What would He have done?

Well there is a lot of emotion on facebook these days regarding the draw a Mohammad Day. A lot of folks have reported the page and nothing much seems to be resulting from this. Some folks are thinking about boycotting the day and in Pakistan Facebook and other sites are being banned.

Lets all take a deep breath and analyze the situation shall we;

Why is facebook not doing anything about this?

well simply because they cannot, if we are unhappy about that page being present there are lot of people who will view the deletion of that page as an infringement of their rights to free speech and by getting all hot and bothered about that page and changing our statuses and boycotting facebook we are only increasing the curiosity and spreading the word. Instead if we all just calm down and not let that bother us things will cool down in a while or if we do want to do something, lets make a page where we talk about why we love the prophet and talk about his character and all that he has done and invite non muslims to come and become fans and leave their comments for that page.

The person who made that page I am sure does not have any agenda against us. They are just trying to make their point that they feel every one has a right to speak their mind. All this started because of the death threats received by the south park creators for making a cartoon of the prophet. Well you see most of the time in the media here cartoons are being created of all the other prophets and saints so to them it was not different to create on of Mohammad Rasulallah. We should not get offended by this rather take it in our stride and instead of boycots and death threats talk about why we do not make pictures of the Prophet.

So that brings me to the next question why don't we make pictures of the Prophet. We dont make his pictures because he told us not to so people do not start worshiping him like a diety.

As all these events are taking place around me I am forced to think what would the Prophet himself have done and am I a bad muslim because I am not boycotting facebook or being all upset and in face about this whole issue?

When I think about the Prophets life all I see is a Man full of compassion and Mercy. A man who prayed for the people who threw stones at him and injured him from head to toe. A man who showed compassion to the woman who killed and desecrated the body of his beloved uncle. A man who was full of kindness to the woman who would throw garbage on him when he passed by her house and the day she did not throw garbage on him went to find out why she had not done so;upon entering her house he saw her lying with a fever. So he spent time nursing her to health.

So if he himself did not get upset and mad at the people who were mocking him we do not need to get bothered, instead following his compassionate example we need to calm down and talk about the issue, in retaliation we need to find common forums to make ourselves heard and say why we love the Prophet and make others understand and share our love. Most importantly if we truly love the Prophet we need to follow his teaching, learn about his life and spread his message which is not only to do with praying and fasting and other rituals but more to do with mercy, kindness and compassion.