Rang-o-Noor (BY SA'DI)

THE SACRIFICE

May Allah bless us with the attribute of "Sacrifice!" This is the dear attribute with which Allah endows His dear slaves. "Sacrifice" is preferring others to ones ownself and undergoing trouble to comfort others. The "Sacrifice of the Ansaar" has specially been praised in the Holy Quran. They gave a lion's share to the "Muhaajireen" in their homes and business and made them owner of their belongings. Sacrifice in man increases with the ratio of increase in Belief in him. Sacrifice is replaced with "Selfishness" in the man whose Belief is weak. Then there is the only lust for ones ownself and of drinking, eating and usurping the maximum and demanding the lion's share in very thing. When this habit increases, it disgraces man so much that it entangles him in a piece of bread only i.e. yearning to get more soup and more pieces of bread. Whenever the Sahaabah received a good thing, they, first of all, thought of giving it to their brothers, their neighbours or their relatives. It is said about them that the head of a goat would come back to them after going to many houses. The injured in the battlefield would give the glass of water to the other injureds get themselves martyred.
Keep it in mind, the one who sacrifices for others is never hand to mouth and straightened. It is because the one who is anxious about Allah's creature, Allah is anxious about him. No one can compete the sacrifice of Sahaabah . However, we are also to go to Allah. We should also inculeate in us the attribute of "Justice." When the attribute of justice is created, we must take up sacrifice in order to unblemish our Hereafter. The "Justice" is that we should not usurp others' rights nor lay hands at the others' share nor try to consider others things our own nor demand extra than our legal right. All of us should take stock of ourselves whether we are on the right. Many people tyrannize in the distribution of the property. Many people oppress their old parents. Many people usurp women's share and many others demand extra than their lawful share saying, "We are special people. We deserve extra share." O slaves of Allah, do not exercise oppression. Do not consider yourselves special rather become common people. Din is the name of sacrifice not of usurpation. Allah has called oppression unlawful (Haraam). The property of every departing soul is the right of his heirs. Some mighty people occupy it and deprive the weak of it. All this is the Fire of Hell. Who robbed the Boulton market in Karachi. Our Interior Minister did not raise the question whether they were Muslims. O yes, every thing is pardoned in Karachi. There is massacre of dozens of people and robbing of billions of rupees daily. There is rigorous receiving of billions of rupees every month and ferocious groups of the killers every where. There is not so much waponary in Swat and Waziristan as has been accumulated in Karachi. But according to the Intierior Minister, neither military nor military operation is required there. May Allah bless Karachi and is people with freedom! This city is indulged in strange slavery and worry for a long time. The people of Karachi are enriched with the wealth of "Sacrifice." A large amount of contribution for Religious Institutions in Pakistan comes from Karachi. The people of Karachi contributed the maximum to different phases of Jihaad in Afghanistan. They have a large share in the Religious movements in the country. The people of Karachi feed the poor and the indigent and love the orphan. I happened to go to the Arab countries during the first phase of Afghan Jihaad. I was pleased to know that the generous people there would take up the responsibility of bringing up the Afghan orphan children. Seeing this, I was greatly impressed and wished to do something for the children and families of the martyrs in Pakistan. Therefore trusting in Allah, I raised a voice in Karachi. I was greatly delighted and wondered that people cooperated me with love. At that time, there was no system of maintaining record about the martyrs. The situation advanced so much that people had to search the houses of the martyrs after great labour.
This was the credit of the people of Karachi that they, sitting so away, laid the foundation of this sacred task. Afterwards, the other parts of the country also participated in it. The maximum number and powerful religious institutions are also situated in Karachi. The scholars who have got education from those institutions have been working in several countries of the world. The people of Karachi are brave also. The brave "Kashif Shaheed" was born and bred in Karachi. Besides bravery, Kashif had special rank in service and sacrifice. His sacrifice at the fronts was that he gave his bed to his comrades and he himself slept on the flour. He left this world very soon. He would be finding the reward of his sacrifice in heaven and will be enjoying well if Allah wills. On the other hand, the selfish person keeps burning in the anxiety, "What did I gain? What did I lose! I should get and lay hands at such and such thing with no other to share it." Then on one day, he will leave all these things in this world and go to the next world. Then he will realize that the world was not the place to accumulate but to distribute. Hazrat Hajvary tells us, "O the slaves of Allah, the world is place for service and sacrifice whereas Hereafter is the place to get reward. Then why do you demand the reward of every of your good deed in this world?" Hazrat Hajvary has written a full chapter on sacrifice in his book "Kashf-ul-Mahjoob." He has also noted the incident of the saints. When the ruler of the time handed those saints over to the executioner, one of them offered himself to be beheaded before his other companions. When the executioner asked the reason in surprise, he said, "I want to devote the remaining breaths of my life to these comrades." Hazrat Hajvary has written many other incidents about "Sacrifice" and writes in the end that the actual sacrifice is the sacrifice of life i.e. sacrificing ones life in the way of Allah. May Allah bless us all with this high rank of Sacrifice!

Translated by: Abdullah