Avoid "how dare he's"
:salam2:
Praise be to Allah, Who has made us brothers and sisters in Islam and Who has made this brotherhood so profound.
Dear sister, I cannot remember having any argument with you but I potentially belong to the group of people, who might disagree with you in one or another issue. At the same time, I want to assure you that from my side, you will never experience any lack of respect and love, which is your right to get from any other muslim. I have learned, that it is only in Allah's hands to change one's heart, so I try to do only what is in my hands.
The people who made you so angry were those who were against Allah and His Prophet and his companions. I seek refuge of Allah to be one of those. However, it may happen, that I would have another understanding of the same verses and the same ahadith you might quote to me. The problem, which we ( I mean brothers and sisters on TTI, including myself) run into is, that we very quickly think or react like "how dare he/she". Very often we loose our patience, although if we claim to follow the footsteps of our Prophet
, then we should be the most patient ones. Very often we suspect the intentions of our brothers and sisters, although we were supposed to have positive thoughts about them. Very often we quote Fatwahs against the fitnah of takfeer but by our attitude we are dealing with other muslims as if they were kuffaar. Very often we stress upon the importance of learning Tawheed (and I agree, we can't have enough of it) but we deliberately make muslims of other sects feel as if they were mushrikeen.
My stay on TTI was also not always free of troubles but with the time I have learned to avoid the "how dare he's". I want to give you some examples of "how dare he's", which I have faced.
How dare he think 150 Million muslims of India can remain in India, when my great great great sheikh has issued the fatwah, that it is haram for them.
How dare he advocate to call oneself muslim only, when my great sheikh wants us to identify with a long long sentence, to differenciate oneself from all those deviants, which are destined to hell.
How dare he reject the connection of tie with cross, when my great sheikh has proved tie to be a form of cross.
How dare he reject the invasion of Iran by our american friends, when this land is full with filthy shias.
How dare he question my methodology of hadith, which allows legislation against slavery but does not allow legislation against marriage of a 40 years man with an 8 years girl.
The list can go on and on but you see I am not dishearted by all those how dares. So cheer up dear sister and don't think your imaan is less, when you are not using your "hands" against ignorants like myself.