Page 189 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

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Hypocrites' other purpose in saying "Do not go out to fight in the heat" is to

shake Muslims' trust in God – Surely God is above such thoughts - as much as

in our Prophet (pbuh). The purpose of saying this to our Prophet (pbuh) is to

imply: "You call us to go out to fight but you see the condition of the weather.

We would have a brain hemorrhage, our blood pressure would rise up in the

heat; we will be perished if we go out to fight. How can you not think of that as

a Prophet?'' And then they will go on talking employing this twisted logic that im-

plies, "Look, I'm not a prophet, but I take this into consideration. So you see,

this means I'm superior than you. So God must have made a mistake by sending

you as a prophet. Look, I can think of all these so I'm greater than you, all of

you; I am greater than God and the prophet'' [Surely God and our Prophet (pbuh)
are beyond all these]. With their feeble minds they imagine that they would thus be
proving their greatness. Hypocrites are hoping to easily influence those people
around them whose faith and minds are weak and thus to gain their allegiance.
However, there are many imperative reasons and wisdom behind our

Prophet's (pbuh) call to Muslims to go out to fight. At that time, Muslims were
being tortured and martyred. Our Prophet (pbuh) took this decision in order to
stop attacks against Muslims, protect Muslims, the women, the elderly, the chil-
dren and prevent their being martyred. In this case, Muslims were not in a
situation to think about heat. Because if they didn't go out to fight, their homes,

families, children, and wives would already be under threat and most probably
be tortured. The purpose of this campaign was to protect Muslims from these
dangers and to provide security for them. Therefore, heat was not a hardship
that couldn't be risked while there were all those life-threatening dangers. As it

is explained in the previous part, the community of the region was already living
their whole lives under these hot weather conditions. They were facing similar
circumstances while traveling for trade. Besides, they were already going our to
fight taking the risk of being martyred or getting injured. Consequently, heat was a
very insubstantial hardship when compared to others and of course, hypocrites
also knew all these facts. But with their vile souls, they were silently using 'subliminal

manipulation' methods by showing themselves as a sincere and well-intentioned
people who consider what is best for Muslims.
Furthermore, Muslims have extremely good morals and are very lenient people.
When it comes to gaining the good pleasure of God, they never think of considering

their personal interests above others. So if God's approval requires so, they would

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