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\u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645<\/p>\n
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Stupefied? Have you ever heard such a question before? Between your ears and your eyes, which do you think is superior? Many \u2018Ulamaa claim that your ears are superior. Put differently, the faculty of hearing is greater than the faculty of sight. Their arguments are:<\/p>\n
1. <\/span>While there were Ambiyaa who were deaf (for example, Ya\u2019qoob alaihis-salaam who lost his eyesight due to excessive crying for his son Yusuf alaihis-salaam and Shu\u2019ayb alaihis-salaam who went blind due to profuse crying as a result of his fear regarding how he would fare in front of Allah on the day of Qiyaamah), there is no evidence of any Nabi who was deaf.<\/p>\n 2. <\/span>Your ears hear in all directions; front, back, left, right, up and down. On the contrary, your eyes can only see in one direction.<\/p>\n 3. <\/span>Your ears function in light and darkness. However, your eyes can only see in light.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Other \u2018Ulamaa feel that the faculty of sight is superior; your eyes are a greater ni\u2019mah (bounty) from Allah than your ears. Their arguments are:<\/p>\n 1. <\/span>It is true that your eyes only function in the light. However, this does not signify any inferiority. Quite the opposite, it signifies nobility. The eyes are so noble that Allah has relieved them of having to function in the dark. On the contrary, your ears are not as noble as your eyes. Hence Allah has not relieved them of their duties due to darkness. This proves the superiority of your eyes and your faculty of sight.<\/p>\n 2. <\/span>There is more beauty in your eyes than in your ears. The appearances of people are enhanced more by their eyes than their ears. Referring to the beauty of the eyes, an Urdu poet said:<\/p>\n If you cherish the joy of the rain,<\/p>\n Then come and sit in these eyes.<\/p>\n They are white and black,<\/p>\n And they have a sky (the eyelids) and<\/p>\n Rain (tears) as well.<\/p>\n An Arab poet, Abu Nawaas, was asked to prove the existence of Allah. He replied:<\/p>\n \u062a\u0623\u0645\u0644 \u0641\u0649 \u0646\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0636 \u0648 \u0627\u0646\u0638\u0631 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0622\u062b\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0627 \u0635\u0646\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u064a\u0643<\/p>\n \u0639\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0646 \u0644\u062c\u064a\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u062e\u0635\u0627\u062a \u2013 \u0628\u0623\u062d\u062f\u0627\u0642 \u0647\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0628\u064a\u0643<\/p>\n \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0642\u0636\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0628\u0631\u062c\u062f \u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f\u0627\u062a \u2013 \u0628\u0623\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0644\u0647 \u0634\u0631\u064a\u0643<\/p>\n Ponder over the plants (vegetation) of the earth<\/p>\n And look at the results of the creation of the Great King<\/p>\n Wells (eyes) of silver gazing<\/p>\n From pupils of casted gold<\/p>\n Upon pieces of chrysolite, bearing<\/p>\n Testimony that Allah has no partner<\/p>\n 3. <\/span>Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that Allah says:<\/p>\n \u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0628\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062a \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0649 \u0628\u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u062a\u064a\u0647 \u0641\u0635\u0628\u0631 \u0639\u0648\u0636\u062a \u0628\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I test my servant with his two beloveds (i.e. his eyes) and he exercises sabr (patience), I substitute him with Jannah.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n There are two factors here:<\/p>\n a. <\/span>Such a promise was not given to those who suffer from impaired hearing.<\/p>\n b. <\/span>The ears have never been referred to as man\u2019s two beloveds.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ar-Raazi\u2019s Judgment<\/p>\n Ar-Raazi\u2019s judgment on this issue is that both groups are in error. This entire discussion is absurd! How can you compare the two (your ears and your eyes) whereas their domains are totally different? Does anybody ever question which is more important, eating or drinking? Definitely not! You eat when you are hungry. You drink when you are thirsty. Both of them, eating and drinking (irrespective of how much or how little), are essential for human existence. So too are our eyes and our ears. Both are indispensable for a comfortable life. \u00a0Can you imagine life without your eyes or ears; unable to see or hear? \u00a0What’s more is that without these two seemingly small yet most important organs, we would not be able to identify so many bounties of Allah and proofs of His existence, greatness and oneness. Would this not be an impediment in the path of Imaan? Therefore, always remember that your eyes, ears and every other organ and limb in your body are extremely great bounties from Allah. It is for this reason that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:<\/p>\n \u201cEveryday in which the sun rises, sadaqah (charity) is compulsory in lieu of every joint (limb and organ) in the body of the son of Aadam.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u0623\u0644\u0645 \u0646\u062c\u0639\u0644 \u0644\u0647 \u0639\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0648 \u0644\u0633\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0648 \u0634\u0641\u062a\u064a\u0646<\/p>\n \u201cDid we not give him two eyes, a tongue and two lips?\u201d<\/p>\n Mujaahid, one of the earliest commentators of the Qur\u2019aan and a student of Ibn Abbaas radiallahu anhu, said: \u201cThese are clear bounties of Allah which He wants you to acknowledge so that you would be grateful.\u201d \u00a0Once Al-Fudail bin \u2018Iyaad read this aayah and then spent the rest of the night crying. When questioned about this, he replied: \u201cDid you ever spend the entire night thanking Allah for giving you two eyes with which you see? Did you ever spend the entire night thanking Allah for giving you a tongue with which you speak?\u201d He continued mentioning a few more similar things. \u00a0Bakr Al-Muzni said: \u201cO son of Aadam! If you wish to know the extent of Allah\u2019s bounty on you, just close your eyes. (Imagine life without the ability to see.)\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ibn Abid-Dunya narrated from Salmaan Al-Faarsi radiallahu anhu that there was a man who possessed a great amount of wealth. He gradually began loosing this wealth until he was left with only one straw mat. However, throughout this time he never stopped praising Allah. At the same time there was another man whose wealth was increasing all the time. Noticing the gradual decrease in the former\u2019s wealth, he asked him: \u201cFor what do you still praise Allah?\u201d He replied: \u201cI still praise Him because He has given me something so valuable that I would never swop it for the wealth of the entire creation.\u201d \u201cWhat is that?\u201d asked the latter. He replied \u201cYour sight, your tongue, your hands and your feet.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A man complained to Yunus bin \u2018Ubaid about his difficult circumstances. Yunus asked him, \u201cWould be happy if you were given one hundred thousand dirhams in exchange for your eyes with which you see?\u201d \u201cNo!\u201d replied the man. \u201cWhat if you were offered one hundred thousand dirhams for one of your hands?\u201d continued Yunus. Again the man replied in the negative; he would never be happy to sell just one of his hands even if he was offered such a high price for it. \u201cWhat about one foot?\u201d added Yunus, \u201cWould you sell it for that amount of money?\u201d Yunus asked the man a few more similar questions and then told him: \u201cI think that you possess hundreds and thousands yet you complain of need!\u201d \u00a0What Yunus meant is that the creator of your difficulties is only Allah. Remember that all comfort and discomfort is created by Allah. Hence, by complaining of your difficulty you are actually complaining of Allah! Considering the priceless value of the organs and limbs in our bodies, how can we complain of Allah? Is that not being ungrateful?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On the Day of Qiyaamah we will be questioned whether we were grateful for these bounties or not.<\/p>\n \u062b\u0645 \u0644\u062a\u0633\u0626\u0644\u0646 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u0626\u0630 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0639\u064a\u0645<\/p>\n \u201cOn that day you will be questioned about the bounties.\u201d<\/p>\n Imaam Tirmidhi has recorded a Hadith from Abu Hurairah radiallahu anhu in which Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said: \u201cThe first (bounty) about which man will be questioned on the Day of Qiyaamah is that it will be said to him, \u2018Did we not give you a sound body? Did we not quench you with cool water?\u2019 \u00a0Ibn Abbaas radiallahu anhu said that \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0639\u064a\u0645 (the bounties) includes healthy bodies and sound ears and eyes. \u201cThe servants will be questioned about how they utilised all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Inability<\/p>\n However, the truth is that man is unable to sufficiently thank Allah for any of these bounties. On one occasion Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that whoever reads \u0644\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 receives a pledge (of salvation) from Allah and whoever reads \u0633\u0628\u062d\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648 \u0628\u062d\u0645\u062f\u0647 receives one hundred and twenty four thousand rewards. Somebody in the gathering asked: \u201cHow can we perish after that, O Rasulullah?\u201d Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam replied: \u201cA man will come on the Day of Qiyaamah with weightier \u2018amal (actions) than the mountains. A bounty from the bounties of Allah will then rise and almost exhaust all that \u2018amal unless Allah intervenes with His mercy.\u201d \u00a0Ibn Abid-Dunya narrated from Anas radiallahu anhu that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said: \u201cAllah\u2019s bounties and man\u2019s good and bad deeds will be brought on the Day of Qiyaamah. Allah will then tell just one of His bounties, \u2018Take your share in his good deeds!\u2019 Thus it will take away all his good deeds.\u201d \u00a0In fact, it is understood from a weak Hadith recorded by Al-Haakim that not even five hundred years of \u2018ibaadah is sufficient to thank Allah for the bounty of sight.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Do not Despair!<\/p>\n Most certainly, in spite of these Ahaadith, there is no need to despair. The aim of such Ahaadith is to highlight the importance of gratitude to Allah and not to create despondency. Thus, when Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam mentioned that daily we should be giving charity in lieu of every joint (limb and organ) in our bodies, he thereafter said that being just between two people, helping a man mount his animal or load his goods thereon and good speech are all forms of charity. Every step taken towards salaah and removal of an obstacle from the road are also equivalent to charity. \u00a0In another narration it is mentioned that \u201cevery utterance of Subhaanallah, Al-hamdulillah, Laa ilaaha illallah and Allahu Akbar is charity. Telling people to do good deeds and abstain from evil is charity. Two rak\u2019aats of salaah performed at the time of duhaa (forenoon) suffices for all of the above. \u00a0In yet another narration it is mentioned that helping a person in distress is charity. And if one is unable to do that, he should avoid harming others because that is also equal to charity.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Finally, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that whoever reads the following du\u2019aa in the morning has discharged the shukr (thanks) for that day. Similarly, whoever reads it in the night has discharged the shukr (thanks) for that night. The du\u2019aa is:<\/p>\n \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0645 \u0645\u0627 \u0623\u0635\u0628\u062d \u0628\u0649 \u0645\u0646 \u0646\u0639\u0645\u0629 \u0623\u0648 \u0628\u0623\u062d\u062f \u0645\u0646 \u062e\u0644\u0642\u0643 \u0641\u0645\u0646\u0643 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u0643 \u0644\u0627 \u0634\u0631\u064a\u0643 \u0644\u0643<\/p>\n \u0641\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0648 \u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0643\u0631<\/p>\n \u201cO Allah! There is not a single bounty which I or anybody else among your creation enjoys except that it is from you alone \u2013 and you have no partner – therefore all praise and thanks are to you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n May Allah guide us to understand and rectify our actions, aameen.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Abu Hudhaifa Muhammed Karolia<\/p>\n 16 Rajab 1431 \\ 29 June 2010<\/p>\n Al-Jaami\u2019ah Al-Mahmoodiah<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645 YOUR EARS OR YOUR EYES? \u00a0 Stupefied? Have you ever heard such a question before? Between your ears and your eyes, which do you think is superior? Many \u2018Ulamaa claim that your ears are superior. Put differently, the faculty of hearing is greater than the faculty of sight. 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