Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

maintained as it is, and by making efforts, some other course of action should be sought out and acted upon. When the Prophet of Islam did not insist on the performance of Umrah on the occasion of Hudaybiyah and was willing to come back to Madinah without performing Umrah, it was an instance of temporarily accepting the status quo. There are other such incidents which show that he accepted the status quo permanently. One signal example of this was his acceptance of the foundation of the Kabah as built by the polytheists Makkans. And he did not insist on building it on the foundation laid by the Prophet Abraham. This method is extremely important in controversial matters. It makes it possible for one’s energy to be spent only on constructive activities. It happens sometimes when one is driving one’s car that one reaches a road block, but one does not collide with it. One rather drives around and finds other ways which are open-ended. Then one reaches one’s destination. It is such wisdom which is at the basis of the status quo. Immediately after accepting the status quo, a person finds the correct starting point for his actions. Finding the right starting point for one’s actions is another name for success.