Ebrahim Bham – Talk at Centenary of ACJU

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			over a candle. I greet you with a traditional Muslim greeting of may the Almighty is peace and
blessings be upon each and every one of you.
		

			I first begin by acknowledging the greatness of the Almighty and we thank Almighty for his payments.
		

			His Majesty and His greatness on the sensor rotations upon our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam peace be upon him
		

			all honorable dignitaries.
		

			There are so many dignitaries that each and every one is important community members, dignitaries,
members of the diplomatic corps and in our part of the world, when we are unable to individually
mentioned all dignitaries we use enter all protocols observed with regard to all the dignitaries and
important members. It gives me great pleasure to be with you on the occasion of the centenary and
commemoration of the 100 years of the ACG you also longevity or whatever. Coming from South Africa
we have the added dimension of coming from very similar circumstances. Although I must agree with my
counterpart that you outdo us in hospitality
		

			living in a multicultural, multi ethnic and multi religious society, which brings in each week,
great potential. And we pray the debt potential must be fulfilled in both the countries. Also it
brings about challenges, challenges of poverty, growth, unemployment, and infrastructure. We are
further living in a world where attempts to blame communities are often accompanied by hatred, and
divisiveness. We know what is happening in Europe, America and Mexico borders etc. And let me just
add one humorous quote. They say that scientists today are trying to find life in outer space, and
some are trying to find life in the bottom of the ocean. It is an intervening space that has become
		

			a challenge to the V.
		

			So and one of the situations is that this is most unfortunate given the oneness of humanity. The
Quran says, You are nice enough to me that
		

			all humanity we created you from one male and female, the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam itself could not come in Adam, each and every one of you is from your forefathers, Adam. And
Adam was created from this the Quran further proclaims what occurred Koran now, Adam, We have
granted respect and dignity to every human being. When our Prophet migrated from Mecca to Medina, he
created something unique and unheard of in a society that was divided on tribal lines, he created a
treaty which made the security and welfare of the people a top priority. And everyone in Medina, the
people from the different backgrounds were required to participate in the defense of the city as
		

			citizens or as people from coming from one city. And the reason why this was done also is that the
leadership plays such an important role. And it is important that in this regard, we acknowledge the
importance of religion, and religious leaders, religion and religious leaders play a very important
role in society. Religion is a gift from the author of life, Almighty Allah, to the created religion
and by extension religious leaders have to strive to create an ethical society give purpose and
sense of identity to its adherence
		

			play a crucial role for each adherence to go through the anguish and challenges of life. It has been
scientifically and otherwise proven that those who have firm faith are able to navigate the
challenges of life better than those who do not have firm faith and conviction help build morally
sound and stable Communities That Care for the weak and the vulnerable. Helping the weakened,
vulnerable has always been a fundamental part of religion.
		

			Let us recall he is not a believer who stomach his father, while his neighbor goes hungry, says one
of the
		

			most respect
		

			Double traditions of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Almighty forgives one to
help others. In a tradition, the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said, I saw a person enjoying
himself in Jamaica in paradise for removing an offensive item from the road that was used by human
beings, the Almighty will grant you his payment assistance, to the extent that you help and show
mercy to others.
		

			Her Rafi moon, your humble man, or woman fell out of your hammock this month is among those who are
merciful will be shown mercy, be merciful to those on earth. And the ones who are in the heavens
won't be merciful to you. And in this particularly dark, let me conclude with a very interesting
Sufi incident. Sufi books have become very, very popular. I think in one of the intervening years,
Ruby was one of the most widely read authors
		

			in the United States of America. So this incident is created about two Sufi scholars. And one of
them asked the other scholar, the other Sufi scholar, telling me your purpose of life.
		

			And why have you chosen that purpose? What made you choose the purpose of life.
		

			And the Sufi scholar said if they were both from the holy city of Mecca, and one of them said, I
have devoted my life to worship
		

			and praying in the Holy sanctuary of NACA,
		

			and the reason why I did so listen to the reason with you of listening to it. He said, I was
traveling one day when I saw a blind bird on a tree. And I felt, how is this blind bird going to
suffer, survive? When I saw another bird, come in, with sustenance, a word in its beak and giving it
to this blind bird.
		

			And I thought, if the Almighty can care for a blind burden, the Almighty will take care of my needs.
I will now dedicate myself to the worship of the Almighty, the Almighty, if he can care for a blind
burden, will take care of my needs. The eldessouky said, very good that you saw this incident. But
may I ask you a question?
		

			Why did you choose to be the blind bird? Why didn't you choose to be the healthy bird who was giving
food and sustenance to the blind word, the moral of the story sort of story and the moral of the
sensitivity, the hand that gives is better than the hand that receives this. Let us be amongst those
who will be of benefit to the society and the community. And I end up with a prayer that the
Almighty give further progress to the or Ceylon geometry, in fulfilling its objective of creating
harmony, of were working towards the betterment of all people in a society, the country and we pray
for a better world in which there will be peace, and there will be justice so that humanity can live
		

			together with harmony and peace and justice is the hallmarks of just in a harmonious society is upon
Allah Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.