Shady Alsuleiman – Maintaining the sisterhood in the month of Ramadan
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The importance of Islam and its connection to religion is emphasized in the context of brotherhood and sisterhood. The need for support and moral support for family members, particularly those experiencing stress or sadness during the pandemic, as well as financial aid and assistance for those affected by the pandemic is emphasized. The importance of maintaining the system and sisterhood, communication, and giving oneself love for oneself is emphasized. The concept of "branded bond" is emphasized, and the importance of pride and being strong in one's relationships with others is emphasized. The video and social media platforms for the company's social media platforms are also mentioned.
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen
Wasalatu wasalamu ala al-mab'uthi rahmatan lil
'alameen Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma
'een Rabbish rahli sadri wa yasir li amri
wahlul akhdatan min lisani yabqa wa qawli amma
ba'd All praise be to Allah subhana wa
ta'ala and peace be upon Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam I testify that there is
no God except Allah and I testify that
Muhammad is the Prophet and the Messenger of
Allah Brothers and sisters in Islam, I greet
you with the greatest of greetings the greetings
of Islam and I say to every single
one of you Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuh and I thank Allah subhana wa ta
'ala for every single opportunity that He gives
us that we get together for the sake
of Allah to learn more about the deen
of Allah subhana wa ta'ala and to
have a better understanding of Islam and Alhamdulillah
this is the blessed month the month of
Ramadan that Allah subhana wa ta'ala has
blessed us with a month that Allah subhana
wa ta'ala connects us to Him and
yes it is a month that connects us
to one another whether we are seeing one
another face to face or not and subhanallah
today's topic is about maintaining the sisterhood in
the month of Ramadan and as I mentioned
this lesson is dedicated to the sisters that
come to the Umayyad every single Saturday at
1.30 and to all the sisters around
the world including the brothers that are also
welcome to attend so we're not excluding anyone
but Alhamdulillah this is an opportunity that Allah
subhana wa ta'ala gives us to get
together once again online to remind the souls
to remind one another of what Allah subhana
wa ta'ala wants from us because at
the end of the day we live for
Allah because we are created by Allah and
we want to acquire and gain the pleasure
of Allah we want to meet Allah and
enter the Jannah of Allah subhana wa ta
'ala with the pleasure and Allah subhana wa
ta'ala being pleased from us Islam is
a beautiful religion and Allah subhana wa ta
'ala blessed us with this deen not only
that Islam connects us to Allah subhana wa
ta'ala Allah subhana wa ta'ala also
wants us to be connected to one another
and Allah subhana wa ta'ala makes mention
of that in the Qur'an Allah subhana
wa ta'ala says indeed verily and without
a doubt the believers are brothers the believers
are sisters so the moment you enter the
fold of Islam and the moment you become
a Muslim or you are a Muslim or
you grow up as a Muslim every single
Muslim on the face of this earth is
your brother is your sister and when we
say a brother and a sister I know
the first thing that comes to our mind
is that brotherhood or that sisterhood of brothers
and sisters from the same family well the
family of Islam surpasses and it's greater than
the family of blood the family of Islam
is a lot more important and the family
of Islam is a lot more stronger than
the family of blood Allah subhana wa ta
'ala makes mention of that in the Qur
'an indeed and verily the believers are brothers
the believers are sisters you are my brother
and you are my sister whether you like
or not whether you like me or not
at the end of the day you're a
Muslim and Muslim Allah subhana wa ta'ala
made us to be sisters and Allah subhana
wa ta'ala made us to be brothers
and Allah subhana wa ta'ala emphasizes on
that in which Allah subhana wa ta'ala
says to the extent that Allah subhana wa
ta'ala had emphasized on the brotherhood not
only to those who are living right now,
even to the ones in the past and
those that come later on and say, O
Allah, forgive our brothers, forgive our sisters in
the past.
Forgive our brothers and sisters who had the
virus to becoming a Muslim.
Forgive our brothers and sisters who are at
the forefront of becoming Muslims before us.
SubhanAllah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not only
wants you to be connected to your brothers
and sisters who are living right now, to
every single Muslim brother and sister that has
ever existed on the face of this earth.
Yes, when I say connection, Allah is a
spiritual connection, acknowledgement that every single Muslim, every
single Muslima are my brothers and my sisters.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one
that created that bond.
Not me, not you, Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala is the one that created that bond.
So much so that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala had reminded the sahaba radhiallahu ta'ala
amma of the brotherhood and the sisterhood before
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala had reminded them
of, saving them from the hellfire.
Wa a'tasimu bihamdillah jamee'an wa la tafarraqu
As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commands and
makes mention in the Holy Qur'an, and
help us unto the ripple of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, together and collectively and never
ever divide.
So that's the command of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala upon you and I.
That we worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
together, and worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
collectively, and worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
united.
Wa a'tasimu bihamdillah jamee'an wa la tafarraqu
Wadhkuru ni'mata Allahi alaykum it kuntum a'da'an
faallafa bayna qulubikum faasbahkum bi ni'mati ikhwana And
remember the bounty of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala upon you when you were enemies, and
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought you together
and made you to be brothers and sisters.
Through what?
Through Islam.
Not through money.
Money doesn't make anyone a brother of someone
else.
Money doesn't make anyone a sister of someone
else.
I could buy, I could buy, I could
pay millions of dollars.
Not that I have that money but I'll
pay millions of dollars.
You might say yes, I'm your sister in
Islam.
I'm your brother in Islam.
But deep inside, there's no true brotherhood, there's
no true sisterhood.
What makes and what brings about that true
brotherhood and sisterhood is Islam.
Wa a'tasimu bihamdillah jamee'an wa la tafarraqu
Wadhkuru ni'mata Allahi alaykum it kuntum a'da'an
faallafa bayna qulubikum faasbahkum bi ni'mati ikhwana And
remember the bounty of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala upon you when you were enemies, and
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought you together
and made you to be brothers and sisters.
And remember the bounty of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala upon you when you were enemies,
it is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the
one that brought the hearts together.
Oh Muhammad if you were to spend all
the money of this world, if you were
to spend all the money of this world
to bring the hearts together, you will never
succeed.
But it is Allah the one that brought
the hearts together.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one
that brought our hearts together.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one
that united the hearts.
And that's why my sister in Islam, no
religion emphasizes on the importance of brotherhood and
sisterhood as much as Islam.
No religion.
SubhanAllah the emphasis, the reinforcement, the reiteration that
Islam emphasizes on, reinforces and reiterates on the
importance of brotherhood and sisterhood, second to none.
Not like any other religion, not like any
other culture, because of the importance of that.
And subhanAllah the month of Ramadan is the
month of sisterhood.
It connects us together even though we're not
seeing each other.
In particular, in this year's Ramadan, even though
you're not seeing your other sisters, even though
you're not mixing with the other sisters, a
particular one needs to come to the masajid
or come to the center and you see
the sisters.
And I'm sure every time you see your
sisters, you put a big smile or it
brings a big smile on your face.
SubhanAllah this year, you're not seeing many people.
But alhamdulillah, our hearts are always connected.
Our hearts are always connected.
And the month of Ramadan is the month
of sisterhood.
And this topic, this topic, maintaining the sisterhood
in the month of Ramadan, we've agreed on
this topic five, six months ago.
And then I thought about it, I said,
you know what, you know, the sisters are
not seeing each other, should I continue talking
about it?
And then I said, yes, we should continue
talking about it.
Because nothing will break the sisterhood away from
each other.
Nothing will disconnect the sisters from each other.
Nothing will disconnect the brothers from each other.
Nothing will disconnect us from each other.
because alhamdulillah we are believers and our true
connection our link is Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala and Allah azawajal is always there that
link that brings us all together is Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala that link that brings
us all together is Islam and that link
will always be there we might go but
that link will always stay the masjid are
closed now and they might be closed for
some time but the link is always there
this person might leave and this person might
die but the link is always there so
alhamdulillah we'll continue talking about maintaining the system
in the month of ramadan and the umayyad
takes pride and the umayyad is all about
that love of the sisters amongst each other
and the brothers amongst each other that true
brotherhood and the true system we'll always remind
ourselves of the brotherhood and sisterhood why because
that's an important element in our religion an
important principle in our religion that the prophet
muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came with in
which the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
says al mu'min a believer is a brother
of another believer you're a sister of another
sister whether you like her or not whether
you like her or not she is your
sister in islam and you're her sister in
islam he's my brother in islam and i'm
his brother in islam regardless what we agree
on or what we don't agree on regardless
whether we like each other we don't like
each other regardless whether we're on the same
page on some issues or not at the
end of there's a strong link that brings
us all together and that's the link of
islam so the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam says a muslim is another brother of
another muslim a muslimah is a sister of
another muslimah and then the prophet muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam says he does not or
she does not oppress her you never ever
oppress anyone let alone a muslim never oppress
them and when we're talking about oppression here
my sisters in islam oppression here does not
necessarily mean they oppress someone by torturing them
hitting them no no oppression is when you
oppress someone by speaking to them wrongly by
mistreating them by saying things about them that's
oppression by mistreating someone that's oppression so oppression
does not necessarily mean that you only oppress
someone when you torture them when you hurt
them when you physically harm them no no
no that's oppression yes but there's another type
of oppression that unfortunately some of us do
fall in when you talk about someone yes
that's oppression when you mistreat someone that's oppression
when you turn your back on someone that's
oppression as the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam also says and a muslim does not
let down another muslim you never betray your
muslim sister in islam you never let her
down if you can help you help for
the sake of allah if you can assist
you assist for the sake of allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala but you never mistreat you
never oppress you never transgress you never let
someone down because what i believe is at
the end of the day we want to
reward us a muslim is another muslim's brother
or sister he or she don't oppress them
don't transgress against them don't let them down
as the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
makes mention and be the servants of allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala as brothers be the
servants of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as
sisters alhamdulillah we are servants of allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala we worship on god we
follow one prophet we read one book we
pray towards the same qiblah we pray together
alhamdulillah we are united whether you like or
not we are united and subhanallah one of
the things that we learn out of the
salatul jammah with the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam is to emphasize on it so
much and is to consider those that used
to neglect it munafiqeen or have qualities or
characteristics of munafiqeen because the salatul jammah brings
us all together not only that we are
standing in one line but that one line
also resembles our unity that we stand shoulder
to shoulder as brothers and sisters for the
sake of allah to please allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala the prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam says and be the servants of allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala as brothers be the
servants of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as
sisters you support one another you assist one
another the support of his brother and sister
as long as this person is in the
support of his brothers and sisters subhanallah you
want the support of allah azza wa jal
be in the support of your brothers and
sisters and that support various as that support
varies from one support to another support it's
different from one support to another support support
doesn't mean any support me when you when
i need money no no no financial support
is one thing but also moral support.
Right now in lockdown where many brothers and
sisters are in lockdown, in particular our sisters,
a moral support is for you to call
this sister and check up on her for
example.
A sister they haven't spoken to for some
time just a quick phone call, Salaam Alaikum
sister, just calling to see how you are
for the sake of Allah Azza wa Jalla.
Maybe the sister is so down, maybe the
sister is so depressed, maybe she's so stressed
because of the lockdown, maybe she's under a
lot of pressure.
This phone call will go a long way.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is in the
support of his servant as long as the
servant is in the support of his brother
and sister.
So subhanAllah, this support is not necessarily to
be or limited to just giving someone financial
aid or financial support or helping carrying something.
No no no, sometimes just a quick phone
call will go a long way in particular
now with this lockdown that you can't come
visit people or you can't meet with people
or your meeting with people is so limited,
maybe the sister is in lockdown or maybe
the sister, not maybe she's in lockdown, we're
all in lockdown, but I'm saying maybe the
sister is in need of help, maybe the
sister is down, personally down or mentally down.
A quick phone call subhanAllah.
Wallahu fi awli al-abdi, madama al-abdi
fi awli al-akhiri, Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala is in the support of his servant
as long as the servant is in the
support of his brothers and sisters.
One quick phone call subhanAllah, just calling to
check up on you.
SubhanAllah, I've been doing that to a lot
of people and some people get blown away
and say subhanAllah, wallahi you made my day,
I've been so depressed, I've been so stressed,
I've been so down, but this phone call
that did not probably exceed one minute changed
their life.
I get the rewards alhamdulillah and I brought
a smile on my face on my brother.
I brought happiness into his heart and maybe
because of that happiness, he'll change his attitude
towards his family.
Look at the contribution towards something so little,
something so little.
And that's what Islam is about subhanAllah, Islam
is about little gestures that will get a
long way, a long way.
And that's something the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi
wa sallam taught us.
He taught us alayhi salatu wa salam, do
not underline, do not underestimate a little good
that you might do that will get a
long way.
And Nabi salallahu alayhi wa sallam used to
say that to the sahaba, used to say
that to the female sahaba.
Do not underestimate a little good that you
might do that will get a long way,
even if you give a little soup to
your neighbours, subhanAllah, a little amount of broth
to your neighbours, subhanAllah, something so little will
get a long way, a long way, a
long way.
And subhanAllah, what resonates to my mind right
now is when a man, the Prophet Muhammad
salallahu alayhi wa sallam speaks about a man
went to visit another man, a Muslim wanted
to go and visit another Muslim.
So he went to visit him.
For the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent an
angel in disguise, in the disguise of a
human being.
And he told him, we're about to go
on to, he said, I'm going to visit
a brother to meet in this village.
So this angel in the disguise of a
human being asked him, do you have anything
that you need to go and get from
him?
Is there a purpose for your visit?
He said, no, the only purpose of my
visit is for me to go and visit
him for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
So the angel who was in the disguise
of a human being, he said, I'm an
angel from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent me to
you to tell you that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala is pleased from you.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala showers you
with His mercy and forgives you because of
this kind gesture, subhanAllah.
Yes, we can't go and visit each other,
but I thank you.
A video message, a message subhanAllah, a text
message will go a long way.
Just do it for the sake of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, in particular those that
there's a bit of tension between you and
them.
Yes, in particular those that there's tension between
you and them.
The month of Ramadan is the month of
maintaining the sisterhood.
We maintain our brotherhood.
We maintain that bond for the sake of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
And if you're not going to maintain relationship
between you and your brother, between you and
your sister, right now in this month, when
are you going to maintain?
Just exactly, exactly one month ago, it was
the month of Sha'ban.
Exactly one month ago, it was the month
of Sha'ban.
And when the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam say about the month of Sha'ban,
it is that night, it is that night,
the month of Sha'ban, it is that
night that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
forgive everyone except two people, a mushrik, a
pagan, or someone who associates someone else with
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and a mushahid,
someone that has a grudge against his sister
or against his father.
That was one month ago, and that was
in the month of Sha'ban.
Then what is it in the month of
Ramadan?
Subhanallah, it's a lot worse in the month
of Ramadan that you continue having this grudge
against your sister.
You continue having this hatred against someone else.
You have to maintain relationship in the month
of Ramadan.
You have to fix this relationship whether you
like it or not, you have to fix
it.
And you have to do it for the
sake of Allah azzawajal.
If it's too much for you to maintain
relationship with one of the servants of Allah
azzawajal, or one of your brothers and sisters,
then what would Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
have mercy upon if you don't even have
mercy upon someone else?
Even though Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
the most merciful, Allah azzawajal's mercy is beyond
your imagination, beyond my imagination, Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala forgives and Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala grants mercy.
But why?
Have mercy upon the servants of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala and acquire more mercy from
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Don't hold back, don't hold back, be merciful.
Subhanallah, you have a grudge in your heart
against another sister, you have a grudge in
your heart against another brother.
Forgive them for the sake of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
Call them and check up on them for
the sake of Allah azzawajal.
Speak to them for the sake of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Do it for the sake of Allah azzawajal.
If it's too much for you to do
this for the sake of Allah azzawajal, then
what can you do for Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala?
Forgive, subhanallah, the heart sometimes, yes this heart
can be so evil, and this heart can
be so good.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the one
that created the element of evilness in this
heart and the element of goodness in this
heart.
But it's in your control because you're a
mu'min at the end of the day, you're
a mu'min at the end of the day.
You control this heart with your iman.
What's iman?
Iman is when the iman penetrates the heart,
will take over the evil side and will
turn into a good side.
That's what iman is about.
So my brothers and my sisters in Islam,
it's so important for us in the month
of Ramadan to maintain our brotherhood, to maintain
our sisterhood.
Even if we are in lockdown, we continue
to maintain that for the sake of Allah
azzawajal.
The bare minimum, the bare minimum.
Let's say, there's no form of communications, there's
no phones, there's no computers, there's no devices.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala taught the sahaba
radiyallahu ta'ala Amr during the primitive days
when they had no form of communications besides
face to face.
What did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala teach
him in the Quran and Kareem?
To make dua for your brothers and sisters,
subhanAllah, making dua for them.
Making dua for them, subhanAllah.
You make dua for your brother and your
sister, just to keep that bond, subhanAllah.
Like right now, you might look at us
and say, we are fortunate.
We are fortunate enough that in this day
and age, we can continue communicating with one
another.
I'm communicating with you right now.
I'm communicating with every single brother and sister
around the world.
If they want to log in and they
want to be on a page, I'm communicating
with you through this technology that's right in
front of me.
I'm speaking to you.
I could speak to anyone around the world.
You could speak to me face to face
online.
We could see each other.
We could talk to each other.
You might turn around and say, but this
only existed for the last 15, 20 years.
How did people communicate with each other if
they were far apart from each other?
Well, you know what?
They didn't.
They didn't have phones to call one another.
They didn't have technologies for them to communicate
with each other.
They didn't have Facebooks and YouTubes and all
those programs and apps that we we communicate
with one another every single day and every
single hour, every single minute.
How did they communicate in the past?
None of you used to communicate if they
were apart from each other, if they were
far away from each other.
But they used to remind themselves of the
brotherhood and bond by making dua to each
other.
By making dua for each other.
And that's why my brother and my sister
Islam in this month, especially in this circumstance
that we're in, in this crisis that we're
in, in this lockdown, as part of your
daily dua, Oh Allah, forgive my brothers and
my sisters.
Oh Allah, have mercy upon my brothers and
my sisters.
Oh Allah, make it easy upon them all.
Make dua to those that you know and
those that you don't know.
And you know what?
Even if you make mention of names, you
know, this sister, for example, she is struggling.
Or you know, this brother who is suffering.
Or you know that this person is in
agony.
Make dua for them.
Just mention their name.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reward you
for them.
I believe Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
reward you for it.
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also will
give you the same thing that you had
asked for.
Make dua.
Subhanallah, make dua.
Don't hold back.
Just continue making dua.
As part of your agenda, as part of
your program, that you make dua for your
brothers and sisters.
And if you don't know anyone specific, make
dua in general.
Oh Allah, forgive all my brothers and my
sisters in Islam.
Oh Allah, have mercy upon them all.
Oh Allah, make it easy upon them all.
This is the true character and quality of
a believer that you think of others.
Islam doesn't revolve around you.
It doesn't revolve around me.
Islam revolves around us all.
Islam revolves around us all.
Islam is for all of us.
For that, my sister in Islam, one of
the ways of us maintaining the sisterhood is
for you to make dua for your sisters.
Constantly make dua for them.
Whenever you make dua for yourself, whenever you
make dua for your family, make dua for
other brothers and sisters.
Include them in your dua, even if it's
just a general dua.
Subhanallah, one of the ad'i that have
been taught by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Allah
waqf al muslimina wal muslimat, wal mu'minina wal
mu'minat, ala aya'i ibn wal amwat.
Oh Allah, forgive all the Muslims, males and
females, all the believers, males and females.
That's your Allah and that's what I did.
Subhanallah.
Look at the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad
ﷺ.
Look how far the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went
in teaching us.
To make dua for every single living Muslim,
male and female.
And to make dua for every single dead
Muslim, male and female.
Subhanallah.
This is all about maintaining the bond, maintaining
the sisterhood.
To maintain that sisterhood, even in lockdown.
I know in the month of Ramadan, when
people are attending the masajid, the sisterhood is
stronger.
The sisterhood is more tangible because you see
your sisters, you sit down with them, you
spend time with them.
Subhanallah, having an encounter or having an interaction
face to face is not like online.
But subhanallah, given that this is the current
situation, alhamdulillah, nothing stops us from the sisterhood.
Nothing comes in the way of the sisterhood.
We'll stay connected inshaAllah, we'll continue to be
connected because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
between us and Allah is always there.
And we learn that from the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
And the bond that the sahaba radhiallahu ta
'ala had with one another, subhanallah.
Unbreakable bond.
That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminds them
that they were enemies, they used to hate
each other and then they became brothers.
Yes, because the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam makes it very clear.
لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى يحب الأخي ما يحب
النفس None of you is a true believer.
You are not a complete and a true
believer.
No matter how much you pray.
No matter how much you fast.
No matter how much you donate.
No matter how much you read of the
Quran Karim.
No matter how much good that you do.
You are not a complete believer until you
love for your sister what your love is.
That's it.
Pray as much as you want.
Fast as much as you want.
Read the Quran Karim as much as you
want.
Donate as much as you want.
Do as many good as much as you
want.
At the end of the day, if you
don't care and wish for your sister what
you wish for yourself, you still have shortage
in your Iman.
You still lack Iman.
You don't have the complete Iman.
Clear cut from the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
You are not a true believer until you
love for your sister what you love for
yourself.
Until you wish for her what you wish
for yourself.
That's the true Iman.
The true Iman is not just actions from
the outside.
It's not just actions from the outside and
actions from the inside.
It's not just to Allah you are doing
good and praying and fasting and giving money
alhamdulillah.
But deep inside the heart is corrupt.
And part of that corruption is when you
have a grudge against someone else.
Or you have hatred towards someone else.
Or you don't wish goodness for someone else.
And subhanallah how much we see and we
experience these days.
People don't want goodness for other people.
They don't want goodness for other people.
They just want goodness for themselves.
They don't want goodness for anyone except for
themselves.
They don't want to be the successful one.
And everyone else is the unsuccessful one.
They don't want to be the thriving one
and everyone else is just falling.
They don't want to be the ones moving
forward and everyone else going behind.
That's not a true character of a believer.
It doesn't matter how much you pray and
how much you fast.
And how much of the Quran you can
read.
Islam is about morals and characteristics.
And if you are not going to humble
yourself.
If you are not going to know any
pride for your brothers and sisters.
For your Muslim brothers and sisters.
Then what can you do for Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
Commands the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
to humble himself.
وخف الجناحك لمن اتبعك ابن المؤمنين Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala commands the prophet Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam to humble himself for the
believers.
O Muhammad lower your wings.
And lowering your wings is a proverb.
Lowering your wings is a parable that the
Arabs use.
Means lower your wings means humble yourself.
Humble yourself.
Lower your wings, lower your pride.
Humble yourself for your brothers and sisters.
Allah commanded the most humblest man on the
face of this earth, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam The most righteous man to ever tread
this earth, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala commanded
Humble yourself for your brothers, for your sisters.
O Muhammad lower your wings for the believing
brothers and sisters.
Humble yourself for them.
Love them for the sake of Allah.
Care about them for the sake of Allah.
Be there for them for the sake of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Subhanallah.
Allahu Akbar.
Look at this.
And that's why Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
emphasized on greeting one another.
Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam emphasized on the
importance of giving salam to each other.
The prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says
By Allah you will never ever enter the
Jannah until you become believers.
You will never enter the Jannah until you
become believers one another.
And you will never become believers until you
love one another.
That's exactly what the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam said.
You will never enter the Jannah until you
become believers.
And you will never become believers until you
love one another.
Then the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
says Should I guide you to an action
that will make you all love each other?
Afshu salama baynakum.
An action that will increase your love to
one another.
Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says spread salam
amongst each other.
Give salams to each other.
When you see a sister.
Salamu alaykum And not a sister that you
know in Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
No no no.
He didn't say just, Oh to the ones
that you know, and the ones that you
love and the ones that you care and
the ones that you have good relationship with.
Salam to those that you know and those
that you don't know.
And it's more important to give salam to
those that you don't know more than the
ones that you know because at the end
of the day by default you're going to
give salam to those that you know.
But it's not by default that you're going
to give salam to those you don't know.
And that's why you have to take an
extra step forward in giving salam to those
that you don't know.
Give salams.
Subhanallah, that's the importance of salams.
Salams is not salams.
These days it's not even salamu alaykum.
Salams.
People can't even be bothered to even say
salamu alaykum.
Now it's salamu alaykum.
The Prophet ﷺ never used to say salams.
He never used to say salamu alaykum.
And Allah ﷻ commands when someone gives you
salam, you have to greet him back with
that salam and try to even make it
better.
Salamu alaykum, your reply is wa alaykumu s
-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Someone tells you salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuh, you say wa alaykumu s-salam wa
rahmatullahi wa barakatuh and you put up a
smile for the sake of Allah.
Wa alaykumu s-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
And we're his sister.
Wa alaykumu s-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
with a nice gesture.
fa idha hayyitun bitahiyyatin fa hayyu bi ahsana
minha or rudduha as Allah ﷻ commands in
the whole of the Qur'an.
When someone greets you with a greeting, you
reply back in the same manner or better.
This is the command of Allah ﷻ.
Why?
Why did the shari'ah emphasize on the
salams?
Why did the shari'ah emphasize on greeting
one another?
Because the greeting brings the hearts together.
Subhanallah, that's why when there's a bit of
a grudge or tension between you and someone
else and you see them somewhere, what's the
first thing that you do?
You try to avoid them.
You don't want to give them salams.
Why?
Because shaitan has already put that in your
mind.
The moment you're going to give them salam,
you're going to break down those barriers.
And no, don't break them down.
No, I'm going to break them down.
I'm going to go up to her and
say salamu alaykum.
And because you can't go up to her
right now because of this lockdown, you're going
to make a phone call.
You're going to grab this phone, salamu alaykum.
I'm just calling you for the sake of
Allah ﷻ.
Break this pride and do it for the
sake of Allah.
You press on your pride, you step on
it down, Allah ﷻ puts you up.
Step down on your pride and see Allah
ﷻ put you up.
Because you're doing it for the sake of
Allah ﷻ.
So in the month of Ramadan, the month
of Ramadan is the month of brotherhood, the
month of sisterhood, whether we are in lockdown
or not.
Alhamdulillah, we will continue to maintain our sisterhood,
that true love to one another because we
are believers.
It's part of our iman.
It's part of our belief.
And we are not true complete believers until
we love each other for the sake of
Allah ﷻ.
And I'm sure all of your sisters are
missing one another.
This is an opportunity for you to start
calling one another.
Send a nice message, salamu alaykum sister, just
call her to say how you are.
Miss you for the sake of Allah ﷻ.
Do it for the sake of Allah ﷻ.
I know that's when the pride kicks in.
Pride kicks in, ah, she should be the
one that's calling you.
You are better than her.
You know, we become up ourselves, you know.
I'm better than him.
I'm not going to call him.
He should call me.
I'm better than him.
I'm richer than him.
I'm stronger than him.
I'm more influential than him.
I'm more famous than him.
I'm better looking than him.
He should be calling me.
No, no, no.
I do it for the sake of Allah
ﷻ.
If I'm better than him, if I'm better
looking than him, stronger than him, richer than
him, more successful than him, I'm somebody and
he's nobody.
But at the end of the day, it
is Allah ﷻ.
I'm going to do it for the sake
of Allah ﷻ.
All those things that I think I'm more
superior about than everyone else, at the end
of the day, Allah ﷻ is above me.
And Allah ﷻ is superior than all of
us, and that's what I'm going to do
for the sake of Allah ﷻ.
I'm not going to hold back.
I'll do it for the sake of Allah
ﷻ to please Allah ﷻ.
So my sister in Islam, what we'll take
out of this, a take-home action insha
'Allah, in the month of Ramadan, in this
lockdown, where we are distant from one another,
just physically, not spiritually, insha'Allah, what we're
going to take out of this, that we're
going to continue connecting to one another.
Insha'Allah, we'll call each other for the
sake of Allah ﷻ, check up on each
other for the sake of Allah ﷻ, and
part of my daily du'a, I'll be
making du'a for my brothers and my
sisters, I'll be making du'a for every
single person.
And if any of their sisters that I
know of, that's going through hardship, I'll be
making du'a for her by name.
And subhanAllah, Allah ﷻ sends down an angel
just to say, Amin o Allah, give her
the same thing.
SubhanAllah, in the moment that you are making
du'a for someone, Allah ﷻ sends an
angel to make du'a for you.
Which one is stronger, your du'a or
the angel's du'a?
We are sinners at the end of the
day, angels are not sinners.
So there's a bigger possibility that the du
'a of the angel will be accepted than
your du'a or my du'a.
SubhanAllah, make du'a for your brothers and
sisters, and Allah ﷻ will allocate an angel
to come down and just respond to your
du'a, and say, Ya Allah, give her
exactly what she's asking for her sister.
Allahu Akbar, subhanAllah.
The concept of bond, and the concept of
brotherhood in Islam, subhanAllah, it's beyond what we
could even think of sometimes.
It's a blessing that Allah ﷻ blessed us.
And you know what?
Our brotherhood, our sisterhood is unbreakable.
And we're always connected even though we are
distant from one another.
We're always connected even though we are in
lockdown.
We're always connected even though we haven't seen
each other face to face.
We're always connected, why?
Because there's that link that connects us to
each other, and that's the link of Islam.
So my sister in Islam, this is an
opportunity for us to link up again, connect
with one another, remember your sisters in Islam,
make du'a for them, connect to them,
call them, check up on them, make du
'a for those that you know who are
going through hardships, subhanAllah, keep them in your
du'a.
Alhamdulillah, this is a blessing from Allah ﷻ
that Allah ﷻ blessed us with the blessing
of Islam, and the love for the sake
of Allah ﷻ, so much so that the
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ wanted to reinforce the importance
of brotherhood and sisterhood in Islam.
They used to tell the Sahaba radhiAllahu ta
'ala, if you love someone for the sake
of Allah, you can't say it to them.
And Nabi ﷺ was standing with one of
the companions, and then another companion went past.
So the companion that was standing with the
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ told the Prophet ﷺ, I'm
a messenger of Allah, see this man, I
love him for the sake of Allah.
And Nabi ﷺ pushed him.
He said, you can't tell him that.
SubhanAllah, you can't tell him that.
You know sometimes, oh, I'm embarrassed, I can't
tell someone I love him for the sake
of Allah.
No, you shouldn't be embarrassed, you love him
for the sake of Allah, because there is
something called the love for the sake of
Allah ﷻ.
So he went to him and said to
him, brother, I just wanted to say to
you that I love you for the sake
of Allah.
So the man replied back to him and
said, my Allah, I love you for what
you love me for.
Why did the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ push his
companion after he told him, I'm a messenger
of Allah, I love this person for the
sake of Allah ﷻ?
Why did the Prophet ﷺ push him to
go and say to him that I love
you for the sake of Allah?
To increase that bond, to increase the brotherhood.
That's why Nabi ﷺ did it.
And that's why Nabi ﷺ encouraged us that
when you love someone for the sake of
Allah, you say to them, I love you
for the sake of Allah.
And I love every single brother and sister
for the sake of Allah ﷻ.
And that's something Nabi ﷺ taught us.
So if you love a sister for the
sake of Allah, call her and say to
your sister, I love you for the sake
of Allah.
Get the rewards.
Increase that bond.
And at the end of the day, Allah
ﷻ is witnessing that love in which Allah
ﷻ increases love upon you.
So these are the sort of things that
we can learn.
And this is the month of Ramadan.
And the biggest obstacle in maintaining a strong
bond and sisterhood and brotherhood amongst believers is
that pride.
The month of Ramadan is the month of
humbleness.
Remove any barrier of pride.
Remove any barrier of pride.
And pride is only to Allah ﷻ.
Pride is only to Allah ﷻ.
So this is your month.
This is your opportunity.
This is the time that you increase the
bond.
And this is the time that you increase
the sisterhood.
Love each other for the sake of Allah
ﷻ.
May Allah ﷻ accept from me.
May Allah ﷻ make it easy upon us
all.
May Allah ﷻ reward you.
And accept from me.
Inshallah we'll continue to stay connected every single
Saturday at 1.30 p.m. to continue
and maintain the sisterhood and the love amongst
the sisters, inshallah.
And we'll continue to remind each other for
the sake of Allah ﷻ.
And also remind you that every single night
7.30 p.m. CET on my social
media platforms we have the live lessons and
talks and lectures.
So inshallah tune in and be with us.
And we look forward to your company, inshallah,
online.
And in the near future to see you
face to face.
Jazakumullah khair.
May Allah ﷻ reward you.
May Allah ﷻ accept from me.
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.