Assalamualaikum everyone…

Introduction

The religion of Islam as completed by the final Messenger, Muhammed (SAW), is an entire way of life. Everything we do is Islam. The way we worship, eat, put on our clothes, removes our clothes, work and play is Islam. Even the way we treat other people is Islam!

For something to be everything; it natrually needs to be balanced and always upon a middle path statically.

The issue

During my journey calling towards the middle way in our affairs; I have unfortunately come across individuals who have taken it upon themselves to criticise the beliefs of other believers. They proclaim an individual to be an innovator in religion and fail to find inner peace and contentment until they do everything in their capacity to expose the supposed perpetrator. This unfortunate reality is further emphasized when individuals from the general public declare war against an Islamic propgator (daa’i), student of knowledge (taalib ilm) or scholar (sheikh).

Why unfortunately? Isn’t due criticism the middle way!? Isn’t innovation in the religion frowned upon and forbidden is Islam?

Well YES and NO…

NO- when the criticism is void of following due diligence and the established guidelines in Islam.

YES- when the criticism is based on established paramters and guidelines. The keyword here being ‘established’.

Islam being a middle way and a complete way of life, has without doubt, listed for us *clearly* the rules and regulations before a conclusion of any kind can be declared upon the believers.

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