Principles of Islam
3. Avoidance
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3. AVOIDANCE
Avoidance of friction is one of the most important
principles of Islam. Such avoidance means
refraining from retaliation on all occasions of
complaint and dissension.
By temperament, all men and women differ from
one another in many ways. Everyone has
experienced the disagreeable situations, arising
from such differences. In social life, be it inside or
outside the home, it is but natural that
unpleasantness should occur from time to time.
This is unavoidable.
Now whenever any negative situation arises one
way of dealing with it is a head-on clash, i.e. an
attempt to solve the problem by direct
confrontation. Such attempts are abortive as they
only aggravate the problem. In no way will they
improve matters.
Islam tells us that on such occasions we should
adopt the policy of avoidance. That is, instead of
behaving violently and fighting, we should opt for
the course of tolerance and forbearance; instead of
