الحمد لله و الصلاة و السلام على رسول الله و على آله و صحبه أجمعين
Earlier I’d ponder as to why did Allah make the Muhajireen fight their cousins!? Couldn’t Allah guide them just like the others and all be a united happy force!? But what I realised now is that the Prophet ﷺ and his Sahabah were to be an example for all the coming generations.
The Sahaba fought their fathers, beloved uncles and cousins whom they- in Jahiliyyah- loved more than themselves.
The challenges we too as Muslims face today, with our non-practicing Muslim family, is lesser than what the Sahaba faced.
Yet we fear our ‘relationships’ saying, “What if my uncle feels bad if I tell him prostrating to a grave is Shirk?”, “What if my cousins never talk to me if I tell them that Hijab is a must for men and women in Islam?”, what if this and what if that…!
Allah said in The Quran:
“You (O Muhammad) will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred (people). For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with Ruh (proofs, light and true guidance) from Himself. And We will admit them to Gardens (Paradise) under which rivers flow, to dwell therein (forever). Allah is pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Verily, it is the Party of Allah that will be the successful.(Quran 58:22)”
We lie to ourself that we’d have been better if we were with the Sahaba! When we can’t fire a ‘sincere and polite’ advice to our sinning relative, would we fire an arrow on our fathers and uncles!? Ask yourself!
– *Reflections from the Seerah of The Prophet* ﷺ
-Abu Muaaz Mohammed Manna
Saheehus-Seerah 