A true Islamic Banger

[HaggisShuu]

I'm not too sure on general attitudes towards Islam in the Church. Sometimes with work I have to sit through an Islamic Friday prayer service. 
Today the Imam shared this verse:

“Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he is not able, then with his tongue; and if he is not able, then with his heart—and that is the weakest of faith.”

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith 49)

To me this goes unfathomably hard and it made me go through some of my notes, and I feel the restored gospel teaches the same message. Just not in such a punchy and compact message: 

Changing evil with your hand:

D&C 58:27-28:

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27 Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;

28 For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward⁠.

I also like the examples of the Saviour clearing the temple of money changers, and Moroni raising the standard of liberty and moving to cut of the Army of Amalickiah. Nephi beheading Laban is also an example. 

Perhaps a more accurate teaching would be to forcefully prevent an evil, when moved upon by the spirit. 
 

Changing evil with your tongue:

D&C 43:20:

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20 Lift up your voices and spare not. Call upon the nations to repent, both old and young, both bond and free, saying: Prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord;

There are tons of verse which talk about how people should be called to repentance, this is my personal favourite. 
 

Changing evil with your heart:

2 Nephi 4:27-28:

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27 And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh? Yea, why should I give way to temptations⁠, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry because of mine enemy?

28 Awake, my soul! No longer droopin sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

The Imam also went on to discuss a concept I found fascinating, adopting positives aspects from other cultures and abandoning negatives ones from your own to bring your life more in line with the faith. In that spirit, while Islam's claims will never convince me, I have enjoyed using this Hadith as a lense for my study today. 

[Vort]

While at Penn State, my research mate was a very religious man from Saudi Arabia. We became friends, then rather close friends. I don't believe I have known half a dozen people in my lifetime for whom I have had more respect. Because of his example, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for devout religious Muslims. He is now a professor at, I believe, King Saud university. I have not spoken to him in more than three decades, but my affection for him is largely undimmed. I look forward to a reunion and rekindling of our friendship, an event that I suspect will not occur in this lifetime. I may find aspects of his religion problematic, but the man had a heart of gold. In many ways, he demonstrated and perhaps even embodied Christlike behavior.

Edited May 16 by Vort