Contemplating Preaching

By Mushtaq Hurra 

FROM sectarian abhorrence to our falling ethical standards, we are passing through an ugly turmoil of social, religious and moral disintegration. We are confronted with numerous drastic issues which if not resolved at the earliest, will bear terrible consequences in near future. Number of drug abusers and addicts in our valley is assuming dangerous proportions with every passing day, sale of liquor is substantially increasing in our markets, vulgarity is consuming the legacy of our cherished values and morals, corruption of different kinds is barely considered illegitimate, wasting productive time on social networking sites and internet browsing has become the norm of our young people, books including the holy Quran are lying dust-ridden in our shelves and racks, smartphone screens displaying profanities continue to be the chief source of our amusement, yet our clerics and orators squabble on holy pulpits to desecrate them badly. Either they are complacent or indiscernible about the growing iniquitous practices prevalent in our society. These ostensible contractors of Islam have stooped so low that our ancestors might be abashed in their graves because their successors have begun to sell their prized ideals on cheaper prices. Social reformation should have been one of the core priorities of our clerics, but they continue to hoodwink masses to grind their selfish axes.

The holy rostrums should have been used to eradicate social evils like dowry, indecency, defrauding, fornication, late marriages, corruption and the growing disobedience of Allah SWT and his descended heavenly laws but our Molvis have other ideas. These seats should have been the sources of our emancipation and liberation but oblivious preachers have yoked our necks in new slaveries.

Alas ! The nominal rectors and preachers only incite factional hatred among ummah. They perpetually spit venom through their sermons and speeches from holy minbars. They take pride in issuing decrees against their ideological rivals. They hardly miss any opportunity to lower the guard of this beleaguered community.They should have balmed the bruises of ummah but they are hellbent at spreading abomination and a sense of ill-will against their own brethren. I pity their blind followers and fans who endorse their nefarious designs either consciously or unconsciously. Indulging in disgustingly awful debates has become the chief motive of these so-called ambassadors of Islam. Prophet Muhammad ( SAW ) and His companions/sahabah never tried to discredit their own people though they might have had some differences with them.

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