Shafayat Mohamed – Doing Things For People For Worldly Benefits Short Islamic Reminder

Shafayat Mohamed
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The speaker discusses the importance of not giving things to people of a certain faith based on who they are and what they do. They explain that Islam gives people things based on their attributes, rather than their actions. The speaker emphasizes that people should not give things based on who they are and what they have, as it is not expected to result in anything.

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			We do good things for people,
		
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			and then we talk about I do this
		
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			good thing for that person because of who
		
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			he is and what he is. You shouldn't
		
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			be doing things for people of because who
		
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			he is and what he is.
		
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			I know that sounds strange. You're
		
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			probably wondering why am I saying that.
		
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			Why are you doing things for somebody because
		
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			of who he is and what he is?
		
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			Does Allah do things for us because of
		
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			who we are and what we do?
		
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			Ask yourself that question.
		
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			I get a little goosebump when I say
		
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			that. Do you think Allah does things for
		
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			us because of who we are? Do you
		
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			think, and I want to say this for
		
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			our worldwide viewers who are looking at our
		
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			Hikma TV live worldwide,
		
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			do you think God
		
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			and for our non Muslim viewers who are
		
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			looking, do you think God does things for
		
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			us human beings
		
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			because of who we are and what we
		
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			do?
		
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			No. If Allah was to do things for
		
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			us because of what we do, we won't
		
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			get anything
		
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			because we don't even do anything that is
		
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			really expected.
		
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			The way we are expected to do our
		
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			duty to Allah.
		
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			Uh-huh.
		
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			Allah do things first because Allah is.
		
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			See the point? Because Allah is the most
		
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			merciful.
		
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			Because of Allah's kindness.
		
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			Because Allah is the merciful. Allah is the
		
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			most kind.
		
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			Allah is the most gracious. So Allah does
		
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			for us
		
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			out of his kindness, his mercy.
		
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			Uh-huh.
		
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			Not because of what we do. What about
		
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			the kuffar?
		
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			What about the people who don't believe that
		
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			God exists?
		
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			Doesn't he do for them?
		
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			Well, then he shouldn't be doing for them.
		
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			You know people don't believe that God exists.
		
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			God still gives them money and food and
		
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			wealth.
		
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			So if he used to give us based
		
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			on what we do
		
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			and what we don't do, we wouldn't be
		
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			getting anything.
		
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			It's because of who he is. You know,
		
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			you see the 99 names on the walls
		
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			here in Darululu?
		
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			Those are the 99 attributes of Allah.
		
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			And if you read them, you'll see one
		
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			of them one of the title is called.
		
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			Oh, yeah. Al Wadud. You know what Al
		
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			Wadud means?
		
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			The most loving.
		
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			Because Allah is full of love.
		
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			Allah is full of love.
		
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			Allah is full of mercy.
		
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			So Allah gives us and does for us
		
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			because he is the most loving and the
		
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			most merciful.
		
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			So the point I was getting at a
		
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			little earlier on,
		
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			you don't give somebody because of who that
		
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			person is, because it's your brother. He's about
		
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			he's from your nationality,
		
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			he's from your
		
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			tribe, or he's you give because you are
		
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			a kind person.
		
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			Give because you're a loving person. They give
		
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			because Allah has given to you
		
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			and you give out of that mercy that
		
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			Allah has given to you, that love that
		
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			Allah has given to you. You are the
		
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			loving person who
		
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			worship the loving Allah,
		
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			the most gracious Allah, the most merciful Allah.
		
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			That's how and why we give.
		
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			If you have to give zakat to a
		
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			poor person,
		
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			but he says, no, my brother.
		
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			He not Pakistani
		
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			like me. He doesn't have an American citizenship.
		
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			He ain't Bengali. He ain't Trinidad. He ain't
		
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			no Guyanese. He not from my nationalities.
		
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			I won't give him. Ain't about that.
		
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			It's about Allah has given you,
		
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			and you have to give.
		
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			It's not because of who the person is
		
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			and what they are.
		
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			See, a lot of times we do things
		
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			like that. That we give to people
		
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			of who they are and what they are,
		
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			and what we expect to get back from
		
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			them.
		
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			This is not an election that you vote
		
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			for someone because you expect to get back
		
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			from them.
		
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			This is about pleasing Allah.
		
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			This is about pleasing Allah.
		
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			You do things for God. You do things
		
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			for Allah, for the pleasure of Allah.
		
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			Because Allah is most merciful.
		
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			Allah is most kind.
		
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			Allah is most loving.
		
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			Allah is most forgiving, and that's how we
		
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			do for people.
		
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			You follow that point? That's an important point.
		
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			And a lot of people pray today, you
		
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			know, oh, yeah. Long beard.
		
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			And we pray, but because we have this
		
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			corruption inside of us, this selfishness inside of
		
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			us that we miss a major point in
		
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			connecting with the community,
		
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			with the ummah, with families, with relatives, with
		
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			our brothers and sisters. And by missing that
		
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			link,
		
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			we lose a lot.