Amjad Tarsin – Seeking Support As New Muslims Yasir Fahmy
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The speaker discusses the importance of finding inspiration from people who are new Muslims and finding people as legible as Khadija oriators. They also mention the practicality of having a spouse and serving people in a way that is unrealistic. The speaker emphasizes the mutuality of giving and the importance of serving people in a way that is unrealistic.
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Our Prophet saw in his darkest times, right? Had this incredible
supporter in Allahu, anha, right? So for our members of the Muslim
community who are new Muslims, or Muslims who are unable to find
that support in an individual who's just going to be them
through thick and thin, what are your recommendations in helping
them find that support, like, how do they get started in finding
someone as incredible to them as Khadija, Allahu Anhu to our
Prophet, salallahu, alayhi, wa sallam.
This is your this is your session for listen to you attentively,
mashaAllah. So Masha Allah, first and foremost, I think, just
Realistically speaking, there's no one like Sayyidi Khadijah.
So I think even for someone who is a new Muslim, to have maybe
several people, whoever it is, that they saw the beauty of Islam
and the light of Islam through they benefit from those people.
They have a community. And I think it's important for us, even with
the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam and the unique and distinct
rank that say the Khadijah, that there were many of the Sahaba who
supported him in a variety of ways that Sayyidina, Abu Bakr Al sad
support him in a unique way and so forth. So really, just to have
multiple people in our lives who we seek inspiration from and
benefit from in a number of ways, and ultimately recognizing that we
should seek that support from Allah subhanahu, and ask him to
give us the steadfastness to keep us inspired and and Really
surround ourselves with good people and to actively seek out
good and uplifting environments, which even the nest eventually
will try to get in the way of, and the shaytan will try to get in the
way of, and recognize that it is a marathon, and that in many cases,
it is an uphill battle. But even as Sheik Yasir said that as
Sayyida Khadija in her commitment to the Prophet, she went through
all different types of of difficulties, and she was able to
bear them patiently. But it wasn't easy. It wasn't easy.
So those are just some things that come to mind
for sharing. Check, is there anything to add? I have a question
from the audience as well.
I mean, Miss Mila. I mean, I think just to just embellish on those
beautiful points, the
the question about searching for those that we can that can support
us and we can support them
is a practical question. It's a practical question about how to
and there's no one who gives us better guidance in the
practicality of how to than Al Habib, salallahu, Salah. And by
the grace of Allah, Al Habib, so as gave us. And as you know,
instead of Amjad noted that, you know, there is a network of
support that's required. And so each being in your orbit will play
a critical role in in that supporting aspect. And so when it
comes to a spouse, that is one of a cadre, right, not everything,
because very often what happens is we put everything into we need, we
need our spouse, then to become our mother, our father, our
sibling, our cousin, our best friend. And it's a very tall order
that is remarkably unrealistic, right? The spouse will always play
a a part of a greater story. So when you choose the spouse you
choose by the prophetic prescription, you know mental
Donna, Dinah hula, the one who comes to you and you are pleased
with their deen and their Hulu and their character when it comes to
women, Apostle seven says, Father, be that Deen, you know, to move
forth and choose the one of Deen, you know, the one of good
character, the one of good comportment. And that's, that's
the prophetic prescription that, if you notice, is not heavily
weighing in on emotions, because very often we're pushing very
qualified suitors away for considerations that may not be the
primary consideration. So we have to be practical about What did the
Prophet tell me that I should be looking for in people? Because if
we like the choice of Al habis Allah and ladies say the Khadija,
then we have to follow how a.
He guides us. And then similarly, we have to look to the people in
our orbit, our parents, our siblings, our aunts, our uncles,
our cousins.
And if we want people to support us, then guess what? We have to
support them. We have to serve them. Very often. We because of
the nature of our modern era, we become very entitled. We assume
people should just be doing for us because we want and then we we
have a problem with people around us, like, how come people aren't
calling me? How come people aren't giving? How come people are
serving? Well, what am I doing for people? Why do i Why do I assume
I'm just owed
no jubile in San WA, Allah, hobiman, Asana ile, that we are
naturally predisposed to love the one that is morsin ilaya That is
caring and giving and kind to me. So a big question of this support
is the mutuality of it. How much am I giving to then truly be
deserving of receiving Allah?