The Prophet Peace Be Upon Him said: A Muslim is a mirror to another Muslim (Abu Dawud) Such a short Hadith, but like many of the Prophets words - Deep in meaning... What he meant was that we have an obligation to point to fellow Muslim his shortcoming and to tell the truth about his good aspects. He did not say, A Muslim is a sword (in correcting the mistakes) of another Muslim. A mirror has the following qualities, that we also should have when reflecting upon other fellow Muslims. 1. A mirror has a one-to-one relationship with an object, after the person has gone the Mirror doesnt keep the image for everyone to see, its as though the person was never there. 2. It does not announce a defect in public; a mirror does not backbite. 3. A mirror does not distort the image, but gives an honest, unbiased picture, if there is something wrong - it shows it in due proportion, if there is something right - it also shows it in due proportion, it is very Fair. 4. Neither does it exaggerate nor does it belittle the object. 5. The object goes to the mirror. The mirror does not travel looking for the short-comings of the object. Explained in More Detail in: Self-Image Psychology by Yassir Fazaga
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:18:17 +0000
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