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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful
Make no mistakes, in the grand scheme of things:
There are good people who do bad things.
Do not let the evil/bad — which they're sorry about — define them.
Forgive them and do not hold them in permanent contempt in your mind, please.
However, as for those who do evil and still insist on it while refusing to repent.
Hold them in serious contempt and refuse to let go of the contempt if they don't repent.
Verily, all praises belong to ALLAH who made the paradise for the repenting sinner and the hell-fire for the insistent sinner.
Definitely, the angels questioned why HE would create that which would cause mischief and shed blood.
For indeed, HE is The Most High.
The One who knows that which we don't.
Sometimes, people are something evil —
Even the good among people are also capable of evil.
And miraculously, still capable of love.
And in all of these, there's the perfect plan of ALLAH, The Most High.
And there's no evil, except that it comes with purpose.
Verily, Humans are capable of both corruption and righteousness
However, when it's all said and done,
the purpose of life is to fulfill the trust of being Allah’s khalīfah “custodian of earth”
🌿Qur’an 2:30 (Surah al-Baqarah, verse 30):
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Translation (Saheeh International):
And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority (khalīfah).” They said, “Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we glorify You with praise and declare Your perfection?” He [Allah] said, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.”
So regardless of the fact that people are evil (sometimes, genocidal evil), I still show love — but with wisdom.
Verily: “Your ally is none but ALLAH...” -(Qur'an 5:55)
I am team everybody. I have always been. And I'll always be. I'll mix with people and I'll also hide. Indeed, mixing with people is suffering from their harms.
Without a doubt,
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“The believer who mixes with people and endures their harm is better than the one who does not mix with people and does not endure their harm.”
📖 Source:
- Musnad Aḥmad (5022)
- Sunan al-Tirmidhī (2507) — graded ḥasan (good) by Imām al-Albāni
Certainly, I am “a people” and I'm not without my own faults.
And verily, ALLAH knows best.
Sincerely,
Hamidah Sẹ̀gílọlá Abbas (HSA•👑) | Author, Polygamy Ijma'a
