"Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation." -Umar Al Khattab

I read this in someone's info and found myself deeply appreciating it. I have not only judged people in the past, but so has everyone else. I mean its natural instinct for man to base his feelings of someone from his own assumptions.

It's my pet peeve, really- when people are quick to assume and leave no room to clear up the misconceptions. I've done it myself. And as cliched as it sounds, I have made quite a fool of myself. Astaghfirullah.

I hope it's possible that through this post, people can recognize possible assumptions they have made of me based on what they hear of me or judge me on, but never cared to get to know me; for those who had the chance to get to know me really well, but have misunderstood me. If this post could just buy me a clean slate and all past judgement be wiped from the minds of every man. I just hope.