hair have become white. Everywhere I go, people make fun of me because of this.”

Dear Islamic brothers! Look at the lengths people go to in order to make fun of others. It is possible this young Islamic brother was suffering from an inferiority complex because of the insults he was forced to hear. Mawlana Ilyas Attar Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ replied with these golden words of advice:

It is the will of Allah; be content with what He has decreed. Do not take their words to heart. If you do, you will develop an inferiority complex, and it will become difficult for you to be successful later in life.

Never make fun of anyone

We now realise the importance of Islam’s beautiful and enlightened teachings, which forbid the very things that lead to inferiority complexes in the first place.

Allah declared in the Quran:  

یٰۤاَیُّہَا  الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا یَسۡخَرۡ قَوۡمٌ مِّنۡ قَوۡمٍ عَسٰۤی اَنۡ یَّکُوۡنُوۡا خَیۡرًا مِّنۡہُمۡ

Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: “O believers! Men must not ridicule other men; it is likely that the ridiculed are better than the mockers.”^[1]

Our beloved master, the final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained, لَيْسَ الْمُؤمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلَا اللَّعَّانِ وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ وَلَا الْبَذِیّ  - “A believer does not insult, curse, speak indecently or make fun.”^[2]