Mufti Menk – A Funny Incident

You know, when someone calls you a dog,

if you get angry,

subhanallah, you've lost.

Because if you were a dog, they look

exactly like you anyway.

It would make them the same species.

You know, the last time okay. Let me

end on this light note. I know I

said I would end a little bit earlier,

but masha'alai. It's not every time that I

come to Newlands.

There was a guy on the street

and I was driving.

And for some reason,

they

when when the traffic light turned red, there

is a little solid line. You get 2,

3 solid lines there. So my bumper must

have crossed the 1st solid line. He looked

at me and said dog. I said, woof

woof.

Subhanallah. He was just laughing. He was gone.

You know, subhanallah. Because he wanted to get

me angry.

And so the way I responded, I just

said, woof woof. And he was like, this

man is crazy, you know. And he started

laughing. He's, you know, a human. I could

have gotten angry. He said, you the dog.

You're a cow. You're a this. You're a

relax. Take it easy.

Why are you overreacting to something that's minor?

If he called you a dog, guess what?

He looks just like you. Subhanallah.

May Allah

grant us forgiveness and a beautiful lesson.