Moutasem al-Hameedy – Could Strength Be A Virtue

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it. And Allah Allah, all praises due to Allah, we praise Him, we seek his aid and we ask for his
forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of ourselves and the evil consequences of our
actions. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can lead astray, and whomsoever Allah leaves to go astray,
Nan can guide I bear witness that Nan has the right to be worshipped. Nan has the right to our
ultimate love and devotion. But Allah subhanho wa Taala alone and I bear witness that Muhammad
		

			sallallahu alayhi wa early he was alone is His servant and His Messenger or you who believe fear
Allah as he should be feared and die not accept as Muslims, or mankind. be dutiful to your Lord who
created you from a single person, and from him he created his wife, and from them both he created
many men and women and fear Allah through whom you demand your mutual rights and observe the rights
of your kin. Surely Allah is Ever and all Walcher over you, or you who believe. Keep your duty to
Allah, fear him and speak the truth. He will direct righteous deeds and will forgive you your sins
and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has indeed attained a great achievement. The best words
		

			are those of Allah. And the best guidance is that of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa early he was
salam. And the worst things in the religion are the newly invented matters. For all the newly
invented matters in religion are considered to be innovation and bigger and every bit is
misguidance.
		

			Our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa early he was a lump, says in the authentic hadith, your
older Ally has Salatu was Salam
		

			Let me know
		

			how you're on what I have in Allah him in a minute life of equal and higher.
		

			The messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says,
		

			The believer who is strong
		

			is better.
		

			The believer that is strong, is better. And Allah loves him more than the weaker believer.
		

			And in both, there is good.
		

			The this is one of the great Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam because we can really
build a lifestyle around these small words. Because the meanings are profound.
		

			The believer who is strong,
		

			so the prophets Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah Salam establishes here, that he's talking about
the context of believers, people who believe in Allah, being the creator, being the sustainer, being
the Lord, being unique in His names and attributes, and that he doesn't resemble his creation, and
his crit creation has no likeness to him, and that he is single in his right to be worshipped. He's
the only one who deserves devotion and ultimate love from his creation.
		

			And believe in the hereafter, that this life is not the whole story, that this life is a test, and
the real life comes next. And that Allah subhanaw taala will hold people accountable for their
actions,
		

			in or out interactions and external actions and for their choices and the consequences of their
choices. And that humanity will end up either in paradise, or the Hellfire everyone according to
their choices and their actions. And then believing in the prophets and the messengers that Allah
subhanaw taala sent, believing in all the matters of the unseen that were revealed in the words of
ALLAH, or in the words of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. So we believe in the angels and we
believe there are things we cannot see the Allah created.
		

			And then we believe that everything was written before it takes place, the Cabal and the coder of
Allah subhanho wa taala. So that's the context the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is speaking
about people who subscribe to these things, people who hold on to these beliefs and embrace them as
a way of life, the prophet within this group of people, the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
says, The one who is strong is better,
		

			is better and has receives more love from Allah. Allah loves him or her more than the weaker
believers. And then the prophets Allah Salam confirms again, that he's talking about believers. And
the fact that someone has faith and has belief still is a very great achievement that Prophet
sallallahu Sallam concludes the Hadith by saying, with equal in hires, and in all of them, there is
a lot of good
		

			in both of them the strong and the weak, because faith is the main thing is that it's the most
important aspect that decides whether you enter paradise or not.
		

			So goodness is actually in having faith and believing in Allah subhanho wa taala. But the Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam is here, drawing our attention to another aspects, and neglected aspects of
our religion, a misunderstood aspect about Islam itself as a way of life. And that's the concept and
the virtue of strength.
		

			Strength.
		

			This hadith indicates that strength becomes a virtue only
		

			if it's based on faith.
		

			It's a virtue only when it branches out of faith, and it serves faith. That's the only time strength
is a virtue.
		

			Because strength could be a tool for oppression, could be a tool for tyranny could be a tool for
wronging others or could be a tool for disobeying Allah subhanho wa taala. So strength becomes a
virtual only when it's based on faith, and when it's bound by faith and regulated by faith. And what
is the truth, the strings the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam is speaking about so here we have to
establish that Islam string as long as it's based on faith and
		

			That's what that's the context we're talking about. I will not speak in this hotbar, about strength
in general terms. I'm talking about strength when it's built and regulated by faith and by the
truth.
		

			In Islam strength is a virtue.
		

			And it's part and parcel of Islam. And it is something to strive for. Because if something makes
Allah loves you more, you should get more of it. It's a great act of worship. So when we strengthen
ourselves,
		

			after we have faith, then we are engaging in an engaging in a great act of worship.
		

			And what type of strength is the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam talking about? Let's go to the
Hadith itself. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam is saying a mineral Kawi, the believer who is strong,
		

			he didn't specify any type of strength. He left it open. And that's what we call an Arabic almak
lock and open term. The only limitation the prophets of salaam put on that was that it has to be
built on faith. Strength has to be built on faith.
		

			After this point, strength, in general is what the prophet Salam is talking about any type of
strength, and when does strength based on faith become virtuous and praiseworthy,
		

			when it is relevant to the context in which you are
		

			so in the context of faith and belief and worshiping Allah subhanaw taala and religiosity and
spirituality.
		

			When you have a stronger faith,
		

			a more conviction in Allah and his mind and his power and his mercy and his control over the world.
		

			You will be better than someone who has less faith and less certainty.
		

			When you have the strength of trusting Allah subhanho wa Taala as some of the righteous people in
the Muslim history, they said men Sallalahu and your corner nurse fell Yet Allah Allah, whoever is
happy, or whoever seeks to be the strongest of people, then let him or her put their trust in Allah.
		

			That's where strength strength comes from. And what is trusting Allah smell? How can you help? How
can you have to work on and trust in Allah? If you don't know Allah? Well, if you don't develop
certainty about Allah Smite, and Allah has power, and Allah has control and that Allah is in charge
of everything.
		

			So the more faith and the more certainty and the more Eman you have, the stronger you are, you are
within a religious context, within a spiritual context, when you have more knowledge of Islam, more
knowledge of the Quran, more knowledge of the guidance of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
and a proper understanding of it. You are stronger than someone in faith and probably in practice
than someone who has less knowledge. That's why knowledge is important one, one reason why knowledge
is an act of worship as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says, tolerable aim if
		

			a Muslim seeking knowledge, he's an obligation is a variable, obligation on every Muslim to seek
knowledge, what knowledge first and foremost knowledge of Allah,
		

			and knowledge of Islam, and then knowledge of everything that is needed.
		

			Why because knowledge is strength, it puts you in a position it gives you access to more and more
strength.
		

			And that's why knowledge is important. So the first aspect of strength that makes us dearer to Allah
that makes us better believers is to have knowledge and to have more faith in Allah subhana wa Tada
and the deen of Allah subhanaw taala we become stronger. What other aspects of power that the
prophets of Allah when you send them is talking about any type of power, any type of power or
strength. And I'm not talking about power in the sense of control and position.
		

			I'm talking about strength itself, the more strength you possess, as long as it's ethical, as long
as it cert comes from faith and serves faith and observes ethical principles of the ethical
principles of Islam, it is praiseworthy and you should get more of it.
		

			So, some of the aspects of strength that we can talk about
		

			is financial strength.
		

			financial strength
		

			when the Muslims
		

			were poor at the beginning of their, the history of Islam in Mecca. Then in Medina, the Muslims were
striving to eat and claw and clothe themselves. They found it difficult. But then afterwards, later
on a few years later, specifically, when when the Muslims opened up,
		

			the Muslims became rich.
		

			The Muslims became rich.
		

			And
		

			Muslims gained more power, so they were more able to reach other areas in the Arabian Peninsula. And
the Prophet SAW Selim, by the way warned against having the strength without the faith. When that
type of financial strength goes against your faith, it becomes bad, it becomes evil, it becomes
blameworthy. That's why the prophets Allah when he was when he saw all of these blessings from Allah
are coming to the hands of Muslims, he says to the companions, and then he says to them Wallahi
modificata Asha Alikum he says, I don't fear poverty for you, I don't feel lack of resources for
you. Because you can still preserve your faith, even in difficult times. While I can assure and tube
		

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			for to Holika. But what I feel for you is that this duniya opens its blessings to you. And you get
hold of it. Just as the nations that came before then you guys develop this competitiveness over it.
This competition, you want to get more over it, of it. You want to fight with others to get more of
it? And what how does that end up with Muslims and believers fighting among themselves, so thus, it
destroys them.
		

			But in terms of strength,
		

			the Prophet salallahu idea was sending them says to one of the companions, mailman or side, your
module aside,
		

			how good is good wealth when it's possessed by a good man or by a good person?
		

			It's better to have wealth when you have faith, because it gives you power. You don't need to beg
people. You don't need to ask people. You don't need to put your dignity down some times and risk
your face in order in order to get help or support from other people.
		

			And that's why the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says to sad it'd be what costs all the Allahu Han when
he was about he was extremely ill and he was considering giving a great chunk of his wealth in
charity. The Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam turns to him and he says in Nikka untether Allah what
authenticate other Nia how you don't lock him in Antara home Allah Tanita, California nurse. He
says, if you leave your ears, your family behind you
		

			with wealth, they're well off. They have you know what they need? Financially, it's better than you
leave them in need, asking people to help them.
		

			That's part of strength, financial strength.
		

			And it's something if it's built on faith, and if it serves faith and whatever is good, then it
becomes praiseworthy and is something to seek to and the more you get of it, with that intention,
you will become more beloved to Allah, you will get more of Allah's love. What are the types of
strength do we need? Do we need any type of knowledge, any type of knowledge when you have
knowledge, you have resources. When you have knowledge, you have the know how you're more
resourceful, you're more effective, you have more power.
		

			And that's why the Muslim ummah throughout its history,
		

			it excelled in knowledge. A lot of its finances were put in building knowledge and spreading
knowledge and enhancing knowledge and building institutions for knowledge. This is why knowledge is
important. And that's on top of knowledge of the deen knowledge of this dunya wherever it is any
field that is helpful in our times.
		

			That's why the Prophet salallahu he was selling them when he was talking about warfare. When he was
talking about the battlefield, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam says to the Companions and our internal
Quwata Rami, he says real strength is in the ability to shoot with archery.
		

			Why? Because this knowledge This skill is relevant to that time is relevant to that context. So this
is what power is.
		

			In another context, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam shows personal strength
		

			psychological strength, emotional strength, strength when it comes from your moral framework, or
your character. The Prophet SAW Selim explains a misconception, he wipes away a misconception to the
Companions. When he says to them, Lisa should eat over salah. The strong man is not someone who is
physically strong, who can beat people to the ground.
		

			That's not the strong person. Lisa should either was Sora, working the shoddy, the lithium Licona
job. But the real strong man is a person who is able to restrain their anger, and not not act upon
it.
		

			That's what strength is. And Allah loves that, why? The strength, when you are able to subdue your
impulse to subdue your desire to subdue your fears, to subdue your anger, and not to act upon it,
you are in control. And thus you make more informed choices, more ethical choices, you do what's in
line with what Allah wants from you. That strength, because there are people who might be physically
strong, might be verbally strong, but
		

			they are weak towards their desires, the weak towards temptations, the weak towards the impulse, and
their anger and their emotions. So they misbehave, they get themselves in trouble, they make bad
decisions, that end up putting them in more trouble. So they end up being weaker, and weaker.
		

			All these are types of strength.
		

			And this is a very important aspects of the string that Allah Subhana Allah loves. And this is
basically knowledge about ourselves. You know who you are and what you are, when or what are the
forces that are active within you. You recognize the tendency towards evil, sometimes the proclivity
to do bad things, you recognize it. But you also recognize the good tendencies in you, the good part
of you that always pushes you to do more good, to be a better person, to strive to become a great
individual with great character. You recognize this and you see these forces fighting and arguing
within yourself. And you sort of recognize this, and you lean more towards the good side of you. You
		

			give more power to the good side of who you are, and you don't have to act upon your evil desires.
That's strength.
		

			This is strength and it takes a lot of work. It takes a lot of courage. What other type of strength
as well, physical strength, physical strength is par is praiseworthy, when it comes out of faith and
it serves faith and good things.
		

			Sometimes, for some reason, you know, we associate righteousness, piety, taqwa, and, you know, being
nice with weakness.
		

			And this is a misconception.
		

			It's a misconception. Your ability to divert to defend yourself is a praiseworthy Well, it's a
praiseworthy thing.
		

			Islam doesn't call upon you to be weak. Allah subhana wa Tada describes the believers in the Quran,
Allah says about about them, what either a saw
		

			and when oppression comes to them, oppression reaches them when they are oppressed, they defend
themselves, they stand up for themselves.
		

			That's a praise Wizzy whether you think that your ability to defend yourself, your ability to
protect yourself, is actually something good, praiseworthy, but you should not use that strength to
oppress others to wrong others or use it in an evil course.
		

			So strength in Islam is a virtue as long as it's based on faith. And as long as it serves faith and
is regulated by faith, and the Islamic principles are colloquially referred to Lloyd you were
looking for stuff.
		

			hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala Sayyidina Muhammad Ali, he also heavy oedema as
well. So this hadith, and the commentary that followed just shows clearly that strength and as we
said, as long as it's based on faith and it serves faith is actually something to strive for. And
it's something that brings you more of the love of Allah and it makes you better. It makes you
better because it enables you to do more things and the profits or loss
		

			And then when the poorer Muslims came and complained to him, and they said, you know, richer Muslims
are able to spend from the wealth and they get so much reward the Prophet salaams show them or he
instructed them as to how to do some vicar and get similar reward. Then they came back to the
Prophet Solomon, they said, the ritual Muslims are even, they're giving from their wealth, they're
also saying these other car, and they're getting double reward the Prophet SAW Selim says that you
can follow Allah here to him and Yasha
		

			these are the blessings of Allah, He gives them to whomever He wills.
		

			So it's not it's not a blameworthy thing, it's a good thing. When you have, when you are financially
strong, you're able to help more people,
		

			you're able to do greater things. When you have physical power, you are able to perform even better
and do more acts of worship, and do other great things. When you have this physical power. When you
have the social power, which is social influence, some people have this type of power, they're able
to influence they're able to rally masses for good causes. This is a social form of power, and it
should be used for good reason. So if someone has it or has the capacity for it, and they can build
it, by all means, serve a good purpose with it. That's something Allah loves.
		

			And it makes you better. So you build your capacity, you build your strength, so you can do more,
you can achieve more, you grow your potential. That's a that's with, with some, you know, issues and
concerns with the word philosophy. But this is one of the principles and philosophies that we have
to have as Muslims. String.
		

			Strength is not a bad thing, unless it's a tool. Unless you use it for bad things, it becomes bad.
But it's useful in its own nature. And when you use it, for faith and for the truth, and for a good
cause, it becomes praiseworthy becomes an act of worship comes something that Allah loves more than
will make Allah love you more, and it will make you a better person.
		

			So strength is a principle in Islam that we have to observe. So look at your life, what areas in
your life you have potential.
		

			In what field you are functioning.
		

			If it's a field that requires studies and skills, gain more of that, and know that when you become a
better physician, a better teacher, a better engineer, a better lawyer, a better
		

			even labor worker,
		

			you actually get in more love of Allah subhanaw taala. If you link that to faith, and you'll build
it on faith, and you use it for a good cause. But if you are in a capacity that requires a bit more
maybe personal maturity, building that type of resilience, one form of power that is praiseworthy is
basically emotional resilience, going through so much hardship and pain and circumstances, yet
remaining strong and founded and grounded in faith. And in trusting Allah subhanaw taala. There are
people who so weak that when something happens, they stop whining and complaining and crying and
feeling helpless. But there are people who don't succumb to that, who do not give in. And they put
		

			their trust in Allah and they fight back emotionally. This is a form of strength that Allah subhanaw
taala loves. Because when someone is emotionally weak, they will start to question the wisdom of
Allah subhanho, wa taala.
		

			And even physical strength, any type of strength that requires a lot of emotional stability, and
strength.
		

			So all in all, the whole point behind this heartbeat is that strength, and it's built on faith based
on faith. And it serves faith and it is regulated by the beautiful teachings of Islam. It is an act
of worship. It's actually a lifestyle. And something that brings you more of the love of Allah makes
you a better person makes you a better person. That's a general principle in Islam that we should
strive for and observe. And that these times when Muslims are weak, Muslims are weak today, compared
to their history. We need more of that strength. And this strength has to be bounded has to be
regulated by the beautiful teachings of Islam we cannot abuse them. We cannot misuse that power or
		

			that strength that we try to build within ourselves. It has to humble us and make us in service of
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