Farhan Abdul Azeez – The Weight of the World On Your Shoulders

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			Every year, emergency rooms across the United States and across the western world go through
disaster training, disaster training. And what that is, is that these emergency rooms are tested. If
they're equipped to respond to a disaster, be it natural Be a man made in their locale. And how
would they be able to respond to an influx of patients, critical patients dealing with a lot of
different injuries.
		

			So last year at the hospital, I'm training at that we had our disaster training. And the scenario
that we had was a little a bomb went off in a local, a local school nearby, and the city and now we
the hospital are going to be slammed with these patients, a large number of patients and what they
do for the high school students, they bring them out. And they they put makeup on them, they put
fake blood, they put in, you know, like fake injuries. So they'll have like fake bones sticking out
of their body to like, signify open fractures or they'll have different different things, different
injuries, and they dress up with like makeup, almost Hollywood style, but not as good quality. And
		

			so my job my responsibility during this disaster training was I was a physician outside of the
hospital as they're coming in, and I'm trying to triage who goes where, who is, you know, who just
has a sprained ankle? And can you have time to wait, who is someone who's critical. And if I don't
act in the next minute or two, we'll die. Who was someone who suffered injuries that at this point,
there's nothing we can do, and you let them go to one side. And trying to figure all that out. And
it was interesting experience is obviously a very fun experience for the students who got to
participate. But for myself, my mind was kind of thinking.
		

			And what I was thinking was was, you know, when I go to work, I clock in, I clock out 1012 hour
shift, and I'm done, I go home, and I get to rest and maybe I come back the next day for some more.
		

			But you know, a physician in Burma right now, or a physician in Syria right now, or a physician in
the Central African Republic right now, doesn't have that luxury. When a bomb goes off. When a
missile strikes a marketplace or a village is run over by by abandon a mob, there is no luxury of
after 10 hours I can check out there is no luxury of, you know, having the resources that we have
here.
		

			And they deal with this influx of patients. And I want you to imagine being a physician, an
emergency medicine physician in one of these scenarios, in in Burma or in in Syria or the like. And,
you know, when you have that many patients you're under a lot of stress is high stress, high
urgency, you know, it takes a mental toll.
		

			Inevitably, you will be dealt with sadness, inevitably, you'll you'll have the child who doesn't
make it, you'll have the young, the young woman who doesn't make it you'll have the father of a
child who's there with them doesn't make it. And it's those even despite the moments of happiness,
that you may have the person that you may have saved or you made a difference in their care or their
life. It's those moments, those individuals, those smiling children,
		

			that you will never forget those that you lose, you'll never forget it and and no matter how much
you tried for the rest of your life, you'll live with that. And you'll question yourself, Could I
have done something better? Could I have done something more? Could I have made a different decision
that would have perhaps saved this person's life? And I decided to begin today's session with this
scenario. Because I felt it was the most fitting scenario to help us understand the title of my talk
the weight of the world on your shoulders. You see the Prophets when I send them, He gives them
example he says that they example of me and the people is like a man is still cutting out this man
		

			who lit a fire. And he says when the fire became illuminated, it grew large. He sees the the moths
and the
		

			insects started flying into the fire. These insects are flying into the fire just like you see the
moths flying towards the lights. If you have an open you know the open bulb light and then you see a
moth land on it and you just see like smoke. You hear like a little E is it dies, right? It's like
flying into the fire. The president says this man is next to the fire. And he's trying to push these
moths and insects away from the fire. But he says fail the Libnah who the overpower this man and
they jumped they fly into the fire to their death.
		

			The prophesy said to me he says
		

			for Anna Alfie Don't be who Jessie Coleman and Annie now we're going to talk to him on a fee ha. He
says I am like this man. I am grabbing you by your belts, by your buckles and I'm trying to pull you
away from hellfire. But you are insisting on jumping into the hellfire. That's the responsibility he
felt. And he person who dies with La Ilaha illa Allah as like, how a physician may be similar The
only thing I can think of as similar to physician who has a patient come in and dies on his table
when he could have tried to do a better job to save him.
		

			I mean, that that left a mark. Right? That's it's a very high it's and 24/7 and that's why the
promises he would you know, all day he would spend calling people to Islam, calling people to Allah
subhanaw taala and he doesn't rest much at night before he's up again praying in the Knights praying
to Allah to guide these people and to help the people and to forgive the people to forgive his
ummah.
		

			Right the rest of them lived a life like this and ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says the students will have
verse number six. Further I look here on second
		

			at him in you know, the Hadith he assefa Perhaps you would kill yourself in grief or sorrow over
their footsteps and they're turning away from you? Because they believe not in the Quran. Right.
That's how much it meant to the prophesy said that the emotional toll it was taking on him was to
the point that, you know, it overwhelmed him that these people were rejecting his snap. Right, it
was that serious. It's as if it's life or death. And we all heard the verse over and over again
we're Allah subhanho wa taala. He describes the Messenger of Allah sai send them in a very beautiful
verse and where he says, one
		

			little mean, we have only sent you all Muhammad wa salam, except as a mercy to mankind. But you know
what's very interesting about this verse, this verse is Susan MBS surah number 21, verses 107.
Students will MBI has a very, very interesting sort of very beautiful sort of very powerful sutra.
But the theme of students will MBR is a theme of mankind being in a state of ruffler and the state
of heedlessness and loss Allah Subhan. Allah in fact begins the sutra by saying it got out all
burning Nicaea boom Whoa, home field love Lattimore, Adi goon, Maya demon, the creme Mila, Bhima.
Death in in STEM.
		

			Goon, he says that the the hour is the time of account is drawing closer and closer, it's actively
happening. While mankind is in a state of heedlessness turning away, no mention comes to them from
their Lord except they they listen to it while they're at play. Right and throughout the surah you
find the theme of love flow repeat, repeated over and over and over again. And it is in the setting
of this context. At the end of the surah. Allah says We have sent you Mohammed Salim only as a as a
mercy to all of mankind and immediately following this verse, verse number 108, Allah subhana wa
Tada. He says, going in you have ye
		

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			Muslim moon, Allah says, say O Muhammad wa salam after saying that he's a mercy to mankind. He says,
say that, and indeed it has been revealed to me that your Lord is One Lord. So will you then be
Muslims? Will you then submit and accept Islam? Right. So his ultimate form of Mercy was what was he
just absolutely he was just was he caring? Of course he was caring. Did he help the needy? Do you
help the poor, the weak, the oppressed, the traveler? Did he stand up for justice? Whether it's for
a Muslim or non Muslim? Yes, yes, yes, a resounding yes. But the ultimate form of mercy that he
brought to the Earth is to bring to Hey, La ilaha illallah, Muhammad Rasulullah to all of us. That
		

			is the ultimate form of mercy and calling people to Islam calls them to justice.
		

			Islam brings them economic justice. It's not more bring them political justice. Islam will bring
equality to all people. Islam can solve the problems of society. So yes, he was a mercy He brought
his his mercy was to call people to Islam. And under Islam, you find the different beauties have
mercy. You define the different beauties of mercy. Right, Allah subhanaw taala also season a verse
that we may not have heard one man out of Southern Africa, the same exact wording, except he stays
warm out of southern Africa Illa Mobis shed on one of the law, we have sent you only as a bearer of
glad tidings and a warner but Subhanallah he spent his whole life concerned for the Ummah right and
		

			we say, oh my, what do we mean by Oma? When we say OMA, the nation of Muhammad, Salah Salem, there's
two categories to this, you see, there is no prophet after the Prophet of Allah and Allah is Allah.
He is the final messenger. And so he is sent to all of mankind. So all of mankind is OMA to Dawa.
They are the nation from his time until the Day of Judgment, the nation who he was sent to the call
to the Oneness of Allah subhanho wa taala. But then you also have a separate category, a subcategory
within this category, and that is you and I will mention the Java, the mother responded to this call
and believed in Allah subhanaw taala and His Messenger Salallahu Salam, and it was particularly for
		

			his own man, the OMA 20 Java, that he had even more concerned for. One time he was reciting the
verses citizen Maui, there were Allah subhanaw taala says, on the tongue of eSATA, he said, um, he
said, he said, I was talking to Allah and saying, oh, Allah, if you punish them, then they are your
slaves. And if you forgive them, then indeed you are the most powerful and the most wise. So the
President began crying. He says, Allah, Allah Almighty Almighty Rebecca, the narration says he began
saying, Oh Allah, my nation, my nation, hearing that ASAP telling Allah if you punish them, they're
your slaves. The prophet is crying concern for you, Allah don't punish my nation, almighty Almighty.
		

			And he begins crying. So Allah sensitivity analysis that I'm to the Prophets when I send them and
Allah knows and he says, ask him, Why is he crying?
		

			And the process that I'm telling you to be nice to them why he's crying, and to be honest, and it
goes back to Allah and Allah knows, and Allah says would be nice and I'm back to him and he says,
tell him what hamazon Salam, the International Vika Fiamma tikka, Wallah nesu that we will most
definitely please you with their OMA and we won't, we won't, we will never displease you.
		

			Right. So he was concerned particularly for his OMA, right, I said Allah and one time she narrates
that I saw the Prophet of Allah in a good mood. He was smiling and he was happy. And you know, when
you want something, you go to your parents or you go to your husband or your wife when they're in a
good mood, right? You're trying to pick them up in the eyes and sees that the President was in a
good mood. And so she says out of sort of love, she says, Oh, that Allah honey make too hot for me.
So the messenger of Allah Sana and he says in response, he says, Oh Allah, forgive I Isha, what she
has done in the past, and what she will do, and what she has done secretly and what she has done
		

			openly. So Aisha began and she became so happy at this. She began laughing so hard and smiling so
much that she her she almost like like, bent over and laughter how happy she was by this receiving
this surprise on him. He says, oh, you know, I said, you know, are you happy by this drive that I
made for you? And she says In response, you know, how can I not be happy? You just prayed for me for
my forgiveness past future secret open that's that's awesome. The process he says in response to
Allah he will Allah He in Allah dua Ely Almighty frequently salah. He says, I swear by Allah and
every single prayer that I make, I make the same dua for my ummah.
		

			That's how much he loved us. Right. That's how much he cared for us, and that's how much he was
concerned for us. Right.
		

			But that concern also carries the responsibility. You have to understand something that concern also
carries a responsibility when the president he wants told even Mr. Golan who opened was served with
recite to me from the Quran. And he says, Acaba Aliko alikhan ZIL rasool Allah, should I recite to
you when the Quran has been revealed to you? And he says, yes, so Mr. Wood begins reciting certain
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			and he begins reciting until he got to the verse, verse 41, where Allah subhana wa Tada he says,
forgave either Jeton mean Coonley ohm be Shaheed
		

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			Allah Subhana Allah says what will be the state like when we bring from every Ummah, a witness, and
we will bring your own what you owe Mohammed Salim as a witness, Allahu Allah is Shahida against
these people, not for these people against these people, meaning the President will witness against
mankind.
		

			Did they answer the call or not? And those of us who answered the call, did we fulfill the
responsibility like he did or not? He will witness against us. And so when a witness rude recited
verse, this verse, the President told them Hasbrook enough. And then Mr. Rhodes raised his head and
he found the prophecy and I'm crying. He found him crying. And this is in Behati. Right? He found
him crying. Why? Because Bravo will be you know, when there's a judgement, when does a judge you
have a witness who's brought an expert witness or witness who's brought to the scene, their promises
and and will be that witness? And it's not an affair of this person, steal or not? Or did this
		

			person do this or not where he may have a short punishment or a small punishment in this world? This
is eternity. This is paradise or hellfire. This is the last moments, right and that's why when the
president he gave his Farewell Sermon, when he gave his
		

			and his last Hajj before he passed away, he's only had in his last hedge. A few months before he
passed away. He began to hit the Bible saying hey, you Hannah's Ismail going, oh mankind listen to
what I have to say. For a Nila Nila Nila elkaar combat the army had something on us. He says that
listen to what I say for I do not know if I will meet you again after this year.
		

			And then he gave a very emotional powerful speech. And ma he addressed many issues he addressed the
sanctity in the honor of a Muslim the importance of returning trust to people that interest should
be abolished because interest is a system that takes advantage and preys on the poor and those who
are in need. Right? He he emphasized taking care of your women. He emphasized the rights of those in
need. He emphasized the equality between all races and people and the unity amongst the Muslims.
Right. He emphasized that no matter what you do remember that you will be brought back to Allah and
you will be held accountable. And he emphasized to hold on to the Quran and Sunnah. Write this very
		

			powerful speech and then when he concluded his speech, he said, Allah mahal Beloved, this is a man
who lived like the physician, we began began to the hotbar with the speech with a man who every
moment of his life, he's so concerned for all of humanity.
		

			Every moment of his life, he's so concerned for all of humanity. And you fast forward 23 years later
in his life,
		

			and his last sermon to 100,000 companions and he says, hola, hola. Hola. Hola.
		

			Hola. Hola. Did I fulfill my responsibility? Did I fulfill this wait that's upon my shoulders.
Allahumma fish had Allahumma fishes Oh Allah, the bear witness that I have delivered the message
message and then he said for a new believer Shahidullah IP. Then let everyone who was present give
the message to those who are not here.
		

			And you and I 14 136 years later, after the Hijrah are hearing the same message. Let the one who was
present give the message the one to the one who was not here. And after this Allah subhana wa Tada
revealed the verse and Neoma Akhmat into Lancome Dena mem to Allah ecom near Marathi worldly Tula
como is NA Medina, this day, I have perfected your religion for you, I have completed my favor upon
you and I have chosen for you Islam as your religion. Right? We have been given this perfect
religion, right from a perfect Lord, to the perfection of humanity through the greatest Angel ever.
And now when the President gave that message to us, we now carry that responsibility. We now carry
		

			the weight of the world on our shoulders collectively. As I'm gonna have Bobby said, national Rusu
Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, we are the messengers of the messenger of allah sallallahu sallam, you
and I, wherever we are, and wherever we go, and whoever we interact with, we are now carrying the
message of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, and are we carrying ourselves in a way that the Prophet would
be proud of? Do we deal with people in a way that the Prophet would be proud of? Do we wear Islam?
Do we represent Islam? Do we live Islam in a way that the prophets I send them wouldn't be proud of?
And you see, here's the thing I have to preface what I talked about already with with an
		

			understanding. You see, when I say that the Prophet in His mercy, His mercy is ultimate form of
mercy and there are many forms of mercy but his ultimate form of mercy he brought to this world is
to call people to Allah subhanaw taala. You have to understand that he became a Prophet when he was
40 years old. And before he was 40 years old, he already established a reputation in society of
being someone who is just and that's why when he came running down from hot head off, Khadija his
wife told him, oh, you know, don't worry, Allah will never forsake you. You take care of the
orphans, you take care of the poor, you help the needy, you stand up for the rights of the
		

			oppressed. You know, when when the man from Yemen, his business
		

			He was he was deprived the price of his goods that he sold to a nobleman, which resulted in helfen
football, the famous treaty in which the Quraysh decided that no one will be oppressed in this land.
And if they were, we would stand up for them. Right, the profit center was there. Right? He stood,
and he witnessed part of that treaty. And so later at the end of his life, he says that I witnessed
in the house of my beloved to Don, the Treaty of unfolding exactly
		

			where he says that, even now in the snom, where I call to those same, those same details have same,
you know, descriptions of that treaty of that of that pact, I would follow it, meaning it wasn't
just about justice for Muslims, but justice for everybody, you know, right here in Baltimore. You
know, perhaps some of you who came from out of town are wondering, what's Baltimore? Like? Can we
even you know, what's the is it still like, you know, protests and riots is a safe, you know, can we
come or not? Right. But you know, the issue of the Black Lives Matter movement and the like, it's an
issue that we have to be we have to care for as well, we have to be a part of as well, because the
		

			prophets I send them would have been involved in these same social justice issues.
		

			Right, and we have to understand that their struggles are the same as our struggles, their struggles
are the same as our struggles. You know, I worked here in Baltimore, the hospital that that Freddie
Gray, one, two, and the shock trauma University of Maryland, I was there just, what, five months
ago. And you know, the reality is, this is the reality, that the system that's in place is not a
system of justice. It's not a system of equality, you know, compassion and fairness. You have
Freddie Gray, who can be taken to the hospital. And we see this all the time, where a person comes
in, and police custody, and he's beaten up battered and bruised, and all we have to go on as
		

			physicians is what the police tell us. Right. And then we treat the person accordingly. And you
know, you have institutions that are that have a military background, like the University of
Maryland, it is awesome. It's a number of number one shock trauma center in the world, right. But it
has a culture, right? I at the hospital, you know, and a different hospital I worked at, we had a
patient come in who's now also in the national media, right, who was beaten by police and video
comes out now emerging, what happened, they framed him, they beat him and they broke his ribs. And
there was almost a concern for a brain bleed. I took care of him. i He came to my hospital, I took
		

			care of him. And I saw firsthand, you see a man who's beaten down, and you see the system that
doesn't give any any credence to what he says or what happens, right. And here's the reality is the
system is broken. And the solution for the system is now within the system. The solution for the
system is what we have. The solution for the system is Islam. Islam will bring justice to these
people. It's now practice properly, can bring equality can bring compassion can bring the rights of
the poor and the weak and the needy. That's what Islam did in Mecca. And that's what Sam can do now.
		

			Yesterday, yesterday, some of my friends Sokoban Fraus, and some of the brothers who were in this
convention now, a black man from West Baltimore comes up to them. And the first thing he says is,
can you all speak English? Right? The brothers got big beards, his mom's got the hijab on and the
light goofy and this and that. She's Can y'all speak English? And they say, yeah, and he says, what
some some four letter words in between. He says, now we're messed up. We are messed up, meaning when
he's talking about his community, were messed up. He says, You people, you got to hold on to your
identity. You people got to hold on to your identity because you can do something for us that we
		

			couldn't do for ourselves. Right? He recognizes that when we have to carry that responsibility. We
have to carry that responsibility as messengers of the messenger Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam to be a
color to justice and equality whether it's Muslim or non Muslim when people see that then they will
naturally attack attracted to the ultimate form of justice and, and peace which is the religion of
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