Celebrity ‘Shaykhs’

Developing Just Leadership

Ali Mukhtar

Rabi' al-Thani 13, 1439 2018-01-01

Letters To The Editor

by Ali Mukhtar (Letters To The Editor, Crescent International Vol. 46, No. 11, Rabi' al-Thani, 1439)

Western culture tends to produce narcissists and exhibitionists. Unfortunately some converts to Islam bring this disease with them. This is especially true of some white converts. They jet-set to conferences insisting on traveling in business class, staying in five-star hotels and walk around with an entourage of admirers.

Such conduct is contrary to the teachings of Islam and the Sunnah of our beloved Messenger (pbuh). He was a modicum of modesty who easily mixed with the people around him. He asked for no special privileges. This was evident from his participation in the construction of al-Masjid al-Nabawi as well as digging the trench prior to the Battle of al-Ahzab. We pray that these celebrity preachers would come down to earth and begin to live the true Islam as demonstrated by the noble Messenger (pbuh).

Ali Mukhtar
Denver, CO, US

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