Mufti Menk – Don’t Harm and Don’t be Harmed

			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
		

			Smilla he will hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah he were Allah Allah He was happy
here Jemaine, wouldn't you agree that not everyone will be excited when something good happens to
you write, there will be people who will be upset because you just got a good job, there will be
people really angry because you married someone they wanted to marry.
		

			It happens right? You will have people who will really be saddened when you gain and you will have
people who will be excited when you've lost. You lose a job, people say he deserved it. You hurt
your leg, someone says Alhamdulillah stop for all right. Imagine if you were to die. And instead of
inna lillah, here in LA Herradura when someone says Hamdulillah, you should find out same guy Wow.
Finally taken away. You know, there are some weird people on Earth, my brothers, my sisters, not
everyone will be pleased at your success.
		

			And not everyone will be saddened when you're at a loss. But a true believer is taught to share the
joy and happiness of others be happy for them truly, if they made a million and you're struggling
part of your duty, as a Muslim, is to thank Allah for what Allah gave them. And to thank Allah for
what gave what he gave you. And if you want to ask Allah, ask him to bless you with something
similar so that you can do a good thing with it. Say someone's made a million, right? And you say,
Oh Allah, I thank you for what you bless them with Allah. Now you're a believer, I thank you for
what you gave my brother, my sister, that person, the other person, the one who is a competitor with
		

			me in business, Oh Allah, I thank you for what you blessed them with. And I asked you to bless me
with something similar or better so that I can use it in a good course.
		

			Then you're a true believer. And this is why I was speaking to a group of youngsters earlier. And I
said, when you've made as much money as you want,
		

			what are you going to use it for, you're going to get yourself a house a car, you're going to spoil
your family a bit, you're going to invest a bit of it and you still have so much you need to build
your hereafter.
		

			But don't ever brag and boast and don't ever show off. And today while we're speaking of the Quran
and the fact that it is the Divine Revelation, the book of Allah, the word of Allah. I want to tell
you even in the Quran, Allah tells us not to show off, not to brag not to become arrogant and
haughty. Understand if Allah has given you, you need to enjoy that within the obedience of Allah. Be
thankful to Allah and use what Allah gave you to become closer to Allah. When Allah has given you
something, start praying,
		

			start changing, become truthful. Abstain from sin Wallahi. There are so many people, when Allah
gives them, they forget Allah. And that's why Allah doesn't give some people because he knows where
you are crying, to have more, calling out to me praying, getting up early morning and asking me I
love the way you are in terms of your connection with me. So I'm going to leave you in this
particular condition because if I'm going to give you what you're asking for, you're going to take
us out of the equation, I'd rather you die in this condition close to me, meaning close to Allah
subhanaw taala, then to come out for a temporary time on Earth, have whatever you asked for, and
		

			have no relation with us and then come into the hereafter for eternity. Eternity and you're at a
loss.
		

			So, when it comes to the story of use of Alayhis Salam, Allah blessed his father, with 12 Boys, with
12 boys.
		

			And Allah Almighty mentioned to us that the father who is a prophet of Allah Yaqoob, Allah is Salam,
Jacob, may peace be upon him. Allah Almighty tells us that when the boys wanted to go to Egypt, and
they wanted to go to collect their rations, he told them
		

			Yeah, Bunny Allah Tada. Follow him by being hidden. What do you mean?
		

			I'm outta Federica Oh, my sons don't all enter from one door into from different doors. What was the
reasoning? Go and check that
		

			See, it says that he was worried about the evil eye, people's jealousy. Imagine 11, handsome,
beautiful, amazing, good looking lovely, well built men, all looking similar brothers, obviously
they would be similarities walking through the door from one family.
		

			The messenger Jaco May peace be upon him, is telling his sons don't walk through that door all
together. Obviously, they weren't 12, they were only
		

			11 When they were walking through the door,
		

			because use of himself was the one whom they were walking to without knowing. But when they entered
the door separately,
		

			they fulfilled what their father had asked them, the father's whole reasoning was that we don't want
the evil eye to befall you guys, so that something bad happens to you, as a result of the jealousy
and the evil eye of the people.
		

			And this is why it's important for us not to show off what Allah has blessed you with in a way that
is filled with pride, arrogance, haughtiness, or belittlement of others, or lack of being sensitive
of the fact that others don't have very important. Say, for example, I've got something amazing. And
I ended up I'm talking about social media here, because we're living in the age of social media. And
I end up showing off to the degree that the bulk of the people who are going to see it don't have
anything near what I have, what am I doing? Am I not poking fun at them? Am I not making them burn?
Subhanallah
		

			you know, yesterday, someone sent me a post of one of the events that happened a few days ago. And I
happen to read the comments. I spoke a little bit about it yesterday, but I want to mention a
different point. Today. I happen to read some of the comments and some of the guys were saying, you
know, these chefs make a lot of money out of this, you know, and I know it's alive. And then someone
was saying, oh, you know this and you know, the free mixing and you know that this and they picked
on every negativity that wasn't even there.
		

			And in my mind, I wanted to really put a comment, but I held myself back to say burn on my brother.
Keep burning, okay, you can burn we know what we did. You are itching, so just scratch, please wait,
it is itching. That's all Wallahi as a human, you feel so tempted to give them a slap and to tell
them you don't even know. Sometimes you feel tempted to curse someone. But you know what, just hold
back. Allah has blessed you, you don't need to get that low, protect yourself hold back. It's like
when I really want to yell at someone. And I just hold back and I end up smiling and say, salam
alayka
		

			like a second ago, I almost wanted to slap you across you but I didn't I held back. That is a true
believer. Insha Allah where you held back your anger, you made sure that you know what I carried
myself against all odds. It's a human trait to want to do something when you are being attacked.
It's a human trait. Someone swears you it's human to want to swear back. It's normal actually. But
Allah tells you just control yourself.
		

			Allah tells you defend yourself in a way that is befitting and that will resolve the matter. But if
it's going to create a bigger disaster, then don't do it the way you think. You want to do it in
that moment, but let it come down a bit and you plan what you want to do. A lot of the times we're
not showing off but we're letting people know mashallah, we had an event, a beautiful attendance.
The idea is to encourage others next time I want to be there. Oh, wow. People say it was lovely. I
went it was amazing. So many people so much this we feel the Brotherhood, we feel the togetherness,
we feel the unity, nobody came up and made us feel like we were already in hellfire. You know, it
		

			happens sometimes you you go for a talk and the way the speech is being delivered, you can already
feel the heat of Jahannam through your left shoulder somewhere, right? And you're starting to
scratch an itch and you start sweating. You know what the sweat is? That's what it is. But when
someone comes in, gently remind you and so the idea to show case, some of the activity is in order
to encourage others that look you know what, a lot of people come a lot of people benefit not
everyone's on the same level. If you're upon a level that's way beyond talks like these, by all
means you don't have to come you can benefit from whatever affects you, but the bulk the masses of
		

			people looking for any form of inspiration. Good
		

			As we're going through the most challenging times, as an ummah, what's happening in Gaza is
unacceptable. We pray for them day and night, we do what ever we can, in our capacity to help them
to reach out to them, to ask Allah Almighty to grant them the victory and the assistance and the
help and to liberate them completely by the help of Allah subhanho wa taala. But if you're sitting
online, you might not know what the other person is doing. And then what happens shaytan comes to
you who's just sitting on Instagram really doing almost nil, and start commenting about what others
are not doing. You don't know what they're doing. You only saying what you think they're not doing.
		

			It happens to me all the time. People say you don't care Wallahi if you knew how much I care, you
would be ashamed. People say you didn't say this. You didn't say that? Chill. Maybe you didn't see
it. Number one.
		

			You don't know of what was deleted. Number two, you don't know of what else we've done that you
cannot do. And maybe we didn't make a noise about it. You don't know what has happened. So as an
omen, don't let your frustration make you hate on one another because of what you think the other
did not do when you don't know what the other actually did. That's out of your
		

			sight. May Allah Almighty grant us goodness, we care for each other. If anyone here is struggling
Wallahi we are here for you as an ummah as an ummah. That's the whole reason why we have talks like
this, someone posted a comment saying, people are dying in Palestine and you guys are just
gathering. I mean, what do you mean?
		

			What do you mean?
		

			I commented, I said, Well, you just sitting on Instagram, aren't you?
		

			It's a fact.
		

			At least people are gathering content enticing people, educating people raising money, awareness
with the children and so much more. Everything's happening Mashallah. Everyone's on a different
level. Not everyone's going to do what you think they should be doing. They're going to do whatever
they believe they can do between them and Allah. But I don't believe there is a single just human
being on Earth, who doesn't feel that what's happening is absolutely wrong. And our brothers and
sisters in Gaza are oppressed and wronged. And so much more. May Allah Almighty grant us ease. So
when you're showcasing something for the right reasons, then it's okay. If people have negative
		

			comments, literally, they can fly a kite.
		

			But if you're boasting and bragging about the favours of Allah upon you, then it's dangerous. You're
calling towards that which is negative to come to you. The evil eye is true. The Hadith of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Allah, you know, on the evil eye is true, it can affect you be
careful. So what should I do?
		

			Number one, don't intentionally ask for trouble. Like I told you, here's the Prophet alayhi salam,
telling his sons don't all go together, you might or I might say, what was so important about that?
Well, for Allah to mention it in the Quran, in verses that are considered acts of worship by merely
reciting them, there has to be something serious.
		

			Secondly,
		

			we have those who are waiting to create trouble for you. So when you show everything that's
happening in your life, and every detail that's there, they know how to destroy your life, who told
them about you? You did yourself. You showed them everything. You even told them where you live, you
gave them lives to show you that now you're not at home, you're on holiday, so they know when they
can go and rob people are doing this. There are people sitting online watching others, and just
seeing when they're not at home in order for them to go and pinch syndicate. It's happening in some
places of the world. I'm sure you've heard of it. But my brothers and sisters, doesn't that just go
		

			to show that you don't share every detail of yours online. Sometimes you see brothers and sisters
post posts without realizing this is going to be watched by the whole wide world. And this will
remain after your death. And this is something that people will remember you for and Remember You By
way beyond
		

			your life on Earth. And sometimes it is displeasing to Allah subhanho wa Taala unfortunately, after
you have repented, you might have to face the challenge of some of your haram content remaining on
there for so long after your life has changed totally so it's best you don't become proud of haram
that you're doing. I started off by telling you the favor of Allah upon you don't expect
		

			owes it too much.
		

			Imagine if the favor of Allah you don't expose too much What about when you're singing? The Hadith
of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him says they will continue to be goodness in the people for
as long as they don't openly and proudly sin.
		

			When you're proud about the sin, and you're discussing it and encouraging others,
		

			the hope begins to fade.
		

			If you're sinning, and you know, this is something I'm not supposed to be doing, what happens?
You're ashamed of it for as long as you are ashamed of your sin. It's a sign of your connection with
Allah, may Allah grant us a good connection with him, you're ashamed, you don't want to be exposed,
you do it while you're hiding. You don't want people to know and so on, or it's a weakness. I tell
you, we've arrived at an age where people are proud of the wrong they do, and they encourage others
to do wrong. That's why the hope begins to fade. May Allah Almighty grant us his But worse than that
is when Allah guides you after that, it might be a moment of deeper regret, because Alhamdulillah
		

			you changed, but are all the beloved, the content that so embarrassing is there. And it's forwarded
by so many people and watched by millions, and others are committing sin as a result of this and
that and you don't want that to happen? I know people who've repented long back and then they've
come to us that you know what, I can't get rid of this content. It's there.
		

			I can't get rid of this content. It's there. I know of people who've done some absurd things. I
don't want to say exactly what but absurd things. And then they come later on and say you know what
I turned to Allah. What do I do about this? Well, you know what, you're gonna have to live with it.
Because try your best. If not, Allah will forgive you He will forgive, he does forgive. Then the
question comes,
		

			that the Hadith says whoever sets a good example will get a reward of everyone who follows that
example. You want to encourage someone to do good to read surah Al Kahf, on a Friday to get up for
Salah to do something for the sake of Allah to read from the Quran li app, or for example, to put on
a better clothing than they are. You want to encourage them in a good way. Allah says We will reward
you for their deeds because you encourage them, and we will reward you for the deeds of anyone who
got guidance as a result of what they did. And anyone who got guidance as a result of what those who
changed from that person and then changed from them, and then change from them and so on. Even after
		

			your death up to Kiama you continue accumulating good deeds and good deeds because that's how Allah
works. His mercy is such that the original person who taught the goodness will get an equal reward
that is deserving by every single person who did good until Kiama. That's what the Hadith says. This
is the reason why Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam has the highest status while you're while we are seated
here. Well Allah he is getting a reward. Can you imagine? While we are here, all seated, Nabi
Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam and the Companions who were involved in protecting the deen and all of
those who are who brought it down to us are getting a full reward of the fact that you and I are
		

			seated here. Imagine the reward we would get when we can encourage someone, may Allah Almighty have
mercy on all of us. So the question was, if I've done something bad, will I get to sin right up to
the Day of Judgment for the bad that was followed thereafter?
		

			I want to tell you, it's a very serious question because the Hadith says whoever sets a bad example,
will have the sin of what they've done. The sin of the example, the sin of the people who followed
it, and the sin of the people who followed those who followed them, and the sin of the people who
followed those who followed those who follow them and so on, right up to the end, and you continue
accumulating sin. But if you sought the forgiveness of Allah, it cuts it off. How's that? Allahu
Akbar? Allahu Akbar. It chops it off. How does it chop it off? Oh, Allah, forgive me. I'm going to
try my best to reverse whatever I've done. Forgive me. Allah says we've forgiven you, and Allah
		

			chops it off. So now, if you repent, then that particular line of evil is chopped off, but the good
is never chopped off. So there are people who have
		

			videos online filled with * and beyond * acts that perhaps you know, they themselves are
embarrassed of immorality and *, whatever it may be. And if they happen to turn towards Allah
and change their lives, and they repent, they should try to delete what ever they can, but they will
by default be some that they probably wouldn't have managed to delete it. What
		

			Do you do I know a brother who gave the rights of what he did to an external company? And when he
repented and turned and came back to Allah subhanho wa taala. He could, he could not reverse that.
And he says, Look, I don't even want the money and I only but they own whatever happened. They own
it, what do I do?
		

			And so I said, You know what you seek the forgiveness of Allah will Allah forgive me? The answer is
always yes. The answer is always yes. Did you know when Allah says I will not forgive Shrek, he's
talking about those who died and did not repent. He's never ever talking about the people who are
alive and repented, not once. So when you say ALLAH does not forgive Sheikh what that means is if
you died without repenting from it, but if you repented from it in your life, then you can look at
the companions of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, what did they believe before they accepted
Islam? Were the bulk of them, especially in Makkah, not all mushy kin of the highest order. They
		

			were but they sought the forgiveness of Allah Allah forgave them. One of the traps of shaytan is
that he comes to you and he makes you think you know what? You won't be forgiven?
		

			You did too much. That's a trip of shaytan Allah never said that. Allah said the opposite. wouldn't
be a bad deal. levena SOPHOMORE Allah fusi him, La Conner to me rock Medina, in Allah, young
Pharaoh. No, no, but Jamie, I'm sure you must have heard this verse earlier today. I must have been
someone who said this verse and read it. Where Allah is saying, Oh, my worshipers
		

			who have transgressed against yourselves you've committed sins, you've done immorality, you
committed major sins, minor sins, whatever sins, never, ever lose hope in my mercy. Never lose hope
in the Mercy of Allah For indeed, he will forgive all your sins, he is most forgiving, most
merciful, that's Allah. So if you've done good, and you taught good, and you encourage good, good
news, you get a reward all the way. If you've done bed, and you've encouraged bed, and you've been a
part of bed, and now you've repented, in sha Allah, because of the repentance, you chop off the sin
from accumulating doesn't accumulate. But there's one thing you need to try to do still? And what is
		

			it, try to do something that will result in the reversal of what you did in terms of negativity?
reversal? So for example, lots of immorality, lots of things that happen that were displeasing to
Allah, what am I doing, I repented to Allah number one, I deleted as much as I could number two,
then I started creating beneficial content. You see, I'm trying to balance the thing. I started
creating beautiful beneficial content, what that will do, it will give people the opportunity to see
the new you. And it will give them an encouragement to say I need to change my life too. And perhaps
wow, if she could do it, I can do it. And if she went through struggles, I don't mind going through
		

			struggles or he did it. I can do it in sha Allah. So this is why we say not only should you repent,
but thereafter, you should try and reverse the bad effects of what was done in the past. I give you
another quick example. You were backbiting about someone who was close to Allah and you said some
really nasty things. Today, I believe we're living in an age where many of us lose the reward of the
good deeds that we do simply because of the click of a button.
		

			Someone swears another and we just retweet it, we like it, we comment about it, we say yay or
whatever. And we let it spread through our own channels or accounts. And because of that, you don't
realize you have attacked a Friend of Allah what happened, your good deeds are lost to that
particular person. We're living in an age where people do a lot of good deeds, but they're not
conscious of how they losing those good deeds. The Gossip needs to stop the slander needs to stop
the ill feeling needs to stop, learn to support each other. I had a person today asked me about
marriage and they said you know what, the family is disagreeing and this person is not agreeing and
		

			either a mother or a father or a brother or someone and my brothers and sisters don't be too hard.
We living in an age of hyper sexualization, hyper the highest I've we've it's probably going to get
worse as time passes, and you're making it difficult for someone who wants to marry halal. According
to you, they're making a mistake. Talk to them, no problem, convinced them try. But if it gets
beyond the point, let them be it's halal. I know a guy and I'm gonna say something very silly. I
know a guy who said to me,
		

			You know what? I've been married so many times. I don't even know. What are you talking?
		

			Are you talking? I said, that's an insult. That's haram. He said, What do you mean haram? When I
said, it's so wrong, it's immoral. You can't do that. He says, No, I don't do haram. I just do
halal. And I'm thinking to myself, This guy is really absurd. But he tells me you know what, because
he's a good looking lad, do wealthy person really, you know. And I said to myself, this is mad, he
says, because
		

			sometimes I get people who really want to get married to me, and nothing will suit them. I ended up
getting married to them. And within a week, they realized what they did was totally wrong. It was
the only way they had closure. So brother, you are nuts. Literally. You are crazy. Don't ever tell
me about this, and I don't even want to talk to you.
		

			I just it's unacceptable. I don't mind if someone struggles. Because they couldn't get what they
wanted. But I do mind. When you think you have a solution. That's actually belittling the person
even more. By the time they realize what has happened. It's true. And this is why I say my brothers
and sisters don't ever fix yourself onto one particular thing. But Allah has kept so much on Earth.
When you fix to one particular thing Wallah, he, you suffer a loss. I'm not saying don't work
towards something you want work towards it. That's a part of your Ibadah of Allah, Allah wants you
to work towards what you believe is beneficial for you talk about marriage, Allah wants you to work
		

			towards getting it this evening, I met a sister saying she's already 50 never been married. May
Allah grant her a spouse, who will be the coolness of her I say I mean.
		

			But I can tell you what I told her. It's the fact that you keep a lookout, and you have the hope and
you keep making dua, and you keep trying, that is an act of worship on its own that can get you
genital for those without reckoning.
		

			I have hope, oh, maybe I was never meant to get married. But I have hope. I kept trying, I kept
looking out I kept, you know, doing whatever I could in my capacity that Allah has given me which is
very limited. And I kept crying to Allah whenever I could, that act of worship alone, whether you
were to be married or not to be married, Allah knows, but because of this act of worship, Allah
says, You know what, you're a VIP, you're a VIP. And I always tell people, I'd rather not be
married, than being married to an idiot who's going to cause me a lot of hardship, harm, mentally,
physically, emotionally, and whatever other rally that there is. Right?
		

			I'd rather not be but I wouldn't know why. Because I really think it's all rosy out there. Right? If
Allah kept you in a certain way, don't just sit back and relax, work hard. But understand. Allah has
got a plan for you. He's always protected you from something today, another brother speaking to me
about his job. And I told him,
		

			and this is a fact I told him, I said, if you lose your job, because of your closeness to Allah, the
first thing you need to do is thank Allah, Oh Allah, I thank you, I just lost my job.
		

			Be excited about it. Allah He excited about it, I lost my job Alhamdulillah and then work hard
towards getting another job or doing something to earn an income. And Allah will test you with a
certain period of sub, you have to go through it. Allah will test you with some time in which you
have to bear patience, you have to make ends meet, it might not be easy, but for as long as you have
two things summer and Toccoa. Allah will fleeing the doors open very soon in such a way that you
will thank him again and again and again for closing that initial door and for letting you go
through this moment of struggle. Wallahi That's the promise of Allah. He's going to fling open your
		

			door. Allah closed one door, and I'm a steadfast person. That's Allah's mercy, I believe so. I'm
going to thank him. Allah Humala can help Oh, Allah, thank you, I don't understand. But I know you
are my Lord, you're going to take care of me. And you're going to do it in such an amazing way. I'm
going to continue praying, gonna become a better person, and I'm going to be steadfast. And I'm
going to keep looking and keep working as hard as I can. You will open my doors. That's conviction.
Allah will open your doors. May Allah Almighty granted to a soul. It's very important for us to
realize that Allah Almighty has kept a lot of goodness on Earth. Sometimes we refuse to see it
		

			because we're closed. Don't play with people. Don't belittle people. I was telling you. If I have
bitten about someone online or slandered them or hurt them or harmed them, I might not have access
to that person to seek forgiveness. It happens online nowadays, where there are people whom we talk
so much of rubbish about, we don't even know them.
		

			Firstly, we pay a price for it. I've always said that and I
		

			seen it. You know, when you see the people who write the worst comments online Wallahi their lives
are already upside down in most cases. Do you know that they're not content if they were content in
the true sense, and they had Eman, I promise you, they wouldn't even do what they did. They
wouldn't. But the fact that they swearing and they doing this and belittling no matter who it is,
even if they are looking practice practicing, they are suffering souls. That's what they are. They
are suffering souls, I pity them. But the problem is, they don't have access to those whom they've
wronged. Not at all. One day when they realize and they want to apologize, it's going to be almost
		

			impossible. So now what do I do?
		

			Impossible. I swore this guy, I slandered him, I falsely accused him or her or whatever it happens,
even among the sisters, maybe some people say maybe more amongst the sisters, I don't know. But it's
happening online. And people are crying and shedding tears as a result of what you and I might have
done against them online without even knowing them. People are making dua against you day and night
because of a comment or two that you left on their posts. Can you imagine?
		

			Would you like that? Well, I tell you what happens because you have no access. The only thing you
have is to turn to Allah. And when you turn to Allah, Oh Allah forgive me. And then you got to say,
oh, Allah bless that sister, or Allah grant her ease, give her good health. Give her Jana. Give her
a good spouse, grant her bless her children, what am I doing? I'm compensating for the evil that I
did. I'm trying to do good now. And I'm not going to stop there. I'm going to go online. And I'm
going to say good things about the same person. What am I trying to do reversal? Because I don't
have access to them. That's the only way you're going to be redeemed. There's no other way.
		

			If not, you're going to face that person on the Day of Judgment.
		

			You're going to face that person on the Day of Judgment. I'll tell you something interesting again.
Two days ago, one of my close friends forwarded me a comment that someone left saying they want to
spit on the face of my mother talking about me.
		

			And this guy who's a very good friend of mine responded by saying,
		

			delete your post. You don't know this guy's mother. She's always reading the Quran. She's a very,
very noble person. We've known her whatever. He wrote some nice things. And then he says, because
you're going to face on the day of judgment. And that just struck something in me. I shed a tear,
actually. I say true. You can swear me as much as you want. I don't mind. I won't even hold it
against you on the Day of Judgment. You know why? It's okay, let it go. Insha Allah, may Allah grant
us acceptance.
		

			But you're starting with my mother, come on, my mother. Now you're entering territory where it's no
longer you and I, you're asking for trouble. Trust me, you don't even know who you're talking about.
And Allah he this is two days ago, I still have the screenshot. And I'm thinking Subhanallah What
did you gain? And the guy is practicing with a name that you wouldn't even believe
		

			looks practicing. There's no practice then. How are you going to undo it? You have no access to my
mother whatsoever. You don't even know what Allah He when ever I see my own mom. She's about 80
Something now, late 80s. She's always reading Quran smiling Greetings. I'm sure we've got either
mothers or grandmothers just like that. And she's always interested in her and Allah, she's either
salah or Quran. She doesn't even waste time eating. She'd probably eat some morsel or two a day. And
look who you swear, you want to spit at the face of my mother? What did I do? Something that you
didn't like? Perhaps it's okay. It's okay. Look at how suffering you are. My mum doesn't even know
		

			you. I'm mentioning this in honor of my own mother.
		

			And all our mothers, I would never do it to your mother. Even if I had beef with you.
		

			You know what beef means? Right?
		

			They should have just said pork even if I had pork with you, because that's the Haram stuff. Okay.
But anyway, even if I had beef with you, I wouldn't want to put in your mom and dad into the scene
here. Because when Allah Who knows the innocent man, they may be so close to Allah and I don't want
to say something I'm going to regret. And then one day when you want to see you're going to have to
do something on behalf of this person. You'd rather go and drill a few borehole somewhere in a poor
country on behalf of this person whom I wronged maybe it might do you some good. May Allah grant us
ease because you will face them on the Day of Judgment, Wallah, he, you face them on the Day of
		

			Judgment. And don't think it's going to be easy that day is really a tough day. And Allah mentions
this in the Quran in Revelation. He talks about it so many times to say fear the day that your
children won't avail you your wealth hold on to value.
		

			It's between you and Allah, you need to face the judgment day. So I want to go into this beautiful
day of judgment and I want to
		

			be able to have a good day on that day, it's going to be a tough day. Well, if you want a good day
on the Day of Judgment, seek the forgiveness of Allah. And don't harm people facilitate their lives.
You might be a person in charge, you might be in control. You might have authority
		

			of your own little flock, be it at work or at home or anywhere else. Understand that Allah Almighty
has kept you responsible. He is going to question you about it. Allah could look Umrah, what could
look my school on Ariete Behold, every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you is responsible
for his or her flock. Allah is going to ask you, how do I prepare for the day? seek the forgiveness
of Allah. Don't harm people around you. Connect with Allah care for those who are struggling, reach
out to them, Allah will open your doors, my brothers and sisters.
		

			Whenever I see these beautiful faces, you know, I'm the one who asked for the lights to be turned
on. Because normally they off and I can't see you guys. I'm talking to just a dark room. And I said
no, no, no, I need to see faces at least. And see this guy smiling. See some of the handsome dudes.
How many of you are not married? Put up your hands.
		

			Now wonder why you concentrating so much? Mashallah. Such a big number. I went to one country, and
you know what happened? One brother comes here and I'm not married. The speaker says, Okay, come
here, says right. My beloved sisters, this brother is looking for a wife. Anyone interested? I said,
Wow, I can't believe what I just heard. I had to quickly run away I didn't want to see what happened
and I can't even tell you what happened. That mashallah the brother? I don't know if he's married
yet. I think after that he was confused because, you know, too many to choose from Stavroula.
		

			Nonetheless, may Allah make it easy for all of us in our own suffering and struggles look, my
brothers and sisters, I want to end off by saying one beautiful thing.
		

			While you're connecting with Allah and connecting to the Quran, and connecting to what is right, in
your own journey, and I've said this yesterday, and I said it before repeating it.
		

			There are too many distractions that will come and be very judgmental, and pass comments without
knowing your journey. You know, your journey. Don't let those comments distract you from the growth
that you know.
		

			You've had.
		

			Don't let the comments and the negativity and the people make you believe or think that you know
what, I'm not good enough. Don't let them make you lose focus. If you're improving and you're
becoming a better person. There are so many people sitting online, ready to attack you without
considering the progress you've made. Over time. They are not figures who are experts in the data.
They are not experts in calling towards Allah, they don't realize how you need to bring the people
considering their own circumstances. Every one is different. I'm not saying compromise the deen of
Allah. But I am saying everyone including born Muslims, or those who have been Muslims for decades,
		

			has struggles. And if you're not considerate of where they were and where they are, and you start
passing negative comments, you might turn them away from the Dean completely. And you are a person
who's so so far from Allah, but you think you're so close to him.
		

			And this is why those who are aggressive online, I find they are the first people to actually quit
in their relationship with Allah.
		

			They poke fun at everyone they call people names. They are far from Allah and they go away. And
another thing is also true. There are some disbelievers who poke fun at the Muslims so badly, trust
me, some of them have hearts that are soft, and they come to Allah in an unbelievable way. Allah
guides them and brings them so don't lose hope. Sometimes you find someone really swearing Allah
swearing the Rasul Salah Salem unacceptable things but Allah guides them Allah brings them I know so
many of these people who come and you can't be wow, this person actually has turned to Islam. They
used to do this they used to do that they used to swear they used to make life a misery for the
		

			Muslims today, the person is actually defending Islam, that's Allah, Allah has done it from the very
beginning to the very end, you and I should just concentrate on our own journey when people say
things encouraging thank Allah when they say something discouraging either don't let it affect you
don't look at it, don't want to know about it. Or if you look at it and you read it ask yourself
what they're saying. Does it have substance to it? If it does bad inshallah I'm gonna get there
anyway. But the way they saying it is so bad, so bad. And I go back to the incident of the guy, the
sahabi who peed in the masjid. He peed in the
		

			he peed in the
		

			Okay, let me word it another way. What did he do in the masjid?
		

			Up? See they said it more. They said it louder. Okay. He peed in the masjid. And the Prophet
salallahu Salam spoke to him with so much of respect. Do you see the Hadith? The Prophet sallallaahu
Salam spoke to him on so much of respect. When he peed in the masjid. I don't think what you did is
as bad as being in the masjid and people speak to you so disrespectfully and then they say that they
are close to Allah, can you believe it?
		

			May Allah Almighty grant us goodness, may Allah Almighty open our doors. May Allah Almighty help us
remain steadfast please work on yourselves and don't let anything discourage you. So much is needed
from this ummah and you are needed as a member of this ummah. I know people who have done more for
the Ummah,
		

			than you and I are able to, but when you see them, you wouldn't believe this is the person. It's up
to Allah. Allah uses whomsoever He wishes.
		

			May Allah make us steadfast. And may Allah Almighty grant us goodness Kulu Kohli, ha ha sallahu wa
salam ala Nabina Muhammad was salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.