The meaning of (Al-Takleef)
If we reach
that point then we should know by now the meaning of (Takleef) and what is the
choice with regards to humans. We should also know that man’s choice is
according to the decree of Allah in what to do and what not to do and that it
is the basics upon which we will be accounted for in the Hereafter.
But there
might be some inevitable power that might interfere with man’s choice. We might
be forced to do things and by that we are not free to choose the right path
(Manhaj). In that case, we say that the burden of duty (Takleef) is raised and
you are not accounted for what you do. That is the Fairness of Allah for He
will not make you accounted for something when you are prevented to freely
direct your energy to do good or evil.
For
example, imagine that a man came and tied me with some chains so that I could
not pray. Would I be accounted for not praying? Or would I not be accounted for
it? Consider that someone came and ordered me to prostrate to someone other than
Allah? Would I be accounted for that? Of course not because Allah (TWT) says:
<<Whoever disbelieved in Allah after his belief,
except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith.>>
Ayah 106 from Surat An-Nahl
So the
force is not accounted for when Allah (SWT) gave us the choice in applying His
law. He gave us the freedom to choose under the condition that we choose with
our own free will. For Allah (SWT) wants us to approach Him lovingly and
willingly. By that He (Jalla Jallaloh) wants us to prove the lovingness to the
great essence of His Highness. So whoever did any sin unwillingly or by force
is not accounted for his sin. Similarly anyone who obeys Allah by force or
without his own free choice is not rewarded for the good deeds that he
committed. For worship should be done to truly prove the lovingness of Allah
(TWT). If there is no true love for Allah in the believer’s heart and if there
is no sincere devotion to Allah, then none of our deeds will be accepted.
For example,
if a man gives some charity to get praised as the most generous and the most
religious or to be called the man of righteousness, he will not be praised by
Allah and will not be rewarded for his deed as he did not do it out of love to
Allah but actually out of love to celebrity and to get praised by people. And
if someone goes to a charity that is organized by the wife of someone in power
and donates a big amount of money to get some favor done to him at work, he
will not be rewarded for it because he has chosen to get an advantage in the
worldly life (Al-Hayat Al-Donya) and he did not do it out of his love to Allah.
Same as with whoever prays to get people to say that he is praying and whoever
goes to do the Hajj procedure to be called “Hajj”, he will not be rewarded for
it as he headed for celebrity and he had no true love in his heart for Allah.
In that the prophet of Allah (PBUH) says:
((“All the deeds are according to
one’s intention and everyone will get what he intended to do. For that who
immigrated to Allah and his messenger will have his immigration to Allah and
his messenger and that who immigrated for a life that he wanted or a wife that
he married will have his immigration to what he wanted”.))
So ultimate
freedom of using one’s mind in directing the energy created by Allah to obey or
to disobey is a main condition for Account in the Hereafter. Also forcing
people to do grievous sins of adultery is not accepted in Islam and Allah (TWT)
says about that:
<<And force not your maids to prostitution, if they
desire chastity, in order that you may make a gain in the (perishable) goods of
this worldly life. But if anyone compels them (to prostitution), after such
compulsion, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most merciful (to those women, i.e. He will
forgive them because they have been forced to do this evil act unwillingly).
>>
Ayah 33 from Surat An-Nur
And so we
see that even with the grievous sins like disbelief and adultery, if it is practiced
by force than there is no punishment for it. All deeds should be completed by
freely choosing to use our minds to direct the energy created for us by Allah
(SWT). That energy should be directed to do good deeds or to do evil deeds.
That is why the Fairness of Allah (SWT) ruled that the “Takleef” should be
raised from the insane whose mind is unable to direct the energy freely to good
or evil. That is because the insane could not distinguish between what is
useful and what is harmful. The same with the child because his mind is not yet
mature enough to direct him to the scope of correct choice.
To be continued....
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