Are your reminders benefiting you?

Bism Illah wa assalaamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

What ever happened to the reminder benefiting the believer? Subhaan Allah, when we see another make an error and simply send a hadith or statement of reminder, not even directly addressing their specific issue, we can be accused of attacking them.

Language is so misused. A careful and caring reminder is not an attack. Sincerely addressing an error or fault is done out of love.

When reminded, or even when attacked, I believe the best response is to take it to heart. Immediately make istighfar and look for the error of your ways, or the truth in the statement.  Be guilty until proven innocent in your own court.

Sometimes you will find that you've been misunderstood, misjudged, or been the object of bad suspicions. But even then, you must consider what you did that left the door open to be misconstrued and seek to close that door in the future.

Rather than immediately jumping to your own defense, jump start your own taqwa and seek the lesson or rectification that the reminder is meant for.

Subhaanaka, Allahumma wa bihamdik, laa illaaha illaa Ant, astaghfiruka wa atoobu ilayk.