Dawood Sampson – Jumuah Pre Khutbah
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If there was I'm also
all of our eyes is on the,
you know, the elections,
who's busy winning and as the count is
coming in,
something that is probably undeniable that, many people,
their eyes is on it.
And it was
previously, I I didn't use to vote
because of preconceived notions.
And then I
registered myself, and now I'm voting.
But I remember
looking at the voting days
and
the amount of people that you that I
saw,
I couldn't remember
that the amount of people at the voting
booths
is as much as it is now.
So it was, you know, you you you
take in what you see and you ask
yourself what why why is this happening?
Is it because of,
you know, the idea that 1994
is similar?
This is how 2024
is our 1994.
Is that idea that people more people because,
I think I have to
when I I used to work at prison,
I used
to love sitting amongst the
the
the the Xhosa people, the Zulu people. They
were mostly the wardens.
And I used to love sitting amongst them
because the
their knowledge of of politics and how politics
work. And I just sit and listen because
because, because
politics. I don't understand what and who and
why and all of these things. So I
would just sit and listen to them and
I would ask them questions and
and, normally, when you, like, speak also to
the colored community, those who
you interact with, then you also get the
same phenomenon. Like, you know, the the the
same like me. They don't really know that
much about the policy game.
So
politics is is is something that is
you know, it's not the
on our
list of priorities when it comes to colored
people.
And you ask yourself, so why is the
turnout so so big, huge in numbers right
now at this particular moment?
And it could be various reasons. It could
be amalgamation
of reasons.
And,
something
that
that for me stands out is the Palestinian
issue.
That the Palestinian issue
is brought to the front
many things.
And,
it it it kind of also caused the,
a slight of a a divide between
Muslims
and let's call it practicing Christians.
Because you have the the Christians who who
are of the view
that,
you know, they they need to support Israel.
And,
ever since the the the Palestinian issue
was burning amongst the Muslims and it started
spreading and, you know, more
Muslims, non
Muslims,
more people start
engaging
with the
Palestinian
issue. The other side, we'll find, you know,
the those who believe that Israel is part
of the prophecies and they need to support,
they also started, you know, campaigning in that
regard.
So it could be
in my,
estimation that it could be maybe because of
that.
The Palestinian issue
was so big
that the party that is known as the
PA that I didn't foresee that would be
doing so good is doing good. But what
was it the
what was what was in the front of
PA when they used to promote PA?
Was the Palestinian issue. Now he was very
vocal about it. What he would do to
Hamas and all of those things.
And which could be a lower island.
Allah knows best.
Why?
And then
in the Western Cape,
while I was looking at the at the
stats, I would see the
the stats coming in from the outskirts
of Western Cape.
So the DA is obviously as everyone knows
is is is running ahead.
And in the outskirts,
you just see yellow
because Dia is now identified as yellow as
the numbers is coming in and Dia is
leading and the outskirts is
this is now your
Worcester, Outwarden,
all of these places. Outwarden is in the
Western Cape? Yeah. Southern
Cape. Oh, okay.
Alright. So is the.
And all of these places,
Mussel Bay and
you can just see it's it's this yellow
glowing with d a.
And they also add the,
You know. Red. South Africa. Rescue South Africa.
You know.
Fearmongering
or or You know. They're all politicians. They
do this. They they run on fear. They
would put the fear in front of you
and they they would run with it.
So I was in Worcester
and, while sitting in one of the the,
malls there,
I was sitting and waiting on my wife.
And,
it was like about 10 minutes it went
by.
And I was like,
Muslims
And we, like, here in Cape Town, we
we we living in our our bubble,
you know, because here we see
Muslims like this
and
and
you see Muslims there and you're
like
And my wife was telling me that, you
know, because I was telling her, you know,
for 10 minutes I was sitting here and
I I didn't see a Muslim.
Normally, you go to our malls here and
you would see, okay. I got a Muslim
titty. I got a Muslim titty. I got
a Muslim titty. And
and,
it is these areas
that is now, you know, bringing in the
big votes in the Western Cape
for the for the DA.
And I'm thinking,
oh,
you know, we live here in in in
Cape Town
and we think sometimes, you know, that if
we look at this number sitting here then
we think, oh, Muslims is Masha Allah, we
we we're flourishing.
But as soon as you move out of
Cape Town and then,
oh, you're
struggling to get this and that and the
other.
And you walk like this and the people
looking at you.
As widespread
in Western Cape as we would maybe like
to think it is.
And
subhanAllah,
you you you just try to think of
the previous examples
when Muslims used to be few in number,
but the impact
of the Muslims
was like they were our own nation. In
fact, Allah subhanahu ta'ala speaks about nabibraim alayhis
salam
and then Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that
he was a nation
speaking about 1 person.
When Khalid bin Walid
was in a battle
requesting from Abu Bakr,
I can't remember,
requesting
thousands of men to assist him as aid.
Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu send 1 person
to assist Khalid bin Waleed.
1 person.
And when he was
questioned Abu Bakr, you're only gonna send the
guys asking for for thousands of men. You're
only sending 1.
And this was the quality of Muslims
back then.
And this is the quality of Islam and
Muslims that we need to return
within the Muslim Ummah, with amongst the Muslims.
We can't have an Ummah
that is sitting on our laurels and now,
masha'Allah,
Islam 315
years or 400 years ago came here forefathers.
Beautiful, those halal stems and
no.
The ummah should be moving.
The ummah should be making progress.
But it it it seems like the Ummah
is is is the
The Ummah is more concerned about his best
interest and the Ummah is more concerned about
his wealth and his best interest.
When you used to hear
that
I don't know how much truth
is in the story
but when you used to hear people speaking
about
as a
and they
speak about Muslims
and
Muslim
Yeah.
Muslim
No. No. No. No. You won't lie.
Back then,
when the they used to go for Hajj
like our when they come back home now,
the Arab style
complete Arab.
So back then, the
the,
Turkish what's the name fez
was prominent
for the Hujaz. So when they come back,
So Hujaz
back then, there were people that
like humans when when you look at the,
when they came back, they were the people
I don't know if it was if it
was, the the prevalent thing at the time,
but they were the people that were now
Because they came back and it's like, Rasha
Allah. I've attained this garb of deen now.
I'm I must now go teach and you
know, there were people of honor and stature.
But this Islam and the Muslims seem to
be like, you know,
You know, there's no more weight. In Islam
there's or rather let me say in the
muslims.
In the actions of the muslims,
We can't be hearing still up until today
that
when
people our Muslim brothers and sisters sitting here,
they will tell you.
And I'm like, SubhanAllah, how is this possible?
That is Islam is
is Islam only the talk shop now?
Has it become a place where it was
you know and it will take my interest.
Back then,
when you look at the the comparison between
Islam, it seems like Islam is is in
today's time, it's all about how entertaining can
I be in my talk?
How can I entertain the brothers and sisters
sitting here?
When Islam used to be in the time
of Rasool Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in the
time of the Khalifa Rashidun. When Islam used
to be a Islam of where you see
actions.
That when the omer adialahu an, he used
to come to the market and he asked
the person, do you know how to make
business? No. Then go back and go find
out how to make business first
in the Islamic way before you start dealing
in business.
Because actions was important.
We all hear the phenomena of people speaking
about Islam spreading with the sword which is
false.
There were battles that were fought,
but no one was ever forced
with Muslim.
This isn't Islam.
You can't force a person to become a
Muslim.
But the Muslims used to rule places.
The Muslim used to rule places and wherever
they ruled,
the Muslims would run supreme
because of the justice system that they had.
People would want to be ruled by Islam
and the Muslims.
Because all week you pick him up Friday.
Your name should be more important
as a Muslim. Your name should be more
important
than
But you are a representative
of Islam wherever you go. Look at what
the person is saying.
I'm not saying this.
I'm not saying I'm merely repeating what is
being said.
And it's by time
that Islam
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
No no no.
Allah
In your actions, what are you doing?
What are you presenting
as a Muslim?
And I'm not standing here and saying,
I'm the perfect example.
But as a collective,
we should all be striving and trying our
level best
to improve the situations wherever we are.
They must for
example.
This
500 people, muslims sitting here,
don't just look at me or mala Daut
or the imam. He see representative on islam
and poo.
You wherever you go work, wherever you go
to, why did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala create
this setting?
For talk show?
No. It's for when we leave here then
mashAllah we try and implement what we have
we have learned.
And this is what is missing in Islam.
Or should I say amongst our Muslims?
That where you
you live in a country and you you
you can't be thinking still up until today.
That name, mashallah,
is all right.
Where's the impact that we're making?
Islam ruled
India
for 800 years
roundabout roughly.
800 years.
No Hindu was wiped out
but Islam ruled me.
In the justice system that existed,
you go to Palestine.
The Jews, they brought the key to Umar
in in in Palestine. They they brought the
key to Umar radia Allah one.
When Umar
ruled SubhanAllah,
one person comes
from,
I think it was Egypt.
One person.
I'm not talking about the whole town
of complaints.
I'm not talking about the whole city of
complaints.
I'm talking about one person comes to Omar
Radiallahu an, Uzdak Khalifa.
Not talking about the country.
He's not only ruling for example South Africa.
No. He's ruling South Africa for example. He's
ruling Botswana.
He's ruling
Namibia. He's
several places he's ruling.
One person from one of these places comes
to Umar radiallahu an with a complaint
that your governor who's in charge of us,
I didn't want to go to him with
this complaint because his son did this to
me.
What did he do?
I'd make a slut.
He eat me like this.
Is a man of substance.
Immediately, he takes Islam serious.
He takes being very serious.
He takes being just serious.
And he calls, he summons
and he says,
call me
in a letter.
I'm Rabin Elias. Oh, okay. You're Miru mumineen.
If a makha summon, he summoned me.
Oh, mashallah bring my son along. Okay, let
me go.
Not a day's journey, not 2 days journey.
Comes to Amirul Mumineen,
Umar Radiallahu an, this person who complained about
Amir ibn Laz is not a Muslim.
No.
When I love a person, I create a
peace of untreatment. I don't like you.
This is not Ummrah dear Allah one.
The justice of Islam is more important.
Come.
This person who's not a Muslim is being
entertained, is being fed.
Mashallah,
while we're waiting for Amr ibn Elias.
Amr ibn Elias, he comes.
You
summoned me and my son.
Yes.
I'm actually,
interested in your son. There's a complaint.
This gentleman is saying this about your son.
Is this true?
I'm a little ask you to know this.
I'm a rebel as you to know.
Is this true?
The sun indicates. Yes. Also,
Okay.
Pack my staff
in
justice system practice?
No one.
Islam form.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's enough.
Now you eat the father.
Why?
Amirul mumineen, why me? I'm unable to ask.
He's a great sahabi.
He's the companion
that asks Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi salam,
who amongst the Sahaba do you love the
most? Why is he asking Rasool Allah sallallahu
alaihi salam this question?
Because the engagement that the Rasool Allah sallallahu
alaihi wasallam used to have with Amr ibn
A'az was on such a level that Amr
ibn A'az used to think, you know, even
Iqasimos
beloved person to Rasool Allah
SWA. The way Rasool Allah SWA is with
me,
but he didn't know that the Rasool aslam
by his nature, he used to be the
best friend of everyone.
When he's with this one, you're my best
friend. When he's with that one, you're my
best friend. When he was this one, you're
my best friend. And he would treat everyone
like this. I'm not even last thought
that because rasulullahism
is giving him this treatment,
maybe I'm the beloved person to rasulullahism.
On behalf of Allah, who do you love
the most?
Aisha.
Oh no, no. I don't mean like from
amongst the women. I mean from amongst the
men.
Abu her father.
Okay and then who? Who? Omer
and then
He didn't hear his name. This is Amal
ibn Laz.
This is the person who has been made
the governor of this place.
Umar radiallahu an is giving a commandment,
Where is this
amongst us?
Yeah.
The
Arab
leaders. Yeah.
Leaders,
in your own home,
in your own home, in your amongst your
family members.
Arab leaders from accused.
Go see if you're not doing what the
Arab leaders are doing to the Muslim world.
Go see that justice
family?
Are you doing it in your neighborhood?
Are you doing it in your community?
Now it's easier on the
but
I can't point the finger here.
And when it's when it's in required for
me to do it.
You had to fulfill this mission. This person
was never supposed to come to me. Was
supposed to come to you.
You also need a pack
because you couldn't
do the justice that was required of the
Muslims. This is why you were placed there.
And this is what is missing amongst us
Muslims.
The lip service,
beautiful talks, beautiful by hands. It's one thing.
But the actions
the actions not only your
how you're treating your neighbors.
Do your neighbors come first
in treatment?
How are you with your family members?
How are you with your you know, is
there the treatment that is
where is that?
In your workspace.
Nabi salal alaihislam used to teach us
that the people that work for you
or if you have a slave,
back then, slavery was arrived.
If you have a slave or you have
a servant, people that is work working for
you.
I was once asked
I'm I'm not gonna say we
but I was once asked not here. It
wasn't
here. But I was once asked
by
a Muslim,
to be more specific,
a black Muslim.
To be more specific,
a foreigner.
I was once asked by a Muslim foreigner,
black Muslim foreigner.
Sheikh, can you please speak about give 1
Jumuah not here, not here.
Give 1 Jumuah
on the treatment of workers.
How you supposed to treat your workers?
The people that's working for you
cry for help.
Muslims
Where's the substance
when it comes to your workers?
Where's the substance when it comes to dealing
with people?
This is why people don't have faith in
us Muslims
present us a Muslim. Present us a Muslim.
Muslim. When I'm reciting Quran, I'm a Muslim.
What about your work?
What about your day to day dealings in
your business?
Where is that?
It can't be that important.
You
know, when it comes to death,
And we know how it goes with death.
You know,
But you know when you as a person
And you sometimes make it easy
on a person.
Subhanallah, you know what a great attribute in
Islam this is.
Someone is owing you money
and the appointed time has already come
and then you still make it easy for
that person.
Allah smile material
cause you're making
it easy.
Someone is owing you money.
You write that off.
Subhanallah
You remember? Yes. But you wrote it off.
You showed mercy and you wrote it off.
To compete some it may and kindness and
generous as towards my creation.
This is substance of Islam.
When it comes to your workers,
but you make it light.
This brings substance to Islam.
I had
one dealing
with a particular person. This person blew me
away.
I dealing with a particular person was many
years ago.
15
of 10, 15 years ago.
I received sweaters,
t shirts.
No. It's a t shirt. Sweaters.
So I do now make business dealings and,
you know, try to raise some money for
myself and blah blah blah.
So I was thinking, hey, I have a
few friends who's also struggling.
You know, maybe I can give it seeing
that I'm getting it for free.
You know, let help help each other.
You know how it goes.
So,
unfortunately,
it didn't work out.
That person, he did these business. Unfortunately, it
didn't work out for him also.
And the other guy also, he he did
these business. It didn't work out for him
also.
And time went on. Last year,
sometime last year,
this guy comes with the money that he
owed me back then.
He can so blown away.
He never forgot that he owed me.
And as always now,
as a problem,
whatever.
Look at the heart of this person.
Look at the heart of this person.
He never forgot the money that he owed
me and he brought that money. You
know, I had some struggles in
inform, you know,
difficulties what they are.
But this is what we are talking about
brothers and sisters in Islam. Where's the substance
of Islam?
There's few people here
should be able to conquer wherever we go.
The way we're dealing with our family, our
friends, the way we're dealing with our neighbors
in our community, the way wherever
we have some form of dealing.
The way you treat the people.
He's not gonna do that.
But Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi waslam raised men.
He brought us men
that showed us how to do this.
Let's ask.
You know we can't
have business
You forget the day that we are going
to stand in front of Allah Subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala preserve us all.
May we understand and realize that as Muslims,
We are all representatives.
We are all either
bringing people to Islam by our actions
or harming people by our actions.
The non Muslims
They read you.
You are the book of Islam to the
non Muslims.
So be the book of Islam outside.
Be the best version.
Now when you say openness
Salam. Imam, can you make dua for Fatima
Jeff Jeffries
whose birthday is tomorrow,
and whose birthday is on Monday.
And then we are I answer reminder the
national
will take place on the 18, 1920 of
September.
That's October.
No? Yeah. October.
The, the cost presently for the bus is
2,000 rand per person.
The contact person is
and they have.
Yeah.
You can contact him with regards to the
bus.
Every Wednesday between
pertaining to the for those who wish to
partake.
I'd like Sheikh to make dua for Muhammad
Torek Dolly, son of Soraya.
Oh, yeah. The Inshallah,
as a a special the
as a
the United Youth Movement
inviting the brothers, the young ones, the elders,
everyone,
males, females, everyone welcome. You know, come sit
and join us inshallah in the in the
hadat.
Normally, run by our imam, Ridhuwan Ali.
Very dedicated, masha Allah, to this,
hadad on a Thursday. So every Thursday, inshallah,
after isha, come join us
inshallah.