Bilal Philips – Faith – Part 01

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			then though you have that knowledge, you don't necessarily have faith in it. So
		

			faith from Islamic perspective, though it begins in the heart, it doesn't remain there is only
there, then there is a possibility, a good possibility that it is merely knowledge and awareness, as
opposed to faith, faith which counts faith which God will reward us for faith, on the basis of which
one would enter Paradise, eventually, by the permission of Allah. So that faith which is expressed
in actions, and in our deeds, should be in a law, as a law is not in a law, as we suppose him to be.
Because again, here we have other issues. Some people look at a law as being a part of his creation.
So they worship a law through his creation. That's not acceptable, worshipping idols, or human
		

			beings or animals. It's not acceptable. That is not true faith, this false faith, also worshiping
Allah, in terms of who he is in relationship to who answers our prayers. Because we can think we're
worshiping a law by doing certain rites and rituals. But when the time comes to actually seek help
in prayer, we call on others besides the law, we go to the grave of people who think we're saints
goes to God, and we call on them, ask them to help us.
		

			All we ask them to ask Allah, if we ask them to ask a law, then what we're doing actually, is
putting intermediaries between ourselves and Allah. And that is not true faith in Allah, that is
false faith. Because the rationale, which is used involves making a lot like his creation,
conceiving of him as being like us. If you want to see the president, you can't go directly to the
President. You have to go through
		

			others, intermediaries, ministers, heads of protocol, whatever, you go through them, and eventually
you get to the
		

			President. But I said, Okay, allies like that.
		

			You want to get to a law, you You dirty with sins, etc. You can't just turn to him and say, Well, I
helped me because you're too dirty with since God is not going to hear your prayer. Do you need to
call on somebody who's closer to Allah, calling the Prophet call on the saint, call an angel, etc.
		

			This is false, because the law has told us to call directly on him, oh, the only as to
		

			call on me, and I will answer you. So when Allah has already said that we don't need to go anywhere
else, to go anywhere else is not true faith in Allah. And
		

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			justice, laws, attributes, forgiveness, of mercy, all of these attributes, important attributes in
the realm of faith, because if we don't believe ALLAH is forgiving, we'll forgive anything we do. If
we turn to Him sincerely, then it's possible that a person can lose faith. You've done so many sins,
and you want to correct yourself, but you don't believe there's any way that you can. So you give
up.
		

			This is wrong faith. So the best deed is to have that complete faith in Allah the correct faith.
		

			In a law, because that ultimately, is the key to success in this world, and the next. And that is
why the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him and said, Man, caller La ilaha illAllah,
the Hillel, Jana, whoever says, There is no one, no thing worthy of worship,
		

			besides a law will enter Paradise, that is the guarantee of the Prophet, God's peace and blessings
be upon him.
		

			So, it is the key action of the tongue action of the body. It is the most important element of our
lives, it is referred to as the very purpose of our creation, worship God,
		

			based on that belief, is the purpose for which we are created, or the purpose by which we would
enter Paradise, it is the means
		

			it is a goal that has behind it a greater goal, and that is of achieving paradise in the life to
come. So Allah has, through His Messenger, define this as the best deed, faith in Allah. The second
best,
		

			or along with is that of jihad in the last path, and in our times, of course, jihad in the last path
is a controversial concept. The term jihadist is used to describe those
		

			who commit acts of terrorism, murder, slaughter, blowing up people, and places.
		

			All of this has been lumped under the heading of jihad. But we really need to look more deeply into
Jihad before we can really understand what is meant by jihad in the last path being the best deed
		

			in Islam. We'll be looking at that, after the break, like thank you for being with us so far, in
this segment of our episode, from the best in Islam. And we will see you shortly after the break.
		

			Welcome back from the break.
		

			And welcome back to our look at the best deed with regards to faith.
		

			And we said in the very beginning of this episode, that the best deed is faith in Allah. faith in
Allah is the best deed. There's nothing greater than it from the internal perspective. It is the
greatest spiritual action that we can possibly do. Now, the greatest physical action, external
expression of faith is that of
		

			fighting in the way of a law, Jihad feasability law. And we began the subject of jihad after
discussing at length, the subject of faith and what faith means and how it should occur. We
discussed the fact briefly that this term Jihad has been abused in our times, it is used so
negatively, that Muslims often fear using that term.
		

			Otherwise, they will be you know, labeled A jihadist. And a jihadist is a bad name, a bad word. So
as a jihadist when the media says that, it means that you have been designated as a terrorist, but
in fact, jihadist which is a you know, an anglicized version of Mujahid is a beautiful term from the
Islamic perspective. And when we progress in our look at the best, we're going to come to elements
related to this, which we will better understand that that time that jihad is not restricted to
		

			Going and fighting. In fact, the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him, had expressed
that the greatest jihad is the struggle against one's own self, one's own desires. This is the
greatest struggle, because this is where it all begins and ends
		

			in the heart, to win that struggle against the evil side,
		

			in the heart, that is the ultimate jihad. Because Jihad really means to struggle
		

			to strive, it could be in good, it could be an evil, though mostly when it is used in the Islamic
context, it means good striving for good, you know, people don't talk about, you know, a jihad in
theft,
		

			or jihad in murder. No, when people use the term jihad, it's understood, it's Jihad for the sake of
Allah, it is striving, struggling for the sake of Allah. And there are many verses in the Quran,
which elaborate on this and statements of the prophet may God's peace and blessings be upon him, to
clarify this, now that struggle against the evil side, to overcome our weaknesses, and to obey God,
because ultimately, that's what we're talking about. The struggle to obey God, that struggle may
manifest itself in many different ways. And on many different levels.
		

			Sometimes the struggle is just within ourselves. Putting aside a bad thought, a bad thought comes to
us, we can either dwell on it,
		

			reflect on it,
		

			then the thought becomes a plan,
		

			a bad plan, we can either try to stop that plan, rejected, or the plan becomes an action. And again,
we can try to stop that action, or go with the action and commit a crime commit something which is
displeasing to God. So all the way along Jihad
		

			takes place, jihad, which stops that evil from the time that it is a thought is the greatest,
because thoughts are something that are coming at us all the time. They seem to be
		

			created in our minds, born in our brains without even trying to bring them about, they come from
anywhere and everywhere. So to be able to overcome them. This is the big challenge. Not easy at all.
		

			But if we're able to catch evil from that stage, then our lives will be so much better. Because once
it becomes an action, trying to stop that action, after all the thought and planning and much more
difficult, much, much more difficult, because there's so much behind it. But if we're able to catch
it in the very beginning, then it is much, much easier. So this is where the Jihad begins. But
ultimately, the ultimate level of that struggle is to lay one's life in our hands, to put that life
		

			at risk
		

			for the sake of God, and being for the sake of God, meaning that what we're doing is something
approved by God by a lion is messenger, they have approved it, they have given the Okay, they have
said this is a good thing. Then we can say this is Jihad feasibility law. But if what we're doing,
we're saying it is pre submitted law, but in fact, it is not in keeping with Islamic teachings. It's
going against the very teachings that we are claiming to follow. It's doing what has been prohibited
by the teachings. Then this is not true jihad. It becomes terrorism,
		

			whether it involves weaponry, bombs, etc. We may call it jihad, but simply calling a jihadist make a
jihad. If it is truly for the sake of a law in accordance with the way that it has been prescribed
by a lot of His Messenger, then we have real Jihad and all societies
		

			Under the martyrs, this is not something new. This is not something unique to Islam, that martyrs
are only honored in Islam know, all societies they build monuments to, they build
		

			huge structures over the graves of they put their faces on stamps, they carve them into the
mountains,
		

			people honor the martyr, one who has given what is most precious, two human beings given it up,
sacrificed it for the cause. Sacrifice it for the cause, being obviously a righteous cause, a cause
which involves protecting the society, millions of lives
		

			1000s of lives for the sake of in our case, for the sake of God, and their case for the sake of the
country, for the sake of the ruler,
		

			whatever.
		

			Like the kamikaze pilots, when Japan was fighting the world, and fronting American particular,
		

			each one of those suicide pilots who flew his plane into the American aircraft carriers, and
battleships, etc. They were honored, the whole society raised up, motivated at their willingness to
sacrifice their lives, for the Emperor, and for Japan. And this occurs in all wars, in all
societies. So it's not something new. It's not something unique to Islam, that you can point the
fingers at all. Islam is calling people to kill themselves. No. In fact, suicide in Islam is
forbidden. It's considered a major sin, to kill oneself, not just not good. Not recommended. No, it
is a major sin, a major sin so great, that one who kills himself. One who kills himself or herself,
		

			ends up in *. As a result of it, they end up in *, the prophet may God's peace and blessings
be upon him said that whoever killed themselves by stabbing himself through shofar, mountain or
whatever, will find himself in * perpetually doing the same thing, killing himself over and over
and over again. Of course, if he has faith,
		

			eventually, after paying the price, the punishment for having taken his own life or her own life,
then they will be removed from *. But still, we don't even want to think about being in *. So
the idea of suicide in Islam is, is forbidden. However, when one is engaged in war on the
battlefield, we have what are known as suicide missions, where the general the head, the commander
will instruct members of the Army or Air Force whatever, to conduct some actions, which would put
their lives at risk actions, which will probably cause them to lose their lives, they call them
suicide missions. Those are praised in the military sphere. However, once we take it out of the
		

			military sphere of the battlefield, we now use this against civilians and supermarkets, in schools,
and airports and these kind of things. Now you have an evil. Now you have an evil, something which
Islam does not sanction. Where innocent lives people are not engaged in any kind of fight awards are
taken.
		

			And Islam is against it. If we strip away the external negative elements, and we end up with the
concept of fighting in the way of God, the Crusaders, who all of Europe honored they were soldiers
who went fought gave up their lives, for their faith, their honor, till this day,
		

			and Islam similarly, those who give up their lives, put their lives on the line. Fight for the cause
which God has
		

			prescribed.
		

			Such
		

			are considered
		

			Among the greatest of faith, their act among the best of deeds. With that their viewers, we would
like to close our Episode Episode which has focused on the best deed being faith in the law and
jihad in the path of a law. And with that, we'll close now and hope to see you in the coming
episode. Salaam Alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. See,
		

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