Doing the RIGHT thing

Many times I just want to throw in the towels and call it quits. Come to think of it, it is easier to quit than to work hard and be disappointed. Just like entry that I wrote last week on being sincere, it is to remind myself that I have to be sincere when I am working for others – this entry is to remind me to do the right things.

But like other noble virtues, it is easier said than done. The road ahead is filled with one challenge after another, especially when one is moving against the tide. It is difficult, to want to do the right thing but you hardly have any support from others – whose principles are so diverse from you.

An example, the whistle blowing issue that went on to being debated in Parliament on whether there should be legal protection against whistle blowers. Why is it that when someone wants to do the right thing, it gets difficult? The person may even be penalised for highlighting certain unscrupulous act by a higher authority even when they are doing the right thing. In the end, no one dare to correct the wrong – everyone prefers to stay quiet because they are afraid that their rice bowl will be affected.

However, as a Muslim, we know that our rice bowl or rezki is not held by any individual or legal entity but in the hands of Allah swt. We know. But why do we have very few Muslims who dare to even speak up against the wrongs of the society and/or organisations that we are working for.

Another simple example is when we read some Muslim bloggers write something that tarnished the reputation of themselves and/or other Muslims in general, not many will speak up and give advice to those individuals. Instead, most even myself included, prefer to keep quiet and move away. What are we afraid of? Are we afraid that people will no want us as friends? Are we afraid that we will get hate mails? I wonder.

There is a hadiths that says that the weakest of Iman is to keep quiet and move away when we see something is wrong. I am pretty sure many of us know of this hadiths but how many actually act on it. If we do as a Muslim should, maybe our Muslim society won’t be in such a decline state as it is now where being Muslim is just a religion that one is born into rather than the way of life that one really wants to lead.