Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #10 Cowardice
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The speaker discusses the importance of showing courage when faced with cowardice in daily life, especially in times of fear and author suck. They stress that this is a way of resisting cowardice and showing courage to others. The speaker also emphasizes the need for daily reflection on one's actions and expressing gratitude for their actions to build a strong spiritual path.
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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.