Ahmad Kutty – Jan 22 Khutba Humility A Path to Freedom
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The transcript describes a story of pride and hubris, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the truth and not overestimating one's success. It also highlights the importance of self confidence and self-reflection in achieving pride. The segment discusses the importance of human behavior and health in the context of human health, and how it can be difficult to learn without guidance.
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Mohamed Anwar Ali he was so happy here to marine Allahumma Salli ala
Muhammad Anwar Ali Mohammed, commercial later Allah Ibrahim
Hawala Lee Ibrahim in Naka Hamid Majid I shadow Lyda Hill Allah wa
shawanna Muhammad Abdul rasuluh
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to Philately Mara Ha, in Allah Allah you hit boo coulomb of
Italian for whole.
My dear brothers and sisters, first of all, I praise Allah
subhanho wa Taala for his wonderful blessings and gifts for
the gift of fate, and Herot family and protection from the deadly
diseases. May Allah Spano Tala inspire us always to turn to him
in repentance, seeking his refuge of refuge and protection with him
from all that is evil, and harmful for us. May Allah protect us, our
families, our communities, from all the diseases and inspire us
always return to Him in remembrance, and independence.
Today I want to talk about hubris or pride. They say before
pride comes before the fall,
Islam, the Quran in the traditions of Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihe
Salam, keep on reminding us that we need to practice opening our
spiritual eye, the eyes within our hearts
in order to decipher the Signs of God in His creation, in history as
events unfold,
so one of the greatest thing that we learn from the events from the
newspapers,
the story is the story of far, pride before the fall.
So I would like to use this story. It is a story repeated throughout
history. The Quran is full of such stories, how Allah subhanaw taala
brought down that tyrants
who were
waiting, glorious or arrogant and proud, and thought they are even
bigger than Allah Oxborough greater than Allah subhanho wa
Taala that they are the truth, and their word is the truth. So
they're trampled under their feet, or lawns of truth and justice, or
ethical values. They had no empathy, no sympathy, no mercy for
everyone else, because they thought only of themselves and
catering to their ego and thinking of themselves, fulfilling,
satisfying their ego, the need to be known to be recognized to be of
service to be worshipped.
This is the biggest of sin. In Islam, as well as in the Quran in
the Bible. It is the root of ourselves. We have the story of
Belize.
The reason for his downfall was, he after proudly rebelled against
God, he questioned God. Why should I prostrate bring myself down,
bow down to Adam.
He failed to recognize he is doing so by the order of Allah de the
order of Allah subhanaw taala but he cautioned me rebelled. He told
me you know better than God Almighty. So the root this is this
root of our sins is the first sin ever committed. So Islam teaches
us the vignette to struggle to Reaper read our heart of the form
of pride. But when we say pride, or hubris, we need to distinguish
it from self confidence. Islam teaches us that we should be
confident we should try to excel and we should. Islam teaches us
that we should allow beauty when the Prophet sallallahu sallam
said, er COVID kibble beware of pride. Hubris.
Someone asked
What if somebody every one of us, allows to hear beautiful dress
beautiful attire? And of course God shoes. The Prophet sallallahu
wasallam said, no that is not prior. Allah Jamil Allah is
beautiful and he loves beauty, Fridays, better or heck of a home
to nurse. It is failure to recognize the truth and looking at
those with disdain, contempt, looking down on others, because he
thinks that he is better, he is superior. And this is a sickness,
a spiritual toxin, as Imam Ghazali Ramallah in his wonderful
encyclopedic work, revival of religious tradition, religious
sciences, yes, a whole chapter, you know, elaborating, discussing
in detail, the evils of pride. And of course, you know, even
bizarrely teaches us that we need to work hard to develop, the
opposite was true the quality of humility. And for that, we need to
engage in introspection, self examination. Islam teaches us we
have no right to be proud,
overly proud, because as human beings we are slaves of Allah
subhanaw taala. The Prophet sallahu wa salam taught us, he
always reminded himself saying, I am a slave of Allah. I sit like a
slave, I work like a slave. I eat like a slave. And of course, in
the beautiful story of Fatah Maka, one, he was surrounded by people
defeated enemy people who's, who drove him out of Makkah, and now
they're defeated, and they are around him. And one of them was
trembling, because he remember that here is a conqueror now, and
he knows the stories of the Congress. So he took Rasulullah
Salallahu Salam is like a war conqueror. The Prophet sallallahu
Sallam told him how will rake take it easy man. I am not a king, I am
not a conqueror. I am the son of a poor woman of Quraysh who could
not afford fresh meat. So we had to eat dried meat.
So he reminded himself always that he is a slave of Allah subhanaw
taala. And he resisted when people said Anta say you don't know you
are our master, and the son of our Master. He told them stop, don't
elevate me over the run that Allah has placed me. I am a slave and
the Messenger of Allah, slave of Allah and His messenger. And let
don't shaytaan tempt you away, to reverence me and exalt why my rank
and to put me on a pedestal with Allah subhanaw taala. So, Islam
teaches us to humble ourselves
in the way that we must keep reminding ourselves, and this is
one of the lesson we must learn from the salah sujood we are
ordered to prostrate so many times a day. And you should remind us
that we are from the earth created from the earth, and we must go
back to the earth.
And our spiritual masters like hustle or bustle Ramallah taught
us some simple tips. When you see someone who is older than you, and
you have the temptation to consider yourself better than him.
Remind yourself, this man lived a longer life than you. So he had a
lot of opportunities to do a lot of good deed good deeds, unlike
you. And when you see a younger person, and you are tempted to
look around on him, telling yourself that this man lived a
shorter life you have many years than him. And so he had less
chance to do sins. And he said, When you see a dog and you're
tempted to look around on a door on that dog, remind yourself that
dog could be better than you because he's acting on his
instinct, I as a human being, have a moral conscience and capacity
for reasoning and choosing willfully a no the raw right from
the wrong. So in this way, we need to train
You know serves, we have some beautiful stories from some of our
rulers of the past, even though they were the rulers in their time
unparalleled in the way they ruled. You know, we have the
example of Harun Rashid, the greatest of the above that carries
whose kingdom extender from east to west, from north to south.
And of course, he was a man of accomplishments. One day he was
going on his horseback riding his horse. And he was taught by a
Jewish man who said Ameerul Momineen, will Commander of the
Faithful attack Allah fear Allah.
As soon as he heard that, Harun Rashid dismounted, and frustrated
to a last one over to Allah, and stood up and asked the man, what
do you need? And of course, He submitted his request to the
carrier and the carrier immediately ordered that his
request should be fulfilled, his needs should be fulfilled. Then
when somebody reminded him, he is a huge man. Haroon Rashid said to
him, do you want me to belong to that category that Allah has
condemned minis in the book holy book with Kayla who took $100
suitableness For us, whoo hoo Jahannam obviously behind when he
is tall, fear Allah, his false pride tempts him to sin, to act
sinfully to react sinfully has boo Jahannam held his his abode
suffice, hairless sufficient for him, and what a worst abode is
waiting for him. So this is how reminded himself when the man
reminded him to be free, fearful of Allah subhanaw taala this Calif
humbled himself and the same, you have so many examples of Omar Al
Khattab and others. And you have the example of memorable Hatha one
day when you heard that is Governor Egyptian governor, his
son in the horse race with a Coptic Christian, one.
Christian, the Christian horse. The cop says Christian Christians
horse backed his horse in race and defeated his horse. The man the
prince or the governor son, beat him up. And the Coptic Christian
wrote to Murata complaining, and of course over call them
and verified and then ordered.
The Coptic Christian gave him the stick, and told him to administer
take justice exactly as inflicted on him. And then California Mr.
shouter exclaim,
Mata taba turbo nurse worker, the one other two more Mahato Marrara
How dare you, enslave people treat people human being like slaves?
When people are born free, everyone whether Muslim or non
Muslim is free, you have no right to treat them as slaves. And of
course Islam set the beautiful example. The Messenger of Mercy
said it there are people working for you.
And it is time to eat. Let's make them sit with you and share the
meal with you. And one day the Prophet heard
the eminent companion
a Buddha refinery Radi Allahu ano he was still he had traces of
paganism in him. He got so angry with Bilal and called him up to
soda son of a black woman, the Prophet sallallahu wasallam his
cheek became red.
And he told me down Abuja yeah mother in Cameroon fika Jackie,
Leah, you are a man still carrying the traces of paganism. You need
to cleanse yourself. And then of course he took it as a lesson and
we are told about the toll he put placed his hand on an order below
to put his feet on his head. And of course we are also told
later on a Buddha will be working with a servant
and giving him the exact he's dressed up with the same kind of
dress, same shoes, same everything. So people will take
we'll take the mask prints. When somebody asks you Mario Pierre
Since he said role, this is my servant. He's the man working for
me. But the prophet taught we, you know, the are your brothers. Treat
them like your brothers. Give them the same cloth that you hear the
same shoes that you hear. This is how Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam
taught us to humble ourselves to recognize the truth. When somebody
reveals the truth advices us
accept the best of advice and follow what is true battle have
given to nurse, the Mighty, the proud and arrogant, mighty might
fall. It is just a matter of time that history teaches us. That is
the lesson of the Quran, lesson in the Bible, and that is what is
unfolding in front of our eyes. May Allah one or what Allah teach
us, inspire us to act humbly. And whenever we have the temptation,
of being proud, acting proudly, could be because of knowledge that
you think you have. Or it could be because of the variety you have.
It could be because of your beauty or and sadness, or because of your
mansion, or because of the car you drive. Whatever. It's a universal
symptom of disease, that we need to approach it and treat it,
struggle against it, and kill it and develop humility in the manner
of the beloved messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he
was one of the humblest man and of course ASR a set up. Look at this
bitey prophets, they used to sit with the poor, and work with the
poor, eat with the poor Rasulullah Salallahu Salam prayed Allahumma
Hedy, Myskina whatever 30 Mosqueda Why should leave resume retro
Misaki ya Allah let me leave us poor, and die as poor and gather
me in the company of the poor. May Allah subhanho wa Taala inspire us
to act humbly and read from our hearts that disease of false pride
and hubris. Akula already had one stock for a lively welcome