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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 7006074" data-attributes="member: 91140">More Info visit here <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><a href="http://www.islamtomorrow.com/groups/" target="_blank">http://www.islamtomorrow.com/groups/</a><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" />There is a famous  story I like to use to help give a clear picture of what petty things  can do to separate and divide the Muslims that might be appropriate to  use here in helping to establish a better understanding.        The story goes something like this:                                =  "What Color Was The Dog?" =                  Once there was a  community of Muslims who were small in number yet large in belief and  strong in action. So much so that, the non-believers could not defeat  them in battle even though they had the Muslims out numbered.                  One day a young  man from the enemies pretended to enter into Islam and he went to the  big teacher [learned man] in one part of the city and listened to his  teaching of the Quran. The subject happened to be on the chapter of the  Quran called Al Kahaf [The Cave, - #18].                  When the  teacher completed his talk he offered a chance for the brothers present  to ask some questions. When it came the turn of the non-believer, he  asked the teacher the question:                 “Sir, in the  story of the 'sleepers'  in the cave, there is mention of a dog. And I  was wondering if I might inquire as to what color the dog might have  been? I hope you don’t mind my asking, especially if it is something  that maybe you don’t know the answer to.”                  Immediately the  teacher says to the young man, “That’s no problem at all, everyone  should know that the dog was YELLOW.”                  The young man  said, “Are you sure? I mean, could it have been another color?”                  “No.” replied  the old teacher, “It was definitely YELLOW.” Once again the young man  thanked him and when on his way.                  The next night  the young enemy acting as though we was still seeking knowledge went to  the other side of town and sat in another gathering of knowledge and  they too were discussing different things about verses in the Quran.                  So when it came  time for the teacher to give each person attending, the opportunity to  ask a question, the imposter posing as a Muslim  raised his hand and  then asked the question, “In the chapter about the “Cave”, the sleepers  are mentioned in different numbers but each time there is a reference to  their dog as being counted along with them. Now I was wondering whether  or not anyone of knowledge has ever made any reference to what the  color the dog might have been?”                  The teacher  immediately said, “Yes! The dog in this story in the Quran was BLACK.”                  The young  non-believer man was pleased and continued, “Sir, are you quite certain  that the color of the dog mentioned in the story was BLACK?”                  “Young man,” he  quickly replied, “I'll stake my reputation on that as a fact.”                  “Thank you,  sir." said the non-believer.                 The next night  the non-believer still posing as a Muslim went back to the first teacher  and then when it came time for the questions and answers he raised his  hand and asked, “Teacher, you have so much knowledge and I am only a  small beginner, I was just wondering, could you maybe remind me about  the answer to the question the other night about the color of the dog in  the cave in Surah Al-Kahaf?” (Quran: Chapter 18).                  The teacher  said, “There is no doubt whatsoever amongst the great scholars of Islam  on this question. The dog was YELLOW. And anyone who says other than  this has no knowledge.”                  With that the  young man spoke up again and said, “Sir, what would you say if someone  else said that he would stake his reputation of being a scholar in Islam  on the fact that the dog is not yellow, but rather that the dog is most  certainly BLACK?”                  The teacher  quickly replied, “Then his reputation is not that of a scholar but one  of a fool.”                 Now the next  time the enemy went to the teacher who believed the dog was BLACK, he  told the teacher that the teacher on the other side of town was calling  him names and saying that he had no knowledge of Islam and that for sure  that the dog was YELLOW.                  The teacher  became angry and shouted, “You tell him, that I said he is the one  without knowledge. I am the one who graduated from the greatest of  schools of Islam, while he is but a fool.”                  The plan was  working. Before long the community was divided into two groups. Each  group was claiming that their teacher was the one with the correct  answer. Fighting broke out in the streets and the Muslims began  attacking each other all over the city. Everyone became involved to the  extent that there was not a single person who was excluded from this  terrible situation. Screaming, shouting, hitting and fighting were  everywhere.                 And then it  happened. The kafr went back out to his people and told them, “Let us go  to fight them now. You will now find them most easy to defeat.”                  And that is  exactly what they did.                  May Allah save  us from such fitnah [tribulations]. Ameen.</blockquote>

Verification: Hathara warak wissa keeyada? (Hathara wadi karanna 20)

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