SECOND REMINDER. Yaumul Ahad, 29th day of RAJAB (Sunday, 15th April). RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN ISLAM. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first reminder; When the pagan Arabs reacted to the message of the Prophet with extreme hatred he showed love and kindness. The following examples from the life of the Prophet show us how we should react when faced with hatred. We can see one of the most patient and tolerant aspects of the Prophet's character in the incident of an old woman who made a habit of throwing trash in the way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam whenever he passed by her house. The story related about this incident, mentions a neighbor of the Prophet that tried her best to irritate him by throwing garbage in his way every day. One day, when he walked out of his home there was no garbage. This made the Prophet inquire about the old woman and he came to know that she was sick. The Prophet went to visit her to offer any assistance she might need. The old woman was extremely humbled and at the same time ashamed of her actions in light of the concern that the Prophet showed her. By seeing the example of compassion of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, she became convinced that Islam must be a true religion that the Prophet was preaching and became a Muslim. The Islamic scholar Imam Ghazali (1058 - 1111 C.E.) summarizes the information he collected in the hadith regarding our Prophet's compassionate attitude to all those around him as follows: "He was far from knowing anger and quickly showed compassion for things. He was the most loving of men toward other people. He was the most auspicious of men and did the most good to others, and the most useful and beneficial to others."  The Quran says that Prophet was sent as mercy to humankind. If we are to honor the Prophet, it will be by adopting the sublime character of our Prophet and not through the emotions of anger and hate. This reminder is in response to how some Muslims are reacting towards the wrong suggestion by a Government Minister of Ghana suggesting our Athan or call to prayer Should be replaced with text messages/ WhatsApp messages etc to call others to prayers. I will share my concerns to that in the 3rd reminder but wanted you all to read about the teachings of Islam and character of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam first before sharing my point. "May ALLAH keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.