Revival #16 – Others Come First

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subhanaw taala magnify it. And may Allah Subhana Allah accept for all of us, miserable Allah mean. So when we're talking about the branches of faith, and as we're continuing the series, usually in the last few ones I've talked about Salaat talked about giving charity, and generally we talked about after that cm and Zakat and hygiene. But today because I want to talk about something that is very relevant to our situation, this lockdown that we are going through. That's why today I've chosen two other branches of faith that do correlate with one another, they go hand in hand in one way, because this is about family and there are some others that are regarding family inshallah

we'll talk about them in some other talk. Today. The two I want to talk about is the one that is mentioned in the in the Jama of Imam autobiography, Rahmatullah Ali is to fulfill the rights of those who are around you, and secondly, to provide comfort to one's parents. So let's talk about the rights of people in general, first of all, is that when we say the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, one of the first things that we find that the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam, he did, even before even like one of the key things that he taught initially about Islam, besides the fact that he's a prophet, and besides the fact that he is the, that there is the Oneness of Allah

subhanho wa taala. One of the key things that he talked about and emphasized on were the rights of people, and Subhanallah the reason why the person he did that is because when the Prophet saw his society, and how women were treated, how the orphans retreated, and they and the way other people were treated, especially the people who are not considered as Arabs, in that, in that society of Makkah, the ones who are considered as foreigners, these people the way they will get treated, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam realize that there has to be certain rights into institutionalize for these types of people. And this is why we see that throughout the course of

Islam, especially in the life of the prophet Sallallahu. It was suddenly the 23 years the Quran was being revealed. This is one thing that the Prophet saw some he heavily emphasized on and not only did he emphasize upon this, even Allah subhanho wa Taala emphasized upon this Subhanallah go back to the story of Abdullah Abdullah Al Maktoum or the Allah to on a blind companion, coming to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he is in need of help, he wants talk to the prophet, but the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told him that at that time, he was talking to some leaders of the Quraysh and he said, uh, you can come back to me at some other time. Allah subhanho wa Taala

talked about that, that this was probably not the best course of action, and we should and the province Assam should have at that time, addressed his need. We read that till today we will read that till the Day of Judgment. In fact, we also find from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, that one that key demands of the Quraysh were white, that you have certain people, oh prophet of Allah, certain people have come and they have accepted Islam on your hand. But these are people who are poor. These are the people who are the weakened society. These are the people who are foreigners. We are the Qureshi leaders. So if you want to address them, if we become Muslim, then

there should be a separate day for them. And there should be a separate day for us. And the province has said no, that will not be the case. Because when we talk about rights when we talk about a community, that everyone is going to be equal in terms of their rights. And this is something that we see so much be emphasized. As I said earlier in the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, there is not only right to parents, there's rights of parents to begin with, who are our parents? What have they done for us? We have to show them a certain level of respect. They have Haku they have rights, there is Hoko law. There is the rights of Allah subhanaw

taala the first we have to maintain and then there is hope over

The bad amongst the bad the rights of the human beings. First comes our parents, then we have children, yes, they have rights to, we have the rights of our relatives, rights of our neighbors, rights of our employers, rights of employees, rights of our workers, the rights of other, the orphans, our community, the widows of our community. Anyway, in our community, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he institutionalized right for everyone. And the reason why he did that was so that we can have a very balanced society. Now just imagine, if there were only rights for parents and no rights for anyone else, then we were treated only our parents with honor, dignity and

respect. And we wouldn't neglect everyone else. The Prophet sallallahu Sallam when he talked about the rights of the husband, he talked about the rights of the wife too, because everyone needs to realize that we have certain responsibilities, and not only to the province, some taught us that we have to fulfill other people's rights. But he also taught us something very clear in something very amazing. And that is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam never ever, never, ever demanded his own rights, never in his life. Never would he go to the people of his own community, that Do you know who I am? I'm the Prophet of Allah, you owe me respect. Never did he do that. Never would he go

home and treat and deal with his family in that way. When he was at home, he was a family man, he would do everything like any other family man would do. When he was outside, he was a prophet of Allah and the Sahaba will show him respect. But at the same time, keep in mind that prophets also never demanded that respect. And that's something key that we all need to learn. We all need to learn that ALLAH SubhanA wa, tada, brothers and sisters will ask us on the Day of Judgment, how much of other people's rights did I fulfill? See, if I were to sit down with anyone? And I asked them that? Do you have any complaints about anyone else? And everyone has a complaint about someone else?

And whether in the family, or whether in the society at large, that they don't treat me this way? They don't treat me this way. I've always been mistreated. What we need to ask ourselves is that how much have I fulfilled the rights of other people? If I'm a parent, how much have I fulfilled the rights of my of my children? How much have I fulfilled the rights of my wife? If I am a wife? How much am I fulfilling the rights of my husband? If I am just a general community member? How much have I fulfilled the rights of my neighbor, my relatives, anyone that I care for? There are people who are whether they are Muslim or non Muslim, they might believe in any of their faith, they're

still rights that have been stipulated by Islam for them. So where are those rights? Allah will not ask somebody a judgement, that who's who did not fulfill your right or our rights? What Allah will ask each one of us is that did you fulfill the rights of anyone else? You also bahala when you go through, you know, as an Imam, as a leader of the community, when I go through like counseling at times, marriage counseling, or any other spiritual counseling or pastoral counseling, the one thing that we see I see many cases is that there's always complaints. You know, children are complaining about the parents parents are complaining about the children husbands complaining about the the

wife, why was complaining about their husband, and everyone has complained about someone else? And when I asked usually people that how much are you doing for someone else? How much are you fulfilling the rights of someone else? Usually, the answer is D is a negative. So this is why brothers and sisters without going into everyone's rights, because that will take so much time. Well, we need to realize and what becomes our responsibility is that I need to learn about the rights of those who I am associated with. We have relatives were their rights. Neighbors were their rights, we usually have them. We have community members were their rights. In many cases, we have

employees, what are their rights, we may be an employee, what's the rights of my employer, we have to worry about that where the rights of my grandparents were the rights of my, my parents were the rights of my children were the rights of my spouse. We need to learn that from the Quran and the Sunnah. And then we need to apply them, you know, subhanAllah it's sad that how many times we hear hotbar about parents and then parents always go to their children that Oh, did you hear that today? But at the end of the day, ALLAH SubhanA, Allah will not ask you about them. Allah subhanaw taala will ask the parents to do fulfill the rights of your children. Each child each person is going to

be asked, Did you fulfill the rights of your parents today? We have so many complaints about our parents, but how much your son and how much favors have they done throughout our life for us? They've done so much for us to raise us and to do you know, our parents have made so many sacrifice

As for us, Allah will ask me on the day of judgment, did I fulfill the rights of my parents. So this is why each one of us, we have a certain responsibility. And when all of us when we fulfill our responsibility if we can create a society where I'm not selfish, but I am going to be the very first person that's gonna go and fulfill everyone's rights, then think about what kind of society we will have, and what kind of a society that we will have. Everyone is striving to fulfill other people's rights. The next thing that I want to talk about is, as I said earlier, comforting one's parents, especially during this pandemic, that we're going through many of our parents, you know, because

we've been hearing about, you know, who can be possibly the victims of, you know, of this pandemic, and so forth. And we've always heard is the elderly, the elderly, and so how about when you talk to many people about their parents, parents are usually stuck at home nowadays, they have no place to go. In fact, I've even heard from some people of my own community to have this own this community that their parents have passed away because of you know, because of COVID-19. And you know, what's, first of all, I do pray to Allah subhanho wa taala, that anyone whose parents are not alive May Allah subhanaw taala, forgive them, may Allah subhanaw taala converter say yet into Hassan ad, may

Allah subhanho wa taala, enlightened their grave, may Allah subhanaw taala give them the best in the akhira. And may Allah give their parents gentle for those that Allah amenable Allah mean. But at the same time, if we do have our parents alive, first of all, it's very important that we stay in touch with them, whether we stay in touch with them physically, or via online, but always remain in touch with them. They're going through a very difficult time right now. And you know, while we see many of the, the young people of the community, the young adults of the community, the middle age, community, they're able to get around, they're still moving around, they're storing, you know,

they're going from place to place. Our parents are stuck at home for the most part. And they find this time very difficult. It's always good that it's always very important that we're always there for our parents, you know, physically, we're always there for our parents emotionally, we're always there for our parents. And one thing we have to understand about our amazing parents is that it's not about the money that we have will lie they don't need the money that we have, if there's anything that they need is our emotional support will lie. That's the main thing that they need. They want to know that their children are there, they took their children are worried about them,

their children care for them. And if we can express that, and we can put a smile on their face in that way, and do something for them even remotely do something for them. If you can, then this is us taking care of them. And remember the Hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that where he ascended the steps. And he kept on saying, I mean, I mean, I mean, and the Sahaba said, Yes, well, today, we saw something that we have never ever seen before. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that, that Gibreel is on came, and he sent his curse upon three different types of people. And one of those is that someone who found his parents in a senior age and you know, while

you know, there are seniors, and he never served them enough to enter into Jannah. And the Prophet saw some said Amin, so this is why it's very important that during this time, we're always there for our parents, and making sure that when it comes to our parents, we take care of them. Even if we ever disagree with our parents, you know, we have to be smart, that our parents are very, you know, they might be sensitive, because of all the all this that is going on. So even if I need to disagree with my parents, I disagree behind the scenes, I should never disagree with them in front of them. Do not say anything that is harsh to them Do not say anything that that could be considered as

disrespectful to them. Do not say anything that could hurt the heart, because they need us more than any other time. So this is why I always try to do something. And this is once once again, when the branch is of faith, to look out for our parents to bring them comfort to them. And not only that, but to fulfill other people's rights. And in a nutshell, well, if you combine these two things, there is something that we come up with and that is just to simply care for people. And subhanAllah we find the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, caring so much for people. Because when we talk about fulfilling other people's rights, you only will fulfill other people's rights, if you care for them.

We will only look after our parents if we care for them. So that's what it really comes down to is that just opening your heart to someone else, really caring for someone else. Always putting someone above your needs, putting someone else's needs, above your needs, always putting someone else before your own self, always doing something that can benefit someone else. You know, I mean, just think about even from a simple thing as I you know, when we are at home, even when you go to the restroom, making sure that when you leave the restaurant, the restaurant was clean, is clean, is nice is tidy, so that the next person that comes in, you know, you know, they feel good. Imagine walking into a

dirty place, and the person that came before that they just leave the whole place just like that. So our deen teaches us that we should always care for other people in their feelings. And we find this very amazing in the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

In fact, the power system also taught us that even if you're not in the situation, even if you do not have the ability to help someone else out, still you go out of your way to help someone else out as much as you can. Meaning what that even if, like, for example, if I need support, and someone comes to me, and they're saying, I need support. Now, I could say that you know what, brother, sister, you're asking me for support, I need support. I'm sorry, I can't help you. The Prophet SAW Allah Hudson was a type of person, brothers and sisters, that even if he needed support, if someone came to him for support, he will always go out of his way and he will help out. A man one time came

to the Prophet sallallahu. It was setting him, he sold something to one of the leaders of the Qureshi, he never got his money. So he went around, he was a foreigner. He was he was from out of town. He was not aware of everyone around I mean, everyone in Mecca. So he began to go around asking people that if I need my money from this particular person, who should I go to? And they all said that if you go to this man, Muhammad said, Allah audio said, I'm so high Allah, then this man will help you. This was in MCDA. We know this history of Makkah, we know the opposition, that the person facing Mecca. This man he came to the Prophet SAW sent on the property, some could have easily said

that brother, I would love to help you. But I'm sorry, I cannot I need help myself. But that's not what the Prophet did. The Prophet was so. So helping, and he was so unselfish. And he was he was, I mean, he was always willing to put other people forward. So he went to this man, he says, No problem, Shall I help you? He went to that declaration, declaration leaders home. And he says, that, did you do you owe this man money? And he says, Yeah, I do all this man money. He says, well then go get the money. And this Qureshi leader actually went, he got the money, and he brought the money out. And some the other lead leaders. Some of the other crazy leaders were telling this man, there

was sort of taunting this leader. And they were saying that in front of us, you're acting all brave, and you're acting all tough, and you told this person that you're not going to pay him. But when Mohamed Salah Salem came to you, and he demanded that you pay this man, you did not even hesitate you came and you gave him the money. So he says that, did you not see what I saw? He says the outright above the head of the province of Salem, there was this huge camel that was staring me down. And I realized that had I not give that money to this person, this camel could have attacked me, and I was so afraid of this. But the point of the story is that the Prophet saw some went out of

his way. Not only that, but the Paulson was so you know, going out of his way, he was always the type of person that he was a people's person, that after this, you know, subhanAllah is mentioned some in some books of history, that he offered Islam to this man to. And this person he kindly you know, he, he you know, he did not take the take up the offer. He said that he was not interested. And the person never went after this person. He never said, Well, I helped you know, you helped me out. I did you a favor, and I you do me a favor. That's not who the Prophet sallallahu sallam was. So that's why brothers sisters, especially in times like these, where everyone is in need of help.

Even if you just send out a text, a simple text with someone, you know, that I'm always there, if you need me, let me know in sha Allah Subhanallah today the other day, I had a very dear Imam is so dear to my heart. He just called me the other day he says that, you know, you're another email, I'm just reaching out to you if you need anything, just let me know. I mean, that's that is what will bring our hearts together. Subhanallah, especially during this lockdown, and especially with all Milan, we all are feeling it. But if we can all just care for one another, making sure that we're there for one another, fulfilling other people's rights. And if we have our parents alive, then

looking after them, making sure that they are well. This is what our Dean has taught us. Our dean has done just simply about Salaat Instacart and Hajaj and doing other great things where other people can see. Islam also is about taking care of the people around us. I ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to give us the ability to fulfill everyone's rights around us. May Allah subhanho wa Taala keep our parents alive, who are alive, those who parents who have passed away. May Allah subhanaw taala enlighten their grave and give them Jana, those of our parents who are alive May Allah give them a long life. May Allah subhana wa Taala give us ability to serve them enough that we can enter

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