Guide to islam in Best and Islamic Way

                            


Guide to islam in Best and Islamic Way, Avoid happy slapping and back biting.

"Invite (all) to the Way of your Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for your Rabb knows best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance." (16:125).

I am sure that everyone has heard of the term "Happy slapping". It is the term used to describe the phenomenon of an individual or group (of teenagers generally), slapping or striking/assaulting others, be it with photos/snap shots or finding faults and revealing to others. One would say that it has nothing to do with Muslims but it seems we are doing something similar in our everyday lives (can be noticed on facebook aswell).

I have constantly noticed that we try to defame/shame other Muslim brothers/sisters or their respected elders whenever we find an opportunity. whenever we get opportunity we make too much voice on telling how to do things properly or telling someone how he is going to end up in hell because his beard is not of particular length or berating one of the sisters because some of her hair is uncovered and of course she will not be able to enter paradise. These "Muslim Happy Slappers" take pride in telling off people and shaking their head in disgust at other Muslims who do not meet their criteria. (and we generally make criteria matching only to our level of following)

Some even go to the extent of shouting and telling that these people will never smell the fragrance of Paradise, etc.

I am not maligning the devotion of brothers/sisters who follow sharia and encourage others, I appreciate their commitment to their faith. At the same time i am not saying that others should not be encouraged to follow sharia but with great humility, not with shouting, berating, lecturing and public humiliation and backbiting.

Allah says "Invite (all) to the Way of your Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for your Rabb knows best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance." (16:125)

Note that here Allah is referring to everyone and not just non-Muslims. One of the best examples of this would be the story of Hassan (rta) and Hussain (rta), the grandsons of Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

One day an old pious Bedouin came to Medina. At the time of Prayers he began to make ‘wudu’ but he was making his wudu incorrectly. Hassan (rta) and Hussain (rta) saw the old man making ‘wudu’ wrong and they wanted to correct him. They didn’t want to offend him or make him feel insulted, so they came up with a plan. They went to the old man and said, "My brother and I disagree over who amongst us performs ‘wudu’ the best. Would you mind watching us make ‘wudu’, and be the judge to see which one of us indeed performs 'wudu' more correctly? Could you please correct us wherever we are wrong?" The man watched carefully trying to judge who is better. In the end he understood what was going on and said "By Allah, I did not know how to perform ‘wudu’ before this. You have both taught me how to do it correctly."

This incident has been preserved carefully in many Islamic history books as it highlights the way Muslims must behave when they want to correct someone. There are also many verses in Quran and also Hadith that touch this particular topic. For example:

Abu Hurairah (rta) narrated that the Prophet said, "A believer is friendly, and there is no good in one who is neither friendly nor is treated in a friendly way." (Tirmidhi 4995; and Ahmad)

"Kind words and forgiving of faults are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Rich (Free of all wants) and He is most Forbearing." (Quran - 2:263)

"Allah does not love the utterance of evil words in public except by one who has been wronged. Allah is He Who hears and knows all things." (Quran -4:148)

Dear friends the necessity is to guide ourselfs, explore the right teachings of islam and save ummah from false believes/preachers, follow and advice others to follow sharia, which has to be done humbly and in islamic way.

May Allah guide us all to love and follow sharia, sharia way of living and sharia way of advising.