Moutasem al-Hameedy – For the Sake of Allah – EP 21

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Muhammad is His servant, and His Messenger Dear viewers, salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
Welcome to a new episode of your show, for the sake of Allah. Today, we are dealing with a beautiful
subject. We have our guests with us Brother Mohammed, and brother Abdullah man, and I'm your host
		

			matassa Matt Hamidi. Today we have one of the characteristics of the Muslim character, one of the
traits, beautiful Islamic traits, which is about loyalty and keeping one's word. Now, we know that
people live in this life, they have different commitments, they have tendencies and life, people's
life today is very busy. So people tend to only pay attention to their own business to mind their
own business. And they have done away with some of the morality that people were born with. Because
man is created as a loyal person, when someone does something good to you, will you feel that you
are in debt to him until you pay it back? This is human nature. This is how Allah created us, this
		

			is the football. But as we proceed in this life, and we interact, and we have go through different
situations, people tend to pick up certain habits, some of them are not recommended in Islam. Now,
if we talk about loyalty, I mean, the sense of loyalty falls from the main principle in Islam and
voila, and Al Bara, that you associate yourself with the Muslim Brothers with the believers, and you
dissociate yourself from the disbelievers. This is one of the foundations of Al Islam. And the
professor Lawrence and I mentioned it with apart, or along with a man when he said, three
characteristics whoever has them, when he will taste the sweetness of a man, that Allah
		

			and His Messenger, a more beloved to him than anything else or anybody else, and that he loves his
brother, or he loves the person he only loves him for the sake of Allah. So when you love a person
for the sake of Allah, you associate yourself with him. And the prophet SAW Selim said, is the most
firm hand holding and Islam is a word that will borrow, that you love someone for the sake of Allah
and you associate yourself with him, and you hate someone or you dissociate yourself from the
disbelievers on account of their disbelief. Now, when we talk about loyalty and associating oneself
with the believers, there are many things that fall under that, first of all, love.
		

			We love that person, you love them only for the sake of Allah and love has, or it includes other
things that we as we discussed in different episodes, about respect, and about help, and but support
and about concern for your own brother. So all these fall under associating oneself with the
believers? Do you think that Muslims today understand this principle, and their everyday life with
the interactions when they deal with Muslims, and when they deal with non Muslims? Do they really
observe this very foundational Islam? Or do you think
		

			there's maybe less less Muslims, that, that do that or that understand that concept of loyalty in
Islam?
		

			And, like very few, actually, nowadays do that. So therefore, we need that concept again, because it
unites Muslims, and it brings back the Brotherhood. It's one of the main points in the Brotherhood
loyalty, and trust and love. Emma, what does the situation tells you tell you, you see a group of
people who are not practicing and practicing brother passes by them, and they start mocking him?
		

			Because of, for example, His beard because of his implementing the son of the professor Lau It was a
lamps, and he was stomach clothing. So, and he observed the sooner in his character. Some people may
be mocking him if you were present at that time. How would you feel towards that? Would you really
agree with these people or not at all, it's like, doing going along with the Sunnah is something to
be proud of. But some people nowadays, Miss understand this, the sooner so it's not a good thing to
get along with them, you have to tell them that this is the son of the Nevis ally Selim, and people
should be acting upon the sooner
		

			actually, the thing is that loyalty
		

			would be rarely found away from practicing Brotherhood's you might find it somewhere, non practicing
brother or something like that. But But still, it's like a very rare outside the practicing
brotherhood. In the Brotherhood, you'll find it very common. It's some basic thing, you have to be
loyal to your brother
		

			in need, in any any situation happiness, sadness, anything, you have to be loyal for him, keep up
the secrets that he tells you, and things like that. Okay, we'll come and show the two aspects of
loyalty and truthfulness towards your brothers. But I want to stress this point where we can see
many Muslims who are not really practicing. And when they see others mocking practicing people, they
take part in that they take, do you think this nullifies their loyalty towards Islam? And the
principle of and well, I will borrow the Roman course? I believe, so. If he takes part of it, look
in the butter, because the butter is practice practicing, and he's not practicing and he's with
		

			other guys smoking, the butter was practicing. Of course, it's it's been, it's not been loyal out at
all. It's been the complete opposite. You know, I think now it's taking a different dimension. Also,
in the media. I've seen a couple during Ramadan, there was some series shown on different TV
channels. And most of them they were Muslim channels, or an Arab channels come broadcasting from
Muslim countries. They had different series and films talking about are tackling the issue of
practicing people. And the way they depicted the Muslims as if those practicing people were living
in basements or living in caves, and preparing some kind of, or plotting against the government
		

			thing is against the leaders. They're preparing some kind of explosives and bombs and all that.
		

			And that they have certain plans to take over the country. That's how they shot they tried to show
people who are practicing. And it was the case as if the society was split into two
		

			or two regiments. One regiment is the practicing people, and they want to wipe off anyone else they
want to annihilate the rest of the people they want to kill, they want to murder they want to blow
themselves up and kill others with them. And they want they plan some terrorist acts or terrorist
operations. This is how they depicted these practicing people. On the other side, you see the people
who are not really practicing women who go out with men, women who have no hijabs, just exposing
their buddies. And I can see that from the series. The people who are not really practicing their
wish shown as if they are the ones who understand Islam and who have moderation. They would speak
		

			about the Prophet sallallahu Sallam they would say that Adam never did that. The prophet SAW Selim
was my he was this he was that. And they were showing as if these are the people following the
middle course. And anyone who has a beard, anyone who seemingly is a Muslim, then this man is a
terrorist. He has ulterior motives. He has some plans, hidden plans. And we have to be careful these
people and there was some kind of war between the society and the practicing people and the
practicing people want to kill everyone else. Well, this is not the reality. This is not the fact
because there might be some individuals who have deviant understandings and they want to take over
		

			and we know that stem is free from these people. But if you really want to be just unfair, you
should show that the majority of the practicing people are people understand the Sunnah. And they
are very constructive individuals in this society. Well, some of them are doctors, some of them are
engineers. Some of them are
		

			journalists, some of them teachers,
		

			that the media, they detect, for example, like the terrorists, there are
		

			They're really like, if we count them by number, they're not a lot. They're exceptions. They just
take the exception. They work on it, they exaggerate it, and they give the image that, okay, so all
Muslims are like that. This is, this is the point. So we, our media, or those who are in the field
of media, most of them they have this problem of Allah Al Bara of loyalty towards the Muslims. Yeah,
they don't really realize that they are helping the enemies of the Muslims, and they are helping
distorting the image of Islam. So now the impression that the people had after watching this, the
series is that everyone who is practicing who seemingly follows the Sunnah, then he's a potential
		

			terrorist. So be aware of this person, keep away from him. You see how it's very important to have
the right sense of loyalty towards Islam and Muslims. And as you said, it's like coming up from
Muslims to present things to the society that they are men or men just have an edge Bab white one is
against the whole society, which is totally wrong. You need to make the Sona show up a little bit
		

			more, not in a wrong way, like women go on without hijab, and they say, Oh, it's our right. No, it's
like, go back to the sun and see how women are in Islam. They are not like, breast people or
something like that. No, they have a high standard in Islam. But you have to show up, like, as you
said, well, to Islam, you have to show it up. Yeah. When you have this kind of Allah or loyalty
towards Islam, you would appreciate your religion, and you will appreciate everyone who follows this
religion. And we know the religion of Islam is about the truth, it's about an understanding the
reality of this life implementing the law of the Creator of the heavens and the earth, by means of
		

			that we attend paradise inshallah. So, I mean, a Muslim should really understand what his religion
is all about. And then he will have inshallah the right sense of loyalty. But these people, mainly
who work in the field, or some of them, I say, work in the field of media, they really need to
understand their religion before they start tackling sensitive issues like these. So they will be
harming Islam and the Muslims more than they would be doing good. Maybe their intentions are good.
We don't accuse them with regards to their intentions. But what they are doing is destructive. It
destroys this nation destroys the Brotherhood should have more knowledge, especially when you start
		

			talking about religion, and Islam. Religion is generally something really big, no one could just
come and talk about it. They have to take care. And we say to our brothers and sisters, the Muslims
who are not really practicing, and will practicing is a relative thing. We say to them, you are
Muslims. And these practicing people don't think that they are monsters, or they are terrorists.
They are people like you, your brothers and your sisters. And if you want to talk about them and
know their reality, mixed with them, and you will be surprised at the good manners they have at the
very beautiful character that they really present to the people in general. I want to elaborate on
		

			this because it's a very important thing. Because most of our youth they have an identity problem
and we want to tackle that because it's part of the loyalty we're talking about. And we will see
what effects it has on brotherhood. We'll come back inshallah, in a few minutes and I say to all our
viewers, stay tuned, we'll come back shortly inshallah.
		

			Choose whom he wins Subhana Allah for his bersih for his messenger ship, for the revelation to be
revealed. This is not for the human beings to make that decision. If a person will turn to our last
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We have as Muslims a duty and that is to recite the book of Allah to ponder over the verses, the
words of our last panel to Allah and to act according to the Quran, the mercy of Allah Subhana Allah
encompasses everything, but it who would this mercy will be for, and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
was sent to all mankind. So the oma are the people of the prophets of the largest. All Mankind since
		

			the time of the prophets, I send them till the Day of death. Why waste our life without getting to
know every verse in the Quran, what Allah subhanaw taala wants from us.
		

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Welcome back. So loyalty in Islam is very important and
truthfulness towards the believers. Now, we discussed the issue of those who are involved in the
media and they don't really understand Islam as they should do. So by means of them intending to
help their religion, they do the opposite. They hurt Islam, and they had the Muslims. So we should
have a sense of loyalty when we deal with such issues. So we know who the true practicing people
are. And we don't oppress them by means of the things that we have in our hands. Now,
		

			as I said, this is in the media and on the individual level, it exists. Sometimes people, they are
with non Muslims, they see that they mix with non Muslim Muslims, their close friends are non
Muslims. And they talk they speak and they make fun of people who are practicing.
		

			Have you ever seen something like that? or How would you react if he really, and this is quite
prevalent? even happened to me? Yeah. Because
		

			I grew up of course, in the West. And, of course, I have my strong beliefs. So I had friends in a
classroom that some were believers or Muslim, some were not. So once I was done with do in the in
the washroom.
		

			So
		

			this, this friend of mine, who's not a Muslim, he made fun. He's like, why are you washing yourself?
Why don't you just take a shower? But I didn't attack him or I didn't. I wasn't rude. Because I know
that he doesn't know the Woodchuck, because he's not a Muslim. So I just explained him. After I
explained to him, he got it, he got the idea of purification.
		

			So, yeah, I mean, sometimes hurts when it comes from almost. If it comes from a non Muslim, well, he
doesn't know when he's just, it's just reaction reaction, or when it comes from a Muslim really
hurts, because you can see he has no sense of loyalty towards Islam or truthfulness towards the
believers
		

			is in fact, when you start to grow a beard in a Muslim country, they think of you as like being in a
wrong way. Okay, you should simply refer back to the Sona and see what's a beard in the sun is like,
it's as simple as that. Or you don't have to go, okay, referring back to the wrong, manage, of
course,
		

			try to find the right manage and see what's the abilities in Asana. Yeah. So you, it really lets you
down when you see a Muslim, like, being
		

			in a way of attacking you for going
		

			by the sooner it really lets you down, you still have to learn when you have like, you meet regular
brothers and things like that. hamdulillah you stick around with them will be the hamdulillah. So
it's like, makes you feel that it's okay. Yeah, even
		

			I just recall this.
		

			Once I was praying, I was invited out a friend who's not is not a Muslim, and I pray that his face
and I had another Muslim colleague who was with me, the Muslim colleague,
		

			that the non Muslim friend, he told me any he likes that he respects that about me.
		

			So and the Muslim colleague was like, why would you go and pray you just need to pray later on. So I
was kind of surprised that the one who knows my religion comes against me, and the one who doesn't
even know it respects me and showed me a room where I could pray. Yeah, well, let's trace this back
to or relate me related to our subject. You know, if a person has directed towards Islam, and he you
can see that sometimes people are not really practicing, but when they see a practicing Brother, you
can see the smile on their face, and they are so happy to see that you that you are Muslim was
practicing, and the proud of you. They have the sense of loyalty and this brings that mutual love.
		

			You love him straightaway and he loves you anyway because you are practicing the person who has the
true loyalty to Islam in his heart, but someone who is indulgent and sin and when he sees someone
who's practicing someone you can see the sooner. I mean, on his lips, he will he sees that kind of
person. He does love that. He doesn't really like that and you can feel or you can sense enmity from
him. Straight away. You have never seen him. You don't know him the first time
		

			Same in your life. But well, you feel that he has enmity towards you. Why? Because you're practicing
because he has the wrong sense of loyalty about Islam and about Muslims. It's like, they like to
take the things that go get along with them. If they think that it's not according to their
lifestyle.
		

			So it's not in the deen.
		

			But still, it's something in the deen that you have to do this. Even, maybe you're not used to it.
But that's the sense of religion in and some, some people will be like, No, that was back in the
days when there was still camels, horses. Now we should have a different day the misunderstand that
no matter how much technology gets developed or how much does advanced in the world. That doesn't
mean that you don't have belief because values regulate you and make you even develop more. Yeah,
and they miss the sometimes they misunderstand that that concept here with regards to this
advancement and development. It's just, it's just clear. We know the reality of this life, no matter
		

			how advanced we get. This life is still a test. And I mean, if there's advancement, okay, back in
the days at the tumble of camels and desert and all that people used to live for 6070 years and die.
Okay, if you are so advanced, why don't you live more than that? There are rules in this world that
don't change. This life is a test. It's a passing moment. That's why the Quran even is a miracle.
Because it came the miracle of the prophet SAW some because it came for, for the old, old times. The
End of Time. Yeah. Actually, with having a belief. It reveals high and elite character. But having
no belief you just, I mean, you're just copying animals because they have no belief. They just live
		

			to drink and eat this way. Allah said in home, Lachlan, and they're just, they're just like animals
that eat drink and sleep. Some people use Yes, they deem life like this. Well, this is not
technology. This is actually backwardness. Okay. Yeah. So, and with regards to people who, as I say,
who said advancement, and other than that, what advancement is to serve humanity. And the main goals
and objectives in this life, they are the same. Well, if you have a car, or you have a camel, it
doesn't mean that you are not going to die, we're not going to see I mean other have punishment or
have blessing from Allah subhanaw taala in your grave, it doesn't mean you are not going to stand
		

			before our last panel to Allah. So these people who whose vision has been blurred by means of this
technology, but this technology is for your own welfare. It is something to use for the sake of
Allah subhanaw taala also a test. It's a test as Allah sees us if we're going to use the technology
that we have, for good or for bad, are we going to use the media to spread good to spread a bad
image? Etc. That's it. They think that, like, maybe Muslims don't like technology or advancement?
Well, they should visit Muslims country and see how we live around us the most advanced technology
that is around in the world. Yeah, well, actually, if you go even to foreign countries to the west,
		

			you find that the doctors and hospital many of them, engineers, lawyers, teachers, professors, at
universities, different places, economists, yeah, they're Muslim, wherever you go, actually. So it's
not about it's an accusation that Muslims are backward, I believe it's more through films and
movies, that this picture or this image has been shown to the world, which is not a true image. But
Islam is more about understanding the reality of this life. And you know, what you want from this
life, so you're heading towards your objective, because we can see Well, the more the world becomes
advanced, the more suicide we cases we have the suicide rates are going really up.
		

			For example, they have the highest rate of suicide, because they don't have values. They they got
everything, like the he wishes that he has all kinds of material satisfaction. Yeah, he has all kind
of he did a lot of success as a business. But he hasn't. He doesn't he needs something more. And
therefore cuz he doesn't, he hasn't got a belief in God, that this God even, or whatever belief he
has, and he hasn't got values. He suicides. Yeah, we have to take it yet. The World Health
Organization says that suicide rates have increased by 60% over the last decade, which means about
what they say about the according to their statistics, every 40 seconds. Every 40 seconds a person a
		

			person chooses to end his own life. That's every 40
		

			Second in the Western Hemisphere, where there's advancement and all that, oh, they, this is what
they say, yeah, that's a lack of belief. Will they? Maybe they can compare it with the Muslim woman.
It's like 1 billion plus? What's the rate of suicide? there? Yes. Like, you get that you won't find
it comparable to the other nations. Yeah. So advancement is advancement of your beliefs, your
behavior, your character that's in the first place, if you don't develop the side of your being,
which is the character, these the spiritual side, and the manners, if you don't develop that, you'll
be no different to animals that are different. And the thing is the buddy, or, or us as humans,
		

			we were made of the buddy, and we have a soul. So we need a balance between what spiritual like
beliefs, religious beliefs, and feel like advancements in technology. And some people, they just
choose one side, that's therefore the even sometimes the civilization don't last that much. Because
it's only based on material, we have to have a balance. Yeah. So when our message is, first, we say
to those who are Muslims, and to the non Muslims as well, that open your mind, open your heart, and
search for yourself. search for the truth, don't trust everything that is said to you don't trust
the media. Some people they take what they find on TV for they take, they take their word for it.
		

			Everything you said is the truth. No, open your mind. There are plenty of things in the world that
you don't know about. There's certain things that are presented to you in the wrong way. So it's for
your own benefit. I mean, for your own advantage.
		

			Open your eyes, open your heart and your mind and search for the truth. search for the truth. And we
say to the Muslims, who lack this loyalty, because they themselves, they have a beautiful identity.
They have a very good character, and they have a way of life that is from the Creator of the heavens
and the earth. So no man made law will ever reach that. So why do you do away with this? Because it
is, as they said, it is the week follows the one who's strong, victorious. So it's not about that.
Don't forget, you're here for certain for a limited time. And Allah wants to see how you behave, how
you worship Him, are you thankful to him or not? If you fail in that, no matter how advanced you you
		

			are, you will be in the hellfire. A few of you are not grateful to Allah and what sort of
advancement is that when Allah has given you everything He created you and give you all the
boundaries you enjoy in this type everything is from Allah and then you turn away from Allah and you
are ungrateful, what kind of advancement is this there is no manners and this kind of character, but
the problem with many people is that they their ignorance, their ignorance. inshallah, hopefully in
the coming episodes we will discuss these important issues and how they relate to loyalty and
truthful towards truthfulness towards believers and towards Islam in general, does akmola phenom for
		

			being with us and for taking the pains of joining us and we say to our viewers, Jazakallah hiren,
for your patience and for being with us. And I hope what we present is beneficial for all Muslims
and non Muslims alike. And at the end, I say I leave you in the protection of Allah subhanho wa
Taala Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh