Tom Facchine – If You Oppress, Cheat And Lie, Beware
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The speaker discusses the importance of pursuing justice and being optimistic in pursuing it, as the prophet sallahu alaihi wa sallam has said that optimism is a good sign and that the shaitan wants everyone to be keen on what benefits they have. He also mentions that the shaitan wants people to refuse to mention evil and trust Allah's will.
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Muslim scholars and historians
have noted this fact. If a nation is
fair,
if a civilization
is fair, if you stand for justice,
Allah's gonna let you hang around,
whether you're Muslim
or not.
But if you oppress people,
if you're not just,
if you take advantage of other people, if
you cheat other people,
then your days are numbered,
even if you're Muslim.
And although we are called to be just
and fair,
Allah wants us to be concerned about justice.
Allah also tells us not to publicize
absolutely
everything.
Allah doesn't like the public mention of evil
except by one
who has been wronged themselves,
and ever is Allah hearing and knowing. Publicizing
too much evil
is demoralizing,
it makes people pessimistic,
and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
loved optimism.
He said, laadwah
walatiura,
while you're jibunil faal qaluwamal
faal
qala kalimataiba
ra wa albukari wa Muslim.
The prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam said that, listen
diseases are not
communicable without the will of Allah.
And there's no such thing as a as
a good omen or a bad
bad omen,
but I love optimism.
So they asked him, what is optimism?
And he said, a good word.
Why? Because pessimism
without a verified reason as the scholars have
said, it's su'alhan billah.
It's having a poor opinion of Allah Azza
wa Jalal, whereas being optimistic
is having hosnaban billah, is having a good
opinion of Allah, and it's an expression that
we trust Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Even to the point
where the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
if he saw somebody
whose name meant something good, Hassan,
Ra'ashid,
Muwaseq,
then he would get happy.
He would get happy and he would take
it as a good sign that things were
going the right way. Remember,
the shaitan wants you to despair
and give up.
Whereas Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants us to
have hope.
We have to hit that balance, that sweet
spot. We love justice.
We pursue justice,
but we stay optimistic,
and we trust Allah Azzawajal.
As the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
Be keen on what benefits you, and seek
Allah's help. And don't give up.