Unacceptable Behaviour

People feel outraged by the slaughter of innocent civilians; children, women and elderly people in Palestine. They feel angry, which is a natural part of being a human. It is no sin to feel angry, but one has to control his/her anger, because everyone is responsible for his/her own way of expressing it. If we want Allah to respond to our prayers, we must behave in a way that pleases Him. Also, we have to remember that Allah is Just and Fair, He does not like transgression or the transgressors whoever they are. Also, Allah does not like oppression or the oppressors whoever they are. So if we want Allah to respond to our prayer we should never be transgressors or oppressors.

There is no blame on anyone for having feelings such as anger or sadness, etc. At the same time, we need to remember that we will be held accountable before Allah for our actions. Some of the people who took part in one of the demonstrations threw shoes! Now this is unacceptable behaviour. People who do such very demeaning acts are only representing themselves. But the problem is that they give a false and bad image of those whom they belong to. Such a way of expressing anger is considered very low in the eyes of respectable people in the Arab world. Those who do it for whatever reason are looked upon as behaving in a very low way. It is not acceptable.

The way we behave reflects who we are. We should learn from the Prophet may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. He was the most decent and polite person with everyone in all circumstances -when he was angry and when he was pleased. Allah praised His Prophet for his great character in chapter 68 verse 4:

( و إنك لعلى خلق عظيم )

"Truly, you have a great and noble character"

If we really love our Prophet and respect our religion, the communities we belong to and ourselves, we must take the Prophet as our example and behave in accordance to the code of behaviour he taught us.