Speak Up But Don’t Argue
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah
A man once asked Imam Ahmad, ‘I sometimes find myself in a gathering where the Sunnah is mentioned, but no-one apart from me has more knowledge of it. Shall I speak up and say something?’
Imam Ahmad then said, ‘State what the Sunnah is, but do not argue over it.’
The man then repeated his statement and so Imam Ahmad said, ‘I only see you to be an argumentative man!’
And this is what Malik (rahimahullah) meant in his saying (after informing people of the Sunnah), ‘And if they don’t accept it from you, then be silent.’
Mu’tamir ibn Sulayman: ‘I heard my father say, ‘You can never get a man to listen to you when you have just angered him.’
- Al-Adab al-Shar'iyyah, by Ibn Muflih al-Maqdisi [pg. 307]
Point of benefit: Advise people of correct actions, the Sunnah, and the proper manner of conduct etc, but don’t push them to the point of anger and arguments because getting advice through to a person in that state is like trying to force back water flowing from a tap… Instead, let the heat die down, let the issue close for a while and then try again when things are calm.
Beautiful Mashallah . Very wise
Golden words, jazākillāhu khayran.
Timely reminder|! may Allah bless you!
Bismilahirahmani rahim .alhamdulihi rabilalamillin waswatuwasalam alarasullah naam my speak out is about a muslim brother who ask me and say a question said why?did u go to that musjid to read your swala over there then ask him what wrong with that musJid then he say no thosepeople are bad their are doing beedaa then i say to him we muslim say lailahailaahu muhamadan rasulullah and Quran and hadith we have to follow and fogot about ouer diffences the el mu of deen of islam is large like ocean where u take some packet of walter in that ocean. We muslim we are blessed with our quran and hadith only. We have Sheikh mufti ustaz you no nothing go to them and ask they will replay you inshallah this the beauty of islam is to seek noledge (elmu) shukran jazilla.