Vulgar speech does not make fame or history
The Creator, Glorified and Exalted be He, has favored human beings, distinguishing them from all other creatures, with the adornment of reason. Through reason, one discerns the path of goodness, righteousness, and guidance, or the path of evil, loss, and a wretched end. The latter leads to imprisonment, where one resides under a judicial sentence, regretting in a time when regret is of no avail. As the Lord of all beings says: “We showed him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful.” And He also says: “And We showed him the two ways.” These are the path of goodness, if one is grateful, and the path of evil, which is the way of Satan that leads its follower to a point where only humiliation remains. Satan has never been a friend of goodness for humanity since the creation of mankind until Allah inherits the earth and whoever is upon it.
Those who observe the behavior of some individuals, who are tossed about by evil impulses to transgress the law in various aspects of life, far from steadfastness on the right path and societal acceptance, recognize that such conduct brings them nothing but isolation, alienation, and the disdain of others. Similarly, some who live abroad rebel against their homeland and society, using their online platforms to utter expressions that insult their country and themselves, and even insult the sister Gulf states. If these individuals would return to sound reason and heed the voice of advice, they would realize that what they do will not achieve for them any genuine goal or fame, but only a false one, and rejection by the society of which they are a harmful part. Fake fame brings society nothing but a bad reputation and harm to it and to their families.
Every person has an opinion and viewpoint on any particular or general issue, which no one disputes under the concept of freedom of opinion. However, this group must understand that such opinions are subject to the law and the security of the homeland and society, of which they are a part above all else. Therefore, a person’s integrity is not measured by the length of their tongue and vulgarity, nor by their insults to the symbols of their country or other nations. I do not believe that any person is incapable of constructive criticism, whether in their own country or when “detached” from it. Sound reason alone, along with knowledge of the path of constructive criticism and how to engage in it, serves as a measure of rationality. Whoever has a house of glass should not throw stones at the houses of others in their homeland, especially if they are far from their homeland and society.
We quote the leader, lawyer, and politician Gandhi (1869–October 1949), who, when asked about the honor of a person who eats from their homeland yet does not acknowledge it and speaks ill of it with abuse, said: “Such people have no honor, for they have denied what they receive from their homeland.” And I say: They eat from the plate and then break it. Indeed, reason is an adornment, and the Creator, Glorified and Exalted be He, has distinguished between the sane and the insane or the vulgar-tongued through reason. May you live long. Yousif Al-Shaheen
