Morad Awad – Friendship in the Digital Age
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The coronavirus crisis has led to guidelines for everyone to follow and maintain social distancing, as well as virtual fundrairs and support for individuals. The importance of friendships and setting boundaries for one's own well-being is emphasized. The segment discusses the success of friendships and the use of shading in events, as well as the importance of worship and the desire for people to be together on the Day of Judgment. The speaker emphasizes the importance of cultivating relationships and friendships in life, and mentions a trend called "medicals and strangers" that encourages people to straddle social friendships. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of being a leader and working towards success in the hotbar.
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Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
I'm gonna just take two minutes of your time for really important
announcement. And I really would like for you to pay attention and
really think about it for a second here, and then try and follow
Inshallah, tada. As you notice in the past of few weeks in the
month, the the number of COVID cases have gone up. More
importantly, the cases around us has gone up people that we know,
are sick, some of them are in critical condition as we speak.
The problem is, as we're keeping the epic open, we have a certain
guidelines that we follow. And these guidelines are for all of us
to be safe. Sometimes they get, you know, you might be irritated,
you might be agitated, because as the volunteers are telling you
reminding you, so it gets overwhelming sometimes, but I
request you all to please be patient with us. This is for our
own safety, this is for all of us. The other thing that we're doing
here is we're taking we're getting complacent
from COVID We think that it's some light fever, light headache, like
cough, and then we're good to go. Maybe one or two cases went
through COVID as such, but that's not the general case. A lot of
people are getting severely sick because of this virus. So please
don't take this easy. Three things to remember inshallah from this
number one
please follow the guidelines help us help you. As you walk in. Make
sure that as you wait outside, try to maintain the distance number
two, while you're inside.
Please put your mask on throughout your stay here. throughout your
stay here make sure that your mask is covering over your nose and you
Please continue to do that. Then when you're exiting, might take an
extra five minutes but please be patient and we'll walk you through
inshallah as you exit the most important thing to take away from
this if you don't take anything else except this please let that
be this one which is if you're feeling sick, light headache, any
symptom, any symptom please don't take it easy. Take a break stay at
home
to help you know this is gonna save you save your family and at
the same time or community inshallah so it's a humble
friendly brotherly reminder that if you're feeling sick, anything
light headache, anything that you're not sure of. Please take a
break make sure that you're safe and then come back to the masjid
inshallah Allah. last announcement.
Mas is having their virtual fundraiser on Sunday. If you have
time please do join in support them in Sharla. We're going to
start now shall Kamala Harris Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah?
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We praise Allah subhanho wa taala.
And we send our Peace and blessings upon our noble Prophet
Muhammad Ali Salatu was Salam.
And I remind myself and my dear and beloved brothers and sisters
on this blessed day of Yama Juma to fear Allah subhanho wa Taala
the way he should be feared and to do as Allah subhanho wa Taala
commanded us to try our best to do, which is not to die, except in
the state of submission to Him. We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to die
in the state. I mean, you're blind I mean,
my dear and beloved brothers and sisters, there is no doubt
that real friendship
is one of the most sacred bonds that a person can have in this
dunya
a good friendship is something that is priceless to have in this
dunya
the benefits that it has in this dunya and then the akhira are
countless.
Having someone that can stand with you, in hard times. Someone that
can understand you, someone who when you forget can remind you who
you really are.
Friendship is even more valuable when it is established for the
sake of Allah and through the love of Allah subhanho wa Taala and
this is why our noble Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said that the strongest north of Imam is an herbal Villa
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subhanho wa Taala
because it's beautiful, and its rewards in here are immense,
something that we cannot even imagine, and now only mentioned
some.
And in a famous Hadith it was narrated that our Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, and it's a famous Hadith that we
all perhaps know. He said seven people, seven people will be
shaded on the day of judgment on a day where there is no shade, but
his shade subhanho wa taala. One of these types is two people that
loved each other for the sake of Allah befriended each other for
the sake of Allah. When they gather they gather upon His love,
and when they separate they separate upon his love Subhan
Allah.
Allah subhanho wa Taala says in Isaiah
says Yo my role model ministry will me he will be was our hibachi
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On the Day of Judgment, people run away from their kids, from their
wives, from their children from anyone around them, all they care
about is themselves. Everyone, as it was narrated will be saying NIF
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he said, on the Day of Judgment, close companions will be enemies
of each other, except for one type. Those who are God fearing
those who love each other for the sake of Allah, those who united
upon piety upon righteousness, those who reminded them each
other. By the way, Allah subhanaw taala wants us to do this. By the
way, can we do this act of worship? It's time for it. Oh, by
the way, I think oh, this is haram. We shouldn't be doing this.
These people who are God fearing who united for the love of Allah,
they will be together on the Day of Judgment. Imagine what a
beautiful sight Everyone is running away. But your boy or your
girl, your best friend, whoever you had in this dunya if you love
them for the sake of Allah, there'll be right next to you even
human glioma.
You will not even feel alone on Yeoman Cleona imagine that on a
day where everyone feels alone.
It was narrated on the authority of hip and bustle the Allahu Allah
Allah.
That he said, in Melilla, he Julius Yokoyama, I need I need a
lot of Allah subhanho wa Taala would have people sitting besides
his throne on the day of judgment
on the right of it, and both sides were killed Taya de Amin and both
sides of Allah subhanho wa taala. Right meaning on both sides, there
will be people mixed to the Throne of Allah subhanho wa taala.
He said, Allah monobrow me nor would you whom manure lays who
will be under what are they? What are shahada
column and OMYA rasool Allah call and Moutere have been a Fijian and
he said they will be sitting to the right and left on pulpits of
lights, their faces will be lit. Beside the Throne of Allah
subhanho wa taala. They said the rasool Allah Who are they? Because
the Sahaba wanted to know they want it to be like them. He said,
the ones who love each other for the sake of Allah, may Allah make
us from them. I mean, you're blind. I mean, these beautiful
narrations for those who have true friendship, for the sake of Allah
subhanho wa Taala friendship that grew and developed organically.
Not like these digital relationships we have today and
one, these fake relationships we have on modern day in modern day
social media platforms. These types of relationships that are
fragile, that break with any wrong comment. A person doesn't like
your message, your video, your post, doesn't follow you doesn't
share doesn't do this, the relationship ends. This is not the
relationship that we spoke about in the narrations we mentioned
before in the chat we mentioned before. These fake relationships
are plaguing our societies, our world in today's day and age one.
Relationships myth
For had a long process, in order to get to know someone, you had to
go through things together, it went through ups and downs, you
discovered each other gradually.
And like details of another person, perhaps you wouldn't know
which country they lived in before, which they came from, what
they're allergic to what food they like, you would discover that
months into the relationship, it would grow organically.
But today,
before we even get to know someone, you look at their social
media, you know, everything about them, where they live, what school
they went to, who they associated with, what food they like, what
their favorite color is, how they dress everything.
Subhanallah and this is not normal, yet, one. We live in an
exceptional time in history. This is not the default by any means.
When we were young,
I remember when I was young, my parents used to vet my friends.
They would tell me, okay, what I'll do, where are you going?
What are you going to play video games with? I would tell them all
my friends. Okay, well, where are his parents? Do we know them?
Where do they live? How do they live? Okay, this not? Can I get to
know them first? Do they go to the masjid? Do they not? So they would
slowly see If we are compatible as families so that the values aren't
mixed up. You know, I don't go from my house where something is
wrong to a house where something is deemed to be right. Right, and
the parents would, would actively engage in this. But today, our
children log on, we log on to our social media platforms get to know
people that Allahu Allah may have false usernames. Maybe it's a
pseudo life, right? Maybe it's not even a real it's a fictitious
person. Maybe some people enjoy this, we get to know them this
way, and build these fake relationships.
Just to think to get a false sense of having friendship and
relationships, when it is completely completely wrong.
Yes, one.
Not only our relationships controlled in this process,
but when we log on, we get recommendations of videos, certain
people pop up on our feed, that we should associate with because they
go to the same school, they live in the same neighborhood, they eat
the same food we eat, they like the same videos we like, all of a
sudden, we find ourselves bombarded with a feed a list of
recommendations of friends we should have.
Not building our friendship, the way we should, which is through
our character, our personality, building ourselves getting to know
a person getting to know the real from the fake getting to know the
one who is genuine from the one who is in genuine
or not genuine.
This is the real way of building friendship. And that's why the
bond is fortified. Yeah, one
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, relating to this, he
said the simile tude of good company and that of that company
is like the musk seller, meaning the perfume seller and the
blacksmith, the blacksmith,
the musk seller, and this is in the Hadith, the mask seller.
You either live buying something from them, or them giving you a
gift, some perfume, some mask, or at least you will smell good when
you leave them. That's the least of it.
As for the blacksmith, you either get burned by them, because the
fire the flame is flying around. Or at least you smell bad when you
leave.
Though imagine when we have a point of weaker we imagine
a time where we are watching certain videos or listening to
certain things or following certain people, certain
celebrities. And then we constantly are bombarded with a
feed of what have all these types of people that share the same like
the same.
The same interest.
All of a sudden we find ourselves not only next to one blacksmith,
but in a tornado of blacksmith and it is impossible for us to leave
without smelling bad at least smelling disgusting. are getting
burned completely in the process. As the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam drew this example
who we follow is the company that we keep your one hot
Who we follow is the company that we keep all the accounts we follow
the groups we were on we receive hundreds of messages daily. Do you
not think that this is going to leave an effect in your
subconscious mind?
Well, Allah he will. For example, someone you follow a friend, you
got to know someone in school. He's constantly commenting. All
parents are so boring. I hate family. I can't wait to leave my
family. My parents are doing that. Do you think your reading this is
not going to affect you? Well, it no matter how good your upbringing
is, no matter how strong you think you are, no matter how firm you
think your faith is, you will be affected by all this negativity,
and it will settle in your subconscious.
All of these messages will resonate in you Yes, 100.
Or consider the example of a celebrity that you follow. Imagine
a celebrity, you follow the celebrity and he happens to have
good things. But sometimes the celebrity posts things that are
inappropriate.
Do you think that you will always push off these in appropriations?
Law Allah, brothers and sisters, we overestimate sometimes, our
ability to filter good in bed.
We overestimate our ability to filter good from bad.
Sometimes we may get overwhelmed in life. And finally, in a
profound Hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
and summarized what I just said, a person is upon the religion of
their friend. So let you look at those who you befriend.
A person is upon the religion of their friends.
So this teaches us two things. The first is that we shouldn't
underestimate how much who we associate with affects us. Because
the prophets I seldom said Our religion is like them.
And it shows us number two, that a true friendship is a friendship
where we get to know someone deeply. We get to know their
morals, their values, their faith, we get to know them by their
character on a personal level.
And this is why he said el Mercado Isla de Nicoline you are upon the
religion of your close companion. We ask Allah subhana wa Taala to
bless us with close companions that are righteous and that
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Three lessons here one to quickly summarize everything that we
mentioned, and what action items we can take home. From what we
just heard. I know it's a short hotbar and we can talk about this
for a long period of time we can have a whole workshop about this
by itself, but three things we can take home from this hotbar and do
right now as soon as we leave.
Number one, we can filter our feeds.
We can unfollow, unfriend, we can mute, we can block whoever
distracts us from good. Anyone who constantly bombards us with evil
that resonates into our subconscious thought as evil
thoughts that we constantly keep thinking of filter them out, get
them out of your life, that's the first. The second is cultivate
good relationships, long lasting relationships, those relationships
that can help you in the hereafter so that you can find someone
standing next to you in hard times in this dunya and the normal
Koyama this is the type of friend we need in this life.
So we need to cultivate this by associating with them closely
getting to know them on a personal level, not being distracted from
our close friends that we physically know. To those friends
who are on social media that are fake that perhaps if when
electricity is gone, when there is no Wi Fi completely vanish,
because they won't be there Yeoman pm as well. So invest in what will
give you life and what will give you success in good strong
relationships and strong friendship in this dunya insha
Allah Dinah, and the third and the last is watch what you share
brothers and sisters.
When you share something, go back scroll back and see everything you
shared. Every video every post every comment every like and
dislike. See, why did I do this?
Did I do it for good? Did I do it to show off? Did I do it because I
was bored? Or did I do it because I was just following the trend.
You see everyone's sharing. I know it's pointless, but I'm just, I'm
just following the crowd. Do you think this following the crowd
mentality is what Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam raised
the OMA to be like Wallahi we're not like that. Well Allah He this
almost better than that. Well Allah He this Allah is the amount
of hair is the OMA that creates the positive trends and as a
leader to that which is good for the rest of mankind. We ask Allah
subhana wa Taala to make us leaders of mankind and good, we
ask Allah subhana wa Taala to give us success in this dunya Allama
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smoller Morahan from the LA salatu salam ala before we make our ways
out please let us not forget to make dua for our brothers and
sisters in the community that ours