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كاتب الموضوع :
محمد صالح بحرالدين محمد ص
المنتدى :
المنتدى الإسلامي
The believers mercy-2
بتاريخ : 03-29-2015 الساعة : 08:25 PM
In societies which are indifferent to religion, people allow others to engage in any act without considering its baneful result in the hereafter. For instance, they allow them to behave immorally and turn a blind eye when they engage in an act forbidden by Allah, or even encourage them.
The criteria believers adopt for themselves in this matters that the mercy shown to others must definitely make a positive impact in terms of others' eternal life in the hereafter. In some cases, the love and mercy they feel for believers may entail their interfering or criticizing them on some issues which may be hard on their lower selves (an-nags). Upon witnessing a wicked deed, they may criticize the perpetrator and make strong pleas to deter him from such a deed. This is indeed true compassion.
That is because, at the risk of causing offence to the other party, they put a stop to a conduct at variance with Qur'anic teaching and thus prevent that person from engaging in an act that would incur eternal torment in hell—a point of no return. For that reason, believers encourage others to display the morality with which Allah will be pleased most, and which will prepare them for life in paradise. In so doing, they display the most elevated form of mercy. One needs to keep in mind that the real cruelty is not to consider the eternal life and to deliberately ignore mistakes that would incur punishment.
In this respect, believers follow the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as their role model, who, in the words of the Qur'an, was “truly vast in character". (Surat al-Qalam: 4)
In another verse, Allah reveals the elevated morality of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “A Messenger has come to you from among yourselves.
Your suffering is distressing to him; he is deeply concerned for you; he is gentle and merciful to the believers."(Surat at-Tawba: 128) Thus, in compliance with Allah’s command, believers who adopt this morality behave compassionately and mercifully towards believers by considering their rewards in the hereafter.
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce to the disbelievers, merciful tone another. You see them bowing and prostrating, seeking Allah's good favor and His pleasure. Their mark is on their faces, the traces of prostration…(Surat al-Fath: 29)
On every issue, the Qur'an, the only guide that "discriminates between right and wrong" lays down the mode of behavior for believers. In the Qur'an, real compassion, and to whom and under which conditions believers are to show mercy are all made explicit. The following section deals with these topics. Mercy Shown towards Believers Allah clarifies in the Qur'an that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is His Messenger and that "those who are with him are fierce to the disbelievers, merciful to one another". (Surat al-Fath: 29)
As this verse makes explicit, the people to whom believers show compassion are again believers, that is, those who have faith in Allah and who fear Him. One and above all else, they fulfil this as a command of Allah. This aside, seeing a believer's love for Allah, his elevated morality and his striving to earn Allah's approval and the exemplary morality he displays inspires a natural love, mercy and compassion in other believers' hearts. As is expressed in this verse, "Your friend is only Allah and His
Messenger and those who believe: those who establish prayer and pay the welfare tax, and bow" (Surat al-Ma'ida: 55), believers know that they are the guardians of one another and act with the sincerity and fondness this acknowledgement brings. These attributes are expressed in another verse as follows:
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