English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 363

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

THERE IS A SUPERIOR POWER OVER ALL OF US A believer recognises others’ need and does not do anything which will hurt the feelings of others. He never does them any harm. A bu Masood al-Badri was, by his own account, a senior companion. He said that once when he was beating his servants, the Prophet of Islam came to him. On seeing this, the Prophet said, “O Abu Masood, learn that God has more power over you than you have over this slave.” On hearing these words the whip fell from Abu Masood’s hand. He said, “I will never again hit any slave.” Later he set his slave free. The Prophet of Islam said: “If you had not done so, you would have incurred the risk of hell fire.” (Sahih Muslim 1659) All the forms of persecution and injustice in the world have one reason and that is that when one person confronts another person, he regards it to be a human

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