Pious family doing evil deeds
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I have left a corporate
position in the risk & insurance industry to help my husband become the
head of our family. We have now a successful dairy goat farm. I found out at
age 38 that I am adopted so I turned to my husband`s
family for support. After living amongst them for 2 years I saw that my mother
in law (just deceased) have been abused (beaten at age 87!!!) by her unmarried
daughter. In order that the daughter go to
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Answer:
Pious family doing evil deeds
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
It is imperative that no matter
what the family of your husband do, you as a believer
in Allah and the Last Day, must give them all their rights and duties due to
them in the best manner. Unless of
course, they do something against the direct commands of Allah and His
Messenger (saws); then it is your duty to abstain from such deeds.
Regarding the issue of the
‘jinn’, etc.: please note that no jinn, or no combination
of jinns can hurt you or anyone else in the
least, without the permission of Allah Subhanah! Thus, a believer, who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last
Day, must put his/her trust in Allah Subhanah Alone; and
fear no one save the All Powerful Allah.
A believer must be satisfied with the belief, that even if all the jinns and the humans of the world got together and tried to
hurt you, they would not be able to do
so without the permission of Allah!
Thus, take
refuge in Allah, put your full trust in
the Power and Strength of Allah Subhanah, and do not fear anyone except Him. And constantly supplicate and make dua to Allah Subhanah, and ask for His
Protection and Refuge and recite the 113th and 114th Chapter
of the Holy Quran (Surah Falaq and Surah Naas) regularly. It
is expected that nothing will ever harm a believer who takes refuge in the Lord
of the Worlds!
Your Question: my
question and fear is how is it that this family can be so
pious yet do so much evil?
Prayer, fasts,
and dhikr are nothing but signs that a person
is Pious and on the Right Path. There
are some who perform all the outward signs of piety, but succumb to the evil
whisperings of the Shaitaan and do very evil
deeds! Allah Subhanah
Alone will decide on the Day of Judgement who amongst
His creation were true believers and who were practicing
falsehoods!
Just wearing the garb of Islam,
or doing the outward deeds of Islam, does not guarantee that a person is
pious! But piety is to constantly love,
fear, obey and follow each and every command of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
and forever fear the accounting of an Inevitable Day in the Court of Allah Subhanah.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister