Mufti Menk – Best Way To Respond To Troublemakers

So, that is the message to Muhammad salassalam.

Another verse comes to my mind of Surat

Al Furqan, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

The good believers, the the ones who are

worshiping the most merciful.

When the ignorant

address them, the only words they have for

them is peace.

Peace. It's okay. They swear you, peace.

They accuse you, peace. They say something bad

about you, peace. Slander,

peace.

They try to rile you up as we

would say, peace. Mashallah. That's the way. Leave

it in the hands of Allah. Don't worry.

Allah is the greatest. Don't lose your health

because of words that someone else has said.

When we were young, we used to say,

you know, sticks and stones would hurt my

bones, and then we would go on to

say that words wouldn't do anything to us.

That's not true. Words hurt a lot of

people, and actually cause tremendous

pain to a lot of people. Let's change

that.

Let's go back to what Allah is saying.

When these people address you,

you don't need to actually become so emotional

about what they've said. It's okay, discount it.

They are showing themselves and their own level,

not yours. They are stooping to a very

low level.