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What am I supposed to do now *brother?*
Take back what I said or open the thread?
What's the point of aaallll of this?!
You see..the issue with us Muslims is that..we always seek pity-company or refusal-support..we try to twist others' arms even only *verbally* into allowing us to do what we think is right..we never try to look *into* what's being said to us..
Imagine if one of us was sitting with Omar bin Al-Khattab (radhiya Allaho 'anh)..wasting our time..do you think he would take our hand..and *plead* that we don't do that?!......highly doubt it!..he would probably tell us off in a manner so stern it would make us flat-out *cry*..and it's not because he was a man incapable of displaying excellent manners..and it's not because he *enjoyed* being stern (radhiya Allaho 'anh)..but because as a Muslim he knew that he had to *look out* for his fellow Muslims and because their spiritual well-being worried him *deeply*..and his zeal over the deen and the people who follow it surpasses anything else!..another reason is that *sternness* sometimes makes you *pay a little more attention*..so you can evaluate what you're doing..and either avoid doing it or do it correctly!
Now I am not saying that I am *resembling* Al-Khattab (radhiya Allaho 'anh)..whom I'd have to probably live about 50 lifetimes to earn even 10% of what he possessed..in what I do or did..but I am giving him to you merely as an example and as one of the many shadows which we're meant to look at and attempt to follow in our dealings..
If I did not care about you or the brothers and sisters here..I wouldn't close down a thread..write a warning in it..PM or VM a member to warn him/her of what is correct..I would allow everyone to do what they please..because after all..I receive *no gain* from doing my duty..I am simply *volunteering* to help..and I am trying to *look-out* for you and everyone here..if you brother cannot see it..then I am sorry..that's when my sense of responsibility over everyone passes you..and extends to the other brothers and sisters..who need to be taken care of while they're here..they expect a learning environment..and by Allah..each mod here is responsible for giving them *just that!*..so naturally..I have *only* two choices regarding that as a mod..
1. Step up and cater to that expectation.
2. Leave the forum..and go do something else with the small bit of free-time I have!
I wrote to you *the reason* for closing the thread..along *with* advice..if I allow you to re-open a closed thread..then it is only *fair*..that I go back..and re-open ALL the closed threads of the other members..because if I don't..then I would have wronged them by extending a *privilege* to you which you have done nothing to receive..quite honestly!..and I take it..*THAT* would *be* an abuse of my so-called "authority" (and I say this word with a package of my personal reservations and dislikes accompanied with it!)
Also..you did it once again akhi..you wasted your time *again* on *me*..you took my words and spent so much analyzing them and writing replies to them..it would have made me eternally happy..if you had ignored me *and* my words..went on with your day..and actually *did* at least one of the things I suggested..but sobhanallah..it's as if all you took from my words was an emotional bruise that you had to show to me in a PM and a thread!
Lastly..I moderate here based on the rules of TTI and its overall goal as a forum..I do not pick and choose what I moderate..and if *anyone* dismisses the rules of TTI..he/she will receive a moderating action befitting of the situation he/she brought forth..I just thought I'd make it clear to you..and perhaps remind the people who have seen this written by me before..that I am *still* hanging on to this principle alhamdulillah...
P.S. I am not a scholar of Islam..I am in-fact..not even a *tuwayliba* (mini-student) of Islam yet by Shari'a schooling standards..so you'd grant me *THAT* much credit even from the *sarcasm* you used..and say to me "O Scholar of Islam"..I suggest you avoid using that term again..and simply call me "the moderator by the name of a_muslimah86"..you can even take out *sister* too if it adds to my esteem..I am okay with with that *revoked courtesy* as well..so long you agree with me on not wasting time in any sort of way!
And at the end of the day..I have nothing to say but..baraka Allah feek wa jazaka every khair!
