Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Justin Parrot aka Abu Amina Elias wrote on his wall saying that...

The problem with humanity can be summed like this: If we see some misguided person, the knee-jerk response is to condemn, to censure (rebuke someone harshly), to punish, to banish. Rather, when we see some misguided person, the knee-jerk response should be to guide, to teach, to forgive, to love. The right response doesn't come all that naturally; it requires spiritual training. That, to me, is the difference between true faith and mere ideology.

A comment in response to his post
"Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

If you are referring to TSQ, then I think you need to understand that when someone promotes falsehood, blasphemous falsehood, there isn't any issue publicly condemning it. In fact it is necessary. Would we prrach privately to missionaries before warning Muslims that Trinity is blasphemous? Adab is not "constanf, gentle behavior" but the right attitude at the right time. This cam range to anything from Abu Bakr freeing the slaves to Umar RA telling the enemy that their dead were in the fire and our dead were in Paradise."

He replied:
"Wa alaykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu brother,

What I am saying here is the “knee-jerk response,” the initial response should be towards mercy and gentleness and forgiveness. In this regard, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah is kind and he loves kindness in all matters.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 6528). And Allah sent Moses ﷺ and Aaron ﷺ to Pharaoh and commanded them to “speak to him gently that perhaps he will fear Allah or remember.” (20:44) This is the behavior Allah commanded with a man who claimed to be god.

There is a time to condemn evil deeds and to punish crime. But what I say is that the *initial* and *instinctual* response should not be to resort to such behavior in the first instance, as we must be patient and intend guidance and benefit for whoever is misguided. We should love for them what we love for ourselves. If we were misguided in their place, we would want someone to guide us with kindness, gentleness, and patience. Or as Allah said in the Hadith Qudsi, “My mercy prevails over my wrath.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 3022).

And Allah knows best."

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