05.05.06
Making Accusations and Claims
Many people have been making false accusations from religious and personal affairs. Many make assumptions and start questioning a believer’s heart thinking they know what it is. Even with the most advanced medical technology (ie. x-rays) one cannot have full knowledge on a person’s intention. Every individual is different in their own way; some may seem harsh at times and some not, but this does not give us a reason to questions someone’s integrity. Lets stop playing God.
Even if we have doubt, we should make an attempt to seek clarification. And this does not neccesarily mean by approaching the person or approaching the people that this person associates it. This can easily be done through example. But a pre-requisite is that we must be sincere and genuine. Look at yourself in the mirror and ask youself that. Some of us are not, sometimes intentionally or unintentionally.
If one has a problem with someone, there should be an effort made to not involve others in the situation, because in most cases it will only escalate the tensions and make issues more complicated. And that means more people will get hurt.
We all need to look at the examples of the Prophet (as), and his beloved Ahlul Bayt (as). This is from “The Lantern of the Path,” by the 6th pious Imam, Imam Jaffer al-Sadiq (as). This is a short excerpt of his explaniation of “making accusations,” which we all need to work on not to do until we have clear proofs and evidence.
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In reality the claim belongs to the Holy Prophet’s (a), the Imams’ (a.s.) and the
truthful, and a man who makes a claim improperly is like the
accursed Iblis. He lays claim to devoutness while in reality he
contends with his Lord and opposes His command. Whoever
makes such claims reveals his lie, and the liar is not trustworthy;
whoever claims what is not lawful for him has the gates of afflic-
tion opened for him. Anyone who makes a claim will doubtless
be asked for clear proof, upon which he is shown to be bankrupt
and disgraced. The truthful person is not asked the reason for
his actions; as ‘Ali (a.s.) said, ‘No one sees a truthful person without
being in awe of him.’
jasmine Said:
May 5, 2006 at 3:28 pm
yes most definately. the tongue if not tamed, is a monster
Ali Said:
May 5, 2006 at 9:25 pm
“The tongue is like the beast, if let loose, it devours.” -The Chief of the Believers, Imam Ali (as).
~NaZaN~ Said:
May 5, 2006 at 10:55 pm
“anger” is the worst beast, the worst character of the self. If no control is taken, it can destroy the light of faith. We need to kill our ego. We need to “dissolve”, to “diminish”, and this is a life long process. Its not easy. The ego is unpatient, and for it their is only “i”. However, in Allah’s presence their is no such thing as “I”. The “I” vanishes in Allah’s existence. Our ego is like a spoiled child who cries for hours to get the candy from his mother until she finally gives him what he wants. Why do we have to give our egos what it wants when it is so clear that it only wants to see our destruction? Its hard and its scary because you try sooooooo hard to improve spiritually, to rise higher and higher in the Divine Presence with excessive worship. However, you can easily fall from where you have reached with ONLY one negative behaviour. We as believers ALWAYS should “hold on to the rope of Allah”, never letting go. If we let go by getting angry, loosing patience, hurting people’ s feelings and not admitting it, it’ll take us a much longer time to reach to our destination, or maybe never reach at all. The core of all negative behaviours comes from “anger” May Allah(swt) forgive us! forgive us! forgive us! forgive us!