Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #10 Cowardice

Among

the resistances that we have to experience as

Muslims, there is one in our daily life

which which is critical.

It has to do with cowardice,

and this is where, as Muslims, we need

to understand that,

what we have to resist. The opposite is

to have some courage, and in the way,

we have to show this courage and to

avoid anything which has to do with cowardice

in in our daily life. And cowardice could

be a different level. It could be at

the intellectual level. It could be at the

social

a the courage to speak out, and and

we are experiencing

a kind of, cowardice in in in everything

that we are doing and in the way

we are speaking.

So this is where,

we should understand that

being spiritual,

being a a spiritual human being, it's not

only about

peace and love and trying to,

to be at peace with your own self.

Yes. You have to try to be at

peace with your own self, but you have

to face,

injustice. You have to face tyrants. You have

to face,

dogmatic

mind with courage So, to avoid this,

intellectual cordless that we can find, that people

don't dare to speak, they are avoiding speaking

and speaking the truth. This is something which

is the opposite of everything that has to

do with our spiritual path.

The same when it comes to,

politics and when we are facing power, exactly

what happened with, Musa alaihis salaam facing and

the way also the prophet, peace be upon

him,

Muhammad ibn Abdullah

was also dealing.

We were told that anytime

they had a struggle, a battle, he was

at the forefront of everything. He was not

hiding behind. He was not talking

about,

courage,

to the people and not being exposing himself

in his life. That's not the way it

should be. This is not our,

faith. That's not our teaching.

So

resistance to card is means

to get this,

this personal

and and and journey and spiritual journey where

we,

as believers, we are nurturing this sense

of freeing ourself

from fear,

freeing ourself

from,

the fear of of power

and,

to be able to speak the truth. So

this is a resistance that start with our

heart, with our mind. And when we look

at the prophet's life, peace be upon him,

we understand that it was everything everything what

about was about courage, speaking the truth, and

freeing yourself from all types of cowardice and

and resisting

all types of cowardice in in anything that

has to do with our life. So this

is something that, as Muslims, we have to

think about in our daily life, in our,

social involvement.

We need to show some courage

when it comes to our fellow human beings,

when it comes to

when it comes to,

dictatorship,

when it comes to,

to, talking to,

our parents, sometimes

our

governments.

Very often, this is where

our spiritual

education, it's so important,

resisting cowardice and showing some courage.

Remember to tell the people you love that

you love them

and our life. This life is fragile.