sarah_mann
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There was a three blind man, they wanted to know what an elephant looks like, somebody took them to the zoo, they went to the elephant cage, they can not see, how can they process information then by the sense of touching? They went around the elephant touching the elephant. One of the blind man grabbed the ear of the elephant, second one he grabbed the foot of the elephant and third one he grabbed the tale of the elephant. When they went back people were asking them what do you know about an elephant. So first blind man said well the elephant is very wide and thin flat, second one who grabbed the foot of elephant became upset and said no its just like a trunk of a tree, the third one said you guys don’t know what you talking about, the elephant is like a long robe, that one who grabbed the tale of an elephant.
So why did they get the different understanding what an elephant is? Because of their physical impairment, they were limited by the sence of touch, and they spoke what they knew and all of them were telling the truth. But then they accusing others of lying, why? Because they do not know where the others are coming from.
Sometimes we do that as muslims, we have certain understanding of islaam, and we have penal vision that’s islaam and everything else is not and we don’t have appreciation for other points of view. When islaam is comprehensive and we need everything in this message. And more comprehensive are understanding is the better that understanding is.
(from the lectures of Imam Al Awlaki)
What I wanted to say is that some people accuse other muslims that they are doing something bad, that their work is build in bid’ah……. How can you accuse someone if you do not have certain knowledge of deen? What if you are wrong? Why people do not think that Allah may ask them about this, ok if a person thinks that some way of islaam is kind of bid’ah then leave them, leave them to the judge of Allah, Are not we will be known on the day of Judgment as who are doing wrong and who doing good works? How can you say that a porche is good car if you have never tried to drive it? If you hane never been inside of this car?
So my dear sisters and brothers!
Lets think first before we make a decision and before we say something bad about other muslims, as there are a lot of ways to come closer to Allah, there are a lot of ways to give da’wah, and there are a lot of ways to keep your Imaan strong, and a lot of ways to practise Islaam.
May Allah guide all of us!
So why did they get the different understanding what an elephant is? Because of their physical impairment, they were limited by the sence of touch, and they spoke what they knew and all of them were telling the truth. But then they accusing others of lying, why? Because they do not know where the others are coming from.
Sometimes we do that as muslims, we have certain understanding of islaam, and we have penal vision that’s islaam and everything else is not and we don’t have appreciation for other points of view. When islaam is comprehensive and we need everything in this message. And more comprehensive are understanding is the better that understanding is.
(from the lectures of Imam Al Awlaki)
What I wanted to say is that some people accuse other muslims that they are doing something bad, that their work is build in bid’ah……. How can you accuse someone if you do not have certain knowledge of deen? What if you are wrong? Why people do not think that Allah may ask them about this, ok if a person thinks that some way of islaam is kind of bid’ah then leave them, leave them to the judge of Allah, Are not we will be known on the day of Judgment as who are doing wrong and who doing good works? How can you say that a porche is good car if you have never tried to drive it? If you hane never been inside of this car?
So my dear sisters and brothers!
Lets think first before we make a decision and before we say something bad about other muslims, as there are a lot of ways to come closer to Allah, there are a lot of ways to give da’wah, and there are a lot of ways to keep your Imaan strong, and a lot of ways to practise Islaam.
May Allah guide all of us!
