Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri RA: The Prophet SAW said, "Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam,' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik wa Sa'daik, and all the good is in Your Hand.' Allah will reply: 'From every one thousand, take out nine hundred and ninety nine.' At that time children will become hoary headed, every pregnant woman will have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but dreadful will be the wrath of Allah." The companions of the Prophet SAW asked, "O Allah's Messenger! Who will be that one from us (saved from the Fire)?" He said, "Rejoice with glad tidings; one thousand will be from Ya'juj and Ma'juj." The Prophet SAW further said , "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, I hope that you will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise." We shouted "Allahu Akbar!" He added, "I hope that you will be one-third of the people of Paradise." We shouted "Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise." We shouted "Allahu Akbar!" He further said, "You (Muslims)(compared with non-muslims) are like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in a black ox (i.e. your number is very small compared with theirs)."
[4:567-O.B] Sahih Al Bukhari
Living with that principle is a different story. I'm always the odd one out. My ideas are never accepted willingly. Take for example the issue of Riba'; when I first took out a home loan in Malaysia I opted for an 'Islamic' loan (I'm using the term 'Islamic' very loosely here as I shall explain). I paid a huge 'profit' rate in which I thought would be a small price to pay for not burning in Hell for all eternity. Then when I wanted to refinance the said loan my worst fears came true; the calculation was exactly the same, the payment were all the same and the only thing different is what they call it ('Islamic' loan) and the term 'profit' instead of 'interest'. Who were they kidding? Are they trying to con Allah? To my surprise this so-called 'Islamic' loan was thought to be the saviour. Muslims in Malaysia abandoned their conventional loans to take it up.
Back to my first question: How naive can people be? Apparently: VERY! When I questioned it, I got shot down. The typical answers were: "The ulama's have studied and approved it so it must be OK." So who are these ulama's we're talking about then? Granted, my Islamic eduaction is shallow, almost non-existent compared to them but hey, in the end it's my skin on the line here! Most of them claim to be unbiased and educated but what I found in common with all of them were that they were on the banks payroll. How convenient!
I have a sound mind and I came to a simple conclusion. It's a con. It's pulled by non other than Syaitan himself. Naive people, including the so called ulama's fell for it because it was the easy thing to do.
Wake up people. Be the one in one thousand. It might be difficult but it's worth the effort.
