The Fifth Talk Illegitimate sustenance
is the biggest impediment in the
way of Ista-aaza
The important aspects of Ista-aaza are absolute
piety and total abstinence from taboo things. Having
taboo (Haram) food renders the entire body
of the person satanic. He becomes attached to Satan
because Satan's blood flows in the veins of the person.
The tongue with which such a person says aa oozu
billahi min al shaitan ir rajeem, is in fact, the
tongue of Satan. The reason for this is that the person
has drawn nutrition from satanic food.
Shaheed eTaani ( Martyr the Second) says in
'Israr as Salath' that the Prophet of Islam
(a.s.) has said," Allah sees your hearts and not
your faces"
This proves that mere talking and arguing might have
some effect on people but for Allah nothing has any
weight other than the absolute facts.
Therefore, about the sacrifices that we make in the
way of Allah, the Holy Book categorically says:
" The meat and the blood of these sacrifices
doesn't reach Allah. The only things that reaches Him
is your Taqwa (piety)."