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    verbalresistance: Dear Tumblr Mutaween1,See Also: “Haraam Police” Stop it. The amount of times I’ve seen a fellow brother/sister been raged at, from a random naysayer half way across the globe under anonymous for being “unislamic” or whatever… it’s actually really quite annoying. The chances are that you’re not a sheikh, and even if you are a sheikh (which let’s face it you’re not), you’re certainly not Allah. You won’t be judging come the end of time, and since you only seem to accept things in religious language… let me put it a more succinct way: Indeed in passing judgement on someone else you’re actually taking onto yourself one of the roles of God alone - judgement - and that to my mind is Blasphemy in itself. God will be the one to decide our fate, and will judge us on our intentions and within his mercy, not on your own personal circumstantial beliefs. The worst, and I mean worst, is when you hear someone anonymously calling another a Kaafir or disbeliever, because of something they’ve done - that the (cowardly) anon has percieved as a sin, in their own judgement. Let me expand, with the use of a fatwah (something I think might help drill it in to you): It is not permissible for a Muslim to use the word kaafir lightly, because judging a Muslim who believes in Tawheed to be a kaafir is a major sin. Muslim (60) narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “Any man who says to his brother, ‘O kaafir,’ if this description fits him, then he is a kaafir, otherwise it will come back on him (the one who said it).” Al-Bukhaari (6054) narrated from Abu Dharr(p) that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “No man accuses another of being immoral or of being a kaafir but it will come back on him if his companion is not like that.” The one who wants to denounce an evil action or to exhort a sinner should do that in a kind and gentle manner… It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah, the wife of the Prophet, that the Messenger of Allaahﷺ said: “Allaah is Kind and loves kindness, and He gives (reward) for kindness that He does not give for harshness and He does not give for anything else.” Al-Nawawi said: This hadeeth points to the virtue of kindness and encourages us to adopt this attitude; and it condemns harshness. Kindness is the cause of all goodness. Al-Qaadi said: What this means is that goals may be achieved by means of kindness that cannot be achieved by anything else. With regard to uttering words such as kaafir (disbeliever), faasiq (immoral person), murtadd (apostate), etc, this may be a cause of the person being put off… Al-Haafiz said in his commentary on the hadeeth of Abu Dharr mentioned above: This shows that if a person says to another, “You are a faasiq (immoral person)” or “You are a kaafir”, and that is not the case, then he is the one who deserves to be described in that manner. If the person is as described, it does not necessarily mean that the one who called him that is free of sin… if the intention is to expose and shame him, and and to hurt him, then it is not permissible, because we are commanded to conceal people’s faults, and teach them and advise then in a manner that is better. As far as a person is able to achieve that in a kind manner, it is not permissible for him to do it in a harsh manner. Clearer? I could go on, but yeah… In passing judgement, you’re probably only harming yourself in God’s eyes - you’re putting yourself in a position, where God will judge you relative to them (don’t forget, we never know entirely what that person is like in their private life or what their intentions are) - and if God deems you to be the lesser, at the end of it all - well I’m afraid you just shot yourself in the foot. The notions of community in our faith are about helping and encouraging each other, not exposing each others fault or lecturing/targeting them. And even all that aside - this isn’t a public space, this is a social blogging site, where people should be able to vent their feelings and talk about their life and personal decisions, without the fear of judgement - this is not a social network (despite how many of you try to treat it) for you to pry in on their lives and cast your own judgement. Back off.

    verbalresistance:

    Dear Tumblr Mutaween1,
    See Also: “Haraam Police”

    Stop it.

    The amount of times I’ve seen a fellow brother/sister been raged at, from a random naysayer half way across the globe under anonymous for being “unislamic” or whatever… it’s actually really quite annoying.

    The chances are that you’re not a sheikh, and even if you are a sheikh (which let’s face it you’re not), you’re certainly not Allah. You won’t be judging come the end of time, and since you only seem to accept things in religious language… let me put it a more succinct way: Indeed in passing judgement on someone else you’re actually taking onto yourself one of the roles of God alone - judgement - and that to my mind is Blasphemy in itself. God will be the one to decide our fate, and will judge us on our intentions and within his mercy, not on your own personal circumstantial beliefs.

    The worst, and I mean worst, is when you hear someone anonymously calling another a Kaafir or disbeliever, because of something they’ve done - that the (cowardly) anon has percieved as a sin, in their own judgement. Let me expand, with the use of a fatwah (something I think might help drill it in to you):

    It is not permissible for a Muslim to use the word kaafir lightly, because judging a Muslim who believes in Tawheed to be a kaafir is a major sin.

    Muslim (60) narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “Any man who says to his brother, ‘O kaafir,’ if this description fits him, then he is a kaafir, otherwise it will come back on him (the one who said it).”

    Al-Bukhaari (6054) narrated from Abu Dharr(p) that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “No man accuses another of being immoral or of being a kaafir but it will come back on him if his companion is not like that.”

    The one who wants to denounce an evil action or to exhort a sinner should do that in a kind and gentle manner… It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah, the wife of the Prophet, that the Messenger of Allaahﷺ said: “Allaah is Kind and loves kindness, and He gives (reward) for kindness that He does not give for harshness and He does not give for anything else.”

    Al-Nawawi said: This hadeeth points to the virtue of kindness and encourages us to adopt this attitude; and it condemns harshness. Kindness is the cause of all goodness. Al-Qaadi said: What this means is that goals may be achieved by means of kindness that cannot be achieved by anything else.

    With regard to uttering words such as kaafir (disbeliever), faasiq (immoral person), murtadd (apostate), etc, this may be a cause of the person being put off… Al-Haafiz said in his commentary on the hadeeth of Abu Dharr mentioned above:
    This shows that if a person says to another, “You are a faasiq (immoral person)” or “You are a kaafir”, and that is not the case, then he is the one who deserves to be described in that manner. If the person is as described, it does not necessarily mean that the one who called him that is free of sin… if the intention is to expose and shame him, and and to hurt him, then it is not permissible, because we are commanded to conceal people’s faults, and teach them and advise then in a manner that is better. As far as a person is able to achieve that in a kind manner, it is not permissible for him to do it in a harsh manner.

    Clearer? I could go on, but yeah… In passing judgement, you’re probably only harming yourself in God’s eyes - you’re putting yourself in a position, where God will judge you relative to them (don’t forget, we never know entirely what that person is like in their private life or what their intentions are) - and if God deems you to be the lesser, at the end of it all - well I’m afraid you just shot yourself in the foot.

    The notions of community in our faith are about helping and encouraging each other, not exposing each others fault or lecturing/targeting them.

    And even all that aside - this isn’t a public space, this is a social blogging site, where people should be able to vent their feelings and talk about their life and personal decisions, without the fear of judgement - this is not a social network (despite how many of you try to treat it) for you to pry in on their lives and cast your own judgement.

    Back off.