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Who is a Muslim ?
The Holy Prophet(peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said: "A Muslim is he, who does not harm other Muslims through his tongue or hand".
 
In other words, a Muslim does not speak ill of another Muslim nor does he inflict on him any trouble, or cause distress to him in any other way. We sometimes think that we are preaching Deen(religion) but we do not preach it in the right way taught by Islam. A man is not interested in your preaching for some reason but you are thrusting your words into his ears by force through the loudspeaker. There is no justification in the Shariah for such misconduct.
 
Once Hazrat Umar Farooq(radiyallahu anhu) went to the Mosque and saw that a man was preaching Deen(religion) in the mosque to a gathering in a very loud voice which could be heard out of the mosque. Hazrat Umar Farooq(radiyallahu anhu) asked that preacher to preach as loudly as it was necessary for the listeners present around him. He(radiyallahu anhu) threatened to use his whip on him if his voice exceeded the limit. If Hazrat Umar Farooq(radiyallahu anhu) had lived in our days none of us would have escaped his whip.

The room of Hazrat Ayesha Siddiqah(radiyallahu anha's) was adjacent to the Prophet's mosque where he lies buried. It was Hazrat Ayesha(radiyallahu anha)'s routine to take rest there, after the Friday prayer. A preacher used to call at that place and preach Deen(religion) very loudly. Hazrat Ayesha (radiyallahu anha) sent words to that preacher asking him to preach as loudly as it was necessary for his listeners. The preacher did not mind Hazrat Ayesha(radiyallahu anha)'s advice on the plea that he was only preaching Deen. Hazrat Ayesha (radiyallahu anha) made a complaint to Hazrat Umar Farooq (radiyallahu anhu) against that preacher and demanded that he should be stopped from his troublesome practice by lowering his voice.
 
The Prophet(peace and blessings be upon him)'s Teachings
The Holy Prophet(peace and blessings be upon him) has always taught us the right course of Deen (Islam), although we have misunderstood and forgotten his teachings. Look! He is getting up for the Tahajjud prayer, but what etiquette does he follow, while getting up ftom his  bedding? It occurs in a Hadith: "He got up quietly and opened the door quietly". Why so! Lest Ayesha Siddiqah(radiyallahu anha), may be disturbed in her sleep - that Ayesha siddiqah(radiyallahu anha), who was ready to sacrifice even her life for every command and gesture of her dear husband, the Holy Prophet(peace and blessings be upon him), Not withstanding that, the Prophet(peace and blessings be upon him) of Allah is teaching us that even if we are going to do some act of worship we should never do this in a way that others may, be put to inconvenience and be disturbed.

This is the way of discharging the rights of servants of Allah which His Prophet(peace and blessings be upon him) has taught us; but what is our behaviour? If we do some good deed, some act of Deen, we consider it necessary to show it to the entire world without ever considering that some one is sleeping, ailing seriously or busy with some worship. It never occcurs to anyone that he is committing a grievous sin by this misbehaviour and is violating a "human right".
 
"A Muslim is he, who does not harm other Muslims through his tongue or hand".
 
Source: Discourses of Islamic Way of Life(Vol. 3)- Justice Mufti Taq Usmani 


 


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