Oh you critics! Watch your intention and ensure your criticism is based on sincerity and more importantly truth. You'll be rewarded if you're sincere and truthful with your criticism but it will also be recorded as evil act against you, if you're not. Remember that actions are judged by intention and slanderers have been cursed by Allah.
It is encouraged to speak against evil within the limit of one's capability and also discouraged to be a Ruwaybidhah. Speaking on all matters ignorantly on behalf of people without adequate knowledge is very dangerous. Why do you speak about all matters as if you are capable to do so? Known scholars are more careful than you and only refute people when they have explored other means without success. Remember no statement will be uttered/posted except that it has been recorded for or against the speaker/writer as the case maybe. Be cautious!
Judging from some of your comments against us, it appears that you have been fed with some false information and as a result you hate us so much to the extent that you even call us Taaghut and deviant! Why not make genuine effort to understand what we say, why we said it and more importantly, our basis? You hate us so much that you cannot even see any good in us and feel so comfortable to call us different names which scholars hardly do. I find it difficult to believe that is acceptable considering Islamic history and statements of scholars like Ibn Uthaymeen, Ibn Baz, Al-Albani and others.
Oh brethren! Criticism is a sacred injunction and correcting us should make us better, no doubt. For Allah sake, be sincere, polite, respectful, constructive, gentle and focused while criticizing us don't be rude, arrogant, disrespectful and destructive. You tend to focus on ridiculing people than the issue at hand most of the time. The urge to condemn and ridicule us seem to be higher in you than the spirit of calling to righteousness and forbidding evil. Certainly, the urge to condemn will cause more harm than good.
Reflect on this injunction from Allah:
O you who believe! Let not a group scoff at another group, it may be that the latter are better than the former; nor let (some) women scoff at other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former, nor defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. How bad is it, to insult one's brother after having Faith [i.e. to call your Muslim brother (a faithful believer) as: "O sinner", or "O wicked", etc.]. And whosoever does not repent, then such are indeed Zalimun (wrong-doers, etc.). Qur'an 49 v 11.
Struggle on the path of Allah and contribute your quota to the development of Muslims and Islam, locally and globally. This is also the work our predecessors. It is important to note that hatred and condemnation can neither build a mosque, hospital, Islamic bank nor a sustainable structure to work for Allah. If you think some people are not doing it well, condemning and ridiculing them will not automatically grant you the capabilities to do it better than them but sincere effort will! Work for Allah and don't criticize alone.
If you're truly sincere with your criticism and continue to learn this blessed religion of Islam, I have no doubt in my mind that we will meet and work together to bring the good tidings of Islam to humanity! However, if you continue with this show of hatred, ignorance , arrogance and injustice against us, you'll cause more harm than good and you'll be questioned on the day of judgment by Allah on your contributions to Islam.
If you find any of this post offensive, please your pardon my errors and I sincerely pray to Allah to overlook my shortcomings and grant us all His paradise - Aameen
Qasim - Abu Aishah®
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