Mufti Menk – Just Do What Is In Your Capacity
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A Muslim discusses the issue of global conflict and how it affects their reputation. They express frustration that people are fighting each other, and that their actions are not helping the situation. They believe that the disaster they are facing is a result of a failed peace initiative. They call on leaders to take action to fix the situation and avoid war.
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Now if we believe we are true mumineen,
we would automatically,
as part of our iman, never create problems
for others. Unnecessary.
Number 1. Number 2 is we would feel
hurt when there is a problem anywhere across
the globe and people are fighting each other,
especially
when they on both sides are uttering the
shahada. La ilaha illallah Muhammadu Rasulullah.
And thirdly,
if you were to try to make that
peace and you succeeded, you will achieve. And
if you try to make the peace and
you did not succeed, you get the reward
of having tried.
But that trial is definitely something necessary. Now,
today, we are speaking
upon the backdrop of the issues we are
facing globally as a Muslim,
one disaster that we have is
shaitan has come to us and make us
point fingers at one another. Look, there is
a problem in this country, that country. What
are you doing about it?
I mean, why point did the prophet
ever tell us that what are you doing
about it? Or did he tell us each
one should be worried about what he is
doing based on his own capacity?
You have a person walking on the street
who's jobless, homeless. Perhaps his only connection is
that of iman and Islam, and he is
a good muslim. What do you expect from
him besides dua?
What do you expect from him besides crying
to Allah? Do you really think the warring
factions would even be interested
one without pointing a finger at the others.
Because the minute you point a finger at
the others, you have diverted from the problem
itself and you started a new problem. What's
the new
problem? We are at war because I feel
you are not doing what I think you
are able and capable of doing and you
should be doing. That's now a new problem.
I start hating others based on the fact
that I think they are not doing what
I want them to do. SubhanAllah.