Make 70 Excuses for your Brother/Sister

[Quraatulain]

I was listening to a talk by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam .

His talk was about thinking good about others and giving the other person the benefit of the doubt and not to be judgmental of others.Stay away from assumptions and being suspicious of other Muslims.Do not spread rumors and always think positively.

So I thought it's a good idea to start this game here . Please don't twist this thread into a debate and useless discussions.

Remedy for such Ill thoughts which he mentioned are 1) as soon as a thought comes to mind seek Istigfaar( do the zikr of Allah) and 2) think about our own faults about how sinful we are.


They are over 100 good reasons we can think .

So within this thread u will be asked to provide 70 excuses for each scenario.

That doesn't mean each person has to come up with 70 but all up lets get up to 70 before we move onto the next scenario.

The scenarios will be things that could happen to any one of us at any given time and we should all hope that our fellow brothers and sisters would give us the benefit of the doubt and practice the 70 excuse train of thought.

To enhance creativity, to allow one to widen their imagination and to give brothers and sisters a chance to learn how people see things and think about things... these excuses may give our brothers n sisters another way of looking at things instead of always right to the negative.


Are u ready ?

Here's the first one.

You see a Muslim brother or sister sitting in a place where you know haram food is sold?

[Quraatulain]

1)He/she was waiting for a friend,who was in the bathroom.
2)He/she had no idea the place was haram as they were visitors to the country.
3)Probably meeting somone there for a reason.

[The Fake Shaykh]

very interesting, can't think of 1, i think im the first person that need's to learn positive thinking.

[Quraatulain]

very interesting, can't think of 1, i think im the first person that need's to learn positive thinking.

Well that's one reason I thought of this game so that it can help us to "think" positively. So please contribute InshaAllah.

[The Fake Shaykh]

Well that's one reason I thought of this game so that it can help us to "think" positively. So please contribute InshaAllah.

Here's the first one.

You see a Muslim brother or sister sitting in a place where you know haram food is sold?

forgive me for the humour but this is the best i can do to think positively:

"they are HMC inspectors" (halal monitering committee)

STAMP AND APPROVED BY THE HALALMC

[alfatiha]

- they bought salad/veggie burgers/vegan foods

[kayra]

I love this game!

OK, you didn't specify whether a shop or a restaurant, but anyway:

1 - The person had a dream about the shop/ restaurant owner and is there to tell them about the dream

2- The person has seen signs that the owner is searching for repentance, and is there to offer advice and guidance

3- The person can't find a particular (non-haram) item anywhere else in town

4 - The person was in a huge hurry and this was the closest place to grab a coffee or a loaf of bread (depending whether restaurant or shop)

5 - The daughter of the shop owner is a pious Muslim girl and the person wants to marry her/ wants their brother to marry her

6 - The person was being persecuted by people on the street, and ducked in here to hide for a while

7 - The person has low blood pressure and felt dizzy and needed to sit down

8 - The person is a revert with a non-Muslim family, who called up in tears and asked them to come to this place urgently to talk

9 - The person is an enterprising Muslim food and drink manufacturer, who has come to suggest halal alternatives to the shop stock or restaurant menu.

10 - The person is waiting for a bus.

11 - The person is charging their mobile phone behind the counter.

12 - The person couldn't find anywhere else to perform wudu (with separate bathrooms for brothers and sisters), and is now sitting there out of good manners.

13 - The person used to work there, converted to Islam the previous evening, and is now waiting for their boss so that they can resign from this place selling haram.

14 - The person once stole something from this place when they were a kid, and they're now here to confess, to ask for forgiveness, and to compensate for the theft.

15 - The owner of the shop/ restaurant helped a member of their family, and they are here to thank the owner.

16 - The person is severely dyslexic and can't read food labels, menus or signs.

17 - The person is waiting for a non-Muslim acquaintance they met on SF, to take them to the neighborhood mosque...

[shatibi]

23 - He is picking up his firend (the store keeper) to take him to the masjid.

[The Fake Shaykh]

a/w, mashallah sister kayra, you bring another meaning to being "positive", good on you!

[Quraatulain]

MashaAllah keep up the "positive thinking"...

24)The owner of the restaurant is his neighbor and the person is waiting for a a ride home.

25)They went to get a glass of water.

26)Maybe to invite a non practicing brother/sister who works there to an Islamic prograam.

27)One of the employees there is his high school friend whom the person have not seen in awhile.

28)He's waiting on a non muslim relative whose purchasing food.

29)They were waiting on the ambulance .

30)he person was a Journalist doing research .