Mufti Menk – Ramadan 2023 – Reviving the Spirit #14

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			a Salam o Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim Al hamdu lillah wa Salatu
was Salam ala Rasulillah. He was early, he was so happy at mine, my brothers and sisters, throughout
Ramadan, we have been speaking about the importance that Allah Almighty gives to reaching out to
others, the importance of maintaining the group or maintaining the good companionship, the
importance of caring for others, the importance of going to the masjid, and the importance of
community and so on. Ramadan is supposed to bring about within us a concern for others, my brothers
and sisters, you will enter Paradise by the mercy of Allah, as for the deeds that you do, they are
		

			the ones that will be calling on the mercy of Allah subhanho wa taala. So your deeds alone are not
good enough to allow you entry into paradise. Rather, it is the Mercy of Allah subhanho wa taala.
Even the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him spoke about this and he says none of you will enter
Paradise by your deeds, but it is the Mercy of Allah subhanho wa taala. So, how to achieve that
Mercy of Allah, to be empathetic towards people to put yourselves in the shoes of others, to ensure
that you are an asset to society, to community to those who are in need to family members and to the
circles that you interact with as per the plan of Allah. Why do I say the plan of Allah, you were
		

			born without your choice, you had no choice. You were born to parents you did not choose Allah chose
them. You were born in a country you did not choose Allah chose it. You were born in a community in
a nation around people you did not choose Allah chose, yes, you grew up and perhaps a little bit of
that might have changed. Some of it may be in your hands to a degree that Allah has allowed,
sometimes your parents whoever else it may be. But as you grew up, you will never alone. Remember
that. In order to survive, you need to interact. It's amazing how even to make money, you need to
have more than one person, I cannot be alone. And even if I was a gold miner, for example, I cannot
		

			be alone. If I've mined the gold and keep looking at it. It doesn't help I need to sell it, someone
needs to buy it. Whatever commodity I have, someone needs to purchase it. I need to interact, I need
to fulfill the needs of others that Allah has kept within them in a way that I understand. Allah has
given me the power and the ability to help to that degree and I'm going to benefit as well. So this
type of mutual benefit is definitely going to be
		

			it's part of the plan of Allah. Allah wants to see your uprightness. Are you going to be honest? Are
you going to be clear and open about what you're selling? The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
says those who are in business will be resurrected with the prophets and the pious and the Mantis if
they are honest and upright and develop the correct relationship with Allah in terms of Taqwa in
terms of your consciousness of Allah. If that's the case, and you are honest, trustworthy, upright
and so on. You will be resurrected with those who are loved by Allah, because you interacted with
people they loved the deal. The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him says Allah's Mercy continues to
		

			descend upon business people who are considerate of the buyer, when they're selling something, and
considerate of the seller when they're buying something, which means the deal needs to be a good
deal. Don't rip off the people whom you are dealing with. Because tomorrow, when they find out, this
is what you've done, it will hurt their hearts. And the purity of the wealth you earned will not be
felt the blessings will be removed from what you earned because you ripped them off. Rather you help
them they were excited with the deal. It was a fair market value. And you were excited with what you
made in terms of money. Imagine purchasing something with a false oath. Someone tells you I promise
		

			you, this is like this. And this is like that. And this is beautiful. You buy the gadget or you buy
the vehicle or whatever else. You pay them the money you're excited you go home and the next thing
it doesn't work or it's wrong. It's not exactly what they told you. It was Will you not feel hurt in
your heart? That hurt or
		

			Allah is watching it, the angels are recording it. And the negative effect of it will be felt by the
people or the person who sold you the products with a false claim or a false oath. reverse that and
put yourself in the shoes of the one who has cheated someone else. Do you not think for a moment
that the evil effect of it is going to come back to you? Well, if the evil effect of a bad deal
comes back to you, then indeed, the good effect of a good deed will also come back to you in terms
of blessings. So always treat people fairly, try to be a person who maximizes the number of people
who can benefit from something, rather than to have a very large profit margin with a small number
		

			who may benefit. The reasoning behind this is although it is permissible to have a large profit or
to make a large profit. The reason why it is more blessed to have a smaller profit and more people
benefit is you never know from among those people who is closer to Allah, who needed it much more,
whose dua or whose happiness and joy from within will return to you in the greatest of blessing
compared to others. So you wouldn't know. And by you having reached out to a maximum number of
people, you've increased your chances of earning the Mercy of Allah. And that is what, as we said,
will get you into paradise. Amazing. So those who have amassed wealth over time, if you were to ask
		

			them, they've either lost it before their death in some cases, or they have never taken all of that
wealth with them. From among those who have left it behind. Most of them, the more they have left
behind, the greater the arguments and the fights and quarrels are between their heirs. Why? There is
a reason? It's Allah telling you, you know what, you did not even need that amount of wealth. You
could have enriched them to a degree, they all come with their own sustenance. Have you not noticed
how strange it is? Where people are hoping to earn inheritance from their loved ones more than they
are hoping to earn their own monies. So people are actually praying for the death of their loved one
		

			sometimes, because they think, Well, my father is a multimillionaire, imagine if he were to die, I
would have so much. Allah tells us do not think that way. You need to think about working hard
yourself and praying to Allah, trying your best and earning your own money. That's why the Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him says the best wealth you could have ever earned is that which you've
earned with your own perspiration. You sweated it out and you got it, it is so blessing you will
value it and at the same time, you know how difficult it was to make that money? May Allah Almighty
grant us a true understanding. So my brothers and sisters,
		

			Allah wants us to reach out to people. Allah wants us to do for them what he's done for us in terms
of goodness, are you prepared to build someone the way Allah built you? Are you prepared to teach
people something you know, that they don't know? Are you prepared to actually empower people in a
way that Allah empowered you? The answer, in most cases is no. Do you know, teaching is something
amazing. The Prophet Muhammad himself peace be upon him says I was sent as a teacher. He was indeed
one when he came to teach people goodness, while limine machinery at willhave he came to teach
humankind a lot of this goodness. Teaching is not very rewarding in the worldly terms, but in the
		

			eyes of Allah, it is very, very rewarding. You get a reward for those you taught for everything they
will do. And for every one they have taught, and for everyone home, the people they taught, have
taught and so on, right up to the day of judgment.
		

			And looking up anyone who taught you and anyone who taught to those who taught you will also be
getting a reward until it gets right to the source. This is how beautiful it is. To reach out to
others. This is only in one way. If you have empowered someone, you get a full reward for the good
that they will do with the wealth that they earn as well. That is something unique. Islam has that
beautiful teaching known as sadaqa jariya charity, the reward of which continues beyond your death
when you have helped someone start up their business
		

			It's not just a pat on the back that you're going to achieve. But Ron and Amy charities goodness
that they will do, you will continue to get a full reward for everything because it was through your
initial assistance, that they were able to be charitable. And guess what, if they do bad deeds, for
as long as that instruction did not come from you, you won't even get a sin for the bad deeds of
another. The only time you get a sin for the bad deeds of another is if you were involved, either
through facilitation, or through encouragement, or in one way or another. But my brothers and
sisters, here is the blessing of Allah subhanho wa Taala he gave you, what did you do with what
		

			Allah gave you? And what has he given you? is given you your time, are you prepared to spend that
time to go out to the poor and needy, to talk to them, to give them the feel and to feel them? To be
able to realize what they're going through? Give them a good word, take something to them? Are we
prepared to visit the sick and ill? Are we prepared to actually go out and serve those in community
who are downtrodden? Or is that not for us? Let's never think in a negative way. You want the Mercy
of Allah which is going to get you into paradise, or here's how to get it together with your prayers
and other obligations. Allah wants you really to reach out to everyone else. Hence this month of
		

			Ramadan has within it such compassion that is unmatched. It is an opportunity. If you're not going
to seize it, Ramadan is going to depart. If you're not going to seize it, that feeling is going to
depart. If you don't do something about it. Now, that feeling is going to leave you and then days
will come when you will think Oh I heard something I wanted to do it. I didn't do it. Don't leave it
for tomorrow, that procrastination is from shaper. Let's get it cracking and we do it now and earn
the Mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah bless every one of us Akula Kohli ha That was Salama
who was Allama baraka and Amina Muhammad Laila to call the
		

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