Abdullah Hakeem – Khutbah Western Grammar School – Modesty

			Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah who Nakamoto one has the you know who want to study he wants to stole
Pharaoh when are always will be learning me to shoot all the unforeseen. Wamena say yeah Dr. Molina
Mejia happy healer who follow mobila When are you please follow the Ala Wai shadow Allah Allah
illallah wa sallahu luxury color. Wash her to Anna Mohamed and Abdullah Hora solo fire you will
mostly moon it took Allah. Also you can wanna see oh well I'm beta co Allah. So for the first phone
call Allahu Allah Allah. Yeah, you have ladina Manu, it took Allahu Akbar to call it wala tamo tuna
in LA one to musli Moon will call Allah Who terracotta Allah. Yeah, you Hallerin I'm an otaku. La ha
		

			ha Hawa Kulu colon said either use LeFleur como la calm, while Phil hola como zone obaku Wilma, Utah
Isla Hawa Rasool Sakata says 1000 Azeema rubbish rally psaltery wire Siddeley Emery wash Lulu Rocco
data melissani of the Holy Mother.
		

			All praise is due to Allah subhanho wa taala. We praise Him. We seek His help and we ask for his
forgiveness. We thank Allah subhanahu wa taala for allowing us all to be gathered here today for
solar to Jumeirah. This is a great Niyama a great blessing from Allah subhanahu wa Tada and I ask
Allah subhanahu wa taala to bless each and every one of us. And I ask Allah subhanahu wa taala to
gather us like we are gathered here but in Jannah to further those mean.
		

			This week, we have been speaking about modesty and higher.
		

			And we've been speaking about many is of the Quran and Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam about modesty. We spoke about modesty in speech. We spoke about modesty in action. And we
spoke about modesty in our appearance. And we know that modesty is a massive part of being a Muslim.
It is one of the distinct characteristics of Islam to be a modest Muslim. And we went through a
Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, where he says, In Alico, Lithuanian, hula hula
called Islam, I'll hire that verily, every distinct, every religion has its distinct character, and
the character of Islam is modesty. Now, we know this is a big part of our faith.
		

			But we are in a dilemma. We are growing up in a society where there is not much modesty that we can
physically see, we don't see a lot of modesty that could help us uphold that great character of
Islam.
		

			And a lot of the times, when we look around us, it doesn't have to be necessarily what's physically
around you, but also what you look up on social media, the trends that are happening today, the
influences that come online, who influenced us to think a certain way.
		

			And because of that distraction, many of the Muslims are not understanding what modesty is anymore.
And there are so many different examples that we can look into. For example, if you look at the
styles of a boy or a male and how they are supposed to be, if you look at what the trends are of
today, when you look at how they act in front of other people, what they perceive as normal, may be
perceived in Islam as something inappropriate. For example, the styles of their hair, their
clothing, their tattoos that they are exposing, in front of other people, the pride of having a lot
of muscles and showing it out not saying it's wrong to have them. It's actually encouraged, but the
		

			point of showing off in front of others with those intentions. Those are the trends that are
happening today. At the same time amongst the boys, amongst the males, they're trained of acting
like females acting like women, those are also some of the things that are happening that are now
perceived as something normal. So these are the things that is happening and society they are
influencing us to think like this. At the same time we have our girls or women, they are growing up
in a society where wearing the hijab, maybe
		

			Enough, something not normal, something weird when they are covered up when they are wearing loose
clothing as something that is strange, the encouragement online or in the society to wear tight
fitting clothing to expose most of the body, don't worry if you're around the men, everyone's
normal, it's okay to sing and dance in public, to follow certain trends that are online and
challenges that they are challenging our mind to change our perception. And they say it's to become
free. It's to become free from that trapped world that you live in. That is what the society is
trying to do. And it has a massive negative impact on us, our children, our Muslim, who are trying
		

			to grow up and uphold the deen of Allah subhanho wa taala. So when you see a Muslim so if we look
today, in this school, when you see the boys wearing what they're wearing, covering the hour of
having respect to people around them, not raising the voice in front of elders, for that respect,
having a haircut that is Islamically appropriate. And if you look at the girls wearing the hijab,
wearing something that is covered and is loose, the question is why do we do this? What is the point
of this? And how can we have the love of our modesty in our heart? Because that's the challenge.
Because you may be asked to wear what you're wearing. You may be asked to act a certain way. You may
		

			be asked to speak a certain way. But you may not understand why. That's not normal in the society.
So what do we need to change? We need to change what's in our heart. We need to fix what's in our
heart. We need to fix what's in our mind, then and only then will you accept to become a modest
Muslim, a righteous Muslim. Allah subhanahu wa taala in the Quran, he says, Yeah, Danny identify the
Ansel na alaykum Lieberson you worry so article Mauritia will leave us with Taqwa Lehigh Valley come
in at law Hill. I love him. Yes, that karoun Allah subhanahu wa taala. He says, Oh Children of Adam,
meeting all of us. We are the children of Adam. We have bestowed upon you we have given you
		

			clothing, to conceal to cover up your private areas and as an adornment for you. But the clothing of
Taqwa the clothing of righteousness, that is the best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps
you will remember the think of this verse, Allah Tala says that the clothing of Dakhla as a
metaphor, that is the best for you.
		

			So we need to fix our heart first connect with Allah to Allah have that tequila and once we have the
tequila, we would love to act in accordance to Islam. That's what we need to fix our relationship
with Allah subhanho wa taala. Once that is fixed, Inshallah, you will see great wonders in your
life. And you will be content and happy with what you're doing, and you will not feel weird in front
of others. Rather, you will feel proud to be a Muslim, and to show your identity. I want to share
with you a story of a sister. And the story I heard as I was watching certain clips online, and she
gave the story, a beautiful story. Her name is kalila. If you want you can you can YouTube her you
		

			will find her story. She said it's a story of her coming into Islam. And it's such a beautiful
story. She said that I grew up she grew up in the UK. She's from the UK. And she said that, you
know, she was from a Jewish background, but her parents were not that religious. So they were
growing up doing certain things that were against the teachings of Judaism. And she said that when I
was a young teenager, I became a rebel in front of my parents. I started doing things that my
parents didn't really want me to do. Not for religious reasons, but just it wasn't morally correct.
See, she she said that I became my party girl. I would go out and I would go to parties, I would go
		

			to clubs, I will do all of those things. And at the same time, she thought school will not help me.
She said school is not going to help me so she left school altogether. The parents were not very
happy. And she said I'll try to find a curry that will help me in the things that I'm I am best in I
love doing. So she loves to party. She loves to dance, she loves to sing. So she decided to become a
performer and she wants to go through that path. She said while I was doing that I found that people
started to respect me because of what
		

			I was doing for the own desires. She said that I would go up to stage, I will dance I would sing,
and the inappropriate clothing that I would wear, that is what attracted people to come. And they
would pay for that. And I would start getting an income, I will start getting money. So she said, I
started to join up with other performance, performance and other other artists and I would do that
on a stage on a proper stage and proper place. So she said he became my career. But Subhanallah she
said, while we were doing that, a friend of mine became a Muslim. And she said, I never expected
that to happen. And that friend of hers was giving her dower a lot, a lot of the times it was giving
		

			her Dawa, and she said, Man, I'm not gonna become a Muslim, no way. But that dour, continue and
continue and continue. There was a time she said that my friend said to me, that Allah God that we
believe in, He is the Most Merciful, He is the most forgiving, and he is the most loving. And she
said, I started to think God being the most forgiving God being the most loving God being the most
merciful. She said, if I did something that was against the desires of people, no one will forgive
me. Everyone will start hating me. Everyone will start talking behind my back, everyone will start
posting negative things online about me, right? But she said, I started to think God, Allah, Most
		

			forgiving, he will forgive me, he will be mercies merciful towards me, and he loves me. And she
said, I started to think about it, that because God is greater than anything. And then she said that
there was a time I used to carry little stones. They she used to call it Lucky Charms, and she would
carry it with her. And she said that I would think that that brought me some type of protection, and
so on and so forth. She said, My Muslim friend used to tell me it is only God that protects you,
those stones don't protect you. SubhanAllah. So she said at a time came where I was with my friend
and prayer time came. So she said, My friend was praying in front of me, and I was behind her. She
		

			said, I saw my friend praying, going into the quarrel going into the job. She said, all I did, I put
my hands together, and I looked up into the sky. And she said, God, Islam is a true religion guide
me. If it is a true religion guidance. She said that night I had a dream. And in that dream, she
said it was the day of judgment. And all of the Muslims were together, in a jail in prison. The
Muslims were in jail in a prison together. And she said I was with them. And in the dream, I was a
Muslim. And she said that we saw this massive fence with a gate. And the other side of the gate was
freedom. And they were gods. They were gods watching the Muslims that they don't escape from that
		

			prison. She said that, you know, a time came where we disguised ourselves and we wanted to go out
towards the gate towards freedom. So she said, we went as a group to hide, and one of the people
that were with us, they said, Allahu Akbar, they said loudly, Allahu Akbar. And she said, that's it.
I'll cover is blown. We're gonna die. And subhanAllah she said, there was a God who shot at us,
right? No, a cover was blown. They shot at us. And she said, I saw that bullet coming in, in slow
motion. And then she said, Yeah, Allah, you're the only one that can protect us. That bullet came,
turned and it went away. And she said, A gust of wind came and took us up above the wall, and we
		

			were free. She said, That was a dream I had. And that's because of that sincerity. And she said,
when I came out of that workup, I told my friend and immediately I said, I want to become a Muslim.
So she said, they went to the local masjid. And she became a Muslim. Slowly, slowly, she changed her
life around, she started to pray, fasting, so on and so forth, cutting the story short, I would
encourage you to listen to her story. And subhanAllah time came where she started to cover up
wearing the hijab, she went to the extent of even worrying on your call. And in that story, she
basically mentioned an amazing thing. She said that her aunt, her aunt, who was a non Muslim, she
		

			said her aunt saw me wearing the niqab, wearing the hijab, and she said to me, Do not come near me
if that's what you're wearing. Do not come near me if that's what you're wearing. I don't want to
see you. So she said, subhanAllah I felt like I was in prison when I had to satisfy people with my
dress and appearance. But now I feel free because I know this will satisfy my Creator. Now she feels
free. She went through that journey. So that connection with Allah made her feel free and be happy
Subhanallah because of what
		

			She was wearing so that was a very inspirational story inshallah now will continue in my next
Kobelco holy Heather was Dr. de la vie money we're looking for stone Pharaoh in the who who will
have a full ride
		

			in Alhamdulillah, WA salatu salam ala Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam at the
Sleeman Kathira a Madonna.
		

			See, the point of that story that you just heard was to enlighten us and to show us that when you
are connected with Allah to Allah, nothing else matters. You will follow his teachings, you will
understand why Allah Tala wants me to act in a certain way, why he wants me to speak in a certain
way, why he wants me to dress and look in a certain way. There is no more pleasing others. Why do
people dress in a manner that they feel because they start thinking that person will be happy with
me, that person will be attracted towards me, that person will say this about me, we start thinking
about others. And we forget about Allah to Allah, and what Allah Tala requires from us, because
		

			that's what we need to fix what is in our heart, our connection with Allah subhanho wa taala. And
you know, a person who is driving a car, a person who's driving a car, he is required to wear a
seatbelt, even though he might be the greatest driver, and he is responsible for all of the
passengers to wear the seatbelt. And if he is pulled over by a cop, a police officer, and his
passengers are not wearing seatbelts or himself. The police officer will give the driver the fine,
not the passengers, the driver the fine because he is responsible for making sure he was seated. He
can argue and say I wasn't in a in a car crash. I didn't crash my car, no one hit me. But the police
		

			officer says that's the law. You need to wear a seatbelt to protect yourself and others. And he
might argue and say well, they're not wearing a seatbelt. How is that my fault? The officer will say
what, but they're in your car, they're in your car and you're responsible to make sure they wear a
seatbelt. Likewise, boys and girls Brothers Sisters, we are responsible for each other. We are
responsible for each other. We need to make sure that we are acting in a way that Allah is pleased
with us. We are speaking in a way Allah is pleased with us. And our appearance is in a way that
Allah Tala is pleased with us. And it is our responsibility to show or share that with others and
		

			encourage others to do the same. Because Allah Tala will ask him question us, especially those who
are in charge, like fathers like mothers, parents, in general teachers, heads of schools and heads
of mosques. They will be asked about Allah Tala it was your responsibility. Did you make that
effort? Did you tell others about it, otherwise we will be fined by Allah to Allah will be punished
by Allah subhanahu wa taala. So to bring that love with Allah, that connection with Allah, and to
know that Allah is merciful, and He is the one that we should be pleasing and nobody else that
should be enough for us to change ourselves in sha Allah Who Tada Just remember one thing and I will
		

			end this off to Hadith. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said, A dunya Fijian will mean
virgin, natural cashew, he said that this dunya is a prison for the believers for the Muslim and it
is a paradise for the disbelievers. Right so you might see all of these people around you on social
media being so happy. But that lady that we spoke about Halina, she also said and I quote, when the
lights are turned off and the cameras are put away, people were living in darkness and they were
unsatisfied and not happy. You may think of it that they are happy but they're not they go through
depression, because there's nothing else to look forward to. There's no Astra for them to look
		

			forward to. We have an Astra to look forward to. So for us, you may be restricted in certain things.
But remember, Allah Allah is going to give us much more in the era and I will also like to end off
with a Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam where he said, Better Islam or even worse,
I was rude to her even for Uber la hora. He said that Islam came as something strange. You know,
when the Prophet SAW Selim was giving Dawa and how the Quraysh found it so strange. Islam came as
something strange, and he will leave as something strange but he said for all ballyhoura give glad
tidings to the strangers become a stranger. become someone who only do only those things to please
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala even though you may be the only one. So next time, when you are with your
friends, who may not be acting in an appropriate manner, you become that person that can shine that
light in front of others. You may look strange, but you are indirectly giving that dollar to
everyone else we ask Allah subhanahu wa taala to bless all of us
		

			We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to forgive all of our sins, we ask Allah to Allah to make us a
righteous Muslim, to make us modest Muslims to make us Muslims who say La ilaha illAllah Muhammad
Rasool Allah al enter genital for DOS, we ask Allah subhanahu wa taala to bless us to grant us the
highest of paradise. And in sha Allah We ask Allah to Allah for all of those Muslims who are
suffering around the world to help them to get them out of that suffering and to give them to give
them ease and to give them to give them Jana tool for those about Allah in Allahu wa Mala Ekata who
is alone Allah Nabhi Yeah, you have Latina M and will solo alayhi wa sallam with a Selena Allahumma
		

			Salli ala Muhammad wa ala Ali Muhammad can also later Allah Ibrahim Ibrahim well barik ala Muhammad
wa ala Ali Mohammed thermadata Allah Ibrahim while early Ibrahima Filomena indica Homido Majid
Robina Tina dunya Hassan Wolfie la sera Hasina working harder but now Robin Allah to the Apollo
banaba it had a turner will help Lana Milan garrafa in the country where herb Allahu mo fildena yara
Bella Alameen Allahu mo Finland our Hannah WallyWorld lady in our home camera by Jana Sahara will
join me as a Muslim in our Muslim as well meaning in our minute we are Hermetica you Attica or
hamara Haman arriba de la ilaha middleby Loudly Wilkerson will either even quarterback while you're
		

			in her annual fracture he was going to carry well belly Your eyes will come la la come to the Quran
for the Quran you have to come wash Buruli wala taco, please stand up. Make yourself