Shadee Elmasry – What Defines Our Identity
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The transcript describes a har laundry incident where Eddie manna was found in a bowl and fired at by Helka, who believes she will be in a bad state if she doesn't break fast. He also discusses the importance of men identifying as being good or ugly and their need to develop a consciousness of what Allah Subhanaw taala is about. The segment ends with a invitation to pray for a good month and to develop a consciousness of what Allah Subhanaw taala is about. The importance of men in their lives and their sexual orientation is also discussed, along with the need for men to identify as being "good" in their culture and be empowered by their source of truth.
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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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then hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen