Moutasem al-Hameedy – For the Sake of Allah – EP 09

			I don't agree with you a statement that sometimes breaks brotherhood, how to handle this situation.
We will find shortly so stay tuned.
		

			All praise is 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 evils of our actions. Whomsoever Allah guides,
non chemists guide, and whomsoever allowed us to go astray, none can guide and I bear witness that
no one has the right to be worshipped, except Allah alone, who has no partners. And I bear witness
that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Davey was
Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Welcome to a new episode of your show. For the sake of
Allah, I am your host matassa Mel Hamidi.
		

			Today we have a very important subject in hand as well, something that has to do with maintaining
the relationship of brotherhood and enhancing it and proving it despite our differences. So today
inshallah we will talk about how to handle difference of opinion. People don't agree. People have
different opinions, it's hard to get all the people to agree on one thing. So this is why it is
important to know how to deal with differences of opinion.
		

			Brothers we have today with us Brother Mohammed, and brother Abdul Rahman. Salam aleikum wa
rahmatullah wa salam.
		

			You understand the importance of the subject, because it is one of the main reasons why the Muslims
are living in a state of weakness today, the differences Muslims are, they have split into different
sects. And each one is declaring the other to be deviant. Or to be some of them, they expel others
out of Islam. So we want to know how to deal with this subject with difference of opinion how to
handle that. And within that we maintain our brotherhood, the relationship that Allah spirit Allah
has blessed us with. Now, before we go into the reasons behind differences and how to handle that, I
would like to just to have a glimpse on what is the effect and of our own experience? On the issue
		

			of difference? Definitely, you have come across people you, you are not in agreement with how did
you deal with that? How did you see that it affected the relationship or the Brotherhood you had
with them? Abdul Rahman de Have you had some experience he would like to share with us about this.
		

			Actually, I recall, one of these days, I was in the mosque in Canada, and I saw butter, he was
praying completely in a completely different way than most of us. So it kind of surprised me,
because I didn't go up to him and attack him. I just actually I just said Salim, and other brothers
criticized, but I just left it like it is because I believe, like the same united we stand divided
we fall. So when there is a lot of differences, we won't be united and we need we need that
nowadays. Okay. So in your opinion, even if someone has different opinion, you should just leave him
upon that difference. It's up to him. Do you agree with them?
		

			Actually, most of us notice.
		

			Lots of Muslims follow the four scholars FHFA and Medicaid, and
		

			they have differences. But actually the Muslims, we don't have the knowledge to, to be in a
situation to clarify the difference. Because we were just like, regular practicing Muslims. Yeah. So
we have to, like be an ease on each other.
		

			It's like, it's like brother abdomen said okay, you have a difference of opinion or something like
that. So just let it be go on easily. If you have the knowledge, say it in a good way. Okay. Maybe
if we take some example maybe from the past you see, we see how the Prophet swallows them.
		

			Because that's the time of the messenger saw Salaam there are no differences is the authority. Go
back to him, everything is clarified. So do you recall any kind of disagreement or difference of
opinion that happened among the companions of the tabernacle
		

			Anything maybe we can drag benefit from that? Well, maybe when the Muslims were going to Nicaragua
and the prophets lie Selim told them to pray when he called
		

			some Muslims pray the US on the way, and some Muslims waited till they reach there and praise us. So
it was a difference of opinion. But it reached out that nothing happened. No misjudgment or argument
happened or it passed on easily. So
		

			yeah, that wasn't the time when the Battle of Alaska was over, you know, the, the trench that was
around the Medina, that battle where there was no fighting actually, luck was the disbelievers to be
destroyed by means of the wind and all that. So because of the Jews, because the Jews betrayed the
Muslims, they were supposed to cover the Muslims from one side, they betrayed that trust. So the
Messenger of Allah slim said to the companions, let no one of you pray, except when we reach many
for either. So the Muslims, some of them, they thought, okay, the messages of Salah wanted us to
hasten to go now straight away to some of them thought they said, No, we have to stick to what the
		

			prophet Allah Salim said. So when they reached when it
		

			was over, that was a matter of time. But he still they haven't prayed the gym pray until they reach
the nikolova. So, they had two understandings of that thing of the prophets, the loudest animals and
the messengers, lots of them did not object to any of them. So was okay. So, some difference of
opinion is, is tolerable, you can take that, and we can live by that, because will people as a last
minute and I said when I was alone among
		

			human beings, and they will not cease to be different, they will have to have differences of
opinion, except for those whom Allah has mercy upon. Now, the scholars, they
		

			divide different difference of opinion into two categories. The first one, that which is tolerable,
because the text in the Quran and the Sunnah it carries both meanings may be interpreted this way or
that way. And we know this difference of opinion because, for example, some scholars say, after you,
after you make record and stand up from record, some of the scholars, they say you have to get your
hands back and put them back on your chest, some of them say no, you have to let them down. So, both
opinions are based upon the same proof, but they are two different understandings, this kind of
difference is acceptable, we can take it and tolerated, it doesn't cause the brothers to have
		

			differences out to hate one another and have enmity amongst themselves because of that, but there is
some kind of difference that we cannot take, for example, some people they have, will false beliefs.
Some people believe that for example, this man he has high rank, okay, and he deserves to be
worshipped. Either below this is we can take that some people they have other differences of
opinion, like for example, they deny some of the attributes and the names of Allah Subhana Allah to
Allah. We can't take that because they are some people say, Man, for example, or other some of the
		

			attributes of Allah subhanaw taala. They don't accept that. They say, well, these are figures of
speech. They don't refer to something real.
		

			We don't agree with these people. So this kind of difference is not too late. We can't take that we
can't be. We can't, I mean tolerate such a difference, because it negates or it opposes the Quran
and the Sunnah and the way of the companions, the early generations. If it opposes that, then we
can't take it. But if it if it can be taken, it comes from
		

			different understanding but it's still based upon the Quran and the Sunnah. And it's acceptable,
according to the scholars of Islam and hamdulillah. We believe that there is mercy also,
		

			there is Rama because people are they have different kind of personalities will understand Yes, as
long as long as it hasn't got to do with the sun and as long as it is, it is based clearly upon the
Quran, the Sunnah. And that takes from the Quran, the Sunnah, will it implies that meaning? You take
it but if it doesn't imply that we bring a verse, and we extract some kind of strange ruling from
it. And it's not implied by the verse we can't accept that could tampering with the religion of
Allah subhanaw taala. Now, where does differences come from? Where does differences come from?
		

			lack of knowledge. Very, one of the reasons for difference is lack of knowledge. For example, you
ask someone about, okay, how should I behave in that
		

			For example, and must have fulfilled wiping over the socks. Okay? Can I do that? Well, a person who
has knowledge will tell you,
		

			a person who has knowledge.
		

			You can do that. What about someone who hasn't got knowledge? Say No, he would say no, if you remain
silent, he would have saved us all the pains of that thing.
		

			So it is ignorance, people who don't have knowledge, they bring a lot of difference and
disagreement. And as some one of the early
		

			or the righteous predecessors of this nation of islam, he said, if those who are ignorant if they
remain silent, they would have saved us all the pains of differences.
		

			So, most of the differences come from people who speak without knowledge. They speak without
knowledge. And
		

			a very statement that I remember from one of the scholars of Islam, he said, that Islam or the
knowledge of the dean is three hands pans, one, two, threes, three levels, the one who enters the
first level will he becomes he has this feeling of pomposity and arrogance, or I know I have some
knowledge of some knowledge causes him kibble and arrogance. But when he reaches the second level,
second hand span, he knows that he has too long way ahead, to learn more, he still needs more to
learn. And when he reaches the third level, which is the highest level, he knows that he's still
very ignorant knowledge of Allah is very fast. So he said, Don't be a pushover, the father of the
		

			first hands plan, don't be from those in the first level. And they came to know everything. These
are the people so one of the main reasons is ignorance. Can you think of another reason why people
have to be
		

			sometimes the the the still in touch with their own beliefs, race believes or tradition believes
that has nothing to do with the Islamic Yeah, the leaves, so therefore creates like stuff that they
have irritated from the grandparents. So it creates a combination between Islamic beliefs and the
old beliefs that they had. So they some people maintain some of what they had before Islam. Yeah,
someone who was, for example, let's say, a Sikh, or he was a Hindu, and it comes to Islam, you can
still keep certain things, or traditions. And he introduces that. And that's another reason of
difference. Anything about the knowledge also, some people like tend to read themselves, get books
		

			and start reading. Actually, this is like, creates also misunderstand, because you have to read the
book.
		

			And a scholar has to explain it very good. You can understand certain matters in the basics of
Islam, with your own thinking just by reading. Yeah, you need a teacher to clarify things for you.
Yes, because there are many things that you will find difficult to read and learn from books, you
need someone to teach you the same thing as we have. with contemporary sciences, it's hard to
achieve something by yourself, especially at the beginning, you need someone to teach you, the same
thing applies to contemporary sciences, you need teachers to give you the basics, then you can move
on by yourself. So now inshallah, we will deal more with the issue of differences, differences of
		

			opinion how to handle that, and to protect our brotherhood from being destroyed by means of these
differences, and how to recognize the differences that are acceptable, and differences that are
rejectable in Islam, and shallow through that we will and learn how to increase the mutual love we
have towards one another. And we'll try to implement that and benefit from it. And we will have to
stop for a few moments. And I said to our viewers, we'll come back shortly. So stay with us.
		

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			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Welcome back. So we are dealing now with the issue of
differences of opinion. And we said this is inevitable among human beings. And we stated the reasons
behind differences. And this will help us understand why these things happen and how we can control
them, so that we still keep our brotherhood, and we keep the love that we have towards our brothers.
And we avoid losing that brotherhood for the sake of a difference of opinion. So, the first thing we
said lack of knowledge, as Mohammed said, lack of knowledge causes differences of opinion. And when
the people he acquires knowledge in the wrong way lens only from books, when it's inevitably he's
		

			gonna have some ignorance in him. So we refer it back to the same point. Now, a second point is
sometimes arrogance.
		

			Person sometimes arrogant and is doesn't accept the truth, especially when it comes from someone
who's inferior to him.
		

			Okay, so he doesn't really accept him. Well, this man is nothing Why should I take that from him?
I'll hold on to my opinion. And he doesn't take the truth as the profit or loss item described as
Kibler or arrogance. As
		

			a total wantonness.
		

			The arrogance. arrogance in Islam is rejecting the truth. And looking down upon people is what will
cause more differences of opinion. I don't agree with you. Why because I'm superior is the mentality
some people have. And sometimes, and it happened to some brothers some, they were in the masjid and
he was reciting the Quran, he held the last half in his left hand.
		

			And he was reading so a child five years old came to me said, Uncle, why don't you hold you must
have in the right hand.
		

			This should be better.
		

			So he looked and he said, for a moment, I had an inner conflict. This is a child is telling me what
to do. And I'm a man I have knowledge. So he said, I thought for myself on shaytan was really
pushing me to say, okay, go there's no problem with holding the muscle for the left hand side, but I
thought to myself, I would accept the advice. Whoever it comes from was taking what he's saying is
the truth. She's had just like a lot higher on my son, Barcalounger, and he held himself with his
own hand with the right hand. So you can see if a person has no arrogance, inshallah, there will be
no differences. And some, and sometimes, especially when it gets to arguments, say for example, I'm
		

			gonna argue with you over something you insist on your opinion and system my opinion at a moment,
will you realize the truth that your opinion is not the right one? Okay.
		

			Maybe you find it hard to give up your opinion now, after people have been looking at us? And we saw
we were arguing now Why should I recant my opinion and accept your opinion? Now? It's a bit hard. So
you see, arrogance sometimes affects or brings differences. Another reason Can you think of other
reasons that will bring disagreement or difference of opinion among the brothers
		

			What's the reason for example asked you that the Imams they had different opinions? Can you give me
a reason?
		

			It's knowledge.
		

			knowledgeable Imam. And the rest not driven him out so he can be asked for a fatwa. Yeah, and gives
a fatwa refers back to Oh, yeah, that's okay. What about some other opinions, sometimes emails, they
have the same had the same verse, but they have two different opinions. And they are very well
knowledgeable because they they got raised in a different way. People are different, and people are
dif very good, different personalities, maybe different country, different society. That's it. So
little differences bring no differences very good. So people will have different points of views.
It's inevitable as human beings. So
		

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			so that you will know each other and Allah created us different. Allah created us different and this
is from the wisdom of Allah subhanho wa Taala Hannah. Okay, so now we know the main the main reasons
for differences, but another main reason if you some people, they don't have an overall
understanding of Islam. They learn something and for example,
		

			They learn that
		

			okay, in a certain situation, they know that, for example, you have to the one who does something
wrong, you have to give him advice.
		

			Okay, I'm with someone who has more knowledge than I do. And I know when you see some someone doing
something wrong, you have to give him advice. So I see the one who has more knowledge than me, he
sees something wrong, but he doesn't need advice. So I don't agree with that. I don't agree with
you. Why is this you should give advice. But maybe he has more knowledge than me and he sees a
wisdom and not speaking because maybe in speaking, he knows there will be greater fitna. Exactly. So
in the perfect person has an overall understanding of Islam of the religion, then, and the person
has less than that he has maybe he looks from one angle. This causes another difference of opinion.
		

			And also sometimes because someone is used to something for example, is used that he never put the
water the water, and he drops of water on the sock when he's doing we do, for example. And and he's
he's someone who's doing it, or in a different way, even though it's acceptable by another Mmm, by
another Mmm. But because he's used, he will he'll tell you no, this is wrong, even though it's
right. This is another problem. How do you think we can get out of losing our brotherhood for the
sake of we see that differences are inevitable? How can we maintain our brotherhood, despite the
differences that we said
		

			are tolerated in Islam? I
		

			think it's like more for the scholars, you have to like,
		

			clear out
		

			that there is differences in Islam, and it has to be accepted. You have to clear this. These are the
ones that are acceptable according to the condition.
		

			For what about us, we are individuals, individuals, average people, Muslims, let's say, How can we
still maintain our brotherhood despite the differences? How can we deal with this issue? Man, what
do you think? I think
		

			we should like to just be
		

			any we take it, we accept the fact that there's differences.
		

			As simple as that. Yeah. Not the kind of differences. It's not big. Yeah, it's not like against
Santa and Quran. We accept it. And if we are surprised, we could even ask, we don't attack, we ask
rather, why are you doing this different than the way I do it? Then he gives me then I have a
different approach. Very good. So somehow, this is the same thing that all Muslims I mean, can
implement which is good Islamic character.
		

			Okay, there's a difference of opinion. There are scholars on each side, I accept that. You don't
have to follow my own opinion. I mean, you follow the scholar that you trust, you trust him in terms
of knowledge, in terms of honesty and sincerity. And you follow that it's up to you, as long as you
can't, you haven't reached the level of knowledge where you can extract the rulings from the Quran
and the Sunnah directly, as long as people like us, generally, general, people will still have a
long way ahead of us in order to take more knowledge. Okay, I don't trust a scholar, who is known
for his honesty for his knowledge. And as long as this is acceptable within the people as soon as
		

			possible, so not hamdulillah. I take that. So we tolerate that.
		

			What about people that I know some people that they have like a mixture, and they take from this
color, for example, from a melki, from mmfa. From as not as long as the peep as the person has
knowledge himself to take the knowledge from the Quran, the sooner that he can take that? If he's
not, then he should see us color that he trusts. This caller has the knowledge. Yeah. And I mean,
take from him and you should be learning more and more so that you will reach the stage where you
can depend on yourself in terms of worshipping Allah subhanaw.
		

			taala. But meanwhile, take a scholar that you trust from the people who had a Sunnah well known for
his honesty, for he's following this one and implementing it. And you follow his opinion as long as
there is a proof. Sure, if you see that he he clearly, I mean, opposes the proof from the column The
sooner you're not allowed to follow him, his wife, honey from Allah have mercy upon him. He said to
his students, you aren't allowed to take our opinion unless you know where we took it from, you
know, the proof for that. And all the four demands of the four schools of thought they said the same
is why they follow us they should should do that they should implement that. Whenever my saying
		

			opposes the Quran, the Sunnah, then abandoned my opinion, that statement was imported from most of
them. Yeah.
		

			Have you come through an incident where you disagreed with a brother and you kept that brotherhood?
What are the differences? Yes, sure.
		

			But actually is like not practicing brothers. They are Muslims hamdulillah but not that practicing
they pay to go to do salon in a mascot that has a grave in it. And and from what I know is that you
can go and do solo there. You can do the four they're so hungry.
		

			Sometimes they agree with me that the go to a mascot that has the doesn't have a grave in it. And
other times they slip by and go there. Yeah, but you should keep telling them the truth about this
issue because this difference is the current tolerate that it's against the Quran against the Sunnah
clearly, yeah, okay to pray in the masjid where there is a grave. And I believe, like we said, sure
about the advice, but we should be. We say it in a nice way. Because I know some burners, they will
attack, you know, you'll be like, like this, you're not a believer, like this, they just attack so
they they feel. So we'll maintain that brotherhood so that you'll keep in touch with them. And one
		

			day they will
		

			keep in touch with them in the mail is really act that way towards our brothers. one incident will
happen to the Shafi, one of the people at his time scholars, he said, may Allah have mercy upon us
sheffy How, how good his character was. He said I disagreed with him on one issue, then he took my
hand. And he said to me, okay, despite the difference that we have differences of opinion, can we
still remain two brothers who love one another for the sake of Allah,
		

			for example, exam want to be like this, as long as the person he wants the truth, he's looking for
the truth. And he follows a scholar from the people of Allison, someone who's known for his honesty,
and it's following this and then we and this difference of opinion is tolerable within Islam within
the people who understand that, then we accept him upon that, and we still maintain this
brotherhood, and we increase the love that we have. And you see that the Muslims today
		

			Okay, you disagree with me, they straight away you are an innovator. You have a problem with your
religion and some people have this specially I can say Muslims in the West, unfortunately, because
they have no scholars to give them guidance. With any mistake you do. You are out. You are out of
what do you think of that person? If you don't say he's deviant, then you are out of this religion
you're out of you're not from the people of Ellis Island. This is not the attitude easy with the
province Take it easy, as long as the difference is tolerable within Islam, as long as has nothing
to do with after either the beliefs of the Muslim and things that are in the Quran and the Sunnah.
		

			Then take it easy will as we want to implement our religion and defend and protect it from any
something that is any wrong opinion, or alien opinion.
		

			We are required in Islam to maintain this brotherhood. So it's part of the religion Why do we deal
with it as if it's something separate? No. We want to maintain this brotherhood and deal with
differences in the way that's best. So inshallah we will be able to augment this beautiful etiquette
to maintain that brotherhood despite the differences of opinion that are tolerable in Islam within
the people and the Sunnah. And I hope this episode has been beneficial for all of us and for our
viewers. And I say to our guests first, just for your contributions, and I say to our viewers,
		

			listening, Allah bless us all, and help us implement this beautiful etiquette
		

			for listening was Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.