Way to correct others

Hadhrat Hakim la-Umma hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,

“Ponder prior to correcting a fellow Muslim that if my child had been in this situarion how would I deal with him.  Then adpot the same demeanor in delaing with this fellow Muslim that you would have used for your child.”

al-Rafeeq fi sawa e tariq, Malfoozat e Hakim al-Umma, volume 27-28, page 13