so just like the sahabi who asked sayyidina rasulAllah sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, shall i tie my camel or just rely on Allah? rasulAllah sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam said tie your camel and THEN rely on Allah. so people must do their best and THEN leave the outcome to Allah instead of not trying at all because 'it's all written, anyway.'
Jazakallah. Thats a really good way to look at things: "why not"? I always find that duas like the one above are an excellent antidote to stress and anxiety pertaining to future decisions espescially those for which we are in 'two-minds' for any length of time. Was referring to the kind of fatalism where one sacrifices responsibility at the altar of fate: "Well, why should muslims bother with filing litigations to get back waqf properties? If its 'written' for them, they'll get them anyways". wassalaam.
what is wrong with being fatalistic? (at least from a muslim's pov). ghaws e aazam raDiyallahu `anhu says: "islam means submission. a mu'min does not ask 'why' and 'how' - rather, he says: 'why not?'." in another khutbah he says (raDiyAllahu `anhu): "those who seek increase or decrease in their rizq are mad; the predestined will reach you anyway" one should recite this dua every morning (consciously and with a concentration upon its meaning) اللَّهُمَّ لا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ ، وَلا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ ، وَلا رَادَّ لِمَا قَضَيْتَ ، وَلا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ [shu`ab al-iman; fat'H al-bari.]
At the risk of being labeled a fatalistic, i always think with regards to all forms of corruptions: The 'rizq' of a people is fixed (as per ahadith), so no matter how much one would wish to benefit them, they would get naught but their predestined share. Apart from the above example: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_outflow-of-black-money-from-india-pegged-at-104-billion_1692024 So no matter how much Anna Hazare protests with howsoever large a crowd cheering him will anything come the Indians' way except what is predetermined?
from the tehelka article:In Bengaluru, the most famous Wakf property is ITC group’s Hotel Windsor Manor, worth Rs 1,500 crore. Windsor Manor had obtained a lease of the property for Rs 4,000 per month for 90 years. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/photos/index.html?propertyID=429 from the same article, clarification by a former waqf minister: Do you agree with the finding of the commission that the scam is close to Rs 2 lakh crores? No. It is impossible. There has been an attempt on the part of the commission’s chairman to equate it to 2G scandal and make it sensational. Nobody will agree to that number. The assessment is not done by professionals. An independent judicial inquiry will be able to establish the whole truth. ----
in a country where imams are payed a paltry $50 per month, and muslims are among the most underprivileged/dispossessed people, we get to see a scam of this proportions. about $39 billion (yes that is a B) due to collusion of politicians and officials. and 85% of those properties are in bangalore. read more: https://janamejayan.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/wakf-dwarfs-2g-wakf-board-karnataka-land-scam-rs-2-lakh-crores/ http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/03/27/another-39bn-indian-corruption-scandal-this-time-its-land/#axzz200xdy5Q0 http://www.deccanherald.com/content/237393/rs-2-lakh-cr-land.html# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka_Wakf_Board_Land_Scam http://tinyurl.com/d7hk6yy http://www.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne140412Wakf.asp