{"id":22460,"date":"2019-01-28T12:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T09:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22460"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:55:31","slug":"a-jewel-or-a-worthless-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/a-jewel-or-a-worthless-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gem or a Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22460\" class=\"elementor elementor-22460 elementor-2137\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1aa768 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1aa768\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f73ff4\" data-id=\"9f73ff4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed2f1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed2f1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you really think like this? I was not expecting that from you\u2026<\/p><p>These are sentences that we may have heard them in our social conversations. Perhaps we have been in a situation in which, we had every reason and argument to be sure of a decision we had made earlier. But when presented for others, we had to face their opposition and pressured about that decision. How should be our reaction in such situation? What is a good response? When others say something that bothers us dramatically, how can we reach the state of calmness?<\/p><p>One day a group of people gathered at the house of Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH). Yunus Ibn Abd al-Rahman who happened to be a very trusted companion of the Imam was among them. While everyone was busy talking, another group of people from Basra asked for permission to enter the house.<\/p><p>Imam told Yunus, \u201cEnter that room; show no reaction at all and stay there until I asked you to come out.\u201d Then Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0granted permission for the new group to enter. Once entered the room, they started to\u00a0talk behind the back\u00a0of Yunus. Meanwhile Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0was looking at the ground; he didn\u2019t say anything and showed no reaction until they said farewell and left the house. Then Imam asked Yunus to come out of the room.<\/p><p>Yunus entered while his face was full of sorrow and his eyes were in tears. He said, \u201cMy master! I have only defended my beliefs and religion while my own friends are thinking about me like that.\u201d<\/p><p>Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0passionately said, \u201cO Yunus! Do not be sad; it does not matter what people think. Such things said by other people do not matter at all. When your Imam is satisfied with you, there is nothing to worry or be sad about.\u201d<\/p><p>The Imam added then, \u201cO Yunus! Always try to talk to people to the extent of their capacity of hearing. Do not talk about divine topics if it might be beyond their understanding. O Yunus! When you have a gem in your hand and people say that you have a dirty rock in your hand, how does it affect the gem in your hand? And if they say you have gem in your hand while you are holding a rock, how does this help you? How can their words affect your belief? How does it benefit or harm you in anyways? \u201c<\/p><p>Yunus was calmed down by Imam\u2019s words and said, \u201cNo, their words do not matter to me anymore.\u201d<\/p><p>Then Imam Reza\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0told him, \u201cSo if you understand the truth and you can see the right path and your Imam is satisfied from you, then the thoughts and words of the people should not affect your beliefs and way of thinking; people can say whatever they wish.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>(The above is a selection from \u201cRijal Kashshi\u201d, p. 487, No. 924)<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story \u201cA Gem or a Rock\u201d teaches a profound lesson from Imam Reza (PBUH). When Yunus was hurt by others\u2019 criticism, the Imam reminded him that people\u2019s words do not change the truth. 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