Why is every blame on one person?
✍️ Mufti Muhammad Tasleemuddin Al-Mahmoodi
The Dignity of Silence and the Art of Blame
This writing is dedicated to those hearts that have the power to make noise, but still prefer to remain silent. This silence is not weakness, but rather the capacity that prevents a person from enumerating the faults of others. Some people keep their lips sealed even knowing everything, not because they do not know the truth, but because before speaking the truth, they weigh justice in the scales of their hearts.
Our society has embarked on a strange logic. If any fault is seen anywhere, a face is immediately found on which to place the entire burden. It is easy to blame, difficult to self-reflect. We all want our mistakes to be attributed to circumstances, compulsions, or someone else, and the shortcomings of others to be highlighted with full intensity. Thus, by declaring one individual guilty, everyone else begins to consider themselves innocent.
The real issue is not who made the mistake, the real issue is whether we even have the courage to face the truth. When a person has the courage to listen to every accusation leveled against them, and then still chooses silence instead of throwing mud in return, it is not their weakness but their moral height. They know that the answer to every flaw is not noise; sometimes dignity becomes the strongest answer.
If we truly want a better society, we must abandon the habit of blaming and learn to share responsibility. We must acknowledge that no one in the city is completely innocent, and no one is completely guilty. Every human being has the potential for error and the ability to reform. When we learn to look at our own palm before pointing a finger at others, perhaps the silent people will begin to speak, and the speakers will pause for a while to think.
This is the thought that connects hearts, this is the attitude that brings people closer to each other, and this is the capacity that is recognized not by noise, but by character.