28: Islamic Cure for Aids: A friend says that Islam is the...

28: Islamic Cure for Aids: A friend says that Islam is the religion till the Day of Judgement and the solution of every thing till then. So what is the Islamic cure for AIDS? A: Islam, as a religion, contains every thing which is required for spiritual upliftment of humanity. It is not a hand-book for medical profession or mathematics. It gives rules and regulations which govern everyone including the doctors and mathematicians.

But it does not teach the doctors how to treat cough and malaria, or the accountants how to multiply or subtract. However, as these rules and regulations oblige a person to live a clean and moral sexual life, it prevents one from getting infected with AIDS. Here the saying, "Prevention is better than cure" proves true.

And the Prophet (S.A.W) had given prior warning to those who would indulge in unlawful sexual intercourse, when he said, inter alia, in a hadith: "When fornication spreads, it will surely bring such new diseases to the people which their forefathers had not known." Q. 29: Root cause of Children 's indicipline The children are disobedient and even insulting to their teachers, elders and parents.

Is this due to general human-right awareness, or level of intelligence having generally gone up amongst the younger folks? Or are parents so naive and / or less informed than the children? For example, when we studied psychology 30 years ago the definition of Psychology was that it was a study of mind. Nowadays the definition of Psychology is the scientific study of the processes of the mind and the behaviour of the body, both positive and empirical.

A: I think the basic problem is not of human-rights awareness or enhancement of intelligence level etc. Certainly these are contributing factors; but I think the basic trouble lies somewhere else. The Muslim society in your City is built on materialism. Showiness, pride, extravaganza, rat-race for worldly gains, all these combined together are tearing the moral fabric to shreds.

Wealth is the alpha and omega of their ideal - whether it comes from lawful means or unlawful ones, makes no difference. And the haram money, entering through food into their blood system, first dims the spiritual light in the heart and finally darkens it completely. It affects the relationship of elders with the younger generation in many ways:- (a) The children are deprived of moral guidance and training from their early age.