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**86GlSqSK** · 07-14-2012, 06:48 AM

This thread reminds me how the Prophet (saws) was with the horrible woman who lived next door to him who used to throw her rubbish in his garden, unlike we modern Muslims who would probably throw it back and with some extras, he (saws) just tidied it away and said nothing, even sending her gifts when she was ill, for me that doesn't just reflect the Prophet's manners, but also something deeper, something to do with mercy and a certain type of love for even the misguided ones, a similar thing to what Moinudeen Chisti (ra) was referring to in the often quoted saying below

A friend of God has affection like the sun -

When the sun rises

it is beneficial to all people,

be they Muslim, Christian or Hindu.

A friend of God is generous like a river -

All may get water from the river

to quench their thirst

and it does not discriminate

between the good or the sinful,

the relation or the stranger. (source http://abodeofmercy.wordpress.com/ca...islam-is-love/ )

Such a type of love is not something that comes from weakness or something that discourages strength, rather it is something that can only come from the strong.

As for sternness that can vary from fighting them to speaking strongly against them, but it has its time and is not always appropriate, who was more stern than Hadhrat Umar (raa) with the non-Muslims when it was appropriate, yet he was also beautiful in manners to them and generous and merciful to them (just look at the histories of his life).

gentleness has its time too and is very often appropriate,

we have to remember not to be too hard (like some Wahhabis are) or too soft (like some Modernists are), because we should be trying to stay on that Sunni path of moderation that exists between extremes, not at them, yes?

If they are fighting us, persecuting us, threatening us, insulting the Prophet (saws), verbally attacking Islam etc then obviously different types of sternness (anything between strong words, economic sanctions and ultimately warfare) are required - these should be chosen on the basis of what will be most effective according to the interests of Islam, not on the basis of knee-jerk emotional reactions.

but if the non-Muslims are not doing these things then I'm pretty sure that gentleness, generousness and beautiful manners will be most effective, don't you think so?

07-14-2012, 06:48 AM	#16
86GlSqSK Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	This thread reminds me how the Prophet (saws) was with the horrible woman who lived next door to him who used to throw her rubbish in his garden, unlike we modern Muslims who would probably throw it back and with some extras, he (saws) just tidied it away and said nothing, even sending her gifts when she was ill, for me that doesn't just reflect the Prophet's manners, but also something deeper, something to do with mercy and a certain type of love for even the misguided ones, a similar thing to what Moinudeen Chisti (ra) was referring to in the often quoted saying below A friend of God has affection like the sun - When the sun rises it is beneficial to all people, be they Muslim, Christian or Hindu. A friend of God is generous like a river - All may get water from the river to quench their thirst and it does not discriminate between the good or the sinful, the relation or the stranger. (source http://abodeofmercy.wordpress.com/ca...islam-is-love/ ) Such a type of love is not something that comes from weakness or something that discourages strength, rather it is something that can only come from the strong. As for sternness that can vary from fighting them to speaking strongly against them, but it has its time and is not always appropriate, who was more stern than Hadhrat Umar (raa) with the non-Muslims when it was appropriate, yet he was also beautiful in manners to them and generous and merciful to them (just look at the histories of his life). gentleness has its time too and is very often appropriate, we have to remember not to be too hard (like some Wahhabis are) or too soft (like some Modernists are), because we should be trying to stay on that Sunni path of moderation that exists between extremes, not at them, yes? If they are fighting us, persecuting us, threatening us, insulting the Prophet (saws), verbally attacking Islam etc then obviously different types of sternness (anything between strong words, economic sanctions and ultimately warfare) are required - these should be chosen on the basis of what will be most effective according to the interests of Islam, not on the basis of knee-jerk emotional reactions. but if the non-Muslims are not doing these things then I'm pretty sure that gentleness, generousness and beautiful manners will be most effective, don't you think so?
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