INTERNATIONAL MAWLID AL-NABI SYMPOSIUM

Faithfulness is to establish a relationship with the family, relatives, close acquaintances, friends and all the created, especially our great Lord (swt), on the basis of trust and loyalty. Faithfulness is to stay loyal to one’s word and to exert one’s self in order to conserve it. It is to show ultimate attention so as to the word and the essence are correct and in harmony with each other. Faithfulness is the brother of truth, righteousness and justice. The opposite of faithfulness, ghadr (treachery), is the brother of lie, deception and oppression.

Faithfulness is an asset and value for the individual, and peace and happiness for the society. It is one of the most essential values and the most divine traits for the social body. Because all conducts, agreements and social relations do depend on faithfulness. If treachery arises in a society, the sense of trust is shaken. If there is no appreciation and faithfulness in the individual and social life, the humanly relations are damaged, the spirit of social solidarity and helping is lost, and accordingly, the social peace is destroyed.

Faithfulness and appreciation are of iman, and treachery is the sign of dissention. For this reason, the believer is faithful and he must be faithful. Faithfulness is required by the morals of a believer. For a believer, with no doubt, the greatest one of the types of faithfulness is the one for his great Lord (swt) who created him as the honorable one among the created. The greatest faithfulness is a person knowing his Lord, believing Him, and fulfilling his duty of being a servant to Him, and the biggest ungratefulness is a person denying his Lord, not accepting His supremacy and abstaining from being a servant to Him. We should never forget that the man promised to the Almighty Allah (swt) in “Bazm-i Alast” that he shall believe Him and be His servant. Therefore, the true faithfulness in the presence of the Almighty Allah (swt) is to never forget the promise given to Him and to be loyal to this covenant and pact at any cost and under any circumstances. The man who equips himself with faithfulness for his Lord shall be appreciative to the servants of His as well. He shall be aware of the fact that any kind of treachery of his to his parents, spouse and children, relatives and friends and the earth that he came for the trial shall violate the sense of faithfulness that he hosts for his Lord.

Today, unfortunately, the moral values are severely injured and simply pushed across the edges of the life. In these modern times when an erosion of moral values has been experienced and the values are being corrupted, the sense of faithfulness has its share on the matter. As a matter of fact, treachery runs rampant on the today’s world and man. Especially this treachery reveals itself regarding the duty of being a servant to the great Lord (swt) being neglected. The more treachery to the great Lord (swt) increases, the more incidents of parents, spouses and children left to solitude increases, and we witness this in a daily basis with sorrow. With numerous promises and oaths not kept by ignoring the fact that word gives a responsibility to man, the sense of faithfulness to covenant is weaken. Today, there is the need of remembering our covenant with our great Lord (swt) and renewing or pact of faithfulness with all the humanity and the universe. We, the believers, are responsible and obliged to reestablish the society of faithfulness in the guidance of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) who lived and represented the faithfulness at the ultimate level and who is the man and teacher of faithfulness.