Mustafa Khattab – Taraweeh Gems 24 Floating Like A Butterfly
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In this transcript, the speaker discusses the importance of the Muslim community's strong character and the importance of respecting others. They also mention the importance of winning respect and gaining respect from the people. The speaker provides a brief history of the importance of the Muslim community's success and the reward they receive for reciting Sur row.
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As we announced last night inshallah, tomorrow we'll
have a short fundraiser to, to to complete
the expenses of the mission.
Our target is 14,000 if you haven't paid
your zakat or zakat jewelry,
that would be appreciated inshallah.
A request from a family of brother Mohammed
Glover. He's from Pakistan. He passed away,
recently, and the family is asking for your
behalf of the brother. And then also, I
will accept him in the month of Ramadan.
We'll
And finally finally,
today is the 20th anniversary of the Bosnian
genocide.
20 years ago,
Bosnians were being killed in 1,000
by the Serbs. Thousands of Muslim sisters were
raped,
and the, United Nations was were there,
and all these crimes were committed while the
United Nations was was there. Why? Because no
one was standing up for justice. Even today,
in many parts of the Muslim world,
the cheapest blood on earth is the Muslim
blood.
It's cheaper than our gas and oil. Right?
There are no more refugees in the world
than Muslims.
No more orphans and widows in the in
the world than Muslims. No one is standing
up for them. Right? So I imagine in
the same crimes were committed against any other
faith or any other ethnicity
somebody will say something. Right? So today inshallah
we're talking about someone,
a great personality
in North America since yesterday we're talking about,
the Muslim character,
the Muslim personality,
and today we'll talk about the Muslim who
stood out for justice.
This person is someone who used to, float
like a butterfly and sting like a
bee. He came to Islam through the back
door, the name the nation of Islam. So
who am I talking about? Ahmed Al Anil.
Okay.
Okay. Mohammad Ali. That's good. Shabbat. Yes for
you.
Mohammad Ali.
Back in the 19 sixties, Mohammad Ali won
the gold medal in the Royal Olympics.
He came back to the US, and he
was denied service at a restaurant because he
was a black man. He was a champion
of the world,
but they didn't give him justice. Right? So
within a few years, he gained more championships,
and he became
the greatest sports personality of the century. He
gained respect from everyone,
and he met all the American presidents from
the 19 sixties till today. Right? And he
was honored by all of them. Right? So
he gained respect.
No one gave him respect.
He demanded and he gained respect, right?
Why? Because we always say nobody will sympathize
with a loser.
You have to be a winner.
You have to,
you know, you you make your way to
the top. This is the only way you
can gain respect. There's no respect for losers.
Right? So you have always to keep this
in mind. You have to be successful at
school. You have to be successful in business
to gain respect from the people people. And
this is my message to the young generation,
right? Don't expect your parents or your family
to do everything for you. You have to
win,
your way to the top, right? So this
is the first thing I learned from Muhammad
Ali, Right?
Number 2,
he
refused to serve in the American army in
the 19,
sixties
seventies
to fight against the Vietnamese people.
So they stripped him of the championship title,
they threw him in jail.
He said, I don't care. Right? But I'm
not going to fight against innocent people who
live 15,000 miles away, who didn't harm me
in any way, who didn't treat me like
a dog. He said, if I have an
enemy,
then the enemy is here in my backyard
who the racist people who were treating him
like garbage, and they were asking to go
and fight people who who didn't do him
any harm 15,000
miles away. So here's Hughes, they put him
in jail.
Several years back,
the court ruled in his favor and gave
him they gave him back the title. Right?
And he was honored again. Right?
The third thing that we learned from the,
personality of Muhammad Ali,
if you go to Los Angeles I've been
to Los Angeles,
the, Hollywood
Boulevard.
They have stars on the floor. If you
go there you'll see stars named after famous
actors and actresses and all these things.
The only star on the wall
is the star from Hammur Ali.
Why? Because when they wanted to honor him
with the star
in the, Hollywood,
Walk of Fame,
he said, well, I'm I'm named after Muhammad,
the prophet
and I don't want people to stand on
the name of Muhammad
so they made an exception for him and
they put his star on the wall. It's
the only star on the wall. Why? Because
he has a lot of respect for the
prophet
and for his faith and what he stood
up for. And this is something we can
learn from. You stand up for justice and
for what is right and eventually you will
prevail, eventually you'll be successful
because we always say if you have Allah
on your side, it doesn't matter who's against
you. And if Allah is against you, it
doesn't matter who is standing behind you. So
always keep
this
in
mind.
And this is
the embodiment of the ayah and Surah in
Nasrul 4, ayah number 153.
All you who believe stand up for justice
as witnesses for Allah. This is the concept
of the, talk for tonight. We ask Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give us the best
in this life and the best in Allah
to come. And we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala to
to give Jannah to all the Bosnian brothers
and sisters
who were killed 20 years ago. Until this
day, the bodies are being found in mass
graves. So the damage was so much for
these families to bear. So we asked Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give patience to the
families and to give Jannah to the victims.
Ameel Ameel.
A question for
last night
was why did Shaitan, the Surat Al Aqsa,
asked Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? He said,
delay me until the day of their resurrection.
They say because shaitan didn't want to die.
He was afraid of death. Because if Allah
keeps him alive till the day of resurrection,
there's no death after resurrection. It's either Jannah
forever or Jahannan forever. So he doesn't mind
staying alive even if he will go to
Jahannan, but he doesn't want to die. This
is the reason he said, you Allah, keep
me alive till the day of judgment
and the day of resurrection. The winner is
Mountbethas Mustafa. Please.
Mountbethas Mustafa.
K. We'll give him the prize later inshallah.
He's probably the the only one who gave
the right answer, so we have to give
him a double prize, inshallah. Right? That's Musa.
The question for tonight is easy.
What is the reward we get for reciting
Surakat on the day of Jum'ah?
Based on the Hadith in the prophet So
what do you get as a reward if
you recite Surakat on the day of Jummah,
and finally, if you know the right answer,
you knew me before to go to the
prophet's door.