Salim Morsy – Jumuah Prayer 832018
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The importance of activating one's vote and choosing to be positive for election day is discussed, along with the three conditions for being a good believer. The speaker emphasizes the need to change one's mind and find a way to express one's opinion and support friends. The history of their community and their past issues with government and police are also discussed. The speaker encourages finding a way to act according to their religion and support their future. They emphasize the importance of finding a way to express one's opinion and finding a way to support friends.
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Dear brothers and sisters,
today,
I will be talking about
some verses
from the Quran
and
the Hadith
of prophet Muhammad,
peace, to
encourage all of us
to get involved
and to be active
and to be positive
for election
day,
which is
in this coming Tuesday.
It's
a duty
on us
as a Muslims,
as a believers,
to
activate
our
vote
and to choose.
I cannot
enforce
to choose anyone,
but I have to explain
it's our duty in front of Allah
to say yes
for justice
and to say no for any injustice.
Allah
explained in the Quran
about
the qualifications
of believers.
There is 3
conditions.
If you have these 3 conditions,
you will be a good believer.
Allah
says in the Quran,
going to
Allah says,
you are the best nation.
Produce
as an example for mankind.
Allah choose us
to be a good example
for mankind.
What is the qualifications that Allah asked for?
You
enjoying what is right
and forbid what is
wrong.
These 2 conditions,
to enjoy
what is right,
the second,
to forbid
what is wrong,
and the third,
to believe in Allah.
If you have these three conditions,
you will be good believer.
This is how Allah testify for
for you.
And the hadith of prophet Muhammad has
3 different
stages.
And Nabi
And he if he cannot
do so,
and he must change it
by his tongue
to speak
out,
to change by your hand to take action.
And voting
is an action.
By the way,
when you go to vote,
you will choose, you will sign
for yes or no by your hand.
And this is under a correct understanding.
Unfortunately, we have some brothers,
ancestors.
They disagree with the condition.
They
said, it's not an Islamic way to participate,
and this is wrong. This is incorrect
understanding.
You know why?
Because
we we we have to learn from
our
history,
Islamic history.
In early Islam,
prophet Muhammad sent
his companions
to
Theumia
because there is
a just king over there.
You call it Al Najashin.
His name is Al Najashin.
And he sent his companions
over there
because
they can
live
with that justice.
No one will
attack them.
And this is our situation here today.
We have the institution,
just constitution,
and
we have free will to say yes for
justice
and to say no for
injustice.
If you are able to change by your
hand, do it.
If you are able to go to say
yes for anyone that you wish, it's okay.
It's fine.
We are not
forcing,
enforcing
a certain person.
But
it's our duty to Allah
to
change the environment that you live in.
And if you are not able to make
it by your hand,
make it by your tongue
to speak out.
If the person is not able to
change by his tongue,
what should he do after that?
To change by his heart.
And
this is the lowest level of faith like
the prophet Muhammad mentioned,
to hate the action, to say, oh Allah,
this is bad action.
You don't you don't like, and I don't
like too.
And no one will figure out
if you do like it or not except
yourself
and Allah, almighty Allah.
And this is the situation. If you are
empowered
and you have the authority to change by
your hand,
you cannot move to other stage and to
say, I will speak out only. No. It
will not be accepted
from you
as individual.
You have to
change
by the tool that Allah
gave you.
If you are
in authority,
you cannot change by your hand,
you have to change by your hand.
If you are not able to change by
the hand,
you are able to move to the second
stage, which is to change by your tongue,
but we cannot remain silent. Our big problem
is most of us, we came from different
Mhmm. From different
background,
and we still hope with our thought
about the government,
about police officers,
and this is wrong.
We have to change our mind.
We have to fit in the society that
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala choose us to be
in.
And this is the point.
When we look at the Quran,
how Quran told us
to be very active
and to get involved
when we look at Sayyidina Ibrahim.
How Allah
put him in very
so many trials
and so many tests
and he
passed.
Allah
justified for him
that he passed all the trials
and the difficulties
that
put from front of him. And what Allah
justified for him?
He passed.
And he never ever
missed
a chance
to tell his people that they are doing
wrong,
directly
curtain,
when he was talking to his people
about gods
and he started with the star,
When he saw the star on the sky,
he said, this is my word.
But later on, he said no.
The lord supposed
remain
to help
his servants,
but the star disappeared.
You know, we have to learn from the
Quran.
And after a while, he saw the moon
and he said, this is my Lord.
After the moon disappeared,
what happened? He said,
it should not be a Lord.
And when he saw the sun, said, this
is much much bigger. This is my Lord.
He he did not say it
for a statement,
but he said it to just
walk with his people in his society
to let them agree with him in the
end.
And this is the situation.
I had discussion with 1 brother, and
he
is
you know,
he disagree with the
the situation. We should not
get involved in this
because we are not in the Muslim countries.
Yeah. We have to say
that Allah
choose us to have very easy life here.
The idea is
when we have a chance
to speak out
and we gave up, and we did not
take this opportunity,
we will be responsible.
And
in some cases, we will be a sinner
because we did not take advantage
of the opportunities that Allah gave
us. When we look at the Quran also,
we have a story,
the people of the Saturday,
as Harusan,
they were divided
into 3 different groups.
One of them, they did the mistake.
And a second group,
they were advising
the one who did the state.
And the 3rd group, they choose to take
a corner away
and just to remain silent and to say,
we have no relation with the this society.
And Amma mentioned only the 2 groups in
the in this case.
And Amma neglected
the 3rd group because they have nothing to
do. I'm afraid for some brothers and brothers
or sisters, Muslim brothers or sisters, Muslim brothers
and
brothers and
brothers or sisters, Muslim brothers or sisters who
choose to be away,
who choose to take a a colonel away
to say, I have no relation
with this society. I cannot do anything. I'm
afraid in the day of judgment, in the
day of judgment, in the day of judgment,
in the day of judgment, in the day
of judgment, in the day of judgment, in
the day of judgment, in the day of
judgment, in the day of
cannot do anything.
I'm afraid in the day of judgment,
he will be neglected too.
Allah mentioned or Allah talked about 2 groups,
the one who did mistakes
and the one who advised them.
When some people says, why you have to
advise
the the the nation or the group that
Allah will destroy them anyway
or Allah will punish them anyway?
And they respond to them to say,
We try to find our excuse in front
of Allah
in the day of judgement.
And this is the idea.
Perhaps,
they might come back to
Allah They might quit
making bad actions. And this is the idea.
When we have a chance,
when Allah give us ability,
when we become a citizen,
when we pay taxes,
and we have right to say go to
say yes for
good and no for bad.
We have to say
yes
or support justice
and to
say no for injustice,
and this is our right.
No one can force us
to to support any opinion
as long as
we have free will
to say our opinion, and this is my
point
for my brothers and sisters today.
We have election day. It's coming very soon.
You have to find your way. You have
to find
a time in your schedule.
It's your duty
on front of Allah
There is no excuse
for every for any single Muslim, male or
female.
There is no excuse at all. Unless if
you have excuse between you and Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, you know, find your your way
out.
But
what I can see
from the Quran,
from the Hadith of prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi
wa sallam
from
the actions of the companions even after prophet
Muhammad,
peace be upon him, passed away.
How about the first khalifa in Islam?
How he was elected?
Did the companions did wrong?
Did they make wrong after prophet Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam passed away? Will they elected
Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Sudip
by
representative
of Muslims?
Did they make wrong?
And the prophet Mohammed
testified for them. They are the the best
among the best.
And also
for Sayidna Yusuf,
Joseph,
peace be upon him,
how he
nominate nominated
himself
to be
in charge,
to be
minister of Egypt
in the so so if in in the
godless,
godless
society.
He didn't say they are disbelievers.
I should not
support them. I should not
help them out.
No.
He did not take a corner and stay
away from the situation.
We have to be in the situation.
We have to be in the society and
change the society
as much as we could.
This is my
point.
I hope
that my
point went out clearly
for all of us. And may
help all of us out
to stay firm in our religion and to
support our religion
and to
support support justice
and to say no for injustice.
Excuse that we have on front of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala?
And just I will repeat it again and
again and again.
It's our duty
on front of Allah
Allah to active your vote and to choose
the one who will represent you
or represented you with status
and your case.
This is my
suggestion.
Find your way
this coming Tuesday
and
go
to say
yes or no. It's your your opinion.
This is up to you,
but you cannot
hesitate
and to say I will not
participate
because this is not
Islamic country,
and this
is my responsibility
to explain
for all of you,
and you are the decision maker.
You will do your decision
according to your understanding
of your religion.
And may Allah
help all of us
out to stay
firm in our religion
and to be our role models
in our religion.
Very quick announcement for that sisters.
1, we have outside,
state
Nurallah,
that made it or see me. This way
we can give the information to sister Nurallah.
This this way we can preserve a table.
It is the 11th
12th August,