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BrKhalid
07/13/01 at 10:22:58
Asalaamu Alaikum ;-)

I thought our Tree was looking a bit sparse so here's a question for you all ;-)


"Nor can goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: Then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!" [41:34]


Has anyone been in a situation where they bore an injustice with patience and as the verse states above gave back better than what was first given? How did the situation eventually get resolved?


Anyone with advice on how we could implement the above verse *practically* in to our lives so we could become better Muslims?
Re: Some blossom
jannah
07/13/01 at 15:20:40
wlm,

It's really hard to bear injustice and try to fight it or be patient...but the knowledge that even if I don't get justice in this life i will in the Hereafter is what keeps me going.

One thing that always strikes me is that I wonder how non-muslims can live in this world not believing in the Hereafter... So many evil people do evil things and get away with it.people lie, steal, cheat, rape, beat, kill, oppress, etc ..and get away with it scot free!!!  how can someone believe that they'll never be punished.. that justice will never occur... what's the point if you don't believe in eternal justice, the hereafter??? i dunno
Re: Some blossom
BrKhalid
07/20/01 at 11:30:07
Asalaamu Alaikum ;-)

[quote] It's really hard to bear injustice and try to fight it or be patient...but the knowledge that even if I don't get justice in this life i will in the Hereafter is what keeps me going[/quote]


Knowing you have been badly oppressed and realising you can demand justice from that person on the Day of Judgement is one thing.

Then having the courage to forgive the person in the hope that Allah [swt] will in turn then forgive you your faults and enter you into Jannah is completely another.


We all have our egos, our desires, our nafs and controlling them and bearing transgressions with patience is such a tough thing to do.


As an aside the above reminds me of the story of the man who only has one good deed on the Day of Judgement. Is that an authentic hadith? Does anyone know the story I'm going on about?
Re: Some blossom
Anonymous
07/22/01 at 04:41:09
slm

I was accused of adultry by my husband.

He was so sure of it. He spoke to my parents, family and the Muslim
community about it. He took me to psychiatrists and imams. No one
beleived him, who knew me.

Of course it was not true and this continued for years. I kept waiting
for the problem to resolve itself and for him to finally realize that
it could not possibly be true.

I endured years of abuse- mostly anguish and mental cruelty. I prayed
to Allah swt that his heart would turn.

One night he threatened to kill me and would only spare my life if I
admitted that I was fornicating. I held on to my good name and refused.
Almost everything in the house was smashed- but me.

Do you realize there is no way for a woman to prove that she is not
adultering. I went to a doctor and she said there was no possible way.

I even let him lock me in the house- to no avail. He followed me and
spyed on me. If I glanced at a stranger passing by- he would fly into a
fit of rage.

He had a detective follow me for months. I found servailence equipment
in our home.

I was heartbreaking, yet there was nothing I could do.

[quote]Knowing you have been badly oppressed and realising you can
demand justice from that person on the Day of Judgement ...[/qoute]

I used to tell him that- but what good would it do me? What kind of
justice would I want from the man I love?

The matter resolved itself by one day he asked for a divorce.

[quote]Then having the courage to forgive the person in the hope that
Allah [SubHana Wa Ta`ala ] will in turn then forgive you your faults and
enter you into Jannah is completely another. [/quote]

I recently found out that he is mentally ill. Answered alot of
questions for me. His poor second wife went thru the same thing.

How could I not forgive him? Every day I make a dua for him.


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