Originally posted by: itzMYattitude
Pakistan is an Islamic country n leader should force Islamic rules
minorities r getting freedom to practice their religion where ever they want
when v force a child to attend school y not forcing him to pray 5 times a day dear
v r biased here
n counting all the bad things happeing around, worst qualities v r having (forbidden in Islam)
thats what v always do
v cant force them then how can v change things???
do little things thats in ur hand change UR selves. atleast u dont contribute in the worst state that v r having
You can't force people to pray. Not even the Prophet (pbuh) forced people to pray. That's not how Islam works at all, and to suggest that we should become a dictatorship forcing people to live their lives the way we want them to projects a negative image of Islam.
The Prophet (pbuh) used to explain Islam and encourage people to go on the Islami path through his (pbuh) soft speach. He (pbuh) never forced people.
The reason Islam prospered so much during the Prophet (pbuh)'s life is because he (pbuh) was such a soft spoken person, so forgiving, so patient, so understanding. He (pbuh) let people get on with their lives but always explained right from wrong and by doing that he (pbuh) was able to get millions to revert to Islam and become excellent practicing Muslims.
A perfect example of that is the lady who used to throw rubbish on the Prophet (pbuh) every time he made the journey to the Masjid. The Prophet (pbuh) never once said anything to her, he (pbuh) let her carry on; then when she was ill he (pbuh) went to see her and sympathised with her, said he (pbuh) hopes she gets better, and this compassion from the Prophet (pbuh) made her
want to revert. The Prophet (pbuh) did not force her, or even ask her to revert. She wanted to.
Then there's the story about the man who was urinating in the Masjid;the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) were about to attack him for doing so but the Prophet (pbuh) stopped them and told them to let him finish. When he finished the Prophet (pbuh) approached him and explained it's wrong to urinate in the Masjid, and then he got someone to throw a bucket of water over the area to clean it.
The Prophet (pbuh) never forced people to do things. Your suggestion that we should force people to pray is wrong. We should teach Islam, explain right from wrong, but the decision to act on the teachings of Islam is the individual persons not ours.
You're analogy is completely off as well. We make people attend school, we do not however force them to use the information we teach them. In the same way educate people about Islam, we do not, and cannot, however force people to practice Islam. That's not our decision to make.
Edited by Amara_B - 12 years ago
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