Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 444
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 444 The essential point is that all of these flaws are merely the result of a lack of restrictions and unbridled freedom, and it is on account of this very lack of restrictions that an overwhelmingly large segment of society prefers this lifestyle. Just today I saw a book in which the particulars of Buddha’s life are documented. It claims that he supposedly did not acknowledge God, and that this very world is everything that exists; nothing hereafter. Verily, these are the unrestrained and unrestricted beliefs on account of which it is said that 1/5th or 1/4th of the world follows the Buddhist doctrines or appeals to those doctrines. The more strict a religion is, the fewer the peo- ple who enter its fold, yet the purity and righteousness found in it are proportionately that much greater. Islamic Restrictions Islam has mandated restrictive stipulations for the sake of both, women and men alike. Just as the command to observe the veil is for women, men similarly have the peremptory command to ghazz-e-basar [lower their gaze]. Salat [Prayer], Fasting, Zakat [almsgiving], Hajj [the Pilgrimage]; distinction between the halal and haram [i. e. the permitted and prohibited]; abandon- ing one’s habits, customs, and rituals that oppose the command- ments of God Almighty; etc. etc. are the very restrictions why the door of Islam is so extremely narrow, and this is the very reason that every single person cannot enter through this door. س�ائ اہش و رہہچ وخایہ نک ي ع� [‘Become a Christian and do whatever you please’], for their religion is an undisciplined faith. Imitating these [Christian] people, a faction has also recently developed amongst the Muslims who seek to reinvent Islam. Essentially, all of these occurrences give visibility to those who desire no discipline and absolute freedom, but keep in