40-40 – What is most important! #05

Rahmani Raheem hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa sallahu wa sallam Allah say that are willing will occur in the Vienna Mohammedan rather Allah He was happy women that are be that what he was standing ob Sunda de la Yomi Diem was seldom to Sleeman kathira My bad. Oh praise the due to Allah, Lord of the worlds and Peace and blessings and salutations, be upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad, the master of the first and the last, his companions and on his family and all those who call to his way and establish his Sunnah to the Day of Judgment, my beloved brothers and sisters, to our viewers, our friends, salaam Alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillah, we thank Allah subhanaw taala for another opportunity to reflect upon His mercy, His mercy to creation, in sending the last message out Qur'an and sending a messenger, Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him, the one who served as beiyang as a guide, as a clear evidence of the last revelation.

And that mercy extended around the world quickly within 100 years. It reached the four corners of the earth. It continued on and it traveled through ethnic groups and civilizations and societies. It was it withstood challenges on slots coming into the Muslim world,

it was able to continue, it was able to affect the lives in the minds of billions of people throughout the ages. And now in the 21st century, we find ourself in a very awkward type of situation. And that is that the Muslim world having such great potential

has reached the point of being over 26% of the earth's population. But even though this potential is there, the majority of Muslims are young people, our country's ally in strategic positions, much of the natural resources of the world, the gold and oil and the different minerals lie beneath Muslim lands.

We have a great history. We have 1000s of books written by scholars.

The book itself, the revelation I'll call n

is in its original form.

And that is different than the other books that came before that at one point, where pure revolution, Revelation, and then after time and loss and the introduction of human concepts, they will not be original sources. Alhamdulillah the Quran is still with us. The authenticated sayings of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, is still with us His life was documented and understood more than any other individual in history.

With this potential,

with the youth with the resources with large armies

with strategic position, Islamophobia is on the rise. The illogical fear and hatred of Islam and the Crusader like attack is continuing in the Muslim world. And it is becoming more open and more brazen as time goes by.

In China, the Uighur Muslims, what was known as East Turkestan are suffering in this Xinjiang province. Over a million of the weekers have been put into concentration camps that are called re education centers. This is something which should shock the world. The armadas, the armies of the world should turn toward China to release these people.

How many countries in the world can a person in a religion be persecuted like this? families broken up the core and being desecrated? masjids ruined population being ethnically cleansed and yet very few are speaking openly about it.

Just recently another attack has come in Palestine and muscle relaxer. This is the third of the great harems of Islam was the first pillar.

It is an extremely important place for the whole Muslim world. And yet in the month of Ramadan, right near the end, people who are fasting just about to break

First, the masjid was desecrated by Zionist military forces coming in beating and maiming

and shooting.

At the time of Ramadan, this is an outrage. And people of all religions, the religious leaders of all faiths understand this. This is an outrage. But yet, very few of the governments or the main powerful so called powerful material people in the world are speaking out about this. The Rohingya Muslims have been moved from Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar, to an island. Kashmir is still in lockdown. Muslims all over the planet are feeling tension, serious tension, although we have this great potential, something is wrong. Something on the inside is wrong. The orientation, our orientation toward our faith, our orientation toward the Quran, towards the Sunnah toward what Allah has blessed

us need to change. There has been too much emphasis on outward Islam.

Beautiful masjids I tuned in recently, to Medina live. And the camera was just showing the building, the beautiful architecture, the beautiful lamps, the rugs, the material things, as though that is the essence of Medina, when you look at the life of Prophet Muhammad SAW seldom, he was a very humble place. No beautiful rugs on the ground. No beautiful lamps. A very simple structure, but the faith was the beauty.

The man, it was the tequila, it was the love. It was the Brotherhood that was the beauty of this structure. And so the outward Islam,

judging a person based upon their color, judging a person based upon their material things, this has to change. Because Islam without substance is not going to solve our problems. It's not going to deal with this serious challenge that we are facing. And we are crying for help crying for change. has time is going by. And Allah told us clearly in Serato route, and Allahu Allah, you ready Roby Coleman? What are you ready Roma be unforeseen. Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change that which is in themselves.

And so how to bring about this change. How in the 21st century, in a practical way, can we begin to face the real issues on the ground with prophetic guidance. And so, after many years in the field, 40 Hadith, of Islamic revival were developed. This is not a mama novel was 40 Hadith. It takes the structure of the 40 had these are removed, no we but the content itself is based upon the reality of Muslims. Today, in the light of the revelation coming to Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon

it begins and starts to develop a methodology. So out of this is a men hedge. It is a system for change, a system for reviving Islam, for putting life back into the institutions. The Muslim world has the beautiful structures, beautiful masjids all over the world in the strangest places in Moscow. Russia is one of the most beautiful mustards and we're in Colombia. In South America, you would not expect this in Brazil. In far off places, you would not expect beautiful masters but it's there. But these are only bricks and mortar. These are to a certain extent, like Mazel, Liam's, the essence of the masjid is something else. And so, Hadith number four.

And within our text, Abu huraira radula one reports, that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam once said, in the law Allah young guru Ella and Sammy como la isla, so when he come while I can yondu delay to lubicon for our medical ones.

The private cell sanlam was important to have said Verily Allah does not look at your bodies.

Nor at your appearances, but he looks at your hearts and your deeds. This is another beautiful example of jameela Kalam, this ability that the Prophet peace be upon him had to say so much with a few words. And it shows us what is really important

that the essence of what is Allah subhanaw taala is judging us by and what we should be emphasizing in our life is not the outward path.

And yes, the outward part plays a role in describing an individual, but it is not the essence of that individual. Too much emphasis has been placed upon the beard placed upon the face veil, on the size of the turban on the size of the cap.

And a simple, humble Muslim once said,

so much emphasis on beards and, and dogs but doesn't the Pope of the Catholic Church, he has beautiful robes.

He has beautiful sewing done on his silk, but yet he's the leader of the Catholic Church of trinitarians. So much emphasis on the beard, but Fidel Castro, the leader of communist Cuba, had a beautiful beard, all of his life he cultured that beard,

but yet he was the leader of a godless movement. And so

the Hadith shows us that Allah is not looking at our bodies, not looking at our shapes, our appearances, whether you're tall, whether you're short, whether you're light skin, whether you're dark skin,

whether your clothes are made from the best fabrics, whether your coffee is tall,

whether your beard as long, Allah is not looking at that, but Allah is looking at our hearts and our deeds. And it's interesting that the heart is placed first,

because the heart and kulu singular is Kolb

and that is the conscience that is in a sense, the door to the soul.

It is the root of our feelings.

The root of our decision making. That is the heart so the order within says first your hearts

and on occasion when the prophet SAW seldom was was approached, a man said, Give me some advice. And he told him clearly his stuff the callback, ask your heart.

So the lump of flesh in our body is connected to our conscience

and that conscience, those feelings, the emotions

is what helps us to make the decisions in our life.

Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him with line up to believers and told them shoulder to shoulder so your hearts will not be divided.

And that is not just physical heart. But it is the essence it is the conscience of the believers. It is the feelings it is how we approach issues. And so Allah does not look at your physical appearance, not emphasizing this, but your heart and then your deeds. And this is really crucial as well. Because your deeds

is the action and that is what is coming out of

your intentions

and your feelings. And so the attention is not enough. And we see today it is not enough and Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him showed us when we are confronting evil like the evil that is around us he told us when Rahman C'mon Curran for yoga Yahoo. Brd whoever sees evil change it with his hands. Real dumb yesterday here for Billy Sadie. And if he cannot do that, then change it with his tongue.

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Fabi Toby was alika Davina. If he can't do that, then change it in his heart or feel it inside of himself. But that is the weakest form of faith. Look at the levels of this now in confronting evil

The first is direct action.

And if we can take direct action, we take it. If we cannot do this, if we don't have the ability to be able to take the direct action, then at least we should change it or try to change it with our tongue. And that means to say something, to write something,

to go on and demonstrate if you have to, to go to your political leaders, to make it known not to be silent, when Muslims are suffering, not to be silenced, when motional upset, is under attack.

put something out there.

I mean, Muslims out there are so many Muslims in the world,

that if we were even just to spit, it would drown some of our enemies.

And the last level, if you cannot change it with your hands or feet, or your tongue, by putting out information, then at least feel it inside. Recognize inside yourself that this is wrong.

But remember what the prophet SAW Selim said, this is the weakest form of faith. And yes, there is still some faith that is left. But when that goes out of the heart of the individual,

when the Muslims just look at what is happening is Oh, that's the world. That's the 21st century.

What can we do?

That feeling that that comes out of a believer, that means faith is gone as well? There is no more he man left inside of that individual.

And so we recognize the importance of the internal Muslim

and Allah tells us in Allah Allah you're very Roma be Coleman, what are you a Roma be and foreseer Allah will not change

the condition of a people until they change that which is in themself What are you Hey, you might be unforeseen.

We will have not gotten into this situation if we didn't change something in our hearts. This is how some people look at this is 02 Rogerson

we changed our hearts. tribalism came in racism came in

bacterial ism came in.

And then and then a lot changed conditions. But the other way which comes out of that as well is that when we are in crisis, and when we are calling out to Allah subhanaw taala. And we want a lot to change. And especially this month that we are starting this series in is in the month of Ramadan. We are going into the 27th night. And so we are praying to Allah subhanaw taala we are crying for change, crying for political change, economic change, for social change, for this oppression to be lifted off us. But we have to make a move. We have to start to face the demons inside of ourself. And you can't blame it on the outside forces. Because the outside forces Sheltie No, it's

they will do what they do.

But what are we doing as a reaction to this? How are we changing what is inside of us the negative perceptions of the world the feelings of tribalism, superiority over other people because of ethnicity or tribe, the feeling of racism, superiority over another person because of a race, because of race because of the color of the skin.

That has to change. The Muslim now world now as we have heard in the previous Hadeeth.

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They are like the foam on the water being pushed to the right being pushed to the left. Something is wrong and the prophet SAW Selim said and we learned this in the hadith of Tobin that something is missing. And something that comes into the person who have been dunya Wakata here to mote. It is the love of the dunya the love of the life of this world and the fear and the hatred, to make transition and to die.

The fear of meeting Allah subhanaw taala when that concept comes in, when that outlook on the world comes in, then the individual is a material based person

and the material forces of the world that have more

Strength, that have more wealth, that have more communications power, appear to be overwhelming.

But when the next life is involved, when the transition is there when the concept in the mind of the individual is not stuck in this world, but it is connected to the next world, really realizing that there is a power above all of us, realizing there is a place that we are on our way to go to, when this is there, and understanding the justice of Allah subhanaw taala

then, the balance comes in the balance understanding

that we are living in the material world, but we ultimately are not of the material world. We are like Mousavi, we are like the traveler, as the province of Southern said, Be like, you know, be like a traveler.

Be like somebody who's just moving through this world, because we are moving through this world and time is moving rapidly. And we're seeing it in the 21st century move so unbelievably fast.

And so the balance is there, through the traditions, the balances there, through understanding our role in this world. as followers of the last prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has those who are carrying the book we're carrying in our minds, carry it in our hearts, when we should realize that the outward appearance of the individual as our Hadith is telling us this is not really what Allah is looking at.

This is not to say that we will now take off our Islamic clothing and show out to the world our private bots. This is not to say that we will shave our beard if we're under a little bit of pressure,

or that we will not appear to be Muslims. Because the Prophet so seldom did said did say meant to shut Bobby Coleman for a woman who, whoever appears like a people is one of them. But it is not the essence. It is not what is most important. What is most important is the hearts and the deeds. And this is where the men hedge starts to come in the man heads of change, the program of change, the systematic movement, that we have to make 40 by 4040 gems that we need to understand before we reach for the and if we're past 40 we need to enrich ourself to get that balance for the rest of our lives.

Allah subhanaw taala has blessed us with some time.

May Allah help us May Allah guide us and in this month of Ramadan, we are beginning this this series in we all accept our prayers and our fasting and lift the oppression of muscle Oxo and the Muslims throughout this world. I pray that Allah would accept our deeds actions help us to purify our hearts and help us to enrich our our deeds with the life of Islam.

May Allah accept us. I leave you with these thoughts. And I ask a lot to have mercy on me and you. So pound Arabica rubber is a tmic foam was Salamone lol mousseline. Well 100 he now he rubbed below the mean, was salam, aleikum wa rahmatullah e or better cat