The Devotion of Life — Page 61
61 pain to provide comfort to others and even accept hardship to give relief to others. ” Third Type of ‘Waqf’ (Submission) The third kind of submission that is mentioned in the Holy Quran is that a Muslim should devote his life and his wealth for the propagation, strengthening and progress of Islam. Under ordinary circumstances, a Muslim is not forbidden to benefit from the blessings that are related to worldly life. But it has been made an obligation for him that, just as under ordinary circumstances he continues to strive to the best of his faculties to gain the pleasure of Allah by discharging his duties towards Allah and His beings, similarly, it is obligatory that when faith and Muslims need him for protection and progress, he will present himself to Allah and devote himself entirely for the support of Islam. As, under normal circumstances, just for the sake of Allah the Almighty he abstained from all forbidden things, so now, he will give up even permitted things to gain the pleasure of Allah the Almighty and to strengthen religion. This kind of submission is closely related to the first two kinds. A person who is living his life just to gain the pleasure of Allah, will certainly hearken to the call of Allah the Almighty and will be prepared to give the greatest sacrifice for his faith. He will feel compelled to do so by his sincerity, his love and his faith to offer every sacrifice to provide success to the Mission of Allah. Only such a person who follows the path of Allah’s pleasure, can be called to assist the faith because the sincerity of only such a person and his true faith can be beneficial.