Who are WE To Judge!
BismiAllahi Al-Rahman Al-Raheem " In The
Name of Allah The Most Merciful The Specially Merciful:
We always make judgment on people while we are
talking , walking and working. It's a very bad habit to judge someone, or to
put miserable future for them. I am writing this article and I believe this is
VERY common in our MUSLIM society. I remember when i was in high
school and university. I used to think, this man smoking drugs he is bad , this
guy does not smoke n he does not do anything bad he is good. This woman
does not wear hijab then she is not good, this wear hijab this good. Here
is the worst part, He or she will go to hell fire!!! Let's stop
and think very well who are We to judge and send people to hell fire OR to send
other people to paradise???
Is this is our job as humans? As servants of
Allah? We are no different than them. Do you like people to say
behind your back or look at you and say this person will go to hell fire, for
whatever reason in their mind?
The Prophet Muhammed, Peace and Blessings be
upon him, said :On
the authority of Abdullah bin Masud, who said : the messenger of Allah, and he
is the truthful, the believed narrated to us : p "Verily the
creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's belly for forty
days in the form of seed, then he is a clot of blood for a like period, then a
morsel of flesh for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who
blows the breath of life into him and who is commanded about four matters: to
write down his means of livelihood, his life span, his actions, and whether
happy or unhappy. By Allah, other than Whom there is no god, verily one of you
behaves like the people of Paradise until there is but an arm's length between
him and it, and that which has been written over takes him and so he behaves
like the people of Hell-fire and thus he enters it; and one of you behaves like
the people of Hell-fire until there is but an arm's length between him and it,
and that which has been written over takes him and so he behaves like the
people of Paradise and thus he enters it."
related by Bukhari and Muslim
How can we judge people when we don't know the
unseen? How we judge others when we don’t even know our own destination and our
own destiny.
Once an American young man dreamed that Jesus,
peace be upon him, commanded, " Follow Muhammad". The
young man went to an Islamic center, asking what the dream meant. After his
dream was explained, he accepted Islam, and died three days later while he was
praying. Who can believe this brother was non Muslim, and in three
days will die while he is praying? An old man in his mid 70s went to the Mosque
and asked some young men, “How do I make Wudu(Ablution)? I have never prayed in
my life. Some of them made fun of him, but others taught him how to make Wudu
and how to pray. He died while he was praying! Allahu Akbar! (God is the
Greatest!) Who could believe this man who
was known for not praying would die in the Mosque while praying?
Yes we can say he or she is doing bad things
inside ourselves but on the other hand, make Duaa for them that Allah will
guide them as he guided us, make Duaa that Allah will not return you back
misguided again, say " this is how we used to be, Allah guided us". Rememeber, Allah The Almighty said in the
Quran: Sahih
International: [Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after
You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the
Bestower. ( 3:8 )
We need to stop making judgments on people and
ask Allah always to guide us and them. Even if you never have been misguided,
Allah didn't bless everyone with guidance from the beginning of their lives. So some do not have Muslim families for
support and guidance and good examples as you always have.
May Allah guide us and the misguided Muslims
and non-Muslims Ameen!