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ISLAM IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Introduction to Community:-

The community is like a society. It deals with every application which occurs in lives of every human being. Islam being a major religion of Pakistan has a great impact and place a vital role in the lives of every human being. Family, individual person and society is main feature of a community.

Family in Islamic Community:-

. The Most Holy and Glorious Qur'an says:

"And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find peace of mind and He put between you love and compassion; surely there are signs in this for people who reflect."

This indicates the importance attached to family life in Islam.

Relation b/w Individual and Society in Islam:-

The important feature of community life in Islam concerns the relation between the individual and society. The role of the individual in Islam is not limited to the five rituals. The Muslim in an Islamic society has a greater responsibility to understand the ibadah and worship. Allah say’s that,

"I have not created jinn and men for any other end than that they should serve me."

The Most Holy Qur'an explains this further,

"Say: 'my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds.'"

Relation with Muslims:-

The important feature of community life in Islam is that there is a detailed code of behavior for the Muslims. Not only are the individual's life, property and honor protected, but his dignity and privacy is so sacred that back-biting, spying and slandering is prohibited. These values ultimately lead to a peaceful and united society.

Man can reach the level of those described in the Most Holy Quran

"They prefer (others) before themselves, though poverty may afflict them."

Relation with Other Faiths:-

Islam did not impose itself by the sword.

"There must be no coercion in matters of faith" (2: 256)

Muslims have to respect Jews and Christians, the "People of the Book, “who worship the same God (e.g., 2:62; 29:46).

Social Justice:-

The top priority of social justice in Islamic community is Zakat (charity).It help the orphans, poor, homeless, ill, the lost and elderly. Endless time in the Quran (16 times chapter 2-5 alone).

If there are non Muslims in Islamic community, so they have also pay taxes to Islamic community.

“An hour of justice by a ruler is better than sixty days of hard work” (Hadith)

Endless request for justice in the Quran (e.g., 2: 282; 6; 152)

In Islamic community, Muslim ruler responsibilities that give freedom to Non-Muslim to follow their worshipers with their on ways.

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