The Devotion of Life — Page 252
252 a Waqf in the eyes of God. My rejection does not mean that God has also rejected him. Whether we accept him or not, he has acceptance with Allah the Exalted. Even if he is in employment elsewhere, whenever the Community calls for the dedication of lives, it is his obligation to once again offer himself. No matter if he is again rejected; in case of rejection, if he finds himself some employment, even then it is his obligation to spend as much time as possible in the service of the faith, otherwise he will be deemed guilty of a great betrayal. When a person promises Allah the Exalted that he dedicates himself to faith and then on the rejection of the Imam of the Community, rather of the Prophet, considers that simply because he is not chosen therefore he is free, he will be considered guilty of a great betrayal by God. Let alone offering himself for Waqf, even if a person decides in his heart that he is dedicated to Allah the Exalted and then goes ahead to, at times, consider himself free from the responsibilities of devotion, he is a great traitor. His pledge of devotion cannot be changed by someone accepting or rejecting him. The rejection only entails that he cannot participate in the specific group which is required to do a task at that time; this absence cannot alter his devotion. Rather, from the day one decides to do Waqf, whether he expresses it to anyone or not, he is dedicated in the eyes of Allah the Exalted. For him to consider himself ‘free’ in any sense is a betrayal.