"Omrow" wrote:

How can one like the preaching when one does not like the preacher ?

If you don't like the Messenger, you won't listen to the Message.

Good point.

Severity and harshness are character traits that people are unable to tolerate which bears heavily on the soul…it drives people away no matter how numerous the virtues of the severe and harsh hearted one may be…even if the preacher is speaking Haq.

p.s did you know that Sufi’s say that “The flatterer is a person's worst enemy?”

I’m sure a simple “I agree” can also get the job done.