05-07-2006, 08:49 PM
Bismillah
salam alll
Let me try and calm down the theme here.
In some cases, people do fall into this blanket approach. I m using this term in particular because a sister just warned me not to do so.
Evey society for a reason or the other do suffer some evil, otherwise, why Allah Created earth, us and sata? life in general is a test.
i think and this is my opinion, rather than being so busy criticising others and looking down at them, I just have to be busy on how to fight the temptation, help those around me to do so, and help those who are in my wider circle to do.
Allah in Quran say:
"O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones" (66:6)
By virtue of this Ayah, i must focus on myself, then my close household members then my wider circle of community.
Evil is surrounding us, I cannt say that for example all Gulf people are so and so, or all Egyptians are so and so, all the west are so and so. Those who dont believe in Allah arent harming anyone but themselves. Thus, I dont have to sit there and say the west is doing so and so. Yes they have their shortcomings, yes the west was involved in much aggression and invasions, but still I cannt just sit there and say all of them are so and so.
As muslims we better focus on how to improve.