Zakir Naik – How to Combat Cultural Degradation and Moral Decline and Preserve Islamic Values
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The speaker discusses cultural and social issues in Bangladesh, including corruption and moral decline. He gives advice on addressing these issues, including respecting culture and social values and following guidelines such as dress code and being mindful of one's behavior. The speaker emphasizes the importance of following these guidelines for success in the future.
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The fifth question is culture and social issues.
Dr Zakir Naik, what is the advice on
combating cultural degradation while preserving Islamic values in
Bangladesh?
How should Muslims in Bangladesh address issues such
as corruption and moral decline in society?
How can you solve the problems of culture
and social issues in Bangladesh?
And he has pointed out two things about
corruption and the moral values are declining.
Allah says in the Quran in Surah Baqarah,
chapter 2, verse 188, that do not use
your wealth as a bait for judges in
order to eat other people's wealth.
Here, Allah is telling in a nutshell that
bribing is haram.
You cannot use your wealth to bribe the
judges to give the verdict in your favor.
So, bribing is prohibited in Islam and also
talking about the moral values that are declining.
If you follow the Islamic principles, what Allah
has said, then Inshallah, the moral values will
not be declined.
If you break the Islamic principles, there will
be problems.
For example, the morality has declined.
You see women in the Muslim country, they
are freely walking without that cover.
They are wearing miniskirts.
They are following the Western culture.
If you follow and realize, as Quran says
in Surah Noor, chapter 24, verse 30, that
say to the believing man that he should
lower his gaze and guard his modesty.
That means Quran, before talking about hijab for
women, talks about hijab for men.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given
the guidelines.
And if you follow the guidelines, Inshallah, you'll
get success and you'll have the best economic
system as well as taking care of cultural
issues and social issues.
So, but naturally, you should follow the dress
code that the Muslimah should be in hijab,
etc.
So, you follow these cultural values and see
to it that you don't keep anything which
is haram.
Inshallah, it will make you more successful in
this dunya and akhira.