Mohammad Elshinawy – Achieving United Ummah
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Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah while he also
have a dream to begin the name of Allah All Praise and Glory be to
Allah, amaze, finance, peace and blessings be upon His messenger
Muhammad and his family and his companions and all those who
adhere to his guidance and we ask Allah to make us and you among the
best of those who adhere to his guidance.
We complain to Allah azza wa jal, the abundance of our wounds as an
OMA and our scattered populations, and our internal strife and
disunity, and we admit to him and express to him and renew in front
of him our conviction or certainty, that he is certainly
capable of fixing all of that.
I have four suggestions as to how to respond to think about the
where do we turn now question. But allow me to begin with an
anecdote, a story that I was reflecting on in my gym on PrEP a
week or two ago. And it was an incident
that has many parallels, there's a sister that came complaining of
her
vicious cycles of marital conflict. And she's like,
wondering, why is this keep happening to me? And like, When am
I finally gonna be able to like, break the cycle? And, like, fix
it, you type thing, right?
And before I could, you know, extend my advice to her, she gave
an important disclaimer. She said, Listen, please don't tell me the
standard CIF stuff, okay? Don't tell me I got problems in my life,
because I'm not religious. And if I started becoming religious, and
it's because I don't pray my five that I'm sort of always fighting
with my husband, I'm not going to buy it, just let you know,
upfront.
Because
I know many people who aren't religious, who aren't even Muslim,
who have wonderful marriages. So that can't be it.
And so I sent her a message and I said to her, like, hold up, just
give me a minute. First of all, you don't actually know that they
have happy marriages, they could be flaunting a highlight reel on
social media somewhere and you'll get their divorce notification
soon enough, right.
Number two, it is also very possible that they have a
relatively better marital relationship. Right? Then you
and that is because Allah loves you.
Because most human beings only come back between a rock and a
hard place and Allah knows that if he gives you what you want, you
will drift from him. subhanho wa taala. So maybe this is your
bitter medicine.
I'm not saying it can't be remedied. But don't try to equate
or compare apples and oranges. The Muslim the believer, the sincere
person, the OMA. They are different than the sight of Allah
subhana wa Tada and so at times the treatment comes a little bit
different. Because he loves you, he may cause the consequence to
come immediately at you so you can make the connection quickly. While
you can still you turn while you still have a chance. You know what
fellated Marielle Rahim Allah great early scholar of Islam used
to say
every time I disobey Allah, I recognize that in my wife and in
my my ride, basically my riding animal, my camel are my my horse,
right? Basically I go home, I got problems. I step outside into my
vehicle, I got problems, there's always problems. There's no
running from my problems whenever but it's immediately after I
disobey Allah Subhana Allah to Allah that Allah has love for and
fully that is the correct way to understand this.
And so at times the OMA is treated differently by Allah it receives
painful injections, vitality boosters let's think so that we
can have a better chance at self correcting because there is no
unlimited grace period is there we can self corrects tried to get
in better standing. And so in that sense, these difficulties on the
individual or on the OMA at large are a sign of Allah's love for
this OMA very important to frame the conversation this way.
And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam even said this, he said
Almighty heavy metal Mahoma Lisa Boone, Philadelphia either will
have duniya. feta, no, well, katsu was the lesson that this OMA of
mine, this global community of believers and online as messenger
is an Omer that has been granted a distinct share and extra share of
Allah's mercy, Allah's compassion. Then he explains how he says
because it doesn't get punished in the hereafter meaning in the same
way to the same extent as other nations. It's plenty
Schmitz comes in the immediate in this world in the form of Phaeton
V Turner's like chaos anarchy. Well, cuttle and killing being
killed, was a colossal and an earthquakes. And so the point of
this for this OMA is for us to flee to Allah subhanho wa taala.
So to answer the first of the four answers of where do we turn, we
turn to Allah first and foremost, fulfill rule in Allah as Allah
azza wa jal said so Flee to Allah, Allah is the only one that you
flee from him to him subhanho wa Taala
because if we don't flee to Allah, when are moments of pain, then
when would we ever write like the Quran actually tells you that
things could get better. presumptively. So, in terms of the
immediate worldly life, once you drift farther, you want to be
deluded. He will allow you to confirm your biases and continue
down that path. May Allah protect us say I mean, the Quran says
fellow Allah it Jad whom sunnah, Sunnah tadagra were lacking
Cosette colluvial, whom was a yen Allahumma shaytaan Americana Yama
loon. Why is it that when our suffering came to them, our
destiny that they go through some suffering came to them? Why is it
that they did not humble themselves meaning and come back
to God? Then he answers it for you. And he said, This is the
Quran. Quran is amazing. The Quran is an open book test, right? You
ever heard that before? I didn't make it up. But it's very true
statement. Right? It tells you the answer to the test. In the book.
He says, but here's the reason why they didn't get humble. Even
during suffering. Like if you're not gonna get humble and
suffering. Most people fail the test of gratitude. More people
pass the test of what? of tribulation patience, right? So
why didn't they humble themselves? He says, but their hearts had
become too hard. And shaytaan the devil had beautified for them with
their doing. There is a shortcut. Don't give me the short answer.
There's got to be a quick fix, right? That's the idea. Do you
know what the very next verses in this discussion? How much time do
I have? That's important. 10 minutes. Okay, I'll try to behave.
The very next verse says what after? Why is it that when our
suffering came to them, they didn't get humbled? It's because
their hearts were hard and shaitan beautified for them their actions.
Allah says Fela mana su Madhu Kira will be and then when they forgot
they kept ignoring the Wake Up Calls they kept ignoring the
notifications that Allah gives them to make the connections right
to self correct. When they forgot all of the reminders. What did
Allah do?
For Tana Allah him Whoever coalition, we opened up for them
the floodgates of everything you want fame, here's fame, you want
money, here's money, you want status, your status, you want a
happy marriage between quotes, go ahead, you can have that to live
it up. It's all you have. All you have is the here and now.
All you have is the drop. I am now with disqualifying you from the
ocean. Right? That's the Allah says when they forgot after the
suffering came didn't wake up hearts are too hard. You continue
to forget. Here you go.
We opened up for them the floodgates of everything had
either fairy Hobbema oh two and then they became diluted with this
little the lowly offer of this world. I had no home but with
that, and for either, who Mobley soon we suddenly * them away,
meaning they hit the wall of death at full speed. Right? We *
them back with that and suddenly were homeless. Well, mobile is
soon in a state of despair. Because here's why you despair,
because there's no chance to correct after you've departed,
that that train is gone. So the first thing is your return to
Allah azza wa jal subhanho wa taala. And so, you know, people
ask the question like, why is it taking so long this whole massacre
in Gaza? Of course, it is painful, of course, we're supposed to fight
destiny with destiny, see if it's in our destiny to put an end to
this, of course, yes. But if it's ultimately destined that it take
longer than it ever has, and it has.
Maybe it's because Allah knows we need a bit longer to finally wake
up, to finally reform, to finally get crystallized for us. How
worthless this life is.
How incredible true faith and resilience that they exemplify is.
Maybe we need it, maybe Allah knows we'll never do it without
it.
And so return to Allah azza wa jal, that's who we turned to
number one, number two, and I'll accelerate now turning to each
other. There is actually a phenomenon in the Quran that is
truly amazing. That whenever Allah azza wa jal speaks about his
support for the believers like worldly support, like when the
prophets are being persecuted, he always says I sent angels and the
angels were not sent to give you victory. Woman Nasri lemon in the
law. These are just like Reish
or instance for your heart maybe the strike fear and your enemy get
them to like create some self doubt in them right? But victory
is only from Allah that's what the I always say BATTLE OF BED did WE
send angels woman loss rate limiter in the law but victory is
only from Allah battle avoid we sent angels but victory it always
has this disclaimer victory is only from Allah subhanho wa Taala
so that your heart never leans or trusts any creative being, it is
the Creator.
He is the ultimate factor Subhan Allah Tada but there is one ayah
in the Quran, it's almost like
an anomaly or like a little bit of an exception to this. Allah says
who would levy a ye DECA be not three he were billing meaning he
is the one who gave you support or Muhammad Oh Prophet, with his
unique aid. And with the believers, that doesn't mean that
believers are helping Allah and they sort of co sponsored the
victory know, Allah is identifying for you how he helped you. So it's
ultimately from him, but you need to really know that this is how I
send my my response to your DUA, the OMA the OMA turning to each
other. That's number two.
And it's truly a big subject like to care about the OMA and that
that's a lecture on its own. Because how do you balance between
caring locally and globally? It's a big subject, but also
collaborating with those within reach.
And also praying for those that you can't collaborate with.
They're too far, or they're too far minded from you. You pray for
them. That's a big part of it. This idea that the OMA has the
luxury to not be united is a big problem. It's delusion.
And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that this will
always be one of our ongoing repeated tests. He said, I asked
my Lord, to never wipe out this ummah with a famine, and he
promised me it would never happen. And to never wipe out my nation
with an external enemy that would be unleashed against it. And he
said to me, if the whole world were to unite against your OMA,
they would not be able to eradicate it.
This OMA no one will ever write the obituary of the home it will
never die.
There were so many moments in Islamic history in the world
history when you would say it's over. And then those who are about
to put the nail in the coffin on this OMA became Muslim and they
became the new Oma. The conquerors their hearts were conquered by
Islam. Right. These were the two but here's the part that hurts.
The one that speaking of our internal strife, he said was the L
to rob be Allah Jalla Betsa home been at home for monotony. And I
asked my Lord, to not allow the hostilities of my OMA to be one
with another in fighting. And he withheld that one from me. That's
gonna be it doesn't mean it's has to happen at all places in all
times. Right? But it is, this is going to be our our virus that we
have to continue working against.
And this is
a difficult one, right? We are not out numbered, as you know, right?
We are, as they say out organized out mobilized.
If we can't be, you know, organized, like in our bodies, or
in terms of our finances, yet, let's at least start with the
organization of our hearts, the alignment of the hearts, never
allow yourself to resent that your fellow Muslim, never allow
yourself to undermine another Muslim who's doing good work,
right? Even if you don't agree with them, it's okay. They could
be reaching pockets of society that you have failed to reach. So
stop being an idealist like is there's actually an alternative
right? And many times if we would know our limits, we would realize
that what they're doing is possibly right and what we're
doing is actually wrong. These are matters of speculation these are
not matters of Allah is One Muhammad the Prophet for answers
books, Allah has five times those things are non negotiables. But
all the other stuff, right? The strategies that the OMA gets
involved in the passion projects, right, their roles, their lanes in
the highway, leave all that alone don't undermine their work. That's
a big challenge. So where to turn to Allah and turn to each other?
You guys ready for the crazy one? The bombshell one. You ready for
me to be extra dramatic?
Number three, where to turn? Turn to the Zionists? Yeah, I said it.
Not because there are teachers, but because Allah may teach us
through them.
The Zionists are not just outwardly always a united front.
The Zionists also have a lot of great stamina
and you need it. You need to stop thinking anything will change have
meaningful positive change overnight.
Do you think overnight, the Zionists were
able to get 38 states in this country to pass by sort of
legislation or executive order anti BDS laws, where me working in
a hospital could lose my job if I post on social media to not buy
from this company. No, they clocked it early and worked on it
for years, that power in this world was shifting from
governments and corporations. So they went after the corporations.
And this is their achievement thus far.
40 years before that, and I shared this recently, and
I'm sorry if you're hearing it for the second time, but the Quran
repeats itself. So why can't I humans are forgetful. In 1963 they
went after the governments they created a pack a pack is the lobby
group. It's an interest group. Genius, isn't it in a sinister
satanic sort of way, isn't it? Right. AIPAC is the American
Israeli Public Affairs Commission. Basically the the bribery
commission for the genocide apartheid project, right. This
way, I can ensure with about a billion dollars a year whoever's
in power, it doesn't really matter. They're gonna sort of trip
over themselves and trip over each other trying to posture for me,
right? I spend a billion dollars and if a war breaks out, by the
way, for those that just woke up recently, we're happy that you're
awake, welcome. But this is the fifth war on doesn't last 20
years.
unprecedented numbers of casualties, and may Allah accept
all of our martyrs 51. But every time a war breaks out every few
months, we're gonna get $14 billion. Why? Because we spent a
billion dollars. That's good work.
Right or wrong? That was 40 years ago, before 1963? Well, that's not
40 years ago, is it?
That 60 years ago, 40 years before that, that's where the 40 was
coming. 40 years before that, in 1924 24 years before the
establishment of the Israeli state, they had established a
world union of Jewish students, of course, only if they was Island
Zionist inclined. And they brought some of the top intellectuals of
the world the first president of the World union of Jewish students
was who Albert Einstein. The Vice President was high Wiseman, who
became the first president of Israel 48. He was a world class
chemist that the whole world was competing for his attention,
because they needed his invention, to accelerate their production of
bombs for World War One. Sigmund Freud, Sigmund Freud was, was part
of the leadership as well, right? By the way, and I always have to
say this, that's why they're losing their minds that out of the
campuses of all places.
The project is falling apart. But you know, what happened even
nearly 30 years before 1924.
It all started with the media.
And that is why they are making one mistake after another
underestimating what social media has done, of breaking the monopoly
on the narrative. Through social media, the mainstream monopolies
gun, because they started on it. 130 years ago, the State of Israel
was a white paper that was put together by Theodore Hertzel. And
atheists, Zionist journalists and diplomats. Right? So there's a lot
to learn there. I'm not here telling you anything, but the fact
that Allah does not play favoritism, you got to put in the
work. Allah subhanho wa Taala said Wakanda Rafi Aquata v r Bhatia.
Yeah, I mean, so and this alien, I have embedded into this earth, its
provisions over the span of four days, Allah could have done it
instantly. He wants you to know the nature of this world, the way
I created it, things take time. They went, it took four days to
put it in. Because I chose for you to understand how this world
works. It may take you 40 years to pull it out, to extract it and
leverage it. But you need to leverage it. You need to get power
and not get corrupted by power and the process is work.
And that's the last one actually, the last one is to turn to
ourselves.
Getting power, you know, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Who's
ever heard that?
That is that's going to be the X Factor.
That is the ultimate game changer.
To have the courage to look at yourself to turn to yourself and
say How am I part of the problem?
Because the easiest thing to do, and the most cowardly thing to do
is to always project blame. It's the Muslims or the Muslim
governments or the lobbies or sort of the the spineless politician.
It's the easiest thing in the world to do. And there's a lot of
blame to be shared, of course, but to project the blame is easy to
inspect yourself for what part of the blame is on me? That is the X
Factor. And that is why Allah azza wa jal in the Quran always calls
us to zoom in.
Allah does not change the condition of a people the Quran is
until they can change what is within themselves. Zoom in from
the collective to the individual. Which one of you don't answer and
I'm done.
Hear which one of you believes that if the whole OMA was like
them we'd be in a better place.
If you say me than you are the biggest problem we have right now.
And if you say not me, then own it. Let's get to work. Right? To
not worship our egos. To not assume that we are not many
tyrants in our little corners of the world. You know, we always
want to talk about the powers that be and the global issues and
tyrants Allah said in the Quran that one of the first things he
made Jesus peace be upon him see in the cradle was what? He made me
dutiful to my mother Well, let me uh, Jordan Egypt bow and Shakti
Yeah. And he has made me one that is not tyrannical meaning with my
mom, what a tyrants do they make people bank? How many times your
mom has to mom have to repeat herself? You're making her bank?
May Allah forgive us and you and our words that don't match your
actions? Tyrants make people serve them. How long have our parents
been serving us? Right? When will we start serving them?
Once those turn to Allah, turn to each other. Turn to learn from the
the cosmic order Allah has chosen Zionists are our were our exhibit
a today and turn to yourselves.
If we do that, know that Allah has changed the formation of this
planet. For one man who repented the man who committed the 100
murders you will know his story. And even in the story of Moses,
peace be upon him. It was one man, right? Allah took a young boy that
was a foundling I was picked up out of a basket and develop the
speech impediment. Right? He became the spokesperson for a
nation and hid their Savior from slavery, right or wrong.
So it all begins with an individual, that individual we all
have to say, I am that individual. May Allah azza wa jal forgive us
and write for us the best of this world in the next and make us all
instruments of his justice and if it's good for this ummah and the
world at large and their well being Allahumma Amin SallAllahu
Sallam Allah kind of Vienna Muhammad Allah Allah, he was so
happy I drank like a loaf later.