Hatem al-Haj – Change Lies Within

			This time,
		

			woman,
		

			us,
		

			Allah, Allah Allah Allah, Allah.
		

			Allah,
		

			Allah, tala
		

			while
		

			Muslim
		

			procedure servants of Allah.
		

			This is the completion of Ramadan, and the celebration of this completion. The halal pencil marks
the completion of Ramadan. One of our main pillars of Islam, the first of the month of Ramadan, we
have completed it. So let's rejoice in completing the first Ramadan rivulets first rejoice,
		

			to highlighting the blessing and the favors and the bounties of Allah subhanaw taala. Having granted
us the opportunity to fast and pray and Ramadan, which will be grateful for him having granted us
the ability to worship them, and to finish and complete the fastest robot and I am covered. So Amina
was accepted from us. That's also rejoice in the name of Allah subhanaw taala. Having guided us to
Islam, let's rejoice in
		

			Thailand, I've been guided to this place that you can never understand how great it is to be guided
to the perfect teachings to be guided to the perfect free, one humanity, one God who created us
whole and communicated the purpose of our creation to us through mighty, credible, trustworthy
prophets and messengers who prove their credibility to us to humanity. This is the freedom Islam.
This is the simple sound, logical, incorruptible creed of Islam. So let us rejoice and be invited to
this faith. It is a blessing from Allah subhanaw taala to have guided us to this place.
		

			We rejoice in all of this. But our I enjoy saying the blessings of a loss of counteroffer, Allah
will not barred us from seeing that we are in fact growing through very trying times, the Muslim
community here and the global Muslim community, the Muslim community at large is going through very
trying times.
		

			This country in particular, we are witnessing alarming levels of Islamophobia. Covered women are
being cursed in the streets.
		

			Any master any Muslim organization is guaranteed opposition to build a to maintaining it, to expand
it.
		

			And these are facts and all of us are aware of these facts. So during these times, many of us
decided to feel powerless. None of us decided to do this to feel and act powerless. And it is true
that you are in control of the global environment. You're not in control of global politics. You're
not responsible for all of the tense, perilous conditions in our in our world today. And you feel
that you have no control over them and that you have no power to change them. If that is partially
true. You still have a lot of power.
		

			Because powerlessness is a choice. It's not inevitable destiny. It is a choice that you make. Why is
he would not be prohibited from powerlessness. powerlessness is an Islamic powerlessness is sinful
because you are prohibited from being weak.
		

			Feeling and acting powerless, but loss of power if I haven't said what I
		

			can do not be weak, do not be afraid, do not be weak can do not breathe. That's approbation, that is
from Allah subhanaw taala the Prophet sallallahu Sallam reiterated this prohibition, when he said
this time in law he does seek help from a lion do not act powerless, they will not be heard and seek
help from Allah. If powerlessness is a destiny that is inevitable, you will not be prohibited from
powerlessness. But powerlessness is our choice to make, we choose to be powerless, we choose to feel
or act for this for not powerlessness,
		

			powerlessness and muscle, it is not our business and financial resources. powerlessness is the
powerlessness and vision and powerlessness and resolve that is why it was for Vegas from
powerlessness, because it is not physical powerlessness, it is not financial, financial
powerlessness, most of the powerlessness is the powerlessness of vision and the power of isness and
resolve.
		

			So, let us not be faint, and let us not be we we have to act on the individual level, we have to
make these times these prime times we have to make use of them, we have to make use of these trying
times and capitalize on them. That is what the Sahaba did in Mecca before our last
		

			victory. This
		

			is what they capitalized on these times. They show the love their devotion, they show the law, their
commitment, they show the love and resolve, they show love, love their endurance, their perseverance
for his sake. And you can imagine so many, yes, all of those, they, they actually departed from our
life before the saw the victory of Islam. Do you think the church changed them? Do you think that
Allah will give them a lesser reward than those who witnessed the victory of Islam in Medina?
Absolutely. So when you when you're going through a time, so difficulty, hearts of adversity, these
are your opportune times to capitalize on them and show your patience, your endurance, their
		

			devotion to this the your commitment to this theme, we must first as individuals reaffirm our belief
in Islam, we must first as individuals own this religion, on our faith, own our faith, not just the
Muslims by name, by birth, not just the culture of Muslims, but on our face, through beneficial
knowledge, spiritual purification, and surrounding ourselves, with good company coming together and
surround ourselves with good company beneficial knowledge, spiritual purification, and surrounding
ourselves with this company until we are completely comfortable with our the, with our faith with
that which we believe in one of humanity, one God who created us all, and communicated the purpose
		

			of our creation to us through credible and trustworthy prophets and messengers. And they
communicated one religion to humanity, worship god alone, worship God, and associate no partners
with him. So contemporary completely comfortable, we should be seeking to reaffirm our faith until
we're completely comfortable than the joy, the peace of mind, the inner happiness that people
experience when they reached a level of certainty in their face, and they know for sure that they
are on the right path has matched this has matched this. So let us on our face, that is the first
thing that we need to do. The second thing that we need to do is basically to start acting, because
		

			we're not powerless. There is so much that we can do as Muslims, if you just examine the concept of
a PSA, and we are all aware of the concept of an asset. That
		

			is a concept that we as Muslims are aware of it says about perfection, and about friendliness. Don't
we learn this? Don't we don't want our teachers to have us when they teach us the hobbies of debris.
Or he came and asked the prophet SAW something about Islam. He said don't our teachers tell us that
		

			about perfection and finding next
		

			we leave every Muslim and non Muslim after our each and every encounter we have with someone who's
Muslim or non Muslim, Muslim or non Muslim, if we just leave them with this impression that this
Muslim woman or man is competent and compassionate, every encounter you have, if you make sure if
you work hard, so that every encounter you have with a Muslim or a non Muslim, you leave them just
with this impression, this Muslim man or woman is competent and compassionate, if that is all you
can do, and you can do much more than this, but if that is all you can do, that is plenty. That is,
		

			as a community, as a community, there is much that is required, the person that is asked of us and
that we are capable of as a community,
		

			we must come together, we must unite, we must build our institutions and organizations, we must
reach out to the larger community, we must reach me reach out to our country bed, we must, must
reach out to humanity at large. And we
		

			we must bring this message
		

			make people aware and informed of who we are and what Islam is all about. Then at the end, we must
pass the torch on to the next generation, the next generation is ready to receive the tours and take
it to to take the community to the next level. They are ready. And if we do not do it now and
transmit the tours and pass the torch on to the next generation. Those who are called American born
an American grown,
		

			we will we will have interruption between the generations if we don't pass the torch on and then
continue to support them with good counsel and continue to support them and see them blossom under
our own eyes and under our own supervision, then we will have a perilous and dangerous interruption
between the generations. We must unite. But our unity does not mean whenever we talk about unity,
people think that we're talking about forgiving all the differences and melting everybody into this
parks so that there are no differences and so that we are copies of each other and so that we forget
completely about advising one another about exhorting one another to goodness about forbidding the
		

			evil about commandment the good and that is not what unity about his new ideas about this. We can
always communicate our positions assertively. We can always communicate our positions assertively,
but with civility and with compassion. We are not asked to ever tolerate deviation. But we're asked
to be merciful and compassionate towards those who may trip and fall into heedlessness or
disobedience, we must remind ourselves that their exterior sins may be much smaller than our
interior sins, we must remind ourselves that Satan was expelled from the mercy of Allah after every
year of commitment to worship. Because of the arrogance and pride he held inside, we must remind
		

			ourselves that is our property that taught us that a prostitute was forgiving, because she gave
water to a dog to quench the thirst. So I can read off sinfulness was wiped away, completely was
erased, because of a singular act of compassion towards the dog. And if we act with this spirit,
with this understanding, then our commandment of good and forbidding evil will prove to be fruitful
and will not result in this unity, this harmony over the citizen in our community, we must unite and
we must start to build our organizations when our Muslim is going to start think tanks, research
institutions, when understood is going to build the hospitals, senior homes, shelters, and so on and
		

			so forth. If we're just struggling to to build our massage than to maintain our massage in our in
our
		

			in a way that is appropriate of how our message should be, in the 21st century, if we are
struggling, just to build the prayer home and to maintain the prayer hold on all the activities that
should be attached to the master,
		

			the gymnasium, the lounge area, all of this before struggling, because we're not as generous as we
should be. We are the spiritual descendants of the most generous of all of humanity. He was more
generous
		

			than men. And finally,
		

			he was more generous, men are more selective, and he was more generous than that good when the green
beans are ready. So that was our messenger. So
		

			how are we following this example? How am I following his example, we are failing to support our
institutions. And without building strong institutions. Without building strong organizations, we
would not be able to survive. This is not a time where people can survive on their own. This is a
fine one, we come together and build organizations and institutions that will help future
generations. And that will help or if you know, the misconceptions about a staff, where our research
institutions that our answer to the misconceptions that are hated on us from the left and the right,
that we don't have them, because we're just struggling to build massage, we as Muslims should start
		

			to strengthen the bond between us, when when would we be doing this, if these trying times will not
make us strengthen the bond between us or not make us compassionate towards one another? When are we
going to ever do it, but strengthening the bond between us does not mean that we will isolate
ourselves from the community of ours, that we will isolate ourselves and sick boys free ourselves
from the rest of the community, the rest of the people in this country, the rest of humanity, Islam
is not a nationalistic religion, Islam is a religion for humanity.
		

			Rami
		

			mercy, for the words of mercy for humanity and beyond humanity as well. So, it is time that we reach
out to our countrymen that we reach out to humanity and let them know and keep them aware and
informed of who we are. And what we are about. And like I said before, it is time to pass the torch
on it is late. We have we are bound to pass the torch right now, because it is already they do not
hold on to your positions allow the next generation to blossom under your own supervision because
that will be essential and any further than they will be after disastrous consequences.
		

			Everybody
		

			it was the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in big gatherings of best mates or 30
minds the men of their duty towards their wives
		

			and towards their households, and also to exhort the woman concerning their duty towards their
husbands and tours their households. So we must honor the way of the prophets of Solomon the son of
the Prophet sallallahu Sallam must be reminded as men, that the true test, the true test the litmus
paper test of our piety is not how much we smile and you know to people at work is not how much we
respond to people in the street, but it is how good you are at your household how good you are at
how good you are at the wives. That's what the prophet sallallahu Sallam said when he said Pharaoh,
Pharaoh, he the best of you are the best of you to their families. That has also reminded our
		

			sisters, that a loss of
		

			a loss kind of
		

			created this situation made this an institution of marriage for Sakina which is peace and comfort,
peace and comfort for both the spouses have much is in their hands. Much of it is in your hands to
make your homes a place of Sakina a place
		

			peace and comfort most of it is in your hands It is also in your husband's hands. But let me tell
you, much of it is in your hands and you we need to start working. Without that we should stop the
power struggle inside the family. If we have power struggle inside every Muslim family, how is it
that we can unite at the community level left within our families word of this united if within our
families there is much disharmony. So that's part of the reconciliation of hearts there inside the
institution of family and go from their into the community and try to bring the rest of humanity
into this fold of harmony, peace and respectful, useful coexistence.
		

			servants of Allah, these are good times for us. These are
		

			opportune times for us to show
		

			our commitment to show
		

			our devotion and to show our resolve, we ask Allah subhana wa tada to bring us the next Ramadan when
we the rest of our own map and the entire humanity are better, happier, more prosperous, and more
deserving of the pleasure of Allah Allahu
		

			Allah to solve that
		

			problem. A lot of men account for one can even
		

			love enough one at a
		

			time.
		

			alanine was Salatu was Salam O Allah Allah