TEAM SPIRIT
All of us are servants of Allah.
All are born good. All are equal but sometimes Satan creates doubts in our hearts. He tempts us away from goodness. He wants to make us weak.
Satan thinks the best way to make us weak is to break our friendships and relationships with our companions. So, he creates differences between friends, relatives and neighbours. Satan tries to destroy our unity in two ways. Sometimes, he makes people fight. Sometimes, he makes people disobey their elders or leaders. Sometimes, Satan makes the members of an organisation break the discipline to weaken that organization. But, he tries most to break the unity of husband and wife and to break families because the family is the base of society. That is the easiest way to break us.
If we are on guard, Satan cannot succeed in breaking us. He cannot destroy our unity if we are alert. Unity is the secret of success. Listen to this wonderful story. Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) and the Muslims marched to Makkah. There were 10,000 Muslims in the army. It was night-time. They camped outside Makkah. The darkness gathered around them.
Usually, 8 or 10 people would sit around a camp-fire in groups to warm themselves in the cold night-time. But, that night, the Prophet(S.A.W) ordered that each soldier should light a separate fire for himself and only one man should sit by one fire. All the men obeyed. Now, there were 10,000 campfires burning there. The Makkans saw this from far and were really frightened. They thought that there must be at least 10 men around each fire and it must be a very large army. So, they surrendered to the Prophet (S.A.W.) without fighting. In this way, bloodshed and a battle was avoided.
The Prophet’s (S.A.W.) men had team-spirit and unity. They did not fight with each other. They cooperated with each other. 10,000 men obeyed the Prophet (S.A.W.) like one man and won the day. The common thing which held them together was love for Allah and the Prophet (S.A.W.). Do you see the good results of team-spirit? It can move mountains.
So, have team-spirit in your family, community, nation and wherever you are. Unity and team-spirit will work wonders in your life and in the community too. It will keep you happy and cheerful. There will be love and happiness between you and all the people around you.
The best thing about team-spirit is that it makes you and your community strong. All of you must have heard the saying ‘United we stand, divided we fall’.
Now, shall I tell you how to create team-spirit? The best way to create team-spirit and unity is to replace the word “I” with the word “US”. This means that you must not think of yourself alone but you must think of all members, friends, family, group etc… together with yourself. This means that you should all hold on together to Allah’s love and work together.
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