Question:
Aswrwb
Is solar power also of the ‘electricity-system’ (considering that it gets converted into the battery system in a home) that Shaykh Nazim would disapprove of ( even if it’s less harmful)? Would this also be the type of electricity that will be cut-off when Mahdi (as) comes?
Solar power used for lighting up houses, heat water, ironing, stoves, running fans and heaters for greenhouses-etc etc). Before continuing our research we’d like to know if solar is an alternate option for us or if we should keep trying to find other alternatives. As long as we can, we’ll use electricity for the computer/phones so that we could keep intouch with our Shaykh and his people inshaAllah– so should we limit solar usage to the latter needs or can we use it for rest of house too? Please excuse the redundancy. Best greetings and love from our home and hearts.
Answer:
wa ‘alaykum salam,
To answer this question, ask what Mawlana Shaykh does? Does he have electricity in his home, running water, sewer system? Yes he does. So when Mawlana speaks of alternatives he is speaking of the ideal, and the best direction, but the practical reality of today is that we cannot achieve that. Do your best but do not become fixated on issues that are not essential. Rather focus on the duties that we human beings, as the vicegerent of Allah on earth are far more obliged to do: worship and devotion to The Beloved.
When Sayyidina al-Mahdi (as) comes there will no longer be need for electricity. All jinns will be at his command and we will enter a time of miraculous living, where dunya and akhira “cross over”. May Allah grant us to reach that incredible era.
Taher Siddiqui
