Assalamo alikom dear brothers and sisters,
I have recently found that we have a new fight here. That is our usual and continual fight against the legions of darkness, ignorance and going astray.
In our striving against those legions of darkness, we are equipped and armed by the most effective arms that can never be owned except by devoted and faithful Muslims. Actually they are holy arms!
Those holy arms are our deep-rooted faith, our knowledge, our deep understanding of this knowledge and our great love to Allah t'ala and His religion of Islam.
However, few of us still need to adopt another very effective (weapon) that definitely guarantees the success of all previous holy (weapons). That is the weapon of leniency!!
Don't you agree with me that calling for Allah should be by the best manners?
Don't you agree with me that leniency, clemency, kindness, gentleness and calmness are the best conductors of the Light of Allah.
"And by the Mercy of Allâh, you dealt with them gently. And had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you...." (3-159)
Anger and repulsion can be easily detected by those who read our responses, and can break them away from us even if we have given very good knowledge and evidences!!
Being able to tower up our personal feelings of anger and repulsion while discussing Islam with non Muslims is the real achievement.
We can easily achieve that if we rather feel sympathy with those human souls who lived long in darkness. It is not easy for their eyes to see the Light. They will be in bad need for our hands to take their hands gently along the road of guidance.
It is only by the grace of Allah that we are Muslims, weather we were born as Muslims or we reverted. This should make us humbled while introducing the Truth to others who haven't been blessed by this grace yet.
I am quite sure that kind words, clear smile, true sympathy along with true desire to help can achieve miracles.
Therefore, for all our very wise brothers and sisters who are engaged in the holy fight: just remember to fight by leniency!!