Mufti Menk – Which Legacy Will You Leave
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The speaker discusses the importance of asking oneself if they do good things to others, even if they may not be theirs. They emphasize that Islam is not a complete love for anyone and that one should be kind to others. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of asking oneself if they do good things to others, even if they may not be theirs.
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I remember,
sometime back, there was a man. He was
he was troublesome in the sense that he
has done a lot of hurtful things to
a lot of people, but he passed away.
And when he passed away, the news spread.
So I'm on one WhatsApp group,
and the news spread, so and so passed
away.
4 or 5 people they said, alhamdulillah.
And I said, imagine,
if I die,
do I want people to say, Alhamdulillah?
I corrected them. I said, No brothers, don't
say, no matter what. This is the point
where you say, Inna lillah. Wa inna ilayhi
rajun. Allah says to us, through the blessed
lips of Muhammad
when someone has passed away, say good things
about them. It's over. The game is over.
You know, if they lost 7 0, if
they lost, Allah say it once and leave
it. So, you know, those of you who
are those of you who are in football,
I know what you are thinking.
I didn't realize even Indonesia is interested.
Actually, the whole world is interested in football.
Right?
So, you mentioned it once and it's over.
You don't have to keep after the game
is over. Your whole life you are mentioning
70,
70, you know. You don't have to say
that. Malala, grant us ease.
My brothers and sisters, the amazing thing is
Allah loves those who serve and who help
and who love one another for His sake
and His pleasure.
You know, I tell you something very powerful,
very powerful.
When you do good to other people, why
are you doing the good? Ask yourself.
That's a very powerful question.
If I'm kind to you, I see you,
and I'm very kind to you, and very,
very, you know, helpful and so on, why
am I doing it?
Ask yourself.
I swear by Allah, if you are doing
it for the sake of Allah, you will
not mind whether they are good to you
in return or not because you are not
doing good to them because you think they
deserve the goodness. But rather, you are doing
good to them because you know that Allah
loves those who do good,
no matter who they're doing it to.
I'm kind to you not because I even
know you. I don't even know you in
that sense. I'm kind to you because I
know Allah loves those who are kind. I
am good to you because I know Allah
loves those who are good. I am not
good to you because I think you deserve
good.
If I am good to you because
of your deserving, we would never be good
to one another because shaitan would always come
to us and make us think, Why are
you good to this person? They don't deserve
to be good. That's why the prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon him, did good to those
who did bad to him. He was still
good to them. That's on another level altogether.
But he taught that to us. Sometimes we
are so weak we cannot. Imagine someone does
bad to you. How are you going to
do good to them?
It's not easy,
but if you're a believer, you can.