Yassir Fazaga – Muhammad Pbuh Prophet Of Islam – PT 1

			So
		

			well,
		

			all praise to
		

			there is no God
		

			is great
		

			rajim Bismillah R Rahman Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa salatu salam ala
		

			l mursaleen. Shafi shaffir in Missouri vino Habib el amin, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi
wa sahbihi wa even upon hearing, All praise is due to Allah and made his peace and blessings be upon
our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, indeed the best of speeches The Book of
Allah. And the best of guidance is the guidance of Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on the wards
of all matters is to innovate and religion, and every such kind of innovation is a misguidance and
this guidance leads to the hellfire. I begin by greeting my brothers and sisters saying salaam
aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			Also, very quickly, just to briefly said, to briefly say what we said last night, I'd like to offer
my sincere condolences to all the people that have that have lost any of their loved ones. In this
last tragedy that we had,
		

			like I said, as Muslims,
		

			one of the beauties, the religious obligations that are upon us is that we be and we become an
instruments of change,
		

			facilitators of peace and justice. So as terrible as this tragedy,
		

			is what we want to also see it as an opportunity to make a difference on the community level, as far
as the Muslim community is concerned here, and also on the personal level, where each and every one
of us, a man or a woman, young or old, rich or poor, we have something to contribute.
		

			And that contribution that we make, does not have to be in in the sense of money, doesn't have to be
in the sense of food, even though it's very dire and very important at this point. But sometimes,
lending an attentive ear, sometimes, embracing someone that has lost a loved one, crying with them,
and feeling with them, may be the best way of controlling and contributing to our brothers and
sisters in humanity.
		

			And also remember, when we do these acts, we are not selectively picking and choosing, oh, I want to
help them, they are Muslims, I want to help them or I do not want to help them because they are not
in Islam, that becomes very irrelevant.
		

			At all of goodness, do not become good, because you are giving it to one that is considered to be of
your own good is good, regardless of who is on the receiving hand. And that's what we want. That's
what we want to display. And that's what we want to show, not to the world, not when the media is
there, not to be politically correct, because this is good.
		

			This is what ought to be done at this point. And we want to be sure, and we want to be of those who
are making a difference at this time.
		

			Subhana Allah, which is also an excellent timing for this convention to be taken place, and also an
excellent time for us here this evening. shala to be discussing the life of Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wasallam.
		

			If you remember a few months or few years ago, a lot of talk was going on about Islam, and
specifically the prophet of Islam sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, where the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam was used as as what for lack of a better word. He was being bashed, left and right. where
people are attributing all the atrocities that were taking place all the nonsense that was taking
place, they would say
		

			It was the fault of the Prophet of Islam sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. If you remember an evangelical
priest in the US by the name of Jerry Falwell, he spoke and he said, I think that Mohammed
sallallahu alayhi wasallam was a terrorist. You've got someone like Bill Graham's speaking and
saying that I think that Islam is a wicked religion.
		

			And when you compare fair minded Westerners, who did not necessarily convert to Islam, but they have
studied the life of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam, you will be amazed by what these people
have to say about the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		

			But it has to do more with their honesty, and with their impartiality in the process. And this is
what we invite people to do. Study the life and the era of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. By
the end of the day, you may choose not to follow the theology and the teachings of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but you will definitely admire the man. And you would not attribute
such nonsense to this beloved man, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And when you look during
the time when this prophet SAW Selim came, you'd be amazed to see the similarities between what was
going on back then, and what is going on nowadays. And you would feel that the world is in a need to
		

			a man like Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, by the way to the benefit of my non Muslim brothers
and sisters. Whenever we mentioned any messengers name or Muslim, say Mohammed, we would say
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say that made peace and blessings of God be upon him. And sometimes I
would say Raisa, alehissalaam, Jesus peace be upon him, or Moses peace be upon him, of the teachings
of Islam, is that the way we show our appreciation to what these great men have done is that every
time we mentioned their name, we say, Allahu wa sallam, also, Allahu alayhi wa sallam May the peace
and blessings of Allah be upon them. So every time you hear me mentioning these words, this is what
		

			we are saying, in reference with our appreciation to these great to these great men. One thing that
stands about Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam out there, and right away is that Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was of the masses. And he spoke on behalf of the masses. He was not an
elite that was disconnected from the reality of his people. He was not an elite that was
disconnected from the majority of his people that were living back then. But rather he was asked
them, and he made sure that he speaks to them. And he speaks on their behalf sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam. And that is why when his messages started, he did not start speaking of his followers were
		

			not the elites, but rather his followers were the downtrodden. Those whom society considered to be
faceless, voiceless, absolutely come from a family that is not very known from an ethnic background
that was looked down upon the Arab culture back then, was based on tribalism. You come from a good
tribe, you get respect. You do not come from a good tribe, you are highly disrespected the same way
that our world is today. If you look into it, people who come from the northern hemisphere are the
people who are in charge of everything. People who come from the southern hemisphere, these are the
people that are exploited, they are the ones that are downtrodden. Nowadays, people may not consider
		

			you by your tribal Association. But what kind of a passport do you hold?
		

			What is your citizenship? What country do you come from, and at that point, people will decide
whether you deserve respect or you do not deserve respect on the basis of where you come from. So we
had an elite back then that was in charge of everything that was enjoying everything that was
exploiting everyone that was beneath them. The same way that we have this going on today.
		

			86% of the resources of the world are enjoyed by 20% of the people of the world.
		

			Please listen to this carefully. 86% of the resources of the world are enjoyed by 20% of the people
of the world, which means that 80% of the people who are living in the world are fighting over the
remain that 16% of the resources of the world.
		

			You've got farmers that grow produce that grow vegetations that grow fruits that they themselves,
they cannot afford but it will be shaped. It will
		

			be shipped somewhere else, while the locals that are growing the farms in their own places are going
hungry, speaking of exploitation, so Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came, and he spoke on
behalf of these people, he did not only speak on their behalf, but he made sure that he be seen as
one of them. He is one of the narration say narrations habit, that a man will come from outside
Mecca,
		

			or outside Medina after the process Allah migrated to Medina, and he will ask, in a gathering of
people he will say, which one is Muhammad? Because he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was not
distinguished from his people. He would live with his people. He would dress like his people. He
would be with his people, and he wouldn't even you are not able to tell who is Muhammad from from
the gathering that was there. sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So he spoke on their behalf. And that is
why the people that love the most were the common man, not the elites, even though the elites loved
him. But it was the common man that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was speaking about. And we
		

			see this also in the teachings of the Quran, my brothers and sisters, in the fourth year of
prophethood. The process is receiving revelation. And what is the revelation that he receives? Our
eyes? Because we will be seen, have you seen the one who belies religion? Now, when you think of a
person that belies religion, what comes to mind? A person that does not pray, a person that does not
believe in God, a person that does not believe in a day of judgment, a person that does not believe
in the prophethood of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. But to the contrary of our expectations,
Allah says, gives us a description of those who belie religion. What is the law says, Are it lazy
		

			you because we will be Dean? Have you seen the one who belies religion? What are his characteristics
for the local levee? team? It is he who repairs an orphan with harshness, Walla Walla, Pamela
miskeen. And he does not encourage, he does not promote the feeding of those who are poor, the
feeding of the homeless sallallahu alayhi wasallam. He's teaching us this,
		

			assign that now the people that are downtrodden, those who are exploited Allah Subhana Allah is
telling us that from now on, if you want to see whether you truly believe or not, Allah is going to
say these are going to be the measurements, these are going to be the reference points, these are
going to be the criterion that tell us what kind of a person you are.
		

			How do you react to these people? And that's why they say the greatness of any nation should not be
based on the self congratulatory statement that that state makes about itself. Because obviously, no
country will say that we are bad people, no matter who they may be, they will never say that we are
bad people.
		

			So they said wait a minute, we cannot in order for us to judge you. We cannot take your own
statements and then say, well, they are good, because what they say about themselves is very good.
You know, people who praise themselves. They have
		

			they have a joke. By the way, do people in India like jokes?
		

			Do they laugh if you tell them a joke, even if it's not funny,
		

			you know, Subhanallah of the of the characteristics of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, you
know, you would not expect a messenger, a profit, to be a person that smiles or tells jokes, or
appreciates jokes. But you look into the life of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and you will
be amazed by how approachable this man was, and how much people loved him. And they love joking with
him, and he also loves joking with them. And that is why sometimes we have this erroneous belief
that the more Muslim you are, you're supposed to laugh less. laughter is not unholy brothers and
sisters, and the Hadith the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is as a prophet of Allah. What are
		

			the dearest deeds to Allah? What does Allah love most? So the Prophet peace be upon said it's
harmless. Surah Allah called memory in Muslim. He said it is to bring joy into the heart of another
believer, and sometimes he can bring joy, different methods to bring joy sometimes she can tell them
something nice. Sometimes you may do something nice to them. And also sometimes you may tell them
something that is funny. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said if you had the correct
intention, then at that point, you will be doing a deed that is most beloved to Allah subhanho wa
Taala they said that there was a man he was Mashallah very big man. Very, very big. Danny masala he
		

			was very very big Mashallah. A really big man. So he came to visit the prophet SAW
		

			Allahu alayhi salam, and he extends his head in the room and he said prophet of Allah, may I come in
and the professor and said come in and bring the rest of you with you as well. Okay, so here we see
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, not only smiling, but also making other people smile, as
well. But anyways, just going back to the issue of self congratulatory statements, this man comes to
the masjid and he is praying and he is looking very good in his in his prayers. He is you know,
looking very devoted and he is looking very, very humble and, and what have you. So, people are
talking, as he is listening, then they are praising his Salah, Mashallah we like where he's placing
		

			his hand, Mashallah, we like this. We like that. And the man just became so very, very big headed by
what they they're saying about him. In his Salah, as he's praying, he looks back at them. And he
goes, by the way, I'm also fasting today, okay. There's more of the self congratulatory statements
that are made about,
		

			about ourselves, very similar to this, by the way, one time, a man comes in the masjid. And he
starts praying and he's looking very devout, and what have you, and Mr. Pop sees this and he gets
very angry. And he goes to him and he goes, humbleness is not in your physical appearance.
humbleness is in your heart. Go ahead and pray again. So the man this time prays, and he prays very
different than how he prayed the first time. So he says Salaam Alaikum Salam Alikum rumor comes when
he goes, did you see that? Which prayer is better? The first prayer or the second prayer? And the
man looked at him and he goes, Mr. Can I be honest with you? And you know that there is a problem
		

			now coming? Because Can I be honest with you says Yes. What is it? He said, The first prayer was
better. He says, Why is that? He said the first prayer was for Allah and the second prayer was for
Mr. No, to please, to please you. At any case, the goodness of any society is not to be based on the
self congratulatory statements that that society makes about itself, then what should it be based
on? They say the goodness of any society should be based on what does that society say about those
who are forgotten?
		

			Because many times, that is really what determines whether a society is a good society or not. So
here the foreign comes in. And in the midst of the persecution that is going on the torture that is
going on. Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam comes in on to the people who are already being
oppressed, what does he tell them? He tells them in the process, do not become the person that you
are persecuting. And what does he say? He says, Do not repel an orphan was harshness, and make sure
that you be of those who encouraged the feeding of those who are needy. And that's why I say there
could have been no better time for us to discuss the life of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		

			than the present circumstances that are going on. It is these kinds of teachings that are going to
make a difference. The teachings of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam were How do you react to
people in need is part of what kind of religiosity you have. So one problem brothers and sisters we
have made
		

			with regard to our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is that we only made an
image out of Mohammed.
		

			We have limited Mohammed, peace be upon him in the masjid. We have limited Mohammed peace be upon
him in the pulpit. Do you give a hotbar in the same manner that Hamza Salaam gave the hot one? Do
you pray inside the mystery of the same way that Mohammed Al Salaam prayed? And then the minute you
step outside of the masjid, you do not take the teachings of Muhammad wa salam with you, but rather
you leave Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the masjid.
		

			And what happens at that point is that our imitation of the Prophet peace be upon him, becomes very,
very physical. It has to do with our appearance.