There’s Certain-Things which I’m only going to allow People to get away with once:
Threatening me is one of Those-Things.
Slandering me is one of Those-Things.
Swindling me is one of Those-Things.
The Reason how/why I’m so adamant about such Things is, because, I’ve most definitely been threatened, slandered, swindled before. Those-Experiences are frustrating & resentful. And, it’s always pontificated/stated how “forgiving” we should be towards Others. No…not everyone deserves Forgiveness as per their Transgressions against Others & the Oppressed is under 0-Obligation to “forgive” those whom opprssed them. Certain-Persons must feel the Consequences-Of-Action. For myself, personally, I draw the Line in the Sand clearly regarding what/who I don’t & won’t forgive.
I’ll give an example of what I mean:
The Subject of the Aforementioned-Post: they slandered me publicly. During the Scenario which played-out those around me really thought they could “convince” me to forgive That-Person as per what they did…No I will not. Why should I “make Peace” with someone whom oppressed me?!!! Make that Goofy-Shit make Sense. And, worse yet: Certain-Persons audaciously/arrogantly attempted to make feel “bad” about not forgiving the Person whom slandered me. There was no Way I was letting that occur. If someone is merciless towards me, then I’m going to be equally merciless towards them.
None of us have any Entitlement to complain about how Others react to Transgressions against them. And, it doesn’t matter how recent vs. long ago the Transgressions to place. The Effects of Oppression are 💯%-Reality & no one has any Right to tell anyone else to “Get Over It”. By default/definition that’s deflecting the Suffering of someone, as well as mocking whatever Trauma they experienced, resulting from Oppression. This is precisely how/why Muhammad (Peace be upon them) stated: “Apathy/Arrogance is denying Truth & mocking People.”.
(an-Nawawī)
By the way…don’t think that my Madhab/Posture lacks Islāmic-Merit, as I can most definitely Islāmically-Justify eveything I’ve aforementioned:
I can fairly anticipate Backlash because of this Particular-Article (as if I really give a Shit). However, I decided to do what I did & just like I always tell People: There’s no such Thing as an Easy-Decision, but only Necessary-Decisions.
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