Niqabi Nuances WHATS WITH THIS DONT JUDGE ME? Giving Dawah is tough, particularly with each passing day. Somehow, everyday, I come across something flashing DONT JUDGE ME. At first, I thought it was fair enough (at least in some cases), but lately this Dont Judge Me phenomenon has gripped almost all Muslims. Ive tweeted quite a lot about correcting our Hijab on Twitter, and almost each time, I get a reply tweet from a sister/brother saying You have no right to judge us, only Allah does. Of course I agree with it, Ive no right to judge anyone and Allah is the only Judge, but its your duty and mine to tell others about whats right and wrong. And when I try to get this explained... well the results are just not satisfactory. Allah says So admonish/ remind them that maybe the reminder will be of benefit and as for him who fears Allah he will be reminded but as for the wretched one he will turn away [Quran 87:9-11] You are the best nation amongst mankind because you command the good (Islam), you forbid evil (sins), and you believe in Allah [ Surat Al Imran, 110] Prophet Muhammad (sallalhu alaihi wasallam) said If you see a munkar (unislamic act), you change it with your hand; and if you cannot do that, then change it with your mouth (speak out against it); and if you cannot do that, then forbid it in your heart; and that is the least of belief. So you see, enjoining good, encouraging others towards good and advising them against going in the wrong path is the duty of a Muslim. In Dawah, no one is judging no one. We just want to correct the mistakes. Ive mostly seen this Dont Judge Me paranoia with regard to the Hijab. For example, if you quote this Hadith There will be women who will be dressed but they will be naked. Their heads will be like the humps of camels. They will not enter Jannah and will not even smell the scent of Jannah while it can be smelt from a far distance. [Sahih Muslim] to enlighten Muslim women about the recent Camel-Hump Hijab Style, they naturally bring on the Dont Judge Me talk. If we know a sin, and dont prevent others from doing it, we are all responsible of answering to Allah- the real Judge - on the Day of Judgement. And again, advising sisters not to adorn their Hijab, wear tight-fitting clothes, cake their faces with 5 layers of make-up and stop interacting with non-mahrams, is almost always sure to end up with a barrage of Dont Judge Mes. They say that maybe they wear that way, but they may be closer to Allah than us. Of course I agree with that. Were not talking about the level of closeness of that person to Allah. What were trying to correct is their way of wearing the Hijab. We cant cut through someones heart to see their level of Imaan but just remember this: If you have real Imaan, youd want to dress the way Allah wants you to. Youd wear the proper Hijab and maintain that Hijab throughout your life. If saying Dont Judge Me is your way of expressing If I commit a sin, it is between me and my God; so stay out of my business!, then may Allah guide you. If Islam asks us to encourage good and forbid evil and do Dawah, it sure is going to be difficult if everyone is going to say Dont Judge Me. There are some instances where you have to say Dont judge me, as in when someone tries to judge your actions rather than your intentions, but theres a way of saying it. For example, even if its Dawah, you shouldnt go about a person who hasnt yet prayed his/ her Asr prayers and tell them, You didnt pray Asr yet? What kind of Muslim are you? or somewhere along that line. Rather, you should make them feel comfortable with your Dawah by saying, Im going to pray my Asr Salah. You want to join me? Thats Dawah, and thats what will help our Muslims everywhere. Some people say that the Islam is in the hearts, not in the beard or Hijab. What they clearly fail to understand is that when Islam is in the heart, the Hijab and beard follow automatically. Im sorry if what Ive said has hurt anyone in any way, but honestly, Ive tried to ignore all this Dont judge mes. Yet, after seeing this trend picking up faster and faster, I thought its best if I addressed it now, so that hopefully In Sha Allah, wed have more Muslims accepting their mistakes and correcting it rather than saying Dont judge me and continuing with that sin. Source: niqablovers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/whats-with-this-dont-judge-me.html?m=1
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:56:47 +0000
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