Actions are judged by Intentions, aren’t they?
I have recently started to use Facebook again after a whole year of deactivation. And my newsfeed is filled with posts which show the benefits of Islam and how necessary is it to be a good person and photos of miracles of Allah (some of them are photoshopped). The thing which infuriates me is that why do people who are not practicing Muslims slap such stuff on our faces. For instance, a couple of ladies posted a photo of a healthy chicken and a chicken which had its feathers plucked out with the message, that this is how females look like without Hijab. And apparently the chicken looks beautiful when it is covered.
In my understanding, Islam teaches Muslims to first make themselves model Muslims rather than preaching the teachings to their fellow Muslims. The two ladies i mentioned above neither do Hijab and nor do they seem to be model Muslims. So, to criticize ladies who are just like them is brazen hypocrisy. Similarly, men also post such photos and statuses but if you observe their activity, many of them are a very different picture from what they present to the world. I mean, don’t you guys have that small inner voice in you screaming that what you are doing is wrong? And that you, yourself should learn from the so-called Islamic photos you post? Trust me, preaching the teachings of Islam to people even when you don’t follow them is plain hypocrisy and does not make you a good Muslim because even if you appear to be a good person in front of the world, Allah still knows your real face. As Prophet (PBUH) says, ‘Actions are judged by intentions’
I partly agree with u Kashaf. But rather than trying to see who the person is behind the words of wisdom, your emphasis should be on the message. If you insist that only those should preach who have themselves attained a certain level of perfection in character, then I m afraid there wouldn’t be much people left in the world who will propagate things beneficial for us. It is because everyone has a different perception of the minimum level of perfection required to preach. Besides, if one of my friend smokes and he tells me not to do it, I will listen to his advice irrespective of his own bad habit because in his advice, there is a word of caution for my health. Now if I am really concerned about myself, I will take the advice whosoever gives it to me. If I am not, I will think of 100 reasons to find the fault in it.
You are right but this also discourages many people. Also, some people spread all this without the knowledge if the pictures and teachings are authentic or not. They also ridicule others who do not do the same, which is not very nice, is it? I have mentioned these points above. Plus, you aren’t suppose to force your faith into everyone’s throat. Many have a different perception.
We must be careful in posting these stuff….better not if you are not confirmed.