Question
In my opinion The Majlis is too harsh in its tone. Why do you antagonize people with so much harshness? You should adopt more hikmah.
Answer
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had made the following Dua for Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu): "O Allah! Have mercy on Umar. The Haqq has left no friend for him." His hikmah was his Dhurrah (Whip).
When Nabi Musa (alayhis salaam) returned from Mount Tur and saw with his own eyes his people worshipping the golden calf, he flew into a rage. Without investigating, without asking questions and without ascertaining who is to be blamed, he grabbed his elder brother, Nabi Haaroon (alayhis salaam) by the hair and beard, shaking and accusing him. Yet Allah Ta'ala did not reprimand Hadhrat Musa (alayhis salaam) for having acted in this manner of Bughdh lillaah (Anger for the sake of Allah). This was Hadhrat Musa's (alayhis salaam) hikmah.
People, puffed up with arrogance, nowadays look at the medicine and find it bitter. But they do not look at their acts of flagrant fisq, fujoor and even kufr. This indicates the degree of their rotten pride. They believe that they are holy and pure, hence they take offence when they are called by their proper titles. When a medical doctor plunges a knife into their bodies to amputate or operate, they pay him a huge sum of money and despite the pain he has inflicted on them with his knife and amputating tools, they smile and profusely thank him. But, when a physician of the Deen does some injection/operation, they become his enemies. This is because the Deen is insignificant to people.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 22 No 04
- PDF page
- 2
Appears under "HARSHNESS' IS HIKMAH (approximate).