I have been meaning to say something similar for such a long time but Shaykh Abu Eesa said it better! :) We need to learn to take both type of messages soft and sometimes harsh ones from our teachers and shuyookh. There is no shame in it and prophet salallahu aleyhi wasallam was stringent in his dawah at times :) Very Beneficial :) Please read and share! ** Everyone gets it that millions of people are trying their best to be practicing Muslims, or to better themselves from where they are at the moment and that they are weak and get disheartened easily or feel insulted when questioned or whatever. I before anyone else know of what its like on this path and as folks prayed for me then but were firm with me when it was needed and put me to shame when I needed it, I regardless pray for us all to be bestowed with steadfastness and ease for the journey we take to Him jalla wa ala. The problem with current Islamic discourse though is not that you have to be easy and gentle with just those who are beginners, or new, or struggling - which is correct of course - but you actually need to pussy-foot your way around everyone else too who claim to be not just Muslims, but Mumineen! Getting angry, speaking forcefully, punishing for non-compliance are all concepts that should be thrown in the bin according to these enlightened Muslim voices, despite these concepts all being from the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger in the right time and place. Any possible reminder or comment which makes someone feel even slightly uncomfortable and then suddenly the AAAARGHHHHH are you *JUDGING* me AAAARGHHHHH?! card is thrust in your face. Honey, please. When I become a Judge, you will be the *first* to know, believe. You can molly-cuddle and softy-softly flaff about all YEAR on the mimbar, or in your lectures, or on Facebook, but God forbid that on the odd occasion you lay the smack-down and get red in the face and GOD FORBID IT TWICE that you should shout ever, like the Messenger alayhi salatullah ever did! As someone said, if things like this bother you, that reminder couldnt have arrived at a better time to a better person. There are many more Muslims who know better, arent ignorant of the Sunnah, *do* consider themselves practicing Muslims and are involved in all kinds of good stuff, online, offline, dawah etc but are pathetically poor when it comes to self-accountability and personal ibadah. And especially the males amongst them, and what is relevant to the women too, there is no such as an exhaustive list in improving our states: Im not even going to ask for Fajr in the Masjid, but not praying there daily at all?! Not fasting at least once a week? Not being able to suppress your desires and wishes for a better purpose even momentarily? Not able to ignore your phone even for a few hrs? Not able to read a page of Quran a day? Not pray any Sunnah prayers in different rooms of your home? When you have people who try to justify their shortcomings and the shortcomings of others, as opposed to recognizing them and working to improve the status quo, well, they just slaughtered any humility and Sunnah that they had. The two arabic words which describe such a state of affairs perfectly is ayb and faḍīḥah. Basically, shame shame shame.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 06:01:21 +0000
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