Fazl-e-Umar — Page 152
Fazle Umar 152 beings. Whenever any opportunity arose for service in any of these spheres he put himself in the forefront to render such service as was open to him, and he was capable of performing. He had, however, to be mindful of proper gradation in all these spheres and had to give effect to the necessary priorities. The primary field of his activities was religion, but his definition of religion was as comprehensive as was Islam itself. In his estimation, as in the estimation of all true Muslims, religion was not confined to repeating the Kalima, participating in the five daily prayer services, observing the fast of Ramadhan, paying the Zakat and performing the Pilgrimage to the House of Allah. He did all this with complete devotion and sincerity and in a perfect spirit of obedience to the divine command, but he realized that all this was machinery for the generation of the true spirit of worship of the Lord and the service of His creatures.