In the Nutshell

 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم

As we all know, the genocide happening is Palestine is getting worst. The whole world is getting heated up with support for our beloved Palestine. 

In the midst of this, there are also other negativity going on. People tend to criticize other people for their choices or their way of showing support. Allah SWT creates humans different from one another. If we are all the same, then there will be peace on earth as everyone think alike and in agreement with one another. But the dunya is just a temporary settlement and a place full of trials for the good and the bad, for the wealthy and the poor, etc. We are constantly tested with what we have and what we don't so that we learn to show gratitude to HIM in any situation.

Just because a person thinks this is the right way to show support does not mean that everyone thinks the same way or even able to do the same. Each country has its own laws. Even though the citizens do not agree with the government, that does not mean they can just go amok and pay hefty fines. What is being portrayed by the media or what you see may not be all the truth. How much the citizen spends in your country does not justify their status and standard of wealth. It just shows the difference in the currency exchange rate and that's it. Being a citizen from another country that allows demonstrates and such does not give you the right to spread negativity about citizen from another country with strict governance. A person won't know how it feels like living in that particular country. The laws, the fines, the standard of living, etc. Just because we go to another country and spend more does not mean we are rich at all. Like I said, it just means the currency exchange rate is good. 

In the SHELL

You can view us as people who are well to do, dressed well, manage to travel and such. Some even view us as arrogant. But please do not that handful of arrogant people you come across does not represent a majority of us. So don't think you know our country well when what you see is not even in the nutshell. What you see is just the shell. The fact is that we are a minority doing our best to show our support to our brothers and sisters in the Palestine in our own way within the laws that are binding us. You see us as wealthy, but the fact is that every day we struggled to pay the bills, to make ends meet. You see us living in our own apartments but what you don't know is that we are paying for our apartment monthly. The fact is that you do not see the homeless or the less fortunate area or people in our country. For some of you who have not visit our country before, the citizens of our country that you meet are mostly from the middle-income people who save up part of their wages to bring their families over to travel to your country on holiday. They might even be staying in one of the affordable lodgings in your country. 

Adab ABOVE Knowledge

So, what right have you to pass judgements? What right have you to think negative of us when you don't even live the everyday lives that we live? What right have you to criticize us of the way we show our support when you are not the ones bound by the strict laws and fines? What right have you to pass judgement on how we practice our Deen and how religious we are? You are NOT us and We are NOT you so save the criticisms and judgements. 

Islam teach us to have husnuzon towards others and self-reflect upon ourselves always. Islam is a religion of peace, and we are ONE ummah. No one is perfect because we are humans. To err IS human. It is disappointing to see citizens from an Islamic country passing negativity and hurtful remarks to THEIR brothers and sisters in another country. Our level of knowledge is nothing compared to the sahabahs of Rasulullah SAW. So please be respectful and have ADAB above knowledge.