Message of Ghamidi Sahib Post His Recovery from Illness.
[Hassan Ilyas] Thank you very much for your time.
Greetings to you, Ghamidi Sahib its an occasion of great joy and delight
to have you back here for conversations.
You had suffered for long in a heart ailment
which led to surgery, the lessons had to be stopped.
For the first time, you are back on air, live.
I will begin from the point that thousands of well-wishers called,
their messages, on Facebook, Youtube etc were received.
People who hold you dear and listen to your talks,
and I must confess, a large number of people
who even do not subscribe to your point of views,
a large number of them too sent their good wishes and prayers
for your fast recovery and health.
And come back once again live with your talks.
This is the first day, the people and I would wish to ask you
about your present health, and how do you feel now?
And all the people who have made Dua for you, what is your message for them?
[Javed Ahmed Ghamidi] It is a great gift of Allah, His great Mercy.
A servant of Allah is helpless against His Will,
sicknesses and sufferings obviously do not come without the permission of Allah.
And when such a thing is ordained then He only creates
means for its treatment and cure. I too am thankful to Allah that
He has given me respite from a suffering, conducive situations arose
in which the appropriate and well-timed attention was received.
The people made Dua for it, obviously, it leads to sentiments of thankfulness.
Their love for me is in the cause of Allah.
I haven't had caused any personal gain to anyone.
The way I have understood the Deen of Allah,
I have tried to convey it across to people.
If it has been of service to them and as a consequence
has led to their feeling of love, then this is a reason
for congratulating them too. And this is Allah's Bounty,
His Gift and Barakah for me as well. I am really thankful to them all,
and also request them to remember me in their Dua in the future as well.
[Hassan] We will talk a little more about this.
Please tell us, when the illness comes,
and you are a knowledgeable scholar of Deen,
and look into the depths and the realities of things.
The illnesses that come to human beings, what do they learn from them?
And is Allah giving us some reminders, warnings
through these illnesses?
What should be the matter of a true Muslim
regarding his/her Lord post his/her illness?
[Ghamidi] Allah (swt) has given a very concise expression to it in the Quran.
That human beings keep facing issues as per the laws laid out by Allah,
One great law among them is that Allah (swt) has made this world as a test.
People are passed through difficulties, sufferings, and poverty.
The jobs are lost, losses occur in businesses,
in the same way, the sicknesses start coming on regular basis.
So all these things are sent by Allah on the principle of testing.
The second aspect is, at times we make mistakes and become lazy.
We grow proud and arrogance develops in ourselves and it becomes
absolutely necessary to remove this defect.
The Quran has worded it beautifully in the Sural Aal-e Imran,
i.e. "We purify people", like the way, gold has some impurities too,
we put it in the kiln at high temperatures to remove the slag,
so this process is also required for human beings.
Hence the illness and sufferings become a means for it.
Failures also become a means of it.
Hence, it is very important for a human being to lead a life
with a feeling of humility and submissiveness
that he/she is a servant of Allah, and being a servant of Allah
is the gift of the Lord that He saves him/her from trials.
We should not ask for trials however, whenever those do come,
those come in accordance with Allah's (swt) larger scheme of things.
Whenever illness comes it is due to some larger Wisdom of Allah (swt),
with a condition that the servant of Allah
has full faith and trust in his/her Lord.
Then gradually that Wisdom starts becoming evident.
Similarly, when the sufferings come, or there is poverty,
or there are ups and downs in circumstances,
then all these things are for the reason to test
whether my servant has patience, maintains his/her trust in Him,
doesn't start complaining.
With regard to his/her failure does not nurture
any misunderstanding towards Him.
He/she continues to expect only Good from Allah.
So all these points are kept in view by Allah (swt)
before Allah makes all these things happen.
This is done for individuals and for the nations as well,
about whom it is stated,
"Tilkal Ayyamun Udaaviluha Bainan Naas".
All these things are based upon these principles.
In this, we should circumspect ourselves.
Look into our mistakes or inadequacies. Or if there was an ill will
or defect at heart, because of which Allah has put us into this trial?
Or if all these aren't there, nevertheless, this world is a test,
where there is the test for thankfulness and patience.
So this test should be understood as a test to spend the life.
[Hassan] The last aspect that I wish to bring under discussion.
Among all the people who sent messages and expressed their love,
and asked after your health and well being,
one distinct apprehension that was reflected in their words
was that today when a question arises
or confusion develops with respect to Deen,
or some point which crops up in a modern mind,
when an interpretation in religion is not clear, or there is a case of apostasy,
we present everything to Ghamidi Sahab,
And you hold a high position in academics,
you have undergone great study,
having spent a long enough time in reflection on Islam,
You have ready replies for our questions.
We sacrifice our lives on you. May Allah bestow upon you a long life,
We do ask, who will come to our rescue
and solve these problems of ours, after
the departure of your kind soul?
[Ghamidi] Syedna Isa A.S. had replied to it.
If you go through it, there is a lot of eloquence in it.
For Allah (swt) Who is the Master of the Earth and the Heavens.
Nobody is indispensable, we all are His humble beings.
None of us have any status. He had described it thus,
"If the Lord wishes, He would give birth to Abraham from below every brick".
We should never indulge in this misunderstanding.
It is His Gift that He makes use of any of His servants.
i.e. in this world of Allah, never has there been a dearth of such people
who do understand the Deen of Allah and convey it to people.
Neither has there been such a matter in any age.
If you look back into our past history,
you will find such great people been given birth by Allah (swt) in every age,
who according to the demands of their era come up with answers to people's questions
No servant of Allah should ever develop such a notion about himself/herself.
The Wisdom, Laws, and the Will
of Allah (swt) reign in this world. And accordingly people come,
offer their service and as per their abilities, they serve and depart.
When they depart, at times people like us develop such
a misunderstanding and it is just an expression of misunderstanding,
if someone has done it, otherwise, when one person departs from this world,
ten means are developed by Allah (swt) to promulgate His Deen.
You see, such great people have departed this world,
where do I stand in comparison to them?
You see, such great personages as Shah Waliullah, Shibli, Abul Kalam, Iqbal,
Hamiduddin Farahi, Ameen Ahsan Islahi,
Maulana Abul Ala Maududi, great personalities such as these.
So outstanding personalities have been taking birth
and whenever someone departs people develop such feelings.
This world is the creation of Allah, one after the other follows.
If Allah (swt) puts an interval in between
then that too is due to some Wisdom of His.
So I am just a student, I have served as a student.
You keep faith in the fact that when I depart
Allah (swt) will give rise to a thousand ways for His Deen.
And I am not under the false notion that I have done some great service.
All my services are only of the level of a humble student of knowledge.
I always state my relationship with my Ustaz that I was just an ordinary
backbencher among his students. Hence, according to me,
such thoughts should never ever get close to us.
All the relationships should be developed with our Lord.
We have the Book of Allah, the Quran with us.
For us the guidance of Muhammad (pbuh)
the last Prophet of Allah is fully sufficient for us.
And if someone has been bestowed by Allah
for the privilege of its service, then he/she should thank Allah for it.
Rather than be misled by the false notion
that who can be after me?
i.e. Deegar daanaay-e raaz aayad ke naa aayad.
The Knowers of mysteries keep turning up and Allah gives birth
to His servants continuously, and I will repeat the same point again,
What is so difficult for that Lord for
"He may give birth to an Abraham from below every stone or brick".