Page 25 - The Prophet Yusuf (as)

Prophet Yusuf's Childhood (as)

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The reason why his father warned Yusuf (as) not to tell his
brothers about the dream lay in their behaviour, which failed to in-
spire any confidence. As a man of wisdom and perception, Prophet
Ya’qub (as) was aware that his sons possessed the kind of character
that gave rise to strife and jealousy. Knowing them as well as he did,
he guessed that they might well lay a trap for Yusuf (as). For that rea-
son Prophet Ya’qub (as) warned Yusuf (as) of the enmity of satan and
recommended that he be on his guard.
The lesson to be drawn from this is that Muslims need to be
careful around people who sow discord and mischief and people who
are lax in matters of religion, and not to tell such people about pleas-
ing developments or good future prospects for the Muslims. That is
because truly devout people are pleased when Muslims receive a
blessing, grow stronger or generally come into a favourable position,
whereas sowers of mischief are greatly distressed by it. Since such
people have no wish to see anything benefiting the religion and its be-
lievers, they try to prevent such things happening and even collabo-
rate with the enemies of the believers in order to bring this about.
Allah describes the behaviour of mischief-makers:

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