Now
suppose all the officers and sub ordinates do not obey him; they
retreat while he orders to attack the front and attack when order
to retreat and attack right instead of left. What will happen
to such a force? Similarly is the case with a nation. The progress
of the nation will depend upon its individuals and their performance
of religious duties and obeying the laws of the land. It will
degenerate in proportion to its negligence or religious and mundane
duties. To obey leader and keep up the national spirit will guarantee
national unity and progress. The Holy Prophet and hence rulers
who obey Allah and the Prophet and who have been appointed to
rule over you. Not only this, so much so that at one place it
has been said that obedience is Deen(religious) in itself. Hence
every Musalman should be examining himself how far he is acting
upon these orders of Allah.
Obedience does not consist in carrying out order only which are
given off and on. It also includes to carry out permanent written
orders and guidance which have been collected and printed in the
form of books and pamphlets such the Holy Quran, traditions. Law
of your land and municipal rules and by laws, conduct rules of
officer and other rules and regulation etc. if you can form the
habit of acting upon all these rules and regulation and orders
and laws, the thinking and guiding principles of your individuals
will automatically stick to unity and universal thinking which
will make your society well-knit, powerful, strong and prosperous
and it will go on progressing and becoming stronger and stronger.
In modern terminology this is call discipline.
This discipline is not an ordinary thing. It so essential to keep
the nations bound together and also for unity of thought and action
are regular heart-beat is necessary to the life and health of
an individual and to maintain its balance.
If your wish to know the significance of discipline please witness
any military cantonment of high order of discipline. Among the
troops your will find officers as well as soldiers similar in
walk and talk; even their manner of eating and drinking is the
same and all seem to follow the same pattern of discipline. We
come to know about real unity of society and organization. These
soldiers are so much accustomed to obey orders that they carry
them out exactly without giving any though to it. I have myself
seen several times in cantonment areas that a soldier is carrying
a glass of milk. Just for sake of joke a friend from behind utters
“Attention”. At once his tow hands tome to the thighs
and the glass of mild goes to the ground. This discipline is taught
to him when he is recruited and it is made perfect with technical
training. Hence they are so much disciplined that when in war
they are ordered to advance they move even if there is shower
of bullets from the front without thinking of the consequences.
Muslims have been taught similar pattern of discipline in the
Quran. Do we not have a lesson in it? These soldiers and officers
of the army who are paid regular sallies fight so courageously
and obey order, and we who have been bestowed with life, learning,
children, wife, knowledge and intelligence, health and sustenance
for the entire life by our Creator and Lord so not care for his
orders even as much as is done by those soldiers in obeying their
superiors. There is not doubt that as the early Muslims fought
for Allah and the Holy Prophet and for the protection and propagation
of Islam, similarly the British troops fought for their kind and
nation and motherland. But now they have lost such fervour and
vigor. Now the British soldiers fight just due to discipline and
are successful. The day it is gone, the British supremacy will
go down. Discipline does not consist in obeying only religious
and country laws and military or officials rules and regulations
but it is not less essential for complete success in all walks
of the life such as trade and business, agriculture, production
and home affairs. The discipline is this that in his sphere every
body keeps to his specific duties and works with in it and does
not go beyond it. He should not interfere in others duties and
carries out his own duties. There is the greatest need of discipline
in home life. The husband, wife, children and servants and other
living in the house should be well aware of their rights and duties
and should do their duties as best as possible. The thing meant
for particular purpose should be used for that particular purpose
only. Everything should be place at its proper place. Nothing
belonging to others should be used without their permission and
the work which has to be done at a particular time should be performed
at that very time. These things may seem very insignificant to
some people but they should remember that obedience is ingrained
from childhood and children learn whatever they see in their homes.
Hence it is imperative to make home life full of pleasure and
happiness and in order to teach discipline among children it is
very necessary to keep perfect order and discipline at home. This
is very important factor and should not be given less attention.
Military discipline also starts with a very insignificant set,
that, they raise their right and left foot on order and walk together
with synchronized steps and in the end it leads to such wonderful
results. Now to the fifth principle.
