Definition
"A Muslim who keeps in touch with the people and endures the hardships caused by them is certainly better than a Muslim who does not keep in touch with the people and does not bear the hardships caused by them." (Tirmidhi and Ahmed)
What do you understand from this hadith?
Importance of social relations and social life.
Why do we have to relate social responsibility to religion? Many believe that religion is mainly for regulating their relationship with God.
Islam's focus is not only on Man to God relationship but also on Man to man relationship.
Huqooq ul Ibaad
Who are the people of suffah?
The people who had neither homes nor families. The Prophet PBUH supported them financially and showed great love and affection. A lot of them were well-versed in the Quran and were oceans of knowledge.
The people in your community are from multiple sects. In this situation, what can you do, as an organization, to bridge the gap?
Organize social gatherings, health camps, and donation drives. Anything that can bring them to common ground.
In which verse of the Quran has the ummah been made witnesses over people, ie, it has been indicated that man is a social member?
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَسَطًۭا لِّتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًۭا ۗ
Surah Baqarah verse 143
اور اسی طرح ہم نے تمہیں بہترین امت بنایا تا کہ تم لوگوں پر گواہ بنو اور یہ رسول تمہارے نگہبان و گواہ ہوں
And thus We have made you a median [i.e., just] community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you.
اۨلَّذِيۡنَ يَـبۡخَلُوۡنَ وَيَاۡمُرُوۡنَ النَّاسَ بِالۡبُخۡلِ وَيَكۡتُمُوۡنَ مَاۤ اٰتٰٮهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنۡ فَضۡلِهٖؕ
Surah Nisa verse 37
جو آپ بخل کریں اور اوروں سے بخل کے لئے کہیں
اور اللہ نے جو انہیں اپنے فضل سے دیا ہے اسے چھپائيں
"Who are stingy and enjoin upon [other] people stinginess and conceal what Allah has given them of His bounty"
Why isn't it good to conceal what Allah has given us?
Allah ki na-shukri.
Hadith: "Allah jab kisi bande ko neimat deita hai to wo pasand karta hai ke is neimat ka asar bande par zahir ho."
After the migration, the migrants were empty-handed, so the Prophet PBUH established a relationship between the muhajireen and the Ansaar. What is it called and what was it based on?
This was considered a golden step in history or the best example of social development.
Mutual Brotherhood.
The brotherhood was based on mutual economic and psychological support and the principle of being inheritors to each other.
You know women and girls who are financially low and are struggling to make ends meet. They are uneducated and are unable to get a job. What can you do to improve their situation?
Vocational Courses, Community centers.
Define:
1. Society
2. Social
3. Development.
1. Society is a group of people with shared customs, laws, and organizations. (Members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another.)
2. Social is a group of individuals involved in constant social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory.
3. Development is a process that creates growth, progress, and positive change.
Why is it important to gain knowledge about Quran, seerah, history, current situations etc for social development?
To be able to defend Islam in the best of ways possible and with the correct knowledge and confidence. The propoganda began long back and continues till date.
It was unthinkable for a girl of noble birth to be married to a slave, to break the tradition the Prophet PBUH arranged a marriage for his cousin and slave. Who are they?
It is said to be the best example of social development as well as social Islamic justice.
Hazrat Zaid bin Harith RA (the beloved slave)
Zainab binte Jahash RA (the first cousin)
Your friends/colleagues just came after watching the Kerala Story and now they have questions/changed perceptions. What do you do?
Be aware of the content and authenticity of the movie. Know the facts. Communicate with them. Use logic/wisdom to deal.
Knowledge and communication skills matters the most.