Fariq Naik – Characteristics of Believers as Mentioned in the Quran 3-110
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A speaker from USA discusses the importance of conveying the message of Islam to non Muslims and avoiding shirheim. They stress the duty of every Muslim to enroll in Islam and to not forbid what is wrong. The speaker also provides a talk on concept of God in major worldeseism and encourages individuals to ask forgiveness from Allah.
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Assalamu alaikum. I am Likon from USA.
What kind of believers
are referred to in Suratul Amrion, chapter number
3 was some 100
10.
Allah in chapter number 3 was some 110
says,
You are the best of people evolved for
mankind.
Because you enjoin what is right, and you
forbid what is wrong, and you believe in
Allah. Allah
is giving Muslims an honor by calling us
that is the best of people because
we should enjoin what is right and we
should forbid what is wrong.
And whenever there is honor, it is always
followed up with responsibility.
There is no honor without responsibility.
For example,
in a school, a principal has got more
honor than teacher.
A teacher has got more honor than a
clerk.
Similarly, a principal has got more responsibility than
a teacher. A teacher has got more responsibility
than a clerk. There is no honor without
responsibility.
And when Allah,
he's giving us an honor by calling us
that is the best of people, don't you
think we have a responsibility?
What is our responsibility?
We should convey the message of Islam to
the non Muslims, to those who are unaware
of it. Stop them from doing shirk.
So Allah
is addressing the entire Muslim.
That is the duty of every Muslim
to convey the message of Islam to the
non Muslims. It is the duty of every
Muslim
to enjoin what is right and forbid what
is wrong. And if you do not enjoin
what is right and if you do not
forbid what is wrong, we aren't fit to
be called as. We aren't fit to be
called as Muslims.
So if a person does not do,
does not enjoy what is right, does not
forbid what is wrong, so he is just
a namesake Muslim or a pseudo Muslim.
But we should see to it that we
practice
the religion of Islam.
And today we see non Muslims, they are
committing shirk.
Many of the non Muslims,
they worship idols.
The Christian brothers,
they say that Jesus Christ, peace be upon
him, is almighty god. We need to convey
the mystery of Islam to these people. And
Allah
says in the glorious Quran in Suratul Al
Imran, chapter number 3, verse number 64.
Say, oh people of the book.
Come to common terms as us and you,
which
is the first term
that we worship none but one almighty god.
That we associate no partners with him. So
when we are talking to the non Muslims,
for example, to
our Hindu brothers or to our Christian brothers,
we should talk about the commonalities
between Islam and Hinduism, between Islam and Christianity.
And if you read the Hindu scriptures, it
talks about the oneness of almighty God. It
says that we should not
make an image
of almighty God. Idol worship is prohibited.
Several places in the Hindu scriptures, the same
teachings I mentioned in the bible that you
have to worship only one God who has
got no images.
And Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, he's
not God, neither is the son of God,
but rather he's a messenger of almighty God.
And I have given a talk on concept
of God in major world religions, and you
can refer to this talk. So it is
the duty of every Muslim to convey the
message of Islam to the non Muslims.
And
every Muslim knows that
we need to worship one God alone, that
there is only one God. There is Allah.
At least tell that to non Muslims. If
they ask you for proof, you come back
home and search for the evidence.
As I said, I've given a talk on
concept of God in major world religions, which
talks about the oneness of Allah subhanahu ta'ala
that you have to worship only one God
in the Christian scripture, so you can mention
it to them. All of us Muslims know
that prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is
the last and final messenger. At least tell
this to the non Muslims. If they ask
for proof, you can come back home and
do your homework. I have given a talk
on Muhammad
in the various world religious scriptures. You can
refer to this lecture.
So, therefore, we should see to that we
do dawah. A person should not wait till
he becomes a big sheikh like Sheikh Ahmedida,
then he will start doing that. That time
will never come. Whatever information you have about
Islam, as long as the information is correct,
you should convey it to non Muslims, to
those who are unaware of it. We pray
to Allah
that may he make us ambassadors of peace,
and may we be torchbearers of the world,
and may we
have the ability
to convey the mess of Islam to non
Muslims. We pray to Allah
that may keep us always on the
on the straight path, And may he grant
victory
to us and to the Palestinian brother and
sisters.
And may we
have the honor of offering salah
in Masjid Al Aqsa, which is the 3rd
holiest Masjid in Islam. So we should always
do dua to Allah
and never be overconfident
regarding us being Muslims. And we should constantly
ask forgiveness from Allah