Common Mistakes That Need To Be Corrected

Dangerous errors have spread among people today. The danger of these errors is even more serious than deadly plagues and physical ailments. These are widespread errors that one sees the majority of people committing today.

These errors are primarily caused by ignorance. Many Muslims view these errors as unimportant, while they weigh heavily with Allah. Some of these errors actually include the minor as well as the major (and more serious) variants of polytheism. Furthermore, some errors demonstrate disbelief and similar serious transgressions. All of these matters—which should not be underestimated—have led to the humiliation of Muslims in this worldly life. For some, these errors can even lead to loss in the Hereafter.

Allah (Exalted is He) said: "When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous." [An-Noor: 15]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Verily, a servant may speak a word—without thinking about it—that earns the wrath of Allah, and he slips into Hell because of it." [Al-Bukhari]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; if he cannot, then with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith." [Muslim]

Following these words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I will present some of these errors to my Muslim brothers and I will also state how these errors can be corrected. Should they have been guilty of these errors, I wish for them to break free from them and to show sincere repentance to their Lord, so that superiority in the worldly life may become a reality for them and that they may enter Paradise in the Hereafter.

I ask Allah to let the Muslims benefit from this essay and to make it a reason for His pleasure by keeping my intention pure.