service to the remembrance of Allah, if at all. These modern comedia focus
on homage to feelings and desires to the detriment of reason and intellect,
and most often emphasize the drama of materialist ideations stationed in
Humanism’s several forts that are constructed along trench lines of the
gender divide. Even as the happy pair rides off into Neverland’s sunset, they
carry a subliminal armory that buttresses these fortresses along the way.
I’ve written this book because Neverland’s path has two highways and the
road to Paradise requires paying the toll of Islam’s Deen. Despite this fact of
revelation, I see many Muslims taking the by-pass in order to avoid paying
the levy. But since marriage is half of Islam’s deen the toll should be paid with
the authentic currency of comprehension and righteous deed if we are to
avoid the road to perdition.
The Concept of Islam’s Deen
Taken from a Kutbah delivered by Imam Mohamed Baianonie given at the
Islamic Center of Raleigh, N. C., on Dec. 27, 1996: The word deen is used in
the Arabic language to give different meanings, of which the most important
are:
- Subjugation: i.e. Authority, Ruling and ‘Having Charge’:
a. He subjugated people to obey. ‘Subjugated’ here is a literal translation of
the verb of the word deen.
b. He has authority over him. ‘Has authority’ here is a literal translation of
the verb of the word deen. In this context, the saying of the prophet
(S.A.W.) reveals this meaning, "The intelligent person is the one who has
authority over himself and works for the Hereafter." This means that the
intelligent person is the one who has subjugated himself and made
himself obedient to Allah. In this context, also, the past participle would
be subjugated, ruled and submitted. For example, Allah (S.W.T.) says in
surat Al-Waqe’ah, (Verse 86 & 87), what can be translated as, "If you are
not subjugated, then return it if you are truthful." This means, if you are
not forced by the will of Allah in the issues of death and life, then return
the soul to the body after it has left it due to death.- Obedience and Submission due to Subjugation;
- The Method and the Habit;