A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PRACTICING RELIGION - PART 22

 STEP 4: ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD

 

Reading this heading someone might think, “I have got a job, I have to study, I have to look after my kids, how could I possibly remember God all the time?” Indeed. But there is a way.

 

When I had just started learning about Deen (religion), one day I very proudly said to my mentor, “Hazrat (Sir), I do not feel like studying (medicine) anymore. I feel like keep doing Allah’s Zikr (remembrance) all the time.” I was so surprised when he replied, “What did you say? Do you think Deen (religion) and Dunya (material world) are two separate things? They are one and the same. It is only a matter of changing one’s perspective.” He further explained, “For example, you are studying to become a doctor. If you are doing it with the intention that you will earn a lot of money through your profession, you won’t get any reward from God. But if you do it with the intention that you will help God’s creation (people), then it will bring huge rewards from God. It doesn’t mean that you have to treat everyone for free. It means that you make a Niyyah (intention) that you will not decline to treat any poor person who cannot afford to pay your fees (In Pakistan nearly 80 % of healthcare is provided through out of pocket expenses).”

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