| This
is a scene, a disgraceful but eye opening scene; if you can
see, have a look; if you can think, ponder; if you can then
do something. The thing has gone too far and we are in deep
waters; the darting flames can engulf our chadar, our four
protective walls, the honor of our traditions; this flame
can burn our nest and turn our respectability and nobility
to ashes.
Before me are not one or two, but eight mini buses with 240
men in seven of them and 35 women in the last one. These shameless
people have been brought to the court of the Judicial Magistrate
for bail. They had been caught, some of them in unspeakable
conditions, from a cinema house on M.A. Jinnah Road on charges
of spreading obscenity the day before. The interior Minister
of Sindh and a heavy police force had been present at the
occasion. If you look at the accused, some of them are fathers
of small children, some are husbands of waiting wives. The
arrested women would be having honorable relations too, but
they forget all respectful ties when they step in the glittering
world of greed and avarice. They have a new birth, a birth
that nullifies the honorable meaning of words like modesty,
'hya, sister, wife, and daughter. The soul leaves leaving
an empty body, what is 'hya but the spirit? When that leaves
then anything is possible.
Hazrat Abu Mas'ood Badari (radhiallahu ta`ala `anhu) narrates
that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihe wasallam) said, "It
has been handed down by tradition of the earlier prophets
that when 'hya is no more, do anything you wish for."
In another hadith Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihe wasallam)
has particularized four things as the characteristics of prophets
'alaihe mus salaam, "'Hya, fragrance, siwak, and nikah
(marriage)"
Hazrat Ashja' 'AbdulQays (radhiallahu ta`ala `anhu) came in
Rasulullah's presence who said to him, "You have two
qualities that are liked by Allah."
He asked, "Which two qualities?"
Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihe wasallam) answered, "'Hilm
(tolerance) and 'hya."
He asked, "Were these qualities present in me previously
or have I developed them recently?"
Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihe wasallam) replied, "They
were present previously."
He said, "Praise be to Allah who placed two such qualities
in me that He likes."
Hadhrat 'Abdullah bin 'Umar narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu
'alaihe wasallam) said, "'Hya and Imaan live together;
when one is lifted the other goes with it."
'Hya is commendable in any one whether a man or a woman. But
especially in a woman 'hya imparts a secret beauty that no
gold or silver ornaments can give. It is 'hya that stops a
woman from venturing out freely from the home, it is 'hya
that stops her from mixing freely with the opposite sex, it
is 'hya that drops the veil over her face and drapes the hijab
on her body. The western woman has long ago given up this
ornament (of 'hya') but now an organized effort is being made
to strip the eastern woman of it too. The sign boards on our
crossings, the screaming walls, our papers and publications,
our radio and television, our markets and bazaars, our colleges
and women's rights organizations, all of these are enough
to point out the storm of immodesty that has engulfed our
nation. We used to curse Hollywood and Bollywood, used to
cry against the import of their movies, but now we are making
the same films. The kind of programs being telecasted by private
and national channels leave no need for foreign movies and
dramas. Although our country has not been able to make itself
independent in modern weaponry, machinery, medicine, agricultural
equipment, wheat and grains, but……..it is quite
self-sufficient in movies and programs propagating obscenity,
immodesty, music and dance. Was there any lack of disgusting
behavior in cinemas that they had to be turned into centres
of decadence?
You can imagine what would have been happening in that building
from where this contingent of fornicators was arrested, and
believe me, this filth is not limited to one or a few cinema
houses, no, it has spread like a wild epidemic in streets
and neighbourhoods. Everyday newspaper reports of custody
of centres of debauchery run under the patronage of the local
police are proof enough. People are arrested, the papers have
a field day, but after a few days the same haunt is opened
in another house of the same neighbourhood. Woman is sold
in such houses, a price is put on her, her honour is on sale;
and to crown it all, a woman is often the vendor of another.
You might find it surprising but the fact is that no man has
ever bestowed the amount of nastiness to a woman than another
woman has. It is a woman who enters the life of a married
man and separates him from his wife and children; it is a
woman who degrades womanhood by dancing around on a stage,
the same womanhood that comes forth in all its innocence in
the roles of mother, sister, and daughter; that draws out
feelings of respect and love. It is a woman who advocates
for shameless runaway women.
You might be surprised to know that the regional director
for "Aurat Founadation" has denounced police conduct
in relation to the arrest of the women and charged it as debasement
of humanity. NGO's and organisations made in the name of women's
rights will always side with brazen, shameless women who enact
even the most serious acts of immorality and contribute to
the destruction of a family, the devastation of parents, the
ruin of siblings, the messing up of moral Islamic values.
They will never issue a statement that appeals to afflicted
women to redeem their behaviour or show any sympathy towards
the distressed families. These women who defile the honour
of their families are offered residence in foreign countries,
provided expensive lawyers, and projected as heroines to become
a model for gullible and innocent girls. The media takes their
side so strongly that any good council is made to look foolish.
But will the obligation of Amr bil Ma'roof and Nahi 'anil
Munkar be relinquished just because of the statements of a
few westernised men and women? Will we see the destruction
of our nest in silence? No, never! If the pledgers of faithfulness
to Allah and His Rasul (salallahu 'alaihe wasallam) do so,
they will never escape from the wrath of Allah when it befalls
the wrong doers; the silent devils will also come under His
fury.
Our media that can play an important role in educating the
nation have barred the entrance of sage counsellors. They
do have darse Quran and Hadith, intricate speeches, impressive
writings, the orators are highly intelligent, creating a magic
for the listeners and readers, rendering speechless any criticism;
but I don't know why these intellectuals are blind to these
approaching tides. But if the proprietors of television and
newspapers are silent, will the heirs of the mimbar and mihrab
remain so too? No! never! They will have to continue their
traditional role not only to save the nation but themselves,
their homes, and their generations.
|
