I am trying to make you children understand. You are staying in your room in the “Boarding” together with others. An argument and fight may occur. Children tend to argue and fight. You are slapped. Now, think of the persons in your room as your mother. So, who has hit you? Your mother! So, what is there to be concerned about? Do not retaliate, do not fight back. Just accept it. In fact, think of the advice Hadhrat Luqmán عليه السلام gave his son. It is in the Qur’án Sharíf. He told his son: “Just see, when somebody slaps you on the face, do not turn your face away.” By this he meant that by not turning your face away you should invite him to slap you again! Do not fight back. Each one is your mother. If this is every student’s attitude, will there be fights? Will there fisticuffs and beatings? Obviously not.
If there are fights, then it shows that the environment is not good ‒ there is no aman within yourselves and that is the reason for the arguments and fights. If you had entered the madrasah with aman or imbibed aman within you after entering, then there would be no fights and arguments. There will be splendour in the room and an end to fighting and quarrelling.
