Tom Facchine – They Call Them Ramadan Muslims

			Problem is coming up. And we have a lot of new people in the machine new faces, people who haven't
been to the machine in a long time. Now a lot of us fall into the trap of kind of virtue signaling
and tap, patting ourselves on the back and saying, oh, use the Ramadan, Muslims and stuff like that.
And I don't think that's appropriate. I think that as Muslims, we need to be welcoming these people
back and actually honestly celebrate the fact that they came back in the first place, probably set
them told us that the person who repents to Allah is more beloved to Allah. Then he gives the
example of a man who was lost in the desert lost his camel, right? He thinks he's gonna die. And
		

			then miraculously, his camel comes back to him. And he's so stupefied and overcome with his joy that
he actually, you know, says something that the words of which are blasphemy when he's like, you
know, out of gratitude, but he switches around like some words and things like that, right? That's
how happy or that's how pleased Allah subhanaw taala is when one of his believers comes back and
makes repentance and turns back. And so that's the attitude that you should have, I should have when
any one of these people who hasn't missed the machine, maybe in a year sure comes back to the
machine, make them feel welcomed, give them that sweetness of brotherhood, mutual respect and mutual
		

			love and mutual compassion. Right? The promise lies to them said in a hadith where he compares all
believers to one body he said how are they like one body in their mutual love for one another and
their mutual mercy for one another and their mutual compassion for one another, right? So it's very,
very tempting to wag the finger it's very, very tempting to wag the finger but I would challenge
myself and I challenge everybody this Ramadan to celebrate the people that come back to the masjid
and to welcome them with open arms and to do all the things that are going to make it the most
likely that they continue to come back to the machine inshallah Tada