SADIQ JAFER <102466.3
...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>What is real freedom?
>1 - Most of people believe that freedom is only
>when there is no slavery or oppression of one human
>over another. Islam, although believes in this
>concept, has a higher definition of freedom. That
>is freedom from slavery of your desires and
>ambitions, and that is the worst slavery.
Are you sure? What if my desire is to serve the
Lord with all of me? Is that wrong simply
because it is a desire?
> For
>example, one may be the slave of money or sex or
>power and he or she will commit all types of crimes
>and oppressions because of this slavery.
Yes, now that is slavery. Not exactly for the fact
that it is a desire, but because it Godless. When
there is no God, there is slavery.
> The crime
>ratio in US and Europe is higher than elsewhere
>because of this type of slavery.
Good point.
> And
>interestingly, most of the people in this type of
>slavery do not know they are slaves.
Sort of a blind ignorance. But who's to say that
you are not a slave? You wouldn't know.
Me on the other hand. i am a slave. We must slave
to something. So yes, I am a slave. A slave to the
Supreme. Actually a servant of the Supreme's servant.
It's called Das Anu Das, servant of the servant.
>2 - Is obedience a type of slavery?
>If children obey their parents or students obey
>there teachers or wives obey their husbands this
>type of obedience is because of love. So obedience
>is nothing but real love. And love is nothing but
>obedience. When a wife obeys her husband that is
>because of love of Allah (God) and also because of
>love of husband.
I wish the rest of your article showed up. This was
getting very interesting.
Haribol.
Bhakta Eric
