Panic Dissipates Gains
“Our Almighty! Grant us patience! Make
our feet firm! Help us achieve victory!”
The prophet (ﷺ) said “The Almighty grants patience to a man who strives to be patient.
There’s no boon greater than patience to attain goodness”.
Men are in haste; they act in haste;
they react in haste. One of the reasons for wars in today's world is the
hastiness of men.
For example, the enemies falsely
accused Iraq of amassing weapons of mass destruction and commenced war
operations and killed hundreds of thousands of people. Later it was discovered
no such weapons existed. However, hundreds of thousands of human lives were
lost unjustly.
Similarly, Dr. Haneef, in Australia, an
innocent man, let an acquaintance use his mobile phone. The acquaintance may or
may not have been a terrorist. On the
other hand, Haneef is a good man. The Australian government arrested Haneef.
The people of the country opposed this and organized massive protests, after
which Haneef was proved innocent and freed from prison.
It can be said that Man’s thinks and
acts in haste. An amusing anecdote will show this to
be true. When Winston Churchill was the prime minister of Great Britain, the
opposition party made a ruckus and created confusion in the Parliament during
one of his speeches. Immediately he got angry. He looked at those who created
confusion and remarked “Half the people in the House are donkeys”.
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Winston Churchill
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
When the members of the opposition party heard it, they shouted “You must withdraw this comment”.
Churchill maintained his silence. They
persisted. Truly Churchill was a talented man. He could handle any situation.
The opposition members repeatedly asked that he retract his words.
Immediately, Churchill remarked, “Is
that it? I will retract my words. Half
the men in the assembly are not donkeys”. (He meant the opposition party
members were donkeys)
The hasty opposition members could not
retort anything as a reply to his clever words.
Whatever we do in our lives, we must
not be in haste but be in forbearance.
The delegation from the tribe of Ashaj Abdul-Qais arrived to meet the prophet (ﷺ). The members
of the delegation rushed to meet the prophet (ﷺ) as
soon as they reached Medina.
They didn’t shower; they didn’t
freshen up; they didn’t organize their things. They were in a rush despite the fact,
they had come from far and they were covered in dirt and dust. On the contrary, the leader of the
delegation did not show any sign of haste. He got down from his camel in peace
and he organized his things. He fed and watered his camel. Later,
he showered and presented himself to the presence of the prophet (ﷺ) majestically.
The prophet (ﷺ) appreciated the leader of the tribe of Ashaj Abdul-Qais and said, “You have
the two qualities that the Almighty likes: tolerance and majestic forbearance”.
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A young Arab man in his Finery
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Panic will damage our health. When we analyze with self- restraint and then act, we can see the strengths and weaknesses of
our actions. Methods to change weaknesses into strengths can be found.
Avoiding hastiness and panic and
observing forbearance are rungs of ladder to achieve progress.
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