Salim Morsy – Jumuah Prayer 7202018
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The speakers discuss the importance of being happy and being the heaviest bird in the world. They stress the importance of comparison and learning from experiences, avoiding playing against luck. They also advise parents to be thankful for what Allah has given them and not to play against them, and to register for the Quran Institute and pass their vote in the upcoming election. They remind people to register and be a American citizen and voter.
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About a story to present 4 different
birds.
And when we look at ourselves,
we might
have the
same situation of 1 of them.
The story talking
about a crow, a
boab,
the black
bird.
He used to be happy.
He used to live in the forest.
So happy
until
one day,
he saw
the swan,
very white
swan,
and he become jealous.
And he changed his mind,
and
he went to the swan
asking, swan,
you must be the heaviest
bird
in the world
because you are so shiny. You are so
white,
and I am
dark and black.
And the swan respond to the crow
and said, I used to be heavy,
but
when I saw the bird,
I changed my mind because I have one
color, and the parent has 2 colors.
And you have to go to the parent
to ask him
about his happiness.
And the crow went
to the parent
al Ababa,
and asked him,
what do you feel about your happiness?
You must be the heaviest
bird in the world
because you have 2 cars.
And the bird respond back to the crow
and said, I used to be heavy
in my life
until
I saw
the peacock,
Paus.
He has
magical colors,
and for me, I have only 2 colors.
And you should go to ask
the peacock
about his happiness.
And he lives
in the zoo.
And the crow went to the zoo,
and he found hundreds of people
over there taking the pictures for the peacock,
and he was waiting for long time for
people to leave.
In the end,
he come closer to the peacock
and asked him,
you must be happy.
You must be the heaviest
bird
in the world
because you have multiples,
colors,
and you have a lot of visitors every
day.
And I
am so dark,
and people
chased me away.
And the peacock
looked at the crow
and told him,
I used to be happy,
but since they
put me inside the cage
and they sent
people to take pictures,
and people will be happy to take pictures
with me.
But I have no freedom.
I
am
not happy
because I'm staying all the time
inside the cage,
I cannot
fly.
But I think
the most
heaviest
bird
is
the crow
because crow can go anywhere.
No one can stop him.
In that moment,
crow realized
that he is
the happiest
bird in the world,
and this is the situation
for us.
When we
compare ourselves
with others,
we might be
unfair
because we know nothing
about Allah's
wisdom. Why Allah
made
some of us rich
or healthy
or has more children than others?
And when we look at our conditions,
we might have
the dark skin,
but
we should be happy with in any condition
that Allah choose for us.
When we compare ourselves
with the other
people conditions,
we should
consider
that
Allah, almighty Allah,
what he took away from them to give
them health or wealth or children.
When you see somebody is laughing,
laughing, you do not know how many pain
that he hide
under his clothes or her clothes.
But we know nothing,
but Allah knows everything.
We should
appreciate what Allah
gave us.
Whatever the situation that we have, this is
the best situation for us.
When we look at the claw in the
beginning of the story, we might say, you
know, he has right to complain because he's
very dark,
and he's very black,
and he has nothing of beauty.
And when we look
at the parent
or the swan
or the
the other parent,
we might think for a while,
it's okay
to complain.
But in the end of the story,
Kroll realized
that he is
the happiest
bird in the world
because
he can
fly anywhere.
He can go anywhere.
No one can stop him.
And the situation that we have today,
especially
when I came back from the journey,
I realized
we are so lucky
to live here. We
are so
lucky
that Allah choose us
to have very peaceful
life.
If we do not thank Allah for what
he gave us,
it might go away from us.
And whatever you have,
whatever
you have in your
life, I swear
this is the best situation that Allah
put you on in.
Because
if you have a child or children
or even if you have no children,
this is the best situation.
Because like I mentioned, we know nothing.
If you have
less
wealth than others,
You should not compare your condition with others.
If you really wish to compare yourself with
others, you have to compare yourself with the
one who has less than you,
not the one who has more than you.
Because we do not know what Allah
took away from those
rich people
or from those who has a lot of
children or for those who has a good
condition
in health.
We do not know,
but Allah knows. But we know very well
about ourselves,
how Allah
read.
Very generous
with us
In any details of our life,
he is
the most generous.
Since we can eat or drink normally,
this is blessing of Allah's.
Since we put our head in the door
and sleep normally,
this is a great blessing from Allah
Since we can use the bathroom normally,
this is a lot a lot of bounties
from Allah,
and we should not
play
against Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
We should not reject what Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala did for us.
And this is my advice
for myself,
my brothers, and my sisters today.
Allah says,
If you
become thankful for for what Allah
gave you, Allah will increase
you in the same niyama that you have.
And prophet Muhammad, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, mentioned
this is the nature
or this is the natural way
of life
and the nature of human beings.
Our prophet Muhammad mentioned,
if the son of Adam has
2
valleys of gold,
he will wish to have the third one,
and he will not stop
unless
if he dies
and
enter into his grave.
Means when he dies
and to bury his body
into the ground,
you know, in this this moment,
he will stop
thinking about future.
But
the normal way,
when we have
a lot
of good
wealth,
we will wish to have more.
Or if we have a good health, we
will wish to have more. And sometime,
we might
waste it
incorrectly,
and we did not revise
that Allah
choose us
to give us the health or the wealth
or the children.
And this is his plan, and almost Allah
has planned for
us. And please
do not feel unhappy about your life,
about your status, about your condition that Allah
chose for you
because
we might regret later on. And this is
the story for all of us to learn
about
our status
and our condition
in this life. May Allah
help all us out to be thankful
and to be happy and to be satisfied
with our condition that Allah choose for us.
In that moment,
the crow changed his mind.
In the past,
he did not put himself
in the situation
to compare himself with the others,
and he was suhali.
And for us, the same idea.
When we
have the bounty from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
we might be happy for a while.
But when we compare our conditions with others,
we might reject what Allah
did for us.
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