Sadullah Khan – 23rd Post Witr Talk Ramadaan 1444 2023
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Reminds me of Shekhar Albadi.
We're making Tara. We had a time of
still becoming a half a student.
She Khabadi, of course, the of
Quran, of course, in our country.
He read the whole Quran without a single
mistake.
And then the last night he came to
And
we were all young youngsters and
is is now Mufti now. Mawlana now.
Abdulrahman.
So we're all students and we we were
in the final year of learning by him.
And so he, read the tarawi, and we
didn't read the tarawi that time that year.
We just prayed behind him. Entire Quran, no
mistake. He actually
went into Ruku, had to open the Quran,
and just he said, only Allah is perfect.
So I'm not thinking of the Sheikh law.
They didn't annoy too. Masha'Allah.
May Allah bless everybody.
Model guidance from everyday experiences.
One of the things about fasting is not
only the elevation of the self,
improvement of the self. And part of the
improvement of the self is the eradication of
negativity
within our self.
Not only must we be more truthful but
we must lie less.
Not only must we be more generous
but be less less,
inclined
towards being stingy at other times.
Let's not only be open about some things,
but close to some other people about other
things. Be friendly with everyone else and not
our families. So the point is, it must
be a multifaceted development.
And therefore part of our development is
learning to forgive, specifically in these days where
we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for his
forgiveness.
So sometimes we become so unforgiving
of people who disagree with us and of
course all human beings, we agree and we
disagree on some matters. We never agree on
everything all the time.
But some people become so unforgiving
and when they disagree, they hold different views
and those differences
cause them to shun one another and, in
fact, at times,
turn their friendships into animosity.
And sometimes, we experience
anger and even vulgarity
with people whom we know when they express
their differences in a manner which is unbecoming.
And therefore, whether it be family members or
friends,
peers or colleagues,
unleashing
irrational anger
with
outright viciousness
and sometimes with the air of moral supremacy,
using hurtful words,
especially when expressing difference of opinion
about sports or about politics
or even differing about religious issues,
all of this is not the Islamic way.
It's a kind of moral arrogance sometimes
that ravages human relationships
and replaces
the relationship that we may have with distrust,
with hatred,
coarsening our communities
by replacing
civil discourse
with
common courtesy, with name calling and hatred. Instead
of having civil discourse
and common courtesy,
we find name calling,
hatred, and as I said, making
new enemies
out of old friends.
I want to relate an incident and I
want you to remember this for the rest
of your life.
I want to relate an incident
that some have reported
in our history
that could serve as a guiding lessons
for all situations
to guide us
regarding the ethics of this agreement.
Abu Hassan
Ali ibn Abdul Rahman bin Ahmad ibn Yunus
al Sadafi al Musli was a very well
known mathematician,
mathematician, and astronomer, and poet.
In fact, he was so advanced
in his studies and in his writings and
so on, though eccentric in some way, one
of the craters on the moon on the
eastern limb of the moon is called Ibn
Yunus, is named Aftin.
His great grandson
was a companion and also a contemporary
of Imam al Shafi'i.
But he was a person who did not
hesitate to express his differences.
On one occasion, Imam Shafi'i said something in
an audience
and Ibn Yunus, you or Yunus ibn Abla,
he was so upset by what Imam Shafi'i
or the point that he differed with, he
got out of the audience and he walked
away. And of course, Imam Shafi'i
noticed it.
So Yunus
bin Abdul A'la reports,
later that day, I heard a knock on
the door.
When I opened the door, behold,
it was Imam al Shafi'i.
And Imam al Shafi'i engaged Yunus ibn Abdil
A'la
with the following words,
words that I believe serve as a model
of compassionate,
respectful engagement,
an example of disagreeing
without being disrespectful.
And he said the following words.
Oh, Yunus,
We agree on
We agree on many, many issues,
but we disagree on this issue.
Let's not try to be triumphant in all
our differences.
Sometimes,
winning a heart is far more important
than winning an argument.
Don't demolish bridges of friendship and love and
respect that we have built
and crossed so many times because someday
you may need them for your return.
Always
always
dislike what is wrong
but do not hate the one who
is. Despise sin with all your heart,
but find an excuse to have mercy on
the one who may be sinning.
Criticize speech as all as much as you
want. Criticize speech, but respect the speaker.
It's important for us to wipe out
the disease,
not to wipe out
the patient.
So it's a profound words of Imam Al
Shafi'i,
said 100 of years ago. And I leave
you with the promise of our beloved prophet
Muhammad
as we reflect on this advice of Imam
Shafi'i. Rasulullah
Hadid documented
by Abu Dawood. Rasoolullah said, I guarantee a
house on the periphery of paradise.
I guarantee a house
on the periphery of paradise
for the person who even though he is
right
isn't hostile in his argumentation.