We are Bad, therefore We have Bad Rulers

We are bad, therefore we have bad rulers... Some say this all the time, but nearly everyone makes this statement some of the time. Upon seeing what's happening around is wrong, one takes this stance to absolve oneself of any responsibility. This kind of fatalism has become the norm nowadays. But is it really like this !!

Consider this, Two guys flunk an examination, one of them says O! i am so dumb i can never really pass this test and gives up, the other guy goes home does an analysis, finds out his mistakes, chalks out a plan to counter them and then gets down to work, You be the judge !!!  OR consider your ownself, how many times has it happened that you slept very late at night and had an exam or a meeting with your boss, you had to get up otherwise it was your neck on the line, what did you do, didn't you ask someone to wake you up, or set an alarm ... but when it was time to offer prayer in the morning you made an excuse that you come very late from work so cannot offer fajr prayers !! Ever wondered why did you do that. OR consider the scenario where someone started beating your son, did you make an excuse that you are a coward or did you rush an save your son.

So why do we have different set of principles for problems that involve us to remain in our comfort zone or those whose result effect us immediately while for others that demand a great amount of effort and sacrifice and whose results do not seem to affect our immediate future ... we have another set.

The problem lies in the fact that we Love this life so much we cling to it rather than thinking about Akhira, we are fatalists when its Akhirah but when its our daily lives we behave as if its what we do which only makes a difference.

So the next time you say O! we are bad so we deserve whats happening to us, we deserve bad rulers and bad governance think why is it that I am bad, what is the thing i am not doing and the answer is "You are not raising your voice you are not thinking what to do rather you are making an excuse to be inactive and pathetic. " You are leaving Amr Bil Maroof and Nahi An-il-munkar (Enjoining good and forbidding evil). And among many consequences of leaving this duty is that your feelings gradually die down, the fire inside you stops burning and then the sins and evils do not move you to take action rather you start accepting them. This is the time when Islam to you is only a set of theoretical principles, Qur'an a book to read for reward and its verses a talisman.