A man of Allah should never buckle under the unjust and oppressive pressure which
his wife or even mother may apply in a bid to gain fulfillment of their haraam
desires.
Hadhrat Sa'd (radhiyallahu anhu) who was a senior Sahaabi was most obedient and
kind to his mother. He was always engaged in serving his mother. When he embraced
Islam, his mother became extremely annoyed with him. She threatened to commit
suicide by starvation if he does not abandon Islam. She told him that if she
had to die in this manner, all people would regard him as being her murderer.
When Hadhrat Sa'd (radhiyallahu anhu) refused to heed her command, she
commenced her hunger strike. On the second day of her hunger strike,
Hadhrat Sa'd (radhiyallahu anhu) said to his mother:
"O mother! Even if you have a hundred lives and give up one life at a
time until all of the hundred lives have died (in your effort to get me to
abandon Islam), I shall never abandon it. "
When his mother realised his firmness and the futility of her act, she abandoned
her hunger strike.
Attributes of the Ulama-E-Soo'
Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) said:
"O Ulama! Act in accordance wiih your knowledge. Only he who practises
on the knowledge he has acquired is an Aalim, and in whose knowledge and practice
there is no conflict.
Soon there will arise such people who will have knowledge, but their knowledge
will not descend lower than their throats. There will be conflict between their
baatin (inner self) and zaahir (apparent). Their deeds will be the opposite
of their knowledge.
They will organise gatherings and vie with one another. They will become annoyed
with people who leave their gatherings and attend the classes of others. The
deeds of such people do not reach Allah Ta ala. "
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