Pearls for Islam salaam to humanity Ponder!! Shaitān refused to make only one sujood, how about you? How many times do you refuse in one day? _------------_----------_--------------_--------------- Being Harsh When Enjoining The Good And Forbidding The Evil Some young people use harsh and cruel methods when trying to guide people, debate with them and call them to give up what is contrary to Sharia. They think that being harsh will give results and deter people, but they forget that being kind and gentle is the original principle that is not to be forsaken until after all gentle and kind means have been exhausted. Gentleness is what yields good results and has an impact on peoples hearts; harshness, on the other hand, puts people off in most cases and makes the transgressor persist in his ways. It is very strange that these people did not differentiate between the one who transgresses the limit knowingly and the one who does so unknowingly; between the one who promotes innovation and the duped, misguided victim; and between mistakes concerning which there is a difference of scholarly opinion and mistakes on which there is consensus that they are wrong.... They forget that their harsh treatment and refraining from helping deepens the gap between them and people and causes people to go and join the ranks of the deviants who are the enemies of Islam... Islams stance on violence and harshness when calling to Islam and interacting with people is very clear. Allah ( سبحانه وتعالي ) says, enjoining Moosa عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم and his brother Haroon عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم : Go, both of you, to Firaun [Pharaoh], verily, he has transgressed [all bounds in disbelief and disobedience and behaved as an arrogant and as a tyrant]. And speak to him mildly; perhaps he may accept admonition or fear [Allah]. [20: 43-44] These were the instructions of our Lord ( سبحانه وتعالي ) to Moosa عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم and Haroon (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم ) when calling the tyrant Pharaoh: to speak mildly or gently when explaining the truth because it is more beneficial and more likely to be accepted and to instil fear of Allah ( سبحانه وتعالي ). [Taken from The Life And Times Of Alee Ibn Abee Taalib RadiyAllaho Anho by Alee Muhammad As-Sallaabee, p. 309. See also, Dhaahirat Al-Ghulw Fid-Deen, Pp. 231-237] بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Our Lord! We have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire[3:16] Astaghfirullah Ya Allah forgive me for my weaknesses & shortcomings. Remove from my heart the love of everything that You do not love. Ameen
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