A mindset is about the way you see the world, and what you see your role in the world as being. An important distinction must be understood before we proceed: The Islamic Mindset is not same (always) as Muslim Mindset.
The Islamic Mindset is best explained by the following hadith Qudsi (a hadith in which Allah speaks to the Prophet [saws]) says in part of it:
"...When I love [my servant] I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks..".
This is also complemented by another narration which says, 'if you walk towards Allah, he comes running towards you'. That's what Islam expects from a Muslim - to see the world through Islamic eyes (criteria).
But today, Muslims discuss issues and proceed through life in the absence of this Islamic Mindset, and for this reason, we see that Muslims cannot agree on anything, and often, discussions are an incoherent stew of haphazard ideas that typically break down.Therefore, our focus should be towards working to build this Islamic mindset and frame of thinking. Once the correct Islamic mindset is established among Muslims, we will see this manifested in their personality, their actions, their outlook, their behaviour, and the manner in which they discuss issues. This is by no means an easy task, and it requires understanding what constitutes the correct Islamic mindset, the factors that led to the deterioration of this mindset, the obstacles that currently stand in front of rebuilding this mindset, and key ideas that we need to clarify in order to reconstruct this mindset once more.
