ISLAM IS THE MODERATE RELIGION

Allah
(God) Almighty says in the Holy Quran:

And
thus, We have made you [true Muslims-real believers of Islamic Monotheism, true
followers of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his Sunnah (legal ways), just (and the
best) nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and the Messenger (Muhammad,
PBUH) be a witness over you. (Quran Chapter: 2:143).

Monasticism
(from Ancient Greek monachos, monos, alone, solitary) is the religious practice
in which someone renounces worldly pursuits to fully devote their lives to a
monastery environment and its way of living. Among Abrahamic faith lineage,
Christians institutionalized Monasticism.

It
began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon Old
and New Testament examples and ideas, but important to note that monasticism is
NOT mandated as an institution in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures.

In
Jewish tradition, there has been an example of living hermit life and in the
community of goodwill away from the worldly life under certain vows, but this
did not include celibate lifestyle and complete disassociation with earthly
responsibility.

We
just have to review that what does moderate Ummah (nation) means. This Ummah is
the middle nation because modernity is found in every field of life in this
Ummah. The whole world is frustrated and disturbed but this Ummah It’s always
in the middle and being moderate. I will explain this matter with two or three
examples.

How
it is moderate as Muslim Ummah and Islamic religion. Islam is a Justice and
Moderate religion. If we carefully take a look at human history. Especially
when the advent of the Messenger of Allah (Mohammad PBUH) was not being.
Therefore, we see that the world was divided into two groups.

Spiritual
People or Monkhood:

Some
people called themselves spiritual people and some people called themselves
worldly. Who were spiritual people? They were the monks. Who practices
Monkhood? What is the meaning of Monkhood, It means ‘abandon a world’. They
thought that unless the world affairs were abandoned, God Almighty could not be
found and get.

Besides,
not Spirituality is found. Therefore, people became a Monk. Spirituality was
that in their minds that they must leave their homes and settles down in the
mountains, caves, and forests and they are not related to humans and just
worship there. Besides, in their opinion, they got this kind of spirituality
gradually.

Then
it is important to say that who left the world? Wearing a dress is a problem
now, so it is difficult to use clothes, because who sees someone in the caves
and the forests. So now the problem of dressing too hard so you have to be
living naked. Moreover, there are no worries about bathing for years and
unconditionally dirty.

The
way I told earlier that these people do not have any relation with the human
being or person if there is no contact, and then there is no sense of marriage
near them. Because these people consider the woman as an agent of a devil. It
was a Monkhood or Reclusiveness.

Worldly
People:

On
the contrary, those group of people who said that we do not need this Monkhood.
Therefore, they enjoyed the world’s Matters and finances. These people were not
ready to bear any kind of moral imprisonment even any kind of restriction as
well in worldly affairs.

The
life of people like these in the world was like animals. Loot to whom you want
and deceive to whom you want. It means that these people were following the law
of ‘Might is Right’. The society of the world is consists of these two classes
‘a spiritual class’ and ‘a worldly-class’.

If
you consider them, then both of these classes have extreme. One left the world
completely. They left the parents, there was no relation to relatives and there
was the concept of wife and children. For the reason that these people consider
the women as an agent of a devil. Moreover, the second class so much drowned in
the affairs of the world that His humanity was destroyed. Now consider what the
concept of Islam has presented. There is No Monasticism in Islam.

Allah
Almighty Saying in the Quran:

O
you who believe! Make not unlawful the Tayyibat (all that is good as regards food,
things deeds, beliefs, persons which Allah has made lawful to you, and
transgress not. Verily, Allah does not like the transgressors). (Chapter, 5:87).

Monasticism
is not allowed in Islam – Our beloved Prophet said…‘There is no Monasticism’.

It
is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari, Vol. No. 7, in the Book of Nikah, Ch. No. 3, H.
No. 4…‘O young people, whoever has the means to get married, should get
married’ – Hadith says that.

If I
agree, that if you renounce the world, you came closer to Almighty God – and if
every human being renounces the world today, then within a span of 100 to 150
years, there will not be a single human being alive in this world. If everyone
practices this law throughout the world, where is the Universal
Brotherhood? 

Where
will you find Spiritualism? Where will God’s Almighty love be confirmed? It
will be found in the world’s business matters. This matter will be at the home
office shop and court. Islam has given a great idea of Monasticism. It comes
out in between the state of spirituality and the world.

When
a man adopts such a condition, then both attributes become apparent in his
actions with moderation so He becomes a spiritual man. All the blessings (food
items, wealth, children, and so on) that God has given you in the world using
all these blessings and delights to find the house of the Hereafter.

Try
to reach God Almighty through the way of the world. The way to meet God
Almighty is in Monasticism and is not to leave the world matters. All the Holy
Prophets have taught in their books the way to meet Allah Almighty. Try to
follow them that way you will love all the creatures. It will be a necessary
result. Love of God will be confirmed when you will also love God’s created
things. Allah’s beloved one is the messenger, first, you must love the
messengers sent by God Almighty. Spirituality is the thickness and better of
life.

Overview
of Two Systems: Humanity saw two systems as well.

1:
Capitalism,

2:
Socialism

Capitalism:
It has two basic features.

A): Rights
of own property

B): Laissez-faire
economics (Economic Freedom)

A): Rights
of Property:

Capitalism
is an economic system where private bodies own the factors of production. The
four factors are entrepreneurship, capital goods, natural resources, as well as
labor. The possessors of capital goods, natural resources, besides
entrepreneurship exercise control through companies. The individual owns his otherwise
her labor.

The
only exception is slavery, where somebody else owns a person’s labor. Although
illegal throughout the whole world, slavery is still widely practiced. Anyone
who wants to be the owner of unlimited wealth and property. There will be no
objection to this person. No question will be asked of this person that what
the source of such wealth is. If a person has such wealth and property.

So
how dangerous it can be how this person is can prove to be dangerous for society.
Every person in this style system has the right to earn the property as much as
possible, the rights of owning unlimited property and wealth.

B:
Laissez-faire Economics (Economic Freedom)

One
of the guiding main beliefs and principles of capitalism, this doctrine claims
that an economic system should be free from government intervention otherwise moderation,
plus be driven only by the market forces. A person earns as much as possible
and spends the way the person wants. How you want to earn and spend the way you
want.

You
will be asked by anyone neither government nor a person that what is the source
of your income or your property and how you spend. You have the option of how
you make matters with someone, do the deal with the person you want. Assume you
have a factory and you need a laborer for it.

Because
it is a freedom of economy. If you consider this, then both of these
foundations are very good, but both the foundations have made the capitalist
system a deceptive system. Besides, the worst kind of exploitation in the world
came in front of us. Do you know the actual meaning of exploitation? Do you know
how does it exploitation take place? Actually, in the name of the free economy,
a capitalist competes with a common worker in the world. If you consider so,
there is no pair in them.

On
one hand, if the investors close their industry or Mill for one year and go to
another country and the investor does not work for a year so the investor has
does not matter. There is no need for him because he has such a wealth that he
can fulfill all his needs. An industry or company owner does not care.

On
the other side there is labor or workers if they do not work, so what will his
family eat in the evening time? How will a worker’s needs be fulfilled? So a
farmer or a worker is compelled to work daily. Now, on such an occasion the
investor deals with forced labor or farmer. Now assume that the right of a
laborer becomes 100% of an hour’s wages but the investor gives 40% or 50% of
it.

However,
the investor gives 40 percent or 50 percent instead of 100 percent. Now at this
point what is the way now a laborer has to accept this condition of the
investor? A laborer or poor farmer is compelled to accept these strict
conditions because of his poor family. So, by taking unjustifiable advantage of
a poor and needy labor compulsion the amount that the feudal lords, investor, and
the industrialist think is appropriate an investor takes work from a farmer on
its own will.

Due
to this unjustifiable method, an investor saves so much money throughout the
year so these investors make two or three more factories in a few months from
this amount. Besides, people called them an industrial genius.

If a
laborer goes to another factory because of the injustice of the investors,
there is also injustice with him because the current investor is united with
another investor there and because the current investor is compromised with the
other investor in these unfair terms as well.

Therefore,
a poor laborer is exploited in this way. It is a big affair rather it is a
vicious circle. The result is that Poor people become poorer and the rich people
unlawfully collect public wealth. It has two horrible consequences.

First
of all, the public gets helpless. The common people’s wealth comes into the
hands of big investors. Moreover, the other thing is that the middle-class
ends. Additionally a small industrialist and small farmer class also end.

This
sort of curse is present in those countries in which the capitalist system is
fully implemented. Now a reaction arose in contrast to this system in the
common people of that society in the form of Socialism.

2: Socialism:
What is Socialism?

Socialism
is a populist economic besides political system based on public ownership (also
known as collective or common ownership) of the means of production. Those
means include the machinery, tools, plus industrial unit used to produce goods their
purpose is to directly content human needs.

Communism
and socialism are umbrella terms denoting two left-wing schools of economic
thought; both oppose capitalism, on the other hand, socialism exists before the
“Communist Manifesto,” an 1848 pamphlet by Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engels, by a few decades. In a purely socialist system, the government makes
all legal production and distribution decisions, and individuals rely on the
state for everything from food to healthcare. The government determines the production
as well as pricing levels of these goods and services.

The
meditators, a Thinker:

Large
thinkers gathered against this capitalist system. These big thinkers decided
that this is a system of injustice. People rebelled against the capitalist
system and introduced a new system.

However,
when a human being thinks and acts against injustice so Man reacts in anger and
the state of a hurry. As they did not think that if they restricted the rights
of the property then it does not get an exploit.

If
there was a slight ban on this system, perhaps this type of results did not
occur. Rather, they overturned the rights of property and the free economy.
Nevertheless, human beings fell from the level of humanity to the level of beastliness.
The major loss had occurred from the process was this?

The
authority or power came into the hand of a few people in capitalism. Before
that, a few people had wealth and they had done a lot of unlawful activity.
They had exploited. Nevertheless, in the socialist system, now the wealth,
power, police, armed forces, and laws had also come under their circle of authority.

So,
is it the people of the socialist system now become angels? They will no longer
exploit like capitalism. Because all the forces were gathered in one place.
Therefore, the result was that the socialist system emerged as the worst
system. An error occurred in this system. When the class like small landowners
and small industrialists were ended in capitalism. When almost all the wealth
reached in the hands of big investors.

There
were consists of some people who exploited in capitalism. However, when the
socialism system came, it claimed that the rights of the property, economic
freedom, elimination of capitalists, elimination of the price system, and free
competition, were over. There is a need for controlled capitalism in society.

Now
people in this society had a small agricultural land and they had a small
garden in it. Such small landowners and small industrialists told the socialist
leaders who we have exploited. Why do you want to deprive me of the property
right? However, the claimants of this socialist system also took away the
property from such people.

Human
thinking has become extremist. So small factories owners and small property
owners have rebelled against this dictatorial system. The result of this
rebellion resulted in a large number of such people were killed. Another result
of this rebellion also came out and that is, the crisis that was created in the
capitalist system the same problem was created in the socialist system as well.

However,
if you consider, the capitalist system has been at least running with all its
troubles. However, on the other side, the socialist system has been implemented
only for around seventy (70) years. Also, the result was that the socialist
system ended.

The
Economic System of Islam:

Firstly, now consider the system of Islam between these two extremist
systems. Islam recognizes the right of the property but does not accept
unlimited rights of property. The state government has this right in the
Islamic system, the government authorities can question this person, and how
did you get this wealth from?

Has
this property not achieved in the case of exploitation or from any fraud?
Moreover, should this wealth be with this person? Alternatively, it should be
arranged for a reasonable purpose or it should make any reasonable arrangement
should be made for.

Secondly, the concept of a free economy exists in the capitalist system it
is not present in the Islamic system. You have to use valid resources to earn
money. You do not have this right in the Islamic system Spend the way you want.
You will have to spend that same way as the method in Islam.

For
example, you cannot spend your money on drink alcohol, gambling, bullying,
stealing, killings, extravagance, and so on. If you consider these social evils,
so you will be able to figure out how dangerous it is. For instance, alcohol is
harmful to the liver. So is this a beneficial thing? Instead, you can use
different fruit juices; the use of fruit juices will improve your health.
Therefore, the Islamic style system negates both capitalist and socialist
systems. The ruling or order of the king or queen in the Kingdom can be unfair.

Whatever
the king decides in the Kingdom, whether the order is wrong or not, but in
his/her views, he is correct. Similarly, in democracy, the people decide what
the public wants they think that it is also the right decision in their view.

Because
in the assembly there are publicly elected representatives. Islam is not
convinced of unlimited democracy and a system of kingship. Therefore, Islam
brings a moderate system between capitalism and the socialist form of systems.
Islam is against extremism. Therefore, in the Islamic system, either King or
Queen cannot make any mischief or unjust order or decision. Similarly, the
public does not have any authority to make law.

Because
Allah (God) Almighty Says in the Holy Quran:

All
decisions belong to Allah (Quran Chapter:12:6).

It
is clear from the verse of the Holy Quran, that only, God will bestow the
ready-made, finished, completed law for human beings. Nevertheless, yes, the
public representatives have the right to its interpretation, descriptions, and
the option of presenting it.

However,
should be limited. No unlimited Monarchy and unlimited democracy rather, be a
reasonable way. Instead, the right and middle way should be taken. It is all in
between the two extremes. With this belief, if you consider, only Islam is the
moderate system for the betterment of all humanity.