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One of the beauties of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (3) | Being kind to the ignorant
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Among the beauties of the Prophetic biography (Seerah)
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Being gentle with the ignorant
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Do you remember a time you made a mistake in your youth?
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How did your father at home or your teacher at school guide you?
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Some have recounted tragic stories of reprimand and punishment
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And it is regrettable
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That if some ignorant person appears before us in a gathering, prayer, or occasion
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We turn against him
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And we may cloak it in anger for the sake of the sacred boundaries of Allah
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Yet here is a rare educator and a gentle teacher
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Who contained the problem
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And treated the one who erred with kindness
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And was gentle with the ignorant
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And taught him in the best, most guided, and most excellent manner
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Mu'awiyah Ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami, may Allah be pleased with him, says
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While I was with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in prayer
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A man sneezed
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So I said
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May Allah have mercy on you
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The people stared at me with their eyes
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So I said
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Woe to my mother, why do you look at me?
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What is the matter with you, looking at me?
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He said
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The people struck their thighs with their hands
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When I saw them trying to silence me
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I remained silent
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When the Prophet, peace be upon him, finished his prayer
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He called me
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May my father and mother be sacrificed for him
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I have never seen a teacher before or after him who taught better than he did
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By Allah, he did not strike me, nor did he scold me, nor did he insult me
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But he said
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This prayer of ours is not a place for any of the speech of people
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It is only for the takbir, the tasbih, and the recitation of the Qur'an
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So learn from this the beauty of character
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And the art of containing people
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And the method of teaching the ignorant
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And the virtue of gentleness and mercy
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And addressing matters in the best possible way
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And the gravity of the status of prayer
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And learn the importance of the fiqh of da'wah
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Gentleness is the finest companion you could ever take
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And your suspicion that you are compassionate will be proven wrong
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So take the metaphorical from time and its people
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And leave deep immersion and investigation into it
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And Allah the Exalted knows best
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Among the beauties of the Prophetic biography (Seerah)