Respond to mistreatment with kindness

1) Been awhile since my last post. Been busy though. Apologies.

2) Most commonly when you deal with people, they treat you how they want to treat you, and not how you want to be treated.  Not everyone you meet with cheerfulness is cheerful to you in return. Some of them may even become angry and think badly of you. Not everyone you present gifts returns your favour. Not everyone you are kind to in speech or praise generously or use kind words with responds to you in kind.

3) Allah SWT has divided up manners for people, just as He divided up their sustenance. Some people have no solution to their problems and nor is there a way to reform them. You can only deal with them in accordance with their own wishes. In that case, you can either have patience with them or leave them be.

4) Do not be saddened by mistreatment. Be firm like the mountain. The Prophet SAW would deal with people rationally and not emotionally. He would bear other people's mistakes and still be gentle with them. Gentleness only beautifies an action while harshness only serves to tarnish it.

5) If they consume my flesh, I spare theirs. If they destroy my honour, I build theirs. They do not hurry to my aid, but I hurry if they call me to theirs. I do not hold grudges against them, for the leader never bears grudges.

Reference: "Enjoy Your Life"