.s. Source, speech of a scholar.
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Two opposite acts in "Dunya" but good reward due to "intentions"
A man while walking in a desert felt the need of resting but couldn't find a pole to tie his animal with. So he decided to insert his stick in the ground. When he was going to leave, he left his stick with an intention that it would serve some traveller who passes by and want to tie his animal.
Another man was walking alone, lost in his thoughts, wasn't expecting a stick on his way so was hit by the stick. He removed the stick from the ground with an intention that the person coming after him might also get hit by the stick if he fails to notice it.
Two Opposite acts in "Deen" but good reward due to "intentions".
As the Prophet (saw) entered the Masjid, he saw Hazrat Abu Bakr (r.a) reciting Darood in a loud voice while Hazrat Umar (r.a) reciting it in a low voice. As he asked the reason Hazrat Abu Bakr (r.a) said that he wanted other people to also listen so that his loud recitation might act as a reminder for them.
Hazrat Umar (r.a) said that his low voice was because he didn't want to show off to people as his praying was between Allah and Umar(r.a).
The Prophet (saw) said that Allah would give reward to both due to their good intentions.
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You are right my friend STP I will add to it that if you are a MUSLIM , then you will always have good intentions. How can you be a Muslim if your intentions for doing something are bad. The intentions of humans are all at the subconcious level so a Muslim's subconscious is alway at peace and always full of good intentions. Nobody who is a Muslim will go to bed thinking that I will wake up in the morning and kill someone, or accept bribe. A Muslim will go to bed thinking of and praising Allah, right ? Same goes for all the so called worldy acts of a Muslim.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Masahallah Allah may Allah reward Mizzrani, Mirch, STP and all the friends who are reading and contributing to this Post. Ameen.
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Peace All
MashaAllah all good answers, there is one small thing that I think should be added.
It is the concept of "Prioritisation" ... A Fard, outweighs a Mustahab, a Mustahab outweighs a Muba and Muba outweighs a Makruh which outweighs the Haram.
A Fard on time outweighs a delayed Fard and same with Mustahab, A delayed Haram outweighs a haram act done quickly and same with Makruh.
Eating to serve a very hungry stomach when food is ready outweighs the prayer to be read on time, but to read the prayer in masjid jammat outweighs prayer by oneself in the home for men.
Every act that is part of our DEEN has a place and a time and the best way to live is to give each thing the priority it deserves.
For example: After Zuhr comes Asr, but there is some time before Asr begins. It is a week day where someone is working. In that particular time it is a higher priority to work than to offer Asr.
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I would respectfully correct the last example. Quran does not permit you to forgo your salat even in the middle of a war. There is a method of offering it in those circumtances. Having said that if a person fears that he will loose his job if he offer his prayer at his work and he or she is not permitted to offer his salat at work. In that case Allah has permitted us to offer our salat in whatever manner we can pray.
]فَإنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالاً أَوْ رُكْبَانًا فَإِذَا أَمِنتُمْ فَاذْكُرُواْ اللّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُواْ تَعْلَمُونَ (239:2
When you are exposed to danger, pray on foot **
**or while riding; but when you are safe remember God in the manner He has taught you which you did not know. (2:239)
There are some hadees which validate my understanding which tell us that our holy prophet sometimes prayed when he was riding a camel. In this case since it is not possible to make ruku , sajood in its right format so even if you are praying with gestures or in your heart that is better than not praying at all.
Some muslim scholars tell us that this verse pertains to Nafil salat only not fard , but as you can see clearly Allah did not make any distinction here as to if this verse applies to fard or nafil salat.
There can be some situations in which you cannot pray in any manner like while you are operating some machinery and there is a danger that you will cut your limb if you do not pay full attention that is the only situation where I will forgo my salat and ask forgiveness of Allah.
Wallah Alim Bis Sawab . Allah knows the best.
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I would respectfully correct the last example. Quran does not permit you to forgo your salat even in the middle of a war. There is a method of offering it in those circumtances. Having said that if a person fears that he will loose his job if he offer his prayer at his work and he or she is not permitted to offer his salat at work. In that case Allah has permitted us to offer our salat in whatever manner we can pray.
]فَإنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالاً أَوْ رُكْبَانًا فَإِذَا أَمِنتُمْ فَاذْكُرُواْ اللّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُواْ تَعْلَمُونَ (239:2
When you are exposed to danger, pray on foot ** **or while riding; but when you are safe remember God in the manner He has taught you which you did not know. (2:239)
There are some hadees which validate my understanding which tell us that our holy prophet sometimes prayed when he was riding a camel. In this case since it is not possible to make ruku , sajood in its right format so even if you are praying with gestures or in your heart that is better than not praying at all. Some muslim scholars tell us that this verse pertains to Nafil salat only not fard , but as you can see clearly Allah did not make any distinction here as to if this verse applies to fard or nafil salat. There can be some situations in which you cannot pray in any manner like while you are operating some machinery and there is a danger that you will cut your limb if you do not pay full attention that is the only situation where I will forgo my salat and ask forgiveness of Allah. Wallah Alim Bis Sawab . Allah knows the best.
Peace Mirch
Please read the example again. What you have posted is totally true and there is nothing in my example that suggests Salat should be missed. What I am saying is that is the time for Asr has not arrived and the time at current is soon after the Zuhr prayer the contract for work requires us to work then the priority in that moment is work not the Asr prayer until the time for Asr comes, in which case the priority changes.
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"No man is true in the truest sense of the word but he who is true in work, in deed, and in thought," said the Prophet of Islam
"Verily, the reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended." If the intention is to show off then the good deeds are nullified.
The first three people on whom judgment will be pronounced and thrown into the Fire, Muslims are warned, are: a martyr who dies to show off his courage, a person who gives to show off his generosity, and a scholar who learns and teaches to show off his learning. All seemingly good actions, yet because of lack of good intentions on the part of the doers, such good actions become the cause of their doers' downfall.
To stress the importance of Sincerity at all times, the Messenger of Islam said:
"Allah does not look at your bodies and appearances but He scans your hearts and deeds."
While the Muslim is exhorted at every step of the way to give charity, and non-payment of Zakaat (compulsory charity) might even take one out of the fold of Islam), yet the best charity, Muslims are taught, is the one whereby "the giver’s left hand does not know what the right hand gives."
Believers are exhorted to be Sincere at all times, in all their dealings, whether public or private, expecting reward from none but Allah
"Say: Truly, my prayer my service of sacrifice my life and my death, (all) for Allah, The Lord of the Worlds". ( Quran: Chapter 6:Verse:162)
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Duniya our akherat (read deen)
Mollana Ashraf Ali Thanvi ki kitaab hay. Fursat ho to pharr lain
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Peace Mirch
Please read the example again. What you have posted is totally true and there is nothing in my example that suggests Salat should be missed. What I am saying is that is the time for Asr has not arrived and the time at current is soon after the Zuhr prayer the contract for work requires us to work then the priority in that moment is work not the Asr prayer until the time for Asr comes, in which case the priority changes.
I stand corrected.
Jazzak Allah.
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I guess a lot of issues arise when we try to separate deen and dunya. For me, being good to people, behaving ethically in transtactions, being truthful, being honest and working hard is a what deen is mostly about. Ibadat is a small (but important) part of deen.
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I guess a lot of issues arise when we try to separate deen and dunya. For me, being good to people, behaving ethically in transtactions, being truthful, being honest and working hard is a what deen is mostly about. Ibadat is a small (but important) part of deen.
You , me and every body is Adbullah Allah and whatever we do remaining in the boundries outlined by Allah is Ebadat. Please read my post # 3 above for details. Abdullah means someone who follows the command of Allah.
Jazzak Allah to all contributors. It is a very eye opening post.
which post??
Jazakallahu khair..... brthr i got a small doubt here fr myself whn i read tht prophet mohammed(pbuh) use to pray while riding n even a quote from Quraan made by mirch .
i had a five day project ...by da time i reached home it was too late to offer asar prayer at home ...it ws not even possible fr me to offer salat while travelling b'coz of few reasons like loud music , nonmuslim staff etc.
so i used to offer khaza aftr reaching home ....bt one of my colleague told me tht there is nthng like khaza...khaza is equal to leaving salat... u shld offer salat at proper time, left salat cannot b compensated by khaza salat.
Plz throw some light on thz wd refrnce to few hadiths.