Kamal El-Mekki – Selflessness

			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah him I mean, what are the early he was
happy to hear Jemaine about today or hotbar is about an ether. Ether is preferring others above
yourself. It is when you yourself are in need, or you desire something, but you prefer and put
forward the comfort and needs of your brothers and your sisters before yourself. And this topic is
important, because COVID-19 has affected many people financially, many people saw a decrease in
their income. But yet there are still poor people in the community, there are still donations that
need to be distributed, and assistance that needs to be given. And businesses that need to be
		

			supported. One of the individuals from our community that stands out in this regard is someone whose
income was completely affected by the outbreak of this pandemic. But they continue to support other
businesses, Muslim businesses that were negatively affected, and they spent a considerable amount of
money trying to support others, even though they themselves were perhaps more in need of the money.
		

			And maybe this is the case for the majority of our community as well or the community at large.
Because when we saw the fundraising effort for Lebanon, we barely just hit the 50% mark, even though
it was a small amount, it was $3,000. And we raised somewhere around 1800. And then for the floods
in Sudan for two weeks. The goal of 3000 we had reached just about $180 for two full weeks, and now
it's somewhere around five or $600 as well.
		

			So this hope is not about giving what you have in excess or what from what is extra and left over.
It's about giving from what you need. He thought itself is when someone or something is preferred
over others. In surah Allah which we recite almost every Friday, Allah subhanaw taala says bell to
Thirunal higher to dunya rather you prefer this life the worldly life meaning over the next life or
insult another art what therell higher to dunya and he preferred the life of this worldly life. Or
intuitive use of Paulo Tala hey, look Thorac Allahu Alina, we're in Kannada how to in. They said
what by Allah Indeed, Allah has preferred you over us and certainly we were guilty of sin.
		

			But as pertaining to the meaning we want in this hotbar the excellent example of that in certain
Hush, where Allah subhanaw taala is speaking about the unsought of a people of Medina when the Xena
to bow Whoa, Dora when Iman I mean, when Iman Ming Kabul, and those before them who had homes,
meaning they lived in Medina had homes in Medina and adopted the faith. So it's talking about the
believers from the people of Medina, you bounnam And Hajra la him, they love those that immigrated
to them. When I heard you doing a feast salute to him ha Jetta mimma Otto and they have no desire in
their hearts for things that were given to them. When the Prophet SAW Selim gives the MaHA jury the
		

			answer, don't have desire for these things. Were you the Runa I'm fusi him Whoa, can I be him Kasasa
and they prefer
		

			them over themselves above themselves, even if they themselves were need were in need. And that's
what it's talking about. Someone is in need, but he prefers to settle and take care of the need of
their brother or their sister before themselves. Will may you will cause your Hanafy for hola
ecohome will muffler home, and whoever is saved from the covetousness or the greed of themselves or
their own souls. Then they're the ones who will achieve prosperity
		

			and settle in sun. Allah azza wa jal likewise mentions where you are Emona parama Allah hug Biggie
miskeen and weigh a team on what a Syrah the MUFA city and give two explanations here as for the
pronoun who be his love or its love. So one group said it goes back to Allah subhanaw taala. So they
feed out of
		

			of Allah subhanaw taala to the poor, to the orphan and to the captive. The other movers sitting said
the hope the love here is not referring to Allah as real, but it's referring to the food. They give
the food even though they love it. And the explanation is when do you love food, you love food when
you're hungry, and when you're in need of the food, because when you're full, we all know you hate
food, they hate the smell of food when you're full. But they themselves were hungry, they themselves
were in need of the food. So they had that love for the food, but still they give it to the poor to
the orphans and to the captives.
		

			Abu Huraira Allahu Anhu mentions the story where a man came to the Prophet sallallahu sallam, and he
expressed that he was in dire need.
		

			And so the prophets of Allah Salam sent to one of his wives to see if she had any food. So the
response came when Lady Bertha will help mine D il MK by the one who has sent you with the truth, I
have nothing but water. So he sent to all the other wives, all his other wives, and all of them give
the same response that they had nothing but water. So he asked, Who will host this man tonight. And
a man from the unsought agreed to do so. And he asked his wife, what do we have to eat, she said, I
only have food enough for the children. So he told us, her, occupy them, keep them busy, and then
put them to sleep, and then prepare the food and we'll put off the lamp and we will pretend to eat
		

			with the guests so that he can eat well, and the entire family slept that night hungry and the guest
slept full. In the morning when he saw the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam and Nabi SallAllahu Sallam
told him Allah subhanaw taala admired what you had done for your guests yesterday, he preferred the
guest over himself and over his family.
		

			Another of the great examples amaro the Allahu Anhu was explaining that how one of the companions of
the Prophet sallallahu sallam was given a sheep as the head of the sheep, just the head, which
doesn't have much meat, he was given just the head of the sheep. So he took it and he said in Cana,
mini lay, he said, My brother is in more need of it than I am. So he gave it to his brother, but he
knows is poor and is in need. That person was in need of it. But he did the same thing and pass it
on to someone else on the road alone. And he says it passed it got passed around seven times until
it came back to the original owner.
		

			And from the very famous stories of ethos of preferring others above yourself. It was noted by who
they found another way, he says after the Battle of Yarmouk, and it was a fierce battle. He says, I
went out seeking a cousin of mine, and I had with me some water, saying to myself if he's still
alive, so he's looking amongst the wounded in the battlefield. He said, I said to myself, if I find
him and he's still alive, I will give him some water to drink, and I will wet his face. And if you
can imagine someone bleeding and injured and laying out in the heat and in the direct sunlight, for
for Allah knows how long so he's going to whet his face and give him some to drink. He says, I got
		

			to him and asked him, Do you need some water? And he nodded. Yes. He said, as I was about to give it
to him. We heard moaning someone else moaning nearby. So he signals to me even though he's dying and
he's in need. He signals to me go and give it to him since I went to him, and I found that it was a
sham Ignace and I was about to give him the water. Someone else moaned. So he sham signaled to me to
go to that person. So I got to that person. I found that they had breathed their last breath. I knew
they had just died. So I came back to Hashem I found that he died. So I went back to my cousin and I
found that he died and then he ended by saying roadwatch Allahu Allah him at mine. May Allah
		

			subhanaw taala accept all of them that you may have cool Coda was stuck for Allah Allah the money
welcome in Jimmy and you know, first of all, fairfields and Mr Vereen ask Allah subhanaw taala for
his forgiveness, indeed those who ask for his forgiveness shall prosper.
		

			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah hill I mean, what are the early he was
so happy here Jemaine about.
		

			Part of ethos is giving the best to Allah subhanahu wata OD. You pass by a donation box and you put
your hand in your pocket and you feel and hear coins and you feel paper. What do people do? They
take the worst out and give the
		

			Given that for the sake of Allah xuejun, nobody wants coins. Take that out of your pocket, drop it
in the box, there was a brother, who had donated something close to 20 boxes of clothing for the
refugees in Syria. He said, I've been gathering them for a while from my family, my children's
clothes, my wife's clothes, my clothes. And then he says, I put them in these boxes. And finally the
truck came to take them away, he says, and I was standing there, happy as they're being loaded onto
the truck. And as they were loading them onto the truck, he said, I realized I gave the worst of
what I have things that I would never wear, things that are out of style that are just too faded in
		

			color, taught more not necessarily torn, but just things that I would never put on. Even though I'm
standing there happy and proud of what I'm giving, then I realized I just gave junk. I just gave
junk. And he became more aware of the idea of giving the best to Allah subhanaw taala giving the
best in charity giving the best to brothers and to your sisters.
		

			And that's why we find when as an expiation, you feed 10 Poor people, it says feed them from what
you would feed your family give them from exactly what you would give to yourself and to your
children. So we see ethos preferring others above yourself with money. We see it with food, we see
it also with life. That's why you find if someone dies protecting their family they die as a Shahida
they're considered a martyr with Allah subhanaw taala.
		

			From the example of of preferring someone's life over yourself, we see this a lot in the examples of
the companions that are the Allahu Anhu Abu Bakr Radi Allahu Anhu. When he and the prophets Allah
Allah, Allah Salam were leaving now emigrating from Mecca to Medina. They stopped as everyone knows
in the cave of Thor, on the way to the cave, of a book in which they would spend a while walking way
ahead of the prophets of Allah salah. Then he'd spend a while walking way behind the Prophet
sallallahu Sedna, and then a Nabi SallAllahu Sallam asked him,
		

			he said my balaclava buckaroos, what is wrong with you a worker? He says, As Curatola for amchi
Hillfolk. I would I remember and think of those who are coming after us. So I walk for a distance
behind you why. So if I'm way behind you, and they catch up and catch me, then you are alerted and
you can get away. But then I think to myself, what about those laying in ambush way ahead of us so
then I start walking ahead of you so that they catch me and you're alerted, then you can get away.
Then when they reach the cave, he went before the prophets of Allah so He entered first and he
checked every crevice with his foot in total darkness. He's checking with his foot into every hole
		

			to make sure there is no spider,
		

			scorpion or snake in the borough's and one narration even says that he was he was bitten by a snake.
But the point is that he tells the Prophet sallallahu Sallam in Patil to oh he said an octal so for
me to be killed for in nama unoriginal, wide for me to be killed. I'm but one man
		

			and us for you to be killed what we're an ductal. And as for you being killed, enter your journey.
He says you are Rasul Allah.
		

			And I need a nation will be destroyed. If I die, I'm just one man. But if you die, an entire nation
will be destroyed. In conclusion, it's also important to teach II thought to your children. Because
many times if you bring a gift to just one of your children, the rest the first thing that comes out
of their mouth is how come? Why don't I get and you teach them that you should be happy for them.
And everyone else gets their day in for the sake of equality. Everyone else can get their own gift
on another day. But teach them to be happy for one another and not to always ask, How come it's not
fair? Why don't they get so they can learn this great quality of ethos. These are the qualities that
		

			made the people before us great, and these are the qualities of a strong Oma. So make sure you do
your share Alohomora and
		

			Antiva what additional bottle about original bottle a bottle and what is next in Alba. We ask Allah
Azza to make us of those who recognize the truth as clear truth and follow the best of it and to
make us of those who recognize falsehood as clear falsehood and abstain from it.
		

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			Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar shadow Lila halen no shadow none Mohamed also know, a yellow sauna
		

			are the home at the sauna and huddle home at the sauna? Allahu Akbar.