Topic: Seeking pleasure in everything turns a community barren
We are all living our lives as per certain laws and customs. We should question from where these laws, rituals in my life are coming from? It is from ancestral life we have the manifesto of life coming from whereas there is religion which has ordained laws for every aspect of life which we should know and should live our lives in accordance with that.

We have to ask religion on daily affairs like eating, sleeping, dealing, economy politics for all these religions has come . This is the constitution made by Allah just like we make constitution for state . To accept this religion as constitution has not yet been done . We have two forms of life one under state constitution and second is ancestral laws life.
If we take admission in education it is as per state laws and constitution. But when you are at home and eat that is not from state . That is decided by ancestors like dressing , sleeping . State has not permitted or stopped on how girls and boys live together. We live by ancestral religion and state constitution. Allah’s manifestos are kept only for special occasions or places like mosques. This is a mistake and non-religiousness . How to live life at home , whom to speak and not to speak, when we should remain silent all these should be asked from Allah . Allah has made one constitution for all affairs and when follows that in every affair of life then only man would be considered religious and believer. Those who do not accept religion as manifesto their religiousness is incomplete.
There is only one right path that is Sirat-e-Mustaqim and against this right path there are Subul made. If you do not tread on Sirat e Mustaqim then you would be misguided. One such deviant path is Zalalat which is confusion , lack of decision and selection of right path. This Zalalat is present in both good and bad persons and this is a state which can exist for everyone . Zalalat is against guidance and for everyone. The question is how man falls into Zalalat?
Quran says one means of Zalalat are elders, chieftains and elites who are the big source of getting community into Zalalat. We have read this verse before. These whom community expects respects they misguide the community.
In Surah Furqan Allah says we will muster the communities who lived in Zalalat (were misguided) on the day of judgement along with those whom they considered as Ma’bud. Mabud is one who is obeyed and not worshipped. Within human beings there are many such Ma’bud and some are esteemed saints of Allah whom ignorant have made Ma’bud like Christian who made Jesus as God . Ignorant make means given by Allah as Ma’bud. Like Gaali today consider Ahlulbayt (A.S) at the status of God . They were made as means of guidance and ignorant have turned them into gods. The verse says Allah will muster these ignorant and those whom they made Gods would be questioned . Whether you asked them to make you as Ma’bud? Have you taught them to make you as Gods? Have you shown them this path of Zalalat or have they adopted themselves ? They will answer it is impossible for us to present them a Wali other than you ? So how they got misguided ? These Saints of Allah will present the secret of misguidance.
وَلَٰکِنْ مَتَّعْتَهُمْ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا الذِّکْرَ وَکَانُوا قَوْمًا بُورًا
The cause of their Zalalat is that you have given them pleasurable assets (Mata) and to their ancestors which has misguided them . How ? They have got pleasurable wealth, assets and they have forgotten Allah their creator , Lord , Owner. And they have become misguided and turned into a barren community (قَوْمًا بُورًا)
One point is they got misguided due to these assets . Mata means those means of life which consuming gives pleasure as well to man. Certain needs of life don’t have pleasure like breathing has no pleasure . In water as well there is not much pleasure . But there are many other things which man uses and enjoys as well. Pleasure is the feeling of happiness inside man . Many things develop this feeling of pleasure which we use this daily but many other things we use do not carry any pleasure.
In food man enjoys most pleasure. Food is need of body where man continuously needs food for survival and growth . The body continuously is breaking down in its components . The cells are made by the food and they have limited life and after this they expire and in their place new cells are made . Due to this we feel hungry regularly so that the bodily needs are fulfilled . The things which are necessities of life in them majority have pleasure. Like when you take fruits body also gets it’s need and also pleasure. But for medicines same needs are fulfilled but there is no pleasure . Like vitamin pills are need for body but has no taste. Allah has made everything with taste and pleasures because man will ignore need but will not ignore pleasure . All necessary things are packaged in pleasure. For acquiring pleasure man takes many things . All such things from which man acquires pleasure is Mata. Like dress is to cover body but we wear dresses which gives pleasure . Like these tight pants are uncomfortable but still man wears it for pleasure. Man takes pains as well for the sake of pleasure like wearing ties. He wears dresses tight which others see enjoy lust and he also take pleasure from them. Both man and woman demonstrate their bodies with tight dresses . Others will take pleasure and look with lustful eyes at me. When they look at me I also get pleasure. Allah has placed all needs of man in pleasure.
Those who are intellectual they look at needs and will eat healthy food but non-intellectual persons only look at pleasure. In every home 60% things are not used . They will not use things for generations which are only for pleasure. Mata is that thing from which man takes pleasures. Pleasure is there in everything but if you do things only for need then pleasure is coming as bonus. The pleasure-oriented persons are affluent (Ayyash) group . This going after pleasure is known as Tamattu. They will make friends for pleasure. 99% relationships are for pleasure . This is all inherited and some people have made pleasure gaining as culture and this goes down their generation. The new generations when getting married also it is everything for pleasure.
When man become pleasure oriented he forgets his purpose, status, religion and even Allah . Affluent (Ayyash) forgets everything. The religious people like Eulogy, Naat’s and non-religious likes songs both with beautiful voice and tunes because all these give pleasure . When someone just reads Quran we don’t get pleasure but when recited in beautiful voice we enjoy because we are enjoying the tune and not the message . All this is for pleasure.
In religion as well this pleasure has made us forget Allah as well . In Majalis the orators want to give utmost pleasure to people and his own pleasure is in money which he gets . Everyone has a Means of pleasure. All these who give priority to pleasure in everything they are affluent (Ayyash) people and Quran terms them as Mu’tarifeen.
These whom they made the Ma’bud they are answer tot Allah as we have not asked them to make us their God, in fact you are immaculate and these were misguided by inherited pleasurable acts which they follow, worship and desire. The tragedy with them is that you have given means of pleasure to them (Mata) and their ancestors; they are drowned in this pleasure that they forgot the remembrance and attention towards Allah that we have been given a life which has a purpose.
They are a barren community((قَوْمًا بُورًا). Burr means something barren where nothing cannot be cultivated. Land is classified as fertile or barren . The barren land is which cannot grow anything . There is nothing that grows on this land. Saints of Allah are saying they are drowned in pleasure and they have forgotten Allah and purpose of life . We should not accept any guidance and growth for them.
How many scholars, Mujtahid, intellectuals of A category have we produced in 74 years in Pakistan. We won’t find them because of pleasure orientation. Some might say that we don’t have money for pleasure. Everyone is pleasure oriented and they are all taking some form of pleasures and habituated to pleasure.
These princesses are useless who waste all their inherited wealth and if he is little worth he won’t waste wealth but wont grow or do anything beyond. Why this Mobile is in the pocket of every child ? Is this a need ? Now all students of matric have passed during pandemic those who have not studied at all and on other hand they are on mobiles . What will come out of this community ? And this is barren community due to which they will get destroyed. Do not make pleasure orientation as objective of life and just come out of it. The pleasure you are getting is bonus . But if you become pleasure oriented then this is Zalalat and destruction.
Today religion is also pleasure . Azadari is only for pleasure . Some group once said why you eat this much meat in Moharram . It is grief so why you eat such pleasurable food in grief and mourning . They made noise and I said I cannot reject your claims . In grief Majalis all these tunes’ rhythms are for pleasure.
source: islamimarkaz.com