Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

CONCESSION TO CIRCUMSTANCES The Prophetic method is that while commencing our activities we should give concession to circumstances. This ensures success in any effort, whether it relates to religion or to the world. W hen the Prophet received prophethood, he was given this command by God to worship the one God alone and to communicate God’s message to the people. But the Prophet did not proceed by immediately going to open places, saying prayers in public or openly calling people to God. On the contrary, what he did was say his prayers in private for a few years and he communicated the message of God to people privately by meeting with individuals. This was a concession he made to circumstances. Making allowances for circumstances is an important principle of Islam, even when some command is set forth in the Quran and Hadith in the absolute sense, we shall have to see, according to the circumstances, what is the best way to carry out that command. Whatever