HEART SOFTENER: PENITENCE

*Penitence: a Mark of the True Believers* The believer doesn’t persist in error or look for justifications for it. When Adam (alayhi salam) sinned he repented while Iblis tried to justify his sin by saying “I am better than him”. And perhaps we are ignorant of what constitutes uncouth, insultive and abusive use of words on other Muslims. In the Hadith below, all Aisha (radiya Allaahu anhaa) did was make a gesture. The prophet (salaLlau alayhi wasalam) said that would spoil the ocean. How about when you say another Muslim is stupid? ...sluggish? ...gluttony? ...tribalistic? The Prophet (Salla Allahu 'Alayhee wa Sallam) was looking into marrying Safiyyah (Radya Allaahu 'Anhum). So the Prophet (Salla Allahu 'Alayhee wa Sallam) asked Aisha about her and Aisha said she was nice and everything was good about her, but then Aisha made a gesture with her hand to show that Safiyyah was short. In response to this the Prophet (Salla Allahu 'Alayhee wa Sallam) said just this gesture; if she were to put it into an ocean it would stain the whole ocean. [sahih Sunan Abu Dawud, 41:4857] We ask Allaah for truthfulness in thoughts, in speech, in actions, in inactions and reactions, aamiin. Written by: *AbuZayd Ibraaheem Raji Edited by: *AbuHaashim M.A.Bolaji