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The speaker discusses the challenges new Muslims face, including struggles with family and eating, and the importance of acceptance in Islam. They emphasize the need for them to take Islam seriously and offer advice on how to handle these challenges. The speaker also criticizes some new Muslims who try to be understood and try to be understood. They discuss the importance of acceptance in Islam and share favorites in the Quran, but also mention difficulties in researching certain numbers.
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the masjid or something else.
Alhamdulillah we had a fundraiser last Jumah and
Filayatul Taq on the 26th of,
Ramadan
will have a small fundraiser inshallah if you
would like to contribute.
Over the last couple of nights we have
been talking about Tawba and Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala's forgiveness
and tonight we'll talk a very special group.
And this group in the Quran is the
group of new Muslims, Reverts.
So tonight we'll talk about new Muslims.
There's this ayah I recited in Suratul Asha
from Surah 25 Suratul Furqat
where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says
then for sure Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala not
only will He forgive their sins, their past
sins before Islam but He will also change
or transform their evil deeds into good ones.
Which means when someone accepts Islam maybe
they did some things before Islam they were
not supposed to do but they didn't know.
So once they take shahada all their past
sins will be forgiven and they will be
transferred into good deeds which puts them ahead
of many of us who were born and
raised Muslim.
There are so many Hadith in the Prophet
SAW Alaihi Wasallam that support this, this ayah
in the Quran.
For example, this Hadith in the Tabari,
a man,
he was
one of the Sahaba. He came to the
Prophet SAW Alaihi Wasallam
and said, You Rasool Allah I did every
terrible thing you can think of before Islam.
Right? Everything in the book. Right? I was
not supposed to do I did it. Right?
Will Allah ever forgive me? So the prophet
SAW Salam said, Did you accept Islam? He
said, yes, I'm a Muslim. Then the prophet
said, yes, Allah will forgive you. So he
said, are you sure Allah will forgive me
everything?
Everything? So the prophet
said, yes, Allah will forgive you.
He left,
and he was making takbir
all the way until he was out of
sight. Right? So he was so happy and
there are so many other hadith.
There is something interesting about the Sahaba, maybe
you haven't noticed we read the tafasir
and everything.
All the Sahaba
or almost all of them, except those of
them who were born to Muslim parents,
almost all the Sahaba were reverts, new Muslims.
Right?
All the great Sahaba, they accepted Islam starting
with Khadija,
Radhi Allah Anha, and the other great Sahaba
and so on and so forth. New Muslims.
Right?
And Allah
promises them this reward in the Quran because
of where they came from. There's no one
forcing them to become Muslim. No one is
putting a gun to their head to accept
Islam, right? And Islam is the fastest growing
religion in the world.
Why would anyone
living a life of freedom? They do whatever
they want, they eat whatever they want,
they hang up with whatever they want, they
drink whatever they want,
they leave all of this behind their backs,
and they take Shahada,
and they become Muslim and they adhere
by the guidelines or the teachings of Islam.
Why would they why would they do that?
Right?
Because of their sincerity, their hlas. Right?
I'm not saying that born and raised Muslims
are not sincere, but most of the time
we do it just because our parents are
doing it. Right? You fast Ramadan, you pray,
you go to Jummah because your parents want
you to do that. Right?
Because you have to, sometimes.
But new Muslims, they do it just because
they want to, right? And this is why
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala turns their evil deeds
into good ones, right?
Also,
the challenges they face after they become Muslim
starting with their family, right? And this is
not the biggest challenge, I'm gonna talk about
the biggest one at the end, right? I
got only 2 minutes.
So with their families,
I've I've heard from a lot of new
Muslims, right? Before Islam there were some of
them, not all of them. There were drunkard,
you know, drunkards,
you know,
boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever, all of these things, right?
Drugs in some cases.
Their parents didn't have a problem with them,
right? But after they take shahada,
Alhamdulillah, they are mending their ways,
their life is clean now, Alhamdulillah, they pray,
they're very respectful, they're very good to their
parents, Alhamdulillah.
Now their families have issues with them, they
don't, you know, they have problems with them,
right? There is a hadith from the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, whenever I hear these stories
I remember this hadith. It says, the hadith
is questioned by some of the ulama but
the meaning is acceptable.
It says before the day of judgment
common sense will be perceived as nonsense and
nonsense would be perceived as common sense.
And if you look around you see what
is going on, you feel like common sense
is not very common anymore. Right?
So if Islam makes them a better person,
so not what is the what's your problem?
Ab gisad koi moshkilhe.
Right? What is your problem? Islam makes them
a bitter person so leave them alone. Right?
And they have to struggle with food,
they have to struggle all by themselves. If
you missed,
you know, sahur one night, your family will
wake you up. If you're late for Jum'ah,
they'll tell you, hey, Jum'ah.
Right? But there, there's no support system.
Maybe there is pork in the house, there's
alcohol,
no one cares about their salah, if they
don't go to the Masjid or they don't
go, nobody cares, nobody wake them for Sahoor
or nothing, right? The support system is not
there.
We born and raised Muslims, we don't have
issues with these things. We received Islam the
easy way, they received it the hard way,
right?
So this is why Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
promises them this reward.
Now, we got only 1 minute left.
The biggest challenge that faces new Muslims is
the Muslim community, not the non Muslim community,
right?
Because
in some cases we are very judgmental,
right? We're always questioning them,
well you made a mistake in your salah
and you know, where is your beard
the next day when they come to the
masjid? Oh, your hijab is not proper, what
is wrong with you? All these things, right?
Don't be judgmental. They just took sha'ala last
night and you know it takes some time.
It took the Sahaba, the great Sahaba several
years to be the persons, the great persons
we know of, right? It takes some time
and they take Islam seriously but it takes
some time. The greatest dua in North America
and Europe are not born and raised Muslim,
they are new Muslims.
People like Suraj Wahaz,
Yusuf Istas, Hamza Yusuf, Abdul Hengri, and all
the people who are leading
the in dawah, they are rivers, they're not
born and raised Muslim, right?
So they they take it seriously more than
us because they tried both lives and they
know that Islam is what saves them, Islam
is what makes them a better person.
I always have this problem
and I've seen it in so many communities,
when some Arabers, especially a brother, sisters who
accept Islam no problem. But brothers in many
cases,
they talk to me, they want to propose
to
a born and raised Muslim, right? So we
go to the family, the guy is very
good Masjidlah, he comes to the Masjid all
the time, he's practicing,
very sincere,
volunteering all the time in the Masjid, right?
We go to the family, we propose, they
say no because he's not from our culture,
right? So even if the Sahaba come today,
like Salman al Farisi or Suhaib al Rumi
or,
Bilal radiAllahu Anhuaha,
they are not from my culture, right? Yeah,
they're good but they're not from my culture,
right?
So why is this? In many cases that
I've seen
some of the brothers reverse, they're not accepted.
Yes.
The the moment they take shahada,
we make takbir the whole day, we hug
them, we give them a 1,000 kisses, when
they propose to our daughter in marriage, we
kick them out. Right? What is this? Right?
In some cases, some families
that would draw their marry their daughter to
someone from their own culture who is a
sucker and he doesn't pray or he doesn't
he doesn't come to the masjid,
you know, a failure.
So they would marry their daughter to a
guy like this and they wouldn't marry their
daughter to someone who is a new Muslim
who comes to the masjid. Very good Muslim,
masjid. I would marry them my own sister,
but they don't care. Right? So Alhamdulillah, if
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala accepts new Muslims, and
he loves them.
And he turns he forgives their sins, and
He turns their evil deeds into good ones.
Right?
So why are we not as accepting and
as understanding? Right? So we have to show
care and we have to show acceptance to
these brothers and sisters and we ask Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give us the best
in this life and the best in the
life to come.
The question for last night was about Surat
Al Ahmad, Fabi'ayi Alayi Rabbikumatu kadhiban, which of
your Lord's favors will you deny?
The Ayah that talk about Jahannam, right?
So how is that a favor?
There are two ways to understand this. Number
1,
when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is giving you
the reward for doing something good or if
He's talking to you about the creation and
His favor is upon you, this is a
good thing. But if He's warning you against
Jahannam so you don't go to it, right?
It's a good thing, it's a favor. Like
you are driving on the highway and they
tell you there's an accident or there's a
fire ahead,
it's a good thing because they are letting
you know so you don't get in trouble.
So it's a good thing.
The second reason when you see that the
troublemakers,
the tyrants in this duniya that will be
punished in hafra, it's a good thing, it's
a favor from Allah to us. The people
who have been oppressed, the people who have
been abused, for them this is also a
nama from
Allah.
So
Allah
considers it as a nama.
The winner is sister Akbari Abdul Tadr.
Akbari Abdul Tadr. Is there anyone to take
the prize on her behalf?
We spoke a couple of nights ago about
the largest number in the Quran a 100,000,
right? In the story of, Yunus alaihis salaam.
There is number 11, then 11 brothers of
Yusuf alaihis salaam, the 7 heavens these are
some of the numbers in the Quran. What
is the smallest
the tiniest number in the Quran?
It's a difficult question you have to look
and research and if you know the answer
Insha'Allah
email me but tomorrow asa at inflamustallafutta.org.