Answering criticism without getting angry

Answering criticism without getting angry

1990 9 September 11 Answering criticism without getting angry (133) A woman of the Banu Asad, whose name was Umm-e-Yaqub, came to Abdullah Ibn Masood. “I hear that you curse the tattooer, and the one who is tattooed,” she said. “But I have read the Quran from beginning to end, and have found no mention of this matter. And I bet that even in your household this is being done.” “Go to my house and have a look for yourself,” Ibn Masood replied. She did so, and could find no sign of any tattoo marks. When she came back, Abdullah Ibn Masood said to her: “Have you not read in the Quran to take what the Prophet gives, and keep away from that which he forbids?” The woman replied that she had. “Well,” Ibn Masood said, “this is something that the Prophet forbade.”