Questions & Answers.e - By: Dr Haifaa Younis, Zaynab Ansari, Megan Rice, Hosai Mojaddidi, Women Conf

ICOI: Islamic Center of Irvine, California: Women's Conference

[@atwaterkent911]

As Muslims, it is best to point out any issues with one another in private - one on one - and NOT in a public forum. I do understand Sister Haifaa's need to correct Megan, but not in this way. Megan point is that she felt Allah used Sarcasm in the verse she quoted from the Quran. Allah said in a Hadith Qudsi: "....Pride is my Cloak" yet we as Humans are not to be Prideful. So if Allah decided to use Sarcasm to make a point in the Quran, we cannot question that. That is the point Megan was making and she DID NOT say Allah is sarcastic.

[@MehreenSRevertedMuslimah]

As a recent Muslim revert myself, I would like to say that there is nothing wrong with being corrected immediately, either publicly or privately when it comes to the matter of Allah SWT and Islam. Before reverting to Islam, some of us followed the religion our parents follow or some of us were atheists. The ideology around talking about "the creator" differs from religion to religion. So when we revert, we should begin with a clean slate in mind. There are two perceptions here, Quranic and human.. As reverts, our perception shouldn't cross over the Quranic perception while we are learning. Then the way we speak about Allah will remain per Quranic perception. "The pride belongs to no one but Allah SWT". Per my understanding, there is nothing sarcastic about it. Dr. Haifaa Younis studied the Qur'an. Learning from her is an opportunity Allah has given to us. Therefore, being corrected does more good and either revert or born muslim, we should always be sportive while learning about Islam and Allah SWT in the right way..

[@atwaterkent911]

Yes and no. My point was not to compare Pride and sarcasm at all, except that as humans, we refrain from both. My point is that Allah uses many styles of communicating with us in the Quran. Megan just noticed in her reading that it seemed sarcastic. So what is wrong with that observation? I do completely disagree that it is OK to correct others in public as Haifaa did. You can see Megan's reaction to this. Humiliating someone like this in public is not good at all. You can tell that is how Megan felt. I do not know the Hadith well enough to know the number of times the Prophet (pbuh) did this type of correction in a public place (his mosque) as an educational point to the Companions. I only recall the times he did so one on one. @@MehreenSRevertedMuslimah

[@bulanayu9529]

can u pls show me which minute that happens? i watched this video in fast motion, and I didn't notice they're talking about sarcasm. they're just doing qna? I'm confused.

[@MehreenSRevertedMuslimah]

@@bulanayu9529 even I didn't notice that incident in this video. I thought that comment was about a conversation in another part of this video. So I responded in a generic manner.