Sajid Ahmed Umar – The family together must have a selfless project #04

			Love, love,
		

			love, love, love, love.
		

			Love Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah Hua ala alihi wa sahbihi wa Manuela,
we begin In the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala, praising him and seeking praises and blessings upon
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, my dear brothers and sisters in Islam as salaam alaikum wa
rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh me Allah's Peace, blessings and safety be upon you all. And welcome to
episode four of our short series together, dedicated towards the hedge and the family, and in
particular common foundations between the two. This is episode number four, brought to you courtesy
of the Islamic Council of Europe in today's episode brothers and sisters in Islam, I want to tap
		

			into the idea of the family unit having a project dedicated to the hereafter together, every member
of the family works together in a cause that is beloved to Allah subhanho wa Taala or at least
everyone is associated in some capacity with the cause, beloved to Allah subhanho wa Taala. Now,
where do we get this from? Well, no doubt we get it from
		

			the relationship between Ibrahim alayhis salam and his marriage I mean he Salam because remember
together they built the cabin. And in our last episode, we discussed how together they went through
the test of Allah subhanho wa Taala in terms of the slaughter and Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			When Ibrahim Alayhi Salam
		

			was true to the dream, Allah replaced the smell Alayhi Salam with him. And then that sacrifice
happened the Rambo sacrifice and that practice became a practice, beloved to Allah subhanho wa Taala
and part of the practices of this man till the Day of tm in the form of the oath here or the Quran
or the Quran, we do this, why do we do this? We do this, recognizing,
		

			you know how beloved it is to Allah subhanho wa Taala that his commands be followed and Ibrahim
Alayhi Salam is married early, he salams stepped up and they follow through. And Allah subhanho wa
Taala loves their piety. love their taqwa. And this act has been set upon us as well as Allah
subhanho wa Taala tells us in his book, it's not the blood of the animal and not the meat of the
animal that reaches Allah subhanho wa Taala. But it's our piety when we do the act because Allah
told us to do it that teaches Allah subhanho wa Taala. So that was a father and son project, albeit
they were being tested, but in another form, in terms of them being commanded.
		

			In that which no one would call a test we have is married AlLahi salam, along with his father
building the Kaaba for Allah subhanho wa Taala commanded Ibrahim alayhi salam to erect his house,
the Kaaba. And this was no doubt at the place, as we've mentioned in previous episodes, where Ismail
Alayhi Salam was left when he was a young boy around the age of two with Hajj of his mother. And
here, Ibrahim Alayhi Salam comes and Ibrahim Alayhi Salam engages his son and together they build
the house with the autoflower Ibrahim will cover with Amina LBT what is Mary Lou are bernetta
coppermine in the Qantas me and him Subhan Allah, they were in this project together for the sake of
		

			Allah and Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah tells us when Ibrahim Alayhi Salam raised the pillars of the
US House, the calibre along with this Marielle and they both said out of love, they did this while
saying Roberta kopelman now our Lord, except from us, indeed, you are the all
		

			hearing the all knowledge about the omniscient and this is the reality of our Lord, that Allah
subhanho wa Taala is all aware of our activities, no matter how big they are, no matter how small
they are. Allah subhanho wa Taala is on our way we're in Allah Allah god I'm in my sin in NYC Nene
Allah subhanho wa Taala will never ever let the good deeds and the rewards of those who do good go
astray. Now brothers and sisters in Islam we did use from this and remember it's it's the common
foundation between the family and the Hajj and the Kava is a major part of the hedge and then it
being built is a major part of the life of the family of Ibrahim alayhis salam, we learn the
		

			importance brothers and sisters in Islam for the family unit to have some project that goes beyond
themselves. Right, that together they work or in the least each member of the family as I said
earlier is associated with a project that surpasses the realm of the self because the life of this
world if we're not careful brothers and sisters in Islam makes us very individualistic type of
people whereby everything we do is about us, right my well being my bills, my food, my schooling, my
education, and and it's all about me, myself and I right but this is not the way of the oma of
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam especially and this number that is the best of all nations
		

			because they were sent to give or not to take so
		

			We need to have an element that is about giving. And we see the idea of this element present in the
life of Ibrahim Alayhi Salam is made out of his element them as a family unit for they did this for
the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And in the service of the oma for the sake of Allah subhanho wa
Taala. For thereafter, Allah told Ibrahim to announce the Hajj. So we two brothers and sisters in
Islam, it's mighty, that there's this tarbiyah in the form of every member of the household, not
only in speech, but in action being connected to a cause that surpasses them, a cause that
constitutes being in the service of the oma of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for his sake for
		

			the sake of Allah. This is important, because Ibrahim Alayhi Salam and his son was building the
house, we're asking Allah to accept from them. So this is important that it's solely for the sake of
Allah because only then will it be accepted. It cannot be a cause. That goes back to you. Why
because you're doing it for name and fame. And to be recognized by the people this is this is not
doing something for the oma in a selfless way. It's doing it for the oma in a selfish way. And my
longueville axotomy Halak, you'll have nothing in the hereafter because Allah subhanho wa Taala will
not reward you for those actions, because you did it for the reward of praise. And that praise would
		

			have come to you in the in the form of the praise of the people during the life of this world. So a
cause that goes beyond us brothers and sisters in Islam. And this is important for the therapy of
the mind, the heart, the soul, the self, right, because events in our lives, some of the events,
calibrate some other events, right, and it brings
		

			growth and development to it. I don't want to say balance, because when we say balance, it means
something was go down, was another thing goes up, but I mean growth and development, to all the
different aspects of our life. So we do have the aspect of which is part and parcel of the life of
this world. And if we don't balance it with a matter that goes beyond the cause of ourselves, then
we will drown into selfishness, and being a victim of time, as Allah told us about the people before
us, they lived for themselves, they became a victim of time and what happened, their hearts became
hard. And then they began to disobey Allah subhanho wa Taala, Allah Subhan Allah. So of course
		

			brothers and sisters in Islam, something that goes beyond you, something that goes beyond the family
unit, something that is a means of this family, leaving a legacy something through which when this
family goes back to Allah, the world will miss this family. And this is what we have to ask
ourselves, brothers and sisters in Islam, as members of the family, what will the world Miss if you
were to pass away as a father, as a son, as a mother, as a daughter? and so on and so forth? What
will the world Miss? Should this family move from this community? What will the community Miss?
Would it be like nothing that okay, just another family that left? Or will it be something that
		

			impacts the rest of the community because they felt the value, the value of you and your family
being present and miss that community? Right? So think about this brothers and sisters in Islam and
take the inspiration from the family of Ibraheem alehissalaam. You know, many people ask about what
can we do for our children, especially in this day and age to keep them upon the straight and
narrow? And the pious before us used to say and in fact, they used to say in answer to a question,
because when they used to be asked that how do you manage to raise these wonderful children? How do
you manage to raise this wonderful family, when you're always busy teaching and studying and
		

			preparing and researching, this is your whole life, this is the life of a chef. And
		

			they would say that whoever gives their life to Allah subhanho wa Taala, Allah will take care of the
dunya and Allah will take care of their life in this world and the hereafter. So brothers and
sisters in Islam, right, put your children in a cause that serves the oma for the sake of Allah and
Allah will look after them in this life. And look after the hereafter I leave you with
		

			these words, food for thought perhaps we have a subhana wa Taala inspire us and bless us and
transform us. I mean your oberhelman and for next time salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah warahmatullahi
wabarakatuh.