A Reminder For All of Us

Jangan berlebih-lebihan dalam perdebatan. Jangan berkelakuan fajir dalam pertengkaran. Ketika jawapan dianggap alasan, penjelasan dianggap menegak benang yang basah, diamlah, biar pun diam dianggap kalah.

“Empat karakter, barangsiapa memilikinya maka dia itu adalah seorang munafiq yang tulen. Barangsiapa yang memiliki salah satu daripada karakter itu, maka dia berada di atas salah satu cabang nifaq sehingga dia benar-benar meninggalkannya: Apabila bercakap dia berdusta, apabila berjanji dia mungkiri, apabila berpakat dia khianat, apabila bertengkar, dia melampau” [Hadith riwayat al-Bukhari (3007) dan Muslim (58) dengan lafaz Muslim]

Dalam menyemai Islam, jangan nifaq yang subur tumbuh.

Most of us, when we "think that we are right" and we "don't want to be seen as weak, stupid and unable to think big," tend to debate in a very manipulative way or any way possible just to rise up above others. When people don't say anything, we think we've won. But we don't know we might already have crossed the line to being ignorant. How many times have you won a debate, and how many times during those debates you've actually won as a person with pride or with shame because you're just being too ridiculous? This is a reminder for all of us. Sometimes we cross the line with people. We don't need to prove that we're smart. We just need to let other people see it for themselves when we've let our guards down. Think about it.