Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2021 Jummah Boost – Why do Muslims Struggle

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim, Al hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was
Salam ala rasulillah. While early he was happy, he had mine, my brothers and sisters, if you're a
good person, a good Muslim, a believer who worships Allah properly correctly to the best of their
ability, it does not mean that you will not go through hardship. Remember that perhaps you will go
through greater hardship. Let me explain one simple explanation. Those who are not enrolled in the
school will not be tested by the school. Remember that simple way of looking at things. You cannot
be a person who's a total outsider and expect the school to examine you to test you. You have to
		

			enroll, you have to be a member, you have to have attended the lessons, you have to say that I am
following the rules of the school, and I'm going to attend the school and then the school will test
you every so often. So my brothers and sisters, when you have adopted Islam, and worshiped Allah
alone, and you've understood the rules and regulations and acknowledged them, and you are saying,
I'm going to walk on this path of Allah, Allah says, Well, I never know when
		

			I come, I will definitely test we will test you definitely without a doubt, with a lot of things.
And these things are mentioned in Surah, Baqarah, and various other sources. So it's not like
because you're a believer, everything is going to be easy for you. It's not it's going to be
difficult, in fact, more difficult than others. Take a look at Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
		

			During approximately this time of Ramadan. The Battle of battle took place the 17th of Ramadan. Now
we're slightly after the 17th. But still, the battle took place of Bader and prior to that, the
moment the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, declared the prophet who then reminded the people of
Quraysh, that I am a warning for you that a punishment will overtake you if you continue in these
bad ways and habits. They hated him. They were against him, they persecuted him in his companions.
In fact, what are Kirby nofal who was the cousin of her deja minty? Hopefully, there'll be a loved
one here. Initially, when Prophethood had come to a revelation came to Muhammad salallahu alayhi
		

			wasallam. And she took him to him. She took the Prophet peace be upon him to waka waka said, I wish
that I would be alive the day that your people basically persecute you remove you from your city
from Makkah Tomoko Rama, and he asked a question, will they remove me from my own city? He said,
Yes. That's what they've done with all the messengers Subhana Allah Hara bellami Look, persecution
starts from the day you declared the right thing. Because shavon and the devilish forces don't want
what is right. They will their whole life they will feel threatened by what you're saying. They
thrive on corruption, they thrive on bad and evil. And when you too clean for the community, they
		

			will fight you because you are clean, they will fight you because you are upright, they cannot be
corrupt anymore. They will fight you because they cannot take their bribes and they cannot do all
the wrong things you are basically, you know, in the wrong place. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant
us an understanding. According to them, you're in the wrong place, but according to Allah, you're
doing the right thing. So Allah says, when you declare faith, we will test you in order to
understand in order to see Are you really true in your faith, or are you just being fake? This is
why in Surah, two lancar booth, Allah Almighty says, while acorda fatten Levine Emil kabini him
		

			fella lemon, Allahu la Vina Sadako Allah lemon, Alka dB, we have definitely tested those before you
as well, in order to distinguish between those who are truthful and those who are liars in their
faith and their belief. You don't believe in Allah, you haven't even enrolled in the school, perhaps
your test will be less. So go and look around those who are not Muslims, those who haven't submitted
to their maker alone, those who don't have rules and regulations governing their dress code, the way
they work, the way they walk, the way they talk, the what they eat, what they do, how they work,
what they consume, how they pray, and what they will do and not do. They have an easy life.
		

			SubhanAllah in most cases, they don't they're not really persecuted in most cases. They are pockets
of persecution and we as Muslims will be against that persecution. But for us, we've been persecuted
for years on end and were blamed for the loss of others. This is nothing new. This has been
happening.
		

			From the very beginning, the moment the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him or the Prophet Jesus
peace be upon your other Prophet Moses peace be upon him declared the truth. They struggled at the
face or they struggled in the face of all of this May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us an
understanding. When you say I'm a Muslim, you will be, they will be people who will look at you
funny, they will give you the looks, they will say dirty things they will be, they might even want
to hurt you. There are so many of our brothers and sisters, even in relatively free countries who
have actually been stabbed to death, hurt, killed and etc. Just because they say la ilaha illa
		

			Allah, the Quran speaks about it. A levina ocurrido mean, the him we want you to have been in a pool
or a boon Allah. Allah speaks about the people who have been driven out of their homes only because
they declared that there is none worthy of worship besides Allah. This was from the beginning. This
was right at the beginning and it's happening to this day. So it doesn't mean that because you have
declared your faith in Allah, you're praying five times a day you're doing tahajjud you're dressing
appropriately, you're reading Quran, you're fasting properly, you're giving charity, you've been for
Hajj, you're a good person, you're kind to everyone, you don't hurt the soul that you will not be
		

			hurt, you will not be tested. There is nothing like that. You will still be tested perhaps more in
this world. So Allah subhanho wa Taala says that in so many Surah Surah Allah imraan Allah says it
is well near the end when Allah says, well let us mount nominal Medina Oh tokita bombing corbelli
Kumar mean alladhina Ashura, ko
		

			caffine. Allah says, you will be tested, you will be tested in your wealth and in your selves, you
will be tested with lives and with the loss of your property and you will hear from other people of
other faiths, a lot of evil and wrong against you. They will accuse they will say the wrong things
they will fabricate they will try to create, you know, uncertainty they will do whatever you will
hear a lot of harm against you from them. What should you do? Allah says, what
		

			does he do in a valley come in asmin omo Subhan Allah, if you are patient, and you actually develop
the consciousness of Allah, that is the best thing that you could do the best of your affairs. May
Allah make it easy for us. The reason I say this today is because many people send me messages and
emails and and ask questions to say, but I'm such a good person. I tried to worship Allah, why is
everything going wrong? It's not going wrong. It's going as per Allah's plan, take it in your
stride. You are on earth to be tested, you've enrolled in the college. And once you've enrolled, you
will be tested every week, then you'll be tested every month, then you'll be tested once a year
		

			major tests every so often every season, that's life until the day you go the Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him thereafter. They were persecuted year in year out every time and they went the first lot
of companions were sent migration to Abyssinia which is in Ethiopia today. The second time they did
a migration to Madina munawwara which was the major migration. And then Subhanallah they came back
and they they were was upon wars, so they didn't have a you know, a time of total peace throughout
their lives. They had a lot of hardship and difficulty. Many of them lost their lives through these
battles. And because they were persecuted. So my brothers and sisters each normal when you go, for
		

			example, to an airport across the globe, if you're a Muslim, chances are you're going to be
questioned, you're going to be stopped. whatever the reason may be sometimes they call you, Mr.
Random, you know, maybe you might be and sometimes you know what, it's their right to ask you a few
questions. It's not their right to disrespect you or to dishonor you or to actually insult you. But
sometimes they will do that. Some people know no better. They haven't been cultured, they don't
know. They're not humane enough. You know, they probably treat animals better than they treat us
sometimes it can happen, it would happen. It is happening Subhan Allah, you know, you just expected
		

			you but with a smile, continue and progress. And Allah will open your doors, Allah will open your
doors. Don't worry, that beautiful character that you depict in the new showed the beautiful
character that you showed at a time when they were being nasty towards you and unreasonable towards
you. That is what will make him think if they have an iota of goodness within their hearts. And
Allah subhanho wa Taala will definitely bless you in a billion ways you passed your test, they
failed. There's look at so many innocent Muslims incarcerated in so many parts of the globe. What
was the crime a false accusation? Perhaps? Perhaps some
		

			thing that wasn't even supposed to be a crime. May Allah subhanho wa Taala, free all those who are
innocent, I mean, and so my brothers and sisters, the reason I chose to speak about this today is
primarily because this is the season where the Battle of battle took place. This is what happened,
you know, the run up to the 17th of Ramadan, the 17th. And just thereafter, so much of this, you
know, momentum where the Muslims had won, they won the battle against all odds, they were small in
number, they were ill equipped in terms of weaponry, but Subhanallah that they were trying to go and
get back what rightfully was there as in terms of property, and wealth and so on the dignity and
		

			Allah gave it to them. So pan RBL Allah, may Allah bless every one of us, take it in your stride. If
you are tested, no problem, you will just ask Allah say, Oh Allah, you promise to test us, please
test us with that which is easy for us to succeed in. Don't test us with that which we will fail, or
that which will be difficult and hard. And then when you are tested, this is something very noble
that I'm about to say. When you are tested by Allah, ask yourself, Am I managing it? If you're
managing it, thank Allah for the test and say, oh, Allah, you tested me and hamdulillah This test
was easy. Don't test me with other tests.
		

			When you're a true believer, Subhana Allah, you're thanking Allah for the test. Imagine you go for
an examination at the same school we were talking about. And the exam was so easy. You come out with
a big smile, but you went for the exam, didn't you? You studied for it. You worked hard for it. You
went in, they were questions they grilled you, they questioned you. And when you came out you were
smiling because you cracked it. Mashallah. So thank you might go to thank the teachers to say, Oh,
thank you so much. It was such a lovely exam. Well, thank Allah for the examinations he puts in your
life that are quite easy. He gave you the rules. He told you what to do. You know the book, you
		

			learned everything, take it in your stride. He spoke about sub, he spoke about taqwa. He spoke about
so many other things. And that's how you will pass your test. So those who have reverted to Islam,
it's not going to be a party. It's going to be very difficult. People will let you down. People may
embarrass you people may betray you it can happen. It's Allah testing your faith. Were you genuine
or were you not? Same applies to those who are born Muslims. Are you genuine? Or are you just paying
lip service to it? We will struggle and there will be days in the lives of everyone where we
struggle more so a believer and I explained to you why believers would have greater tests than those
		

			who don't believe May Allah subhanho wa Taala. Grant us an understanding that to is a verse of the
Quran, where Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about how at times those who don't believe they have
everything in life sometimes and everything is moving smooth, like they say smooth sailing, but
Subhan Allah, Allah says, Well, we've prepared a whole hereafter for you. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala strengthen us upon the goodness upon worshipping our maker alone, and not associating anything
or anyone with him in worship, and following the Sunnah and the teachings of Beloved Muhammad
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. I mean, thank you so much for listening. akuto Kalia was Salam
		

			aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.