The Highest Level of Faith – Belief

My dear beloved brothers and sisters in Islam,

Allah subhanho wa Taala made us a community

and put a relationship

amongst the believers

that he raised

even above

the connection of biological

blood relationship,

and that is the Hawa

the Brotherhood, the sisterhood, the brethren of Islam,

Allah subhanaw taala says, In Muna

betrayal QID, emphasizing that, indeed, the believers

are brothers and sisters,

they are a family

stronger than any other family. The connection has to be

tighter than any other connection.

And Allah says subhanho wa Taala that this is a nirvana. This is a Nirvana, this is a gift from Allah, to the to the people that have belief to the Muslims, that this Nirvana can come only from Allah subhanho wa Taala was Kuru Nero mattala. Here alikoum is going to Madame Fela for Vina Kulu become for us back to binaire Mati. He is one

that you are only brothers and sisters, because of the Nirvana because of the gift and the bounty and the blessing and the grace of Allah subhanho wa taala.

And we call each other brother and we call each other sisters. But we need to understand what that means. We need to understand what Allah subhanho wa Taala wanted us to do with this relationship and how Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam taught us how to conduct ourselves in this type of relationship amongst each other.

Because that is the highest level.

I will Sakura Eman.

That is the tightest connections of Eman to love somebody only for the sake of Allah and to dislike somebody only for the sake of Allah subhanho wa taala.

This who were brothers and sisters this, this connection this relationship has conditions. Meaning for it to be true who have ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala

it has to achieve three essential things.

First, loss,

sincerity, that when you connect with someone with a brother, or a sister with the sister, for the sake of Allah for that to be only for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala and not for any other worldly benefit, not for any other purpose or goal or agenda other than

you connect with them because the sake of Allah because of their faith.

Because that connection that binds the two of you is the love of Allah, the love of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the following of the teaching of Rasulullah you strengthen each other, on the path of Islam, you support each other on the path of Islam. If one deviates, the other pulls them back.

That is the loss.

And that will allow us to taste the sweetness of iman the sweetness of this faith, because Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam this in this hadith and it is narrated and both al Bukhari and Muslim telethon men could Nephi he ordered the Halawa. Tell Iman, there are three things if you achieve it. If you find it in yourself, you will taste the sweetness of Eman, Eman faith belief is sweet brothers and sisters.

But many will not taste that sweetness miss out on tasting that sweetness. So Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam These are three things that will allow us to taste how sweet Eman is one of them the first one and the Hakuna Allah Allah su had the LA Heaney merci wahama that the love of Allah and His Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is better or more than any than the love of any other entity, any other person and then the second one after the love of Allah and Rasulo. The second thing that will allow us to taste the sweetness of Eman

And you hit Balmoral law Hebrew Allah Allah, to love someone, only for the sake of Allah subhanho wa taala. And we know that Allah promised those who love each other, sincerely be lost for the sake of Allah that they will be shaded in his shade. When there is no shade but the shade of Allah, one of the Subhan Allah Dina, whom Allah who feeds the LI yo mela Villa Villa radula, Anita Harbeth Allah fish Tamala Danica of Tata Carly

it's two people that love each other for the sake of Allah.

And they gathered because of the sake of Allah, and that we separate, they keep the sake of Allah subhanho wa taala.

So that's the first condition. That's the first cornerstone of this Hawa. The second one

is for this source for this connection. To be Fatah, Tila, while higher is to lead to the obedience of Allah subhanho wa taala. And to entice good deeds,

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Because if we love each other for the sake of Allah, if that's the only connection that we have, or the most important connection that we have,

then when we are together, as Alec, in this hadith, that when we gather, we gathered for the sake of Allah, then we gather to obey Allah to follow the path of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and remind each other

and then the third

that it would be based on good advice.

That when you love somebody for the sake of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, you want the best for them.

Now you may know how to come, whether you hit belly or he may be

able enough say, now you may know how to come after you hit belly or he may be able enough say that no one will actually achieve that faith that perfection of faith, that high level of faith, unless

what you love for yourself, you love for your brother, the Hadith even said, what you love for you, what you what you would want to for yourself, you would want for your brother.

So you will give your brother and for the sister advice, sincere advice. I do not see her. Our religion is based on advice because the brother and the mole believers, aluminium or attunement, I'm not at all Muslim,

that we are like a mirror to each other.

We want to see each other as good things and also bad things and in a good way we correct each other, we make sure that our brothers or sisters do not swerve away from the path. And when we are deviated from the path that we have someone that we have someone that will come to us and say you need to do this. And I see that you have to do that and to give us the advice that we would be in need off at that time.

So these are the three main conditions.

But the manner that we conduct ourselves in this type of relationship people who attend Eman Fie, who attend Islam, there are adab there are etiquettes and manners for this type of relationship. And one of the first one

is Erlang will build a habit

is to actually let someone know that you love them for the sake of Allah

and only for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah Hadith Sufis, Erica cathedra there are so many a hadith in that

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If someone loves another person for the sake of Allah, let them come to you and inform them because that will increase the love between the two.

That will increase the connection between the two. If there had there had to come a harmful your limb.

In so many different Hadith even one time the US allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was sitting amongst his Sahaba and one of the Sahaba said to rasool Allah, you see that man over there? I love him only for the sake of Allah Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam as the Sahaba Have you told them and he said, No. He said, Go tell him

and that increases that love. So that's one of the manners and the etiquette of the love of of each other for the sake of Allah. The other thing is to exchange gifts

small things, they don't have to be expensive, but just a showing, of muhabba showing of love.

And sometimes it's nothing but a small token, that I appreciate you for the sake of Allah subhanahu ATOD.

And don't expect that when you give, you have to be gifted back, you're just doing that for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa taala

and then the DUA to each other. When not only when, when we're together and we, we give to to each other publicly and knowingly, but Behati life when your brother Your sister is not with you, and you know that they are going through hard time, or they need help that you sit there in Korea in Doha, after Salah and you make dua for that brother or for that sister.

And that dua

is likely to be accepted by Allah subhana wa taala.

And that do

whenever you make that dua The angels will say, well academically he may Allah give you the same May Allah protect you from the same.

So don't forget each other, with sincere

when you're alone

and then to make sure that you have a connection

does our

even a brief visit, small gatherings get together

whether it's in the masjid or in the Butte or you know places like that, so we can connect

and then to entice each other to Salah till Jamar

to be together in the masjid

to help each other to become a true brothers and sisters in Jannah.

In communal worship, for the sake of Allah

and another manner for this relationship for the sake of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah

is an ethos

where you're Runa Allah and pushy him well how can I be him how forceful that they actually prefer or put the, the advantage or the benefit of their brother or sister that you love for the sake of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah before yours.

So the example for that was the unsalted

and when the MaHA Janine came to them,

one of them will take half of his wealth,

exactly half of everything they have, and just give it to that person

at the desert

to give your brother your sister only for the sake of Allah if they are in need.

Allah subhanaw taala says what Jobeth Mohabbatein would have been a fee, while Moutere jealousy in a fee while we're in a fee, while Moutere bear Adelina fee, that my love

it's certainly something that will reach those who will love each other in my sake, that will sit which is other with each other for my sake, that will visit each other for my sake, and they will spend for the sake of each other in my sake. subhanaw taala.

Another manner

of increasing that ties of

a Hawa of brotherhood, sisterhood in Islam is something very simple

that we should continue and increase our practice.

And that is if Shao Salem, just when you meet your brother, and when the sister meet the sister to give the Salaam and to smile.

That That smile

in the face of your brother is sadaqa is an act of charity. It is something that will elevate us in if Allah subhanho wa Taala something that will take our sins away from the scale on the Day of Judgment

Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Allah

let

me know that you will not enter Jannah until you believe well that to me know how to have boo

and you will not achieve that believe that faith until you love each other. Allah I don't look Omala che in file to me who Taha that tomb with Nana we Dinah guide you to something that if you do that you would achieve that love. And that would lead to what to Jenna

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a few means make it a lot spread out

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and then

to be

aware

and cognizant of how we address each other how we talk to each other.

What bothers our brothers and sisters in the way we talk to them a double fill Hadith

the added that we have to conduct with our brothers and sisters.

And that at

first, we don't yell at them.

Allah subhanaw taala says Waldman soltec Lower your voice.

When you're talking to a brother, even if you're trying to give advice admonition, Keep it keep it low, don't yell, don't scream at each other.

And then to listen to them personally SteamApps.

The Sahaba brothers and sisters had arguments. They had conflicts, and it's well recorded.

But they never lost respect for one another. They never lost the edit the manners and their conflict with one another. Because they were taught by Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam.

And even when we joke with each other

we don't make a joke at the expense of the other person. We don't mock them.

We don't belittle them, even if it's a joke, even if the purpose is just to have a laugh.

We don't do that.

And we avoid arguments

Elmyra algae Dan, because arguments

most of it leads to nothing.

Most people that argue they argue about things that that really does not matter. And they never eventually reach any conclusion other than the love between each other between them will be decreased.

So Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said and as our evil baiting filled Jana

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I will be I will claim a house in Ghana, for those who leave arguing when they are right.

Where they know their rights, but they don't argue

and that is definitely a way

of keeping that relationship.

And then lastly, but not least

is what we said one of the conditions of this who was not see her as to give each other advice to make sure that if if I am deviating from the path that I have a brother that will guide me back that will give me the answer.

And the same thing if I see a brother that I see there deviating away that I will give them I'll see her

but this mostly her this advice has etiquettes has Edom first of all, it should not be in public.

It should not be like brother so and so you did that. Even Rasul allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when we want and when he wanted to admonish a certain person, he would get on the minibar and he said Maribel, who are Colombian Yes.

How about some people do this and this he would never single out a person in public. So Allah Allah Allah He was ALLAH

Shafi, he said, the unmet need be no speak of inferiority or Gennep needlessly Hatfield Gemma for in the news harbor in a nurse in our own minute Toby filler or

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that when you Shafi said this poem, that when you give me advice, then just give it to me privately.

Don't do it publicly. Don't do it amongst people. That is not mostly ha That is funny. Ha that is a scandalous

because even

Some people may not know that problem, and now they all know.

So the Shafi said so if I don't listen to your advice when you give it to me publicly, don't be surprised. If you want your advice to go forward, then do it privately and do it politely. And the other etiquette is when we receive the Naziha is we receive it well. We receive it

with the understanding that it was given because that person cares for us. That person loves us, loves us for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala that we open our heart for that let's see how that we don't just become defensive.

Who are you to give? No, no brothers and sisters, that person is coming to you because they love you because they care about you. Because they want you

to be with them on the path of Allah and His Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

and then to be easy with one another, to treat each other with Leanne with hate, you know, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in this hadith and Abdullah had Muramoto the Allahumma alimak. Me noona Hajji noon Allah Union.

The believers are easy, easy to get along with.

Believers are not tough, they're not stubborn. They're not rough with each other. They're easy. They're malleable.

So we have to be like that with each other brothers and sisters, we ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to increase the love amongst us and to make us of those who are shaded in his shade on the day when there is no shade but the shade of Allah subhanho wa Taala and the way we love each other for the sake of Allah Akula commonly had our stuff for Allah Hello, I'll email you welcome FEHA 1000 was suffering.

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I will conclude with a couple of advices

for my younger brothers and sisters for my sons and daughters, for my nephews and nieces. And also it's the Ben it is an advice that all of us will then can benefit from Shala starting with myself

that we and the schools are about to open, we are going back to school inshallah. Many, many of you are going back next week. And then in a couple of weeks, everybody will be back to school.

That you will find people, different people and you have to choose friends.

You have to choose people that you're going to be close to them.

You're not going to be close to 3040 people, you will be acquainted with them, but you're going to be close to one, two, or three or four.

Choose Who are these who will these people will be

Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said

and Anwar hoogendoorn Mutanda.

That the souls

our new foods that what Allah subhanaw taala put on us, it is soldiers or it subjugated to Allah subhana wa Tada for mete out of famine. Tell us what the hell of I mean half the stuff that you will be attracted, if you have that near that intention, that you want to find those who love Allah the most. Fear Allah the most those who will guide you for the path of Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, Allah will guide your soul to love these people.

And be careful who you befriend.

Be careful,

because

there are Soula sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave us a beautiful parable, an example

of what it is to be with those who are righteous pious Salafi and what it is to be with those who are not.

He said

in nama methyl jellies his Salah were jealousy su kehamilan misc when asked you can kill

that your good righteous friend and your bad friend is like Hamill misc is the

Basically the seller of perfume musk and unethical care is the person that their job is to basically increase the fire is to put on the fire for the manure or for the

furnace.

He said how many will misc the first example Hamelin misc in Zeke you're the Can y'all take either we'll give you some of that you know when when you go sometime to the mall when you pass by the perfume place they'll give you samples you come out smelling nice even if you did not buy anything.

So, when you are with the perfume person you will come out smelling nice he will either given will give you some

out of time or you buy some

I will tell you the mean Who do you hamper you but oh you smell him that because that person is carrying perfume so nothing can nothing bad can come out of that relationship nothing can come back and come out of that that connection

while the other person the one that is blowing smoke and fire

in the back either sparks will come and burn your clothes will charge you what you're wearing. So you'll come out looking charred

the first person you come out smelling nice the other one you look like you just came out of

fire

oh that you that mean hurry Hanneman, Tina or that smell that you come out?

Just imagine how you smell a few if you've been exposed to smoke.

So that is the difference. So be careful. allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said Allah Allah Dini kalila

fell younger had to come May you have

that you are on the religion of your friend, a few close friends. So let the look and be careful. Who are these friends are where they take you where they're going to lead. You look at them and see where they're going and see do you want to be there?

If you think they're not going to Jana, just understand are you do you want to go to Jannah Do you want to be on the path of Allah subhanho wa Taala and the path of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

And then just a quick advice and there is no time to go over that quickly. But that is another advice for my brothers and sisters that are going back to school is is invest in your time. Don't waste time. The time is the most important thing is the most precious thing that you have in your youth and Allah He asked any older brothers or sisters, any uncle, any father any any amount, and they'll tell you how quickly

those years will pass by.

And then one day you look back and said I wish I took advantage of that time. I wish I did more. I wish I invested more. So that's why Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said of 10 im cumson Kabbalah comes

that take advantage of five before five and one of them shadow book a couple of ironic that your young years before the older age come because he will come.

So don't spend nights

playing video games watching YouTube.

Tick tock whatever the new fad is, things that have no benefit

and invest

in increasing your Eman. Increase your knowledge in deen and duniya and the religion and in what you are going to school for.

And there is nothing wrong with taking time to have some

fun,

but don't make that

the bulk of your time.

Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had fun he made he raised with his wife Aisha Radi Allahu Anhu. As we know, he would joke some time with his companions as we know.

But that's not the bulk of the time that they spend.

These are precious moments, precious days, and very precious years. Brothers and sisters take advantage of them.

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