Mustafa Khattab – Muslim Manners 10 True Iman I Ramadan 2012

For themselves.

And the prophet says

in the authentic hadith and Bukhari Muslim, none

of you truly believes

until he or she loves for other people

what they love for themselves.

And by the same analogy, hate for people

what you hate for yourself.

So on and so forth. So at the

end of the Hadith, the Prophet SAW Alaihi

Wasallam said,

if you are not able to benefit people,

at least don't harm them. And this by

itself is a good deal. If you're not

able to benefit somewhat,

don't harm them.

If you look at little kids, this is

something we grow up with,

greed.

For example, look at kids.

There's a toy thrown in the house for

weeks, no one is looking at it, and

as soon as one of them picks it,

the other ones, they just,

you know, jump over the one that has

it. Because now one of them has it

it has value, the greed.

One big apple, one small apple.

So the one who picked first took the

bigger one.

So the other one told him, subhanallah, what

is this great man? Why did you take

the big one? So the other one told

him, if you were to pick pick first,

which one would you take? So he said,

I'll take the small one. So he said,

you have it.

Keep your heart shut. You already got it.

Khalas, leave me alone.

I visited one of the schools to talk

to them about brotherhood and loving for people.

What do you love for yourself?

I spoke for over half an hour and

after we finished, I said, now we will

practice what I said in my talk. I'm

gonna throw some candy in the air. If

you pick a candy, give it to the

guy sitting next to you, to your right.

As soon as I started throwing the candy

in the air, they literally almost killed each

other. Oh.

Speaking about brotherhood and loving for people what

you love for yourself is something good, but

when it comes to the practical life,

it is not, you know, not everyone is

willing to share with other people.

So Abdullah ibn alayla

went to the store one day to buy

something and he got some money in his

pocket.

So as soon as he saw something that

he liked and he was about to take

out the money from his pocket, the money

was gone.

No money.

So when the people heard about the money

of the Sahabi, the companion of the prophet

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, it was stolen, they

felt so sorry for him, they started to

make dua against the thief. Oh, Allah, kill

him. Oh, Allah, do this to him. Do

this to him. So I would like to

Rasool Al Rahman who said leave him alone.

Oh Allah,

if he took this money because of his

need for the money, oh Allah bless this

money for him. But if he took it

without a need, oh Allah make it his

last theft.

Oh Allah give him trouble so

a famous Indian politician,

and human rights activist. He was traveling one

day. In his youth he was a lawyer

so he was traveling one day and he

called the train and the train was on

the move. So, while he was trying to

catch the train, one of his shoes fell

down. He couldn't get it because of the

speed of the train. So, he took the

other shoe and he threw it next to

the other one.

His companions said his friends said, why did

he do this? So, he said, so the

poor who will find it will make use

of the 2 shoes. If I leave one

for him, what he's gonna do with it?

No. He was Hindu.

Sometimes he swear by the sun, the moon,

the dua. And Allah,

never swore by the life of a man

except one. Who is that man that Allah

swore by his life in the Quran? If

you email me the answer, you mail me

the answer, shalom.