Omar Suleiman – How Courage Can Become Arrogance And Hypocrisy
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The speaker discusses the importance of wisdom in the household's approach to one's situation, especially given the household's strong stance onteenth century events. He explains that a strong horse is necessary to win, and that one's intentions and consultations are crucial to achieving success. He also emphasizes the importance of having a strong heart to rein in a strong horse.
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Given the context, if I'm hearing you correctly,
there has to be wisdom though in the
approach, you know,
given what part of the world you're in,
your circumstances,
not everyone is in the same situation, almost,
you know,
taking wisdom in that process, especially within the
household, because I'm sure,
the parents care as much about the cause
of Gaza,
as much as the kids. But obviously, they're,
you know, each each party is expressing it
in a different way.
Yes. So recklessness is not courage.
Courage is done for the right reasons,
and channeled in the right ways.
Because it's for the sake of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, not for the sake of yourself.
Let's be clear here
that there were times where the prophet was
approached by his companions,
and they thought that he should take a
stronger approach
Like, Abdullah ibn Ubayb bin Salud,
Come on.
Like just take him out. What are you
afraid of? Right? Someone might mistakenly say, What
are you afraid of? Why don't you take
him out? It's not wise.
Despite all the harm that he's done. No.
It's not wise. It's going to harm the
message.
By the way, we hear about how Umar
was coming to the Prophet and Umar
is a man who has
a divine connection to Allah and that he's
naturally inspired towards the truth.
And what was he saying?
Aren't we on the truth? Why are we
doing this? Why are we accepting this? We
should do this instead.
And Abu Bakr
saw the long term with the prophet
but the majority of companions felt more like
Umar than they did Abu Bakr in that
moment. The majority of companions
did not want to exit their ihram, and
the prophet has to ask Salamah for
advice, or he asks Salamah for advice. What
do I do? And she says,
basically exit your haram and sacrifice, and they'll
follow along. They're still holding out hope
in the last moments.
And they were so upset.
SubhanAllah. Like, it's often the little details of
the hadith
that catch you. They were so upset that
while they were shaving each other's heads, they
were cutting their heads
because their hands were rough, because they were
upset. So they were causing each other to
bleed.
Because they were so mad about having to
get out of ihram. It wasn't
a happy feeling.
Right? To accept those terms, but it was
the best thing that happened for them. So,
you give and you withhold for the sake
of Allah.
You move and you stay for the sake
of Allah. And that means considering the consequences,
considering the circumstances,
doing proper surah.
You put shura before tawakkur.
Consultation before taking a course of action, and
trusting in Allah
with that course of action. You consult people.
You consult rational,
righteous
voices, and often those that love you the
most. So,
courage can easily become a display of arrogance.
It can easily become about yourself.
You know, we live in the age
of social media activism
that has its pros, it has its cons.
Because for many people, I'm going to chant
as long as the phone is on.
I will engage to the extent that I
can portray that engagement.
I will work to the extent that other
people can appreciate that work. I will raise
my voice. And the prophet mentioned a person
who, You know, of the first people to
go to jahannam on the day of judgment.
Of the first people,
Or that's the appearance. Why?
Allah raises him and says, what did you
put forward?
Says,
I fought and I was killed in your
way. Allah says, No. No. You
did that. You're lying. You did that so
that people would say,
He's courageous. He's brave.
That's why you did that. You did that
so people would call you brave.
And how beautiful is it to be called
brave, and courageous. But you weren't doing it
for Allah So there's an intention aspect, there's
a consultation aspect, there's a wisdom aspect.
Being calculated does not mean being cowardly.
Being calculated does not mean being cowardly.
Being calculated
means being wise, weighing things. And subhanallah, just
wisdom You know, ibn Abbas he
gives the the description. Right? Wisdom, hikma comes
from alhekma.
Right? It's like the reins of the horse.
You can have a strong horse, but you've
got to be able to rein that horse
in,
and direct that horse properly.
Otherwise, if you have a wild horse, he's
going to throw you off and trample you.
Or get lost.
So you've got to know how to rein
your horse in. That's hikmah. That's wisdom. So
have a strong horse,
but rein your horse in with wisdom. And
that comes through sincere intentions, sincere consultation,
wisdom, and calculation, which is all not contradictory
to courage at all.