THEY DID NOT BENEFIT
I remember once
receiving a message on my mobile phone which read: “Dear Shaykh, what is the
ruling on suicide?”
I called the
sender to find a very young man on the other end of the line.
I said, “I am
sorry, I didn’t understand your question. Can you please repeat your question?”
He said with a
grieving voice, “The question is clear. What is the ruling on suicide?”
I decided to
surprise him by saying in response something unexpected, so I said, “It is recommended!”
He screamed,
“What?!”
I said, “How
about if we discuss the best way for you to do it?”
The young man
fell silent.
I said to him,
“OK. Why do you want to commit suicide?”
He said,
“Because, I can’t find work. People do not love me. In fact, I am an utter
failure...”, and thus he began to relate to me his long story in order to prove
that he had failed to develop his
interpersonal
skills and was unsuccessful in utilising his talents.
This is a problem
with many people.
Why do some of us
feel inferior?
Why do we look at
those at the peak of the mountain while thinking of ourselves as unworthy of
reaching that peak as they have, or even climbing it as they did ?
The one frightened
of climbing mountains
forever lives in
the ditches
Do you wish to
know who will not benefit from this book,? or any other similar book, for that matter?
It is the
unfortunate one who surrenders to his own errors and becomes satisfied with his
limited skills, and says, “This is my nature. I have become too used to it now;
I cannot change my ways. Everyone knows this is how I am. I can never speak
like Khalid does, or have a cheerful countenance like Ahmad has, or be
universally loved the way Ziyad is. That would be impossible.”
I once sat with a
very old man in a public gathering. Most of those present were people with the
usual skills and abilities. The old man was busy speaking to whoever was
sitting next to
him. He did not
stand out in the crowd for any reason, except by virtue of his old age.
I delivered a
lecture and during it mentioned a verdict given by the eminent Shaykh ‘Abd
al-‘Aziz bin Baz. When I finished, the old man said to me with pride, “Shaykh
Ibn Baz and I were colleagues. We used to study together in a mosque under
Shaykh Muhammad bin Ibrahim, about forty years ago.”
I turned around
to look at him and noticed that he seemed very happy to share this information
with me. He was delighted to have accompanied a successful man once in his
life.
I said to myself,
“Poor man! Why did you not become as successful as Ibn Baz? If you knew the way
to success, why did you not pursue it? Why is it that when Ibn Baz passes away,
people cry for him from the pulpits, mihrabs, and institutes, and various
nations grieve over the loss; yet, when your death comes, perhaps, nobody would
shed a single tear, except out of kindness or custom!”
We all may say at
some time or another, “We knew so and so and we sat with so and so.” But this
is nothing to be proud of. What one can be proud of is to scale the peak as
they did. Be brave and from now on be determined to utilise all the abilities
you possess. Be successful. Replace the frown on your face with a smile,
depression with cheerfulness, miserliness with generosity, and anger with
perseverance. Turn your calamities into occasions of joy and your faith into a
weapon!
Enjoy your life,
for it is brief and there is no time in it for anguish.
As for how to do
this, then this is the reason for my writing this book. So bear with me until
the end, with Allah’s permission.
You will bear
with us if... You are brave enough to be determined and persistent on the
development of your interpersonal skills, and if you are willing to take
advantage of your abilities and talents.
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