Friday Khutbah 05-01-2023

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there are more than seven 8 billion people on the face of this planet.

And there's only one of you.

You're the only one

Allah subhanho wa Taala chose for us to be here. At this time of this moment.

Allah azza wa jal chose for some people to depart last year. And for those of us who are present today, to survive and be here.

Allah azza wa jal chooses for us every day.

And what I want to highlight today or emphasize or remind myself and my beloved community members of is the fact that Allah azza wa jal chose us.

And Allah Subhana Allah chooses for us.

And what about Allah azza wa jal chooses is better.

And in return, we have to ask ourselves, are we choosing Allah,

you see the odds of being

the odds of existing,

the odds of you coming to this life and being alive.

They're very thin.

As a matter of fact, according to one researcher,

it's one times 10 to the power of 46,000.

Think about it.

So someone might tell you, Oh, you you are able to beat all these odds. No,

Allah Subhana. Allah chose us chose you to be here. And to live at this particular in this particular period at this particular time. Allah Subhana Allah chose for each and every single one of us to occupy this space in this time that we're occupying. And our presence here

is temporary. It's not permanent. We may every now and then fool ourselves, especially when we fill out an application and it's asked asks us

About your permanent address.

And we put what we think is a permanent address. And no one has a permanent address on this on this planet, the only permanent address it would be a place that we won't even know or choose.

So particular plot at a particular cemetery that only Allah Subhana Allah knows.

So our arrival to this world was chosen by Allah subhanaw taala and so is our departure

in between Allah Subhana Allah gives us

choices and options.

And every day you and I are presented with opportunities, knowing that Allah Subhana Allah chose you. Every now and then you are tested

by Allah subhanaw taala to see whether you choose our law or you choose something else or someone else.

Now Allah azza wa jal in the Quran says

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what up Okay, hello coma Ayesha, where rather, Allah says what up Booker is sorted uncovered, verse 68. And your Lord creates and chooses whatever He wills he's the one that chooses as his will Subhana wa taala. Now cannula Humala Chiara, in reality, the choice is not theirs.

Subhan Allah,

glorified, and exalted is Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah

Subhana Allah who Allah Allah, I'm Moshe recording, and he's way high above

what they associate with him Subhanallah with what they ascribe to him what they attribute to Him Subhana Allah.

So Allah azza wa jal informs us here that he is the one that chooses us. So how is a believer that really loves Allah subhanho wa Taala and comes to realize that Allah azza wa jal has chosen him or her.

How is this person supposed to express their gratitude and appreciation for this choice choice that Allah subhanaw taala made for them? First

and foremost, is to accept the will of Allah subhanho wa taala. And to accept this gift and to accept this choice.

When Allah subhanho wa taala, Anna, chose the prophets that he chose Subhana Allah to Allah, be it Adam Ibrahim new Musa

isa or prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they were told that they were chosen.

And they were told why they were chosen and what they were chosen for.

And they accepted

in spite of the fact that they knew it was going to be very challenging. In the case of Musa alayhis salam.

When Allah subhanho wa Taala informed him of his mission

and what he ought to do.

Musa alayhis salam

asked Allah subhanho wa Taala as to how he is supposed to face this very heavy

and very serious

burden.

What are what am I going to say to them?

You know, there are all these offenses. There is this offense that they could hold against me. I've killed one of them.

I left Egypt as a fugitive.

They can dig up a lot of stuff on me.

I have a record.

What am I going to do?

And Allah subhanho wa Taala told Musa and his brother Haroon, that they should proceed, and that they should remember that Allah Subhana Allah Allah is with them. And Allah Subhana Allah said,

Let it hover, do not be afraid. In the Nima Akuma. Asthma was around for I will be in your company.

listening and watching.

And this reassurance from ALLAH SubhanA wa to Allah is great, Musa alayhis salam. It took him some time and more experiences

and willingness to sacrifice and put his own safety and the safety of his brother on the line.

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to be able to reach that level of

certainty and serenity.

So when Musa alayhis salam wanting confronted for the island,

there were times where Musa alayhis salam felt fear.

He was afraid for his own safety, or he was afraid for his mission.

And each time Allah subhana, Allah reassured him and Allah subhanaw taala gave him victory and Allah Subhana Allah showed him the truth.

What Musa Ali Salam did was that he chose Allah subhanaw taala every step of the of the way. Musa alayhis salam chose Allah subhanaw taala he put Allah azza wa jal first

he put Allah subhanaw taala before his own safety, or what people think, to be safety, because because this is one of the tricks of Shavonne maybe we'll address this issue later. People don't want to risk anything. They don't want to risk their own physical safety. They don't want to risk their careers. They don't want to risk their

their income, they don't want to risk anything. They think they're gonna get in trouble if they speak the truth. If they sign up for the truth. They think they're gonna get in trouble.

And they're not willing to

put any of these things on the line. They're afraid

and in some cases genuinely afraid.

So Musa alayhis salam

did whatever Allah Subhana Allah asked him to do and he chose Allah azza wa jal

and Allah subhanaw taala gave him victory.

You see, my dear brothers and sisters, this choice that Allah subhanaw taala made for us when Allah azza wa jal chose us.

Allah subhanho wa Taala there is a covenant between us and Allah subhanaw taala there is an agreement there is a contract, if you will, between us and Allah azza wa jal.

So, just like those who claim to be chosen by Allah Subhana Allah so are we, individually and communally. We are chosen by Allah azza wa jal, everyone is chosen by Allah. But that choice comes with conditions.

So it says the Old Testament and the New Testament and the final Testament,

when Allah subhanaw taala chooses you there's there is a condition.

There are terms to this choice.

So the the question that you have to ask yourself

the question that I want to answer for myself. Now I'd love for you also to answer that question to yourself is now knowing that Allah subhanaw taala has chosen me that I came to this life by the will of Allah subhanho wa taala. And I was meant to be, am I going to choose Allah subhanaw taala? am I choosing Allah azza wa jal every day? Am I putting ALLAH SubhanA wa taala? Am I accepting this?

First of all, and am I putting Allah subhanaw taala before and above everything?

Before and above my family,

before and above my career, before and above what I think is my future because we know for sure, the only future that is certain is our meeting with Allah subhanho wa Taala

that is why Allah azza wa jal in the Quran says, As for the one that fears Allah subhana wa Taala and prepares for his meeting with Allah azza wa jal

then for them their security and there is promise of Jannah Allah azza wa jal said that in multiple places in the Quran, for I'm and half a Maha not to be when 100 Enough Saleen however in a janitor hilly

terrain can actually are a big failure. I'm an Amazon slowly when I should it can be very difficult to be here.

So my dear brothers and sisters, choose Allah subhanaw taala every time you face a challenge,

every time you find yourself in a dilemma, every time you are attempted.

Choose Allah subhanaw taala and if you slip in you make the wrong choice. Return to Allah subhanho to Allah for Allah azza wa jal accepts anyone that comes back to him, I say this and I ask Allah Subhana Allah to forgive our sins, and to make us of those who listen to follow the best of where they listen to a poodle hang out, or selfie with Allah. Hi, Lea welcome. First of all, we will come in a hula photo Rahim.

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My dear brothers and sisters, Allah Subhana Allah Allah chooses to test some of us with Fortune and others with misfortune

and others with a combination of both.

And Allah subhana wa Taala

has chosen

for some of the best people on the face of this planet,

our brothers and sisters who are standing their ground,

that beautiful land

called Philistine,

Allah subhanaw taala has chosen for them over the past

several weeks now

to endure and deal with a level of brutality.

I personally have not witnessed and seen before.

And we ask Allah subhana wa Taala to accept those whom Allah azza wa jal has chosen to depart. This

miserable world.

It is miserable.

A world that witnesses what is happening right now.

And fails to do the right thing is a miserable world.

So Allah Subhana Allah chose for some of them to depart.

May their departure Grant them eternal peace and bliss.

May Allah subhanho wa Taala accept them amongst the martyrs.

So Allah Subhana Allah chose for them to depart and Allah has given in the Quran tells us waiter he D'Amico shahada, Allah azza wa jal chooses and takes some of you to be Shahada. And this is something that many people who don't understand

this concept of Eman, they don't understand it. They don't understand why someone will choose to be with Allah subhanaw They don't understand it.

Because they're stuck

in this dunya

they can't think beyond this. So they don't they don't comprehend this. They don't comprehend how someone

you know, in our car, we have a companion that as he was being stabbed.

And as he realized that he's dying,

he looks up and then God knows what he saw. He smiles and he says was to build GABA.

I have tried by the Lord of the of the Kaaba.

So, only a person that understands Eman only a person that has the opinion

and only a person

that believes in the Promise of Allah subhanaw taala His Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will understand this. I'm not even saying because for those people who have witnessed this, they experienced it. It's no longer a matter of just accepting the concept. No, they have experienced it. It's finally a pain that you know, so for them. But for those of us who have not witnessed this, we're seeing it.

It takes really a believer that believes in Allah subhanaw taala has in his promise and how Allah is within the Quran told us that Allah Subhana Allah comforts the believers in the medina Paulo boon, along with the Messiah amo, those who believe who believe in Allah, they say Allah is our Lord. And they keep themselves on the right path. Tetanus Daniel Allah, He will Mala The angels will descend upon them, the scar was set at the moment of death when the angels come to them, and let a half one Zulu, that you should you should not be afraid, nor shall you grieve, whatever shield will build Jana and they give them the glad tidings of Jana. So when the believer as the as he or she departed

this world, they see that of course, they're going to be cheerful.

And they're going to be looking forward for the Promise of Allah subhanaw taala. So we read this, in the stories of the companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who were

caught at the last moment right before their death, someone was having a conversation with them. And those individuals that had that conversation with them, they convey that message to us like Saddam neurobiol the Allahu Anhu Allah or like nsmt Another Radi Allahu Anhu Alba

and many others that people were conversing with as they were dying or how they mean it or they Allah Allahu Allah, many stories in the car.

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Because of that happening in front of us, it doesn't surprise us. It doesn't shock us. But some people don't understand or comprehend this. So it's a choice from Allah subhanaw taala. And those people made their choice.

They made a bargain with Allah azza wa jal.

Now,

what are the rest of us going to do? That's a question that we have to ask ourselves every day, we cannot stop asking ourselves this question.

And one of the things that we ought to do is you have to do everything within your capacity, you have to continue to resist,

you have to continue to refuse to be silenced, or intimidated, you have to continue to fight for this cause for the cause of justice. You cannot stop every day.

I was reading a post earlier today about a person, you know, who single handedly went and protested during the Vietnam War, every single day, he would, you know, light a candle stand in front of the White House and protest by himself every single day.

And when he was asked

why he would do something like this, because this is this is worthless, it's not going to change anything.

And his response was that I'm not trying to change anything, I know that me lighting up one candle standing here, protesting is not going to change much.

What I'm trying to do is I'm trying not to change myself,

I'm trying to maintain my humanity, I don't want to change.

So that's a question. You know, that's what we need to do. You cannot change you cannot get used to it, you cannot just accept it.

And, you know, wish to move on. Because some of us are getting tired.

Some of us don't want to talk about it, some of us want to 10 so that we can move on with our lives. There are some people who will not be able to move on with their lives.

Individuals that lost every single one of their family members, people who witness these things, is going to stay with them until the day of judgment until they stand before Allah subhanaw taala. So there is no moving on for them.

So, so we cannot we cannot have that kind of mindset.

And now we have witnesses were part of it.

There is no moving on.

We should not forget this. Even if this ends, we should not forget this.

So continue to do whatever you've been doing. And if you can do more, do more, do everything within your capacity

to speak up to resist to object.

And until these atrocities come to an end, and until those responsible for it are held accountable in this life, or in the next they're going to be brought to justice by the will of Allah subhanho wa taala.

The same time continue to make dua and pray for everyone. And today, I want you to pray for someone very special. He's special to most of us here in the community that know him. And he's very special to me, personally, because he's one of the few that never failed me. Whenever I asked him for something. He was someone that was willing, and I look forward to Charlotte to either for him to come back inshallah. He was someone that was willing to do whatever we asked him to do something for us anything, volunteer to do anything. He was he was there.

He was very reliable. They ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to give him full,

full recovery, that he comes back to us in sha Allah to Allah better and stronger than he was. So please keep in New York to keep one of our youth here. He is the president of the MSA at throws College, ma

Han the son of our dear brother, Rashad, and our dear sister,

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keep him in your dry he's he's in a coma. The last update that I received is that inshallah Tada. We're hoping that he will recover a bit later.

So this is something that was really

devastating for me to hear about when I was when I was in Omaha and hasn't been the same for me.

Subhanallah

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Dear brothers and sisters I normally don't mention names but the reason I mentioned was

name is because he's very special. I tell you why he's special. There isn't a time where where we actually needed him except that he was there whenever we needed him he responded. So now that he needs our do I think we should all respond inshallah. Tada. So I want to urge you again, to Inshallah, keep him in the order. Ah, again, for those of you who don't know, again,

my information may not be very accurate. My understanding is that he had a sudden brain hemorrhage that basically led

to him being in a coma for the past almost week.

You know, no, no apparent,

you know, cause of reason he was having a conversation at JPS of all these house with a group of his friends, when he all of a sudden started showing symptoms of a bleeding in the brain, and he was transferred to the hospital and he has been in a coma ever since. So please keep Kimora than your drop me Allah subhanaw taala give him full shift. I mean, a little bit.

Salam o, Allah. It's difficult to make this announcement right after this. What shakes you said however, I do have some exciting news for you guys. The excitement exciting news is that tonight here at MIT, The Friday Night Bazaar is back. Okay, so if you guys remember we had multiple vendors, multiple food vendors, stores like shops, and the lights are back it will be in the Nasim banquet hall in front of me behind you guys from six to nine or six to 9pm so bring lots of cash bring your children bring your kids bring your family there's I saw the vendor list and mashallah, there's like 30 Plus vendors, lots of food vendors, lots of clothing, there's a few items from Palestine, etc.

That's coming six to nine tonight.

Also, another exciting news is that we don't this doesn't happen to Memphis a lot. However Alhamdulillah we were able to manage a large group of scholars to come here in town is called the miftah circle. Anchored by the Quran will be on Sunday, January 21. Two weeks from now on a Sunday from three to 8pm Mashallah, we have about six different scholars that are coming from out of town, including some of our own and they will be talking about the Quran and anchor medical and so the likes of Mufti webtool Rockman Wahid, Dr. Haifa unis to start with Allah Evans, Sheikh Mohammed McMurray, Imam Khalid Latif, who you guys know probably by now. So that's happening two weeks from

now registration is available so please do that. Going back to the theme of Palestine so there's a children's shoe display and silent march peaceful march for Palestine tomorrow January 6 from 230 to 4:30pm. At Robert our church Park on 191 Beale Street as well for those that want to

those that want to get involved in the overall volunteering and other things that are coming up for Ramadan, we'll be sending out some messages so please help us sign up to volunteer and make this Ramadan go as smoothly as possible make that happen in sha Allah Tala and yeah, we'll see you tonight inshallah sound like masala