Outstanding Outcome of Positive Action

OUTSTANDING OUTCOME OF POSITIVE ACTION and would surely harm him. They will not spare him. Insisting in this way, he persuaded the driver to leave. After that, he went to the hospital with his son and got his wounds dressed. The next day, the car driver visited Dr. Ahmed Sultan’s house. He fell at Dr. Sahib’s feet. He said that he had been very kind to him. Dr. Sahib told him that it was just a coincidence that his car collided with their motorcycle. There was no ill intention on his part. When people came to know about this incident, many Muslims told Dr. Sahib many things like: This person was anti-Muslim. He was the same person who once caused Hindu-Muslim riots in Bangalore. Revenge was necessary. You should say that he had deliberately collided his car with your motorcycle. Now, they had a golden chance to harm him. They should not have lost the chance and should have immediately reported it to the police. Dr. Sahib responded to those Muslims, “Forgive him; now he will never cause mischief again. The person who was unwilling to say sorry before today has come to touch my feet.” In my view, this incident is a beautiful example of positive action. People consider retaliatory action a defense, although not retaliating is a bigger defense. Dr. Sahib also shared an experience from when he visited Shimoga in 1991. The people there informed him that a Ganesh Chaturthi procession would pass through the mosque route, which they feared could incite violence and potentially lead to riots. They sought Dr. Sahib’s advice on how to prevent this outcome, as they were unsure of what to