Mustafa Khattab – Muslims in Canada 3 3
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And our shortcomings.
Whomever Allah guides, there is none to misguide
them or her. And whomever Allah needs to
go astray,
there is none to guide him or her.
The great majority of Muslims, they try to
obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the best they
can,
and they try to exercise taqwa into our
bible and the teachings of Islam.
But it is the human nature that we
are humans. Sometimes we make mistakes.
And the reason
I I'm giving these examples is not to
generalize about Muslims,
but to warn
Islam. Some people think if you live in
a non Muslim country, you have a right
to cheat or lie or to steal from
or betray a non Muslim. But this is
not acceptable in Islam. This is haram.
A Muslim has to be honest and truthful
and straightforward
regardless
of the person's faith,
whether he or she is a Muslim or
a Muslim. It doesn't matter.
Because at the end of the day, you
are dealing with Allah subhanahu wa'ala. You're not
dealing with the people.
The second highest level of brotherhood is brotherhood
in blood.
Your biological brother and sister in the house
from the same father and the same mother.
And we know the stone of Yusuf alaihis
salam and his brothers
from his father or from, you know, his
mother or both.
The highest level of brotherhood in Islam is
brotherhood in faith.
Actuality
signing a peace or safety agreement with the
government.
It,
they provide
hospital and medication for you. Right? True or
false? True.
And if someone
stole your money,
they bring your money back to you.
If someone hits you in the face, they
put me in jail, just like as if
you are a true or a full citizen
of this country. So we fulfill
the part of the agreement. What about you?
Even if they betray you.
You shouldn't
train the people how they treat you. You
are a Muslim. You have to keep people
in the mess way.
It's like,
Allah dictates to you, Allah is commanding you
that you give back your trust to its
rightful owners
regardless of the faith, regardless of the color,
regardless of the ethnicity.
They gave it to the prophet
because he is al Haneen,
the reliable, the trustworthy.
Although he had disagreements with him, but he
was the only one to trust if he
had something precious. They always gave it to
the prophet
So in the handbook, when he was explaining
this chapter in the book of Bukhari
about giving back the trust
and being honest
with the people. He said, betraying people,
betraying the trust is halal.
And this is a unanimous agreement among the
scholars whether it's in relation to a Muslim
or a non Muslim. It doesn't
So the news came to Umar al Khattab
of Allahu
Abdul during the battles between the Muslims and
the Persians,
during the time of Umar al Khattab,
and the Muslims were fighting
with
those, you know,
in the battlefield and a Muslim
gave
an agreement of security to one of the
Mafar.
So this person climbed a mountain.
So the Muslim told this person, come down.
You are safe. I'm not gonna hurt you.
And when this person came down from the
mountain, the Muslim killed him.
So when
You have to be a man, and you
have to prop to respect your promises, even
in the battlefield.
So Omar Khattab wrote to the leader of
the army, and and he said,
I heard that one Muslim did this and
this.
By Allah,
if I know that a Muslim does this
thing again by Allah, I'll excuse him. You
have to respect your words even with your
enemies.
So what about the people who give you
Abdul
Ahmed and you live safely and securely among
them? Should you betray them? And the answer
is no.
And they are a source of pride to
Islam.
Say, the last thing I want to mention
today
and,
again,
this happens within a very tiny minority within
Muslims, but this is not acceptable Islam.
Unknowingly, they don't have the proper knowledge on
the Sharia.
They want to fix it, their situation
in non Muslim countries when it comes to
green card and citizenship.
I know and they know that the easiest
way is to marry a Canadian lady, for
example.
But the scholars say you have to make
sure that the person you get married to,
whether this person is Muslim or non Muslim,
it doesn't matter. The per this person has
to be decent
and chaste
because this person will take care of your
kids and this person will preserve your aunt.
So you have to select carefully when it
comes to marriage.
Some people go to the court
and get a marriage license, and this is
a requirement, and we respect the law of
the land. But you have to have 2
Muslim witnesses.
You go to the imam with 2 witnesses
with a wiliqwali,
Gijab and couple of oath for an acceptance,
and this makes it an acceptable marriage in
Islam.
But otherwise, the prophet call it
or doubtful marriage. It is not it is
not adopted, but you have to fix the
relationship
So he will get the he will get
the green card. And this is not acceptable
in Islam. This is deception.
This is deception. Before Allah before the law,
this is deception.
The last thing,
some people
Some Muslims, they married a lady and
whether she is Muslim or non Muslim with
the intention
that once, the same day they get the
green card,
they will call the lady and say, honey,
I'm sorry but I have to tell you
we have to get a divorce
because now he has the green card with
him.
Although his brother say, if the requirements
before the match that I'm gonna make her
divorce you once I get my refund, they're
gonna throw throw you out the window.
So you have to be clear with the
people. And again, in conclusion,