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You!!

١٢ ديسمبر ٢٠١٦
You!!

She stood in front of the mirror preparing to go out... For a moment, she felt her clothes were inappropriate and remembered the words of a "preacher" about the legal hijab. Then she quickly said to herself: (Preacher?! Huh! We saw him during the revolution how he took a cowardly stance, and after that, he started trading in religion. Elders who talk about the hijab and others criticize us while they are ruining the entire nation with their hypocrisy. I'm not taking anything from him). She convinced herself that this "preacher" deserved to be erased along with his lesson on the hijab, and that she was better than him even if she went out in this state because at least she was not contradictory like him. And she actually went out in this state. She passed by a young man... he looked at her with a lustful gaze... his conscience struggled, and he remembered a "sheikh" and his words about lowering the gaze and the necessity to focus on the great issues of the nation... then he quickly said to himself: (Lowering the gaze?! Huh! The respected one who spoke about lowering the gaze is now defending those who suspect Muslims, defame them, and shed their blood, and then he comes to talk about lowering the gaze! I am better than him with Allah because even if I commit minor sins, at least I do not harm a Muslim). Amid the deviations of those who should be role models, the real and the fabricated by the media... the devil found a cunning entrance to the hearts of ordinary Muslims: he incites them to a "revenge" reaction against these deviations... how? They are deviant, so deviate too to spite them!! The "sheikhs" fell into excess and negligence; they are not worthy to take anything from... (Even if this "thing" was said by Allah and His Messenger!!)... Return to them their merchandise and continue in your disobedience, for you – even if you do it – are better than them. Until we see the deviation increasing day after day... The correct hijab has become rare, and the values of modesty and decency are being stolen from us quietly, the children of the religious are not on the path of their fathers, and people are taking steps backward, let alone supporting the great causes! And everyone must remain silent! Denying evil is forbidden! Otherwise, woe to you from the responses! Even if you are innocent of excess and negligence, and even if you took positions of dignity and strength, you will be struck by the arrows of "You" generalization: (The nation is as it is, and you are talking about the hijab and companionship! You have ruined the religion! You and you and you...)! ((But man is a witness against himself (14) and if he offers excuses (15) )) (Surah Al-Qiyamah) Brother, sister, just as the devil whispered to those who should be role models and made them fall into excess and negligence, he has whispered to you with these words to complete the chapters of the conspiracy! ((O you who have believed, upon you is yourselves. No harm will touch you from one who has gone astray if you are guided)). If the bearers of the banner do not carry it well, this places a greater burden on your shoulders to carry it rightly and be part of the solution, not part of the problem!