10.2.3 Taqwa - Mstari wa Kwanza wa Ulinzi
10.2.3 Taqwa - The First Line of Defence
Kama Mwislamu, unathamini kwamba imani yako katika Uislamu, pamoja na wazo la kumtii Muumba wako Allah (swt), vinakufanya kuishi kwa namna fulani. Taqwa yako (kumcha Allah) itakuhamasisha kuacha yaliyokatazwa (haram), na kufanya yaliyo wajibu (fard). Hivyo itakusaidia moja kwa moja kukuzuia wewe na Waislamu wengine walio karibu nawe kutenda uhalifu, kama wizi, unyang'anyi wa kutumia nguvu, matumizi ya dawa za kulevya n.k. - haya yote ni haram.
As a Muslim, you appreciate that your belief in Islam, and the notion of obedience to your creator Allah (swt), causes you to behave in a certain way. Your taqwa (fear of Allah) will motivate you to leave what is prohibited (haram), and do what is obligatory (fard). Thus it will automatically help to prevent you and other Muslims around you from committing crimes, like theft, mugging, drug abuse etc. - these are all haram.
Kwa Muislamu, suala linalofuata basi si kupima hatari za kutenda kosa ambalo kuna uwezekano wa kukamatwa. Badala yake, ni suala la kukabiliana na adhabu ya Moto wa Jahannamu, ambao Allah (SWT), Mjuzi wa yote, Mwoni wa yote, anawaandalia wale wanaopotoka!
For the Muslim, the issue thereafter becomes not weighing up the risks of committing a crime for which there is a possibility of being caught. Instead it is a matter of facing the punishment of the Hellfire, which Allah (swt), the All-Knowing, All-Seeing, prepares for those who go astray!