To Correct Others!

[R_Mujahed]

To Correct Others
by Jalaluddin Rumi

Four Men entered a mosque and each busied himself in salah, humbly prostrating before Allah. Each one said the "Allahu Akhbar" after first having made his intention, and began to pray with humility. Meanwhile the Mu'adhdhin came in and gave the call to salah. The first man blurted out to the Mu'adhdhin, "Are you calling to the prayer? Is it the right time?" The second spoke on the spur of the moment, "You have wasted your salah by speaking during prayers." The third retorted, "Why did YOU speak? Tell yourself how to behave!" The fourth mumbled, "Praise be to Allah! I wasn't a party to their arguments." Thus all the four broke their solat and wasted it. The fault-finders went more astray than the one who made the orginal mistake. Moral of the story: Correct oneself before correcting others!

[Shukria]

Think b4 u speak

[extinction]

hmm confusing story..and foolish people....need to take heed

[syilla]

sometimes we focused too much on the smallest problem..

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[Muslimaatan]

Think b4 u speak

werdddddddd

[E'jaazi]

Who made the original mistake?

[extinction]

werdddddddd

off topic ...but are you saying word? as in word is bond kid!! or are you saying weird?

[Muslimaatan]

off topic ...but are you saying word? as in word is bond kid!! or are you saying weird?

yeah word..as in i agree...im alwayz sayin 2 everything i agree with..got 2 used 2 it i guess..

[extinction]

yeah word..as in i agree...im alwayz sayin 2 everything i agree with..got 2 used 2 it i guess..

I see and more to the topic this is a practical example of correcting others:)

[extinction]

Who made the original mistake?

I think it was this dude really...

The first man blurted out to the Mu'adhdhin, "Are you calling to the prayer? Is it the right time?"

because the muadhin made an honest mistake

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To Correct Others
by Jalaluddin Rumi

Four Men entered a mosque and each busied himself in salah, humbly prostrating before Allah. Each one said the "Allahu Akhbar" after first having made his intention, and began to pray with humility. Meanwhile the Mu'adhdhin came in and gave the call to salah. The first man blurted out to the Mu'adhdhin, "Are you calling to the prayer? Is it the right time?" The second spoke on the spur of the moment, "You have wasted your salah by speaking during prayers." The third retorted, "Why did YOU speak? Tell yourself how to behave!" The fourth mumbled, "Praise be to Allah! I wasn't a party to their arguments." Thus all the four broke their solat and wasted it. The fault-finders went more astray than the one who made the orginal mistake. Moral of the story: Correct oneself before correcting others!

LOL all the men lost it lolz :rollseyes

[aamirsaab]

:sl:

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Best. Post. Ever.

All the ones that interrupted the prayer are in the wrong. Stuff like this does occur you when praying sunnats: I'm tryin to get sawab from the Almighty and some retards screw it all up.

[Muhammad]

:sl:

Please try to stay on topic and remember the forum rules:

8. Honourable and dignified behaviour must be observed at all times, especially when replying to a post by a member of the opposite gender.

Jazakallahu Khayr.

:w:

[x Maz x]

MashAllah great post! InshAllah we all take heed...WalaykumAsalaam x

[dishdash]

:sl:

Please try to stay on topic and remember the forum rules:

8. Honourable and dignified behaviour must be observed at all times, especially when replying to a post by a member of the opposite gender.

Jazakallahu Khayr.

:w:

I thought my post was very dignified... and I purposefully used words of more than two syllables so the seppos wouldn't get offended, just confused.

Khyr.

Anyway - back on the thread subject, Rumi has a deliciously subtle sense of humour, laced with equal measures of subtlety in the message. It loses a lot in translation, but in it's original language works on a number of levels. If you get the chance to lose yourself in his works for a few hours you will be very well rewarded...

[Sunflower]

my mum always used 2 tell us dat story wen we were younger and pointing out oders faults. dat made us shut ur mouths...

[R_Mujahed]

Really it was a story? Cause I never heard it before!