The Art of Character Building - Dr. Altaf Husain

[abdelbaasit1]

P - purposeful (not purposeless)

P - public (interactions should be public*)

L - limited (interactions must be limited)

* "public" is of course, in front of many people, etc. But according to Islam, "public" also means, the people around you can practice EGFE [enjoining good & forbidding evil]. So obviously, in the mall, is not considered public according to this definition. In the mall, no one really cares what you do. Hence, this could not count as 'public', islamically.

[dadelboom21]

i disagree. becuz in the mall people do care how u act. even if they dont know what u think or what u have in ur heart. for excample i walk in the mall with my niqab on this does afact the people around me in the mall. so public could also mean the people around u where ever u are.

[dadelboom21]

so when people callingme names and scream at me and hating me i can act patciently and good to people and this way teaching other by enjoining good and forbidding evil becuz this was also the way of the prophet in public there are many stories that talk about this. well this is my opinion about this alalhu a3lam