Abu Taymiyyah – The Role of Muslims in the West Shaykh Mustafa Abu Rayyan
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firstly salam ala aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
Mashallah, it was a good one. I have to admit that was a good
Salam Mashallah. Normally is a bit of a dead one but it was a good
one. Exactly.
Bye for firstly, Welcome brothers and sisters, to this panel
discussion entitled The role of Muslims in the West.
And with me on this panel, we have as you can see, our own chef, Chef
Mustafa O'Brien and the well known and beloved chef
Abu Tamia Have you ever heard one large onion
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welcome all of you and welcome the machete is here come Allah
good dilla I'm enjoying the weather.
Now along stand by hello so we'll head straight into it then
inshallah no icebreaker, anything on the stream. So inshallah
we will start with chef. I will Tamia
why is it important to know the roles of the Muslims in the West.
And in Arab land, Amin or Sunday was salam ala my birthday
Rahmatullah Alameen batho lo che the number shown on one or zero,
but there is liability with Roger monniera. First and foremost, I
just want to thank Greenlee masjid, for extending their noble
invitation to myself to be here today to be part of this panel
discussion that concerns every single one of us and I just want
to thank every single one of you guys as well, for making such a
huge sacrifice. What am I referring to? You guys could have
been sitting at home watching the Euros but you came to sit here in
the house of Allah subhanaw taala in order to benefit So may Allah
azza wa jal bless every single one of you guys, I know how passionate
and our brothers especially are when it comes to football and how
addictive it can be. So to make that sacrifice in order to better
your understanding of Allah subhanho wa Taala as religion is
honestly something that should be commended.
So to get straight into it now my brothers and my sister with
regards to what was the question, sorry?
Why is it important to know the role of the Muslims in the West
play with regards to your role, my brothers and my sisters, first and
foremost, to improve your own lives? If you don't know what
you're doing, my brothers and my sisters, how are you going to
eight? How are you going to be able to have direction with
regards to how you move forward with your own life, and then also
my brothers and my sisters, when you look at contributing to the
betterment of society as a whole, right so that you are able to
build for a better tomorrow. We need to have a plan my brothers
and my sisters. A lot of people ask us all the time with regards
to the day to day lives, those who don't have plans, my brothers and
my sisters who don't know what they are doing. They don't get
anything done. Every single one of us here my brothers and my sisters
has a role to play in society. It's upon us to figure out what is
it exactly that I can contribute to society? When we look at the
companions of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, every
single one of them had a role to play. The messenger sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam wasn't able to convey the message of Allah
subhanho wa Taala to the four corners of the world except
through his companions. Some my brothers and my sisters, they had
the financial capability, right? Somewhere extremely wealthy. Look
at Abu Bakr Radi Allahu Anhu. He gave whatever you had, Earth man,
even our fan, you look at the honorable Barbara the Allah and
Anwar, then you look at Adorama Libya off, and others the Battle
of Tabuk how much they spent of their wealth. Some have the
financial capability, while others don't. I always say to the
brothers, I graduate from the different universities, my
brothers and my sisters. It is not for everyone to stand in front of
the people. Not everybody has the ability to do that. Right? Not
everyone is capable to give that hotbar giving a hotbar is not easy
to lead the Salah is not easy, my brothers and my sisters, right
everyone has a different role to play in society. Some can teach
the people the Quran, some can be a spokesman for the Muslim, right.
And whatever other rows there are, in order for us to be able to
accomplish that which we may not have been able to do throughout
the years. We need to have a plan. Right so like I said, F
Every single one of us here, don't think that you have been
ostracized by the Muslim community, figure out what you can
contribute to the society as a whole. You as a Muslim, what can
you do? Right be someone that is active
is like a lot safer than Habiba. Potamia. And similarly with our
stats me, I don't need to add much with what our Sheikh said, and we
don't have a lot of time and there's a lot of things to cover.
But I just want to reiterate my brothers sisters, by virtue of
having a man and your heart and being someone that says La ilaha
illallah, Muhammad Rasool Allah, and someone that carries the heat,
you have a responsibility on your shoulder. And that responsibility
is an individual obligation to Allah to be a worshiper. And then
you also have an obligation towards wider society starting
from your family, and then it goes all the way to the world. So Allah
Allah, Allah, Allah say about him, Mr. Sadhana que la Rahmatullah
Alameen I have not sent you accept as a mercy to all of mankind, the
burden, and the responsibility falls on his own now, we have to
be that beacon of light, we have to be that mercy, we have to be
the colours to Islam. And that means whether it's giving advice
to your sister, whether that is speaking to your neighbor about
Islam, whether that is coming to the masjid, participating by
donations, whether that is raising awareness on an important issue,
whatever the case may be, like our chef said, you have a role to play
and understand and appreciate the obligation that you cannot just
live a life of meaninglessness when you carry that which is so
important that I just thought he'd
circle my fair
share for you mentioned something about the responsibility or our
responsibility as Muslims and the shift Potamia referred to
education.
Now, how about Islamic education? How, how important is that our
religious education? And how does that relate to the responsibility
that you mentioned Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah.
There is nothing more important and greater for you to educate
yourself on than your deen.
And this is a life long commitment and journey that every single one
of us should be on. Men and women, young and old. Everybody should be
actively learning their Deen, everybody. And we have somehow and
it's very apparent within the Muslim community, we have somehow
treated the learning of the deen as a specialty for a very few
those that deliver the service that about me is of the world
doing the masters and PhDs and
they're doing the job for us. And the rest of us. We don't have to
do anything. And that's not the case of others. That's not the
case. Each one of us has to learn your deen and the thing is, it
doesn't mean that you become a specialist in the field, or
Hadith. Or you learn the intricacies of all the Messiah
already to agree that that's not what we're talking about. But how
much do you know about how you worship Allah? Have you perfected
your Salah? Do you know your daily ADKAR? How much of the Quran Do
you understand when you were praying? tarawih last year how
much of the Imams rotation we understanding? Have you built a
good understanding of the statement of the Prophet Solomon
that pertain to you your role, your job as a husband, as a wife,
as a child, as a person that has a business, there are so many things
that you need to learn to ensure that you are fulfilling your role
and your responsibility correctly. This is extremely important, and
you have to increase your knowledge Allah subhanaw taala sir
to our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam or rob BZ de l Ilma. Oh
Mohammed say Oh my Lord, Increase me in a knowledge that the DUA
that Allah told our Prophet to make was your Allah increase my
knowledge why? Because that ensures you become a better
servant Allah a better worshiper, a better person and a more
contributing person in society. With this realm you can accomplish
so much. And is there any more thank you to Jana? Like the
professor, I'm sending Hadith whoever threads apart or walks a
path to him, it will lead him to Jannah as opposed to dunya when
Allah was speaking to a profitable dunya he said, Don't let the
Madonna I Nicola matar, Naveen, do not crave with your eyes that
which we have given of the dunya to the non believers. So the
balance should be that we should be asking Allah to increase our
knowledge and taking the steps to do so to become better Muslims and
to fulfill our roles, and not so much to dunya seems like that
balance at the moment is not correct. And like I said earlier,
it doesn't mean you're going to become a specialist. And just
because all of us are not going to be relevant, just because all of
us are not going to be relevant and it will not be does not give
us the excuse that we should be Johal right. You should learn
something about religion, improve it inshallah to Allah.
Jacques Mustapha, if I can just add something very, very quickly.
You know, my
brothers and my sisters, Allahu Allah, the Lila Pharaoh, when I
read people's messages on Instagram and other social media
accounts that are suffering,
while ly they're suffering and I always say this to the brothers,
if I didn't take anything away from the 10 years that I studied
abroad other than this one thing, just one thing, it would have been
enough, what is this one thing, the fact that I am able to help
people navigate and maneuver around the problems and the
challenges that they have run themselves into.
When the young people are messaging me and haram
relationships, or they've got themselves in a very difficult
situation, while I sometimes I just stop, and I say to myself,
just a bit of knowledge, or I've prevented the situation. And as
the doctor say, prevention is better than the cure.
Prevention is better than the cure, well lie my instagram or
Pfitzner gram, whatever you on a call it is full with people's
problems. And I show sometimes my little sister, look, this is what
is going to end up happening if you do X, Y and Zed because my
sister now my little sister is at the age where she's going to have
to maneuver around these challenges that she faces as a
teenager. And there's only so much I can do. Right? You can either
choose this path you can choose that path.
But Allah he's so many of the time my brothers and my sisters, a
little bits of knowledge could have prevented them from a lot of
these calamities that they're going through shelter broken
quickly just mentioned this incident I've mentioned time and
time again. You know, my brothers and my sisters. I was one time
messaged by a brother. You know what he said to me that his sister
committed Zina with his cousin. These are two families that are
neighbors to one another. I live here and the family lives next
door. Now the two families are at war with one another
will lie that was one of imagine you and your neighbor are at war
with one another. What kind of life you will live. Right? You
know what the problem is? In out in out in out and sometimes we let
our guard down with regards to this will lie she's just like your
sister will use this term cousin sister. How your cousin says is
your Muharram Are you allowed to be sitting upstairs and watching
Netflix with her? Your cousin's sister she did not do my haram. In
out in out in out wala one Hadith could have prevented this if they
acted upon it when the messiness Allah said er come with the whole
island itself Allah variety Mohamed Salah mo mode beware of
entering upon women. So the message is a lot is was asked
about the brother in law. He said the brother in law his death was
the closest to right the wife of his brother, let alone anyone
else.
And now they had to send the sister away.
They couldn't get them married off together because he's saying that
the cousin is a junkie.
He's not fit to be in a relationship. A bit of knowledge
could have saved a situation I think mentioned in this example
Bob's put things into perspective is relatable, and examples are
many
social
well I wasn't taking anything away from your answer but
Allah Alysha radical love to come Julianne
but
in terms of how can we now
put the messages into this whole thing? What is what should our
relationship with the houses of Allah subhanaw taala be
still trying to catch my breath
so what was the question again? What is the role of the mystery?
I'm very tired I just came out of a three hour Dora in another
message we were going through all the different isms and schisms I
thought this
question was a chef, the massage it What should our relationship be
with the massage in terms of us or the organizers or the our
relationship? How should our relationship with the messages be
in terms of tackling these issues? I can what issue
that the youth are facing today just my brothers and my sisters
you know a brother came up to me today I don't know if he's here.
Wallah right after the program I think he is and you know what he
said to me?
Some time ago I think it was like two years ago I delivered a
lecture in the same message that I delivered the programmer today. I
gave five
five acts that if you hold on to it inshallah you will never go
astray.
And the one that the brother mentioned to me today was
remaining connected with the house of Allah azza wa jal praying your
prayers inside of the Masjid. Even if it is one you can't get five in
get four. You can't get four in here.
Three, you can't get three and get two. And if there's one that you
have to choose, let it be the future pray my brothers and my
sisters. We cannot be for pleasure getting to rock it and going to
the masjid and if you can stay all the way till sunset is the sunrise
or sunset, no sunset, sunrise.
Sunrise can do so my brothers and my sisters see how you're going to
feel a man wise. There's a narration my brothers and my
sister with the message somebody some said even though the scholars
are different, we've lost his authenticity is our item and yet I
tell them Mr. Fisher don't have a man. If you see somebody going
back and forth to the museum, bear witness that he has Iman meaning
is one of the things that gets your iman going up. You will feel
good. And you know, he said to me,
but I don't want to misquote him, right? So I'm going to try and get
it as correct as possible. They kept on going to miss it. And he
is so much more better in his Deen.
Right, he's so much more better in his dean. And he's doing so much
more than he was once upon a time stay connected to the house of
Allah azza wa jal right, and see how your life changes
dramatically.
Even if it is one brothers, even if it one that you come every day
and you get that Salah inside of the house of Allah azza wa jal
live that
is that why jib is a monster hub. I know our chef very much if they
may have some strong opinions with regards to his haircut, but we're
not gonna go into that. But at least get one in especially in the
sexualized, filthy society that we're in where our hearts are
becoming blackened. Just walking on Coventry road.
I hope coming through is one of the better roads the Shala.
article last week,
brothers, I just want to share just a important Hadith, right?
The Prophet SAW said and told us that the one that prays Fajr in
the masjid, that he's in the theme of Allah subhanaw taala is I'm not
loss protection.
You want to be protected by Allah subhanaw taala you want to be
protected from sin. You want to be protected from doubts. You want to
be protected from problems you want to get from enemies,
pray for them, pray for them in the masjid and you will see a big
change in your life. Remember, one Sheikh was asked that a lot of the
youth are in prison, a lot of them are having problems with drugs, a
lot of them are falling into Xena and he said I guarantee you none
of them goes to the materials
and if they were they will be under this protection or this
Allah protection. So, this is this is not a joke. May Allah subhanaw
taala was to be among those that are protected.
So
Jeff, you mentioned in your example earlier
households at these two neighbors.
Now for those of us who are parents here
how can we try to make sure that we establish a stable household
ask Allah subhanaw taala to strengthen and protect our
households and make them sources of light and guidance.
The household and the home is the heart of the Muslim community. And
if you can ensure that your home is one that is filled with Eman
that with with iba with worship with knowledge, then this will
have a huge impact. And of course, this responsibility falls under
those that are in charge of the households which are the parents.
Now of course as the children grow older, then that responsibility
there's going to be an individual obligation for everyone to ensure
that they stay upon the right path. But my brother brothers
sisters, Allah subhanaw taala says in the Quran who and Fusa como
Alikum Naira, save yourselves and your families from the fire. It is
your responsibility to number one, save yourself. But then also
secondly your family from the fire is a responsibility it is a burden
Allah will ask you about it. And if you truly love someone, if you
truly love your children, if you truly love your siblings, if you
truly love your spouse, then you will do your best to ensure that
they get eternal salvation they go to Jannah that's what you want for
them. Which is why every home should be a home where the Salah
is established, every home should their home where Allah subhanaw
taala is worshipped where the concept of Lila it Allah is
internalized and understood that the most beloved thing to the
people in your home should be Allah the Most Beloved One should
be Allah subhanho wa Taala that you love Allah, that you know
Allah, they teach your children who Allah subhanaw taala is that
they feel Allah subhanaw taala that they understand what it means
to be a worshiper and a believer in Allah, that this takes priority
over
Everything else, and we live in a society. May Allah subhanaw taala.
Forgive us. We live in a society where you wake your children up
for school but not for Federer. That's just a fact. A lot of
people do that. And may Allah subhanaw taala forgive those who
are doing that, but you're not doing anyone any favours there.
You're setting them up for a life of failure, when you're not
teaching them their priorities. And as they grew up, worship will
be difficult on them. They will have no understanding of the deen
and then they won't even be able to do beautiful validate, because
they have not understood the responsibility of being a
worshiper. I have seen I have seen, let me give you guys an
example. There are I know it's overtime is rolled across examples
and stories.
But honestly, let me give you an example. There was a a young
family and the father, mashallah
the children decided, collectively, they're going to cut
their father off.
And
they have nothing to do with the Father. Because they felt that he
betrayed their mother.
And without getting into the details of what happened and what
he did.
Even if your father oppresses someone, his rights in Islam are
in trend, and they don't change. Of course, you rectify your
advice, but your father is your father and Allah who will ask you
about relationship. Can you imagine five sisters and four
brothers deciding that from now until the day they die, they will
have nothing to do with their father, absolutely nothing, they
will not call him, they will not support him, they will not aid
him. And I know this person, and he is alone and old. And he wishes
he could rectify his relationship with his children. But because
they don't understand, they don't understand
the importance of the wild in the right. They won't do it. But
here's the thing. As they were growing up, he didn't take them to
madrasa as they were growing up. He didn't teach them about the
deen. In fact, he was somewhat proud that they were very
established in the secular sciences. They became doctors and
engineers. But what did that do? They don't even understand the
right of the Father. And that goes back to that household not being
one that teachers and entrenched in them, that you are a worshipper
of Allah and that comes first. Well Allah He if we do not do this
in our homes, where we teach them, Allah comes first, Allah comes
first. We are Muslims. First, you can be the poorest person, as long
as your worshipper of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah and you
know, your rights, your upon higher, and these priorities have
to be set. And it's important that you understand that if you do not
establish that while your children are young, if you don't establish
your home, one that you can advise each other, we have situations
now, we're siblings cannot advise each other because they haven't
built that. It's odd. It's awkward, right? Someone says
committing haram, but that he can't even speak to her because
they haven't established in the household that we have to forbid
the evil, white, they don't wake each other up for Salah. Even if
there's one of them is praying, maybe he's not making the rest up.
All of this needs to be changed. Once we do Islam of our youth,
once you're able to establish the heat in our homes, once we love
Allah more than anyone else, once we are praying in our homes, once
we are reading Quran in our home, the prophet will say do not let
your house be a what a grave. What do we not do in grapes, we don't
need to find our grapes. Establish the Salah and the Quran. And of
course make dua for your children make dua for your siblings make
God for each other, once you do all of that, and now I want you to
imagine this, if each home did that, how will society be? How
will society be it would not be the way this now May Allah rectify
our homes, maybe be able to prioritize that which is
important. And this idea that the dunya comes first is something we
need to get rid of Allah, it doesn't matter if you if we become
engineers, or doctors or lawyers or business people. Of course it
matters and we should try a cyber dunya don't get me wrong, but it
doesn't matter. If it comes at the expense of what 14 percula from
my brothers, my sisters do you know?
Do you know that there are multimillionaires that pass away?
Upon passing away the children
that are left behind with all of these millions have fire and
murder in their eyes towards who to their own siblings? The father,
or the mother has been working so hard and may Allah reward them for
that. And just so just so their children can have a good life
after they have departed from this world. But because they did not
invest in their religion. These same kids could because thing
their parents that worked so hard for them.
Did you know that my brothers my sisters, I get approached every
now and again as someone who tries to distribute people's
inheritance. I get these cases at times. It's shocking. He's left
the millions no the guy wants to take everything doesn't want to
share
There it is enough perhaps maybe even to keep them going for the
next 30 years.
Imagine
next thing I want to mention my brothers and my sisters. And
perhaps the parents especially can take this away. How many of us
parents sit down with our kids just to have a normal
conversation?
A lot of time what happens is when he has done something wrong,
right, he this is the back of his hand, or he gets pulled into a
meeting that about him. That's all the only relationship that the
child may have with his parent is the bucket hunt.
Sit down with them will lie. I know some parents every single
night. They sit with their kids, not because they've done something
wrong. But what happened to the school? Right, where they
indoctrinated? Are they walking around with doubts about their
religion? What's going on? Have that conversation with them? And
if the parent is not doing that, I'm sure a lot of you brothers
have sisters that are younger than you. When's the last time you took
her out an ice cream parlor?
Well, I'm being serious brothers. When is the last time you took
them out? Just to have a conversation. But when she does
something wrong, you're at the forefront. Don't do this. Don't do
that. And she thinks this guy's haram police.
He's always just telling me what I'm doing wrong. When other times
when you take them out, spend some money on them. So when they do
something wrong, they might well take what you're saying.
And the last point is shallow towel. I want to mention here my
brothers and my sister chef Mustafa mentioned don't turn your
homes into a grave. Right? The messenger Salatu was Salam
actually is the statement of already you know, he said in the
beta later
in the beta layer Tesira heavy water Hello Raul Malaika Wah, type
water Judo Shayateen work through hero. The house becomes a comfort
zone. Now it's book right? It's a war zone in the homes.
But the house becomes a comfort zone when right? He says in your
crock fee Hill Quran when the Quran is recited in the book of
Allah, the angels come to these kinds of places and the shayateen
run away from it and the goodness increases and then he mentioned
the complete opposite. Do you know why my brothers and my sisters are
missing this allottee with some said go pray your Sunnah prayers
at home why?
Write up a lot of thought and money the bat in Manitoba
the best pray that you praise inside of the house why? So the
people around you can get that Dini type of vibe, the kids can
come to learn it walleye kids as young as one year of age. One or
two, they begin to pray imitating their fathers and their mothers
because they do it around them.
If you as a parent, you don't want your kids to be so insistently
fixated and glued to their gadgets show that example if you're
sitting watching Hollywood some Hollywood or Bollywood every day,
they're going to be doing the exact same thing. Right so we have
to be the role models inside of the house and some of you guys
you're getting married you're growing set that standard from now
before he ends up becoming a habit
Am I too loud guys is allowed I feel like I can't you guys can
hear it's normal. Loud and clear six
five
question is for our team. I think this time right?
She says you have a mountain I'm just guessing he has a lot of
brothers here and sisters probably who are students.
I can't be as loud as you
can you hear me?
Know?
That better?
iPhone sorry.
Chef, as I'm guessing Hello brothers and sisters here are
university students, college students, etc. So in terms of
navigating through campus life, and keeping that Muslim identity,
how do we keep that balance?
thing everybody heard the question, right? How do we
navigate between campus life and also Dean life? My brothers and my
sisters. I've been to numerous universities. Some of you guys may
remember. I did a 27 university tour. A year and a half ago. I
seen what happens and I know what people get up to. Been there done
that. I wore the t shirt brothers. I went to Loughborough University
I've seen exactly what happens. There are brothers and sisters who
remain upon dean. And there are those who eventually end up going
astray.
There are many universities. Firstly, when you pick that
university, I suggest you do some
in depth research with regards to how strong the Muslim community is
in these universities, especially if you're going to be moving on to
campus, something that I don't suggest or advise with, especially
if you are a sister.
Right? Do your research look for those universities that has a
Muslim community that is strong.
The Isaac's my brothers, or my sister can either make or break
your stay over there in the universities.
ICT, Allah, I went to some of them, they're extremely strong in
there. And many of the Muslims there are practicing, not going to
mention names because favoritism, but I'm sure you guys will agree.
However, there are others that are really not have a good
environment, because the Muslims are a lot less in that society.
There's not many of them. And it's so easy to become a product of
your environment. By him, let's just say now you are stuck in that
environment, my brothers and my sisters are far able to help your
friend and companion that you hang around with, right? It goes a very
long way with the kind of individually eventually and the
becoming, either he's going to pull you towards his direction or
the other way around. Right? Examine who you are around, who
you befriend, who you go out with, tried to stay close to the Muslim
society.
Right? Where they may be the events that they engage in the get
togethers that they have.
Right? That's maybe something that I can mention, but it's a
difficult situation. Right? It's Hey Tilak everywhere everything is
inviting, you know, to go into haram in some of these
environments that one is in right May Allah azza wa jal protect
every single one of us from the fitten the challenges and the
temptations of this world.
So we now
in some way or another, we are dragged in some way or another we
are called as to this Dean.
Now how can we young old men, women, boys, girls, how can we try
to represent the dean in the best possible way?
Similar model him.
First of all, absolutely. That is correct. We are all that. We are
all colors. There is a responsibility that we all have as
the OMA Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the largest
gathering the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam had of his
companions, he gave them an order command. And that was to convey
the message, those that are present, let them deliver the
message for to those that are absent. There is a responsibility
that we carry as an OMA, we are an omen of that our we are colors to
Islam. In fact, the reason why we enjoy because the on the honor of
being the greatest nation, your hygroma acquitted the NASA and
we're gonna be not overturn
that we forbid evil we call towards good. And we believe in
Allah subhanho wa taala. So this is a definitely a responsibility
we all have. And our has different stages, right? Whether it is that
you're advising a someone that is close to you, or whether there's
someone that it's someone that you don't know, whether you are
calling a fellow Muslim to the practice of Islam, or you are
calling a non Muslim to become a Muslim, all of this is a
responsibility that we have to carry. And that responsibility
requires knowledge, first and foremost, and we go back to the
earlier point that we made, we have to be able to educate
ourselves on our deen so that we're able to call others towards
it. Because if you are ignorant, you will not be able to represent
Islam correctly, or call towards that which is right you will
confuse and cause problems with ignorance. So educate yourself.
Right the Prophet sallahu wa salam, as in the Quran, will
Hadees Sabine at the rate Allahu Allah, the Sierra, this is my
path, and I call towards it upon insight and knowledge. On top of
that number and the sisters, we also need the courage. We also
need the bravery, to be able to speak out to be able to call to be
able to talk because it's not easy. It's not easy. Often we find
awkward. But if you truly love, good for others, you will not care
about that awkwardness. Nowadays, one of the biggest problems that
we have and you see it often is you're in a group and they are
backbiting. They're talking about someone that's absent and you're
there. The best among us will feel a little bit awkward. They might
walk away, but you know what you should be able to do brothers
Can we change this conversation? Can we not talk about that person?
Can we this this discourage need to bring it back, that we are able
to advise each other that we are able to call to the and that comes
from a place where you are comfortable in your own skin first
and foremost, that you're not here to please? Background I'm gonna
say it or Tom they can hire you not to please Allah subhanaw taala
you're here to please Allah. And with that courage, you're able to
speak out. Brothers, sisters, family members, people that are
far away from you, Muslims and non Muslims alike, you're able to hold
the conversation once you equip yourself with knowledge. And once
you develop the bravery, the need to carry the responsibility, you
will be able to show off to Allah to do so. And when you do that,
ensure you have sabar. And remember, for you it's the journey
that counts not the result. And as always, from Allah subhanaw taala.
Just because he spoke to one person does not mean they're gonna
be guided. That's because you spoke to them twice doesn't mean
they're going to be guided later to Allah subhanaw taala upon us to
call,
accept the responsibility.
Learn the deen, have the courage, and then have somebody sometimes
that condition will be awkward, sometimes that person may insult
you sometimes it may not be the way you want it. But Wallahi if we
don't have the courage to stand up for the truth, and to call towards
the HAC, then what is the point even upon the sisters? May Allah
subhanaw taala make us among the callers of Islam.
Zirkel Okay, on this point here that you just mentioned, Timothy
if I, if I may.
We've talked about a little bit amount of Roman culture earlier
and what you just mentioned here,
the IRA and we have other IRAs as well what are illustrated this
video will be covered Hekmati, almost 14 Hassan now we are all
eager to maybe or some of us want to do I'm gonna be the model if
you want to give Dawa
but how can we do that in a in a in a good way as we have the IRA
with hikma?
Live how do we enjoy the good and the evil in a manner that is wise
and in line with our Islamic principles that Allah subhanaw
taala has laid down for us. My brothers and my sisters this is a
very deep topic I will quickly mention one time that you don't
disapprove or you don't try to change and evil if it's going to
lead to a big evil.
Where do we get this from this has been deduced and extrapolated from
the statement of Allah azza wa jal with a super linear tournament
Dooney life so Allah Allah military, right? There are some
things that you are allowed to do however if it is going to lead to
that which is worse then you don't do it. There are many legal
Maxim's in Australia and I've gone through it on my YouTube channel
it's called five leading legal Maxim's or five legal Maxim's that
will change your life. It gives you a good idea of how to apply
some of these right? obligations in our religion. Does that make
sense? My brothers and my sisters, especially right now and I'm going
to mention this. We are in a time of being gentle.
We are in a time of being soft with those that we see violating
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada is religion.
Bear this in mind, my brothers and my sisters. You will see people
doing haram if you try to use a harsh approach a lot of the time
and it's not going to work. Yes, at times there has to be a harsh
approach and at times there has to be a softer approach. But a lot of
the time the apostle is my brothers and my sisters Dad, you
are soft and gentle. Is there anyone here my brothers and my
sister is worse than frown?
No, there isn't right? Is there anyone here that is greater than
Musa law? Allah instructed Musa Elisa to a Salam and Harun to go
to Iran, who claimed hon C'mon Allah alum to the committee Allah
in lady. I'm your lord the Most High and I haven't come to know of
a Lord right other than myself.
Speak to him in a gentle and soft way.
Right? Speak to him in a gentle and soft way less you may end up
chasing that person away from the Dean.
Right Remember, a lot of laws and regulations are not on our side.
Children can easily run away from the house if you don't use an
approach that is reasonable and appropriate.
Does that make sense?
Zack, love it.
Slightly different question here.
There are many I think you alluded to this earlier. trends going
about social trends. I think this is your favorite topic.
Potamia
social trends going about
it feminism, red pill, blue pill, all that nonsense.
How do we
as youth,
including myself then
How do we navigate?
That's y'all heard hamdulillah
so the social trends, feminism, red pill, blue pill,
you know, the that nonsense there? How do we
navigate and keep within, you know, in line with our faith with
regards to the social trends
I let the chef was allowed to
comment on it a bit more, I just want to say that
what you often see is,
this is usually the cycle, a young man or young woman, well come
across certain ideas or concepts are being talked about.
In feminism, you know, shouldn't woman be treated equal as when and
shouldn't they don't they deserve right and, and these all sound
really good and they are often a partially correct. And same thing
with other now there is other movements, and then someone will
see something that is correct, or something in the and then because
they don't have the knowledge, to know that whatever good is in
these movements, whatever that is good and correct in them is
present in our deen, many fold. And even better, you don't need
someone that wrote a book or an idea that is 100 years old, or 50
years old or 20 years old. To tell you the rights of others how to
live your life how to navigate this world, you don't need that
you have Rasulullah Salallahu Salam, what is the point of having
the greatest guidance from our Creator? And then every now and
then we get distracted by someone presenting certain ideas. Oh, this
is quite interesting. You know, I, you know, I take such as such as
my role model, or this person. And that person. The idea is, well, it
makes sense. You know, you know, you know, a lot of it is a lot of
it is fun. And indeed, you know, yeah.
Why do you need it? No, honestly, why do you need it?
Why do you need to take
these movements, and these individuals as role models, when
you have Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam and you have the
prophets, and you have Maryam, and you have Aisha and you have Hadith
and two while it you have all of these great people. You have the
Quran, you have the Sunnah you do not need, you know, before, it
used to be self help books. People will follow self help books and
they'll say yeah, well, like I wake up early in the morning,
because it says in this book that if you wake up in the morning, you
have something to be grateful for. Then this will Yeah, he pray for
them. What's wrong with you? Pray for them.
And now it's no, we have to go to the gym men. We have to do this
and or, or you have no no, a woman is not a woman. Unless she has a
career path and you're doing this Sister, Sister Sister.
You have Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam, you don't need
anyone else. Brothers, we have the deen we don't need anyone else
like to have some visa, in fact,
to suck to even feel that these movements and these ideologies and
these people that you're following and you're listening to, and you
know what the worst part is? And let the share finish off. You're
watching a podcast as an hour and 50 minutes long. And you're like,
well, like you know, a few points they made you know, sooner you
know. Yeah, why didn't you read this sooner? Why don't you just
read the sooner Why didn't you watch a lecture of Chicago Tamia
Have you know Allah, right? Why do you have to? It's this one, my
brothers, my sisters. I'm gonna say what I said earlier. You are
Muslims.
You are Muslims. The greatest honor. You say Allah Allah, Allah
the greatest statement, you follow Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam the
greatest prophet, you are not in need of the guidance nor the
advice of anyone else. They should be listening to you. Once you
educate yourself about the deen, they should be listening to you.
And we can create the self help books based on the Sunnah and you
know, pathways to success based on the Quran. That's what we need.
Don't look at the stuff you don't need it. Learn your deen of Allah
you'll realize that whatever good that is in them, is whatever they
took from the deen and there's always many faults within them.
Chef if you want to add a few words inshallah.
You know, my brothers and my sisters every single time when I
delivered a lecture on women's rights and feminism. Every single
time sisters would come up at the end of the lecture and say, Paula,
I didn't know that Islam gave all of these rights to women.
Every single time. You know today I mentioned this for those who
attended the program about all of the 10 concepts that compromised
wants to hate. And we talked a lot about the isms and a schism
It's right, that we can maybe put it down to these three root causes
as to why people embrace some of these modern day ideologies.
Number one, gehele ignorance. How many times a sister come to me and
said, My husband is saying X, Y, and Zed. If this is Islam, I don't
want anything to do with it. And she doesn't know any better. He's
using the Islam card. Islam says X, Y and Zed and she's thinking to
herself, if this is Islam, you know what, forget it. He's
misappropriating and misusing, right? The deen of Allah subhanaw
taala. Because she doesn't know how to navigate around some of
these sightings that he's making. Forget about it. Ignorance on both
sides of the spectrum, my brothers and my sisters. And then when I
explained to her she's sitting there shocked. Sometimes I say to
non Muslims, did you know that it is the man's responsibility to
take care of all of the expenses and for him to feed you? And you
don't need to come with 5050? Where did this idea come from? You
go into the restaurant, it is the husband and wife there. And then
at the end, he pays them partnership based upon i Ebola.
That's embarrassing brothers and sisters. And when I say to them,
Islam says X, Y and Zed even if you are a multimillionaire,
it is still his responsibility to pay for the rent and to pay for
the expenses of the house. I'm thinking about Islam now.
Right? Jal number two, my brothers and my sisters, we can maybe put
it down to not propagating that which is correct.
Not propagating that which is correct. I have some very, very
powerful statements of Mr. Tamia, who by the way, passed away in
Seminole, you're 28 I'm abou teamies, even the Tamia
shareholder, some traders have a horse in a race. Right? He doesn't
have ulterior motives. Just to give you an idea, my brother in
law says what will happen in society when we stop calling to
that which is correct. Entertainment, he said, in an
Attorney Nancy Noren Naboo at work are awful. Fitton. Well, how does
it still be there? Well, for Joe Akasha, rue de nom. He says, When
the people now become disconnected from the light of prophecy,
they will fall into temptations into fits and trials and
tribulations. And then Bidda innovations become widespread, and
food, you're an evil my brothers and my sisters, and then problems
and an evil ends up happening between them. That's when they
became disconnected from Allah azza wa jal. Right, they stopped
propagating the right thing. Also, my brother in law says he says, In
nama stola Totara Allah Billa dill maturity level Horrell philosopher
Devi him, right to tar only overpowered the Muslims. And they
ended up massacring them. Why? Because first of all, philosophy
became extremely widespread, while that fish, Sharia
and the Sharia are my brothers and my sisters became very, very weak,
you will end up getting a knee jerk reaction such as the red pill
movement, who felt oppressed, we are here, and I say that quote
unquote, out who felt like that their rights were taken away with
this feminist movement, knee jerk reaction, you will always get
another extreme. Who should we blame? We should take a good look
at ourselves, my brothers and my sisters, because we stopped
propagating that which is correct. And then people now started
referring to these modern day ideologies and movements.
Right? We need to call to that which is correct, my brothers and
my sisters.
To conclude this point, my brothers and my sisters, I want to
mention the following.
Except Allah subhanho wa taala. As a creator, every single one of
these modern day ideologies are flawed, and it's filled with
contradictions. When you accept that Allah subhanaw taala, my
brothers and my sisters, right, everything he commands you with
and forbids you from it's in your best interest, whether you see it
or not. Sometimes we look at the exam as a religion with too many
commandments and prohibitions. Earlier I told you guys, my DMs
are filled with people who are in Haram relationships, and now
they're struggling in so many different ways. Why didn't just
listen to Allah subhanaw taala that was Hekmat for you. Right?
And then later on a scientist, my brothers and my sisters writes up
an article and then you say, Allah Subhana Allah, Allah told us this
right? My brothers and my sisters, you should have just listened 15
years ago when you came across the sameness of Allah.
I got this what I'm about to mention right now my brothers and
my sisters, from the news tabloids and I'm going to read out to you
guys, bacon and alcohol increase stomach cancer risk.
Allah azza wa jal told us this, my brothers and my sisters 1400 years
ago, when the verses were coming down, but maybe it's a person
individual. This doesn't make sense.
My brothers and my sisters, why do we fail to understand that our
intellects are limited? I say this all the time.
You've accepted that your eyesight is limited. You can't see what's
happening on Coventry road. You can't hear that which is happening
outside. You can't taste except that which is limited. Right? Why
do we fail? Or should I say I was meant to say what you can't smell
her, all of these body parts or limit? Why do you fail to
understand that your intellect is limited as well? Everything that
Allah tells you, it's in your best interest, whether you see the
wisdom in it or not.
You know, recently my brothers and sisters he was going viral.
You guys heard of Petronella? Wyatt
Petronella. Wyatt.
He said no.
Petronella Wyatt, my brothers and my sister is the ex girlfriend of
Boris Johnson.
I'm sure we all remember him, right?
So here, she comes out and she says I'm single, childless and
alone. Feminism has failed me and my generation.
I read out the following as well and shallow towel and I'll finish
with that. This is by the way an article on The Daily Mail.
Write an article on The Daily Mail. I'm just someone that quotes
my brothers and my sisters. I don't have my own views and
opinions. Take it from the horse's mouth. Sure. I'm not gonna say
anything controversial, don't worry, right.
This research was done. And the title of it is called did the
feminist bandha browse for nothing.
Majority of British women would pick being a housewife over having
a career Allahu Akbar.
And then it said the following women aged 25 Plus in a
relationship and full time jobs were polled. I'm just calling them
brothers and sisters. Don't chase me out demonstrate.
62% admitted they secretly wished for
62% admitted they secretly wished to be a housewife. It's not about
me saying that. 74% said they felt pressure from other women to be
independent.
This is the British woman 78% said they wouldn't mind being
financially dependent on their partner.
Hear it from the horse's mouth, my brothers and my sisters. Right?
Every single ideology that you will come across my brothers and
my sisters, it is flawed. Think about it for a moment. Where do
you draw the line with regards to what is right and what is wrong?
You're in a relationship. She wants X, Y and Zed and you think
that this is too problematic? And then she turns around and she says
No You're being too controlling.
Or she does something and you feel like that this is over the top?
Where do you draw the line that leaves us my brothers and my
sisters with no option other than to accept that there is a greater
entity. And that is Allah subhanaw taala who gives us rules and
regulations to keep law and order with regards to ourselves
otherwise there will be chaos.
Thus Allah subhana wa ataaz regulations and laws female
brothers my sisters, Sorry, chef, I went a little bit over the
barnacle by the labrum as I quoted, and sisters, I don't have
my own views and opinions, just in case we have someone here that
wants to cut out whatever I said and take it out of context like
veliko.
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shift we have a we face many challenges,
both from super hard and showered desires and doubts.
How can we have less focus on the shower to maybe first the desires?
How can we overcome these challenges with regards to shower
and desire specifically?
We laugh Mannerheim
It's part and parcel of being a human being that you're going to
have desires, these are instilled in you and it is part of the test
the test that Allah subhanaw taala is putting us through that we face
these. Now, in the end of the day, my brothers and sisters you have
one job and our job is to worship Allah subhanaw taala to the best
of your ability to avoid sin. And that when you do fall into sin,
that when you do fall into sin, that you repent and you repent
quickly. Now, there are certain things that you can do to ensure
that you sin less and you fall into your desires less and it is
important that we learn and it goes back to the LM again that you
learn what are the Messiah and then what kind of the shaitan what
are the windows that are shaitan and the way that we're gonna use
this to make us go astray and fall into sin
Ensure that you surround yourself with the right people and you are
in the right environments. This will ensure that you are singing
less and you're not falling victim to your shallot. Ensure that you
are constantly engaged in every bad and worship because the more
you worship increases your Eman. The more your Eman increases, the
less you will be falling victim to your shalhevet so surround
yourself with good people. Increase your worship and your
Ibadah start fasting start giving charity start praying more come to
the masjid these things will ensure that you are spending less
and falling victim to your shalhevet brothers sisters also is
important that we have subpar patients I think Uncle is waiting
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with my brothers and sisters. We all have desires. We all have
inclinations. We all have mistakes that we are prone to. How can we
liberate those surround yourself with the right people? Surround
yourself with the right people go to the right and fire
environments. Number two, ensure that you do a lot of ibadah. And
don't let the sin drag you down. Find it with worship, because the
more you worship Allah who will increase your Eman and the higher
your Eman is, the less you'll fall into sins. And finally, my
brothers and sisters
have patience as relates to staying away from sin. It is the
Sava you need to have patience and resilience and build that
resilience to stay away from sin. And of course hasten to repentance
when Allah subhanaw taala was talking about the prophets and how
they became leaders and how they were in Yeah, do not be a marina
landmass about who what cannot be known. They became leaders and I
ima for two reasons their patience and their certainty. This patience
will ensure that you don't fall victim to your shower and your
desires and you overcome them and you stop yourself from sinning and
of course if you do slip up you repent and the again the certainty
that you develop through knowledge will ensure that you will not fall
victim to doubts something that Hona Potamia will inshallah expand
upon
last question inshallah before we close with regards to Schubert
doubts and these affect our iman and our faith, how do we tackle
you know, our brothers my sisters was already spoken about, you
cannot expect to navigate and maneuver around a lot of these
doubts that are used now to pay us our hearts.
The universities my brother's mother is filled with doubts
wherever you go, how you going to be able to fortify yourself from
these doubts if you have if you don't have any knowledge, as a
chef has mentioned right now.
Right so you have to learn your knowledge. That's the only way
around it otherwise you're not going to be able to repel the
adults that come your way
Inshallah, and I think we don't have a lot of time left. So,
closing remarks.
My brothers and our sisters I'll let the chef continue and hitam
mystic inshallah. I just want to give you guys one or two
I think about this My brother says this How often does tonight have
you heard the importance of knowledge and the danger of
ignorance so many times keep coming up the solution is that you
learn your deen the solution is that you're not ignorant the
solution one Hadith that you know and when I had that, you know,
Moon ruling that you know can result in you falling or staying
away from all of these dangers these mistakes so my brothers
sisters, if there's one last thing and final advice I can give you
it's take the learning of your religion seriously. Take the
learning of your religion seriously. Whether it's the basic
rulings of worship, whether there's your belief in Allah
subhanaw taala, who Allah is but there's the Sierra of our beloved
prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam, whether it's the Africa or
the meaning of the Quran, that have seized whatever it may be, be
active ly involved in learning your deen and you will see a huge
change in your life insha Allah Allah Allah, Allah was being
discussed today it will shall not Allah be remedied and you will be
able to fulfill your role as a Muslim in the West when you arm
yourself with the embassy right in sight, let the share conclude
inshallah to Allah because Allah is close to
my brothers and sisters I think this is convenient. The fact that
there is a lot of young people here today
we spoke about a to hate and which is the greatest obligation
the second obligation that you find in the Quran my brothers my
sister that you see associated and connected to the rights of Allah
azza wa jal or the rights of the parents
let me tell you guys this very very quickly the story one time a
man my brothers and my sisters Can all of you youngsters in the back
please listen
only you guys at the back
all you guys are back. I want you all to come forward.
It shouldn't be leaving on the wall yella
so no ha ha
my Somali is good the hola her all of you guys come forward
I'm learning Somali brothers say mashallah, right
I'll tell you the story my brothers and my sisters have Abner
Omar Radi Allahu Taala and Omar
if I'm one of the allowed to I know man as he was doing TAVR on
the Kaaba, he was approached by a man that was carrying his parents
on his shoulders.
Allah Allah, Allah and Brothers Sisters
carrying his parents on his shoulders
his mother, and then comes time to live in Oman and he says Have I
fulfilled the rights of my mother
you know if I'm gonna be allowed to I know my set him while I'm
phulka you know what a Tonka is a contraction. Have you ever seen a
woman in labor?
Some of you guys may have not because you're still young. The
contractions that they endure an experience it is unbearable.
But he said to him, Well, I Kinloch accent walawe Who you
thebault al Khalili, Kathira but you've done great, and Allah will
give you a lot for a little that you do. This is a little
my brothers and my sisters that are listening. You want to Jana go
and take it from your parents.
Your parents advise you and we just think to ourselves that they
are backwards out of touch with reality. One do my brothers and my
sisters can either make or break your life. You want a job go ask
your parents is your mother gonna give you a job? No the DUA that
she could. And the MC knew from the bottom of our heart may open
countless of doors.
Right? It opens doors that the mind can imagine through that one
die that they make. And remember also want to add that they make
against you because you upset them Wallahi it could destroy your life
forever and ever. And nothing will ever go straight for you.
We have time
to uncle said no. Right. Also, I want to mention the rights that
the children have over their parents.
Right. Instructing and advising them to be good to their parents
is important but also the rights that the children have over their
parents with regards to
you investing in them and preventing them from haram.
Sometimes we are the ones that are doing the Haram inside of the
household, but they're just doing the Haram a little bit what
differently. We're eating haram treating whatever what she thing,
right. And then my brother says we don't want them to do the
different kinds of haram.
I remember one time a guy came
Ultimately said my mom is telling me not to do whatever I'm doing
Stacy scamp, but she's cheating whatever else she's cheating. I'm
just making more money than her why she upset for
lunch in a restaurant sisters.
So we have to set the standards they have rights over us as well.
So Allah Allah Nabina Muhammad and I just want to thank every single
one of you guys firstly, the green lane Masjid