Following the pandemic, the velocity of time has increased abruptly and has become untraceable. It feels as if the sun sets and rises together.
This advancement towards the end time, comes along with the elements of Satanism. The world has been reduced to a satanic whirlpool. The elements of enlightenment have been tapered to mere fringes. The motive has narrowed from becoming free of all sins to just, somehow, coming out less harmed.
True that all of us are sinners but it is equally true that no Prophets are coming to guide us now. If you are waiting for a saintly person, who has not apparently committed any sin, you are deluding yourself into an unknown abyss.
It all comes back to us now. We have to be there for each other. We have to counsel each other. In fact, its reckoned as a collective responsibility of the Ummah to guide each other.
The motive ceases to exist if the code of conduct of both the parties ; the one counseling and the one being counselled, doesn’t adhere to positivity and mutual understanding.
As for the one being counseled, he has to take it if it is for his good, be it from whosoever. Hazrat Abu Huraira (R.A) learnt about Aytal-Kursi from Shaitan. (Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 1275)
As for the one who is counseling, he needs to be over cautious while guiding a person with the sentiments and sensitivities of the victim in mind. Hassan and Hussain (R.A) corrected “Tariqa e wuzu” of an elderly person without even saying a word to him about his wrongness.
If the elements of mutual respect and consideration of sensitivities lack in the argument of the respective parties, the motive turns contrary. As for the one whose sensitivities are not considered while being counseled, he may mistake “counseling” with “bashing”. He’ll then resort to an unintentional arrogance and consequently nullify his consideration of a sin as a sin at the first place, thereby distancing himself from the very basic step of Repentance.
To worsen the ill effects of it, this person commits another sin and now the new sin comes in parallel with the arrogance of higher order. That, right there, is the devastation of soul.
Its very important to know that this circle of “learn and let learn” is not an airy concept. It has its roots in the Book of Allah.
1.Allah says in the Quran, Surah Al Imran.(3:104)
“And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.”
2. Allah says in Surah At-Tawbah (9:71)
“The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Him and His Messenger. Those – He’ll have mercy upon. Indeed He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Maqbooz 