Islam Rediscovered
9. The Islamic Way of Life
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“One who is not grateful to man cannot be
grateful to God either.” (
Al-Bayhaqi
)
SOCIAL RELATIONS
A. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
To preserve society from instability and keep it in a
perpetually reformed state, Islam has given a basic
commandment, which has been mentioned at many
places in the Qur’an. One such Qur’anic verse runs:
“(Believers are those) who enjoin what is good and
forbid what is evil.” (9:112) The same point has also
been repeatedly made in a number of traditions
such as the following: “A believer ought to open the
gate of good and close the door of evil.” (
Musnad
Ahmad
)
This commandment has been misrepresented by
certain self-styled advocates of Islamic revolution as
being political in nature. But this is not so. It is
entirely non-political. It only indicates that every
member of society should have a strong sense of his
responsibility towards society. No one should
remain indifferent on seeing the perpetration of evil
or injustice. He should feel the pain of others in his
