IGNORANCE…

Bismillah.
Ignorance is a state of being uninformed (lack of knowledge).
Jahiliyyah (Arabic: جاهلية) is an Islamic concept of "ignorance of
divine guidance" or "the state of ignorance of the guidance from God"
or "Days of Ignorance" referring to the condition Arabs found
themselves in pre-Islamic Arabia, i.e. prior to the revelation of the
Qur'an to Muhammad. By extension it means the state of anyone not
following Islam and the Qur'an.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Volume 1, Book 2, Number 29:
Narrated Al-Ma'rur:
At Ar-Rabadha I met Abu Dhar who was wearing a cloak, and his slave,
too, was wearing a similar one. I asked about the reason for it. He
replied, "I abused a person by calling his mother with bad names." The
Prophet said to me, 'O Abu Dhar! Did you abuse him by calling his
mother with bad names? You still havesome characteristics of
ignorance. Your slaves are your brothers and Allah has put them under
your command. So whoever has a brother under his command should feed
him of what he eats and dress him of what he wears. Do not ask them
(slaves) to do things beyond their capacity (power) and if you do so,
then help them.'
Did you know how Abu Dhar had abused his slave? By calling him 'son of
a black woman'. For anaverage person today, this might not even sound
abusive. We use much worse language, don't we?
Even our language represents our Deen. The kinds of words we use, and
our way of talking. Everything counts.
Two definitions are givenon the top. Ignorance, generally, is lack of
knowledge. But when wetalk about the term 'Jahiliyyah', it refers to
ignorance from Islam.
So, abusive language canonly be expected from a person who lacks
knowledge of Islam. We have enough, Alhamdulillah. Enough to know that
we're Muslims.We should show it as well. ◕‿◕
Wassalam.