...last night I had this dream...
I was working with a group of women, some were religious, head covering women, probably Christian, Jewish and Muslims. There were also some non-religious women working with us, among them was a young lady who was obviously gay.
Looking at the gay girl, one of my head covering co-workers made a face and said, "I don't want to work with her, she's living in sin, I don't like her."
Right away I said to her, and the room full of women in general, "But if you are cruel to her and disrespect her, how will she know that your way is better than hers?"
"But she is a sinner..." the girl repeated.
After that I gave the room full of women a stern sermon about how if we wear these clothing that identifies us as lovers of God, then we should feel reponsible to convince other sisters who are lost, that our way is better than their's. We will not accomplish this through cruelty and disrespect, I told them.
When I finished my sermon some of the women left quickly and others lingered. I called after the ones who left, "Y'all know I'm going to tell you exactly what I think, because I am like your older sister!"
The reason I have been crying is because of all the opportunities we collectively miss, to be good examples to women who may never have been shown a better way. We have a responsibilty, not to judge them, but to shine our little lights on them!
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Masha'Allah... That's a good post, and you make a very good point. Sometimes, people allow their negative personal views of people and on things to prevent them from making positive connections with others and potentially being a good influence.
Alhamdulillah. Allah gave it to me in a dream.
now I'm going to cry.
That was beautiful. I remember my mother teaching me this principle as a child. I hope that I am instilling it in my children.
Mashallah once i was working in the food industry and the ONLY person who respected my way of life was a young gay girl and she would do the duties with the pork so i didnt have to touch it. its not our place to judge anybody.
very nice post and very true. I have a couple of gay relatives and people I know, both muslims and Christians have asked me how we could "accept" them. I told them, its not a matter of accepting them in the sense that we approve of their lifestyle but it is a matter of being loving and kind to them IN SPITE of it. I don't think you get through to anyone by being unkind to them
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