dangers of narrow minded

in the name of Allah The Most Gracious Most Merciful , peace and blessing be upon Muhammad the messenger of Allah .

we are endangered by thinking of faults other than solutions , we tend to be very busy finding faults in others and we haste into pointing out faults of others we are forgeting that we are here to help each other we should not be slaves of negativity , lets not allow ourselves to fall into hasty judgments other than being positive and give advice . islam teaches us to be open minded , positive that is why we know before saying something about a person u have to give them 70 reasons as to why they may have done that . let us not mix error of humans to characters everyone whether with good or bad akhlaq is bound to make mistakes that is part of being human . when we point an error and directly interprate it as bad manners we have fall among the narrow minded , we have failed the hadith of giving excuses we have failed to be positive and its very dangerous . so let us not hast into wanting someone to be bad lets try to see the good in every bad . when we keep ourselves busy with focusing on akhera we will not have time focusing on mistakes that people are making but will be busy correcting ours . human beings will call you good but remember their views are meant to change if you get them out of their comfort zone . our beloved prophet was called the Truthful one before islam he never spoke the truth so as to get that title he spoke the truth because it was the right thing to do but people decided to give him the title of Al Ameen but when he started warning them about idol worship they gave him a new title they called him a poet and they dint even want to listen to him arent this the same people who were praising him few years back . this is because human beings thats our nature its all about comfort . so my dear brothers and sisters dont assume people call you good because of you but because of them and we should not do good because we seek them to call us that but because its the right thing to do , we are only answerble to Allah so that is where our main focus should be . as the human part we should be among the ones who we dont give people names  or titles we make dua for them to be that name and title , and we ask Allah to protect us from being the opposite and we pray we forgive if they make a mistake that might lead to us giving them other than the good name that is the attitude of believers and that is why we are strangers . 

below is an article about DANGER OF NARROW MINDED .

Narrow-mindedness is defined as lacking tolerance or not having the mental faculty to see beyond the superficial and recognize the underlying truth. Currently, this tendency appears to be widespread in all segments of Muslim communities.

The primary reason for this deplorable condition is ignorance, the inability to recognize this deficiency and to take corrective action. This situation is further aggravated if the ignorant person considers himself to be the epitome of wisdom, and if, he is in a leadership or a highly visible position, he can cause unnecessary harm to a family, a community or a an entire nation.

Absence of insight can also result in narrow-mindedness by having a negative effect on one’s thought processes. Insight is a rare virtue, and quite different from ignorance. A person who lacks insight may possess some knowledge, but derives no benefit from it due to a lack of analytical skills while someone with insight assesses his or her knowledge of a situation and then selects and uses its relevant parts. Through insight, they are able4 to see what others may not. Ibnul Qayyim, the famous Islamic scholar and author, said: "One person may read a text and learn one or two lessons from it, while another may learn one or two hundred."

A rigidly traditional individual’s perceptivity, like that of a captive frog in a deep well, is able to function only within narrow parameters. He does not realize that there are boundless vistas of knowledge beyond the scope of the well, therefore, his mental and intellectual evolution remains stunted. He is unable to take advantage of the knowledge available beyond his limited horizon.

Blind imitation creates another obstacle to one’s intellectual growth. The two world wars of the past century are the perfect examples of this disability that can allow ruthless political or religious leaders to manipulate the minds of people who are unable to form their own objective view.

Some individuals habitually look at things from one angle and accept them as actual facts without thinking that there may be a different side to the issue, or that reality may actually be quite different from appearance. In the following verse, Allah points out that the appearance of the hypocrites may not be a true indication of their reality: "And when you see them, you like their appearance, but when they speak and you listen to them, they seem worthless" … and then He goes on to give this warning: "They are the enemy, so be warned of them. The curse of Allah be upon them, how they are perverted." [63:4]

Furthermore, some people are impressed by quantity at the expense of quality. Referring to the battle of Hunain, Allah says: "On the day of Hunain, your numbers impressed you but did not benefit you." But, "If there be amongst you twenty who show fortitude, they will defeat two hundred." This does not, of course, mean that appearances are to be completely disregarded or that quantity is totally irrelevant. These fundamentals should not be valued in isolation, but should be understood through insight and common sense.

A failure to prioritize or differentiate wrong from right often leads people to lose sight of the broader picture. Often people will focus on the immediate and disregard the potential disastrous effects of an action further down the road. Along with ignorance, narrow-mindedness and, of course, a lack of insight, these gaps usually prove detrimental to that individual’s future.

Courtesy Of: Islaam.com
Source: Editor-in-chief, Al-Bayan Magazine