Imāms be like:
Allah states: “Those whom believe pay attention: Protect yourselves & your People from Fire.”.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.66, V.6)
Muhammad (Peace be upon them) stated: “The Best amongst you are those whom’re best with/to their Families & I’m the best with/to my Family. Also, when one of you dies, then don’t oppress them (don’t backbite, slander, defame them).”.
(at-Tirmidhī, ibn-Mājah, ad-Dārimī)
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/chaplainvsimam/
The Occupational-Responsibility/Pressure which comes with Leadership is astronomically high. So high, that (more often than not) the Closest-Persons to Leaders get neglected. This-Neglect which I speak of is pertaining to how Leaders end-up serving everyone else before/above their Primary-Flock…that being their Families. I personally know of, have heard about, read about, etc. the Ugly-Narratives of Certain-Leaders who’ve sacrificed everything for the World, but yet left their own Families with the Scraps or nothing at all. There Countless-Examples of this historically.
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2022/12/15/youcantpigeonholeme/
Socrates is an Ideal-Example…the following comes from their own Wife:
Xanthippe (the Wife of the Greek-Philosopher Socrates: the Inceptor/Inventor of Western-World Philosophy), described Socrates as: “A Good4Nothing-Idler, whom provided their Family more Notoriety as opposed to Bread.”.
(Will Durant)
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/noleadershipforme/
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2022/11/26/irefuseleadership/
Socrates, as anyone knows: amongst the Greatest-Minds via Human-History & single-handedly made the Blueprint of Western-Philosophy which has dominated Western-World Politics, Political-Thought, Democracy, etc. for Centuries. Even they were a Casualty of the Burden-Of-Leadership. Literally, as per the Criticism of their own Spouse, they sacrificed the Needs of their Family for Recognition, Popularity, Fame, etc. & received very little monetarily in return.
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2022/04/02/gbp11/
This is precisely how/why Muhammad (Peace be upon them) stated: “Whomever is made a Judge/Ruler between People, then they’ve been slaughtered without even a Weapon.”.
(Abū-Dāwud, ibn-Mājah)
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2022/11/16/dangers-of-leadership-desires/
I’ve personally known, met, seen Countless-Persons who’ve lived the Leader-Life: they’re literally Stressed/Miserable-People because of Leader-Life. And, ironically, sadly, pitifully, etc. they ended-up exactly like Socrates: providing their Families with Popularity instead of Provision, Fame instead of Food, etc. There’s even Instances where they’ve audaciously made Others become affluent while their Families struggled&starved. There’s Persons who’ve given their Families little2nothing, but gave Others everything.
www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2022/08/02/realmuslimleadership/
Moreover, being more specific about Certain-Muslims whom lived the Leader-Life: they’ve traveled here or there, either Cross-City, Cross-State, Cross-Country, Cross-Continent (No…I’m not exclusively referring to 1-Person), etc. They’ve done so for the Purposes of “giving Da`wah”: calling Peoole to al-Islām, yet their own Children ended-up either developing the Classic “Preacher’s-Son” Syndrome, or ended-up Wayward&Reckless, or worst yet leaving al-Islām altogether. These’re Things which (via Hindsight) I’ve witnessed for Years from Muslums, even prior to me accepting al-Islām myself.
Gareth Bryant 1444, A.H./2023, C.E.
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