Abdullah Oduro – Hadith #3 Unity and Ease, The Guiding Principles of Brotherhood

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, in an authentic hadith on the authority of a border Radi
Allahu Anhu narrated the Prophet sallallahu sallam said yes it will will lead to acetyl Abbas Judo
with a tuna Pharaoh or fatawa with Khalifa. He said make things easy and do not make things
difficult, give glad tidings and do not repel people cooperate with each other and do not become
divided. The province of Allah Allah wa salam, and this hadith is a Behati. And it's for him Insha
Allah, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said three things, but gave three forms of advice.
And I want to mention three particular points off of this hadith and these are forms of advice. The
		

			first of them is having the intention of unity.
		

			You know, men were competitive, you will find that we will be you know, we're competitive by nature,
whether we're playing sports, or it's an academic invent endeavor, and mathematics or robotics, or
history or business, whatever it is, there's a level of competition which is natural for the man and
which is not misogynistic. It's not wrong. It's not inherently oppressive. Rather, it is something
that Allah has given us for means of protection and provision, and procreation, even, we're Allah
subhanho wa Taala has given us this quality of competition. But the problem is, is when that
competition can lead to arrogance and belittlement of people, but the Muslim because of the Oneness
		

			of Allah and the the institution of the fraternity between human beings in general for humankind,
but particularly those of Muslims that recognize Allah subhanho wa Taala has no partners that they
recognize a God is not like the human being, that he is a creator. All the beautiful names and
attributes that we learn in that we encounter and experience and hopefully articulate to others is
that we should not want to be divided, that we should want to come together. And the shitty the deen
of Islam takes all means, in doing that, whether it's smiling in the face of your brother, not
backbiting him, not lying against him. These are manly characteristics and standards that when
		

			you're amongst men, you don't want to be someone that you know, gossips a lot or speaks badly about
somebody because they have better physical ability than you or are more intelligent, or are more
savvy, or a more artistic, whatever it is. You want that ultimate initial, in the beginning that
intention of unity. As soon as you meet your brother and Islam at the masjid. on the basketball
court, even though you're competing against him, you want to have that intention that s my brother,
and I love him for the sake of Allah. Now, I don't know this cat, I don't know him. And I don't know
if we're gonna get along that with that intention. shaytani can easily creep in. The second point is
		

			where we always remember where we came from. Because the province of Allahu alayhi wa sallam said
		

			Bushido will lead to, but yes, you know, Allah to ask you to make things easy, and to not make
things difficult upon the people. There is a difference between tough love and just being a tyrant.
It's tough love, the person knows that you love him, the person knows you love him. So if you're
older for your younger brother, and you want to show him how to, you know, drive, or you're teaching
them how to work out, and you make them to that last rep and he's crying, or you're the one that's
crying, and you wonder, you know, does he really liked me? Does he love me Subhanallah it's
important for the teacher, that's the man when teaching young men how to be men, that you show times
		

			of love that you congratulate them, but at the same time you lay the sledgehammer down when needed.
But it's important that you have both sides that you have the goodness, the ease, because you should
remember where you came from, where you started, when you remember the person that was hard on you,
hopefully it was your father, your uncle, your grandfather, your coach, your teacher, your neighbor,
your mentor, the one that took you from one stage to another, and it seemed like he was hard. But
you look back now and you say, well, those were life lessons that we're taught, never forget where
you came from, when the Prophet salallahu idea was salam was saying, give glad tidings and do not
		

			repel people. Because those people that you're calling to good, those youth that you're calling to
good part of your masculinity. As a college student that's looking at these young middle schoolers.
Remember, you were once there, when you remember that trading, put your mind and your mentality into
their mentality. And that will make your teaching, your guidance, your mentorship much more dynamic
and much more conducive and instrumental to their masculinity and development. Third point is
looking at the bigger picture instead of the emotion emotionally reacting of impulse. When the
prophets of Allah Allah wa salam said, cooperate with each other and don't become divided. Usually
		

			what causes a division
		

			is an opinion opinion that I may have. That may be a valid opinion for division. But as men, we
should ultimately seek to work together because that's what makes us stronger, and particularly as
Muslim men looking to work together because that's what will make us look more unified, particularly
in areas where there may not be a lot of Muslims, and you're misunderstood for being missed.
		

			Sergeant mystic, barbaric, oppressive, particularly to women backwards in society, right when they
see that you're strong, you have self control, and it's for someone greater than you, and greater
than all of creation. That is something that is much more impactful to where you don't react
quickly. When you're playing on the basketball court. Your name is Muhammad or Achmed. And they may
know you as a Muslim, they may call you a terrorist, they may call you a tyrant. You don't react
emotionally, and just want to fight. You know, not to say that there's not room for fighting, if
someone crosses your space, and they try to violate you. But in the beginning, you don't respond.
		

			You don't respond, then you address them say, Look, you know that you know, you probably want to
stop, we don't want to continue, it's just going to it's going to result in something that's not
good for the both of us. You don't react emotionally. You react logically you think, where is this
going to lead me in regards to due to division of the brothers? Where's it going to lead me as a man
when I get married, and I react off of impulse? So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was
giving this advice actually, to two companions when he was telling them to go and give Dawa and call
people to Islam. He gave them these guidelines that you are looked at as a representative and in
		

			some cases a leader, you inshallah young man or man you are or will be a leader don't react off of
impulse, think of the bigger picture and that's what's needed for you to be a Masterman Batticaloa
Fico. May Allah bless you all, and make you those that work off of intellect and that understand the
bigger picture in life. What's going on? Why they come to LA? Hey, we're gonna get to