we’re learning then is the idea that making assumptions about people is
inevitable. It’s always there, it’s always right next to you it’s not something you
say, ‘Well, I don’t judge people man, I don’t judge people. I’m not like that’.
Actually it’s always there. The
iftiʿāl
(
ijtināb
) form in the Arabic language
suggests you have to make an effort to do something, it doesn’t come naturally.
It’s not something you do without even thinking about it. It takes effort.
So it doesn’t matter that you haven’t done it before, you still have to make an
effort not to do it now. It’s not something that becomes passive, it’s not like
breathing. So
ijtanibū
means whatever Allah is telling us to stay away from, we
must have an active mind, we have to be vigilant and realize that we are always
going to be in danger of making that mistake. Nobody can assume that they’re
righteous and pure enough that they won’t fall into this mistake. Had this not
been a danger Allah (
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