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**EarnestKS** · 09-01-2011, 05:57 AM

No, brother. And you know that is not what I meant by that so why ask. I understand the mob mentality but it has no place in Islam. I have said and done nothing against Islam in this thread. I have asked a question and asked for evidence, all within my rights as a Muslim.

Well, since you're looking for evidence for the "hows" of respect, then I don't see how that would require proof. Did the Prophet

tell his sahaba

to be overly defensive of him? No. This was ingrained in them. Many sahaba

were ready to kill a person if he so much as said something out of line at Rasoolullah

. The way we respect things are ingrained within us. Does it make any sense to place the words of Allah

on the floor?

If it was a cultural thing, it would never be so ubiquitous. People in Indonesia are against putting the Qur'an on the floor just as people in Mauritania are against putting the Qur'an on the floor. Their cultures are different, but their deen is the same.

Also, it is hardly about "mob" mentality, but a matter of simple respect. The way we speak with ulama is to be respectable. If scholars criticize us, that gives us no right to lash out at them in the manner you did. Your reasoning for responding to his post specifically and in the manner you did was that he was a scholar, and apparently, that is how you think scholars should be talked to if they ever step out of line. It should be the complete opposite. Rasoolullah

was much harsher in some of his criticism of some of the sahaba

but none of the sahaba

yelled back because they knew that he was speaking for their benefit. Ulama speak for our benefit and are treasures of this ummah. They are the inheritors of the prophets عليهم السلام. They deserve our respect.

09-01-2011, 05:57 AM	#37
EarnestKS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 525 Senior Member	No, brother. And you know that is not what I meant by that so why ask. I understand the mob mentality but it has no place in Islam. I have said and done nothing against Islam in this thread. I have asked a question and asked for evidence, all within my rights as a Muslim. Well, since you're looking for evidence for the "hows" of respect, then I don't see how that would require proof. Did the Prophet tell his sahaba to be overly defensive of him? No. This was ingrained in them. Many sahaba were ready to kill a person if he so much as said something out of line at Rasoolullah . The way we respect things are ingrained within us. Does it make any sense to place the words of Allah on the floor? If it was a cultural thing, it would never be so ubiquitous. People in Indonesia are against putting the Qur'an on the floor just as people in Mauritania are against putting the Qur'an on the floor. Their cultures are different, but their deen is the same. Also, it is hardly about "mob" mentality, but a matter of simple respect. The way we speak with ulama is to be respectable. If scholars criticize us, that gives us no right to lash out at them in the manner you did. Your reasoning for responding to his post specifically and in the manner you did was that he was a scholar, and apparently, that is how you think scholars should be talked to if they ever step out of line. It should be the complete opposite. Rasoolullah was much harsher in some of his criticism of some of the sahaba but none of the sahaba yelled back because they knew that he was speaking for their benefit. Ulama speak for our benefit and are treasures of this ummah. They are the inheritors of the prophets عليهم السلام. They deserve our respect.
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