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Non-violence and Peace-building in Islam
most we could correct these errors while accepting what
he related as true. In the actual hadith, contained in the
Sahih al-Bukhari , Abu Hurayrah narrates that one day
1
a Bedouin came to the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah
and urinated inside. On seeing what he was doing,
some Companions of the Prophet rushed towards him.
But the Prophet told them to leave the Bedouin and to
pour some water on the place where he had urinated,
because, he explained, his Companions had been given
the task of creating ease, not difficulty. This meant that
they should help people, not cause them trouble.
Reading Mr. Thackeray’s interview, it seems that he
was not hypocritical in expressing his views. He actually
spoke very openly. The reality is that by himself recalling
a hadith of the Prophet, Mr. Thackeray informed us
Muslims of a very valuable secret of how to emerge
victorious over all forms of trials and tribulations. But
because of their intellectual degeneration, Muslims
used this, too, as a means to trigger off a deadly riot
that hurt Muslims themselves the most.
How very ironic indeed!
The Roots of Riots
Why do Muslims repeatedly do such foolish things?
The reason for this is their psyche of pride. Whenever
Muslims face decline, they develop a false sense of pride.
The decline of Muslims worldwide today is because for
1 One of the six major collections of Hadith or Traditions of or
attributed to the Prophet.
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