Harsh Punishment For The Denial Of Truth
Yes, I seen the Ghamidi’s view on the idea of why Allah punish Shirk/Kufr/Sarkashi. But my concern is why does He punish it so sternly ? Take e.g people are made fully aware that murder, rape and torture is forbidden along with shirk. No room for error for every sin just like shirk in this example. The people who knowingly commit murder, rape and torture are BIGGER criminals than those who knowingly commit shirk/kufr/sarkashi? How can that be? Victim of murder/rape/torture suffer harm and the criminals should be punished for that harm . But a mushrik/kaffir/sarkash causes no harm to Allah and hence what harm should they be punished fo r? Perhaps Allah may punish them for sake of punishing a crime but surely He shouldn’t punish shirk/kufr/sarkashi worse than murder/genocide/rape/torture based on above logic…..right?
I have already shared examples. If these aren’t good enough, one can put in the time and the effort to do their own research on the history of criminal law. If someone’s understanding of justice is incorrect, they should figure out ways to get educated about it too. It’s sheer ignorance to object to anything on the basis of a nagging feeling. In any field of knowledge, feeling is not the basis of an argument. This kind of nagging feeling is generally caused by lack of knowledge, and can be cured by researching and understanding the fundamental ideology of Islam, evidences for our beliefs, and our understanding of God. The example of people who raise trivial objections like this is of someone who rejects the theory of general relativity without having the fundamental knowledge of Physics.
Yeah kufr being root of all evil is how I initially understood it as well. That denial of truth in itself is not as important as the heinous crimes it gives birth to. But I think it is difficult to think that all kaffirs committed heinous crimes, like maybe some women that refused to believe in the prophets but never had the power to say, commit murder? Or in the case of Abu Talib that died a mushrik and supposedly a kaffir even though we can’t say he committed any heinous crime. Only way to condemn kaffir for the their potential heinous crimes would be for Allah to judge them based on His knowledge alone (that a kaffir will always do heinous crimes in the future therefore his kufr is the ultimate sin) which is He wouldn’t do and hence put humanity through this test, where action will decide man’s fate, not Allah’s knowledge. Or perhaps Allah might forgive some cases shirk and kufr if that is the only sin a person has? I.e a person that never committed any heinous crimes on top of shirk/kufr. Although it seems like Ghamidi Sahab insists that shirk/kufr in itself is enough of a crime to earn eternal Hell though so it does concerns me a bit.
No, I don’t think Allah, as a Creator, would be indifferent to His creation. I think being the Creator alone leads to Him caring about His creation and He should I suppose. No, rather my point is that why Allah treats shirk/kufr/sarkashi so harshly? I can see why Allah want to punish murder/rape/torture/genocide etc because victim suffer harm and deserve compensation while the criminal is causing harm and deserves punishment. But in case of shirk/kufr/sarkashi, Allah suffers no harm , doesn’t need compensation nor is the criminal causing any harm to Allah and hence wouldn’t deserve punishment. Therefore I assume, the punishment for shirk/kufr/sarkashi should be LESS than murder/rape/torture/genocide, right?
I think it might be a good idea to put this question to respected Ustaz Ghamidi Sahib directly through “ASK GHAMIDI LIVE – Online Q&A With Javed Ahmed Ghamidi” as it seems like brother Saad isn’t yet satisfied. It’s just a suggestion though – thanks!