Muslim Woman

Deen is the name of a system. This system meant that human beings should live together in such a manner that every individual should have an equal opportunity for to develop its full potential or self-realisation. A system in which each individual should become a means for the development of potentials of others and in this way finds way of his/her Own development of potentials. In this system, the needs of the natural life are very elementary things. A system that is responsible for the development of all natural potentials, cannot forget the natural needs of human beings.Obviously, such a great system will have many elements of various kinds. Any tiny element of the system will be unique and vital and will have a role in producing the results of the system, while the whole system will be paralysed if that tiny element failed to function, just like a loose of a screw of railway track will stop all trains.Various injunctions in the Islamic system have equal importance. When that system was established, all actions those were in accordance with the system principles played role in bringing out the results. But when the system vanished, its elements remained like a railway junkyard, with out-of-order signals and broken railway tracks. We heard about the blessings of this (like railway) system, but did not see it in practice. Now we consider the old signals and broken railway track (the elements of Shariah) a means of blessings of the system.

Similarly within the system of Islam they (various injunctions and principles) were part of Deen. Outside the system became rituals. Madhab (opposite of islamic system) is the name of a group of rituals and the sacred wishes attached to it. Concrete results are the proof of the authenticity or truthfulness of a Deen, while truthfulness of madhab remains confined to the good faith of its believers (followers). Deen is like a living body working as an organic whole while in madhab, parts of the dead body are scattered at the sacred places and worshiped. Although, the system that Islam gave and described with a comprehensive term of “al-Deen”, cannot be broken into pieces. But to understand we can divide it into two parts: its one part revolutionised individual life and another part was responsible for the development of human potential. (Again I will emphasise that these were not two parts. Internal revolutions i.e. the result of change is potential development and the result of human development is human personality development.

By - Religion Islam