English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 447

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Changing the Place of Action yours turns him into a friend, another attitude turns him into your enemy. Now it is up to you to choose between the two. CHANGING THE PLACE OF ACTION Refrain from making problems targets of confrontations, rather use the method of peaceful negotiation, even if that means finding another place where opportunities present themselves. W hen the Prophet of Islam was in his early prophetic period, he lived in Makkah for a period of 13 years. There he found some supporters but the majority become hostile to him to the point of deciding to kill him. At that time the Prophet took no retaliatory action. Nor did he become determined never to leave Makkah at any cost. Instead what he did was to quietly leave Makkah for Madinah. It was a matter of changing his place of action. After making a deep analysis of the circumstances, the Prophet decided that he would not spend or waste his energy in confrontational activities with the Makkans

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