{"id":6386,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/how-to-defend-the-faith\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:18:48","slug":"how-to-defend-the-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/how-to-defend-the-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Defend The Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>If  someone insults islam to my face must I defend Islam? Or may I walk  away knowing in my mind and heart and soul he is wrong and I do not wish  to guide him as he has not felt Allah in is heart and I wish not to  start contriversy. <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>You  must always defend the truth in the best manner. Some times the best  way of defending an insult is to reason with the person, some times it  is to act good and practically prove the person wrong, some times it is  to show dissatisfaction with your face, some times it is to remain  silent &#8230;. May God give all of us the wisdom to recognise what is the  best reaction in such situations. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Farhad Shafti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-16<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6386\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If  someone insults islam to my face must I defend Islam? 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