inspired by the recent developments in the caucasus and central asia
if you saw this earlier, no you didn't

Conversation with a Madkhali
Yesterday, I talked to a Madkhali on a voice call - He knew my views, he did not treat me as less for them, he did not rush to call me a khariji. He talked in a respectful way and said he wanted to ask me a few questions regarding certain things. I agreed.

And by Allāh - A lot of the things he said should be eye-opening for atleast some of us.

We talked about how people on the manhaj (or rather they claim to be) on the internet will talk about heavy things, such as fighting and striving on the path of Allāh - While sitting on discord, in reality doing absolutely nothing of use. He brought up to me: In Madkhali communities he was in, people seemed serious, committed to studying the deen - If you joked around too much they would advise you to be more serious and urge you to read Thalathatu al-Usul, or Kitab at-Tawheed…

Now, this was contrasted with communities where people claimed to be on manhaj. Rather than having this or similar serious attitude, and commitment, people behave like the 15 year-old trolls they are, spam cusswords, use the N-word and troll. Many of them have not read a single page from any book written by a scholar yet they pretend to support a certain organization, while in reality being entirely clueless about them and in fact only tarnishing their image they have online. Additionally many of those people tend to be Roblox kids…
Why this is of importance
First impressions stick with people. Imagine you are a fresh convert - And you have 2 choices.

a) A community of people who appear committed to Islam, read books and urge eachother to do good, and appear serious.

b) A community of internet trolls who cuss, insult, spend most their time in video-games and behave like children.

Which one will you go to to hear more about Islam? I am not validating the manhaj of the Madakhila - But keep this in mind. First impressions are generally going to stick.

And I am also not saying everyone who is on the manhaj or claims to be behaves like this - I am generalizing my experiences.

So, dear brothers and sisters, if you feel like any negative quality I mentioned applies to you - Then I urge you to change them as soon as possible. Not just for the sake of your good, rather for the good of the da‘wah as a whole.