THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawn As-sabt. 20th day of RAJAB, 1444AH (Saturday 11th February. 2023).

THE CONCEPT OF ISLAH IN ISLAM, THE NEGLECTED FARD AND SUNNAH ACTION. BismilLah. 

Islah (إصلاح) is an Arabic word and appears seven times in the Quran. 

Linguistically speaking, this word means: reconciliation, reforming, bringing order, fixing something, making something better etc. 

The one who makes islah is called a muslih (مصلح), and muslih appears in the Quran once in singular form and four times in plural form muslihoon (مصلحون).

Our current world, our ummah is in dire need of islah. Huge problems surround us, and these problems will only grow bigger if no one does something. 

The Prophet (Sallalahu alaihi wasallam) said once:

“ Verily, this religion began as something strange. And it will go back to being something strange. So give glad tidings for the strangers”.

Someone asked him: “And who are they, O Messenger of ALLAH?”

He said: “They are those who rectify and make corrections when the people have become corrupted.” (Reported by Tirmidhi and Tabarani)

In the original Arabic text, the verb (يُصْلِحُونَ) translated here in English as “rectify and make corrections” is aslaha (أصلح) which is connected to the concept of islah.

Here we can see that the Messenger of ALLAH told us that when Islam becomes strange again, there will be a blessed people who will try to correct and fix what people corrupt. This is precisely what islah is! Let's strive to reconcile between ourselves. Let's not be quiet when someone does something wrong within the family or community. Let's strive to follow strictly the Qur'an and Sunnah and stay away from any religious innovations and causing any harm or abuse to anyone. By doing your best for Islam individually, you become part of those who are practising Islah and you will become among the Muslihoon whom ALLAH had praised in the Quran. May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.