Page 84 - Character Types of the Unbelievers

CHARACTER-TYPES OF THE UNBELIEVERS
A Nurse’s Character
It must first be made clear that there are many nurses who work
devotedly day and night caring for their patients, despite their inade-

quate salary. However, we will discuss here those nurses who abide
by the morality which is far removed from the true religion. Such per-
sons have become calloused to their patients’ problems, because of the
numerous hours they are required to spend under adverse conditions
caring for the sick. Some have lost all feeling for their patients and, in-
stead of treating them with understanding and compassion, behave
harshly towards them, often forcing them to wait for their care. It is

not unusual for a nurse to even criticize or chastise a patient. Such in-
dividuals think that most patients are mere hypochondriacs, that they
exaggerate their illnesses, and may even withhold the help that pa-
tients ask for.
Aware that the sick are helpless and in need of their assistance,
nurses, who are ignorant of the morality of the Qur’an, behave arro-
gantly towards them. They look down on the patients, humiliate them
and sometimes even berate them. They are in a position of being
needed and, as far as they are concerned, “important people” ought to

act haughtily towards ordinary people.
And, the way these people living by these wicked morals treat
one another is not different from the way they treat their patients.
They will behave towards others according to their station; for exam-
ple, they show great respect towards the head nurse, but belittle other
nurses.
Just as the lives of some housewives living by the morality of ig-

norance are confined within the four walls of her house, similarly,
nurses confine much of their world to the hospital. They think quite

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