Page 413 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

Of course Muslims must do all in their power to pro-
tect people in difficulties and strive to please God as much
as possible in that regard. However, that does not mean
that they have to be ill-kempt, dirty and scruffy. A Muslim
has a significant preaching power just because of his
appearance. The more he looks clean, high-quality, polite,

and modern, the more extroverted he is, and the more joy-
ful he is and open to new ideas, the more perfect his
preaching of the faith will be. That life style will of course
prevail in his entire life, not just preaching. In the view of

the Qur'an, Muslims already have an obligation to live in
that way, and indeed they take pleasure from doing so.
Instead of that horrible way of life in which women

are despised, they will be affected by a peaceable concep-
tion of Islam in which quality prevails and will
begin to feel love, rather than fear and that is
what is compatible with the Qur'an. Indeed, in

the time of our Prophet (pbuh), people who saw
his glorious quality, joyful and modern behavior and
appearance were always extraordinarily affected. It is a
known fact that our Prophet (pbuh) always wore Byzan-
tine robes and other fine clothes when greeting foreign
envoys. Our Prophet (pbuh) also sent Dihya al-Kalbi on

various trips to introduce Islam to other peoples. Dihya al-
Kalbi was incredibly handsome and always wore very
expensive and high-quality clothes in the places where he
went to preach Islam. Due to his appearance and his great
quality the people would pour out onto the streets in the

regions where he went to preach, and would be hugely
impressed by him. The aim here was for people to see that
Islam values beauty and quality.

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