TEANANA

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In some ways, one’s family is the most oblivious. But what’s so important about knowing? In the end, what helps you overcome obstacles isn’t brains, but someone who’ll take your hand and won’t let you go. In the end, that’s family. Even for heroes, even if it’s an even greater hero, the people they go back to in the end is family. The scars we receive from the outside world, the scars we receive from life experiences, even the scars that we receive from family, the people who’ll embrace you and be on your side until the end… In the end, it is family.

Has anyone been mean to you because you choose to practice your deen? Are you suffering from the mockery of people within your community or even in your family? Has anyone made rumors about your piety or your dignity?

Have they become more severe as days and months pass by? May Allah make things easy for you, let me share a story that would inspire you to bear more patience and tolerate such false accusations of people about you. _____ Have you heard that story between Abu Jahl and the Prophet ﷺ? Do you not remember how cruel were the Quraish to the Prophet ﷺ?

Let me remind you of such cruelty in this one incident. The narration talks more about Hamzah Ibn Abdul Muttalib Radiyallahu Anhu, the uncle of the Prophet ﷺ,  on how he came to embrace Islam but I will highlight only the incident between Abu Jahl and the Prophet ﷺ.  This took place when Hamzah RA went on hunting and Abu Jahl took advantage of the absence of Hamza. He went to the Prophet ﷺ while he was sitting by the Mount As Safa and there spoke to him offensively denouncing his work and tried to humiliate him.  With the beautiful character of the Prophet ﷺ, he did not say anything. He just said nothing to Abu Jahl but Abu Jahl continued to abuse him until he cast a stone on the Prophet’s ﷺ head.

Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ became wounded and he began to bleed. At this sight, Abu Jahl left him and went to the assembly of the Quraish and sat down with them. _____ Have a moment to yourself, pause a little and reflect on what you have just read. 

Our beloved Prophet ﷺ, who is bleeding out of the hatred of Abu Jahl, bore everything patiently. Every ill manner word thrown to him, every humiliation given to him by the Quraish, he bore it patiently.

Then, look at your own self, with a little word of mouth going around accusing you of something you never did or some rumors denouncing you, you become outraged that you want to hurt somebody. Don’t you think you are being [emulating] more of Abu Jahl than being [emulating] the Prophet ﷺ?