Ismail Ulukus

Dr. Ismail Ulukus is a former phytopathologist and researcher. He has various articles written on plant diseases. In these days, he has begun to write articles on moral values due to a moral degeneration growing up on all the world. He is publishing now these articles on his website, http://www.esinti.biz His address: bilgi@esinti.biz

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Single religion for all humanity

In all the societies, the source of social ethics is the divine education. Many individuals believe that prophets brought different religions. Since the time of Prophet Adam, all the prophets introduced actually a single religion. And that religion is "the religion of believing in one Creator and submitting to His will". This religion was finally communicated to Muhammad (a.s.). It was named as "Islam" which means "submission" in Arabic. Those who submitted to the Creator's will were called "Muslims". Islam is the religion of all times and all humanity. All the books (the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospels and the Quran) are also the books of Islam.

Being sincere in faith and deeds

The most important thing needed for a human is "Ikhlas" after a right and complete "faith". It means being sincere. Faithfulness, honesty and righteousness in one's faith, deeds and words are extremely important in the context of religion which is an eternal universal system of goodness of Allah; because these are the core of Islam. The opposite of sincerity is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy and fakers are severely reprimanded and it has never been tolerant of them. Hypocrisy or factiousness is worse than denial. If we carry any sign of hypocrisy, we must leave it as soon as possible and try to get rid of that.

Being sincere in one's faith and deeds

Science and religion

Many persons consider religion and science as opposites. These are not opposites but complement each other. Actually, humans are face to face with not two, but three realities: The "material" realities belonging universe, the "intellectual" realities produced by reasoning and the "conveyed" realities belonging the metaphysical world, which transferred by prophets. Allah (swt) created the material and spiritual realms. He established their rules. Therefore, no conflict can exist between the knowledge of these two realms. All of the material realities, intellectual realities and conveyed realities are a whole.

Faith, words and deeds

Islamic scholars have required us, as beings who live a social life, to declare our faith to other humans with our tongue as well so that we can be treated as a Muslim in the events of our daily life. Faith is to accept with heart and confirm by tongue. According to the Ahl as-Sunnah creed, deeds are not a part of faith. One who commits a big sin may not be called an unbeliever. Living in compliance with Allah’s commands is essential for the blessings of the world and the afterworld. One’s value depends on one’s devoutness (taqwa). Loving one’s religious sibling is a key of a complete faith.

Divine Destiny

It is not possible to reach an eternal happiness without becoming a mature human being. And becoming “a mature human being” is only possible with “a perfect faith”. And one of the conditions for a complete faith is to believe that everything that happens in this divine order happens according to a divine judgment and program. This divine schedule is called “Predestination” (Qadar) and happening of the each predestined event is called “Occurrence” (Qada). The divine program gives people the right to choose. In short, there is a choice for human beings between goodness and badness.

Helping a moribund patient

We should attempt to die as martyr. We must adhere the reasons that will lead us to be a martyr. One of the spiritual reasons for dying as a martyr is that human attempts to learn the provisions of Allah and post, spread them to the human. Another thing is to get love of the world out of heart and place there love of Allah. Moribund patient should be kept in a room which has a good ventilating, calm, with appropriate heat and humidity conditions. In this room; alive picture, sculpture, excrement, dog, alcoholic drink, gambling and musical instruments shouldn’t be existed.

The death of the believer

Such as love of ahl al-bayt, cleanliness, good morality, showing respect for trust, mercy, shame, struggling for keeping honesty, love of country are indicators of faith and we shouldn’t compromise on these issues. We should know that Allah is always beside us. We shouldn’t be in doubt about our faith. The greatest help to be held for a person is to remind Allah. Having faith while breathing last breath is useless. But repentance is accepted while breathing last breath. The moribund patient shouldn’t be desperate of Allah’s mercy.

To die as a believer

There are some cases that they are serious indicators of faith. Such as to perform the salat in the mosque and keeping ablution. "The one dying after having performed an ablution, doesn’t suffer the pain of death; because ablution is a sign of being a believer." Kalima-i tawhid (Lailahe illallah) must be said very frequently believing its meaning. "The spirit of one whose last word is Lailahe illallah, exits easily his body and that word becomes a light for him in doomsday." Praise and patience are also the most important indicators of faith. "The half of faith is patience and the other half of faith is to thank God."

No, no, no!.. I'm not depressed

We began to remember death only in the case of depression, distress and illness. If we don’t have a head ache and our business doesn’t go wrong, we will not remember neither death nor further of it. However, Rasulullah ordered that: "Remembering the death protects from sins and prevents from engaging with the world exceedingly". In the communities forgetting Allah, remembering the death and the Hereafter only on depressed days and in cases of illness, do troubles get end?

Not to die as an unbeliever -3-

The greatest friends of human are Allah, prophets and believers. They attempt human to forward to goodness. We should love believers only for Allah’s consent and mistreat unbelievers only for Allah’s consent. This is called as "Hubbu fillah, Bugdu fillah". These are ones of the most important indicators of a mature faith. Addiction of the world life is the poison of faith and salvation. Love of the world life and preferring it to the Hereafter drags the human to the rejection of Allah. Not to be died as an unbeliever, we should always keep away from lie, hypocrisy and all the other major sins.

Not to die as an unbeliever -2-

A believer must be between fear and hope. It is required to avoid of expressions and behaviors exceeding the border of decency, and we should have fear of Allah as required. But a believer shouldn't fall into despair from mercy of Allah, considering his sins and his rudeness. Allah is fair, He doesn’t persecute any one, and has endless mercy. If a man feels between fear and hope, Allah makes him feel sure in safety about things that he fears, and ensures him to acquire his hopes. We mustn't do injustice and keep away from cruelty not to die as an unbeliever.

Not to die as an unbeliever-1-

The most important issue for a Muslim is to leave this world as a believer. The one who doesn’t fear to die as an unbeliever, dies as an unbeliever. It is needed to thank Allah for benefaction of faith not to die as an unbeliever. One of the issues causing to leave the world as an unbeliever is to hurt mother’s and father’s feelings, and displease them. An other one of the issues causing to die as an unbeliever is heedlessness. Remedy of heedlessness is zikr (remembering Allah so much) Also, Islamic scholars informed that leaving salat will cause to die as an unbeliever.

One shall not ask for his own death

Although death is the bridge that unites the believer with Allah; one should not ask for his own death. Instead one should try to increase his good deeds in this ephemeral world. Everybody should get prepared for the death any time. First step of preparing for death is repentance. This can be done by simply saying "Astaghfirullah" (O Allah, I ask for forgiveness). After repentance, "Faith" should be refreshed by saying Kalima-i shahada. One shouldn’t be afraid of death, but to die without faith.

Death is a gift to the Believer

Death is an absolute phenomenon will happen to every living being. It is impossible to run away from it. We should not be unwary from it. Earthly desires are the primary reason for troubles in the world and afterlife. It is not an easy affair to get rid of this desires of the nafs. This can only be achieved by being subject to Allah's will. Death is a divine fate. Its timing is determined by Allah, then we all should be prepared for it. Being prepared for death is possible only by always following the Straight Path, in other words, by pursuing a life in accordance with Allah’s will.

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