The Living Dead

It is said:

اتباع التقاليد لا يعني أن الأموات أحياء، بل أن الأحياء أموات.
“Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn’t mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead.”

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Only a dead fish goes with flow …

We should raise a generation of thinkers, not parrots.

Don’t be a sheep, don’t be on auto-pilot, going along with everything you hear, without thinking.

The Qur’an says:
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولً
“Do not follow blindly what you do not know to be true: ears, eyes, and heart, you will be questioned about all these.” [17:36].