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1. Indebtedness
Technically (i.e. in the religious and spiritual
context), being indebted means
man is indebted to God, his Creator and Provider,
for bringing him into existence and maintaining him
in his existence. Man was once nothing and did not
exist, and now he is. (Q 23:12-14).
2. Submissiveness
Din means total submission to God.
Man is aware that he owns absolutely nothing to
repay his debt, except his own consciousness of the
fact that he is himself the very substance of the debt,
so must he repay with himself, so must he return
himself to Him Who owns him absolutely.
Returning the debt means to give himself up in
service, or khidmah, to his Lord and Master; to abase
himself before Him and so the rightly guided man
sincerely and consciously enslaves himself for the sake
of God in order to fulfill His commands and
prohibitions and ordinances, and thus to live out the
dictates of His Law.
3. Judicious Power
Din means Gods government of the realm of
creation.
Man must acknowledge God as their Lord (rabb, or
the Absolute King, Possessor and Owner, Rule,
Governor, Master, Creator, Cherishers, and Sustainer),
and as their ilah
As their ilah man must give himself up in service
(khidmah) to God, i.e. performing all ibadah only to
God.
4. Natural Inclination/ Tendency
Din also refers to as fitrah, that is to say a reflection of
natural human tendency in man to serve God and
worship Him.
Fitrah is the pattern according to which God has
created all things (Q 30:30).
When man was created, he has sealed a covenant with
God by acknowledging the truth of Gods Lordship (Q
7:172).
Din According to al-Maududi
For Maududi, the meanings of din are as follows:
(1) Dominion on the part of someone in
authority,
(2) Obedience, servitude or worship, on the part
of the one submitting to the authority,
(3) Law, rules or regulation in the context of the
above relationship, and
(4) Calling to account (for obedience or non-
obedience to the Authority), passing judgement,
and pronouncing reward or punishment.
Din stands for the entire way of life in the Quran
The composite factors are:
(1) Sovereignty and supreme authority,
(2) Obedience and submission to such authority (for
both factors see Q 3:83; 16:52; 39:2-3, 11,14, 17; 40:64-
65; 98:5),
(3) The system of thought and action established
through the exercise of that authority (Q 10:104-05;
24:2; 109:6), and
(4) Retribution meted out by the authority in
consideration of the loyalty and obedience to it, or
rebellion and transgression against it (Q 51:5-6; 82:17-
19; 107:1-3)
As a comprehensive term, din represents a whole way of
life.
It does not stand only for religion but cover also the
whole politico-social and cultural set-up including mans
belief, his moral principles and his behaviour in all walks of
life.
The Relationship between Din, Shariah and Ibadah
Maududi is of the opinion that the din can be compared with
a state and government.
Shariah is the law of state, and ibadah amount to follow
and complying with that law.
THE CONCEPT OF AL DIN ON THE BASIS OF
FITRAH
Every child is born with the potential of fair thinking
and fair doing, and the character of every human nature
is the right belief and the right conduct (al din al
qayyim).
From the Islamic point of view, human nature is
absolutely free from all bad potentials, wrong
tendencies, and wrong belief. Also no criminal
characteristic is inherent in human nature.
On the basis of fitrah, man has a potential to be a true
mumin and to achieve the highest degree of excellence
and perfection because he is conferred with the best
nature.
Allah said we have created man with the best form.
Man is purposive being. He is supposed to realize his status as
a servant to Allah by continuously struggle to worship Him
and to fulfill his obligations as a Muslim.
Allah says, Do you think that We had created you in vain
without purpose and that you shall not be returned to Us?
We can derive two points from this verse:
i) Man is not created in vain.
ii) Every man shall be returned to Allah; so man is responsible
and accountable to his worldly actions.
In another verse Allah says, It is He who created the heavens
and the earth in six days and His dominion extends on the
water, so that He might test you which of you is the best in
action.
Allah wants to test on how we conduct our life in this world.
Basically, man has two basic human nature:
i) Potential nature.
ii) Actual nature.
i) Potential nature
Signifies certain demands/ feelings which are
naturally exist in human soul to pursuit the noble/
virtuous ideas on the basis that man is made as the
best creature and born in a good nature (fitrah).
There are several examples of potential nature:
a) Distinction between vice and virtue, right and wrong.
b) Acknowledgment of the existence of God.
c) Self- consciousness
d) Sense of responsibility
ii) Actual nature
Actual nature corresponds to some materialistic instincts
and ambitious.
The actual nature represents the temptations of desire, and
the potential nature represents a sense of duty.
There is always a conflict between desire and duty in human
mind since man naturally hold these two natures.
In order to overcome this conflict, we have to develop and
to dominate the potential nature into life, and to control the
actual nature.
In this way, the noble ideas of potential nature become
stronger and more effective than desires of the actual nature.
The potential nature must supervise the actual nature; so the
conflict between a sense of duty and the temptation of
desire is resolved in a positive manner.