Shadee Elmasry – What Defines Our Identity

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in sha Allah just in the brief moments that we have before solo

today shot I wanted to share with you a hadith that is commonly

referenced with regards to the month of Ramadan.

And all too often this hadith goes unnoticed or really unappreciated.

It's a hadith where the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says

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The Prophet sallallaahu Selim says that my ummah will be in a good

state, as long as they break their fast immediately at metric time.

Right so everyone understand that hadith, the prophesy. centum says

that my ummah will be in a good state, as long as they break their

fast immediately a measure of time.

Now for me this hadith has always been growing up one of these

Hadith where I say as long as a Saudi almost looks at it, and I

believe it but why, what's what's the wisdom behind why the prophets

lie Selim would say that we will be in a good state as an ummah, if

we break our fast on time.

To appreciate this hadith, you have to appreciate the backstory.

And that is a lost count. Allah says in surah baqarah katiba Alec

Newseum, can I put you back under Medina, amicably come by that fast

has been prescribed upon you, as it was prescribed upon those who

preceded you. So the nations that preceded us, they had fast

prescribed upon the Jews and the Christians and so on.

But what was their treatment of the fast

initially, they fasted properly as Allah ordained and commanded them

to do so. But with time, and with human intervention, they start to

veer off. So instead of breaking it on time, they would extend it

half an hour, an hour, two hours, they wouldn't even break it that

night. And it continued to evolve and evolve and evolve until what

you have today. So those of you who know people who for example,

fast and Lent, what is that fast look like? So no longer used to be

that you fast from meats or fast from dairy or fast from this. Now

it's like a New Year's resolution you choose to see what you're

going to fast from so they will come and ask you what are you

going to fast from this year and say, I'm going to fast from saying

this bad word. It's a personal choice. So the prophets of Allah

Hi, my name is Salim is saying, beware of that. And you will be in

a good state as an OMA, if you fulfill the divine dictates as

they were commanded. But if you begin to incur into your religious

practice your own whims and your desires, then you will enter into

a destructive destructive state. And you will veer completely off

the path of Allah subhanaw taala. And this message brothers and

sisters, this hadith is ever more critical and prevalent in our

moment and day to day, right. We live in a society where we live

very much within a secular liberal paradigm, where the subjective and

one's whims and desires is what dictates what we will do. For

those of you who've been following the gender and race conversation

over the past month, you will see how arbitrary now within this

secular liberal paradigm, the discourse has become, what a

gender is, and who a male and a female is, has become remarkably

arbitrary. I find this conversation truly fascinating,

right? Because you have now feminists and homosexuals and

people all across the spectrum, debating arduously what gender is,

but there's no clearly defined lines, it's remarkably arbitrary.

And so this really is the manifestation of the human being,

defining for him or herself what is and what is not. And so as

Muslims, especially in the month of Ramadan,

Our sense of servitude everybody should become heightened. And

that's why Allah Subhana Allah says katiba Like Newseum, equity

by Allah, Latina and publikum le Allah Contacta Khun, this month is

a month of God consciousness, because everything about cm is

clearly defined by Allah subhanaw taala. When we enter into this

month, when we cite the moon, when we start our fast when we break

our fast, how we pray, and so on and so forth, clearly defined by

the Creator. But if we begin to meddle in Allah subhanaw taala

affairs, that's what leads to our destruction as a people. So the

prophets, Allah makes it very simple, you will be in a good

state, as long as you break your fast on time, meaning you fulfill

all of the Divine dictates, as he Allah Jalla Janella defined. And

so the reason why this increasingly becomes critical

brothers and sisters, is that today, a lot of people struggle

with issues of gender, with issues of orientation. And there are a

lot of fitten in our societies, people within the Muslim community

and outside of the Muslim community, who are struggling with

their own identities. But as Muslims, it is very simple and

very clear cut. The sole identifier of who we are is our

Islam. I may have been born in this country, I may be ethnically

this or that I may have this orientation or this inclination.

But no matter what I feel, or how my body feels, if my religion

doesn't allow for it, then my religion is what reigns supreme.

Even if I have to suppress certain feelings I have, or certain

inclinations or certain obsessions. As long as Allah

Jenner Janella told us to be a certain way. That's how we are

meant to be. And so brothers and sisters, the key identifier in who

you are is your Islam. Today, the key identifier has become your

sexual orientation, your gender, right, this is who you are. So you

identify yourself as such, that's not what Islam is about. And so

even when coming people, people say, I was born like this, and

this is how I feel, I may go as far as saying, that's fine. But as

long as we believe in a creator and sustainer, who has clearly

defined who we are, then that's what we submit to. So brothers and

sisters, I hope and pray that this month is a month where we can

reconnect to our Creator, and really develop a consciousness of

what Allah subhanaw taala is in our lives, because as our own ama

of Kalam have said, and has an ummah has Santa hula, welcome you

from Aqaba, what is Hassan? What is good, it is Allah subhanaw

taala has designated as being good. And what is kabhi what is

ugly, is what Allah subhanaw taala has designated as being kabhi. So

even if the entirety of the world is saying, brothers, Muslims,

Jews, Christians, this is a good thing we say, but no, we know

what's good Allah subhanaw taala has already designated as being

good or bad. So brothers and sisters, I hope and pray that no

matter how challenging our circumstances become, we are

always able to turn back to Allah subhanaw taala and gain from his

guidance and from his prophets that I send them this are

messengers guidance, what is meant to be good for us? Because one

some what something is very unique and special, about specifically

the month of Ramadan. And something that Allah says in surah

Baqarah, That also goes unnoticed, is towards the end of the verse

where Allah speaks about SHA Ramadan. He says, you read Allah

will be commodious, whenever you read to be Comoros, that Allah

subhanaw taala wants for you ease and he does not want for you

hardship. Now when Allah subhanaw taala says that he wants ease for

you. That settles it, that clearly means he does not want hardship.

But why does Allah emphasize why does he use a Tolkein here to

emphasize that I want ease for you. I do not want hardship. Why

does he do that? Because he knows that his listener has incurred is

doubting what he's saying. See, Allah knows our nature because He

created us and He knows that we doubt our times and we struggle.

We struggle with what Allah has defined for us. We struggle with

what Allah subhanaw taala has clearly delineated for us. But he

says I know full well that everything I have commanded you to

do is for your benefit. Not only that, but with everything I have

commanded you to do. I want goodness for you. I want ease for

you. I don't want hardship. So people may tell you, Oh, this is

hard. This fast business all day is hard work.

airing your hijab is hard, not doing what your best your desires

tell you to do is hard. But when Allah says no, no, no, no, it's

easy. That's where we find our confidence. Because the neffs

brothers and sisters, the nest was never meant to define for us what

is wholesome and good on this earth. The nest is connected to

the dirt, it's connected to this earth, but the rule is what's

connected to Allah subhanaw taala. So when the source of law has

telling you what's good for you, that's what you submit to you. And

that's what you connect to. So ask Allah subhanaw taala to bless us

in this month of Ramadan with a connectedness to him and the our

souls truly connect to our creator in a way that overwhelms our

material side. overwhelms our neffs overwhelms our beastial

desires and inclinations. May Allah subhanaw taala protect our

iman and our Islam. May He make beautified in our hearts our Eman

in Islam and he make hate it to our hearts go for and forsook and

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