Ahmad Kutty – ACTING WITH IHSAN 1
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The importance of Islam is discussed, including personal behavior and leaner behavior. The speaker emphasizes the need for individuality and friendships in community, while also highlighting the importance of personal and community leaner behavior. The concept of love for God and love with neighbor is emphasized, as it is a way to extend personal friendships.
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Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim
Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala UD alum BIA
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Lila Hill Allah wa Shawanda Muhammad and Abu rasuluh Allahumma
salli wa salam ala Abdi kava, Asuka Mohammed Kumar Zuleta
Ibrahim Awada Ali Ibrahim in Mecca, habito Majeed,
an aspect of Islam that we are
conviction of forget,
because of which
the enemies of Islam or those who are hostile to Islam, they focus
on the ugliness, so called ugliness or ugliness, or behavior
and performance, and look at our failures and projected as the
Islam. So we need to ask ourselves,
Is there anything that we can do to raise our standard, to a level
of perfection and beauty that is required of us? It is in this
spirit that I want to park about a valuable idea or concept that is
enshrined in the Quran, and enshrined in the traditions
manifested by Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam, and also
manifested by those individuals, the ideal personalities in Islam
throughout centuries, who manifested the beauty of Islam,
through their behavior through the actions, interactions with people
and the environment and the nature.
This concept is the concept of Allah Hassan Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi salam said in Mala patible Sana Allah coalition. Allah has
enjoined excellence and perfection and benevolence in all things that
a person does. And then he goes on to say, including even that act of
slaughtering an animal.
One may ask, of course, slaughtering an animal, it cannot
be done, because it says, somewhat cruel act. But the Prophet
sallallahu sallam said, If you must kill an animal, you're
allowed to kill an animal already for food. And if you do so, then
there are some steps to be taken to make it as beautiful, as
benevolent as possible.
And the Prophet said, make sure that the knife is sharp.
Make sure that you spare the animal and frequent the least
amount of pain on the animal possible and make that easy for
that animal while you're here the Beata home. And the proverb said,
you have to be sensitive, and let the animal not see the knife. And
when you are killing one animal, don't let the other animal see it.
And of course, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam also said to a
higher level of that mercy towards the animals he said, If you were
to curse an animal that you're using for mound or anything,
you're not supposed to use that animal anymore.
When a lady when he was traveling, a lady was riding an animal, a
camel and she cursed that camera. The Prophet of Allah said you have
no right to write that camel now, let it go free. So you see the
sensitivity. Because you know why? In a larger medium you have bull
Jamal, Allah is beautiful, and he loves beauty. The Muslims embodied
this concept, in their history, in their act, in the in what they
build the civilization that Bill starting from the, you know, this
calligraphy you see the beauty of the Islamic calligraphy, you see
the beauty of Islamic architecture, you see the beauty
of Islamic city, how it was developed and fashion. Why?
Because Allah is one alternative or guided inspired by the Quranic
verses. So no longer the African Akula say, the work of Allah who
created everything in beauty and harmony and you proportion and
Allah wants us to look at the beauty of nature.
Look, do you see any disharmony? You see how everything is
complementing everything? Oh, the sun, the moon, the rain and the
water in the earth. work in harmony to produce the best
results to prove the vegetation, the fruits you see. So this is the
Inspiration they had that our work should be reflecting that beauty
because Allah is Jamil Allah is beautiful and of course Allah
wants us
to keep this ideal of a son. You know there there are pivotal
foundational verses in the Quran when you buy a bus ride alone was
asked the question, what is the most important ayah in the Quran?
He said the most important idea that sums up the entire message of
Quran and Islam is in Allah Hi yo mobile deliver live San Gore calm
commands, justice, equity, and when the sun you know, if sun the
other than the Sun is the benchmark and then the next comes
the higher ideal of perfection, excellence benevolence.
You do your share and extra don't just give that justice but be
raised come strive to come to a higher level of perfection. We are
now refresher and God forbids prohibits obscenity, obscenities,
lewdness, an evil of all sorts, and aggression of our thoughts,
injustice in our forms, what a type of CORBA and giving freely to
the kith and kin and the poor and the relatives.
The ILO Cobra Allah look of the Quran, he counsels you, for you to
take lesson to imbibe this lesson and Muslims internalize this. So,
in essence the concept of a son in Islam is
you see how Allah is one on what Allah when he talks when Quran
talks about divorce at Tala Cammarata and, you know, the was
can be reworked twice after that for him Sercombe ma roof,
receiving the marriage relationship in fairness,
like a gentle man
and kindness.
If you don't, if you cannot do that, for two or three homebase
disorder, the marriage with a son meaning don't just give what is
due for her to a higher level rise raise about that pettiness
and rudeness and ugly behavior be generous, be generous, higher
level.
So if you look at the Quran, the the way that Allah wants us to
interact
with our family starting with our parents,
Allah says a sign or bill while Edenia Sana is turn perfection
benevolence excellence in treating the parents. And Allah wants to
remind us that even as your parents brought you up
with unconditional love and mercy, when you were little when you were
helpless.
You must never forget this. When they reach the
age when they become
old and they become a returned.
Tolerate.
What further Oh my Jana Zulu Mila Rama lower the wings of merci
beaucoup Rob Burnham, Mumma, Kamara by ERISA lira and say,
Lord, have mercy on them. Even then they cared for me with mercy.
When I was little. You see to his son, a son to parents. This lesson
was learned by the companions of the Prophet in such a way
that Abu Dhabi, Allah will know, used to visit his mother who was
living away from her every single morning.
That was the first thing he would do.
And he would greet her
and he would talk to her in a very soft, humble way. And the poor
people who saw it thought Abu Huraira is a sickly man.
He cannot talk except in a very low and soft voice.
Because something wrong physically, you know, challenging
that's why his voice no he learned it from the Quran. When I tackle
Lahoma often, don't talk to them. You know the rule nurse da way
that they will, you know, repel them.
Do not repel them. Do not speak accepted. Never
manner that is soft and gentle. So this Hassan taking care of the
parents, even as they took care of us when we were today. What's
happening in communities, including Muslims is when parents
become too old, they are sent away to nursing homes. Would we do that
to our little children?
When they are too hard to manage, no, we don't wouldn't do that.
Same way a son shouldn't be extended to the relatives, to the
neighbors.
To everyone and the neighbor concept in Islam in the Quran is
your colleague at work is your job.
The person dealing with you in the market you jar. So everyone, so
the concept of love of God and love with your neighbor,
embraces the whole human family. And the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam manifested this beautiful character in the way he treated
his neighbors, including Jews, Christians and Muslims are keen.
Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam was legendary embody these kinds of
virtues in his treatment of people. And the next stage is son
to the animals. And you already you know all those rules of Halal
slaughter,
if you really examine it, when the Quran talks about the animals that
we are not supposed to eat,
most of it has to do with torturing the animal. If you
torture your animal, you are not allowed to eat that animal. If you
choke an animal today, you are not allowed to eat it. If you push an
animal down from the periphery dies, you're not allowed to touch
it. All kinds of rulings on Halal slaughter, are of the majority of
the intent is
to be merciful to that the creature of Allah subhanho wa
taala. So, the concept of your Hassan
should be we must unlearn the way we are practicing Islam, you know,
we have been focusing, and we have all of our attention needs are
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all of this, you know, legally some folk and theology. We need to
embrace the beauty of Islam, the beauty of character and Islam, and
the beauty for way of performing those acts of worship. And of
course, we the Prophet sallallahu wasallam said, The best way to
manifest this character, this trade this idealease Allesandro
and tabooed Allah gardener Katara it is to do your act as perfectly
as possible to worship Allah subhanho wa Taala as though you
are seeing Allah in front of you do things for the love of Allah
Spano, Medina. So when we do that when we have this intention of
doing it, for the love of Allah because Allah is watching us.
So we want to present this before Allah subhanaw taala Allah is
Seeing it so perfect this act even if it is you know we have that
beautiful example of the Prophet working by a graveyard
and he saw the grave is not done properly
it's not fixed the Prophet straighten it out and then he said
in the law you have to either Amira had to call Mama and and
Utila Allah loves whatever work you do, do it as best you can. You
can do it. So putting our soul into our work. And of course, you
know market place is a place lot of ugliness going around a lot of
exploitation. But the Islamic way of doing business The Prophet
said, Rahim Allah, Omron, someone either Abba was someone in the
Torah.
Allah will be merciful to someone who is a jungle who is generous,
who is giving freely when he sells and the same attitude when he buys
when he sells or if when he purchases. You know, our great
Muslims are the past manifester. This, we have the beautiful
example of Imam Abu Hanifa so many stories he was a very successful
businessman. I just caught one example of his how he was trying
to benefit our
Those because in Islam teacher says, you help everyone. You
manifest that beauty of your character by helping everyone
saving everyone realizing the best quality in everyone trying to
foster and enhance the goodness in everyone and doing the good to
everyone. A lady came one day she has a very precious silk cloth.
She wanted to sell it to you Abu Hanifa who was a merchant?
And she said give me 100 Durham's, a Bouhanni Ferrari alone looking
at it, a very shrewd businessman. He said it is worth more than
that. The lady said man give me 200
Abu Hanifa moolah said no, it's worth more than that.
Then give me 300. Imam Abu Hanifa is worth more than that.
Set than 400 Mr. Barney Foster is worth more than that said you are
making fun of me and all human.
Mr. Abu Hanifa said let's bring someone who can estimate it.
And the men estimated it as 500. And that is what Mr. Barney for
gay were. So of course, if he's up to exploiting people, he would
have grabbed that for 100.
Here is another example of a Muslim merchant realizing the
beauty of Islam.
It said that a man wanted to buy something from a Muslim merchant.
And he had it he said to the man, go and buy it from the next Salah
he could not understand but yet even there and bought it. But when
he came back, he knew that is a Jewish man. But here is a Muslim
man is a Muslim, he said came back to the Muslim said why did you
send me the you know why? Because I sold I have my profit for the
day.
And this man, he could not sell anything. So I want him to go home
at least with the satisfaction that you sold something to earn
his family just train himself. You see this is the beauty of your
son. This is don't just live for yourself.
And hand manifest that beauty of Islamic character by imparting
virtue and living a life that will be you know bringing out the best
in you and investing are those last one to inspire us to do that.
Observe carefully examine your actions outperformance our virtues
and region and see whether we are manifesting the intention and the
spirit and the beauty of this religion or we are rendering it
ugly. Hakuna holy hada was talk for Allah you will have