I came across This Statement/Post & it struck me as something which I must in fact speak to. The Post was asking about the Making of a Pious/Righteous-Person. Actually, al-Birr (Piety/Righteousness) is something which we, as Muslims, must/should strive for. But, never at the Expense of thinking/feeling that it’s onlu ourselves whom’re “Pious/Righteous”.
In spite of it being a Good-Question…I want to focus more on the Implications of the Statement itself. The Implications are in fact rather dangerous & could easily fally under al-Kharajiyyah/Religio-Extremism. I’ll explain what I mean by this.
https://gbwrites.com/2022/06/06/judgmentalismexposescharacter/
al-Kharajiyyah coincides directly with al-Bashriyyah/Human-Nature. It’s because, inherently, Humans By-And-Large never really want to recognize al-Birr within anyone except: ourselves, our Ahzāb (Groups/Sects), our Tarīqāt (Crews/Cliques), etc.
https://gbwrites.com/2022/07/13/religioextremismbreedscarnage/
at-Tanzīl/Revelation corrects & debunks the Pseudo-Piety/Fake-Righteousness Mythos. And, it’s actually via Gentle-Ways…it serves as an Advice more than a Criticism. People are inherently more attracted to Advice, as opposed to Criticism. Knowing Their Creation better than Creation knows themselves-Allah (via Their Eternal-Mercy/Justice) always reveals Things via Ways which can be clearly comprehensible.
Pursuing al-Birr is a lot different than thinking/claiming we’ve got it, while Other-Muslims don’t.
Gareth Bryant
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