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The most appropriate course for a person to take, when he proposes to tell someone else what is right and what is wrong, is that he should find an opportunity to convey these instructions in a private context [khalwa], if it is at all possible for him to do so. The advantages of his approach are that it is more immediate, that is more effective in communicating spiritual counsel, stern admonition and sincere advice, and that it is more likely to result in the acceptance of what is right and the renunciation of what is wrong. As Abud-Darda (may Allah be well pleased with him) once put it: When someone preaches to his brother in public, he is exposing him to disgrace [shanahu], but when someone offers him spiritual counsel in private, he is blessing him with grace [zanahu]. [Shaykh Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani | Al-Ghunya li-Talib Tariq al-Haqq, Vol. 3]
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:25:05 +0000

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