Thursday, February 16, 2012

Enjoining good, Forbidding Evil




" Enjoining the good and forbidding evil means that we must take an active interest in our communities, and in striving to develop our communities and our religious practices in a way that is healthy, natural, and allows Muslims from all backgrounds to be included and non-Muslims to feel welcome."-


This is an awesome article...really addresses a subject that personally I think is a huge problem in the community. Personally I have experienced BEYOND my share of being told how wrong I am, or being looked down on because I do not wear hijab (this is my favorite one to be judged on because it AMAZES me how a piece of cloth gives the illusion one is a good and perfect person, which we all know is RIDICULOUS....), judged before given a chance, and ignored once someone in the community finds out that someone else in the community doesn't like me. And in the end, the only ones hurt were the ones we were supposed to work together to help, and ourselves by NOT going forward with good deeds for the sake of Allah (swt), and instead turning from what our religion teaches, to become the jerk that our religion warns us against being.
So for those of you who have not even given me a chance, or dropped out of a project we were supposed to do because you heard something about me, or dislike that I tell my non-muslim family Merry Christmas, or think I am scandalous because I do not wear hijab (I have never said that I am NOT going to , I am just not there yet, and getting crap for it only seems to delay the wanting to don it full time...yes I know this is MY ego being a jerk) or feel superior to me because you have been blessed with the "true" Islam...You need to take a step back and remember your religion. Maybe I am not as horrible as you think, and maybe those things you were told about me by someone else, are not true. And if you keep treating me and others this way, we won't EVER be able to get along, or work together. ONE UMMAH. Not my Ummah and your Ummah, OUR UMMAH.




Being Religious Without Being a Jerk