Agra. Khatib and Imam Juma of Canal Wali Masjid in Sikandra, Muhammad Iqbal said in Khutba-e-Juma that In today’s Friday Sermon, it will be discussed that hate begets hate and love begets love. For this reason, Islam has taught not to hate anyone, but if you see someone making a mistake, then explain to him with wisdom and love, the way a father explains to his son, this itself is a great act. Sahih Bukhari’s Hadith No. 69 reveals– “You deal with people with ease, don’t deal with strictness. Give people good news, don’t be haters of people.” Consider what Islam is teaching us. If we follow this, we can avoid many problems. You will be surprised that even in worship like Namaz, the teaching of Islam is this– “O people ! there are some among you who turn people away from Deen. Whoever among you leads the people, should lead the Namaz in short because behind him there is someone sick, someone old, someone in need.” This is the revelation of Sahih Bukhari’s Hadith number 704. When we are being told this about Namaz, what should we implement in our lives? The matter is very clear and what do we do? We all need to think about how much other people are being taken care of. A greater example than this cannot be found in the world. Many people would know this incident but it is necessary to mention it. There is a strange incident– “A country man came and started urinating in the Masjid-e-Nabawi, people ran towards him, then the Messenger of Allah stopped them, when he finished urinating, the Messenger of Allah got the mess cleaned and said to the Sahaba, you have been sent to make ease, not to make strictness (Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 6128). Can we think like this? Our practice is exactly the opposite. So where are we following Islam? We are openly in rebellion. Do we have any answers? Islam is telling that the matter of ease should be done with the human being to the last extent. Strictness should not be adopted either in words or in actions. In this principle ‘Human’ has been mentioned and not just ‘Muslim’. Servants of Allah! Do some care and concern. Prove by our actions that we are ‘true Muslims’. We are going to follow that Islam which has come down from the sky. Our Islam is not of ‘land’. May Allah grant us all the ability to do good deeds. Aameen.
The response to hate is not hate. Muhammad Iqbal
